Heifers selling to £1770 at Rathfriland Co-op

The dropped calf section contained calves up to five months old, topped to £660 for Belgian Blue heifer calf for a Castlewellan farmer.

Weanling bull calves topped to £1400 for a 412kg Aberdeen Angus from Ballyward farmer.

Fat cows topped £1520 for 730k Limousin.

Cows and calves topped £1680.

Heifers topped £1770 for 652k Limousin.

Bullocks topped at £1470 for 612k Hereford.

Dropped calves and young stock

Bull calves

Scarva farmer Charolais £600, Banbridge farmer Angus at £560, Scarva farmer Angus at £550, Banbridge farmer Simmental at £540, Scarva farmer Hereford at £500, Banbridge farmer Aberdeen Angus at £460, Aberdeen Angus at £460, Aberdeen Angus at £440, Scarva farmer Aberdeen Angus at £430 and Tandragee farmer Hereford at £400.

Heifer calves

Banbridge farmer Belgian Blue at £660, Belgian Blue at £620, Banbridge farmer Aberdeen Angus at £450, Aberdeen Angus at £450, Aberdeen Angus at £430, Scarva farmer Hereford at £420, Scarva farmer Belgian Blue at £360, Ballyroney farmer Limousin at £240 and Castlewellan farmer Galloway at £200.

Weanling male calves

Weanling calves sold to super trade, Ballyward farmer Aberdeen Angus 412k at £1400, Charolais 446k at £1390, Charolais 410k at £1360, Charolais 440k at £1350, Charolais 382k at £1310, Charolais 362k at £1290, Charolais 386k at £1260, Charolais 342k at £1060, Aberdeen Angus 372k at £1040 and Charolais 328k at £980.

Weanling heifer calves

Castlewellan farmer Limousin 302k at £940, Limousin 272k at £900, Limousin 304k at £800, Newry farmer Limousin 330k at £770, Castlewellan farmer Limousin 282kg at £720, Limousin 222k at £680. Kilcoo farmer Aberdeen Angus 336k at £640 and Aberdeen Angus 344k at £640.

Cows and calves

Katesbridge farmer Charolais cow and Charolais calf at £1680.

Fat cows

Dromara farmer Limousin 730kg at £1520, Lisburn farmer Aberdeen Angus 652kg at £1270, Charolais 676kg at £1140 and Castlewellan farmer Galloway 594kg at £960.

Heifers

Dromara farmer Limousin 652k at £1770, Limousin 590k at £1640, Katesbridge farmer Aberdeen Angus 588k at £1390, Charolais 496k at £1330, Kilkeel farmer Charolais 478k at £1250, Charolais 440k at £1170, Ballyroney farmer Fleckvieh 476k at £1150, Fleckvieh 492k at £1130, Katesbridge farmer Aberdeen Angus 456k at £1090 and Dromara farmer Shorthorn 430k at £1070.

Bullocks

Dromore farmer Hereford 612k at £1470, Dromara farmer Limousin 472k at £1380, Dromara farmer Limousin 506k at £1380, Hillsborough farmer Aberdeen Angus 534k at £1330, Hillsborough farmer Aberdeen Angus 600k at £1330, Dromara farmer Shorthorn 466k at £1280, Dromore farmer Hereford 520k at £1280, Kilkeel farmer Charolais 486k at £1260, Dromara farmer Friesian 532k at £1220, Dromara farmer Shorthorn, 470k at £1200. Dromore farmer Hereford 498k at £1200.

Online bidding available via martbids.ie.

Tuesday evening saw large show of stock and lambs selling to a steady trade.

Fat ewes selling to a good trade this week again. Kilkeel farmer topped the sale at £5.40 a kilo for 16.3kg at £88.

Fat ewes topped at £166.

More ewes over the £1400 mark this week with plainer ewes from £100 to £130.

Lambs

Rathfriland farmer 27.4k at £115, Ballinaskeagh farmer 25.2k at £114.50, Katesberidge farmer 26.1k at £112, Newry farmer 26k at £112, Hilltown farmer 25.3k at £112, Rathfriland farmer 24.4k at £109, Kilkeel farmer 26.6k at £109, Kilkeel farmer 24.7k at £109. Rathfriland farmer 23.2k at £106 and Rathfriland farmer 23k at £105.

Fat ewes

Ballyinaskeagh farmer at £166, Annalong farmer at £142, Banbridge farmer at £138, Banbridge farmer at £134, Banbridge farmer at £125, at £121, Rathfriland farmer at £109, Hilltown farmer at £90 and Kilkeel farmer at £90 and £85.

Fat rams

Annaclone farmer at £100, Newry farmer at £84.

Breeding ewes

Newry farmer £146 and £140.

Breeding rams

Annalong farmer at £240.

Online bidding available via martbids.ie.