Excellent trade for sheep at Markethill Mart, heavy hoggets to £165

Good quality heavy hoggets sold from 620-673p/k for 24.5k at £165 for a Portadown farmer, followed by 669p/k for 24.9k at £166.50 for a Newry producer.

Several pens of heavy overweight hoggets sold from £170 to £176 each.

Good quality midweight hoggets sold from 640-688p/k for 21k at £144.50 for a Mountnorris producer, followed by 688p/k for 20k at £137.50 from a Portadown farmer.

Good quality stores sold from 670-745p/k for 14.5k at £108 from a Kilkeel farmer, stronger stores to 731p/k for 18.2k at £133 from a Portadown farmer.

An entry of 220 cull ewes sold to £284 with others at £270, £260 and £244.

Main demand for fleshed ewes from £170 - £236, second quality ewes from £120 - £170 and plainer ewes from £70 -£110.

Heavy hoggets

Portadown producer 24.5k £165 673p/k: Newry producer 24.9k £166.50 669p/k: Ballinderry producer 24.5k £160 653p/k: Newry producer 24k £155 646p/k: Ballynahinch producer 24k £155 646p/k: Armagh producer 27k £173 641p/k: Newry producer 24k £153 638p/k: 25.5k £162 635p/k and Keady producer 24.3k £154 634p/k.

Overweight hoggets

Poyntzpass producer £176, Armagh producer £174, Tynan producer £172 and Glenanne producer £170, £170 and £170.

Midweight hoggets

Mountnorris producer 21k £144.50 688p/k: Portadown producer 20k £137.50 688p/k: Richhill producer 22.6k £155 686p/k: Newry producer 23k £154.50 672p/k: Mountnorris producer 21k £141 671p/k: Kilkeel producer 21k £140.50 669p/k: Kilkeel producer 20.9k £139.50 668p/k: Ballynahinch producer 21.9k £146 667p/k and Newtownhamilton producer 21k £140 667p/k.

Stores

Kilkeel producer 14.5k £108 745p/k: Portadown producer 18.2k £133 731p/k: Killylea producer 17.3k £125 723p/k: Kilkeel producer 17.3k £125 723p/k: Armagh producer 19.4k £140 722p/k: Rostrevor 19k £136 716p/k: Rostrevor producer 14k £100 714p/k: Kilkeel producer 18.4k £130.50 709p/k: Fintona producer 19.7k £139 706p/k and Hillsborough producer 18k £125 694p/k.