Beef cows sell to a top price of £1748.40 at Clogher Mart

In the fatstock ring cow heifers sold to £216 for a 610kg Limousin (£1317.60) for a Tynan producer followed by a 610kg Blonde d'Aquitaine to £213 (£1299.30) for an Omagh producer.

Beef cows sold to £208 for a 690kg Limousin (£1435.20) for a Beragh producer £207 for a 740kg Limousin (£1531.80) for a Dungannon producer and selling to a top of £1748.40 for a 940kg Charolais to £186 for a Clogher producer.

Fleshed Friesians sold to £132 for a 760kg (£1003.20).

Beef bulls sold to £1365 for a 1050kg Charolais to £130.

Fat steers sold to £228 for a 680kg Aberdeen Angus (£1550.40).

Beef heifers sold to £216 for a 610kg Limousin (£1317.60).

Leading prices in fatstock ring for beef cows and cow heifers as follows: Tynan producer 610kg Limousin to £216 (£1317.60), Omagh producer 610kg Blonde d'Aquitaine to £213 (£1299.30), Beragh producer 690kg Limousin to £208 (£1435.20), Dungannon producer 740kg Limousin to £207 (£1531.80), Draperstown producer 760kg Limousin to £196 (£1489.60), Coalisland producer 690kg Limousin to £195 (£1345.50), Ballygawley producer 680kg Limousin to £190. Dungannon producer 680kg Blonde d'Aquitaine to £188. Keady producer 760kg Limousin to £188. Clogher producer 720kg Charolais to £188. Plumbridge producer 640kg Charolais to £187 and 750kg Belgian Blue to £184. Augher producer 720kg Charolais to £186. Clogher producer 940kg Charolais to £186.(£1748.40) Carnlough producer 630kg Shorthorn beef. to £184.

Other quality lots sold from £153 to £181 per 100kg.

Second quality coloured lots sold from £127 to £150 per 100kg.

Fleshed Friesians sold from £118 to £132 per 100kg.

Plainer lots sold from £100 to £115 per 100kg.

Poorer types sold from £72 to £96 per 100kg.

FAT BULLS: Newtownbutler producer 1050kg Charolais to £130 per 100kg (£1365.00).

FAT STEERS: 680kg Aberdeen Angus to £228 (£1550.40) 630kg Limousin to £212 (£1335.60), 700kg Limousin to £208 (£1456) 600kg Limousin to £207. 600kg Limousin to £197. 550kg Limousin to £196. 540kg Belgian Blue to £195. 540kg Aberdeen Angus to £193. 560kg Charolais to £191. 560kg Charolais to £191. 570kg Limousin to £189. 680kg Charolais to £188. 800kg Limousin to £186. Friesians sold to £160 for 830kg (£1328). Fleckvieh sold to £160 for 800kg (£1280).

FAT HEIFERS: £216 for 610kg Limousin (£1317.60), £211 for 460kg Limousin £210 for 590kg Charolais £209 for 650kg Charolais 206 for 560kg Charolais £206 for 670kg Charolais 550kg Limousin to £196. 610kg Charolais to £193. 610kg Limousin to £190. 610kg Limousin to £189.570kg Limousin to £189. 600kg Belgian Blue to £188. 640kg Charolais to £187. 630kg Shorthorn to £193.690kg Shorthorn to £176.

STORE BULLOCKS: Excellent demand in this section with forward lots selling to a high of £240 per 100kg for a 620kg Limousin to £1490 for an Aughnacloy producer and a 690kg Charolais selling to £1600 (£232) for a Dungannon producer. Leading prices with a top price of £1720 for a 780kg Charolais (£220.50), 690kg Charolais to £1600 (£232), 700kg Charolais to £1580 (£225) for M/S D and G Salt Dungannon. S Hadnett Armagh 810kg Limousin to £1670 (£206), 720kg Limousin to £1600 (£222), 730kg Limousin to £1540 (£211), 700kg Limousin to £1510 (£215) and 680kg Limousin to £1500 (£220), M J McKenna Clogher £700kg Charolais to £1560 (£223), B McCall Dungannon 770kg Charolais to £1520 (£197), E Latimer Brookeborough 760kg Simmental to £1520 (£200), P McIlvanna Co Armagh 660kg Aberdeen Angus to £1510 (£228), 670kg Limousin to £1490, and 680kg Limousin to £1480. S Corley Aughnacloy 620kg Limousin to £1490 (£240) and 640kg Limousin to £1450 (£226), J and D Shaw Maguiresbridge 700kg Limousin to £1480 (£211) and 680kg Charolais to £1460 (£214).

MED WEIGHTS 410KG TO 500KG

Quality lots in this section selling to a height of £255 per 100kg for a 430kg Limousin to £1100 and a 430kg Limousin to £1090 (£253 for C Fee Tempo. Leading prices: M McGirr Tempo 490kg Charolais to £1140 (£232), 500kg Aberdeen Angus to £1120 (£224), 480kg Charolais to £1060 (£221) 470kg Charolais to £1040 (£221) and 460kg Charolais to £990. C Fee Tempo 490kg Charolais to £1140 (£232), 480kg Charolais to £1130 (£235), 430kg Charolais to £1100 (£255), 430kg Limousin to £10.90 (£253) and 410kg Charolais to £1070 (£261), R Sharkey Dungannon 500kg Blonde d'Aquitaine to £1120 (£224), C McCombe Clogher 480kg Charolais to £1110 (£231) and 440kg Limousin to £990, G Wilson Derrylin 440kg Limousin to £1060 (£241), F McGirr Clogher 480kg Limousin to £1040. I Jordan Crumlin 490kg Hereford to £1030 (£210) and 490kg Hereford to £1000. J E Latimer Derrylin 460kg Charolais to £980.

SMALLER SORTS 400KG & UNDER: D Farrell Fivemiletown 330kg Charolais to £900 (£272) and William Robinson Ballygawley 320kg Hereford to £680.

STORE HEIFERS: Another strong demand in this section with forward lots selling to a top of £242 per 100kg for a 570kg Charolais to £1380 for a L J Gray Newtownbutler and £233.50 per 100kg going to M Nesbitt Armagh for a 620kg Charolais to £1450. This week's top price of £1520 (£226.50) and £1440 for a 660kg Limousin (£218) went to W J McCaffery Ballygawley, M Nesbitt Armagh 620kg Charolais to £1450 (£233.50) and 650kg Charolais to £1360 (£209), W S Hall Magheraveely 660kg Charolais to £1430 (£216), 660kg Charolais to £1430 (£216), 660kg Charolais to £1400 (£212), 620kg Charolais to £1390 (£224), 640kg Charolais to £1370 (£214), 620kg Charolais to £1360 (£219) and 590kg Charolais to £1290 (£218), Walter Hogg Fivemiletown 660kg Charolais to £1400 (£212), A Hadden Aughnacloy 660kg Limousin to £1390, 620kg Simmental to £1370, L J Gray Newtownbutler 570kg Charolais to £1380 (£242) and 580kg Charolais to £1310 (£226), P J McCarney Fintona 640kg Limousin to £1350. Jason Elliott Newtownbutler 590kg Charolais to £1310 (£222).

MED WEIGHTS 410KG TO 500KG: Very strong demand in this weight section with J McCarragher Tynan selling a 480kg Charolais to £1180 (£245.50). P McGirr Ballygawley 490kg Limousin to £1170 (£238.50) and 460kg Saler to £1080. (£234.50). J Holland 480kg Limousin to £1110. G Moane Fintona 490kg Limousin to £1110 and 500kg Simmental to £1100. J Grant Lurgan 500kg Limousin to £1090. T M Gavin Fintona 490kg Blonde d'Aquitaine to £1080 and 440kg Blonde d'Aquitaine to £1070. G V Wilson Derrylin 480kg Charolais to £1070 and 420kg to £980. D McFarland Beragh 490kg Charolais to £1050, 450kg Charolais to £1050, and 460kg Charolais to £1010. Anna McGirr Ballygawley 440kg Limousin to £1040 (£236) Patrick Hackett Augher 490kg Hereford to £1030. Clogher producer 410kg Limousin to £970 (£236).

SMALLER SORTS 400KG & UNDER: C V Wilson Derrylin 390kg Charolais to £960 (£246), 390kg Charolais to £950 (£243) 400kg Saler to £920 (£230) and 330kg Charolais to £790 (£239), Anna McGirr Ballygawley 400kg Limousin to £900. P Macari Armagh 360kg Shorthorn beef to £800, 340kg Simmental to £790 and 350kg Simmental to £770. P and P Fitzpatrick Newtownbutler 360kg Simmental to £800.

DROPPED CALVES & REARED CALVES: A very brisk demand in this section with bull calves (under two months) selling to £590 for a Limousin for R McGovern Derrylin. J and D McCormick Mackin £590 for Charolais. F and D Kenwell Omagh £570 for Limousin. B Reilly Mackin £500 for Limousin. A Farrell Fivemiletown 470 for Charolais. J W McFarland Trillick £460 and £425 for Limousins.

HEIFER CALVES: D Farrell Fivemiletown 680 for Charolais. K Moore Augher £520, £485 and £450 for Charolais. Clogher producer £455, £445 and £430 for Limousins Dungannon producer £430, £400 and £380 for Simmentals.

REARED BULLS: Mountview Cattle Dungannon £820 for Charolais. Roly Domer Clogher £790 for Charolais. D Galbraith Castlederg £765 and £655 for Simmentals and £735 for Charolais. A Farrell Fivemiletown £710 for Charolais. K Moore Augher £700 and £690 for Limousins. P Eakin Fivemiletown £670 and £660 for Limousins. P Cassidy Kinawley £650 for Charolais. D Prentice Garvery £640 for Charolais. D J Barbour Lisbellaw £620 for Belgian Blue and £620 for Charolais.

REARED HEIFERS: D Farrell Fivemiletown £680 and £670 for Charolais. K Moore Augher £650 for Limousin £620 for Hereford and £525 for Simmental. C Taggart Fintona £650 for Charolais. Roly Domer Clogher £640 for Charolais. R J Bleakley Fivemiletown £540 and £490 for Shorthorn beef. J Donnelly Trillick £515 x 2 for Aberdeen Angus. P Eakin Fivemiletown £495 and £485 for Limousins. B Mallon Eglinton £495 for Aberdeen Angus. R E Jones Ballygawley £490 for Hereford.

DAIRY COWS & HEIFERS: A smaller entry this week sold to a steady demand with a Ballygawley producer selling a calved heifer to £1950. Dungannon producer £1350 for calved heifer.

WEANLINGS (SALE HELD ON WEDNESDAY 24TH JUNE): A good turnout this week again sold easily to a brisk demand with steers and bulls selling to £271 per 100kg for a 380kg Charolais to £1030 for N Morrow Fivemiletown. E Armstrong Lisbellaw sold a 340kg Limousin to £920 (£270) and E Askin Ballygawley selling a 360kg Charolais to £960 (£266).

LEADING PRICES FOR STEERS & BULLS: Noel Morrow Fivemiletown 380kg Charolais to £1030 (£271) and 400kg Charolais to £990 (£247). Eric Armstrong Lisbellaw 400kg Limousin to £1000 (£250), 380kg Limousin to £940 (£247), 340kg Limousin to £920 (£270), 370kg Limousin to £920 (£248) and 400kg Simmental to £890 (£222), M F Nugent Cappagh 390kg Charolais to £990 (£254) and 380kg Charolais x 2 to £940 (£247), E Askin Augher 360kg Charolais to £960 (£266), C Cosgrove Rosslea 440kg Charolais to £950 (£216) and 440kg Charolais to £920. P Eakin Fivemiletown 370kg Limousin to £940 (£254), S Gilmour Ballygawley 410kg Limousin to £920. Pat Traynor Ballygawley 380kg Charolais to £890 and 330kg Limousin to £880 (£266), E H Sharkey Fivemiletown 370kg Charolais to £890 (£240), Paul Hughes Benburb 340kg Charolais to £880 (£259) and R Neville Trillick 430kg Simmental to £870.

WEANLING HEIFERS

Brisk demand in this section with a 390kg Charolais selling to £1020 (£261) for P Maguire Brookeborough and Eric Armstrong Lisbellaw selling a 340kg Limousin to £870 (£256) with smaller sorts selling to £268 per 100kg for a 280kg Limousin to £750 for D H Montgomery Omagh.

LEADING PRICES: P Maguire Brookeborough 390kg Charolais to £1020 (£261), 380kg Charolais to £920 (£242), E Armstrong Lisbellaw 340kg Limousin to £870 (£256), 320kg Limousin to £790 (£247), E H Sharkey Fivemiletown 340kg Limousin to £860 (£253), M Carland Omagh 390kg Charolais to £830, 390kg Charolais to £760 and 410kg Charolais to £760. P Eakin Fivemiletown 350kg Limousin to £830 (£237), 370kg Charolais to £820, 380kg Limousin to £790 and 340kg Limousin to £770. E Askin Augher 390kg Limousin to £800. J Hamilton Markethill 330kg Limousin to £800 (£242), 330kg Limousin to £790 and 320kg Limousin to £760. C Cosgrove Rosslea 330kg Charolais to £800 (£242) and 330kg Charolais to £780. D H Montgomery Omagh 280kg Limousin to £750 (£268) and 300kg Charolais to £750 (£250).

SUCKLER COWS & CALVES (SALE HELD ON WEDNESDAY 24TH JUNE): A good selection on offer this week again with local producer F McElroy selling a heifer with heifer calf to £2460. D Prentice Enniskillen £1960 £1580 and £1480 for second calvers with bull calves. C Conroy Sixmilecross £1920 for second calver and bull calf. E Fee Fivemiletown £1900 and £1780 for heifers with bull calves. Clogher producer £1880 for heifer with bull calf. R Dunne Maguiresbridge £1780 for heifer with heifer calf. D Green and Sons Lisburn £1760 for 2015 cow with bull calf and £1640 for 2016 cow with bull calf. C V Wilson Derrylin £1740 for 2014 cow with heifer calf. S J Mitchell Eskra £1680 for heifer with heifer calf. Harold Smith Ballygawley £1500 for 2015 cow with heifer calf, £1480 and £1400 for 2013 cows with bull calves and £1460 for 2012 cow with bull calf. P A Fee Tempo £1420 for heifer with bull calf. G Buchannon Lisbellaw £1400 for 2014 cow with bull calf. H N Berry Tynan £1400 for 2014 cow with bull calf. R Wilson Enniskillen £1340 for 2015 cow with heifer calf. Lots of other outfits sold from £1120 to £1340.

BREEDING BULLS: S McCall Armagh £2500 for pedigree registered Charolai (born 25/03/2017).