Aberdeen Angus bullocks selling to £1420 at Rathfriland Co-Op

Topped to £590 for Aberdeen Angus bull calf for a Banbridge farmer.

Bullocks topped to £1420.00 for a Castlewellan farmer.

Weanling calves sold to £920 for a 372k Belgian Blue bull from Ballyward farmer.

A good entry of heifers sold to £1185 for a 556k Limousin from Dromara farmer.

DROPPED CALVES AND YOUNG STOCK

Bull calves: Banbridge farmer Aberdeen Angus bull £590, Belgian Blue £565, Aberdeen Angus £530, Ballydrummond farmer: Aberdeen Angus at £530, Banbridge farmer, Belgian Blue £490, Aberdeen Angus £475, Ballydrummond farmer: Hereford £450, Limousin £450 and Ballinaskeagh farmer: Friesian £440, Friesian £420.

Heifer calves: Annaclone farmer: Charolais £505, Banbridge farmer: Belgian Blue £485, Aberdeen Angus £480, Aberdeen Angus £460, Belgian Blue £425, Belgian Blue £380, Dromara farmer: Aberdeen Angus £345 and Ballynahinch farmer: Hereford £340, Hereford £325.

WEANLINGS

Ballyward farmer: Belgian Blue 372k at £920, Lisburn farmer: Limousin heifer 420k at £900, Limousin 384k at £880, Kilcoo farmer: Limousin 470k at £860, Rathfriland farmer Aberdeen Angus 476k at £855, Belgian Blue 386k at £840, Simmental 450k at £820, Drumsallagh farmer: Aberdeen Angus 416k at £800. Dromara farmer Aberdeen Angus 394k at £800 and Ballyward farmer Belgian Blue 312k at £795, farmer.

Cows and calves: Kilkeel farmer, Hereford cow and Limousin calf at £1110.

FAT COWS

Dromara farmer: Blonde d’Aquitaine 672k at £890, Gilford farmer: Friesian 650k at £740 and Gransha farmer, Limousin 574k at £600,

HEIFERS

Dromara farmer: Limousin 556k at £1185, Ballyveaghmore farmer charolais 568k at £1000, Castlewellan farmer, Belgian Blue 618k at £1000, Ballyveaghmore farmer, charolais 526k at £1000, Dromara farmer, charolais 552k at £1000, Charolais 544k at £990, Castlewellan farmer, Belgian Blue 626k at £950, Rathfriland farmer: Limousin 528k at £940, Limousin 546k at £925 and Dromara farmer: Charolais 554k at £920.

BULLOCKS

Castlewellan farmer: Aberdeen Angus 690k at £1420, Aberdeen Angus 656k at £1260, Banbridge farmer Belgian Blue 682k at £1250, Castlewellan farmer: Aberdeen Angus 678k at £1250, Newry farmer Limousin 690k at £1200, Banbridge farmer: Shorthorn 662k at £1200, Shorthorn 668k at £1200, Castlewellan farmer Belgian Blue, 636k at £1180, Newry farmer: Limousin 628k at £1160 and Banbridge farmer, Shorthorn 670k at £1160.

Friesian Bullocks 664k at £1100, 644k at £1030, 648k at £1000, 598k at £945, 578k at £920, 546k at £900.

All buyers must wear face covering from now on while in the mart.

All sellers can represent their stock at point of sale only.

Tuesday evening saw another Large show of stock.

Store lambs selling to a flying trade this week again.

A Dromara farmer topped the sale at £4.91kg for 17.3kg at £83.50.

Fat ewes topped at £111 for Texel ewe from a Castlewellan farmer.

More ewes over the £95 mark this week with plainer ewes from £70 to £95 each.

LIGHT LAMBS

Dromara farmer: 17k at £83.50. Kilcoo farmer: 14.6k at £69.50. Jonesborough farmer: 15.9k at £75.50. Kilkeel farmer: 14.6k at £69 and Dromara farmer 16.8k at £78.

HEAVY LAMBS

Lisnamulligan farmer: 25.6k at £95.5, Kilkeel farmer: 28k at £95. Donacloney farmer 26.k at £94, Corbet farmer: 25.6k at £94 and Dromara farmer: 24k at £93.

FAT EWES

Castlewellan farmer: £111, Cabra farmer: £102, Kilkeel farmer: £96, Rathfriland farmer: £95, Katesbridge farmer: £94, Dromore farmer: £92 and Rathfriland farmer: £86.

Breeding rams

Donaghmore farmer £300 and Rathfriland farmer: £180.

All buyers must wear face covering from now on while in the mart.