A sharper trade saw steers sell to £2390 for a 635kg Saler (376.00).

While heifers sold to £2040 635kg Belgian Blue (321.00).

Fat cows sold to £1480 for a 670kg Ayrshire (221.00).

Dropped calves peaked at £990 Belgian Blue bull.

While heifer calves sold to £910 Aberdeen Angus.

Suckled cows and calves peaked at £3420 for a Charolais cow with a Saler heifer calf at foot.

Breeding bulls sold to £2750 for a pedigree Hereford.

Weanlings sold to £1900 for a 455kg Aberdeen Angus bull (418.00).

While weanling heifers sold to £1780 for a 370kg Limousin (481.00).

steers

Steers prices reached a height of £2390 for a 635kg Saler (376.00) presented by S McCloskey, £2380 675kg Saler (353.00), £2370 675kg Limousin (351.00), £2200 625kg Saler (352.00); S McKenna £2390 695kg Limousin (344.00), £2270 630kg Limousin (360.00), £2180 575kg Limousin (379.00), £2050 540kg Limousin (380.00); G Newell £2340 630kg Charolais (371.00), £2340 600kg Charolais (390.00); N Ewing £2340 615kg Charolais (381.00), £2250 610kg Belgian Blue (369.00); S Swan £1840 470kg Belgian Blue (392.00) and M Patterson £1760 410kg Simmental (429.00), £1680 390kg Simmental (431.00), £1560 380kg Limousin (411.00), £1500 405kg Aberdeen Angus (371.00).

Heifers

Heifers cleared to £2040 for a 635kg Belgian Blue (321.00) presented by R Boyd; A Dungannon producer £2000 515kg Belgian Blue (388.00); I and S McAleece £1980 550kg Charolais (360.00); K Brannigan £1900 530kg Charolais (358.00), £1790 435kg Charolais (412.00), £1770 470kg Limousin (377.00), £1760 445kg Charolais (396.00), £1740 420kg Charolais (414.00), £1730 430kg Charolais (402.00), £1720 455kg Belgian Blue (378.00), £1640 460kg Belgian Blue (357.00), £1580 430kg Limousin (367.00), £1510 430kg Charolais (351.00); P McGee £1760 460kg Belgian Blue (383.00), £1690 480kg Aberdeen Angus (352.00); B Nugent £1660 445kg Belgian Blue (373.00) and P Devlin £1440 370kg Charolais (389.00), £1420 350kg Charolais (406.00), £1350 380kg Hereford (355.00).

Fat cows sold to £1480 for a 670kg Ayrshire (221.00) presented by A Emerson.

Dropped calves

Dropped calves cleared to £990 x 2 Belgian Blue bulls presented by J McFarland, £600 Belgian Blue bull, £580 x 2 Belgian Blue bulls, £570 Belgian Blue bull, £520 Belgian Blue bull; J McCrum £910 Hereford bull, £820 x 2 Speckle Park bulls, £740 Shorthorn bull; M Bloomer £880 Aberdeen Angus bull; P McCauley £840 Limousin bull; M Stephens £740 Aberdeen Angus bull; C Warnock £720 Shorthorn beef bull; J Ewing £700 Limousin bull, £600 x 2 Limousin bulls, £540 Limousin bull, £520 Limousin bull; H Quinn £690 Limousin bull, £530 Limousin bull; R Park £630 Aberdeen Angus bull; D Todd £570 Belgian Blue bull, £500 x 3 Aberdeen Angus bulls; S Marshall £560 x 4 Hereford bulls and W Campbell £510 Belgian Blue bull.

Friesian bulls sold from £205 to £380.

Meanwhile heifer calves peaked at £910 Aberdeen Angus presented by R Potter; J McCrum £810 Hereford heifer; D Todd £770 Belgian Blue heifer, £730 Aberdeen Angus heifer, £620 Aberdeen Angus heifer, £550 Belgian Blue heifer; J Ewing £760 Limousin heifer, £660 Limousin heifer, £550 Limousin heifer, £500 Limousin heifer; R Park £640 Belgian Blue heifer; M Robinson £520 Limousin heifer and H Quinn £520 x 2 Limousin heifers.

A larger entry of suckled cows and calves sold to £3420 for a Charolais cow with a Saler heifer calf at foot presented by H Stewart, £2600 Hereford heifer and Saler heifer calf, £2320 Limousin heifer and Saler heifer calf and Elliott Agri £2850 Limousin heifer and Limousin bull calf, £2750 Hereford heifer and Limousin heifer calf, £2600 Hereford heifer and Limousin heifer calf.

Breeding bulls sold to £2750 for a 19-month-old Hereford presented by a local producer.

Weanlings

All classes of weanlings continue to sell sharply with male calves selling to £1900 455kg Aberdeen Angus (418.00) presented S Williamson, £1180 290kg Aberdeen Angus (406.00); P O'Hagan £1560 285kg Limousin (547.00), £1400 x 250kg Limousins (560.00); D and K Buchanan £1490 340kg Fleckvieh (438.00), £1340 300kg Fleckvieh (447.00); F McNally £1420 330kg Limousin (430.00), £1380 300kg Belgian Blue (460.00); S Humphries £1230 x 2 290kg Aberdeen Angus (421.00) and Crewehill Farms £1080 260kg Belgian Blue (415.00).

Meanwhile weanling heifers topped at £1780 370kg Limousin (481.00) presented by S Williamson; M Patterson £1500 375kg Charolais (400.00), £1380 255kg Belgian Blue (541.00), £990 210kg Charolais (471.00); S McKeown £1440 315kg Charolais (457.00), £1390 315kg Limousin (441.00), £1370 335kg Limousin (409.00), £1360 310kg Hereford (439.00), £1340 310kg Limousin (432.00) and P O'Hagan £1400 280kg Limousin (500.00), £1210 235kg Limousin (515.00) and S Humphries £1120 x 4 230kg Aberdeen Angus (483.00).

A good entry of sheep saw a slightly easier trade to peak at £156 for a pen of 27kg presented by J Sinnamon; D Quinn £147 22kg, £138 20kg; J Dickson £147 24kg; R McKernan £141 21kg and A Nelson £138 22kg.

Fat ewes peaked at £190 presented by M Jeffers; J Newell £172, £152; R McKernan £158; A Nelson £155 and G Sinton £136.

Fat rams £148 presented by A Nelson.

Store lambs sold to £126 20kg presented by M Jeffers; R McKernan £124 18kg and G Sinton £110 17kg.