Drop calf sells to £470 at Rathfriland Co-Op

Price topped at £470 for Hereford bull calf for a Ballynahinch farmer.

Bullocks topped at £1160 for a Rathfriland farmer.

Weanling calves sold to £815 for a 410k Belgian Blue bull from Ballincurry farmer.

A good entry of heifers sold to £970 for a 500k Limousin from Poyntzpass farmer.

DROPPED CALVES AND YOUNG STOCK

Ballynahinch farmer Hereford bull £470, Hereford bull £430, Hereford heifer £380, Dromore farmer: Aberdeen Angus bull at £330, Mayobridge farmer, Shorthorn beef heifer £310, Carricknadarriff farmer: Aberdeen Angus bull £300, Banbridge farmer Aberdeen Angus heifer £300, Carricknadarriff farmer Aberdeen Angus bull £295 and Newry farmer Aberdeen Angus heifer £290.00.

WEANLINGS

Ballincurry farmer: 410k at £815, Rathfriland farmer 394k at £770, Newry farmer: 306k at £760, Newry farmer 404k at £760, Kilkeel farmer 338k at £760. Newry farmer 324k at £750, Ballincurry farmer 340k at £730 and Newry farmer, 302k at £720.

FAT COWS

Rathfriland farmer: 518k Limousin at £910, Tullynacross farmer 760k Fleckvieh at £905, 716k Fleckvieh at £760 and Newry farmer, 650k Friesian at £740.

HEIFERS

Poyntzpass farmer: 510k at £970, 476k at £900, Banbridge farmer 418k at £875, Poyntzpass farmer, 442k at £860, 466k at £800, Banbridge farmer, 472k at £790, Mayobridge farmer, 404k at £760 and Banbridge farmer, 366k at £760.

BULLOCKS

Rathfriland farmer: 614k at £1160, 558k at £1060, Dromare farmer 598k at £1035, 584k at £1020, 588k at £1010, Rathfriland farmer 600k at £970, Dromara farmer 590k at £960, Tandragee farmer 526k at £930, 504k at £915 and Dromore farmer 454k at £900.

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 another good show of stock.

Store lambs selling to a flying trade this week again.

A Dromara farmer topped the sale at £4.80kg for 14.7kg at £70.5.

Fat ewes topped at £108 for texel from a Annaclone farmer.

More ewes over the £98 mark this week with plainer ewes from £75 to £85 each.

LIGHT LAMBS

Dromara farmer: 14.5k at £70.50. Markethill farmer: 15.1k at £71.50. Finnard farmer: 17.9k at £82.50. Dromara farmer: 18.4k at £83,17k at £76.5.

HEAVY LAMBS

Cabra farmer: 27.20k at £98.50. Newry farmer: 26.5k at £98. Castlewellan: 24.k at £97. Ballynahinch farmer: 25k at £95, Mayobridge farmer: 24k at £93.

FAT EWES

Annaclone farmer: £108, Rathfriland farmer: £100, Katesbridge farmer: £99, Loughbrickland farmer: £99, Katesbridge farmer: £98, Loughbrickland farmer: £96 and Castlewellan farmer: £95,

Breeding ewes

Mayobridge farmer, £141 and Rathfriland farmer, £114.

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.