Heavy lambs sell to £90 each at Markethill Mart

Heavy lambs sold to £90 each with several pens from £80 to £84 each. Top rate of 335p per kilo was paid for 24.1 kilos at £80.80 each. The entire entry of heavy lambs averaged 25.5 kilos at £81.70 each (319p).

Good quality middleweight lambs sold to 354p per kilo for 23.2 kilos at £81.50 each. All good quality pens sold from 325p to 345p per kilo.

Light stores reached 415p per kilo for 13.5 kilos at £56 each. Main demand sold from 370p to 402p per kilo. Stronger stores sold to 402p per kilo for 17.3 kilos at £69.50 each.

Cull ewes sold to £82 each. Main demand sold from £65 to £79 each. Plainer ewes sold from £45 to £58 each.

Breeding hoggets sold to £128 each.

Please note: The final breeding sale for this season is 19th October.

STORES: Jerrettspass farmer: 13.5k, £56, 415p: Armagh farmer: 16.3k, £65.50, 402p: Mayobridge farmer: 17.3k, £69.50, 402p: Newry farmer: 17.1k, £68.50, 401p: Lislea farmer: 14k, £56, 400p: Mayobridge farmer: 17.3k, £69, 399p: Hilltown farmer: 16.1k, £63.50, 394p: Jerrettspass farmer: 15.2k, £59, 388p.

MIDDLEWEIGHT LAMBS: Kilcoo farmer: 23k, £81.50, 354p: Portadown farmer: 23.2k, £80, 345p: Portadown farmer: 21.2k, £72.50, 342p: Portadown farmer: 22.8k, £77.80, 341p: Armagh farmer: 21.7k, £74, 340p: Collone farmer: 21.4k, £72.50, 339p: Forkhill farmer: 23.5k, £79.50, 338p: Portadown farmer: 21.7k, £72.50, 334p.

HEAVY LAMBS: Mayobridge farmer: 24.1k, £80.80, 335p: Loughbrickland farmer: 24.5k, £81.20, 332p: Corbet farmer: 24.2k, £80, 331p: Richhill farmer: 24.3k, £79.80, 328p: Tandragee farmer: 25.3k, £83, 328p: Cullyhanna farmer: 24.8k, £81.20, 327p: Laurelvale farmer: 24.2k, £79, 326p: Whitecross farmer: 25.5k, £83, 325p.