Fat ewes selling to £142 at Armoy Mart
A smaller show of 624 head last Wednesday night saw fat hoggets sell to £133.
Fat ewes selling to £142 in a tremendous trad with many more sheep required to meet demand.
Leading prices
Hoggets
Richard McVicker, Bushmills, 28kgs £134. Robert Wylie, Clough, 28kgs crossbreds £132. Sam Creith, Ballymoney, 28kgs £133. Tom McAllister, Bushmills, 25kgs £131. Liam Devlin, Armoy, 24kgs £132.50. Liam McGarry, Loughguile, 24kgs £127.50. M Cassidy, Armoy, 24 ½kgs £130.50. P J Dougan, Coleraine, 23kgs £128. A and C Creith, Armoy, 23kgs £125. Chas McAuley, Cushendall, 24kgs £126. David McAllister, Bushmills, 22kgs £121. Seamus Hill, Ballycastle, 24kgs £129. D McDonnell, Armoy, 21kgs £122. K Smyth, Armoy, 23kgs £128.
Fat ewes
Brian McVicker, Bushmills, Suffolk, £142. Sean Delargy, Cushendall, Blues, £139. Andrew Jamison, Stranocum, Suffolk, £134. Robert Wylie, Bushmills, Suffolk, £136. John Elliott, Loughguile, Suffolk, £110. Aidan Hamilton, Ballycastle, Texel, £111. Seamus Hill, Ballycastle, Texel, £110. W Robbin, Glenariffe, Texel, £108. A Wallace, Coleraine, Texel, £123. Ivan Morrison, Ballymena, Texel, £119. John McNaughton, Glenariffe, crossbreds £118. Peter Thompson, Bushmills, Suffolk, £104. Aidan Hamilton, Ballycastle, crossbreds £110.
Store lambs
Sam Craig, Ballycastle, 14 Texel, £117. John McKinley, Ballycastle, 10 crossbreds £102. V McCaughan, Ballycastle, 17 Texel, £112. Armoy producer, 20 Texel, £115.
Sale every Wednesday night at 7.00pm.
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Auctioneers: Daniel McAlister and Son.