Fat cows selling to a top price of £1610 at Rathfriland Co-op

Good show of cattle in town last Friday with super yard full of Continental cattle with record prices.
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The dropped calf section contained calves up to four months old, topped to £460 for Belgian Blue bull calf for a Banbridge farmer.

Weanling bull calves topped to £1280 for a 412kg from Ballyward farmer.

Fat cows topped £1610 for 888k Saler.

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Cows and calves topped £1150.

Heifers topped £1590 for 646k Limousin.

Bullocks topped at £1660 for 646k Limousin.

Dropped calves and young stock

Bull calves

Banbridge farmer Belgian Blue at £460, Belgian Blue at £400, Belgian Blue at £380, Hilltown farmer Belgian Blue at £370, Katesbridge farmer Hereford at £360, Banbridge farmer Belgian Blue at £350, Loughbrickland farmer Belgian Blue at £350, Ballyward farmer Aberdeen Angus at £335, Banbridge farmer Belgian Blue at £335 and Newry farmer Simmental at £330.

Heifer calves

Banbridge farmer Belgian Blue at £400, Belgian Blue at £380, Katesbridge farmer Speckled Park at £375, Banbridge farmer Belgian Blue at £375, Banbridge farmer Belgian Blue at £355, Banbridge farmer Belgian Blue at £345, Belgian Blue at £345, Newry farmer Simmental at £345 and Loughbrickland farmer Belgian Blue at £335, Belgian Blue at £315,

Weanling male calves

Weanling male calves topped to £3.28 pence per kilo, weanling calves sold to super trade, Ballyward farmer Limousin 412k at £1280, Limousin 390k at £1210, Limousin 410k at £1170, Limousin 386k at £1020, Katesbridge farmer Charolais 320k at £1000, Ballyward farmer Limousin 386k at £960, Limousin 390k at £930, Cabra farmer Simmental 300k at £820, Maze farmer Belted Galloway 278k at £800 and Kilkeel farmer Simmental 276k at £770.

Weanling heifer calves

Weanling heifers topped to £3.08 pence per kilo, Maze farmer Limousin 350k at £1030, Gilford farmer Aberdeen Angus 376k at £990, Armagh farmer Aberdeen Angus 388k at £940, Gilford farmer Hereford 426kg at £910, Maze farmer Belted Galloway 270k at £850, Rathfriland farmer Limusin 296k at £850, Maze farmer Limousin 362k at £850, Dromore farmer Limousin 272k at £790 and Gilford farmer Aberdeen Angus 372k at £760, Aberdeen Angus 336k at £750.

Fat cows

Castlewellan farmer Saler 888kg at £1610, Fleckvieh 772k at £1560, Ballyward farmer Limousin 658k at £1460, Limousin 674k at £1440, Loughbrickland farmer Aberdeen Angus 656k at £1390, Castlewellan farmer Saler 768k at £1280, Ballyward farmer Limousin 662k at £1105, Katesbridge farmer Aberdeen Angus 648k at £1090, Dromara farmer Friesian 672k at £900 and Katesbridge farmer Simmental 564k at £890.

Cows and calves

Ballynahinch farmer Limousin cow and Limousin heifer calf at £1150 and Rathfriland farmer Aberdeen Angus at £1020.

Heifers

Heifers topped to £2.44 pence per kilo, Rathfriland farmer Limousin 646k at £1590, Dromara farmer Limousin 518k at £1370, Rathfriland farmer Belgian Blue 582k at £1290, Rathfriland farmer Aberdeen Angus 516k at £1090 and Hilltown farmer Fleckvieh 380k at £770.

Bullocks

Bullock topped to £2.91 pence per kilo, Dromore farmer Limousin 646k at £1660, Aberdeen Angus 636k at £1560, Gilford farmer Limousin 494k at £1500, Dromore farmer Charolais 498k at £1460, Gilford farmer Limousin 484k at £1410, Dromore farmer Limousin 530k at £1410, Gilford farmer Limousin 456k at £1210, Portadown farmer Friesian 556k at £1070, Ardglass farmer Charolais 356k at £1060 and Portadown farmer Friesian 510k at £1020.

Online bidding available via martbids.ie.

Tuesday evening saw super show of stock and hoggets lambs selling to a flying trade.

Fat ewes selling to a good trade.

Newry farmer topped the sale at £5.34 a kilo for 17.4kg at £95.

Fat ewes topped at £240.

More ewes over the £200 mark with plainer ewes from £148 to £170.

Hoggets

Keady farmer 25k at £125, Dromara farmer 24.5k at £123, Poyntzpass farmer 27k at £122, Gilford farmer 23k at £120, Kilkeel farmer 25.4k at £120, Killinchy farmer 26.2k at £120, Loughbrickland farmer 25.6k at £120, Dromara farmer 26k at £118 and Kilkeel farmer 23.9k at £116.

Fat ewes

Rathfriland farmer at £240, Dromara farmer at £200, Kilkeel farmer at £194, Hilltown farmer at £194, Kilcoo farmer at £169, Katesbridge farmer at £162, Kilkeel farmer at £160. Warrenpoint farmer at £157, Cabra farmer at £148 and Kilcoo farmer at £147.

Fat rams

Scarva farmer at £149, Kilkeel farmer at £146, Kilkeel farmer at £130, Ballymartin farmer at £118 and Dromara farmer at £115.

Online bidding available via martbids.ie.