Fat lambs selling to a top per head of £179 at Ballymena Mart

Fat lambs, sold to 666p for 11 Suffolk 21kg at £140 offered by J Rea, Glenarm and to a top per head of £179 for a 32.5kg Texel from Brendan Hughes, Clough.

Store lambs sold to 685p for 17.5kg at £120 presented by James McAllister, Ballynure.

Fat ewes sold to £232.

Fat lambs (1865)

Top per kg

J Rea, Glenarm 11 Suffolk 21kg £140 (666), M McGarry, Ballymena 8 Charollais 21kg £138 (657), B & S Duffin, Kells 3 Texel 23kg £150 (652), J McCollum, Carnlough 3 Texel 21.5kg £138 (641), N McAuley, Kells 20 Charollais 22.5kg £142 (631), J Mills, Kilwaughter 3 Crossbred 22.5kg g£142 (631), Shaws Hill Farm, Kells 47 Texel 23kg £145 (630), W Warwick, Moorefields 23 Texel 23kg £144.50 (628), M Kyle, Maghera 44 Texel 23kg £144.50 (628), M Adair, Antrim 20 Texel 21.5kg £134.50 (625), P G Murray, Corbally 12 Texel 21.5kg £134.50 (625), McGookin Farming, Middletown 14 Texel 23kg £143 (621), J P Carey, Cloughmills 11 Texel 23kg £143 (621), J Ferguson, Straid 9 Texel 28kg £174 (621), D Davidson, Broughshane 12 Texel 23.5kg £146 (621) and G Martin, Broughshane 31 Texel 24.5kg £152 (620).

Top per head

B Hughes, Clough 1 Texel 32.5kg £179, J Ferguson, Straid 9 Texel 28kg £174, D Mills, Glenarm 1 Texel 37.5kg £173, D Johnston, Glenarm 1 Texel 35.5kg £173, B Hughes, 1 Texel 31.5kg £170, H McNeice, Kells 2 Texel 29.5kg £169, S White, Cloughmills 20 Texel 29.5kg £168, J A O’Loan, Martinstown 1 Crossbred 29.5kg £168, F McKendry, Broughshane 1 Texel 29.5kg £165, D Gaston, Carnlough 11 Texel 28kg £161, F McKendry, 9 Texel 26.5kg £160, J B McDevitt, Limavady 10 Charollais 29Jkg £160, H Curry, Coleraine 11 Texel 27.5kg £157.50, R Gingles, Kilwaughter 5 Texel 28.5kg £157, H McNeice, Kells 1 Texel 27kg £157 and B Hughes, 1 Texel 26kg £157.

Light lambs

J McAllister, Ballynure 5 Texel 17.5kg £120 (685), J McCollum, Carnlough 1 Texel 17kg £115 (676), J McAlister, Ballynure 6 Texel 20kg £132 (660), J A Gillan, Clough 16 Texel 125 (657), G Warwick, Moorefields 11 Texel 20.5kg £134.50 (656), J Cubbitt, Clough 10 Texel 20kg £129 (645), J Patterson, Carrickfergus 57 Texel 19.5kg £125 (641), J Beattie, Ballyclare 8 Charollais 19.5kg £125 (641), G Fleck, Ballymena 2 Texel 20.5kg £130 (634), J Gardiner, Maghermourne 15 Crossbred 19.5kg £123 (630), J Irvine, Carrickfergus 9 Texel 20.5kg £128 (624), J McDonald, Innisrush 3 Texel 19.5kg £121 (620), J Moore, Cullybackey 1 Texel 20.5kg £127 (619), F Turnly, Carnlough 38 Charollais 19.5kg £117 (600), D Thompson, Glenwherry 7 Texel 18.5kg £110 (594) and A Dunn, Greenisland 10 Texel 18kg £107 (594).

Fat ewes (419)

First quality

Suffolk - £184-£232

Texel - £184-£210

Crossbred - £116-£158

Blackface - £72-£114

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