A turnover of 1200 cattle for the week included 800 head at Markethill’s cattle sale on Saturday 24th October.

Trade in all rings was similar to previous weeks.

The 220 heifers sold in a steady demand with good quality heavy heifers selling to £427 per 100k for 602k at £2570 for a Portadown farmer, followed by £398/100k for 610k at £2430 for a Madden producer.

Main trade from £340-£396/1ook for good quality heifers.

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Forward feeding heifers sold up to £418/100k for 526k at £2200 from a Caledon farmer, followed by £417/100k for 518k at £2160 from a Tandragee producer.

A Portadown farmer received £413/100k for 574k at £2370.

Main demand from £350-£406/100k for good quality forward heifers.

Good quality grazing type heifers sold up to £460/100k for 474k at £2180 for a Crossmaglen farmer, followed by £459/100k for 414k at £1900 from a Markethill producer.

A Dromara producer received £446/100k for 462k at £2060.

Midweights sold steadily from £380-£443/100k.

The 260 bullocks returned a steady trade with heavy bullocks selling to £396/100k for 640k at £2540 for a Portadwon farmer.

A Katesbridge farmer received £383/100k for 624k at £2390. The same owner received £382/100k for 602k at £2300.

All good quality heavy bullocks sold from £340-£377/100k with several heavy bullocks selling to £2990 for 910k from a Ballinderry producer.

A Loughgall farmer received £2690 for 760k and a Whitecross farmer received £2590 for 740k.

Forward feeding bullocks sold up to £472/100k for 526k at £2480 from a Ballynahinch farmer.

A Lisburn producer received £450/100k for 524k at £2360 and a Dungannon farmer received £435/100k for 566k at £2460.

All good quality forward bullocks sold from £350-£430/100k.

Grazing bullocks sold up to £467/100k for 420k at £1970 from a Belleek farmer, followed by £454/100k for 480k at £2180 from a Dungannon producer.

All good quality lots sold from £380-£435/100k.

Nearly 300 weanlings returned a very firm trade from start to finish with good quality lots in particularly strong demand.

Light males sold up to £541/100k for 172k at £930 for a Newtownhamilton farmer, followed by £520/100k for 250k at £1300 for a Banbridge producer.

Main demand for good quality light males from £420-£512/100k.

Midweights sold up to £612/100k for 392k at £2400 from a Newry farmer.

A Killeavy farmer received £590/100k for 400k at £2360 and £541/100k for 396k at £2140.

All good quality lots sold from £400-£503/100k.

Stronger males sold up to £589/100k for 404k Charolais at £2380 for a Newry farmer.

A Tassagh farmer was paid £465/100k for 404k at £1880 and a Killeavy farmer also received £465/100 for 452k at £2100.

Light heifer weanlings sold up to £503/100k for 298k at £1500 from a Dromara producer.

A Keady farmer received £395/100k for 190k at £940 and a Newtownhamilton farmer received £490/100k for 198k at £970.

All good quality lots from £400-£482/100k.

Midweight heifer weanlings sold up to £470/100k for 362k at £1700 for a Killeavy farmer.

A Cullyhanna farmer was paid £457/100k for 324k £1480.

A Killeavy farmer received £456/100k for 338k at £1540.

All good quality lots from £400-£440/100k.

Stronger heifer weanlings sold to a top of £421/100 for 404k at £1700 for a Killeavy farmer, followed by £412/100k for 456k at £1880.

Main demand from £360-£410/100k.

In the suckler ring in calf heifers sold from a Keady farmer at £3300 for BB and £3220, £3080 and £3020 for Limousin heifers.

A Hilltown producer sold three in calf heifers at £2950, £2200 and £2180 each.

A Pomeroy farmer received £3100 for an in-calf Limousin.

A Katesbridge farmer sold an in-calf Simmental heifer at £2750.

Outfits sold up to £3300 Limousin heifer with a heifer calf from a Rathfriland producer.

Heavy heifers

Portadown producer 602k £2570 £427/100k: Armagh producer 610k £2430 £398/100K: 608k £2410 £396/100k: Banbridge producer 638k £2340 £377/100k: Newtownhamilton producer 620k £2250 £363/100k: Dromara producer 634k £2280 £360/100k: Ballinderry producer 628k £2240 £357/100k: Newtownhamilton producer 628k £2240 £357/100k and Caledon producer 640k £2260 £353/100k.

Midweight heifers

Crossmaglen producer 474k £2180 £460/100k: Markethill producer 414k £1900 £459/100k: Crossmaglen producer 370k £1700 £460/100k: Caledon producer 396k £1790 £452/100k: Dromara producer 462k £2060 £446/100k: Crossmaglen producer 436k £1930 £443/100k: 472k £2080 £441/100k: 408k £1770 £434/100k: 444k £1900 £428/100k and Markethill producer 498k £428/100k.

Forward heifers

Caledon producer 526k £2200 £418/100k: Tandragee producer 518k £2160 £417/100k: Portadown producer 574k £2370 £413/100k: Crossmaglen producer 512k £2080 £406/100k: Crossmaglen producer 508k £2040 £402/100k: Dromara producer 524k £2080 £397/100k: Poyntzpass producer 540k £2110 £391/100k: Armagh producer 598k £2300 £385/100k and Crossmaglen producer 550k £2110 £384/100k.

Heavy bullocks

Portadown producer 642k £2540 £396/100k: Katesbridge producer 624k £2390 £383/100k: 602k £2300 £382/100k: 628k £2370 £377/100k: Ballynahinch producer 618k £2330 £377/100k: Ballinderry producer 764k £2800 £367/100k: Loughgall producer 674k £2470 £367/100k: Whitecross producer 654k £2390 £365/100k: 636k £2320 £365/100k: 620k £2250 £363/100k: Loughgall producer 768k £2690 £350/100k and Whitecross producer 746k £2590 £347/100k.

Forward bullocks

Ballynahinch producer 526k £2480 £472/100k: Lisburn producer 524k £2360 £450/100k: Dungannon producer 566k £2460 £435/100k: Ballynahinch producer 572k £2460 £430/100k: Lisburn producer 508k £2090 £411/100k: Ballynahinch producer 512k £2100 £410/100k: Katesbridge producer 580k £2370 £409/100k: Portadown producer 524k £2120 £405/100k and Lisburn producer 504k £2000 £3997/100k: 520k £2060 £396/100k.

Midweight bullocks

Belleek producer 422k £1970 £467/100k: Dungannon producer 480k £2180 £454/100k: Belleek producer 432k £1880 £435/100k: Maze producer 456k £1980 £434/100k: Armagh producer 408k £1760 £431/100k: Newry producer 398k £1700 £427/100k: Maze producer 464k £1960 £422/100k: Dungannon producer 484k £2040 £422/100k: Armagh producer 444k £1860 £419/100k and Loughgall producer 442k £1850 £419/100k.

Weanlings

Light male

Newtownhamilton producer 172k £930 £541/100k: Banbridge producer 250k £1300 £520/100k: Newtownhamilton producer 166k £860 £518/100k: 244k £1250 £512/100k: Cullyhanna producer 274k £1350 £493/100k: Dromore producer 238k £1150 £483/100k: Armagh producer 252k £1210 £480/100k: Dromore producer 244k £1150 £471/100k and Newtownhamilton producer 292k £1360 £466/100k:

Midweight males

Newry producer 392k £2400 £612/100k: Killeavy producer 400k £2360 £590/100k: 396k £2140 £541/100k: 394k £1980 £503/100k and Cullyhanna producer 302k £1500 £497/100k: 304k £1480 £487/100k: 318k £1500 £472/100k: 314k £1480 £471/100k.

Strong males

Dromintee producer 404k £2380 £589/100k: Tassagh producer 404k £1880 £465/100k: Killeavy producer 452k £2100 £465/100k: Burren producer 422k £1710 £405/100k: Dromara producer 492k £197- £400/100k: Katesbridge producer 420k £1680 £400/100k: Richhill producer 412k £1635 £397/100k and Cullyhanna producer 472k £1810 £384/100k.

Light heifers

Dromara producer 298k £1500 £503/100k: Keady producer 190k £940 £495/100k: Newtownhamilton producer 198k £970 £490/100k: Cullyhanna producer 228k £1100 £482/100k: Newtownhamilton producer 264k £1190 £451/100k: Tassagh producer 244k £1060 £434/100k: Newtownhamilton producer 224k £970 £433/100k and Dungannon producer 258k £1110 £430/100k.

Midweight heifer

Killeavy producer 362k £1700 £470/100k: Cullyhanna producer 324k £1480 £457/100k: Killeavy producer 338k £1540 £456/100k: Dromara producer 360k £1600 £444/100k: Dromore producer 318k £1410 £443/100k: Killeavy producer 380k £1680 £442/100k: Newtownhamilton producer 340k £1500 £441/100k: Killeavy producer 372k £1630 £438/100k: Cullyhanna producer 336k £1450 £432/100k and Portadown producer 382k £1620 £424/100k.

Strong heifers

Killeavy producer 404k £1700 £421/100k: Benburb producer 456k £1880 £412/100k: Portadown producer 402k £1650 £411/100k: Cullyhanna producer 420k £1660 £395/100k: 428 £1680 £393/100k: Portadown producer 428k £1630 £381/100k: 418k £1590 £380/100k and Hillsborough producer 420k £1590 £379/100k.

An entry of 1420 sheep at Markethill on Monday 26th October sold in a slightly firmer trade on the week for heavy lambs and midweight lambs.

Store trade was similar to previous weeks.

Good quality heavy lambs sold from 570-638p/k for 24k at £153 for a Cullyhanna farmer, followed by 621p/k for 2.4k at £151.50 from a Tynan producer.

A Dungannon farmer received 615p/k for 26k at £160. Several pens of overweight lambs sold to £160 for 28k and £159 for 29k.

Good quality midweight lambs sold steadily from 630-663p/k to a top of 708p/k for 20k at £141.50 for an Attical producer, followed by 675p/k for 20k at £135 from a Moy farmer.

Another large entry of stores sold in a very firm trade with light stores selling to 822p/k for 14.6k at £120 from a Rathfriland farmer, followed by 807p/k for 15.8k at £127.50 for a Cullyhanna farmer.

Main demand for light stores from 700-786p/k.

Stronger stores sold up to 767p/k for 17.4k at £133.50 for a Markethill farmer, followed by 750p/k for 17k at £127.50 for a Hilltown producer.

Several more pens sold readily from 670-724p/k.

Cull ewes sold to a top of £230. Main demand for well fleshed ewes from £160-£219.

Second quality from £110-£140 and the poorer types from £60-£90.

Heavy lambs

Cullyhanna producer 24k £153 638p/k: Tynan producer 24.4k £151.59 621p/k: Dungannon producer 26k £160 615p/k: Armagh producer 25k £150 600p/k: 25.6k £153 598p/k: Ballynahinch producer 24.7k £147 595p/k: Tassagh producer 24.5k £145 592p/k: Dungannon producer 26.4k £155 587p/k: Newry producer 24.3k £142 584p/k and Newry producer 26.5k £154.50 583p/k.

Midweight lambs

Attical producer 20k £141.50 708p/k: Moy producer 20k £135 675p/k: Castlewellan producer 20.5k £136 663p/k: Markethill producer 20.5k £136 663p/k: Ballynahinch producer 21k £139 662p/k: Portadown producer 20.6k £136 660p/k: Markethill producer 20.2k £133 658p/k: 20.8k £136 654p/k and Hilltown producer 20.8k £135.50 652p/k.

Light store lambs

Rathfriland producer 14.6k £120 822p/k: Cullyhanna producer 15.8k £127.50 807p/k: Moira producer 14.5k £114 786p/k: Rathfriland producer 14k £110 786p/k: Lislea producer 16.3k £127.50 782p/k and Hilltown producer 15.6k £121 776p/k: 15.9k £122 767p/k.

Strong store lambs

Markethill producer 17.4k £133.50 767p/k: Hilltown producer 17k £127.50 750p/k: Markethill producer 17.1k £126.50 740p/k: Ballygawley producer 17k £123 724p/k: Richhill producer 18k £130 722p/k: Markethill producer 17.5k £126 720p/k and Benburb producer 17.4k £124 713p/k.