Fat ewes selling to a top price of £255 at Armoy Mart
A very good turnout of sheep on Wednesday night met with a sharper trade for fat ewes selling to a top price of £255.
Fat hoggets sold in an easier trade to a top of £175 for 30kgs.
Breeding sheep were an unbelievable trade selling to £365 for ewes with twin lambs from Ms Michelle Wright, Carnlough (£121.66 per life).
Leading prices
Hoggets
PJ Doughan, Coleraine, 30kgs £175. Jas Pinkerton, Rasharkin, 29kgs £170. Johnny Brown, Ballycastle, 27kgs £167. TE and AG Irwin, Coleraine, 30kgs £166. R Kerr, Bushmills, 28kgs £163.50. Ed Haughey, Glenariffe, Blackface, 26kgs £161. Frank McKendry, Cloughmills, 30kgs £161. John Millen, Coleraine, 25kgs £160. William Knowles, Cloughmills, 24kgs £159.50. PJ Dougan, Coleraine, 24kgs £155.50. B Mullan, Stranocum, 22kgs £151. Dan Martin Douthart, 24kgs £150.
Breeding sheep
Michelle Wright, Carnlough, 5 full mouth ewes, 10 lambs, £365 each, 5 full mouth ewes, 10 lambs, £335 each. John Magee, Cushendun, hogget/single lamb, £240. John Mitchell, Cushendall, aged ewe, 2 lambs, £250. Frank McKendry, Cloughmills, hoggets/single lambs, £240, £220. A Bonnar, Kilrea, 3 aged ewes, 6 lambs, £225.
Fat ewes
JM Butler, Rathkenny, Suffolks, £255. Sean McCambridge, Ballyvoy, Texel, £248. Peter Thompson, Bushmills, Suffolk, £226. Paul Black, Ballycastle, Texel, £226. Stranocum farmer, Suffolk, £225. Des Kelly, Ballycastle, Suffolk, £224. Brian Jamison, Ballintoy, Suffolk, £210. E Duncan, Ballyvoy, Suffolk, £208. T and N McCracken, Mosside, Texel, £206.
Sale every Wednesday at 7.00pm.
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Auctioneers: Armoy Livestock Mart Ltd.