Breeding sheep selling to a top of £240 at Armoy

Fat lambs were in keen demand selling to a top price of £120.

Store lambs were very sharp with a packed ring of customers wanting grazing lambs.

Fat ewe trade jumped, selling to £150 and breeding sheep sold to a top of £240.

Leading prices

M Taggart, Ballycastle, 30kgs £120. A Bartlett, Ballymoney, 29kgs £118. Adam Quinn, Ballymoney, 30kgs £117.50. Arthur Devlin, Ballycastle, 26kgs £117. Richard McVicker, Ballycastle, 26kgs £116.50. Jas Reilly, Ballycastle, 26kgs £116. Malachy Kelly, Ballycastle, 24kgs £116. Alex Shaw, Martinstown, 25kgs £114. David Hanna, Ballymoney, 24kgs £113.50. Andrew Wylie, Martinstown, 25kgs £113.50. Alistair McGuckian, Dunloy, 23kgs £112.50. John Thompson, Bushmills, 24kgs £112.00.

Store lambs

D McAlister, Cushendall, 10 crossbreds £96.50. Ronnie Taggart, Bushmills, 15 Suffolk, £95.50. A Devlin, Ballycastle, 24 Texel, £102. Ivor McCartney, Cloughmills, 15 crossbreds £85.00. V McHenry, Torr, 5 Suffolk, £95.50. D McAlister, Glenann, 7 Dorsets, £90.00. B and J McCloskey, Loughguile, 16 Suffolk, £96.00. M Devlin, Armoy, 7 Suffolk, £97.00. Julia McMullan, Corkey, 36 crossbreds £80.00. S and B Jamison, Ballintoy, 16 Texel, £93.00. J McKeague, Dunloy, 9 Texel, £95.00.

Breeding sheep

A McKay, Cushendun (in-lamb ewes), £240, £205, £200, £185, £185.

Fat ewes

M Taggart, Ballycastle, 5 crossbreds £150. S Morrell, Ballymoney, 1 Texel, £150. John McKeague, Ballycastle, 23 crossbreds £113. Jas McAllister, Bushmills, 1 Suffolk, £133. Liam McMullan, Armoy, 3 Suffolk, £130. J Thompson, Bushmills, 5 crossbreds £112.

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Auctioneers: Armoy Livestock Mart Ltd.