Bullocks £1200 at Rathfriland Co-Op
All classes of cattle sold in a good firm trade on Friday.
Many bullocks sold at over the £1000 mark.
A Backaderry farmer reached £1200 twice for Simmental bullocks.
Fewer heifers in the entry with most heifers in the lighter weight category.
A Warrenpoint farmer reached £890 and £860 for European Angus heifers.
Another good entry of weanlings saw a Brackney West farmer sell a 362k Charolais male at £850 with two further lots at £820 from an Aghalee farm.
A Clough farmer sold a 214k Limousin male at £600 or 280.4p/k.
Dropped calves cleared up to £380 for a Shorthorn bull from Banbridge.
Heifer calves sold to £300 from Cascum.
DROPPED CALVES
Banbridge farmer: Shorthorn bull £380. Dromara farmer: Friesian bulls £325 and £305. Aghaderg farmer: 2 Limousin bulls £320 each. Seafin farmer: Limousin bull £315. Seaforde farmer: Limousin bull £310. Clough farmer: £305. Carnew farmer: Limousin bull £300. Hillsborough farmer: Belgian Blue bulls £290. Cascum farmer: Aberdeen Angus heifer £300. Clontifleece farmer: Limousin heifer £295. Seaforde farmer: Speckled Park bull £280. Hillsborough farmer: Blue heifers £260 and £230.
WEANLINGS
Clough farmer: 214k at £600 or 280.4p/k. Dromore farmer: 298k at £730 and 296k at £670. Loughbrickland farmer: 190k at £505. Downpatrick farmer: 270k at £625, 288k at £600, 236k at £585, 272k at £585, 248k at £550, 228k at £500. Brackney West farmer: 362k at £850, 330k at £635. Drumaness farmer: 208k at £470. Aghalee farmer: 372k at £820, 374k at £820, 358k at £765. Dromore farmer: 298k at £730, 296k at £670.
HEIFERS
Dromore farmer: 312k at £650, 280k at £605, 304k at £575. Downpatrick farmer: 234k at £510 twice. Tassagh farmer: Pen of Angus, 358k at £655, 362k at £680, 400k at £730, 444k at £785. Warrenpoint farmer: 568k at £890, 512k at £860, 476k at £760. Ballymartin farmer: 426k at £705, 468k at £650.
BULLOCKS
Backaderry farmer: 630k at £1200, 644k at £1200, 610k at £1125, 648k at £1115, 574k at £965. Corbally farmer: 582k at £1105, 592k at £1020. Newcastle farmer: 600k at £1075, 612k at £1010, 580k at £955, 442k at £800. Rathfriland farmer: 356k at £685, 340k at £625. Cullyhanna farmer: 318k at £655, 352k at £740 and 308k at £645.
A similar entry to previous weeks saw 37k hoggets from Cascum sell at £137.
A Kilkeel farmer sold 37.5k hoggets at £134.
The top lots of heavy hoggets sold from £110 up.
Fat ewes sold to £145 from Cabra, £142 from Loughbrickland and £141 from Ardarragh.
HOGGETS
Cascum farmer: 37k at £137. Kilkeel farmer: 37.5k at £134. Ardarragh farmer: 30.4k at £119. Ballynorris farmer: 30k at £114. Kilcoo farmer: 29.3k at £112. Caledon farmer: 33k at £112. Edenagarry farmer: 28k at £112. Kilcoo farmer: 23.7k at £110. Loughbrickland farmer: 21.8k at £100. Newcastle farmer: 23k at £103. Katesbridge farmer: 24.3k at £108. Banbridge farmer: 24k at £104. Dromara farmer: 22.4k at £97. Keady farmer: 15k at £67 and 14.5k at £62.
FAT EWES
Cabra farmer: £145. Loughbrickland farmer: £142. Ardarragh farmer: £141. Mayobridge farmer: £138. Rathfriland farmer: £138. Corcreaghan farmer: £135. Kilkeel farmer: £135. Tanvalley farmer: £135. Annalong farmer: £133.