Fantastic trade for sheep at Armoy Mart, fat ewes to £236
A seasonal show of sheep met with a fantastic trade on Wednesday night.
Spring lambs sold to a top price of £220.
Fat ewes sold to £236 in a great trade.
Ewe hoggets sold to a top of £267 for a pen of super Suffolk cross ewes from Mr Patrick McGarry, Ballycastle.
Leading prices
Spring lambs
B McVicker, Bushmills, 30kgs £220. Ballymoney farmer, 27kgs £211. CS and DJ Currie, Mosside, 24kgs £190. William Morrison, Mosside, 23kgs £186.50. Jas Pinkerton, Rasharkin, 23kgs £186.50. Jonathan McCurdy, 24kgs £185. Brian McAlister, Ballymoney, 25kgs £184. Gary McFadden, Armoy, 22kgs £183.50. Ian McClure, Ballymoney, 22kgs £181. Jas Reilly, Ballycastle, 22kgs £181. David Anderson, Bushmills, 21kgs £180. Frank McKendry, Cloughmills, 22kgs £180. Ian McClean, Bushmills, 22kgs £180. Ballymoney farmer, 23kgs £181. Ian McMullan, Glenarm, 18kgs £165.
Cull ewes
David McAlister, Derrykeighan, Charollais, £260. Brian McCurdy, Bushmills, Charollais, £236. CS and DJ Currie, Mosside, Suffolk, £224. David Thompson, Bushmills, Dutch Spotted, £218. William Morrison, Armoy, Texel, £212. M McCurry, Cushendall, Texel, £180. E Butler, Ballyvoy, Suffolk, £180. Brian J McAlister, Ballymoney, Crossbreds, £180. David McAlister, Ballymoney, Cheviot, £239. Ian McLean, Bushmills, Dutch Spotted, £220. Trevor Butler, Ballyvoy, Blue, £178.
Ewes and lambs
CS and DJ Currie, hogget with twins, £345. Patrick McGarry, Ballycastle, dry hoggets, £267.
Sale every Wednesday at 7.00pm.
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Auctioneers: Armoy Livestock Mart Ltd.