Good quality beef bred cows selling to £2100 at Markethill Mart

Good quality beef bred cows sold from £250 to £302 for 690k at £2100 from a Richhill farmer followed by £273 for 784k at £2140 from a Kilkeel farmer.

Dairy bred cows sold to £255 for 746k at £1900 from a Waringstown farmer followed by £243 for 748k at £1820 from a Banbridge producer.

Main demand for fleshed cows from £215 to £233.

Second quality to £210 and the poorest types from £150 to £180 per 100 kilos.

Cull cows

Richhill farmer 696k £2100 £302.00; Kilkeel farmer 784k £2140 £273.00; Tandragee farmer 814k £2210 £270.00; Richhill farmer 698k £1880 £269.00 and Collone farmer 772k £2000 £259.

Clean cattle

Newry farmer 646k £2200 £341.00; Richhill farmer 724k £2360 £326.00; Newry farmer 644k £2080 £323.00; Collone farmer 608k £1960 £322.00 and Newry farmer 614k £1970 £321.

Dairy bred cows

Waringstown farmer 746k £1900 £255.00; Banbridge farmer 748k £1820 £243.00; Tassagh farmer 614k £1430 £233.00; Armagh farmer 692k £1600 £231.00; Armagh farmer 798k £1820 £228.00; Benburb farmer 734k £1650 £225.00 and Crumlin farmer 904k £1960 £217.

Calves

A smaller entry of calves sold in a steady demand.

Bull calves under two months sold to £890 for a Belgian Blue followed by £88 for a Belgian Blue.

Main demand from £530 to £690.

Heifer calves to £760 for a Shorthorn beef followed by £700 for a Shorthorn beef.

All good quality heifers sold from £500 to £610 each.

A good entry of reared calves sold to a top of £1600 for a Belgian Blue male and a Aberdeen Angus male sold to £1500.

Several more sold from £1150 to £1450.

Heifers sold to £1510 for a Belgian Blue and £1400 paid twice for Belgian Blue.

Several more from £1120 to £1390 each.

Bull calves

Belgian Blue £890; Belgian Blue £880; Belgian Blue £690; Belgian Blue £630; Belgian Blue £570 and Belgian Blue £530.

Heifer calves

Shorthorn beef £760; Shorthorn dairy £700; Jersey £700; Shorthorn beef £600 and Aberdeen Angus £500.