A good entry of cattle in town last Friday, with the dropped calf section a roaring trade, containing calves up to six months old, topped to £1060 for Hereford bull calf for a Dromore farmer.

Weanling heifers calves topped to £1930 for a 430kg Limousin from a Downpatrick farmer.

Suckler stock topped at £2150.

Dairy stock topped at £1550.

Heifers topped at £2180 for 610kg Charolais.

Bullock topped at £2280 for 660kg Shorthorn.

Dropped calves and young stock

Bull calves

Dromore farmer Hereford at £1060, Hereford at £950, Dromara farmer Aberdeen Angus at £890, Banbridge farmer Aberdeen Angus at £790, Downpatrick farmer Aberdeen Angus at £760, Dromara farmer Charolais at £710 and Newtownards farmer Aberdeen Angus at £710.

Heifer calves

Dromore farmer Hereford at £940, Banbridge farmer Aberdeen Angus at £760, Banbridge farmer Aberdeen Angus at £670, Banbridge farmer Aberdeen Angus at £640, Downpatrick farmer Aberdeen Angus at £630, Banbridge farmer Belgian Blue at £550, Dromara farmer Charolais at £500 and Newtownards farmer Aberdeen Angus at £480.

Weanling male calves

Top price per kilo £5.80, Mayobridge farmer Charolais 404k at £1900, Rathfriland farmer Charolais 443kg at £1850, Banbridge farmer Limousin 377kg at £1830, Dromara farmer Limousin 359kg at £1790, Newry farmer Limousin 450kg at £1780, Mayobridge farmer Simmental 494kg at £1780, Dromara farmer Limousin 328kg at £1690, Ballynahinch farmer Shorthorn 334kg at £1610, Simmental 302kg at £1600, Dromara farmer Limousin 362kg at £1590 and Katesbridge farmer Limousin 304kg at £1580.

Weanling heifer calves

Top price per kilo £5.32, Downpatrick farmer Limousin 430kg at £1930, Limousin 401kg at £1740, Katesbridge farmer Limousin 394kg at £1720, Downpatrick farmer Limousin 373kg at £1700, Ballynahinch farmer Simmental 332k at £1660, Hilltown farmer Limousin 315k at £1650, Ballynahinch farmer Simmental 390k at £1580, Downpatrick farmer Limousin 290k at £1570, Ballynahinch farmer Limousin 308k at £1500 and Castlewellan farmer Belgian Blue 332k at £1370.

Suckler cows

Banbridge farmer Aberdeen Angus cow at £2150, Rathfriland farmer Hereford at £2100 and Ballynahinch farmer Belgian Blue at £1800.

Breeding bulls

Rathfriland farmer Shorthorn at £2000.

Dairy maiden heifers

Dromara farmer Shorthorn at £1550, Shorthorn at £1550, Friesian at £1500 and Friesian at £1350.

Heifers

Top price per kilo £4.60, Dromara farmer Charolais 610kg at £2180, Limousin 572kg at £2100, Katesbridge farmer Hereford 643kg at £2080, Hillsborough farmer Hereford 594kg at £2080, Aberdeen Angus 590kg at £2080, Ballynahinch farmer Shorthorn 649kg at £2060, Dromara farmer Limousin 576kg at £2050 and Hillsborough farmer Hereford 570kg at £2020, Hereford 564k at £2010, Hereford 549k at £2010.

Bullocks

Top price per kilo £4.33, Katesbridge farmer Shorthorn 660k at £2280, Dromara farmer Aberdeen Angus 556kg at £2100, Armagh farmer Aberdeen Angus 555kg at £2100, Belgian Blue 532kg at £2100, Belgian Blue 560kg at £2080, Annalong farmer Charolais 523k at £2030, Armagh farmer Belgian Blue 510k at £2000, Belgian Blue 532k at £1980, Dromore farmer Aberdeen Angus 518k at £1980 and Armagh farmer Belgian Blue 501k at £1980.

Online bidding available via martbids.ie.

Tuesday evening saw smaller show of sheep in town.

Fat ewes selling to a good trade last week again.

Hilltown farmer topped the sale at £5.75 a kilo for 16kg at £92.

Fat ewes topped at £226.

More ewes over the £222 mark this week with plainer ewes from £164 to £218.

Hoggets

Tandragee farmer 30.5k at £150, 31.5k at £145, 27.7k at £140, Castlewellan farmer 28.4k at £136, Ballymartin farmer 25.4k at £135, Downpatrick farmer 26.7k at £134.50, 24k at £130, Ballynahinch farmer 24.1k at £130, Kilkeel farmer 24k at £130 and Newry farmer 22.9K at £123.

Fat ewes

Newry farmer at £226, Kilkeel farmer at £222, Curley farmer at £218, Newry farmer at £214, Katesbridge farmer at £186, at £186, Ballymartin farmer at £184, Dromara farmer at £178, Annaclone farmer at £174 and Loughgilly farmer at £164.

Fat rams

Ballymartin farmer at £210, Lisburn farmer at £180, Tandragee farmer at £158, at £154, at £150 and Lisburn farmer at £136, at £130.

Springing ewes

Ballynahinch farmer 3 at £235, 10 at £210, 8 at £200, Katesbridge farmer 2 at £195, Ballynahinch farmer 4 at £180 and Katesbridge farmer 3 at £170.