Fat ewes sell to £141 at Armoy Mart
A smaller show of sheep on Wednesday night with just over 600 head on offer saw a fantastic trade.
Fat hoggets sold to £115 and fat ewes to £141.
LEADING PRICES
HOGGETS
J McLaughlin, Ballymoney, 30kgs £115. P McLean, Ballyvoy, 30kgs £112.50. C White, Ballycastle, 26kgs £110.80. Robert Lynn, Ballymoney, 27kgs £110. Aine Cassley, Armoy, 26kgs £109. Paul McClafferty, Cloughmills, 24kgs Blackface, £108.50. Karl O’Mullan, Rasharkin, 24kgs Blackface, £108.50. Sean McDonnell, Glenariffe, 25kgs £107. Des McCollam, Loughguile, 24kgs Blackface, £106.50. JJ McAlister, Glendun, 24kgs Blackface, £106. John McNeice, Ballymoney, 30kgs £108.50. A and SP McCarry, Loughguile, 23kgs Blackface, £104.50. P McLean, Ballyvoy, 29kgs £110.50.
FAT EWES
Jas Stevenson, Armoy, Texel, £141. D Anderson, Bushmills, Suffolk, £137. J McNeice, Ballymoney, Texel, £128. D Anderson, Bushmills, Charollais, £130. J Stevenson, Armoy, Texel’s, £120. Patsy Martin, Dunloy, crossbreds £96.50. Frank McNeilly, Glarryford, crossbreds £95.00. Pat McGuckian, Dunloy, Texel, £94.00.
BREEDING SHEEP
Armoy producer, 1 ewe, 2 lambs, £206. N McQuaid, Ballycastle, b/m ewes with twins, £140. J McKinley, Ballycastle, b/m ewes with singles, £140. Ballymoney farmer (in-lamb ewes), £114.
Sale every Wednesday night at 7.00pm.
Auctioneers: Daniel McAlister and Son.