Heavy lambs sell to £87 each at Markethill

Heavy lambs sold to £87 each with several pens from £83 to £86 each.

Top rate of 344p per kilo was paid for 24.3 kilos at £83.50 each. The entire entry of heavy lambs averaged 25.1 kilos at £84.50 each (337p).

Middleweight lambs sold steadily from 345p to 367p per kilo for 21.8 kilos at £80 each.

Light stores sold to 430p per kilo for 12.2 kilos at £52 each. Stronger pens sold to 394p per kilo for 17 kilos at £67 each. Main demand sold from 365p to 404p per kilo.

Heavy cull ewes sold from £65 to £81 each. Plainer ewes sold from £40 to £60 each.

Ewe hoggets peaked at £152 each. Several pens sold from £130 to £150 each.

A show and sale of pedigree Texel rams sold to a top of 600gns, 400gns and 370gns.

STORES: Dungannon farmer: 12.2k, £52.50, 430p: Newtownhamilton farmer: 15.6k, £63, 404p: Newtownhamilton farmer: 14.5k, £58.50, 403p: Dungannon farmer: 13.4k, £54, 403p: Newmills farmer: 12.7k, £51, 402p: Mayobridge farmer: 17k, £67, 394p: Keady farmer: 13.2k, £52, 394p: Mullaghbawn farmer: 14k, £55.50, 394p.

MIDDLEWEIGHT LAMBS: Armagh farmer: 21.8k, £80, 367p: Portadown farmer: 21.7k, £78.50, 362p: Armagh farmer: 23.4k, £84, 359p: Newmills farmer: 21.5k, £75.50, 351p: Magheragall farmer: 21.1k, £74, 351p: Warrenpoint farmer: 22k, £77, 350p: Milford farmer: 22.9k, £80, 349p.

HEAVY LAMBS: Armagh farmer: 24.3k, £83.50, 344p: Newtownhamilton farmer: 25k, £86, 343p: Markethill farmer: 24.6k, £83.50, 339p: Markethill farmer: 24.9k, £84.20, 338p: Jerrettspass farmer: 24.5k, £82, 335p: Portadown farmer: 25.3k, £84, 332p.