Dairy cows selling to a top of £3300 at Rathfriland Co-op
Super entry of over 500 cattle last Friday, with the dropped calf section a roaring trade, containing calves up to five months old topped to £1250 for Aberdeen Angus bull calf for a Newry farmer.
Weanling bull calves topped to £2020 for a 521kg Charolais from a Rathfriland farmer.
Fat cows topped at £2170 for 892kg Hereford.
Cows and calves topped at £2100.
Fat bull topped 640k at £2010 for an Aberdeen Angus.
Dairy cows topped at £3300.
Heifers topped at £2420 for 501kg Simmental.
Bullocks topped at £2370 for 708kg Belgian Blue.
Dropped calves and young stock
Bull calves
Newry farmer Aberdeen Angus at £1250, Armagh farmer Belgian Blue at £1210, Kilkeel farmer Belgian Blue at £1180, Ballynahinch farmer Charolais at £1140, Charolais at £1130, Charolais at £1070, Charolais at £1060, Dromore farmer Hereford at £1050, Ballynahinch farmer Charolais at £990 and Castlewellan farmer Aberdeen Angus at £970.
Heifer calves
Hillsborough farmer Aberdeen Angus at £1020, Aberdeen Angus at £1010, Aberdeen Angus at £1000, Newry farmer Aberdeen Angus at £1000, Castlewellan farmer Charolais at £930, Downpatrick farmer Belgian Blue at £920, Limousin at £910, Belgian Blue at £900, Bangor farmer at £880 and Ballynahinch farmer Charolais at £810.
Weanling male calves
Top price per kilo at £5.24, Rathfriland farmer Charolais 521k at £2020, Charolais 441k at £2020, Newtownards farmer Limousin 464k at £2000, Rathfriland farmer Charolais 472k at £1980, Ballyward farmer Charolais 374k at £1960, Charolais 390k at £1900, Charolais 384k at £1900, Rathfriland farmer Charolais 441k at £1890, Ballyward farmer Charolais 384k at £1860 and Rathfriland farmer Charolais 419k at £1840.
Weanling heifer calves
Top price per kilo at £5.03, Castlewellan farmer Charolais 324kg at £1630, Castlewellan farmer Belgian Blue 325kg at £1260, Charolais 243kg at £1210, Mayobridge farmer Charolais 247kg at £1160, Castlewellan farmer Belgian Blue 280k at £1150, Belgian Blue 287k at £1150, Belgian Blue 279k at £1150, Belgian Blue 344k at £1140, Belgian Blue 270k at £1130 and Kesh farmer Simmental 268k at £1090.
Fat cows
Aghalee farmer Hereford 892k at £2170, Rathfriland farmer Saler 701k at £1880, Newry farmer Belgian Blue 550k at £1370, Belgian Blue 548k at £1340, Belgian Blue 442k at £1220, Shorthorn 472k at £1160, Ballyroney farmer Holstein 665k at £1000,
Fat bulls
Ballynahinch farmer Aberdeen Angus 640k at £2010, Aberdeen Angus 648k at £1990, Belgian Blue 608k at £1960, Aberdeen Angus farmer 619k at £1900, Belgian Blue 568k at £1880, Aberdeen Angus 621k at £1840, Aberdeen Angus 591k at £1840, Aberdeen Angus 605k at £1800, Belgian Blue 493k at £1780 and Aberdeen Angus 583k at £1770.
Cows and calves
Rathfriland farmer Aberdeen Angus cow and Aberdeen Angus calf at £2100 and Ballymartin farmer Aberdeen Angus cow and Aberdeen Angus calf at £1740, Aberdeen Angus cow and Friesian calf at £1700.
Dairy cows
Kilkeel farmer Friesian at £3300, Friesian at £2990, Friesian at £2880, Friesian at £2700, Friesian at £2640, Ballyward farmer Holstein at £2600, Kilkeel farmer Friesian at £2400, Ballyward farmer Holstein at £2140, Ballyward farmer Holstein at £1880 and Ballyward farmer at £1850.
Heifers
Top price per kilo at £4.83, Cabra farmer Simmental 501kg at £2420, Ballymartin farmer Charolais 530kg at £2150, Kilkeel farmer Limousin 584kg at £2140, Limousin 590kg at £2140, Ballymartin farmer Charolais 530kg at £2110, Cabra farmer Simmental 598kg at £2060, Ballymartin farmer Charolais 554k at £2060, Kilcoo farmer Simmental 591k at £2050, Mayobridge farmer Charolais 591k at £2010 and Castlewellan farmer Charolais 540k at £2000.
Bullocks
Top price per kilo at £4.28, Strangford farmer Belgian Blue 708k at £2370, Limousin 617kg at £2350, Banbridge farmer Charolais 543kg at £2290, Ballymartin farmer Belgian Blue 648kg at £2270, Aberdeen Angus 486k at £2080, Hillsborough farmer Belgian Blue 570kg at £2030, Hereford 580kg at £2020, Kilkeel farmer Piemontese 622k at £1980, Kilkeel farmer Charolais 575k at £1980 and Banbridge farmer Shorthorn 575kg at £1970.
Last Tuesday evening saw another very large entry of sheep in town.
Fat ewes selling to a flying trade this week again.
Banbridge farmer topped the sale at £7.26 a kilo for 13.9kg at £101.
Fat ewes topped at £212.
Strong ewes over the £206 mark last week with plainer ewes from £168 to £200.
Lambs
Clough farmer 28.2kg at £170, Cabra farmer 29.2kg at £168, Ballynahinch farmer 27.7kg at £167, Castlewellan farmer 27.8kg at £166.50, Spa farmer 25.2kg at £164.50, Banbridge farmer 26.8kg at £161.50, Clough farmer 33kg at £160, Ballynahinch farmer 29kg at £160 and Bryansford farmer 26.5kg at £160.
Fat ewes
Kilkeel farmer at £212, Moira farmer at £206, Banbridge farmer at £200, Rathfriland farmer at £192, Kilkeel farmer at £180, Dromore farmer at £178, Dromara farmer at £176, Portadown farmer at £170 and Kilcoo farmer at £168.
Fat rams
Portadown farmer at £194, Kilcoo farmer at £176 and Downpatrick farmer at £168.
Breeding rams
Newry farmer at £680, at £480, Newry farmer at £350 and Kilcoo farmer at £290.