Cows and calves sell to £1720 at Hilltown Mart

Fat cows sold to £1420, cows and calves sold to £1720, heifers sold to £1500 and bullocks sold to £1660.

Fat cows: Hilltown farmer £1420 for 840kg (169ppk), £1340 for 844kg (158ppk), £1200 for 812kg (147ppk), £1130 for 716kg (157ppk). Rathfriland farmer £1100 for 690kg (159ppk). Mayobridge farmer £970 for 582kg (166ppk). Castlewellan farmer £965for 640kg (150ppk).

Cows and calves: Local farmer £1720, £1300. Mayobridge farmer £1400, £1320, £1280.

Weanling heifers: Rostrevor farmer £950 for 412kg (230ppk), £745 for 440kg (169ppk). Hilltown farmer £790 for 336kg (235ppk), £760 for 358kg (212ppk). Kilkeel farmer £780 for 373kg (209ppk), £750 for 382kg (196ppk). Kilcoo farmer £690 for 316kg (218ppk), £675 for 294kg (229ppk).

Heifers: Mayobridge farmer £1500 for 732kg (204ppk), £1310 for 586kg (223ppk), £1180 for 546kg (216ppk), £1115 for 558kg (199ppk), £1080 for 568kg (190ppk), £1030 for 482kg (214ppk). Kilkeel farmers £1260 for 588kg (214ppk), £955 for 524kg (182ppk). Rathfriland farmer £1215 for 572kg (212ppk).

Weanling bullocks: Rostrevor farmer £1020 for 460kg (221ppk), £1000 for 424kg (235ppk), £895 for 430kg (208ppk). Kilcoo farmer £910 for 366kg (248ppk), £790 for 322kg (245ppk), £785 for 344kg (228ppk). Mayobridge farmer £855 for 350kg (244ppk). Ballyward farmer £825 for 418kg (197ppk).

Bullocks: Mayobridge farmer £1660 for 752kg (220ppk), £1630 for 788kg (206ppk), £1540 for 716kg (215ppk), £1470 for 676kg (217ppk), £1450 for 708kg (204ppk), £1400 for 742kg (188ppk). Rathfriland farmer £1580 for 690kg (229ppk), £1540 for 716kg (215pk), £1520 for 708kg (214ppk), £1370 for 600kg (228ppk), £1350 for 616kg (219ppk). Hilltown farmer £1390 for 762kg (182ppk), £1380 for 678kg (203ppk).