Fat cows selling to £1080 at Rathfriland Co-Op

The dropped calf section contained calves up to three months old.

Topped to £50 for Simmental bull calf for a Lisburn farmer.

Bullocks topped to £1080 for a Ballynahinch farmer.

Weanling calves sold to £855 for a 390k Charolias bull from Ballyward farmer.

A large entry of heifers sold to £1230 for a Limousin 664k from Katesbridge farmer.

Dropped calves and young stock

Bull calves: Lisburn farmer Simmental at £500, Banbridge farmer Belgian Blue at £480, Lisburn farmer, Shorthorn at £460, Noredl at £455, Aberdeen Angus at £450, Belgian Blue at £450, Katesbridge farmer: Limousin at £450, Banbridge farmer: Aberdeen Angus at £450, Belgian Blue at £420 and Lisburn farmer: Belgian Blue at £420.

Friesian calves £185, £175, £135, £80.

Heifer calves: Lisburn farmer: Belgian Blue at £430, Katesbridge farmer: Limousin at £430, Banbridge farmer: Belgian Blue at £425, Belgian Blue at £410, Katesbridge farmer: Limousin at £410, Hillsborough farmer, Belgian Blue at £400, Katesbridge farmer Friesian at £370, Dromara farmer Belgian Blue at £350 and Dromara farmer Fleckvieh at £350,

Weanling

Male calves: Ballroney farmer: Charolias 390k at £855, Rathfriland farmer: Limousin 422k at £815, Ballroney farmer: Charolias 362k at £800, Clough farmer: Shorthorn 292k at £755, Banbridge farmer: Aberdeen Angus 305k at £740, Katesbridge farmer: Aberdeen Angus 312k at £740, Ballyward farmer; Aberdeen Angus 288k at £730, Banbridge farmer: Banbridge Aberdeen Angus 282k at £730, Ballyward farmer Limousin 272k at £720 and Legananny farmer Aberdeen Angus 272k at £705.

Weanling heifer calves: Ballroney farmer: Charolias 330k at £705, Charolias 348k at £700, Katesbridge farmer: Belgian Blue 306k at £580, Katesbridge farmer: Belgian Blue 268k at £545, Clough farmer Shorthorn 282k at £545, Dromara farmer Belgian Blue 206k at £520. Ballyward farmer Aberdeen Angus 182k at £520, Dromara farmer Belgian Blue 222k at £510 and Katesbridge farmer Belgian Blue 240k at £505.

Fat cows: Ballyward farmer: Shorthorn 804k at £1080, Shorthorn 836k at £1030, Rathfriland farmer Limousin 634k at £990, Annalong farmer Simmental 606k at £860, Dromore farmer Simmental 642k at £790 and Banbridge farmer Hereford 526k at £740.

Heifers: Katesbridge farmer: Limousin 664k at £1230, Leitrim farmer Hereford 664k at £1210, Crossmaglen farmer, Simmental 692k at £1200, Leitrim farmer, Hereford 600k at £1140, Hereford 624k at £1100, Hereford 610k at £1050, Katesbridge farmer, Aberdeen Angus 514k at £1040, Hereford 544k at £1010 and Leitrim farmer: Hereford 540k at £1000, Hereford 514k at £950.

Bullocks: Ballynahinch farmer: Aberdeen Angus 580k at £1080, Kilkeel farmer Charolais 484k at £1050, Limousin 468k at £1050, Aberdeen Angus 532k at £1000, Charolais 514k at £990, Limousin 540k at £950, Newcastle farmer Belgian Blue 460k at £940 and Rathfriland farmer: Hereford 364k at £935, Newcastle farmer Belgian Blue 458k at £930, Belgian Blue 414k at £925.

All buyers must wear face covering from now on while in the mart.

Tuesday evening saw a good show of stock.

Store lambs selling to a flying trade this week again.

A Castlewellan farmer topped the sale at 487k for 16.5kg at £80.5.

Fat ewes topped at £125 for Texel ewe from a Ballykinlar farmer.

More ewes over the £110 mark this week with plainer ewes from £85 to £110 each.

Light lambs: Castlewellan farmer: 16.5k at £80.50. 16.3kg at £77, Newry farmer: 18.8k at £89. Annalong farmer: 16.8k at £79. Ballyward farmer 20.5k at £94.50.

Heavy lambs: Castlewellan farmer: 31.5k at £107, Dromore farmer: 26k at £106. Rathfriland farmer 33k at £105, Ballynahinch farmer: 23.7k at £104, Downpatrick farmer: 29.7k at £104, Ballynahinch farmer 23k at £104 and Castlewellan farmer 25k at £103.

Fat ewes: Ballykinlar farmer: £135, Downpatrick farmer: £131, Ballyward farmer: £117, Ballymartin farmer: £117, Rathfriland farmer: £114, Ballykinlar farmer: £112 and Clough farmer: £109.

All buyers must wear face covering from now on while in the mart.