Fat cows selling to a top price of £1780 at Rathfriland Co-op

Seasonal 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 £400 for Fleckvieh bull calf for a Warrenpoint farmer.

Weanling bull calves topped to £1300 for a 498kg from Katesbridge farmer.

Fat cows topped £1780 for 798k Saler.

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Breeding bull topped £1600.

Heifers topped £1610 for 730k Aberdeen Angus.

Bullocks topped at £1460 for 586k Shorthorn.

Dropped calves and young stock

Bull calves

Warrenpoint farmer Fleckvieh at £400, Dromara farmer Aberdeen Angus at £360, Aberdeen Angus at £355, Aberdeen Angus at £335, Aberdeen Angus at £330, Rathfriland farmer Aberdeen Angus at £300, Dromara farmer Aberdeen Angus at £285, Warrenpoint farmer Shorthorn at £280, Katesbridge farmer Aberdeen Angus at £265 and Rathfriland farmer Aberdeen Angus at £265.

Heifer calves

Dromara farmer Aberdeen Angus at £365, Aberdeen Angus at £365, Aberdeen Angus at £330, Aberdeen Angus at £375, Warrenpoint farmer Simmental at £290, Katesbridge farmer Aberdeen Angus at £240, Newry farmer Aberdeen Angus at £225, Dromara farmer Aberdeen Angus at £205, Aberdeen Angus at £200 and Katesbridge farmer Aberdeen Angus at £190.

Weanling male calves

Weanling male calves topped to £3.36 pence per kilo, weanling calves sold to super trade.

Katesbridge farmer Aberdeen Angus 498k at £1300, Kilkeel farmer Saler 404k at £1120, Dromore farmer Limousin 328k at £1100, Aberdeen Angus 408k at £1090, Limousin 350k at £1050, Kilkeel farmer Simmental 390k at £1050, Saler 398k at £1050, Dromore farmer Aberdeen Angus 362k at £1020, Aberdeen Angus 364k at £1010 and Dromara farmer Limousin 362k at £960.

Weanling heifer calves

Weanling heifers topped to £3.00 pence per kilo.

Dromore farmer Aberdeen Angus 324k at £890, Aberdeen Angus 334k at £880, Aberdeen Angus 316k at £870, Aberdeen Angus 352kg at £850, Kilkeel farmer Aberdeen Angus 350k at £740, Banbridge farmer Hereford 346k at £640, Hereford 364k at £640 and Ballyward farmer Limousin 284k at £630, Aberdeen Angus 284k at £620, Aberdeen Angus 262k at £540.

Fat cows

Katesbridge farmer Limousin 798kg at £1780, Simmental 828k at £1690, Dromara farmer Shorthorn 782k at £1670, Shorthorn 742k at £1650, Shorthorn 668k at £1390, Katesbridge farmer Fleckvieh 808k at £1350 and Castlewellan farmer Aberdeen Angus 746k at £1300.

Cows and calves

Downpatrick farmer Speckled Park cow at £920.

Breeding bull

Dromore farmer Belgian Blue at £1600.

Heifers

Heifers topped to £2.50 pence per kilo.

Kilkeel farmer Aberdeen Angus 730k at £1610, Belgian Blue 590k at £1420, Belgian Blue 586k at £1380, Dromara farmer Aberdeen Angus 614k at £1340 and Dromara farmer Hereford 534k at £1320, Hereford 508k at £1180, Hereford 490k at £1160, Hereford 468k at £1070, Hereford 616k at £1060, Charolais 412k at £1030.

Bullocks

Bullock topped to £2.58 pence per kilo.

Rathfriland farmer Shorthorn 586k at £1460, Dromara farmer Fleckvieh 656k at £1450, Castlewellan farmer Charolais 576k at £1440, Rathfriland farmer Aberdeen Angus 528k at £1360, Dromara farmer Limousin 540k at £1300, Castlewellan farmer Saler 520k at £1220, Rathfriland farmer Shorthorn 516k at £1160, Fleckvieh 470k at £1140, Dromara farmer Friesian 596k at £1130 and Rathfriland farmer Shorthorn 470k at £1080, Aberdeen Angus 446k at £1040.

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 again.

Kilkeel farmer topped the sale at £5.17 a kilo for 20.9kg at £108.

Fat ewes topped at £214.

More ewes over the £170 mark with plainer ewes from £140 to £155

Hoggets

Kilcoo farmer 28k at £139.50, Kilkeel farmer 30.4k at £135, Kilcoo farmer 27k at £135, Dromara farmer 31k at £129.50, Rathfriland farmer 26.5k at £122, Kilcoo farmer 29k at £121, Hilltown farmer 25.9k at £121, Castlewellan farmer 27.5k at £120, Rathfriland farmer 27.5k at £119 and Lisburn farmer 24.6k at £118.

Fat ewes

Ballyward farmer at £214, Kilkeel farmer at £170, Dromara farmer at £161, Clough farmer at £159, Kilcoo farmer at £158, Corbet farmer at £158, Kilcoo farmer at £150. Clough farmer at £146, Rathfriland farmer at £146 and Kilcoo farmer at £144.

Fat rams

Kilkeel farmer at £176, Ballyward farmer at £152, Dromara farmer at £148 and Rathfriland farmer at £95.

Online bidding available via martbids.ie.