Breeding bulls sell to £2400 at Clogher Mart

In the fatstock ring 402 lots listed sold readily with beef cows selling to £1554 for a 840kg Charolais to £185 per 100kg to a Ballygawley producer and selling to a top of £195 per 100kg for a 730kg Belgian Blue (£1423.50) for a Kilrea producer followed by a 740kg Limousin to £192 (£1420.80) for a Mayobridge producer.

Cow heifers sold to £1375.20 for a 720kg Limousin to £192 with a 700kg Limousin to £192 for a Dungannon producer.

Fleshed Friesians sold to £156 for a 670kg (£1045.20) for a Dungannon producer.

Fat bulls sold to £1519.40 for a 1070kg Charolais to £142 and selling to a top of £147 per 100kg for a 870kg Charolais to £147 (£1278.90).

Beef steers sold to £213 for a 600kg Charolais.

Beef heifers sold to £216 for a 550kg Limousin.

Leading prices for beef cows and cow heifers in fatstock ring as follows: Kilrea producer 730kg Belgian Blue to £195 (£1423.50) and 700kg Limousin to £184 (£1288), Dungannon producer 700kg Charolais to £192 (£1344) and 720kg Charolais to £191 (£1375.20), Mayobridge producer 740kg Limousin to £192 (£1420.80), Trillick producer 700kg Charolais to £191 and 670kg Limousin to £186. Roscor producer 720kg Charolais to £190. Dungannon producer 720kg Limousin to £190. Dungannon producer 650kg Charolais to £186. Ballygawley producer 840kg Limousin to £185 (£1554), Brookeborough producer 600kg Limousin to £182. Clogher producer 610kg Charolais to £182. Dungannon producer 690kg Limousin to £182.

Other quality lots sold from £150 to £180 per 100kg.

Second quality coloured lots sold from £132 to £148 per 100kg.

Fleshed Friesians sold from £116 to £132 per 100kg selling to a top of £156 for a 670kg (£1045.20).

Plainer lots sold from £98 to £116 per 100kg.

Poorer types sold from £78 to £94 per 100kg.

FAT BULLS: 870kg Charolais to £147 (£1278.90), 960kg Limousin to £146. 810kg Belgian Blue to £146. 870kg Charolais to £143. 1070kg Charolais to £142 (£1519.40), 1010kg Aberdeen Angus to £132 (£1333.20), 890kg Charolais to £130. 930kg Holstein to £110 (£1023) and 730kg Aberdeen Angus to £100.

FAT STEERS: 600kg Charolais to £213. 770kg Limousin to £208. 710kg Charolais to £188.560kg Aberdeen Angus to £187. 540kg Aberdeen Angus to £187. 530kg Aberdeen Angus to £187.510kg Aberdeen Angus to £187. 620kg Limousin to £185. 690kg Her. to £184 x 2 630kg Hereford to £184.650kg Hereford to £184. 720kg Charolais to £183. 770kg Simmental to £182. Friesians sold from £132 to £154 for 560kg.

FAT HEIFERS: 630Kg Limousin to £213. 450kg Charolais to £202. 520kg Charolais to £194. 510kg Limousin to £194. 500kg Limousin to £192. 560kg Charolais to £190. 660kg Charolais to £188. 550kg Simmental to £188. 560kg Limousin to £188. 670kg Limousin to £186. 630kg Limousin to £185. 480kg Limousin to £185. 600kg Limousin to £182. 610kg Charolais to £182. 560kg Shorthorn to £180.

Friesians sold from £118 to £130 per 100kg.

STORE BULLOCKS: Excellent demand in this section for an increased with quality forward lots selling to £1630 for a 800kg Charolais (£204) for a Killylea producer. and reaching £229 per 100kg for a 640kg Limousin to £1470 for an Armagh producer with others selling to £225 per 100kg for a 670kg Belgian Blue to a Donaghmore producer.

LEADING PRICES: Killylea producer 800kg Limousin to £1630 (£204), 720kg Limousin to £1480 (£205) and 720kg Charolais to £1460 (£203), P L McCaffery Derrylin 720kg Aberdeen Angus to £1560 (£216), P Burnett Donaghmore 720kg Limousin to £1560 (£216) and 670kg Belgian Blue to £1510 (3225), Moy producer 690kg Limousin to £1540 (£223) and 680kg Limousin to £1490 (£219), Joe Keys Clogher 720kg Charolais to £1540 (£214), J McKenna Armagh 740kg Charolais to £1540 (£208) and 680kg Charolais to £1460 (£214), C Mallon Dungannon 710kg Charolais to £1530 (£215), M Campbell Armagh 730kg Limousin to £1500 (£205), 700kg Charolais to £1490 (£213), 660kg Charolais to £1470 (£223) and 640kg Limousin to £1470 (£229), F and J J Devlin Coagh 720kg Limousin to £1490 (£207), B Barrett Trillick 680kg Charolais to £1470 (£216), Newtownbutler producer 680kg Charolais to £1460. D Kerr Dungannon 720kg Simmental to £1450.

MED WEIGHT STORES 410KG TO 500KG: Very keen demand in this section with a 410kg Charolais to £1070 (£261) and 460kg Charolais to £1200 (£260) for a C V Wilson Derrylin.

LEADING PRICES: C Wilson Derrylin 460kg Charolais to £1200 (£260), 470kg Charolais to £1140 (£242), 490kg Charolais to £1110 (£226), 440kg Charolais to £1090 (£248), 410kg Charolais to £1070 (£261), 440kg Charolais to £1060 (£241) and 460kg Charolais to £1020 (£222), G Wilson Derrylin 490kg Charolais to £1170, (£238), 460kg Charolais to £1060 (£230) and 450kg Limousin to £1010 (£224), M O'Hanlon Clogher 490kg Limousins to £1100 x 2 (£224), A Eagleson Ballygawley 480kg Limousin to £1060 and 430kg Charolais to £1060 (£246.50), C McCombe Clogher 490kg Aberdeen Angus to £1040 (£212), A Brown Donaghmore 470kg Charolais to £1040. J Primrose Fivemiletown 480kg Limousin to £1040. G Crawford Brookeborough 460kg Charolais to £1030. I Gilmore Drumbeg 460kg Charolais to £1010.

SMALLER SORTS 400KG & UNDER: G V Wilson Derrylin 330kg Charolais to £920 (£278), G Lappin Armagh 350kg Charolais to £890 (£254), 330kg Charolais to £840 (£254), 300kg Charolais to £780 (£260) 300kg Charolais to £720 (240), C Stewart Fivemiletown 340kg Aberdeen Angus to £780 (£229) and Downpatrick producer 330kg Simmental to £720.

STORE HEIFERS: A good steady demand for a larger entry in this section with forward lots selling to £237 per 100kg for a 570kg Limousin to £1350 and a 550kg Limousin to £1270 (£231) for a Beragh producer and selling to a top of £1440 for a 630kg Limousin (£228)for a Lisnaskea producer.

LEADING PRICES: I Mc Vitty Lisnaskea 630kg Limousin to £1440 (£228) and 670kg Limousin to £1400 (£209, Joe Keys Clogher 630kg Limousin to £1350 (£214), 620kg Charolais to £1300 (£209) and 600kg to £1280 (£213), P J Kelly J Elliott Newtownbutler 610kg Limousin to £1350 (£221), J McSorley Beragh 570kg Limousin to £1350 (£237), Ballygawley 660kg Charolais to £1340, 630kg Limousin to £1320 and 600kg Limousin to £1310. A Maguire Lisbellaw 650kg Limousin to £1300. J McSorley Beragh 640kg Limousin to £1300 and 550kg Limousin to £1270 (£231), H Macauley Ballyclare 620kg Charolais to £1280, 590kg Charolais to £1260 and 580kg Limousin to £1240 (£213), J Elliott Newtownbutler 600kg Charolais to £1270. F Reid Omagh 700kg Aberdeen Angus to £1260. I Gilmore Drumbeg 640kg Limousin to £1260. G Elliott Magheraveely 620kg Charolais to £1250.

MED WEIGHTS 400KG TO 500KG: Strong demand in this section with a 490kg Blonde d'Aquitaine selling to £1140 (£232) for a Lisbellaw producer and reaching a top of £260 per 100kg for a 400kg Charolais to £1040 for a Fivemiletown producer.

LEADING PRICES: M/S B & M Fee Lisbellaw 490kg Blonde d'Aquitaine to £1140 (£232) D Tierney Rosslea 490kg Charolais to £1120 £228) 450kg Charolais to £1000 (£222) and 450kg Charolais to £990 (£220) C Keys Fivemiletown 490kg Charolais to £1090 (£222) and 400kg Charolais to £1040 (£260) D Shortt Clogher 500kg Charolais to £1070 (£214) Eskra producer 490kg Limousin to £1040, and 490kg Aberdeen Angus to £1040. D McFarland Beragh 470kg Charolais to £1040, 480kg Charolais to £1040, and 480kg Charolais to £970. M/S S J & R Hall Newtownbutler 480kg Limousin to £1010. T Singleton Ballygawley 430kg Limousin to £1000 (£232) C McCombe Clogher 460kg Charolais to £970 . Pomeroy producer 420kg Charolais to £960 and 480kg Simmental to £950.

SMALLER SORTS 390KG & UNDER

Pomeroy producer 350kg Limousin to £900 (£257), G McKee Coalisland 360kg Limousin to £870 (£241), 350kg Blonde d'Aquitaine to £830 (£237) 370kg Limousin to £750, 390kg Limousin to £720 and 340kg Blonde d'Aquitaine to £590. Downpatrick producer 340kg Limousin to £820 (£241), 330kg Simmental to £740, 370kg Limousin to £730, 360kg Simmental to £720, 290kg Charolais to £680 and 350kg Limousin to £550. N Graham Fivemiletown 370kg Limousin to £730. P McConnell Dromore 380kg Aberdeen Angus to £730. P Corrigan Dungannon 320kg Belgian Blue to £600 and 260kg Belgian Blue to £580.

WEANLINGS (sale held on Wednesday 17th June)

A very keen demand in this section with bull calves selling to £272 per 100kg for a 320kg Limousin to £870 for C Loughran Pomeroy with stronger ones selling to £225 per 100kg for a 510kg Limousin to £1150 for M Hawe Dungannon.

LEADING PRICES: J McCarroll (£214) and 480kg Limousin to £960. P J Bell Cookstown 440kg Limousin to £1100 (£250), 460kg Hereford to £1050 (£228), 360kg Limousin to £900 (£250) and 360kg Limousin to £880 (£244), M Carland Omagh 500kg Charolais to £1050 (£208), 440kg Charolais to £1040 (£236) and 400kg Charolais to £890 (£222), A W J Shaw Dungannon 450kg Limousin to £980 (£218), 390kg Limousin to £890 (£228), 340kg Limousin to £880 (£259) and 370kg Limousin to £870 (£235), S Devine Ballygawley 440kg Charolais to £980 (£223), J McCarroll Seskinore 380kg Limousin to £910 (£239), G Taggart Coalisland 390kg Limousin to £910 (£233) and 380kg Limousin to £880 (£231) and C Loughran Pomeroy 320kg Limousin to £870 (£272).

WEANLING HEIFERS: Keen demand in this section as well with a 270kg Limousin selling to £770 (£272) for J McCarroll Seskinore with stronger ones selling to £1040 for a 520kg Limousin (£200) for K Stewart Aughnacloy.

LEADING PRICES: K Stewart Aughnacloy 520kg Limousin to £1040 (£200) and 440kg Limousin to £960 (£218), Armagh producer 420kg Limousin to £880 (£209), S Lagan Moneymore 370kg Charolais to £860 (£232), O P Donnelly Augher 380kg Limousin to £860 (£226) 350kg Limousin to £840 (£240) 320kg Limousin to £840 (£262.50), M Lennon Augher 380kg Charolais to £850 (£223), M Hackett Augher 360kg Charolais to £840 (£233), R J Barnes Cookstown 370kg Limousin to £830 (£224), S Devine Ballygawley 330kg Charolais to £830 (£251.50), D McAleer Dromore 380kg Charolais to £830, J Wigham Fivemiletown 360kg Limousin to £820. D Little 380kg Charolais to £810. Tempo producer 350kg Limousin to £810 and 310kg Limousin to £780 (£251). E McAleer Dromore 320kg Charolais to £790 (£247). M L Nugent Augher 340kg Charolais to £780. J McCarroll Seskinore 290kg Limousin to £770 (£265).

SUCKLER COWS & CALVES (sale held on Wednesday 17th June)

Another good entry this week sold readily with G J Campbell Markethill selling a heifers with heifer calves to £2280, £1940 and £1540 with a heifer & bull calf selling to £1600. Cookstown producer £1900 for heifer with bull calf and £1580 for a second calver with bull calf. P V McKenna Augher £1880 and £1600 for heifers with bull calves and £1540 for heifer with heifer calf. Ed McCann Fintona £1800 for heifer with bull calf and £1640 for heifer with heifer calf. S J Mitcheoo Eskra £1760 for heifer with heifer calf. A McDonald Ballygawley £1740 for heifer with bull calf and £1680 for heifer with heifer calf. H McFarland £1720 and £1700 for heifers with heifer calves and £1700 for heifer with twin bull calves. Geo Hobson Annaghmore £1700 for heifer with heifer calf. S Oliver Armagh £1660 for heifer with bull calf.

Several other outfits sold from £1000 to 1520.

Incalf cows & heifers sold to £1480, £1300 x 3 £1280 and £1050.

BREEDING BULLS: S Hurst Lisbellaw £2400 for pedigree registered Limousin (born 01/01/2018) and H McFarland Trillick £1780 for pedigree registered Limousin (born 22/09/2018).

DROPPED CALVES & REARED CALVES: A sharp demand in this section with bull calves (under six weeks) selling to £570 for a Charolais to P E and Co McQuaid Trillick. E and A Thompson Tempo £560, £530, £490 and £415 for Hereford. J W McFarland Trillick £490 and £480 for Limousins Sixmilecross producer $445 for Aberdeen Angus BrookEborough producer 430 for Charolais K Moore Augher £410 for Her. J Donnelly Trillick £400 for Her.

HEIFER CALVES

Brookeborough producer £570 and £500 for Chars. T Taggart Aughnacloy £565 for Limousin S.M.X producer £440 for Limousin K Moore Augher £435 for Charolais P E & Co. McQuaid Trillick £420 for Charolais

REARED BULLS

A Emo Derrylin £830 and £755 for Limms and £660 for Aberdeen Angus . J Maguire Fivemiletown £825 for Charolais G McCaffery Derrylin £825 for Charolais T McVitty Newtownbutler £805 and £785 for Charolais. J J O'Reilly Newtownbutler £775 and £675 for Charolais. Sixmilecross producer £750 and £690 for Charolais. M and G Monaghan Augher £715 for Limousin, M and P Gleeson Lisnaskea £710 for Charolais, A and R Lavery Aghalee £705 for Limousin, F and R Conlon Newtownbutler £640 for Charolais Coalisland producer £615 for Limousin Des Orr Fivemiletown £590 for Charolais and G Foster Kinawley £585 for Aberdeen Angus.

REARED HEIFERS: P McConnell Clogher £715 and £650 for Charolais. N Weir Fintona £710 for Limousin, J Keys Clogher £710 and £680 for Limousin, £705, £585, £575 for Hereford and £670 and £565 for Simmentals. J Maguire Fivemiletown £710 and £605 for Charolais. G McCaffery Derrylin £675 for Limousin Sixmilecross producer £595 for Charolais and T McVitty Newtownbutler £585 for Charolais

DAIRY COWS: A very strong demand reported in this section with W J Graham Enniskillen selling a calved second calver to £2380. S Graham Enniskillen £2280 for calved second calver and £2150 for calved heifer. F Loughran Newry £2100 for calved heifer. Ballygawley producer £1550 and £1500 for calved heifers. R W R Armstrong Dungannon £1350 for incalf heifer and £1120 and £1070 for incalf Fleckvieh heifers.