Cattle trade remained very firm for all stock at Markethill Mart

The 130 lots of store beef cattle sold readily with heavy heifers selling to £372 for 678k at £2520 for a Silverbridge farmer and an Armagh farmer also received £362 for 694k at £2510.

Main demand for good quality heavy heifers from £320 to £360 per 100 kilos.

Forward feeding type heifers sold to £418 for 526k Aberdeen Angus at £2200 for a Dromara producer followed by £393 for 534k at £210 for a Newtownhamilton farmer.

All good quality forward heifers from £340 to £392 per 100 kilos.

Lighter heifers sold steadily from £350 to £424 for 420k at £1780 for a Newtownhamilton farmer followed by £413 for 426k Aberdeen Angus at £1760 for a Crumlin producer.

Heavy bullocks reached £372 for 666k Belgian Blue at £2480 for a Mayobridge farmer followed by £367 for 708k at £2600 for a Newry producer.

All good quality heavy bullocks from £330 to £361 per 100 kilos.

Forward bullocks to £404 for 544k at £2200 for a Cullyhanna farmer.

The same owner received £397 for 554k at £2200.

All good quality lots sold steadily from £330 to £388 per 100 kilos.

A small number of grazing type bullocks sold to £437 for 350k at £1530 for a Rathfriland farmer.

The same owner received £421 for 352k whitehead at £1480.

All good quality lots from £350 to £415 per 100 kilos.

Heavy heifers

Silverbridge farmer 678k £2520 £372.00; Armagh farmer 694k £2510 £362.00; Armagh farmer 660k £2370 £359.00; Armagh farmer 666k £2270 £341.00; Silverbridge farmer 738k £2510 3341.00; Jerrettspass farmer 642k £2140 £333.00 and Silverbridge farmer 716k £2340 £326.

Forward heifers

Dromara farmer 526k £2200 £418.00; Newtownhamilton farmer 534k £2100 £393.00; Tassagh farmer 510k £2000 £392.00; Dromara farmer 594k £2300 £387.00; Jerrettspass farmer 522k £2010 £385.00; Jerrettspass farmer 502k £1890 £377.00; Pomeroy farmer 540k £1960 £363.00; Jerrettspass farmer 548k £1980 £361.00; Newtownhamilton farmer 524k £1880 £359.00 and Armagh farmer 506k £1810 £358.

Middleweight heifers

Newtownhamilton farmer 420k £1780 £424.00; Crumlin farmer 426k £1760 £413.00; Newtownhamilton farmer 424k £1700 £401.00; Crumlin farmer 438k £1750 £400.00; Crumlin farmer 454k £1800 £397.00; Newtownhamilton farmer 466k £1790 £384.00; Newtownhamilton farmer 444k £1700 £383.00; Armagh farmer 482k £1810 £376.00 and Cullyhanna farmer 488k £1800 £364.

Heavy bullocks

Mayobridge farmer 666k £2480 £372.00; Newry farmer 708k £2600 £367.00; Dromore farmer 612k £2210 £361.00; Portadown farmer 642k £2300 £358.00; Newry farmer 718k £2550 £355.00; Portadown farmer 644k £2270 £353.00; Portadown farmer 650k £2290 £352.00; Newry farmer 688k £2410 £350.00; Rathfriland farmer 618k £2140 £346.00 and Portadown farmer 630k £2180 £346.

Forward bullocks

Cullyhanna farmer 544k £2200 £404.00; Cullyhanna farmer 554k £2200 £397.00; Cullyhanna farmer 516k £2000 £388.00; Lisburn farmer 516k £1940 £376.00; Cullyhanna farmer 574k £2140 £373.00; Dromore farmer 508k £1850 £364.00; Portadown farmer 576k £2060 £358.00; Rathfriland farmer 582k £2080 £357.00; Gilford farmer 588k £2100 £357.00; Richhill farmer 532k £1900 £357.00 and Richhill farmer 594k £2080 £350.

Middleweight bullocks

Rathfriland farmer 350k £1530 £437.00; Rathfriland farmer 352k £1480 £421.00; Rathfriland farmer 386k £1600 3415.00; Cullyhanna farmer 458k £1890 £413.00; Cullyhanna farmer 484k £1970 £407.00; Rathfriland farmer 424k £1680 £396.00; Crossmaglen farmer 412k £1600 £388.00 and Crossmaglen farmer 474k £1740 £367.

Weanlings

The 130 weanlings sold in the best trade for several weeks.

Light males sold up to £614 for 254k at £1560 for a Rathfriland farmer.

The same owner received £551 for 292k at £1610.

This producer sold 14 male weanlings to average 311k at £1574 each £506 per 100 kilos.

Main trade for good quality light males from £430 to £543 per 100 kilos.

Stronger males sold to 3481 for 478k at £2300 from an Ardglass farmer.

The same owner received £465 for 462k at £2150.

Top price £2520 for 550k at £458 from an Ardglass farmer.

All good quality strong males sold from £400 to £463 per 100 kilos.

Good quality light heifers sold steadily from £420 to £480 per 100 kilos with a top of £503 for 342k at £1720 for a Markethill producer.

Stronger heifers sold to £451 for 444k at £2000 for a Castlewellan farmer.

A Cullyhanna farmer received £441 for 424k at £1870.

All good quality lots from £360 to £412 per 100 kilos.

Light male weanlings

Rathfriland farmer 254k £1560 £614.00; Rathfriland farmer 292k £1610 £551.00; Rathfriland farmer 302k £1640 £543.00; Rathfriland farmer 304k £1640 £539.00; Middletown farmer 220k £1180 £536.00; Rathfriland farmer 276k £1460 £529.00; Rathfriland farmer 322k £1700 £528.00; Rathfriland farmer 304k £1600 £526.00 and Rathfriland farmer 310k £1620 £523.

Strong male weanlings

Ardglass farmer 478k £2300 £481.00; Ardglass farmer 462k £2150 £465.00; Rathfriland farmer 410k £1900 £463.00; Tandragee farmer 444k £2030 £457.00; Ardglass farmer 550k £2520 £458.00; Tandragee farmer 450k £1980 £440.00; Tandragee farmer 436k £1900 £436.00; Ardglass farmer 544k £2360 £434.00 and Armagh farmer 424k £1790 £422.

Light heifer weanlings

Markethill farmer 342k £1720 £503.00; Cullyhanna farmer 306k £1470 £480.00; Armagh farmer 328k £1500 £457.00; Cullyhanna farmer 322k £1470 £457.00; Cullyhanna farmer 366k £1630 £445.00; Markethill farmer 336k £1480 £441.00; Cullyhanna farmer 400k £1760 £440.00 and Cullyhanna farmer 362k £1590 £439.

Strong heifer weanlings

Castlewellan farmer 444k £2000 £451.00; Cullyhanna farmer 424k £1870 £441.00; Cullyhanna farmer 422k £1740 £412.00; Castlewellan farmer 422k £1640 £389.00 and Katesbridge farmer 436k £1690 £388.

In the suckler ring outfits sold to a top of £3520 for an Aubrac heifer and heifer calf from a Tassagh farmer.

A Newtownhamilton farmer received £2900 for a Charolais heifer with a heifer calf.

In calf heifers sold up to £2320, £2220 and £2120 each.

Breeding bulls sold up to £3150 for a Limousin and a Belgian Blue bull sold up to £2700.

An entry of 1100 sheep at Markethill on Monday 29th June maintained a very firm trade.

The 780 spring lambs sold readily with good quality heavy lambs selling from 700-772p/k for 12 lambs, 24.5k at £189 for a Tandragee producer, followed by 748p/k for 15 lambs, 24.2k at £181 for a Crossmaglen farmer.

Several pens of heavy lambs sold steadily from £180-£190 each.

Good quality midweights sold up to 816p/k for 21.4k at £174.50 from a Whitecross farmer, followed by 808p/k for 21.6k at £174.50 from a Belleeks producer.

All good quality midweight sold steadily from 690-750p/k.

A large entry of stores sold up to 790p/k for 15.2k at £120 for a Loughgilly farmer, followed by 788p/k for 30 lambs, 16k at £126 from a Kilkeel producer.

All good quality stores sold from 670-747p/k.

An entry of 220 cull ewes sold readily, with well fleshed ewes from £170-£248, second quality from £120- £160 and plainer ewes from £80-£110 each.

The final sale of breeding sheep sold readily with dry hoggets selling to £325 each with others at £315 paid twice and £275.

Several more sold from £200-£250 each.

Breeding sheep sales resume on Monday 27th July.

Heavy lambs

Tandragee producer 24.5k £189 772p/k: Crossmaglen producer 24.2k £181 748p/k: Glenanne producer 24k £175 729p/k: Markethill producer 25.5k £184.50 724p/k: Dromore producer 25k £180 720p/k: Keady producer 26k £187 719p/k 24.6k £176 716p/k and Aghalee producer 24.2k £172 711p/k.

Midweight lambs

Whitecross producer 21.4k £174.50 816p/k: Belleeks producer 21.6k £174.50 808p/k: Darkley producer 23.4k £176 752p/k: Dungannon producer 23.8k £178.50 750p/k: Portadown producer 20.7k £154 744p/k: Keady producer 23k £171 744p/k: Whitecross producer 23k £170 739p/k: Richhill producer 22.2k £162.50 732p/k and Crossmaglen producer 23k £166 722p/k.

Store lambs

Loughgilly producer 15.2k £120 790p/k: Kilkeel producer 16k £126 788p/k: Loughgilly producer 15.4k £115 747p/k: Newtownhamilton producer 15k £112 747p/k: Portadown producer 15k £110 733p/k: Armagh producer 19.4k £140 722p/k: Mullaghbawn producer 17k £122 718p/k: Middletown producer 17.5k £125 714p/k and Dromore producer 16.7k £119 713p/k.