Good quality bull calves selling to a top price of £425 for an Aberdeen Angus at Markethill Mart

Good quality heifer calves sold to £375 for a Belgian Blue followed by £370 for an Aberdeen Angus.

All good quality heifers from £250 to £350 each.

Second quality bulls calves sold steadily from £200 to £270 with heifers from £180 to £250 each.

Another good entry of reared calves returned an excellent demand with males calves reaching £730 for a Charolais followed by £690 for a Limousin.

Reared heifers sold to £590 for a Limousin.

Bull calves

Aberdeen Angus £450; Aberdeen Angus £425; Aberdeen Angus £400; Aberdeen Angus £370; Aberdeen Angus £370; Aberdeen Angus £360; Charolais £355; Charolais £355;

Heifer calves

Belgian Blue £375; Aberdeen Angus £370; Aberdeen Angus £350; Charolais £345; Aberdeen Angus £340; Charolais £340; Aberdeen Angus £335; Charolais £335 and Aberdeen Angus £330.

Cull cows

Good quality beef bred cows sold from £175 to £236 for 590k at £1395 from a Rostrevor farmer followed by £208 for 710k at3 1495 from a Cullyhanna producer.

Fleshed Friesian cows sold to £152 for 720k at £1095 followed by £145 for 600k at £875.

Main trade from £140 per 100 kilos.

Second quality Friesians from £115 to £135 and the poorest types from £100 to £110 per 100 kilos.

Aged bulls sold to a top of £212 per 100 kilos for 1050k at £2235 for a Portadown farmer.

Cull cows

Rostrevor farmer 590k £1395 £236.00; Cullyhanna farmer 718k £1495 £208.00; Banbridge farmer 620k £1285 £207.00; Portadown farmer 706k £1395 £198.00; Benburb farmer 726k £1395 £192.00 and Portadown farmer 718k £1275 £178.

Friesian cull cows

Armagh farmer 722k £1095 £152.00; Tassagh farmer 602k £875 £145.00; Banbridge farmer 710k £1025 £144.00; Banbridge farmer 746k £1075 £144.00; Glenanne farmer 686k £985 £144.00 and Kilkeel farmer 640k £895 £140.