Breeding bulls 1450gns at Rathfriland Co-Op

Fat cows to £1110 from Moira.

Bullocks to £1165 from Banbridge and heifers to £1080 from Legananny.

An enormous entry of dropped calves saw a Corgary, Newry producer reach £400 for Limousin bulls and £400 for Simmental heifers.

67 weanlings sold to £860 for a 430k Hereford male from Ballinahinch.

A Co Antrim farmer reached £280.5p/k for a 246k Charolais male at £690.

Only 14 weanlings sold at under £2.00 per kilo.

DROPPED CALVES

Corgary farmer: pen of Simmental and Limousins, £400, £400, £395, £390, £380, £370. Seafin farmer: £325 and £285. Saintfield farmer: £310, £230 and £230. Dromara farmer: £320. Banbridge farmer: Twin bull calves, £300 each. Rafferty farmer: £280. Ballyward farmer: £285. Hilltown farmer: £280 and £265. Annalong farmer: £230.

WEANLINGS

Co Antrim farmer: Pen of 9 Charolais, 246k at £690 or 280.5p/k, 288k at £730 or 253.5p/k, 258k at £610 or 236.4p/k, 284k at £655 or 231p/k, 272k at £625 or 230p/k. Local farmer: 270k at £730 or 270.4p/k, 276k at £740 or 268p/k, 284k at £760 or 268p/k, 280k at £735 or 262.5p/k, 302k at £750 or 248.3p/k. Rostrevor farmer: 330k at £790 or 240p/k, 296k at £680 or 230p/k, 290k at £655 or 226p/k. Upper Crossgar farmer: 182k at £430 or 236p/k. Downpatrick farmer: 284k at £655 or 231p/k, 274k at £605 or 221p/k. Ballynahinch farmer: 436k at £860. Rostrevor farmer: 410k at £820. Begney farmer: 380k at £785.

HEIFERS

Legananny farmer: 626k at £1080, 576k at £1050, 566k at £1050, 566k at £1050. Seapatrick farmer: 538k at £975, 502k at £890, 500k at £880. Loughbrickland farmer: 492k at £870, 470k at £825, 472k at £810.

FAT COWS

Co Antrim farmer: 816k at £1110, 654k at £760. Annalong farmer: 704k at £900, 772k at £1020, 630k at £800, 718k at £780.

BULLOCKS

Banbridge farmer: 642k at £1165, 544k at £1125, 612k at £1110, 588k at £1100, 588k at £1070. Hillsborough farmer: 566k at £1100, 500k at £1035, 502k at £970, 514k at £945, 532k at £940.

FRIESIAN BULLOCKS: 726k at £1100, 510k at £860, 596k at £870, 588k at £800, 472k at £645, 624k at £840, 448k at £640, 466k at £670, 285k at £475, 242k at £430.

Sheep trade continued on an upward trend on Tuesday evening.

A top of £110 for hoggets was recorded twice for 31k from Kilkeel and 34k from Ballinahinch.

All heavy lots of hoggets sold between £106 and £110 per head.

The entire entry of hoggets averaged £95.33 per head.

Large numbers of fat ewes sold to £139 for two from Kilkeel.

Breeding ewes easily cleared up to £230 with most doubles from £200 up and singles to £190.

HOGGETS

Hilltown farmer: 22.2k at £105 or 473p/k. Annalong farmer: 15k at £71 or 473p/k. Edentrillick farmer: 19k at £88 or 463p/k. Newry farmer: 22.6k at £100.50 or 445p/k. Ballynafern farmer: 22k at £98.50 or 448p/k. Garvaghy farmer: 24k at £105. Ballinahinch farmer: 34k at £110. Kilkeel farmer: 31k at £110. Tullyglush farmer: 28.7k at £109. Edentrillick farmer: 24.4k at £107.50. Kilkeel farmer: 25.5k at £107 and 26.5k at £107. Downpatrick farmer: 26.9k at £107. Cascum farmer: 25k at £106.50. Aghaderg farmer: 25.7k at £106.

FAT EWES

Kilkeel farmer: £139. Tullyglush farmer: £138. Kilkeel farmer: £130. Dromara farmer: £125. Aghaderg farmer: £122. Kilkeel farmer: £122. Downpatrick farmer: £121 etc.

Ewes with two lambs at foot to £230 from Ballyward. Ewes with single lambs from Dromore, 3 ewes with 3 lambs, £190 each.