Good quality heavy lambs selling to £168 at Markethill Mart

The 1520 lambs sold in a steady trade.

Good quality heavy lambs from 550-600p/k for 28k at £168 from a Keady producer, followed by 592p/k for 24k at £142 for a Newry farmer.

Overweight lambs sold to £162 each with a total of 19 pens selling from £145-£163 per head.

Good quality midweights sold from 590-632p/k with a top of 711p/k for an outstanding pen, 20.4k at £145 from a Tandragee farmer.

A Ballynahinch farmer received 632p/k for 20.2k at £127.

Light stores sold to 809/k for 15.7k at £127 for a Kilkeel farmer, followed by 772p/k for 14k at £108 from a Cullyhanna farmer.

Stronger stores sold to 753p/k for 17k at £128 for a Rostrevor farmer, followed by 702p/k for 17.1k at £120 from a Ballynahinch producer.

Main demand from 650-700p/k.

The 230 cull ewes sold in a slightly easier trade.

First quality ewes sold from £170-£242, second quality from £120-£168 and the poorer types from £60-£110 each.

In the breeding ring top quality hoggets sold to £330, £325 and £310.

Main demand from £240-£300 with second quality from £200-£230 each.

Rams sold to £580 with others at £480, £460 and £440 with several more from £300-£430 each.

Heavy lambs

Keady producer 28k £168 600p/k: Newry producer 24k £142 592p/k: Mountnorris producer 25k £147.50 590p/k: Markethill producer 25.1k £148 590p/k: Glenanne producer 24.6k £145 589p/k: Richhill producer 24k £141 588p/k: Attical producer 24.5k £143 584p/k: Warrenpoint producer 25.7k £150 584p/k: Keady producer 25.5k £147 577p/k and Armagh producer 24.5k £141 576p/k.

Midweight lambs

Tandragee producer 20.4k £145 711p/k: Ballynahinch producer 20.1k £127 632p/k: Newry producer 20k £126 630p/k: Kilkeel producer 20k £126 630p/k: Cullyhanna producer 20k £125 625p/k: Kilkeel producer 20k £124.50 623p/k: Dungannon producer 20k £123 615p/k: Rostrevor producer 20.6k £126 612p/k: Keady producer 20.3k £124 611p/k: Keady producer 20k £122 610p/k and Moira producer 20.9k £126.50 605p/k.

Light store lams

Kilkeel producer 15.7k £127 809p/k: Cullyhanna producer 14k £108 772p/k: Kilkeel producer 13k £98 754p/k: 12.4k £93 750p/k: 14.9k £108 725p/k: Dungannon producer 13.7k £99 723p/k and Kilkeel producer 15.8k £113 715p/k.

Stronger store lambs

Rostrevor producer 17k £128 753p/k: Ballynahinch producer 17.1k £120 702p/k: Rostrevor producer 17k £119 700p/k: Dromore producer 18.7k £129.50 693p/k: 17.2k £119 692p/k: Belleeks producer 17.5k £121 691p/k: Loughgilly producer 17.5k £121 691p/k and Kilkeel producer 18k £124 689p/k.