Bullocks selling to a top of £1920 at Rathfriland Co-op
Good show of cattle in town last Friday for the first sale of the new year, the dropped calf section contained calves up to five months old, topped to £695 for Belgian Blue bull calf for a Ballyroney farmer.
Weanling heifer calves topped to £1370 for a 470kg from a Rostrevor farmer.
Fat cows topped £1795 for 756kg Belgian Blue.
Dairy stock topped £2100.
Heifers topped £1600 for 552kg Hereford.
Bullocks topped at £1920 for 642kg Belgian Blue.
Dropped calves and young stock
Bull calves
Ballyroney farmer Belgian Blue at £695, Limousin at £600, Shorthorn at £565, Aberdeen Angus at £560, Castlewellan farmer Hereford at £560, Ballyroney farmer Aberdeen Angus at £550, Rathfriland farmer Belgian Blue at £540, Belgian Blue at £460, Banbridge farmer Belgian Blue at £450 and Ballyroney farmer Friesian at £450.
Heifer calves
Ballyroney farmer Belgian Blue at £570, Aberdeen Angus at £430, Banbridge farmer Belgian Blue at £345, Dromore farmer Belgian Blue at £335, Banbridge farmer Aberdeen Angus at £335, Banbridge farmer Belgian Blue at £330, Dromore farmer Belgian Blue at £325, Banbridge farmer Hereford at £320, Dromore farmer Belgian Blue at £320 and Banbridge farmer Hereford at £305.
Weanlings
Male calves
Rostrevor farmer Charolais 408k at £1340, Newry farmer Charolais 370k at £1310, Aberdeen Angus 372k at £1200, Rostrevor farmer Charolais 330k at £1185, Dromore farmer Aberdeen Angus 288k at £1110, Lurgan farmer Aberdeen Angus 338k at £1090, Ballymartin farmer Charolais 292k at £1040, Lurgan farmer Aberdeen Angus 296k at £980, Dromore farmer Aberdeen Angus 280k at £980 and Lurgan farmer Aberdeen Angus 324k at £970.
Weanling heifer calves
Newry farmer Aberdeen Angus 470k at £1370, Lurgan farmer Belgian Blue 410k at £1250, Belgian Blue 456k at £1230, Dromore farmer Aberdeen Angus 352k at £1090, Lurgan farmer Belgian Blue 358k at £1050, Dromore farmer Aberdeen Angus 318k at £990, Lurgan farmer Belgian Blue 326k at £950, Dromore farmer Aberdeen Angus 282k at £950, Lurgan farmer Aberdeen Angus 366k at £940 and Dromore farmer Aberdeen Angus 274k at £930.
Fat cows
Banbridge farmer Belgian Blue 756k at £1745, Lurgan farmer Simmental 756k at £1500, Ballymartin farmer Charolais 630k at £1490, Castlewellan farmer Belgian Blue 612k at £1460, Lurgan farmer Simmental 576k at £1360, Simmental 642k at £1355, Banbridge farmer Aberdeen Angus 676k at £1300, Aberdeen Angus 666k at £1295, Dromara farmer Belgian Blue 620k at £1290 and Castlewellan farmer Hereford 648k at £1140.
Dairy stock
Ballymartin farmer Holstein at £2100 and Holstein at £2000.
Heifers
Dromara farmer Hereford 552k at £1600, Dromara farmer Hereford 552k at £1540, Hereford 548k at £1540, Aberdeen Angus 506k at £1510, Aberdeen Angus 526k at £1400, Aberdeen Angus 506k at £1400, Dromara farmer Hereford 498k at £1380 and Saintfield farmer Aberdeen Angus 422k at £1120, Aberdeen Angus 396k at £1070, Aberdeen Angus 376k at £1050.
Bullocks
Dromore farmer Belgian Blue 642k at £1920, Charolais 656k at £1900, Crossgar farmer Hereford 602k at £1860, Dromore farmer Limousin 616k at £1850, Charolais 592k at £1810, Crossgar farmer Aberdeen Angus 602k at £1800 and Dromore farmer Limousin 588k at £1800, Limousin 566k at £1800, Fleckvieh 678k at £1790, Belgian Blue 598k at £1790.
Online bidding available via martbids.ie.
Tuesday evening saw seasonal show of sheep and selling to a good trade.
Fat ewes selling to a good trade last week again.
Rathfriland farmer topped the sale at £7.08 a kilo for 16.8kg at £119.
Fat ewes topped at £236.
More ewes over the £220 mark last week with plainer ewes from £190 to £212.
Hoggets
Kilkeel farmer 25.4k at £162, Ballinaskeagh farmer 24.7k at £160.50, Kilkeel farmer 27.8k at £160, Saintfield farmer 25.2k at £156, Kilkeel farmer 24.5k at £155, 26.9k at £150, Kilkeel farmer 22.9k at £146.50, Kilkeel farmer 24k at £145, 22.5k at £145 and Dromore farmer 22.2k at £144.50.
Fat ewes
Portadown farmer at £236, Kilkeel farmer at £220, Poyntzpass farmer at £212, Portadown farmer at £210, Kilkeel farmer at £206, Newcastle farmer at £200, Kilkeel farmer at £198, Poynyzpass farmer at £198, Saintfield farmer at £196 and Ballyward farmer at £190.
Fat rams
Ballyward farmer at £184, Kilkeel farmer at £184, Ballinaskeagh farmer at £162, Newcastle farmer at £160, Rostrevor farmer at £136 and Kilkeel farmer at £130.