Breeding sheep sell to £195 at Armoy Mart
The excellent silage weather kept the numbers down at last Wednesday night’s sheep sale but prices remained good.
Spring lambs sold to £107, fat ewes to £110 and breeding sheep to £195.
LEADING PRICES
LAMBS
James E McCaughan, Armoy, 22kgs £107. Sam McAuley, Bushmills, 21kgs £105.50. F Daly, Cushendall, 22kgs £107. David Anderson, Bushmills, 24kgs £106. Trevor Knox, Armoy, 23kgs £105.50. G Millen, Coleraine, 22kgs £104.50. T Knox, Armoy, 21½kgs £104.50. Alan Dempster, Ballymoney, 22kgs £103. S McAlonan, Armoy, 21kgs £103.
BREEDING SHEEP (ewes with lambs at foot)
Derek Stirling, Ballymoney, 4, £195. Russell Purdy, Ballymoney, 5, £188, 1, £150. Derek Stirling, Ballymoney, 4, £155.
FAT EWES
D McKillop, Cushendall, 3 Suffolk, £110. T Knox, Armoy, 2, Dorsets, £97.00. B McVicker, Bushmills, 4 Suffolk, £95.00. John McKeague, Dunloy, 4 Texel, £90.00. G Emerson, Cushendall, 9 crossbreds £72.00. Armoy farmer, 22 Texel, £82.50.
Sale every Wednesday night.
Auctioneers: Daniel McAlister and Son.