Cows and calves sell to £1690 at Rathfriland Co-Op

Topped to £465 for Aberdeen Angus bull calf for a Banbridge farmer.

Weanling calves sold to £830 for a 370k Simmental male from Derryogue farmer.

A good entry of heifers sold to £1270 for a 640k Hereford from Edenagarry farmer. Most heifers sold from £1070.00 to £1270.

DROPPED CALVES AND YOUNG STOCK

Banbridge farmer: Aberdeen Angus bull Dromara farmer Aberdeen Angus bull £455, Banbridge farmer Aberdeen Angus bull £410, Banbridge farmer Aberdeen Angus heifer £405.00. Dromara farmer Aberdeen Angus heifer £385, Rathfriland farmer Charolais bull £350, Banbridge farmer: Belgian Blue bull £350 and Armagh farmer: Shorthorn bull £340.

WEANLINGS

Derryogue farmer: 378k at £830, Dromara farmer 352k at £845, 318k at £815, Rathfriland farmer: 360k at £700, Derryogue farmer 278k at £665. Tassagh farmer 302k at £640, Hilltown farmer 278k at £605, Tassagh farmer 236k at£565, Hilltown farmer 264k at £525, Kilkeek farmer 200k at £500,

FAT COWS

Maze farmer: 766k at £990, Waringstown farmer at £600.

COWS AND CALVES

Rathfriland farmer Belgian Blue cow and Hereford calfs at £1690, Aberdeen Angus cow and calf Hereford calf at £1600, Belgian Blue cow and Hereford calf at£1600, Annalong farmer Aberdeen Angus cow and Aberdeen Angus calf at £1420.

HEIFERS

Edenagarry farmer: 646k at £1270, 602k at £1270, Moybrick farmer 644k at £1250, Edenagarry farmer 602k at £1240, Moybrick farmer 680k at £1230, 630k at £1120.

BULLOCKS

Moybrick farmer: 706k at £1390, Edenagarry farmer 664k at £1300, Moybrick farmer 762k at £ 1300, Edenagarry farmer 644k at £1205, 696k at £1190, 628k at £1105, 640k at £1100, 620k at £1090, Rathfriland farmer 592k at £1050,

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

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

Sellers can collect their cheques at the office and leave the mart.

Tuesday evening saw large entry of stock.

Store lambs selling to a roaring trade this week again. A Kilkeel farmer topped the sale at £5.45kg for 11kg at £60.

Fat ewes topped at £95.00 for Suffolks from a Kilkeel farmer.

More ewes over the £90 mark this week with plainer ewes from £75 to £90 each.

LIGHT LAMBS

kilkeel farmer: 11k at £60. Kilkeel farmer: 13.k at £68.00. Newry farmer: 15.7k at £72. kilkeel farmer: 16.9k at £77.5, Banbridge farmer: 14.2k at £64.50.

HEAVY LAMBS

Belfast farmer: 22k at £100.00. kilkeel farmer: 25.9k at £96. Kilcoo farmer: 23.7k at £95.50. Hilltown farmer: 23kg at £95.50. Corbet farmer: 24.6k at £94.50.

FAT EWES & RAMS

Kilkeel farmer: £95.00. Crossgar farmer: £90. Warrenpoint farmer: £84.00. Cabra farmer: £83.00. Ballyroney farmer: £81. Kilcoo farmer: £81.00. Caledon farmer: £80.00.

Breeding ewes

Lisnacree farmer: £168, Rathfriland £158, £148, Banbridge farmer: £145, £142 and Dromara farmer: £118.

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

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

Sellers can collect their cheques at the office and leave the mart.