Ewes and lambs selling to £228 at Armoy Mart

A smaller show of sheep met with a much sharper trade with spring lambs selling to 7.40p per kilo.
Armoy MartArmoy Mart
Armoy Mart

Fat ewes selling to £152 and ewes and lambs to £228.

Leading prices

Brian McVicker, Bushmills 24kgs £147. David Anderson, Bushmills, 23kgs £144. R Kirk, Bushmills, 23kgs £142. John Dillon, Armoy, 22kgs £141. John McNeice, Ballymoney, 24kgs £140. J Anderson, Bushmills, 22kgs £140. S Huey, Armoy, 18 ½kgs £140. John Maxwell, Kilrea, 21kgs £138. Sean McAllister, Ballycastle, 22kgs £136. K McCord, Antrim, 21kgs £135. Ben Porter, Ballymoney, 21kgs £130.50. L Lyons, Coleraine, 21kgs £129. G Millen, Coleraine, 19.5kgs £127.

Fat ewes

Chris McNaughton, Loughguile, Texel, £151. David Waide, Clough, Charollais, £149. Trevor Knox, Armoy, Texel, £145. O McCluskey, Loughguile, Suffolk, £132. John Maxwell, Kilrea, Texel, £129. Jas McAlister, Bushmills, Texel, £128. Pat McKinley, Ballycastle, Suffolk, £127. A and D Glass, Ballycastle, crossbreds 3118. D Waide, Clough, Suffolk, £122. D McCloskey, Loughguile, crossbreds £111. Wm Moore, Macosquinn, crossbreds £111.

Ewes and lambs

Alan Archibald, Macosquin, 1 aged ewe, 2 lambs, £228, 1 c/b ewe, 2 lambs, £214. Coleraine farmer, c/b Ewes, single, £186, £176.

Sale every Wednesday night at 7.00pm.

Watch on ‘mart eye’.

Auctioneers: Daniel McAlister and Son.

Related topics: