Calved heifers selling to a top of £3880 at Markethill Mart
An entry of 70 dairy stock at Markethill on Tuesday 20th October included calved heifers, young cows and in calf heifers and maiden heifers.
Calved heifers sold to a top of £3880 paid to a Banbridge farmer.
The same owner received £3450, £3440, £3420 and £3400 for calved heifers.
A Whitecross producer sold calved heifers at £3340, £3260, £3240, £3080 and £3040.
Several more lots sold to £2400 to £2600 each.
An entry of in calf heifers due from January to March for a Banbridge farmer sold to a top of £2720 with others at £2580 and £2550, £2440 and £2340.
A Jerrettspass farmer sold several in calf heifers to a top of £2680.
The same owner received £2320 on three occasions for in calf heifers and an entry of top quality maiden heifers for a Banbridge farmer returned an excellent demand to a top of £2040 with others at £1880, £1800 paid twice and £1780.
Several more sold from £1480 to £1680 each.
Cull cows
An entry of 80 cull cows continued to sell in a very strong trade with good quality beef bred cows to £318 for 710k at £2260 from an Armagh farmer.
The same owner received £314 for 810k at £2540.
The same owner received £311 for 746k at £2320.
Main demand for good quality cows from £275 to 3306 per 100 kilos.
Dairy bred cows sold to £249 for 674k at £1680 from a Crumlin farmer.
A Glenanne farmer received £246 for 598k at £1470.
Main demand from £220 to £238 per 100 kilos.
Second quality cows from £180 to £210 and the second quality from £160 to £175 per 100 kilos.
Cull cows
Armagh farmer 710k £2260 £318.00; Armagh farmer 810k £2540 £314.00; Loughgilly farmer 598k £1860 £311.00; Armagh farmer 746k £2320 £311.00; Mountnorris farmer 576k £1760 £306.00; Mountnorris farmer 696k £2120 £305.00; Armagh farmer 830k £2480 £294.00 and Loughgilly farmer 756k £2220 £294.
Dairy bred cows
Crumoin farmer 674k £1680 £249.00; Glenanne farmer 598k £1470 £246.00; Armagh farmer 596k £1420 £238.00; Tandragee farmer 584k £1380 £236.00; Waringstown farmer 778k £1800 £231.00; Dromara farmer 694k £1580 £228.00; Crossmaglen farmer 712k £1610 £226.00 and Waringstown farmer 870k £1960 £225.
Calves
Over 200 lots in the calf ring maintained a very strong trade.
Bull calves under eight weeks sold to a top of £990 for Aberdeen Angus from a Aughnacloy farmer.
The same owner received £930 for an Aberdeen Angus.
A Glenanne producer sold Charolais bull calves at £970, £950 and £920.
Several more top quality calves sold from £700 to £880 each.
The top eight bull calves averaged £903 per head.
Friesian bull calves continued to sell readily to a top of £350 paid on four occasions with others from £250 to £300 each.
Good quality heifer calves sold to a top of £850 for a Charolais from a Glenanne farmer. The same owner received £820 and £790 for heifer calves.
Main demand for good quality heifer calves from £550 to £700 each.
Second quality from £450 to £530 each.
A large entry of reared calves sold readily to a top of £1290 for a Belgian Blue followed £1220 for an Aberdeen Angus and £1150 for a Belgian Blue.
Several more from £900 to £1110 each.
Heifer calves sold up to £950 each.
Bull calves
Aughnalcoy farmer Aberdeen Angus £990; Glenanne farmer Charolais £970; Glenanne farmer Charolais £950; Aughnacloy farmer Aberdeen Angus £930; Glenanne farmer Charolais £920; Glenanne farmr Charolais £880; Aughnacloy farmer Aberdeen Angus £860; Aughnacloy farmer Aberdeen Angus £830 and Newtownhamilton farmer Aberdeen Angus £800.
Friesian bull calves
Crossmaglen farmer £350; Glenanne £350, £350; Markethill farmer £350; Armagh farmer £300; Markethill farmer £300; Portadown farmer £270 and Markethill farmer £250.
Heifer calves
Glenanne farmer Charolais £850; Glenanne farmer Charolais £820; Glenanne farmer Charolais £790; Loughgilly farmer Hereford £700; Kilkeel farmer Belgian Blue £670; Kilkeel farmer Charolais £640; Loughgilly farmer Hereford £630 and Markethill farmer Belgian Blue £620.
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