Fine turnout of sheep at Armoy Mart, breeding rams to £280
A fine turnout of sheep on Wednesday night met with a very sharp trade at Armoy Mart.
Fat lambs sold to £150 for 24kgs, store lambs were a super trade with several strong buyers online eager for good stores and paying up to £127.50 for suitable lambs.
Fat ewes sold to £178, breeding ewes to £238, breeding rams to £280.
Leading prices
Fat lambs
Pat McKendry, Armoy, 24kgs £150. AJ Murphy, Cushendun, 30kgs £150. Les Millen, Coleraine, 26kgs £149. J Steele, Portglenone, 29kgs £148.50. Martin McBride, Armoy, 26kgs £148. William Morrison, Mosside, 29kgs £147.50. C Martin, Dunloy, 25kgs £147. Noel McNeill, Cushendun, 26kgs £147. A B Wilson, Armoy, 24kgs £147. J and J McMullan, Armoy, 26kgs £146. Jas E McCaughan, Armoy, 24kgs £146.50. Frank McKendry, Cloughmills, 25kgs £146. AJ and J Murphy, Torr, 24kgs £145.50. CS and DJ Currie, Mosside, 24kgs £144. J E Steele, Portglenone, 23kgs £144. Andrew Thompson, Stranocum, 21kgs £143. Terry McBride, Ballycastle, 24kgs £142. W D Marshall, Clough, 24kgs £140.50. Les Millen, Coleraine, 22kgs £137.
Store lambs
D McKee, Loughguile, 7 Texel, £127.50. Eric Garvin, Garvagh, 16 Charollais, £127. Pat McKendry, Armoy, 12 Texel, £126.50. Chris McNaughton, Loughguile, 40 Texel, £126, Draperstown farmer, 39 Blackface, £119.50. S and E Garvin, Garvagh, 24 Texel, £118. M McBride, Armoy, 6 Texel, £109.50. J Kelly, Draperstown, 11 Crossbred £107.50. A Thompson, Stranocum, 9 Texel, £107.50.
Fat ewes
CS and DJ Currie, Mosside, Texel, £178. C Martin, Dunloy, Texel, £172. J and J McMullan, Armoy, Texel, £158. Jas McAuley, Glendun, Easycare, £148. A Thompson, Stranocum, Texel, £136.
Breeding sheep
S Elliott, Armoy, 3 Dorset ewes, £238, 2 Zwartble £248, 11 Dorsets, £216. Jennifer McCurdy, Bushmills, aged ram, £280.
Sale every Wednesday night at 7pm.
Watch live and bid with mart eye.
Auctioneers: Armoy Livestock Mart Ltd.