Good quality heavy lambs selling to £167 at Markethill Mart
An entry of 1260 sheep at Markethill on Monday 28th September sold in a noticeably firmer trade for fat lambs and stores.
Good quality heavy lambs sold to a top of 690p/k for 24.2k at £167 for a Tandragee farmer, followed by 682p/k for 24.5k at £167 for a Kilkeel producer.
Main demand for good quality heavy lambs from 600-657p/k.
Several pens of overweight lambs sold steadily from £160-£170 per head.
The entire entry of heavy lambs averaged 25.5k at £162.
Good quality midweight lambs sold to 683p/k for 20.8k at £142 for a Poyntzpass farmer, followed by 677p/k for 23.2k at £157 for a Kilkeel producer.
The same owner received 665p/k for 23.9k at £158.
Store lamb trade was very strong with good quality light stores sold to 825p/k for 12k at £99 for a Hilltown farmer, followed by 817p/k for 12k at £98 from a Castlewellan producer.
All good quality light stores sold from 720-800p/k.
Stronger stores sold to 757p/k for 18.5k at £140 for a Ballinderry farmer, followed by 756p/k for 17.2k at £130 from a Belleeks producer.
Main demand from 700-741p/k.
220 cull ewes returned a strong trade.
First quality ewes from £150-£220, second quality from £110- £140 and the poorest types from £60-£100.
A smaller entry of breeding sheep resulted in good quality hoggets from £210-£250 and second quality from £170-£190 each.
Monday 5th October is the final sale for breeding sheep this season.
Heavy lambs
Tandragee producer 24.2k £167 690p/k: Kilkeel producer 24.5k £167 682p/k: Crossmaglen producer 24.2k £159 657p/k: Richhill producer 25.8k £168 651p/k: Keady producer 24.4k £155 635p/k: Keady producer 26k £165 635p/k: Middletown producer 24.6k £153.50 624p/k and Tandragee producer 25.8k £159 616p/k.
Midweight lambs
Poyntzpass producer 20.8k £142 683p/k: Kilkeel producer 23.2k £157 677p/k: 23.9k £159 665p/k: Derrynoose producer 22k £145 659p/k: Poyntzpass producer 21.5k £141 656p/k: Lurgan producer 20.9k £137 656p/k: Armagh producer 20.2k £132 654p/k: Tandragee producer 21.6k £141 653p/k: Hilltown producer 20.4k £133 652p/k: Hilltown producer 20.8k £135.50 652p/k and Tandragee producer 23.7k £154 650p/k.
Light store lambs
Hilltown producer 12k £99 825p/k: Castlewellan producer 12k £98 817p/k: Hilltown producer 16k £128 800p/k: Ballinderry producer 15.7k £123 783p/k: Poyntzpass producer 11k £86 782p/k: Rathfriland producer 12.2k £95 779p/k: Ballygawley producer 13.5k £105 778p/k and Hilltown producer 15.3k £118.50 775p/k.
Strong store lambs
Ballinderry producer 18.5k £140 757p/k: Belleeks producer 17.2k £130 756p/k: Ballynahinch producer 17.4k £129 741p/k: Newry producer 17.5k £129 737p/k: 17.3k £125 723p/k: Ballinderry producer 17.4k £125 718p/k and Markethill producer 17.4k £125 718p/k.