Fat hoggets selling to £157 at Markethill Mart

The 535 fat hoggets sold in an excellent trade with good quality heavy hoggets selling steadily from 570p to 628p per kilo for 25 kilos at £157 each from a Dungannon farmer followed by 624p per kilo for 25 kilos at £156 each from a Glenanne producer.

Several pens made from £150 to £157 each and the entire entry of 230 heavy hoggets averaged 27 kilos at £152 per head 560p per kilo.

Good quality middleweight hoggets sold steadily from 580p to 671p per kilo for 21 kilos at £141 each followed by 652p per kilo for 23.6 kilos at £154 each from a Belleeks producer.

Horned hoggets sold to a top of 609p per kilo for 21.5

kilos at £135 each and for 11 hoggets 21.5 kilos at £131 each from a Tandragee farmer and for 43 hoggets 23 kilos at £140 each for a Portadown producer.

The 280 spring lambs returned a very firm trade with good quality light spring lambs selling to 728p per kilo for 6 lambs 20 kilos at £145.50 from a Markethill farmer followed by 715p per kilo for 3 lambs 20 kilos at £143 each from an Armagh producer.

Main demand for good quality light springs sold from 670p to 714p per kilo.

Heavy spring lambs sold to a top off £158 each with several pens from £152 to £157 each.

Top price of 654p per kilo for 24 kilos at £157 each followed by 650p per kilo for 24 kilos at £156 each.

A very large entry of 360 fat ewes sold to a top of £176 each.

All good quality heavy ewes sold from £120 to £166 each.

Second quality ewes from £80 to £110 each.

In the breeding ring a full yard of ewes and lambs sold in the firmest demand of the season with good quality doubles selling to £355 each with several good turnouts from £300 to £335 each.

Good quality singles sold to £245 each with main trade for good quality singles from £180 to £225 each.

Heavy hoggets

Dungannon seller : 25k £157 628p : Glenanne producer at 25k £156 624p : Armagh farmer : 24k £149 621p : Armagh seller : 24.2k £148 612p : Loughgall producer : 24.5k £149 608p : Armagh farmer : 25k £151 604p and Newry farmer : 24.9k £149.50 600p.

Light spring lambs

Markethill farmer : 20k £145.50 728p : Armagh farmer : 20k £143 715p : Armagh producer : 21k £150 714p : Whitecross farmer : 20.5k £145 707p : Madden seller : 20.5k £143 698p : Armagh producer : 20.7k £144 696p : Markethill farmer : 20.2k £140 693p and Seaforde producer : 19.5 £135 692p.

Heavy spring lambs

Tandragee producer : 24k £157 654p : Jerrettspass farmer : 24k £156 650p : Keady producer : 24.5k £158 645p : Dungannon producer : 24k £154 642p : Keady farmer: 25k £158 632p : Markethill seller : 25k £157 628p and Whitecross farmer : 24.7k £155 628p.

Middleweight hoggets

Poyntzpass farmer : 21k £141 671p : Belleeks seller : 23.6k £154 653p : Agh farmer : 21k £136 648p : Tandragee seller : 21.5k £138.50 644p : Armagh producer : 22.8k £142 623p : Keady farmer : 21.2k £129.50 610p : Tandragee seller : 21.5k £131 609p and Portadown producer : 23k £140 609p.