Cows and calves sell to £1500 at Rathfriland Co-Op

Topped to £440 for Aberdeen Angus bull calf for a Newcastle farmer.

Bullocks topped to £1240.00 for a Dromara farmer.

Weanling calves sold to £895 for a 360k Belgian Blue bull from Lisduff farmer.

A good entry of heifers sold to £970 for a 536k Limousin from Dromara farmer.

DROPPED CALVES AND YOUNG STOCK

Newcastle farmer Aberdeen Angus bull £440, Belgian Blue £430, Hereford bull £415, Banbridge farmer: Fleckvieh bull at £400, Shorthorn bull £395, Newcastle farmer, Limousin heifer £390, Castlewellan farmer: PTS heifer £370, Banbridge farmer Belgian Blue heifer £360, Dromara farmer Simmental bull £365 and Katesbridge farmer Limousin bull £355.00.

WEANLINGS

Lisduff farmer: 360k at £895, Ballyward farmer 310k at £880, Lisduff farmer: 340k at £850, Ballyward farmer 306k at £840, Lisduff farmer 334k at £840.Ballyward farmer 286k at £830, Banbridge farmer 356k at £810 and Newry farmer, 390k at £800,

Cows and calves

Ballykeel farmer, Limousin cow and Limousin calf at £1500, Limousin cow and Limousin calf at £1260.

FAT COWS

Banbridge farmer: 882k Belgian Blue at £1310, Ballynahinch farmer 900k Holstein at £1090, £760, Banbridge farmer, 772k Shorthorn dairy at £950, Dromara farmer, 678k Aberdeen Angus at £940 and Ballynahinch farmer; 676k Holstein at £840.

HEIFERS

Mayobridge farmer: 810k at £1180, Dromara farmer 536k at £970, Newry farmer, 482k at £935, Annalong farmer, 434k at £930, Newry farmer, 474k at £925, 464k at £910, 476k at £905 and Banbridge farmer, 420k at £890.

BULLOCKS

Dromara farmer: 574k at £1240, Dromara farmer 536k at £1100, Rathfriland farmer 578k at £1070, Dromara farmer 462k at £1050, Banbridge farmer 458k at £1040, Newry farmer, 448k at £1025, Dromara farmer 480k at £1020 and Newry farmer, 452k at £1020,

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 good show of stock.

Store lambs selling to a flying trade this week again.

A Kilcoo farmer topped the sale at £4.90kg for 15.3kg at £75.

Fat ewes topped at £108 for Suffolk ewe from a Castlewellan farmer.

More ewes over the £100 mark this week with plainer ewes from £75 to £95 each.

LIGHT LAMBS

Kilcoo farmer: 15.3k at £75. Downpatrick farmer: 12.7k at £61. Dromara farmer: 14.6k at £69. Ballyward farmer: 16.9k at £79.50 and Dromore farmer 17k at £78.5.

HEAVY LAMBS

Kilkeel farmer: 32k at £102, Castlewellan farmer: 30k at £97. Ballyward farmer 26.k at £94.50. Kilkeel farmer: 25k at £93 and Kilcoo farmer: 24k at £93.

FAT EWES

Castlewellan farmer: £108, Dromore farmer: £105, Lisburn farmer: £102, Markethill farmer: £97, Bryansford farmer: £97, Cabra farmer: £91 and Rathfriland farmer: £88.

Breeding ewes

Ballyward farmer, £166 and Kilkeel farmer, £108.

Breeding rams

Kilkeel farmer £260, £260, £160,

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