Heavy lambs selling to £125 each at Markethill Mart

Good quality midweight lambs sold from 480-530p/k for 21.5k at £114, followed by 510p/k for 20.3k at £103.50 each.

Heavy lambs sold to £125 each.

Main demand from £117-£124.

Top rate of 496p/k for 24k at £119, followed by 482p/k for 25.3k at £122.

Main demand from 460-480p/k.

Store lambs sold to 563p/k for 13.5k at £76.

All good quality stores from 450-505p/k.

The 250 ewes sold in a steady demand.

Fleshed ewes from £90 to £134, plainer ewes from £50 to £80 each.

Next sheep sale is Monday 1st January 2024

Happy Christmas to everyone.

Heavy lambs

Newry producer 24k £119 496p/k: Poyntzpass producer 25.3k £122 482p/k: Armagh producer 25k £120 480p/k: Whitecross producer 24k £115 479p/k: Whitecross producer 24.8k £118.50 478p/k: Moy producer 25.1k £119.50 476p/k: Newtownhamilton producer 24k £114 475p/k and Belleeks producer 24.7k £116 470p/k.

Midweight lambs

Portadown producer 21.5k £114 530p/k: Belleeks producer 20.3k £103.50 510p/k: Mullaghbawn producer 20.2k £102 505p/k: Keady producer 21k £106 505p/k: Markethill producer 23.3k £117 502p/k: Poyntzpass producer 23.5k £118 502p/k: Armagh producer 21.2k £106 500p/k: Tynan producer 22.5k £112 498p/k: Tynan producer 22k £109.50 498p/k and Cullyhanna producer 21.5k £106.50 495p/k.

Store lambs

Newry producer 13.5k £76 563p/k: Tynan producer 19.8k £100 505p/k: Armagh producer 19k £95 500p/k: Portadown producer 18k £89 494p/k: Caledon producer 18.3k £87 475p/k: Armagh producer 15.2k £70 461p/k and Caledon producer 15.5k £71 458p/k.