Good turnout of sheep at Downpatrick

Leading prices in all categories as follows:

FAT LAMBS: Corbally farmer 25kg £94.00, Ardglass farmer 27kg £93.50, Saul farmer 32kg £93.50, Tobermoney farmer 26kg £93.20, Ardglass farmer 28kg £93.00, Ardglass farmer 26.5g £91.50, Myra farmer 36kg £90.00, Ballygowan farmer 24kg £86.50, Killinchy farmer 24kg £85.50, Castlewellan farmer 21.5kg £74.00, Downpatrick farmer 20kg £73.50, Myra farmer 20kg £72.00 and Castlewellan farmer 17kg £60.00 and 17.9kg £59.00.

FAT EWES: Corbally farmer £75, Downpatrick farmer £75, Castlewellan farmer £70, Downpatrick farmer £70.00 and Leitrim farmer £65.00.

At the fortnightly cattle sale on Monday night 8th February 2016, there was a good entry of light weight cattle. A Castlewellan farmer toped the sale with a Lim bullock at 340kg £765 (2.25ppk). Leading prices in all categories as follows:

BULLOCKS: Castlewellan farmer 340kg Lim £765 (2.25ppk) and 338kg Lim £750 (2.22ppk), Ballynahinch farmer 336kg AA £600 (1.79ppk) and 274kg MB £480 (1.76ppk), Downpatrick farmer 676kg AA £1100 (1.63ppk), Drumaness farmer 241kg Sim £340 (1.59ppk) and Clough farmer 226kg MB £357 (1.58ppk).

HEIFERS: Ballynahinch farmer 166kg Ch £325 (1.96ppk), Castlewellan farmer 330kg Lim £600 (1.82ppk), Drumaroad farmer 328kg Lim £590 (1.80ppk) and 280kg Ch £500 (1.79ppk), Annacloy farmer 262kg Daq £445 (1.70ppk), Ballynahainch farmer 232 kg Ch £385 (1.66ppk), Leitrim farmer 344g Ch £550 (1.60ppk), Crossgar farmer 334kg AA £505 (1.51kg), Drumaness farmer 338kg AA £500 and Ballynahinch farmer 370kg Ch £536 (1.45kg).