Flying start to 2025 at Dungannon Mart, steers selling to £2050

Steers sold to £2050 for a 625kg Limousin (328.00).

While heifers sold to £1960 600kg Charolais (327.00).

Fat cows topped at £1990 for a 790kg Charolais (252.00).

Dropped calves sold to £400 for four Aberdeen Angus heifers.

While bull calves sold to £385 Aberdeen Angus bull.

Weanlings sold to £1180 for a 355kg Charolais male (331.00).

While weanling heifers topped at £1310 for a 410kg Simmental (318.00).

Steers

Steer prices reached a height of £2050 for a 625kg Limousin (328.00) presented by A Cush, £1900 585kg Limousin (325.00); D Daly £1960 595kg Charolais (329.00), £1940 600kg Charolais (323.00), £1920 600kg Charolais (320.00); W Neville £1790 550kg Limousin (326.00), £1680 540kg Charolais (311.00), £1640 440kg Limousin (373.00), £1610 475kg Charolais (339.00), £1550 495kg Charolais (314.00); H McAdam £1610 515kg Aberdeen Angus (313.00), £1420 480kg Shorthorn (296.00), £1300 420kg Simmental (310.00); M McNally £1580 500kg Simmental (316.00), £1540 510kg Charolais (302.00), £1490 480kg Hereford (310.00), £1490 500kg Limousin (298.00), £1480 455kg Aberdeen Angus (325.00), £1480 480kg Aberdeen Angus (308.00), £1465 470kg Hereford (312.00), £1450 485kg Shorthorn (299.00), £1430 460kg Aberdeen Angus (311.00), £1400 425kg Aberdeen Angus (329.00), £1400 455kg Aberdeen Angus (308.00), £1370 450kg Aberdeen Angus (305.00), £1290 445kg Aberdeen Angus (290.00), £1260 400kg Limousin (315.00); D and J Kane £1560 465kg Charolais (336.00), £1520 485kg Charolais (314.00), £1440 430kg Charolais (335.00); J Rafferty £1510 500kg Blonde d'Aquitaine (302.00), £1490 485kg Limousin (307.00) and M Morrow £1420 465kg Aberdeen Angus (305.00), £1380 465kg Aberdeen Angus (297.00).

Heifers

A great entry of quality heifers saw prices peak at £1960 for a 600kg Charolais (329.00) presented by G Boden, £1950 600kg Charolais (325.00), £1950 670kg Charolais (291.00), £1850 630kg Charolais (294.00), £1850 605kg Charolais (306.00), £1840 595kg Charolais (309.00), £1840 600kg Charolais (307.00), £1830 560kg Charolais (327.00), £1820 595kg Charolais (306.00), £1780 590kg Charolais (302.00); M Cardwell £1835 635kg Charolais (305.00), £1870 545kg Charolais (343.00), £1860 565kg Charolais (329.00); P Doyle £1920 630kg Charolais (305.00), £1800 565kg Charolais (308.00), £1710 535kg Charolais (320.00), £1670 585kg Charolais (296.00), £1540 515kg Charolais (299.00), £1480 475kg Charolais (312.00), £1410 430kg Limousin (328.00); M Campton £1430 475kg Limousin (301.00), £1350 450kg Charolais (300.00); A Henry £1420 465kg Limousin (305.00), £1340 425kg Charolais (315.00); M Morrow £1340 450kg Limousin (298.00), £1330 400kg Charolais (333.00) and I Campbell £1280 400kg Charolais (320.00), £1120 360kg Limousin (311.00).

Fat cows sold to £1990 for a 790kg Charolais (252.00) presented by E Burns, £1490 530kg Limousin (281.00).

Dropped calves

Dropped calves sold to a £385 for a Aberdeen Angus bull presented D Foreman; S Carberry £380 Limousin bull, £265 Aberdeen Angus bull; R Givan £370 Aberdeen Angus bull, £275 Aberdeen Angus bull; R Crawford £365 Aberdeen Angus bull; G Hazlett £350 Aberdeen Angus bull; T Stockdale £340 Aberdeen Angus bull, £315 Aberdeen Angus bull, £305 Aberdeen Angus bull; E Boyd £310 Hereford bull, £260 Hereford bull and D Cush £245 Aberdeen Angus bull.

Friesian bull calves sold from £75 to £295 for stronger sorts.

Meanwhile heifer calves sold to £400 x 4 Aberdeen Angus heifers presented by R Crawford; J Marshall £300 Hereford heifer, £300 Aberdeen Angus heifer; S Carberry £280 Limousin heifer, £275 Aberdeen Angus heifer; T Stockdale £280 Aberdeen Angus heifer; D Foreman £270 x 3 Aberdeen Angus heifers; R Crawford £260 Aberdeen Angus heifer and G Hazlett £255 x 2 Aberdeen Angus heifers.

Weanlings

Weanlings sold to a height of £1180 for a 355kg Charolais male (331.00) presented by D and J Kane, £1040 315kg Charolais (328.00); P Quinn £860 280kg Simmental (307.00); C Kerr £850 x 3 300kg Belgian Blue (281.00), £730 235kg x 2 Belgian Blue (307.00); Meanwhile Heifer Calves sold to £1310 for a 410kg Simmental (318.00) presented by R Gilmour; A Nelson £880 295kg Limousin (296.00); F McNally £690 225kg Hereford (307.00) and P Quinn £690 195kg Simmental (354.00), £685 180kg Simmental (381.00), £680 x 2 195kg Simmentals (349.00).

A great demand for all classes of sheep saw fat lambs sell to £170 for a pen of 33kg lambs presented by A Morrow, £158 25kg; T Dobson £166 25kg; N Moore £164 24kg and P Garvey £150 22.5kg.

Store lambs sold to £130 for a pen of 19kg presented by J Kane and C Morgan £116 16kg.

Fat ewes cleared to £188 presented by N Rainey, £132; J Mullan £182, £148; A Morrow £138and D McClements £90.

Fat rams sold to £138 presented by D McClements, £110, £100.