Excellent entry of sheep at Gortin Mart, ewes selling to £164
An excellent entry of over 1400 sheep last Monday night with a full ring of buyers resulting in a sharp trade with lambs making £138 and ewes £164.
Fat lambs
T Turkington £138/34kg B Ward £138/27kg R McCullagh £137.50/29kg S Pauley £137/27kg £126.50/23kg R Harpur £135.50/29kg £131/25.5kg A MCGowan £135/25.5kg G Quinn £135/27.5kg C McAleer £133/25.5kg A McKelvey £132/25kg G Watt £130.50/24.5kg S Rankin £130/25.5kg G Hempton £130/24kg A McKelvey £129/25kg N McEldowney £130/27kg D Kelly £130/26kg F Cushenan £130/24kg L Hamilton £129.50/23kg M McLaughlin £129.50/25.5kg B O'Neill £129/25kg C McAleer £127/23.5kg M Kelly £126/23.5kg S Conway £126/23kg P Kelly £125/23kg A Speers £123.50/22kg S Mullin £123.50/22.5kg T Rafferty £123/22.5kg and W Gilmore £123/23.5kg.
Store lambs
D Black £117.50/21.5kg S Martin £116/21kg F Hasson £113/21kg J Colhoun £112/21.5kg WJ Hanna £109.50/21kg R Smyth £107/21kg H Foster £106/20kg G Watt £104.50/21kg A Gillis £103/20kg A Bradley £103/20.5kg W Hanna £102.50/20kg S Rankin £102/21kg and N Donaghy £102/20kg.
Ewes
A McKelvey £164 B Harkin £162 D Hempton £160 G Hawkes £160 D McConnell £154 A Mc Kelvey £154 G Hempton £150 J Blair £150 N McConnell £142 A Speer £140 D Fleming £134 T Rafferty £132 J McAnulla £130 P McCallan £130 I Frazer £128 M Blee £124 S Mullin £120 J Rafferty £120 J McGrath £120 N Laughlin £118 B Morten £118 G Gibson £116 T Watt £116 S Loughlin £114 A McKelvey £112 D McQuaid £112 C Doherty £110 K Laughlin £110 and J Blair £110.
Breeding sheep
D Hempton £265 £255 £182 S McGuigan £158 £154 J McGrath £158 £136 G Hempton £150 and McKelvey £140.