Bullocks selling to £1280 at Rathfriland Co-Op

Topped to £510 for Montbeliarde bull calf for a Rathfriland farmer.

Bullocks topped to £1280.00 for a Ballyward farmer.

Weanling calves sold to £840 for a 428k Limousin bull from Rathfriland farmer.

A good entry of heifers sold to £1280 for a Friesian 700k from Ballyroney farmer.

DROPPED CALVES AND YOUNG STOCK

Bull calves: Rathfriland farmer Montbeliarde £640, Hillsborough farmer: Hereford at £500, Hereford at £500, Hereford at £495, Belgian Blue at £460, Hereford at £440, Dromara farmer, Belgian Blue £385, Belgian Blue at £385, Belgian Blue at £375, Tamnaharry farmer: Aberdeen Angus £365 and Dromara farmer Hereford at £360.

Heifer calves: Creevyargon farmer: Belgian Blue £310, Hillsborough farmer: Aberdeen Angus £245, Clough farmer: Montbeliarde £225, Banbridge farmer: Belgian Blue £220, Belgian Blue at £220 and Clough farmer: Hereford £200, Belgian Blue at £175.

WEANLINGS

Rathfriland farmer: Limousin 426k at £840, Lurgan farmer: 342k at £810, Ballyward farmer: Aberdeen Angus 334k at £800, Rathfriland farmer: Limousin 346k at £790, Ardarragh farmer: Aberdeen Angus 434k at £785, Ballyward farmer: Limousin 374k at £780, Aberdeen Angus 364k at £770, Ballynahinch farmer Limousin 360k at £765, Ardarragh farmer: Belgian Blue 370k at £750. Ballynahinch farmer Limousin 360k at £740, Donaghcloney farmer Hereford 374k at £700 and Mayobridge farmer: Aberdeen Angus 370k at £735.

FAT COWS

Rathfriland farmer: Aberdeen Angus 604k at £750, 448k at £500.

HEIFERS

Ballyroney farmer: 718k at £1280, Rathfriland farmer Limousin 482k at £1040, Limousin 544k at £1040, Ballyroney farmer, Friesian 682k at £1000, Friesian 704k at £1000, Ballyveaghmore farmer, Charolais 506k at £980, Banbridge farmer, Limousin 536k at £980, Rathfriland farmer, Limousin 466k at £960, Seapatrick farmer: Aberdeen Angus 552k at £960 and Ballyroney farmer: Friesian 624k at £960.

BULLOCKS

Ballyward farmer: Charolais 606k at £1250, Charolais 618k at £1230, Sim 608k at £1140, Banbridge farmer Limousin 560k at £1130, Ballyward farmer: Charolais 576k at £11300, Mayobridge farmer Charolais 556k at £1130, Ballymartin farmer: Limousin 588k at £1130, Mayobridge farmer Limousin, 600k at £1120, Banbridge farmer: Charolais 554k at £1120, Charolais 534k at £1110 and Ballyward farmer: Charolais 600k at £1200.

All buyers must wear face covering from now on while in the mart.

All sellers can represent their stock at point of sale only.

Tuesday evening saw another large show of stock.

Store lambs selling to a flying trade this week again.

A Kilcoo farmer topped the sale at 481k for 13.7kg at £66. Fat ewes topped at £137 for Texel ewe from a Rossglass farmer.

More ewes over the £100 mark this week with plainer ewes from £85 to £100 each.

LIGHT LAMBS

Newry farmer: 13.7k at £66. Downpatrick farmer: 15.2k at £73. Kilkeel farmer: 15k at £74. Markethill farmer 15.3k at £73 and Loughgall farmer 16.2k at £78.

HEAVY LAMBS

Annaclone farmer: 28.5k at £98, Rossglass farmer: 26.1k at £97.5. Hilltown farmer 28k at £97, Newcastle farmer: 26k at £97, Kilkeel farmer: 27k at £95.5, Loughhgall farmer 22.3k at £95 and Ballynahinch farmer 24.4k at £95,

FAT EWES

Rossglass farmer: £137, £128, Kilkeel farmer: £118, Rathfriland farmer: £109, Banbridge farmer: £105, Katesbridge farmer: £100, Rossglass farmer: £98 and Ballynahinch farmer: £98.

Breeding Rams

Ballykinlar farmer £180 and Dromara farmer: £125.

All buyers must wear face covering from now on while in the mart.