Cows and calves to £3900 at Hilltown Mart
Cattle in Hilltown on Saturday 30th May saw cows and calves sell to £3900 and breeding bulls to £3540.
Fat cows: Rostrevor farmer £2370 for 666kg (356ppk), Kilkeel farmer £2260 for 614kg (368ppk), Rathfriland farmer £2000 for 788kg (254ppk), Ballyveagh farmer £1950 for 772kg (253ppk), Hillsborough farmer £1800 for 716kg (251ppk), Kilkeel farmer £1630 for 604kg (270ppk), Ballyveagh farmer £1590 for 614kg (260ppk).
Cows & calves: Hilltown farmer £3900, Kilkeel farmer £3400, Kilkeel farmer £2750, Kilkeel farmer £2600, Kilkeel farmer £2460.
Weanling heifers: Kilkeel farmer £1890 for 384kg (492ppk), £1640 for 378kg (434ppk) and £1540 for 362kg (425ppk).
Weanling males: Ballynahinch farmer £1960 for 444kg (441ppk), Hilltown farmer £1950 for 490kg (398ppk) and £1920 for 446kg (430ppk), Downpatrick farmer £1650 for 332kg (497ppk), Kilkeel farmer £1600 for 416kg (385ppk), £1460 for 318kg (459ppk), Kilkeel farmer £1350 for 272kg (496ppk) and £1250 for 224kg (558ppk).
Heifers: Mayobridge farmer £2230 for 636kg (351ppk), Katesbridge farmer £2020 for 640kg (315ppk) and £1940 for 574kg (338ppk), Ballyveagh farmer £1790 for 494kg (362ppk), Kilkeel farmer £1710 for 462kg (370ppk), Kilkeel farmer £1660 for 430kg (386ppk), Ballyveagh farmer £1660 for 370kg (448ppk), Kilkeel farmer £1650 for 366kg (451ppk), £1600 for 372kg (430ppk), £1570 for 358kg (438ppk), £1530 for 368kg (416ppk).
Bullocks: Kilkeel farmer £3030 for 936kg (323ppk), Hilltown farmer £2900 for 820kg (354ppk), Kilkeel farmer £1840 for 566kg (325ppk), £1810 for 494kg (366ppk), Kilkeel farmer £1800 for 460kg (391ppk), Kilkeel farmer £1680 for 458kg (367ppk).
A good entry of sheep to Hilltown mart on Thursday 28th May saw ewes and lambs sell to £375, fat ewes to £258 and fat lambs to £193.
Ewes & lambs: Rathfriland farmer £375, £360, £355, £345, £340 and £335, Ballynahinch farmer £325 and £320, Rostrevor farmer £315, Rathfriland farmer £285 and £270.
Fat ewes: Banbridge farmer £258, Hilltown farmer £242, Kilkeel farmer £232, Rostrevor farmer £230, Hilltown farmer £216, Rostrevor farmer £215, Hilltown farmer £200, Glassdruman farmer £198, Kilkeel farmer £195, Hilltown farmer £194, Rostrevor farmer £192, Cabra farmer £190, Rathfriland farmer £188, Cabra farmer £185, Hilltown farmer £180, Castlewellan farmer £178, Rostrevor farmer £172, Cabra farmer £170, Kilcoo farmer £168, Hilltown farmer £165, Rathfriland farmer £160.
Fat lambs: Cabra farmer £193 for 22kg (877ppk), Hilltown farmer £186.50 for 25.2kg (740ppk), Kilcoo farmer £177.50 for 23kg (772ppk), Hilltown farmer £175.50 for 23kg (763ppk), Kilkeel farmer £170 for 24kg (708ppk), Hilltown farmer £169.50 for 22kg (770ppk), Kilkeel farmer £166 for 23kg (722ppk), Cabra farmer £166 for 21kg (790ppk), Castlewellan farmer £163.50 for 22.3kg (733ppk), Hilltown farmer £163.50 for 21.5kg (760ppk), Hilltown farmer £161 for 21.6kg (752ppk), Hilltown farmer £160 for 21.6kg (741ppk), Ardglass farmer £157 for 20.8kg (755ppk), Kilkeel farmer £156 for 22kg (709ppk), Rathfriland farmer £155 for 20kg (775ppk) and £154.50 for 20kg (773ppk), Hilltown farmer £151 for 20.5kg (736ppk), Mayobridge farmer £149.50 for 20kg (747ppk), Cabra farmer £148 for 20.2kg (733ppk), Kilkeel farmer £146 for 19.6kg (745ppk).