Good entry of steers sees prices top at £1820 at Dungannon

While heifers sold to £1750 for a 660kg Charolais (265.00).

Fat cows sold to £980 for a 495kg Aberdeen Angus (198.00).

Dropped calves sold to £350 for a Charolais heifers and bull calves to £250 Belgian Blue.

Weanling sold to £1350 for a 535kg Simmental bull (252.00) and as far as 342p per 100kg for a 295kg Limousin £1010.

Meanwhile weanling heifers sold to £870 for a 295kg Blonde d'Aquitaine (293.00).

Steers

A strong demand for all classes of steers saw prices peak at £1820 for a 765kg Charolais (238.00) presented by S Lees, £1760 690kg Limousin (255.00); W Brown £1620 670kg Belgian Blue (242.00), £1400 610kg Aberdeen Angus (230.00); W Bloomer £1460 605kg Hereford (241.00), £1420 585kg Hereford (243.00), £1380 580kg Hereford (238.00), £1360 550kg Hereford (247.00), £1290 540kg Hereford (239.00); C Wiggan £1310 540kg Aberdeen Angus (243.00), £1120 485kg ST (231.00); T Lockhart £1290 515kg Charolais (251.00), £1210 490kg Charolais (247.00), £1200 495kg Charolais (242.00); T McGeough £1270 465kg Charolais (273.00), £1250 485kg Limousin (258.00), £1180 480kg Charolais (246.00); J Rafferty £1250 540kg Shorthorn (232.00); G McStay £1130 485kg Limousin (233.00) and a Ballygawley producer £1020 410kg Limousin (249.00), £1000 400kg Limousin (250.00).

Heifers

Heifers sold to a solid trade to peak at £1750 for a 660kg Charolais (265.00) presented by B Hamill, £1690 635kg Charolais (266.00), £1640 640kg Charolais (256.00), £1640 665kg Charolais (247.00), £1560 605kg Limousin (258.00), £1490 620kg Charolais (240.00), £1490 595kg Charolais (250.00); T Boden £1610 620kg Charolais (260.00), £1510 595kg Charolais (254.00); E Mullan £1550 560kg Limousin (276.80); W Harkness £1490 600kg Limousin (248.00), £1460 595kg Simmental (245.00), £1310 555kg Limousin (236.00), £1290 520kg Charolais (248.00), £1230 495kg Limousin (249.00) and T Lockhart £1150 490kg Charolais (235.00), £1070 450kg Charolais (238.00), £990 420kg Charolais (236.00).

Fat cows sold to £980 495kg Aberdeen Angus (198.00) presented by F Hanna.

Dropped calves

Dropped Calves sold steadily with bull calves selling to £250 Belgian Blue presented by R Park, £230 Belgian Blue bull; L and C Allen £250 Shorthorn beef bull; C Nugent £200 Fleckvieh bull and A Ferguson £200 Charolais bull.

Heifer calves sold to £350 Charolais presented by TF Smyth, £210 Hereford; R Park £300 Belgian Blue heifers, £290 Belgian Blue heifers; L and C Allen £240 Friesian heifers, £200 Aberdeen Angus heifers; a Dungannon producer £235 Belgian Blue heifers and A Watson £200 Aberdeen Angus heifers.

Weanlings

A quality entry of weanling saw the dearest prices to date this year with male calves selling to £1350 for a 535kg Simmental male (252.00) presented by W McElmurray, £1080 385kg Charolais (280.00); S McElmurray £1110 375kg Limousin (296.00); Forest View Farms £1010 295kg Limousin (342.00), £960 325kg Blonde d'Aquitaine (325.00), £960 300kg Blonde d'Aquitaine (320.00), £940 305kg Blonde d'Aquitaine (306.00), £850 270kg Blonde d'Aquitaine (313.00), £680 245kg Blonde d'Aquitaine (276.00), £600 240kg Blonde d'Aquitaine (250.00); H Rainey £760 280kg Limousin (270.00), £640 230kg Limousin (276.00) and K Hopper £700 x 2 240kg Shorthorn beef (292.00), £640 x 2 250kg Shorthorn beef (254.00).

Meanwhile weanling heifers sold to £870 295kg Blonde d'Aquitaine (293.00) presented by Forest View Farms, £800 295kg Blonde d'Aquitaine (270.00), £770 250kg Blonde d'Aquitaine (308.00), £750 275kg Blonde d'Aquitaine (273.00), £670 225kg Blonde d'Aquitaine (300.00), £670 230kg Blonde d'Aquitaine (294.00), £650 260kg Blonde d'Aquitaine (248.00), £630 230kg Blonde d'Aquitaine (270.00) and M Harrison £820 340kg Charolais (240.00), £620 255kg Limousin (242.00).

An much improved trade for fat lambs saw prices peak at £115 for 24kg presented by D Cassidy; K Burrows £115 25kg; D Cassidy £107 21.5kg and W McElmurray £106 21kg.

Fat ewes sold to £85 presented by K Burrows.

Store lambs topped at £63 for 15kg presented by L Moore, £52 12kg.