Breeding bulls sold to £2350 for Limousin at Clogher Mart

A smaller entry with 800 lots on offer at Clogher Mart on Saturday 8th July produced a good steady demand for a lot of quality stock in all sections.
Watch more of our videos on Shots! 
and live on Freeview channel 276
Visit Shots! now

In the fatstock ring beef bred cows sold to £2251-20 for an 840kg Limousin to £268 per 100kg followed by an 830kg Charolais to £2025-20 at £244 per 100kg.

Beef bred cow heifers sold to £1792 for a 700kg Limousin to £256 per 100kg with a 670kg Limousin to £1792 at £256 per 100kg.

Fleshed Friesian cows sold to £1235-40 for a 710kg to £174 per 100kg.

Livestock Markets. Picture: Farming LifeLivestock Markets. Picture: Farming Life
Livestock Markets. Picture: Farming Life

Fat bulls sold to £1700 for a 1000kg Charolais to £170 per 100kg.

Fat steers sold to £227 per 100kg.

Fat heifers sold to £268 per 100kg.

In the store rings heavy steers sold to £2060 for a 760kg Charolais (£271) selling to £294 per 100kg for a 660kg Charolais to £1940.

Forward steers sold to £1790 for a 605kg Charolais (£296).

Med weight steers sold to £1410 for a 470kg Charolais (£300) selling to £312 per 100kg for a 355kg Limousin to £1110.

Smaller sorts sold to £1090 for a 335kg Limousin (£325).

Heavy heifers sold to £1940 for a 700kg Charolais (£277).

Forward heifers sold to £1590 for a 575kg Charolais (£276) selling to £289 per 100kg for a 540kg Limousin to £1560.

Med weight heifers sold to £1420 for a 470kg Limousin (£302).

Smaller sorts sold to £1140 for a 370kg Limousin (£344).

Weanling steers and bulls sold to £1560 for a 400kg Limousin (£390 per 100kg).

Weanling heifers sold to £1030 for a 370kg Charolais to £322 per 100kg for a 310kg Limousin to £1000.

Dairy cows and heifers sold to £2420 and £2200.

Springers sold to £1400 and £1370.

Breeding bulls sold to £2350 for Limousin and £1900 for Aberdeen Angus.

Suckler outfits sold to £2530 and £2450 twice.

Springing cows sold to £1300.

Young bull calves sold to £440 for Saler.

Heifer calves sold to £420 for Charolais.

Reared male lumps sold to £815 for Limousin.

Reared female lumps sold to £720 for Charolais.

Leading prices in fatstock ring for beef bred cows and cow heifers: Dungannon producer 840kg Limousin to £268 (£2251-20) Sixmilecross producer 630kg Belgian Blue to £260 (£1638) Aughnacloy producer 670kg Limousin to £256 (£1715-20) Coalisland producer 700kg Limousin to £256 (£1792. Aughnacloy producer 620kg Blonde d'Aquitaine to £248 (£1537-60) Dungannon producer 770kg Limousin to £245 (£1886-50) Portadown producer 830kg Charolais to £244 (£2025-20) and 710kg Charolais to £240 (£1704) Dungannon producer 680kg Charolais to £243 (£1652-40) Castlederg producer 720kg Blonde d'Aquitaine to £242 (1742-40) Clogher producer 650kg Limousin to £242 (£1573) and 660kg Charolais to £238 (£1570-80) Coalisland producer 750kg Limousin to £236 (£1770) Middletown producer 520kg Limousin to £234 (£1216-80) Cookstown producer 620kg Limousin to £234 (£1450-80) and 650kg Limousin to £228 (£1482); Maguiresbridge producer 840kg Charolais to £230 (£1932) Irvinestown producer 800kg Limousin to £228 (£1824) Dungannon producer 680kg Charolais to £228 (£1550-40) and Derrylin producer 770kg Limousin to £226 (£1740-20).

Other quality beef bred lots sold from £212 to £224 per 100kg.

Second quality coloured lots sold from £190 to £210 per 100kg.

Fleshed Friesian cows sold to £1235-40 for a 710kg to £174 with others selling from £166 to £170 per 100kg.

Plainer Friesians sold from £128 to £156 per 100g.g

Poorer types sold from £90 to £120 per 100kg.

Fat bulls

Omagh producer 900kg Charolais to £170 (£1530); Omagh producer 1000kg Charolais to £170 (£1700); Fermanagh producer 740kg Charolais to £166 (£1228-40); Middletown producer 880kg Limousin to £162 (£1425-60); Donemana producer 980kg Aberdeen Angus to £160 (£1568); Fivemiletown producer 960kg Shorthorn beef to £158 (£1516-80) and Cookstown producer 1080kg Charolais to £150 (£1620).

Fat steers

Limousin steers sold to £227 per 100kg. Simmental steers sold to £226 per 100kg. Aberdeen Angus steers sold to £220 per 100kg. Friesian steers sold to £217 per 100kg to (£1388-80 per head); Dr steers sold to £214 per 100kg. Hereford steers sold to £210 per 100kg.

Fat heifers

Belgian Blue heifers sold to £268 per 100kg. Limousin heifers sold to £248 per 100kg. Simmental heifers sold to £228 per 100kg. Aberdeen Angus heifers sold to £218 per 100kg. Hereford heifers sold to £216 per 100kg. Friesian heifers sold to £207 per 100kg.

Store bullocks

A firm demand in this section with heavy steers selling to £2060 for a 760kg Charolais (£271) and selling to £294 per 100kg for a 660kg Charolais to £1940 most other quality lots sold from £237 to £282 per 100kg.

Forward lots sold to £1790 for a 605kg Charolais (£296) with others selling from £272 to £283 per 100kg.

Sample prices: E James Dungannon 760kg Charolais to £2060 (£271) 760kg Charolais to £2000 (£263) 660kg Charolais to £1740 (£263) and 715kg Charolais to £1700 (£237) K Quinn Donaghmore 745kg Aberdeen Angus to £1950 (£261) and 660kg Charolais to £1940 (£294) M B McPhillips Dromore 730kg Limousin to £1910 (£261) and 725kg Limousin to £1850 (£255) P E Quinn Pomeroy 665kg Limousin to £1830 (£275) 630kg Limousin to £1780 (£282) and 660kg Limousin to £1740 (£263) T B Robinson Clogher 690kg Aberdeen Angus to £1820 (£263) D Wright Aughnacloy 640kg Belgian Blue to £1720 (£268) P McGleenan Armagh 630kg Charolais to £1690 (£268) Forward steers sold to £1790 for a 605kg Charolais (£296) for I A Kyle Beragh. K Quinn Donaghmore 615kg Charolais to £1740 (£283) and 625kg Charolais to £1700 (£272) P Mallon Dungannon 620kg Limousin to £1700 (£274) and P E Quinn Pomeroy 600kg Limousin to £1680 (£280) and 610kg Limousin to £1670 (£274).

Med weight steers 355kg to 500kg

Strong demand in this section with quality lots selling to £1410 for a 470kg Charolais (£300) and selling to £312 per 100kg for a 355kg Limousin to £1110.

Other quality lots sold from £222 to £297 per 100kg.

Sample prices: M A Flynn Rosslea 470kg Charolais to £1410 (£300) 480kg Charolais to £1280 (£266) 420kg Charolais to £1250 (£297) 435kg Charolais to £1240 (£285) and 410kg Charolais to £1200 (£292) S Oliver Armagh 465kg Limousin to £1330 (£286) K Irwin Tynan 500kg Aberdeen Angus to £1260 (£252) 490kg Aberdeen Angus to £1090 (£222) and 490kg Aberdeen Angus to £1070 (£218) N Graham Fivemiletown 500kg Charolais to £1250 (£250) B McCully Warringstown 480kg Aberdeen Angus to £1160 (£241) 495kg Irish Moilie to £1120 (£226) 490kg Limousin to £1090 (£222) and 495kg Belgian Blue to £1080 (£218) Banbridge producer 485kg Her. to £1140 (£235) 460kg Limousin to £1100 (£239) 480kg Aberdeen Angus to £1070 (£223) and 465kg Limousin to £1060 (£228) L Donnelly Galbally 355kg Limousin to £1110 (£312) and S Crawford Maguiresbridge 455kg Limousin to £1100 (£239).

Smaller sorts 350kg and under

L Donnelly Galbally 335kg Limousin to £1090 (£325) and S Jordan Derrylin 310kg Charolais to £890.

Store heifers

A very strong demand in this section with heavy heifers selling to £1940 for a 700kg Charolais (£277) with other quality lots selling from £236 to £269 per 100kg.

Forward lots sold to £1590 for a 575kg Charolais (£276) and selling to £289 per 100kg for a 540kg Limousin to £1560.

Sample prices: S Bingham Augher 700kg Charolais to £1940 (£277) H Nesbitt Armagh 670kg Charolais to £1720 (£256) 675kg Charolais to £1610 (£238) and 635kg Charolais to £1580 (£249) M Nesbitt Armagh 650kg Charolais to £1720 (£264) and 640kg Charolais to £1670 (£261) E Greenaway Dungannon 675kg Charolais to £1700 (£252) 620kg Charolais to £1640 (£264) and 645kg Charolais to £1600 (£248) Ballygawley producer 665kg Charolais to £1630 (£245) and 595kg Charolais to £1600 (£269) M McCrystal Ballygawley 590kg Charolais to £1580 (£268) Augher producer 655kg Charolais to £1550 (£236) Forward lots sold to £1590 for a 575kg Charolais (£276) for F O'Kane Trillick. H Nesbitt Armagh 580kg Charolais to £1580 (£272) and 560kg Charolais to £1490 (£266) Ballygwley producer 540kg Limousin to £1560 (£289) and 540kg Limousin to £1500 (£277) and M McCrystal Ballygawley 560kg Charolais to £1500 (£268).

Med weight store heifers 410kg to 500kg

A good steady demand in this section with quality lots selling to £1420 for a 470kg Limousin (£302) and a 450kg Limousin to £1300 (£289).

Sample prices: O P Donnelly Augher 470kg Limousin to £1420 (£302) and 450kg Limousin to £1300 (£289) J Robson Augher 485kg Aberdeen Angus to £1360 (£280) 460kg Aberdeen Angus to £980 and 405kg Aberdeen Angus to £805. M McCaffery Clogher 500kg Charolais to £1350 (£270) G Mulrine Augher 440kg Charolais to £1210 (£275) and 435kg Charolais to £1180 (£271) W and D Irwin Newtownbutler 470kg Saler to £1110 (£236) P Irvine Augher 480kg Limousin to £1090 (3227) F J Cashel Lisnaskea 430kg Charolais to £1090 (£253) G J McKenna Clogher 435kg Limousin to £980 (£225) and J Beatty Derrylin 445kg Aberdeen Angus to £890, 440kg Aberdeen Angus to £880, 455kg Aberdeen Angus to £860, 425kg Aberdeen Angus to £780, 445kg Jersey to £760 and 400kg Aberdeen Angus to £700.

Smaller sorts 400kg and under

G Mulrine Augher 370kg Charolais to £1140 (£344) 400kg Charolais to £1100, 380kg Charolais to £1040, 350kg Charolais to £950 and 355kg Charolais to £860. T McMahon Augher 400kg Speckled Park to £1040. Kesh producer 340kg Limousin to £920 and 375kg Simmental to £900. A McCaffery Macken 350kg Limousin to £890, 320kg Simmental to £870, 345kg Simmental to £780 and 320kg Shorthorn beef to £775. M Grimes Beragh 385kg Belgian Blue to £790, 390kg Belgian Blue to £780, 355kg Blonde d'Aquitaine to £770, 325kg Belgian Blue to £740 and 385kg Blonde d'Aquitaine to £730. F Conlan Augher 340kg Limousin to £730.

Weanlings

A very keen demand in this section for a lot of quality stock on offer this week a 400kg Limousin sold to a high of £1560 at £390 per 100kg with several other quality lots selling over the £300 plus mark per 100kg.

Weanling heifers sold to £1030 for a 370kg Charolais and selling to £322 per 100kg for a 310kg Limousin to £1000.

Sample prices

Weanling steers and bulls

R G Sproule Castlederg 400kg Limousin to £1560 (£390) Ballylagan Eggs Augher 495kg Limousin to £1380 (£278) J Primrose Fivemiletown 365kg Charolais to £1280 (£350) and 345kg Charolais to £1030 (£298) Tempo producer 395kg Limousin to £1280 (£324) 370kg Limousin to £1040 (£281) and 345kg Limousin to £990 (£287) R Ward Sixmilecross 380kg Charolais to £1260 (£331) and 365kg Charolais to £1210 (£331) M Monaghan Augher 390kg Limousin to £1230 (£315) and 425kg Limousin to £1170 (£275) P Stratton Tempo 410kg Charolais to £1230 (£300) J Armstrong Maguiresbridge £420kg Limousin to £1190 (£283) and 400kg Limousin to £1140 (£285) I A Kyle Beragh 355kg Charolais to £1150 (£324) R J Barnes Cookstown 395kg Charolais to £1070 (£271) and 335kg Belgian Blue to £1020 (£304) S G McElroy Lisnaskea 330kg Limousin to £1050 (£318) and Kesh producer 335kg Limousin to £990 (£295).

Weanling heifers

R Ward Beragh 370kg Charolais to £1030 (£278) and 305kg Charolais to £750. P Slane Carrickmore 310kg Limousin to £1000 (£322) and 310kg Limousin to £890 (£287) Tempo producer 390kg Limousin to £1010 (£259) 340kg Limousin to £940 (£276) 375kg Limousin to £920 (£245) and 330kg Limousin to £800 (£242) Ballylagan Eggs Augher 380kg Limousin to £940. And 345kg Limousin to £740. Omagh producer 350kg Charolais to £930. S Graham Portadown 315kg Simmental to £860375kg Simmental to £820, 425kg Shorthorn beef to £800 and 335kg Simmental to £750. G Johnston Magheraveely 400kg Aberdeen Angus to £800and 345kg Aberdeen Angus to £720. I A Kyle Beragh 245kg Charolais to £770 (£314) and R J Russell Omagh 380kg Aberdeen Angus to £760.

Dairy cows and heifers

Trade remains very keen for quality lots in this section with a Dungannon producer selling calved heifers to £2420, £2220 and £2100. A Dungannon producer sold springing heifers due September to AI and stock Friesian bulls to £1400, £1370, £1280 and £1180. A Dundrod producer sold back springers to £1340 and £960.

Breeding bulls

Castlederg producer £2350 for pure bred Limousin (born 10-02-2021); Clogher producer £1900 for pure bred Aberdeen Angus (born 08-11-2021) and Derrylin producer £1750 for pedigree registered Shorthorn (born 12-12-2021).

Suckler cows and calves

Another full house this week again sold to a strong demand especially for quality lots.

D McGlinchey Castlederg sold a heifer with heifer calf to £2530. B W Dunlop Omagh sold a 2018 cow with bull calf to £2450. D Capper Portadown sold heifers with bull calves to £2450, £2170 and £1800 and a heifer with heifer calf to £2000. J Kilpatrick Coalisland £2000 for 2018 cow with bull calf. T P McConville Portadown £2000 for 2017 cow with heifer calf. S R McElroy Lisnaskea £1970 for 2019 cow with bull calf. R McCarney Seskinore £1820 for heifer with bull calf and £1680 for heifer with heifer calf. B McMenamin Castlederg £1720 for 2019 cow with heifer calf. A McElduff Dungannon £1620 for 2017 cow with heifer calf. J Fay Dungannon £1550 for heifer with bull calf. W Neal Irvinestown £1500 for heifer with heifer calf.

Several other outfits sold from £1050 to £1440.

Incalf cows and heifers sold from £880 to £1300.

Dropped calves and reared lumps

A good selection on offer this week sold to a brisk demand with bull calves (under six weeks) selling to £440 for Saler to New Park Farms Ltd. Dromore; P McCorry Derrylin £400 for Belgian Blue; R Wilson Enniskillen £400 for Limousin; Cookstown producer £395 for Charolais; A Veitch Lisbellaw £375 for Belgian Blue; T G Rutledge Brookeborough £370 for Belgian Blue and M Howe Cornafanogue £350 for Shorthorn.

Heifer calves

P McCorry Derrylin £420 for Charolais K Moore Augher £410 and £390 for Charolais; Cookstown producer £395 for Charolais; D McKenna 320 for Limousin and £260 for Aberdeen Angus; P A and J Grue Lisnaskea £310 for Charolais; S Keenan Macken £295 for Aberdeen Angus; F Donnelly Middletown £280 for Aberdeen Angus; P G McGee Augher £270 for Aberdeen Angus; J E T Rutledge £270 and £260 for Aberdeen Angus and £260 for Herereford and D R Graham Lisbellaw £265 for Aberdeen Angus.

Reared male lumps

P Quinn Coalisland £815 and £675 for Limousins; K Moore Augher £735, £660, £580 and £500 for Charolais £500 for Stabiliser and £490 for Aberdeen Angus; M and P Gleeson Lisnaskea £655, £645 and £635 for Charolais; J J O'Reilly Newtownbutler £650 for Charolais; New Park Farms Ltd, Dromore £475 for Charolais and P McCorry Derrylin £470 for Limousin.

Reared female lumps

K Moore Augher £720, £580, £570 and £500 for Charolais; New Park Farms Ltd. Dromore £510, £495 and £460 for Charolais and Cookstown producer £460 for Limousin.

Please note sales continue on Saturday 15th July as usual.