Breeding ewes selling to £270 at Armoy Mart, fat ewes to £216
All types of sheep were a sharper trade on Wednesday night at Armoy Mart.
Fat hoggets sold to £160, fat ewes to £216 and breeding ewes to £270.
Store lambs and feeding sheep were also in demand.
Leading prices
Fat hoggets
PJ Dougan, 30kgs £160. Pat McAtamney, Ballymoney, 30kgs £156. Trevor Butler, Ballyvoy, 25kgs £151. Pat McKeague, Ballycastle, 26kgs £150. E McKeegan, Cushendall, 30kgs £150. Pat McAtamney, Ballymoney, 30kgs £152.50. Richard Kane, Stranocum, 23kgs £148. AE Devlin, Drumsurn, 30kgs £148. D and F Kinney, Cushendall, 27kgs £147.50. Sam Carson, Ballymena, 22kgs £145. John Cassley, Armoy, 23kgs £144. Anne Blaney, Cushendall, 24kgs Blackface, £141. John Holmes, Armoy, 22kgs £140.50. ML Patton, Ballymoney, 27kgs £144. Liam Robbin, Glenariffe, 26kgs Blackface, £140. Brendan Blaney, Cushendall, 25kgs £147.50. Johnny Brown, Ballycastle, 25kgs £143.
Breeding sheep
J Cupples, Broughshane, in-lamb crossbred ewes, 9, £270, 8, £256, 7, £252, 8, £246, 9, £240. T Hanna, Ballymoney, in-lamb ewe, £202. John Cassley, Armoy, ewe/single lamb, £240, and £230. Noel Stevenson, Armoy, Ewe lambs, 13 Crossbreds £142.
Fat ewes
R Wylie, Bushmills, Charollais, £216. B Blaney, Cushendall, Blue, £206. D Creith, Armoy, Crossbreds £194. R Wylie, Bushmills, Suffolk, £182. T McMullan, Cushendall, Texel, £176. R and J McGill, Ballycastle, Charollais, £172. Trevor Hanna, Loughguile, Suffolk, £172. John McHenry, Mosside, Texel, £172.
Store lambs sold to £126 and pet lambs to £85.
Sale every Wednesday night at 7pm.
Yard open 3pm to accept stock.
Watch live and bid with mart eye.
Auctioneers: Daniel McAlister – Armoy Livestock Mart Ltd.