Breeding sheep see a top price of £205 at Armoy Mart
An impressive show of sheep on Wednesday night saw fat hoggets sell to £110.
Fat ewes made up to £121 and a good turnout of breeding sheep saw a top price of £205 paid for a full mouth ewe with twin lambs.
FAT HOGGETS
James McCaughan, Armoy, 27kgs £110. Sean McCambridge, Ballyvoy, 26kgs £108. H Chambers, Bushmills, 30kgs £107. G McDougal, Bushmills, 25kgs £107. N McClure, Ballymoney, 24kgs £106. S J Glenn, Ballycastle, 26kgs £105. L McGarry, Loughguile, 25kgs £107. V McCaughan, Ballycastle, 23kgs £107. E McAuley, Ballycastle, 27kgs £107. John McKinley, Ballycastle, 22kgs £101.50. John Thompson, Bushmills, 23kgs £102.50. Paul McClafferty, Cloughmills, 24kgs Blackface, £104.50. Ballylurgan Farms, 25kgs £106.50. V Scullion, 22kgs £102.50. A McGuckian, Cloughmills, 22kgs £100. Norman Kennedy, 30kgs £105.
STORE LAMBS
Paul McNicholl, Armoy, 21kgs £92.00. Adam Quinn, Ballymoney, 17kgs £80.50. Adam Hunter, Broughshane, 21kgs £89.00. Richard Smyth, Ballymoney, 18kgs £82.00. Joe Kerr, Draperstown, 17kgs £90.00. Sean McGinn, Ballycastle, 19kgs £84.50.
FAT EWES
E McAuley, Ballycastle, Suffolk, £121. John McLaughlin, Bushmills, Texel, £104. Daniel McKee, Loughguile, Suffolk, £109.00. J McGuckian, Cloughmills, Suffolk, £100. Loughguile farmer, crossbreds £104. Sam Creith, Bushmills, Suffolk, £99.00. Alistair McGuckian, Dunloy, crossbreds £97.00. Seamus Hill, Ballycastle, Texel, £91.00.
BREEDING SHEEP
B Mullan, Ballymoney, 1 ewe, 2 lambs, £202, 1 ewe, 2 lambs £192, 1 ewe, 2 lambs, £185. John Oliver, Limavady, in-lamb Blackface ewes, 10, £130, 9, £121, 10, £110, 10, £105. Pat McLister, Ballycastle, in-lamb Cheviots, 7, £124, 7, £120, 5, £114.
Sale every Wednesday night at 7.00pm.
Auctioneers: Daniel McAlister and Son.