Good turnout of cattle at Armoy Mart, cows and calves to £3,380
A good turnout of 133 head of cattle on Monday night saw steers sell to £2,160 for a 600kg Limousin from Mr David Steele, Glenarm, a special entry of cows and calves sold to £3,380 paid to Mr Seamus Mulvenna, Cairncastle for an aged cow with bull calf at foot.
Leading prices
Steers
M Steele, Glenarm, Limousin, 600kgs £2,160, 480kgs £1,910, 570kgs £2,100. A Smyth, Portglenone, Fleckvieh, 670kgs £2,050, 630kgs £1,940, 640kgs £2,100, 650kgs £2,000. Sean McGarry, Loughguile, Aberdeen Angus, 650kgs £2,040, 580kgs £1,860, 580kgs £1,880, 590kgs £1,920. W and J O’Kane Carnlough, Aberdeen Angus, 310kgs £1,470, 410kgs £1,590, 400kgs £1,570, 360kgs £1,390. P O’Kane, Carnlough, Aberdeen Angus, 400kgs £1,570. A Chestnutt, Bushmills, Friesian, 3, 400kgs £1,370 each, 3, £00kgs £1,040 each, 4, 335kgs £1,130 each. Gerard McIlroy, Ballycastle, Friesian, 640kgs £1,830, 600kgs £1,800, 605kgs £1,800. Jas McAuley, Bushmills, Aberdeen Angus, 500kgs £1,670, 560kgs £1,770. Jas Mulvenna, Glenarm, Shorthorn beef, 180kgs £980, 230kgs £1,130, 210kgs £1,160.
Heifers
Mary Steele, Glenarm, Limousin, 580kgs £2,000, 560kgs £1,850. Wilma Skelton, Ballymoney, Aberdeen Angus, 670kgs £2,040. Ciaran McCaughan, Ballycastle, Aberdeen Angus, 460kgs £1,540, 420kgs £1,420, 430kgs £1,470, 410kgs £1,460, 460kgs £1,480, 460kgs £1,540. F Daly, Cushendall, Belted Galloway, 200kgs £810, 180kgs £720. D Steele, Glenarm, Limousin, 500kgs £1,680.
Cows and calves
Seamus Mulvenna, Cairncastle, fourth calver with bull calves at foot, £3,380, £3,100, £2,960, £2,920. Co Tyrone farmer, heifers with calves at foot, £3,100, £3,000, £2,620, £2,600, £2,700, £2,680, £2,620, £2,600, £2,440, £2,430. A McGarel, Glenarm, cow with heifer calf, £2,620.
Sale every Monday night at 6.30pm.
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Auctioneers: Daniel McAlister and Son – Armoy Livestock Mart Ltd.