Bullocks selling to a top of £1660 at Rathfriland Co-op

Good show of cattle in town with super yard full of Continental cattle with record prices.
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The dropped calf section contained calves up to five months old, topped to £400 for Limousin heifer calf for a Banbridge farmer.

Weanling heifer calves topped to £1000 for a 400kg from Loughbrickland farmer.

Fat cows topped £1510 for 768k Saler.

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Springing cows topped £1150.

Heifers topped £1380 for 628k Aberdeen Angus.

Bullocks topped at £1660 for 694k Aberdeen Angus.

Dropped calves and young stock

Bull calves

Drumaness farmer Belgian Blue at £400, Banbridge farmer Belgian Blue £350, Mayobridge farmer Aberdeen Angus at £335, Scarva farmer Aberdeen Angus at £335, Dromara farmer Aberdeen Angus at £330, Banbridge farmer Belgian Blue at £310, Belgian Blue at £300, Warrenpoint farmer Shorthorn at £290, Corbet farmer Aberdeen Angus at £285 and Hillsborough farmer Aberdeen Angus at £285.

Heifer calves

Banbridge farmer Limousin at £400, Rathfriland farmer Belgian Blue at £360, Belgian Blue at £300, Dromore farmer Belgian Blue at £275, Ballynahinch farmer Hereford at £270, Scarva farmer Aberdeen Angus at £260, Newry farmer Belgian Blue at £235, Corbet farmer Belgian Blue at £230, Rathfriland farmer Aberdeen Angus at £230 and Ballynahinch farmer Hereford at £230.

Weanling male calves

Weanling male calves topped to £3.32 pence per kilo.

Weanling calves sold to super trade, Kilkeel farmer Simmental 302k at £860, Banbridge farmer Belgian Blue 366k at £860, Mayobridge farmer Hereford 342k at £860, Downpatrick farmer Aberdeen Angus 270k at £850, Banbridge farmer Belgian Blue 382k at £850, Simmental 388k at £800, Downpatrick farmer Aberdeen Angus 260k at £770, Ballela farmer Simmental 342k at £710 and Castlewellan farmer Belgian Blue 314k at £710.

Weanling heifer calves

Weanling heifers topped to £3.01 pence per kilo.

Loughbrickland farmer Hereford 400k at £1000, Mayobridge farmer Charolais 306k at £920, Banbridge farmer Limousin 408k at £890, Ballela farmer Charolais 360kg at £890, Castlewellan farmer Blonde 338k at £750, Ballela farmer Charolais 324k at £640, Banbridge farmer Fleckvieh 292k at £620, Kilkeel farmer Aberdeen Angus 326k at £605, Castlewellan farmer Blonde 312k at £600 and Banbridge farmer Shorthorn 356k at £600.

Springing cows

Maze farmer Saler cow at £1150. Cullyhanna farmer Limousin at £1080 and Hilltown farmer Hereford at £970.

Fat cows

Maze farmer Saler 768kg at £1510, Banbridge farmer Limousin 686k at £1330, Loughbrickland farmer Hereford 716k at £1290, Mayobridge farmer Aubrac 720k at £1240, Newry farmer Limousin 606k at £1230, Mayobridge farmer Aubrac 756k at £1200, Banbridge farmer Simmental 696k at £1150, Waringstown farmer Hereford 734k at £1050, Maze farmer Saler 714k at £1010 and Dromara farmer Aberdeen Angus 664k at £880.

Heifers

Heifers topped to £2.61 pence per kilo.

Dromara farmer Aberdeen Angus 628k at £1380, Aberdeen Angus 572k at £1300, Aberdeen Angus at 572k at £1260, Aberdeen Angus 524k at £1200, Downpatrick farmer Aberdeen Angus 562k at £1200, Dromore farmer Aberdeen Angus 492k at £1140, Loughbrickland farmer Belgian Blue 498k at £1120, Dromara farmer Aberdeen Angus 450k at £1100, Aberdeen Angus 504k at £1080 and Dromore farmer Aberdeen Angus 476k at £1070.

Bullocks

Bullock topped to £2.90 pence per kilo.

Dromara farmer Aberdeen Angus 694k at £1660, Rathfriland farmer Charolais 626k at £1580, Dromara farmer Aberdeen Angus 686k at £1560, Rathfriland farmer Limousin 598k at £1540, Dromara farmer Waygu 638k at £1490, Limousin 680k at £1490, Dromore farmer Stabiliser 586k at £1360, Dromore farmer Holstein 636k at £1300, Mayobridge farmer Aberdeen Angus 534k at £1300 and Kilkeel farmer Charolais 438k at £1270.

Online bidding available via martbids.ie.

Store lambs selling to a flying trade, fat ewes selling to a good trade again.

Ballynahinch farmer topped the sale at £5.08 a kilo for 19.3kg at £98.

Fat ewes topped at £157.

More ewes over the £140 mark this week with plainer ewes from £120 to £130.

Lambs

Banbridge farmer 30k at £134, Kilkeel farmer 25.6k at £125, Lisburn farmer 28k at £122, Newcastle farmer 25.8k at £121, Banbridge farmer 29.3k at £119.5, Hilltown farmer 25.1k at £119, Kilkeel farmer 26k at £118, Banbridge farmer 25.1k at £115, Newry farmer 24.3k at £115 and Banbridge farmer 24k at £114.50.

Fat ewes

Newry farmer at £157, Dromara farmer at £149, Portadown farmer at £142, Newry farmer at £141, Armagh farmer at £135, Newry farmer at £135, Camlough farmer at £133. Armagh farmer at £130, Newry farmer at £129 and Banbridge farmer at £128.

Fat rams

Katesbridge farmer at £152, Rathfriland farmer at £144 and Rathfriland farmer at £109.

Online bidding available via martbids.ie.