Breeding ewes selling to £170 at Armoy Mart
A smaller show of just over 2,000 head last Wednesday night met with a very sharp trade for all sorts of sheep.
Fat lambs sold to £100, store lambs sold to £84.00, ewe lambs sold to £158, breeding ewes sold to £170 and fat ewes saw a tremendous trade with sheep selling to £126.
LEADING PRICES
FAT LAMBS
S Christie, Ballymoney, 30kgs £100. J E McCaughan, Armoy, 26kgs £96.50. Felix Mullan, Portrush, 25kgs £94.50. Philip McAllister, Bushmills, 25kgs £94.00. Chas McCormick, Armoy, 25kgs £94.00. Pat McGuckian, Dunloy, 24 ½kgs £94.00. J and C Wilson, Armoy, 23kgs £94.00. Jas Anderson, Bushmills, 24kgs £93.00. Robert Lynn, Ballymoney, 23kgs £93.00. Wilson Carson, Cloughmills, 25kgs £92.50. Niall McKeague, Ballycastle, 23kgs £92.00. John Christie, Ballymoney, 23kgs £91.00. B McKendry, Armoy, 23kgs £91.00. U Ramage, Bushmills, 22kgs £91.00.
STORE LAMBS
William Wright, Carnlough, 15 Suffolk, £84.50. J Cupples, Broughshane, 40 Texel, £83.00. John McKinley, Ballycastle, 12 Texel, £82.50. Pat McCarry, Ballyvoy, 25 Suffolk, £80.50. Niall McKeague, Ballycastle, 18 Texel, £80.00. J Cupples, Broughshane, 28 Texel, £82.00. A McGuckian, Dunloy, 15 Blackface, £77.50. William McAllister, Kells, 18 Texel, £76.50. E Duncan, Ballyvoy, 21 Texel, £77.50. Jas McCormick, Armoy, 31 Texel, £79.00. F McCaughan, Bushmills, 37 Texel, £83.50. Ronnie Duncan, Ballycastle, 20 Blackface, £73.00. Alex O’Neill, Glenarm, 24 Texel, £73.00. Jas Carey, Martinstown, 51 Texel, £74.00. Martin McKay, Cushendun, 62, Blackface, £72.50. JJ McAlister, Glendun, 58, Blackface £71.00.
EWE LAMBS
Danny McKee, Loughguile, 5 Blackface, £158, 9, £134. Philip Sleeman, Limavady, 10 Mules, £120, 10, £115, 10, £108, 10, £100, 3, £100, 9, £98.00. W and J O’Kane, Carnlough, 14 Mules, £94.00, 12, £96.00, 15, £90.00. Jas McCormick, Armoy, 14 Texel, £85.00. John Heggarty, Ballymoney, 8 Suffolk, £108.
FAT EWES
Jas Anderson, Bushmills, Charollais, 2, £126, 1, £120. K Hunter, Ballymoney, Charollais, 5, £108. Pat McGuckian, Dunloy, 1 Texel, £98.00. Alister Stevenson, Armoy, 14 Texel, £97.00, 14, £94.00, 11, £90.00. John McNeice, 8 Suffolk, £92.00. P G Campbell, Draperstown, 8 Cheviot, £108, 9, £86.00, 5, £80.00.
Sale every wednesday night.
Auctioneers: Daniel McAlister and Son.