Good quality coloured cows selling to £2380 at Markethill Mart

Good quality coloured cows sold to £313 for 760k at £2380 from a Jerrettspass farmer followed by £309 for 658k at £2030 from a Lisburn farmer.

Friesian cull cows sold up to £242 for 658k at £1590 from a Castlewellan farmer.

The same owner received £228 for 514k at £1170.

Several more from £210 to £220 per 100 kilos.

Second quality cows from £180 to £200 per 100 kilos.

Cull cows

Jerrettspass farmer 760k £2380 £313.00; Lisburn farmer 658k £2030 £309.00; Lisburn farmer 678k £1960 £289.00 and Lisburn farmer 724k £2020 £279.

Friesian cull cows

Castlewellan farmer 658k £1590 £242.00; Castlewellan farmer 514k £1170 £228.00; Portadown farmer 592k £1290 £218.00 and Keady farmer 588k £1280 £218.

Calves

A smaller entry of calves returned an exceptionally strong demand with bull calves under eight weeks selling to a top of £930 for a Belgian Blue followed by £760 for a Speckle Park.

All good quality bulls from £550 to £740 each.

Heifer calves sold up to £740 for a Limousin.

Main demand from £500 to £600 each.

Friesian bulls sold up to £250 each.

Bull calves

Belgian Blue £930; Speckle Park £760; Limousin £740; Limousin £680; Belgian Blue £650; Speckle Park £630 and Limousin £590.

Heifer calves

Limousin £690; Speckle Park £600; Hereford £520; Speckle Park £510 and Belgian Blue £500.

A special entry of Holstein heifers served from one month to three months from a Rathfriland producer sold in a very firm trade to a top of £2120 others at £2080, £1880 and £1860. Several more sold from £1220 to £1700.

Calved heifers sold up to £2300 and two eight week old heifer calves sold at £720 each for a Portadown producer.