Beef bullocks selling to £1615 at Markethill Mart

Heifers

200 heifers included several pens of beef heifers which sold to a top of £238 per 100 kilos for 640k at £1525 for a Camlough farmer followed by 638k at £1495 £234 from a Newtownhamiton farmer.

All good quality finished heifers sold readily from £220 to £234 per 100 kilos.

Forward feeding heifers sold to £240 per 100 kilos for 578k at £1385 from a Loughgall farmer.

The same owner received £237 per 100 kilos for 584k at £1385.

Good quality middleweight heifers sold steadily from £220 to £269 per 100 kilos for 370k at £1000 from a Keady farmer.

The same owner received £251 per 100 kilos for 372k at £935.

Top price middleweight heifer £1175 for 498k Limousin £236 from a Newtownhamilton producer.

Beef heifers

Camlough farmer 640k £1525 £238.00; Newtownhamiton farmer 638k £1495 £234.00; Cullyhanna farmer 622k £1455 £234.00; Katesbridge farmer 648k £1515 £234.00 and Banbridge farmer 672k £1555 £232.

Forward heifers

Loughgall farmer 578k £1385 £240.00; Loughgall farmer 584k £1385 £237.00; Tassagh farmer 590k £1395 £236.00; Dromore farmer 564k £1325 £235.00; Keady farmer 590k £1375 £233.00; Camlough farmer 550k £1275 £232.00 and Dromore farmer 564k £1305 £231.

Middleweight heifers

Keady farmer 372k £1000 £269.00; Newry farmer 372k £935 £251.00; Keady farmer 372k £935 £251.00; Newry farmer 374k £925 £247.00; Rathfriland farmer 390k £960 £246.00; Derrynoose farmer 418k £1025 £245.00; Rathfriland farmer 428k £1045 £244.00; Newtownhamilton farmer 490k £1185 £242.00; Keady farmer 432k £1025 £237.00 and Newtownhamilton farmer 498k £1175 £236.

Bullocks

180 bullocks sold in another very strong demand with beef bullocks selling to £228 per 100 kilos for 708k at £1615 from a Katesbridge farmer followed by £227 per 100 kilos for 660k at £1495 for a Newtownhamilton farmer.

Main demand for good quality beef bullocks from £210 to £223 per 100 kilos. Forward feeding bullocks sold to £243 for 590k at £1435 from an Armagh farmer followed by £242 per 100 kilos for 510k at £1235 from a Derrynoose farmer.

A Katesbridge producer received £239 per 100 kilos for 600k at £1435.

Main demand for good quality forward bullocks from £215 to £233 per 100 kilos.

Middleweight bullocks sold to a top of £261 per 100 kilos for 470k at £1225 from a Newtownhamilton farmer.

The same owner received £253 per 100 kilos for 460k at £1165.

All good quality middleweights sold steadily from £220 to £250 per 100 kilos.

Friesian bullocks sold in the best trade this spring to a top of £210 per 100 kilos for 590k at £1245 from a Newtownhamilton farmer followed by £196 per 100 kilos for 590k at £1155.

Several heavy Friesian bullocks sold from £1100 to £1170 each.

Beef bullocks

Katesbridge farmer 708k £1615 £228.00; Newtownhamilton farmer 660k £1495 £227.00; Ballyward farmer 658k £1465 £223.00; Armagh farmer 672k £1495 £223.00; Portadown farmer 678k £1495 £221.00; Portadown farmer 728k £1605 £221.00 and Armagh farmer 674k £1475 £219.

Forward bullocks

Armagh farmer 590k £1435 £243.00; Derrynoose farmer 510k £1235 £242.00; Katesbridge farmer 600k £1435 £239.00; Newtownhamilton farmer 512k £1195 £233.00; Katesbridge farmer 642k £1495 £233.00; Newtownhamilton farmer 548k £1275 £233.00; Derrynoose farmer 534k £1235 £231.00; Armagh farmer 596k £1375 £231.00 and Newtownhamilton farmer 524k £1205 £230.

Middleweight bullocks

Newtownhamilton farmer 470k £1225 £261.00; Newtownhamilton farmer 460k £1165 £253.00; Ballynahinch farmer 470k £1175 £250.00; Tynan farmer 418k £1040 £249.00; Newtownhamilton farmer 476k £1175 £247.00; Tynan farmer 392k £965 £246.00; Derrynoose farmer 482k £1175 £247.00; Newtownhamilton farmer 460k £1115 £242.00 and Katesbridge farmer 456k £1105 £242.

Friesian bullocks

Newtownhamilton farmer 592k £1245 £210.00; Armagh farmer 590k £1155 £196.00; Hillsborough farmer 604k £1145 £190.00; Newtownhamilton farmer 596k £1125 £189.00; Armagh farmer 588k £1095 £186.00; Loughgilly farmer 618k £1145 £185.00 and Hillsborough farmer 608k £1115 £183.

Weanlings

210 weanlings maintained a very strong trade with good quality light heifer weanlings selling steadily from £250 to £313 per 100 kilos with a top price of £440 per 100 kilos for 332k Limousin at £1460 from a Richhill farmer.

The same owner received £313 per 100 kilos for 304k at £950.

Top price for light heifer £1100 for 390k at £222 from a Loughgall producer.

Main demand for good quality light heifers from £240 to £280 per 100 kilos.

Stronger heifers sold from £215 to £257 per 100 kilos for 420k at £1080.

Light male weanlings sold to £319 per 100 kilos for 254k at £810 for an Armagh farmer followed by £293 per 100 kilos for 270k at £790 from a Newry producer.

Main demand for good quality light males from £240 to £280 per 100 kilos.

Stronger males sold to £282 per 100 kilos for 418k at £1180 from an Armagh farmer followed by £273 per 100 kilos for 414k at £1130 from a Keady farmer.

All good quality strong males from £215 to £268 per 100 kilos.

Strong male weanlings

Armagh farmer 418k £1180 £282.00; Keady farmer 414k £1130 £273.00; Armagh farmer 422k £1130 £268.00; Keady farmer 464k £1240 £267.00; Keady farmer 450k £1190 £265.00; Portadown farmer 454k £1170 £258.00 and Newtownhamilton farmer 418k £1060 £254.

Light male weanlings

Armagh farmer 254k £810 £319.00; Newry farmer 270k £790 £293.00; Gilford farmer 286k £800 £280.00; Whitecross farmer 294k £820 £279.00; Katesbridge farmer 298k £820 £275.00; Moybridge farmer 310k £850 £274.00; Cullyhanna farmer 314k £860 £274.00 and Cullyhanna farmer 326k £880 £270.

Light heifer weanlings

Richhill farmer 332k £1460 £220.00; Keady farmer 260k £840 £323.00; Richhill farmer 304k £950 £313.00; Newry farmer 286k £890 £311.00; Armagh farmer 286k £890 £311.00; Armagh farmer 284k £860 £303.00; Richhill farmer 390k £1100 £282.00; Richhill farmer 318k £890 £280.00 and Richhill farmer 380k £1060 £279.

In the suckler ring cow/calves sold to £1800 for a Limousin cow and heifer calf at foot followed by £1650 for a Belgian Blue cow and Limousin heifer calf at foot.

A Hereford cow and bull calf sold at £1570.

In calf heifers sold to £1410 with others at £1380 and £1340 each.