Heifers selling to £1390 at Dungannon Mart

Steers cleared to £1260 620kg Aberdeen Angus (203.00).

Fat cows sold to £830 for a 475kg Simmental (175.00).

Dropped calves topped at £445 Limousin bull Calf.

Heifer calves peaked at £390 Limousin.

Weanling sold to £1150 470kg Limousin bull (245.00), while weanling heifers sold to £890 340kg Limousin (263.00).

Steers

Steer prices cleared to a height of £1260 620kg Aberdeen Angus (203.00) presented by J Glendinning; D Gormley £1250 540kg Charolais (232.00); J McGuckin £1230 510kg Limousin (241.00), £1220 505kg Belgian Blue (242.00), £1210 520kg Limousin (233.00), £1160 490kg Limousin (237.00), £1130 455kg Limousin (248.00), £1090 480kg Limousin (227.00), £1080 480kg Limousin (225.00); J Gormley £1190 500kg Charolais (238.00), £1100 470kg Limousin (234.00); A Sharkey £1170 520kg Limousin (225.00); R Knox £1140 505kg Aberdeen Angus (226.00), £940 415kg Aberdeen Angus (227.00); B O’Neill £980 415kg Aberdeen Angus (236.00), £800 370kg Limousin (216.00) and G Nelson £905 415kg Aberdeen Angus (218.00).

Heifers

Once again heifer prices remain strong to peak at £1390 615kg Limousin (226.00) presented by T Jeffers, £1350 595kg Limousin (227.00), £1300 575kg Limousin (226.00), £1210 530kg Limousin (228.00); H McClelland £1390 625kg Charolais (222.00), £1350 635kg Charolais (213.00), £1170 535kg Charolais (219.00); G Boden £1200 535kg Limousin (224.00), £1180 525kg Charolais (225.00), £1180 530kg Charolais (223.00), £1180 540kg Charolais (219.00), £1180 550kg Charolais (215.00), £1140 520kg Limousin (219.00), £1130 510kg Charolais (222.00), £1100 520kg Limousin (212.00), £1090 515kg Charolais (212.00), £1090 485kg Charolais (225.00); N Jackson £1060 475kg Limousin (223.00), £1030 465kg Limousin (222.00), £930 375kg Limousin (248.00), £930 430kg Limousin (216.00); J Paisley £960 455kg Charolais (211.00) and a Dungannon farmer £810 370kg Charolais (219.00), £800 325kg Charolais (246.00), £780 325kg Limousin (240.00), £770 335kg Parthenais (230.00), £750 300kg Charolais (250.00), £750 335kg Limousin (224.00).

Dropped calves

A sharper trade for all classes of calves saw male calves sell to £445 for a Limousin bull presented by a Dungannon farmer, £330 Belgian Blue bull; M Black £430 Aberdeen Angus bull, £425 Belgian Blue bull, £420 Aberdeen Angus bull, £370 Aberdeen Angus bull; S Donaghy £380 Belgian Blue bull, £350 Belgian Blue bull; B O’Neill £370 Aberdeen Angus bull, £350 Hereford bull, £290 x 2 Hereford bulls; R Burns £350 Belgian Blue bull; E McVeigh £345 Limousin bull, £280 Limousin bull; P McAleer £310 Belgian Blue bull; G Hazlett £250 Hereford bull and D Foreman £250 Aberdeen Angus bull.

Meanwhile Friesian bulls sold from £55 to £140.

Heifer calves peaked at £390 Limousin heifer presented by E McVeigh, £350 Aberdeen Angus heifer, £310 Aberdeen Angus heifer, £280 Limousin heifer; M Black £390 Aberdeen Angus heifer, £355 Aberdeen Angus heifer; a Local producer £360 Hereford heifer; J Ewing £350 x 2 Limousin heifers; R Burns £320 Belgian Blue heifer; D Foreman £305 Aberdeen Angus heifer, £280 Aberdeen Angus heifer; R Burns £300 Belgian Blue heifer and G Hazlett £270 Hereford heifer.

Breeding stock saw a top price of £1550 for a pedigree Limousin bull presented by M Allen.

Suckled cows topped at £1300 for a in-calf Aberdeen Angus cow presented by a Cookstown producer.

Weanlings

An quality entry of weanling sold to a height of £1150 for a 470kg Limousin male (245.00) presented by M Allen; S Carberry £1000 380kg Limousin (264.00), £990 365kg Limousin (271.00), £980 355kg Limousin (275.00), £940 375kg Limousin (251.00), £910 330kg Limousin (276.00), £900 335kg Limousin (266.00), £890 315kg Limousin (282.00), £880 305kg Limousin (290.00), £880 340kg Limousin (259.00), £870 310kg Limousin (278.00); C Kerr £950 395kg Aberdeen Angus (240.00), £940 370kg Aberdeen Angus (252.00), £900 360kg Aberdeen Angus (251.00); W Armstrong £930 370kg Charolais (249.00); M Mullin £870 305kg Charolais (283.00), £850 305kg Limousin (279.00), £780 300kg Charolais (260.00); D Nelson £820 290kg Limousin (283.00), £780 270kg Limousin (286.00), £770 290kg Limousin (266.00); H Sinnamon £780 285kg Limousin (275.00), £745 245kg Limousin (304.00), £600 195kg Limousin (308.00); M McCormack £750 270kg Limousin (276.00); D Montgomery £740 260kg Limousin (284.00), £705 245kg Limousin (287.00), £700 250kg Limousin (280.00) and a Cookstown producer £700 245kg Charolais (282.00).

Meanwhile weanling heifers peaked at £890 335kg Limousin (263.00) presented by an Armagh producer, £880 320kg Limousin (273.00), £870 320kg Limousin (270.00), £790 325kg Charolais (243.00); W Stafford £835 345kg Limousin (241.00), £700 290kg Limousin (240.00), £680 270kg Limousin (249.00); C Kerr £730 325kg Limousin (223.00) and M Mullin £700 280kg Limousin (251.00).