Dairy stock sell to £1600 at Markethill Mart

Top quality beef bred cows sold to £294 per 100 kilos for 710k Belgian Blue at £1380 for an Armagh producer followed by £192 per 100 kilos for 710k at £1360 for an Armagh farmer.

Top price £1445 for 860k Blonde d'Aquitaine from a Keady producer.

Main trade from £140 to £180 per 100 kilos.

Friesian cows sold to a top of £122 per 10 kilos for 690k at £845.

Main demand from £105 to £120 per 100 kilos.

Second quality Friesians from £90 to £100 per 100 kilos and the poorest types from £70 to £85 per 100 kilos.

Dairy stock sold to £1600 each for three calved heifers for an Aghalee farmer.

Cull cows

Armagh farmer 710k £1380 £194.00; Armagh farmer 710k £1360 £192.00; Armagh farmer 748k £1395 £187.00; Ahorey farmer 744k £1335 £179.00; Armagh farmer 756k £1355 £179.00; Armagh farmer 634k £1070 £169.00; Armagh farmer 866k £1445 £167.00; Markethill farmer 680k £1065 £157.00 and Armagh farmer 822k £1255 £153.00.

Friesian cull cows

Crumlin farmer 694k £845 £122.00; Crumlin farmer 680k £815 £120.00; Keady farmer 596k £695 £117.00; Donaghcloney farmer 760k £835 £110.00; Mayobridge farmer 776k £835 £108.00 and Dungannon farmer 722k £765 £106.00.

CALVES

The 90 calves sold in an excellent trade.

Good quality bull calves under six weeks old sold to £360 each for two Charolais and £330 for Belgian Blue.

Main demand from £230 to £315.

Heifer calves sold to £320 for a Limousin followed by £280 for a Hereford.

Main trade for good quality heifers from £210 to £270 each.

Bull calves

Charolais £360; Charolais £360; Belgian Blue £330; Charolais £315; Belgian Blue £315; Belgian Blue £300; Aberdeen Angus £280; Aberdeen Angus £280 and Belgian Blue £275.

Heifer calves

Limousin £320; Hereford £280; Belgian Blue £270; Belgian Blue £270; Belgian Blue £260; Belgian Blue £255; Belgian Blue £245 and Belgian Blue £240.