Excellent prices at this week’s sheep sales at Saintfield Mart

Leading prices

Kesh Suffolk hoggets 7 £320, 9 £288, Texel hoggets 8 £265, 8 £250, Saintfield Suffolk hoggets 2 £282, 2 £258, 5 £240, Saintfield Suffolk hoggets 7 £240, 8 £238, 5 £232, Newtownards Texel hoggets 2 £240, Ballykinlar Suffolk hoggets 8 £240, 3 £235, Texel hoggets 4 £240, 9 £235, 2 £230; Ballynahinch Texel hoggets 5 £232, 4 £230, 6 £222, Castlewellan Suffolk hoggets 6 £232, 6 £230, Ballygowan Mule hoggets 8 £230, Suffolk ewe lambs 8 £150, Killinchy Suffolk hoggets 10 £225, Texel hoggets 10 £205, Ballygowan Milford cross hoggets 13 £215, Texel hoggets 7 £188; Newtownards Texel hoggets 6 £215, Castlewellan Texel ewe lambs 6 £202, Suffolk ewe lambs 8 £164, Saintfield Breeding Ewes 2 £190, 5 £154, ewe lambs 4 £128, Dromara breeding ewes 8 £172, 5 £164, Suffolk hoggets 3 £160, Black hoggets 5 £158, Black ewe 1 £152; Ballygowan Texel ewe lambs 10 £148, 11 £138 and Ballyhalbert Dorset/Texel ewe lambs 2 £122.

Tuesday’s fat sheep sale: A well improved trade this week with fat lambs to £172.

Fat ewes to £200.

Spring lambs

Newtownards 10 25.5kg £172, 7 23kg £147.50, Ballynahinch 5 26kg £165, 14 28kg £158, 2 22.5kg £138, Downpatrick 20 29kg £164, Donaghadee 25kg £159, 4 26kg £155, 6 20.5kg £121, Killough 2 29kg £158, Cultra 10 20.5kg £156, 6 23.5kg £130, Downpatrick 15 25.5kg £152, Ballynahinch 10 26kg £151, Dromara 7 24kg £148, Upper Ballinderry 24 25kg £146, Comber 28 24kg £145, Comber 8 24.5kg £145, Comber 4 25kg £145, Killinchy 20 22.5kg £144, Crossgar 7 25kg £144, 7 22.5kg £135, Killinchy 25 22kg £140, Cloughey 4 22.5kg £140; Ballykinlar 3 22.5kg £140, 5 22kg £135, 3 20.5kg £130, 2 21kg £126, Killinchy 4 23kg £140, 14 18.5kg £116, Moira 7 22.5kg £139, Carrowdore 16 22.5kg £139, Ballynahinch 5 22.5kg £138, 7 21.5kg £130.50, 9 18kg £119, 8 15.5kg £102.50, Donaghadee 12 20.5kg £132, 4 17kg £114, Ballygowan 7 20.5kg £130, Hillsborough 24 19kg £126, Toye 12 20.5kg £123.50, Moneyrea 11 19kg £122 and Saintfield 3 21.5kg £119, Hillsborough 7 17kg £118.

Ewes/rams

Downpatrick 4 £200. Comber 2 £185, 3 £150, 1 £115, Killinchy 12 £180, Comber ram 1 £170, Donaghadee 3 £170, 1 £102, Downpatrick 8 £164, 7 £154, Crossgar ram 1 £160, Ballynahinch 1 £160, Balloo 7 £154, Lisburn 1 £150, Killinchy 4 £150, 3 £122, 4 £120, Ballygowan 1 £144, 2 £100

Ballywalter ram 1 £140, Saintfield 7 £140, 3 £100, 2 £97, 2 £94, 2 £80, 1 £52, Hillsborough 3 £114 and Comber 1 £106.

An excellent entry of cattle on Wednesday’s sale, with a firm trade throughout and a 100% clearance.

Fat ring topped the prices this week with with a 780kg Charolais bullock selling to 380p £2964.

Fat cows sold to 376p for a 760kg £2857.

Leading prices

Fats

Ballynahinch bullocks Charolais 780kg £380 £2,964, Limousin 780kg £376 £2,933, Charolais 780kg £370 £2886, Limousin 840kg £340 £2856, Charolais 770kg £366 £2,818, Limousin 780kg 3356 £2776, 740kg £364 £2693, 710kg £378 £2,684, 740kg £360 £2,664, 740kg £354, 710kg £370 £2627, £2,620, 680kg £376 £2556, 700kg £364 £2,548, 710kg £356 £2,528, Charolais 650kg £366 £2379, Limousin 650kg £354 £2,301, Annacloy Charolais cow 760kg £376 £2857, Ballykinlar Aberdeen Angus bullocks 870kg £320 £2784, 800kg £318 £2544, 740kg £312 £2308, Ballygowan bullocks Charolais 730kg £366 £2,672, Limousin 780kg £340 £2,652, Charolais 760kg £340 £2,584, Limousin 710kg £360 £2,556, Saintfield bullocks Limousins 700kg £366 £2562, 790kg £316 £2496, 690kg £358 £2470, 690kg £334 £2304, Charolais 670kg £342 £2291, Limousins 650kg £348 £2262, 660kg £330 £2178, 620kg £328 £2033, Killinchy Stabiliser bull 910kg £270 £2457, Drumbo Charolais cow 900kg £272 £2448, Moneyrea bullocks Limousins 680kg £332 £2,258, 630kg £346 £2,180, 620kg £348 £2,158, cows 620kg £314 £1,947, 570kg £326 £1,858, bullock 530kg £290 £1,537, Comber bullocks Hereford 650kg £344 £2236, Hereford 590kg £300 £1770, Belgian Blue 570kg £298 £1698, Ballynahinch Belgian Blue bullocks 690kg £322 £2221, 640kg £346 £2214, 630kg £336 £2116, Lisburn Simmental cows 770kg £280 £2156, 740kg £266 £1968, Lisburn cows Aberdeen Angus 670kg £312 £2090, Belgian Blue 630kg £330 £2079, Aberdeen Angus 660kg £300 £1980, 620kg £294 £1822, 590kg £292 £1722, 590kg £288 £1699, Boardmills Limousin cow 710kg £252 £1789, Crumlin Simmental cow 660kg £268 £1768, Bangor cows Montbeliarde 670kg £264 £1768, 710kg £242 £1718, Holstein cow 670kg £232 £1554, Montbeliarde 460kg £262 £1205, Saul Ayrshire cows 650kg £266 £1729, 630kg £240 £1512, Carryduff bullocks Holsteins 560kg £288 £1612, 530kg £275 £1457, 510kg £275 £1402, Friesian 450kg £260 £1170, Crumlin Friesian cows 630kg £240 £1512, 580kg £216 £1252, 560kg £180 £1008, Donaghadee cows Holstein 550kg £238 £1309, Friesian 700kg £178 £1246, Holstein 630kg £162 £1020, Downpatrick Friesian cows 510kg £254 £1295, 520kg £228 £1185, 430kg £226 £971 and Toye Limousin bullock 480kg £260 £1248, Simmental cow 560kg £186 £1041.

Suckled calves

Ballygowan bullocks Charolais 460kg £1,860, 440kg £1,850, Limousin 450kg £1,780, Charolais 450kg £1,680, Limousins 320kg £1,190, 350kg £1,120, Lisburn Bullock Saler 420kg £1,740, heifers Simmentals 360kg £1,700, 390kg £1,640, bullocks 380kg £1,440, Aberdeen Angus 380kg £1,400, Heifer Shorthorn beef 380kg £1,380, Annacloy bullocks 520kg £1,640, 410kg £1,580, 420kg £1,500, 460kg £1,350, Ballynahinch Saler bullock 370kg £1460 and Ballygowan Hereford Heifers 450kg £1460.

Heifers

Ardglass Limousins 620kg £2,290, 620kg £2,200, 580kg £2,110, 590kg £2,020, 610kg £2,000, 610kg £2,000, 550kg £1,880, 500kg £1,870, 540kg £1,840, 580kg £1,770, 460kg £1,610, Moneyreagh Limousins 640kg £2,140, 600kg £2,000, 560kg £1,970, 570kg £1,940, 540kg £1,940, 540kg £1,900, 500kg £1,720, Ballynahinch Charolais 500kg £1980, 530kg £1960, 540kg £1900, Ballynahinch Limousin 490kg £1,900, Charolais 450kg £1,870, Simmental 490kg £1,750, Belgian Blue 570kg £1,750, Charolais 560kg £1,740, Aberdeen Angus 520kg £1,700, Belgian Blue 520kg £1,700, Limousin 500kg £1,680, Belgian Blue 490kg £1,620, Craigavon 560kg £1880, Armagh Limousin 560kg £1800, Charolais 560kg £1770, Downpatrick Aberdeen Angus 570kg £1,760, 580kg £1,750, 570kg £1,720, Belgian Blue 560kg £1,700, Aberdeen Angus 570kg £1,690, 560kg £1,670, Belgian Blues 500kg £1,620, 510kg £1,540, 460kg £1,460, 500kg £1,460, 450kg £1,320, Aberdeen Angus 400kg £1,300, Belgian Blues 380kg £1,230, 350kg £1,200, 370kg £1,170, Aberdeen Angus 360kg £1,110, 310kg £750, Ballynahinch 580kg Belgian Blue £1,700, 510kg Blonde d'Aquitaine £1,700, 510kg Belgian Blues £1,640, 530kg £1,600, 490kg Aberdeen Angus £1,550, 530kg £1,530, 450kg Hereford £1,440, 400kg Limousin £1,440, 420kg Aberdeen Angus £1,360, Comber Aberdeen Angus 470kg £1410 and Saul Aberdeen Angus 370kg £1240, 400kg £1100.

Bullocks

Ballynahinch Charolais 610kg £2,410, 670kg £2,330, Limousin 600kg £2,280, Charolais 530kg £2,280, 560kg £2,240, 550kg £2,190, 570kg £2,140, 640kg £2,140, 600kg £2,120, 500kg £2,110, 560kg £1,820, Comber Limousins 650kg £2,410, 650kg £2,390, 570kg £2,290, 630kg £2,100, 540kg £2,000, Ballynahinch Limousin 700kg £2,400, Charolais 630kg £2,300, Limousin 590kg £2,240, Charolais 510kg £2,220, Limousins 640kg £2,220, 520kg £2,110, Blonde d'Aquitaine 560kg £2,090, Charolais 500kg £2,020, Crossgar Limousins 560kg £2300, 500kg £2250, 520kg £2160, Ballynahinch Charolais 550kg £2,240, Shorthorn beef 590kg £2,110, Charolais 460kg £2,070, Shorthorn beef 490kg £1,950, Ballymacbrennan Belgian Blues 650kg £2,180, 600kg £2,000, 520kg £1,940, 560kg £1,920, 530kg £1,730, 540kg £1,720, 540kg £1,680, Killinchy Limousins 470kg £2,160, 580kg £2,060, 530kg £2,060, 450kg £2,000, 460kg £1,980, 430kg £1,930, 430kg £1,890, 430kg £1,880, 430kg £1,860, 450kg £1,780, 400kg £1,700, 400kg £1,650, Newtownards Belgian Blue 580kg £1,920, Simmental 610kg £1,910, Belgian Blue 590kg £1,910, Simmental 590kg £1,880, Ballynahinch Aberdeen Angus 600kg £1,920, Shorthorn 600kg £1,900, Aberdeen Angus 590kg £1,870, Shorthorn 580kg £1,730, Aberdeen Angus 530kg £1,700, 530kg £1,680, Shorthorn 520kg £1,670, Aberdeen Angus 540kg £1,650, Friesian 500kg £1,640, Aberdeen Angus 520kg £1,640, Shorthorn 550kg £1,600, Hereford 470kg £1,600, Shorthorn 530kg £1,580, Friesian 470kg £1,520, Aberdeen Angus 510kg £1,500, Shorthorn 480kg £1,480, Aberdeen Angus 470kg £1,470, Friesians 460kg £1,440, 480kg £1,400, Belgian Blue 460kg £1,400, Limousin 430kg £1,400, Shorthorn 450kg £1,370, Friesian 450kg £1,360, Aberdeen Angus 450kg £1,300, Shorthorn 460kg £1,280, Friesian 420kg £1,270, Aberdeen Angus 420kg £1,240, Friesian 420kg £1,200, Shorthorns 400kg £1,150, 350kg £900, Drumbo Limousin 600kg £1,870, Shorthorn beef 560kg £1,720, Charolais 470kg £1,700, Shorthorn beef 480kg £1,690, 460kg £1,590, 490kg £1,500, Belgian Blue 390kg £1,400, Ballykinlar Shorthorn 470kg £1,580, Aberdeen Angus 520kg £1,560, Belgian Blues 400kg £1,500, 400kg £1,430, Aberdeen Angus 430kg £1,410, 420kg £1,410, 390kg £1,340, 400kg £1,330, Speckle Park 420kg £1,330, Hereford 400kg £1,280, Aberdeen Angus 410kg £1,240, 380kg £1,240, Hereford 420kg £1,210, Aberdeen Angus 390kg £1,170, Saintfield Belgian Blues 440kg £1,570, 450kg £1,570, Charolais 440kg £1,570, 430kg £1,500, Belgian Blue 440kg £1,460, Charolais 420kg £1,350, Belgian Blues 360kg £1,340, 400kg £1,300, Saul Aberdeen Angus 410kg £1280, Hereford 380kg £1200, Downpatrick Friesians 450kg £1,370, 450kg £1,330, 450kg £1,290, 450kg £1,240, Aberdeen Angus 450kg £1,230, Friesians 450kg £1,220, 410kg £1,100, 410kg £1,090, 410kg £1,070, 370kg £1,000, 330kg £950 and Ballynahinch Aberdeen Angus 440kg £1,340, 450kg £1,270, 450kg £1,240, 400kg £1,130.