Good quality light spring lambs selling to £194.50 at Markethill Mart
An entry of 1100 sheep at Markethill on Monday 8th June continued to sell in a very strong trade for spring lambs and for an entry of 700 head.
Good quality light spring lambs sold from 840-906p/k for 20.7k at £187.50 for a Newtownhamilton farmer, followed by 884p/k for 14 lambs, 22k at £194.50 from a Tandragee farmer.
Heavy spring lambs sold up to 832p/k for 25k at £208 from a Crossmaglen farmer, followed by 827p/k for 24k at £198.50 from a Loughgall producer.
The same owner received 804p/k for 25.5k at £205. Several pens sold from £200, to a top of £225.
A small lot of store lambs appeared and sold to a top price of 852p/k for 16.2k at £138, followed by 851p/k for 13.4k at £114 and up to £145 each.
230 cull ewes were presented for sale.
Fleshed ewes sold from £160-£236, second quality from £110-£115.
Another full entry of ewes and lambs sold readily with good quality doubles from £300-£395. Singles sold from £250-£345 and dry hoggets sold readily from £200-£260 each.
Light spring lambs
Newtownhamilton producer 20.7k £187.50 906p/k: Tandragee producer 22k £194.50 884p/k: Tandragee producer 19.7k £174 883p/k: Newry producer 20k £175 875p/k: Loughgall producer 21.5k £185 861p/k: Kilcoo producer 22k £189 859p/k: Newtownhamilton producer 20.5k £176 859p/k: Dungannon producer 22.5k £192 853p/k: Portadown producer 20.3k £173 852p/k and Armagh producer 23.2k £197.50 851p/k.
Heavy spring lambs
Crossmaglen producer 25k £208 832p/k: Loughgall producer 24k £198.50 827p/k: 25.5k £205 804p/k: Banbridge producer 25.4k £200 787p/k: Armagh producer 24.8k £195 786p/k: Portadown producer 25.7k £200 778p/k: Mountnorris producer 24.8k £192 774p/k: Tandragee producer 25.9k £200 772p/k and Kilcoo producer 24k £185 771p/k.