Firm trade for cattle at Armoy Mart, fat bulls selling to £3,620

Steers sold to £2,570, heifers to £2,500 and fat bulls sold to £3,620.

Leading prices

Heifers

J E McCaughan, Armoy, Charolais, 460kgs £2,500, 630kgs £2,470, 570kgs £2,460, 580kgs £2,360, 500kgs £2,360, 530kgs £2,340, 480kgs £2,340, 515kgs £2,330, 510kgs £2,250, 560kgs £2,250. Carrickfergus farmer, Charolais, 330kgs £1,660, 280kgs £1,500, 305kgs £1,750, 340kgs £1,670. Colm McFall, Bushmills, Charolais, 600kgs £2,340. Jas Murphy, Cushendall, Aberdeen Angus, 400kgs £1,600. W McLaughlin, Dunloy, Limousin, 370kgs £1,880, 290kgs £1,580, 260kgs £1,540, 230kgs £1,470, 440kgs £1,720. Niall McGowan, Ballycastle, Aberdeen Angus, 290kgs £1,460, 250kgs £1,340, 230kgs £1,220. E McFetridge, Armoy, Charolais, 400kgs £1,560, 380kgs £1,520. Ciaran McCaughan, Ballyvoy, Aberdeen Angus, 490kgs £1,740, 500kgs £1,860, 550kgs £1,910. Ian Duncan, Ballyvoy, Aberdeen Angus, 250kgs £1,300, 290kgs £1,350, 250kgs £1,300. Graham McCandless, Bushmills, Belgian Blue, 350kgs £1,400. Robert Kerr, Broughshane, Simmental, 450kgs £1,700.

Steers

Nigel Jamison, Ballycastle, Hereford, 800kgs £2,570, 800kgs £2,540, 720kgs £2,450, 700kgs £2,420, 700kgs £2,320. W and T Munnis, Ballymoney, Aberdeen Angus, 510kgs £1,940, 560kgs £2,100, 520kgs £1,970, 600kgs £2,330. K Wilkinson, Ballycastle, Simmental, 500kgs £2,000, 450kgs £1,790, 460kgs £1,760. Sam Glass, Ballycastle, Aberdeen Angus, 330kgs £1,700, 360kgs £1,710, 410kgs £1,680, 350kgs £1,500, 380kgs £1,790, 400kgs £1,860, 440kgs £1,780, 400kgs £1,780. Carrickfergus farmer, Charolais, 370kgs £1,800, 350kgs £1,680, 305kgs £1,660. Niall McGowan, Ballycastle, Aberdeen Angus, 250kgs £1,340, 220kgs £1,100, 230kgs £1,220. Jas Chestnutt, Bushmills, Hereford, 370kgs £1,760, 360kgs £1,760, 340kgs £1,640. C and R Gillan, Bushmills, Aberdeen Angus, 340kgs £1,520, 340kgs £1,470, 300kgs £1,470. John Stewart, Cloughmills, Stabiliser, 410kgs £1,710. Sam Glass, Ballycastle, Belgian Blue, 250kgs £1,230, 270kgs £1,140, 300kgs £1,530, 500kgs £1,890, 500kgs £1,930. Adam Campbell, Finvoy, Friesian, 360kgs £1,250, 300kgs £1,180, 310kgs £1,140. County Down farmer, Aberdeen Angus, 200kgs £1,070, 150kgs £990, 200kgs £1,070. W and T Munnis, Ballymoney, Aberdeen Angus, 720kgs £2,440.

Fat cows/bulls

Robert McHenry, Ballycastle, Charolais, 1080kgs £3,620. Jas McAuley, Cushendall, Fleckvieh, 460kgs £1,650. Daniel Kane, Bushmills, Friesian, 580kgs £2,010, 380kgs £1,560.

Sale every Monday night at 6.30pm.

Sheep trade remained very sharp with hoggets selling to £200.

Fat ewes sold to £226 and breeding sheep to £268.

Leading prices

Hoggets

PJ Dougan, Coleraine, 26kgs £200. Les Millen, Coleraine, 29kgs £193. Ian McMillan, Bushmills, 30kgs £192. Nevin Brown, Ballycastle, 30kgs £192. P Gardiner, Clough, 27kgs £188.50. Ian McMillan, Bushmills, 27kgs £186.50. Coleraine farmer, 25kgs £182.50. Noel Stevenson, Armoy, 26kgs £182. Patrick McGarry, Ballycastle, 25kgs £181. WD Marshall, Cloughmills, 25kgs £180. Bushmills farmer, 25kgs £180. C McHenry, Ballycastle, 24kgs £179. Les Millen, Coleraine, 26kgs £178. Phil McCormick, Cushendun, 25kgs Blackface, £173. Brian McKeown, Randalstown, 23kgs £173. David McAlister, Bushmills, 25kgs £170. Robert Hodges, Armoy, 24kgs £170.

Breeding sheep

B Pettigrew, Cairncastle, two year ewe/single lamb, £268, £260, £258, £258, £242. Ivan Lynn, Armoy, aged ewes 1 ½ lambs £220.

Fat ewes

Robert Hodges, Armoy, Texel, £226. John McHenry, Mosside, Suffolk, £210. David McNeill, Loughguile, Texel, £208. Ryan Laverty, Armoy, Suffolk, £206. Pat Kelly, Ballycastle, Texel, £200. WD Marshall, Clough, Suffolk, £192. Stranocum Farm, Texel, £190. Ivan Lynn, Armoy, Suffolk, £184. William Morrison, Mosside, Suffolk, £184. John Cassley, Armoy, Texel, £184. Claire Lynn, Ballycastle, Dutch Spotted, £180.

Sale every Wednesday night at 7.00pm.

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Auctioneers: Armoy Livestock Mart Ltd.