Good quality heavy lambs selling steadily from 460p to 500p per kilo at Markethill

Good quality heavy lambs sold steadily from 460p to 500p per kilo paid for 24k at £120 from a Portadown farmer, followed by 479p for 24k at £115 from a Kilkeel producer.

An Armagh farmer received 479p for 24k at £115 each.

All good quality pens sold from £115 to £118 per head.

Good quality middleweight lambs sold from 486p to 500p with a top of 500p for 20.4k at £102 from a Loughgall farmer, followed by 498p for 21.5k at £107 each.

Another large entry of stores sold readily with a top price of 544p paid for 12.4k at £67.50 from a Kilkeel farmer.

Main demand for good quality light stores from 500p to 528p.

Stronger lambs sold at 524p for 19k at £99.50 each from a Poyntzpass farmer.

The 170 cull ewes sold to a top of £140 each.

All fleshed ewes sold from £100 to £130 each.

Plainer ewes sold from £65 to £95 each.

Heavy lambs

Portadown seller : 24k £120 500p : Kilkeel producer : 24k £115 479p : Armagh farmer : 24k £115 479p : Belleeks farmer : 24.7k £118 478p : Loughgall producer : 24.5k £117 478 : Killylea farmer : 24.1k £115 477p : Foley producer : 24k £114 475p : Scarva seller : 24.7k £117 474p and Dungannon farmer : 24.8k £117 472p.

Middleweights

Loughgall farmer : 20.4k £102 500p : Portadown seller : 21.5k £107 498p : Newtownhamilton farmer : 21.3k £106 498p : Mountnorris farmer : 20.3k £101 497p : Banbridge producer : 21k £104 495p : 20.7k £101 488p and Portadown seller : 22k £107 486p.

Lightweight

Kilkeel farmer : 12.4k £67.50 544p : Loughbrickland producer : 16.1k £85 528p : Poyntzpass farmer : 19k £99.50 524p : Newry seller : 17.4k £91 523p : Middletown producer : 17k £88 518p and Loughgall producer : 19.4k £99.50 513p.