Heifers top at £1490 at Dungannon

Once again a sharp trade for all sizes of stock at Dungannon saw Steers sell to £1480 for a 695kg Char (213.00).
By The Newsroom
Published 8th Dec 2021, 16:19 BST

Heifers topped at £1490 700kg Char (213.00); Dropped Calves cleared to £390 for a Her Hfr while Bulls Calves topped at £370 for Her; Suckled Cows and Calves topped at £2700 for a Lim Cow with a Lim Bull Calf at foot; Weanlings sold to £1060 for a 395kg Lim Bull (268.00) and a far as 313p per 100kg for a 320kg Char Steer £1000; Weanling Heifers sold to £1040 330kg Lim (308.00).

STEERS

Steers prices remain strong to £1480 for a 695kg Char (213.00) presented by S McGlinchey, £1460 640kg Char (228.00), £1410 590kg Char (239.00), £1330 610kg Char (218.00), £1220 565kg Char (216.00); P Grimley £1400 665kg BB (211.00); K Lockhart £1200 540kg Char (222.00), £1110 515kg Char (216.00); J Hegarty £1120 500kg Lim (224.00); G Campbell £960 445kg Char (216.00); E Hetherington £850 380kg BB (224.00).

HEIFERS

Heifers prices cleared to £1490 700kg Char (213.00) presented by A Cush, £1300 575kg Char (226.00); J Hamill £1300 585kg Sim (222.00), £1190 540kg Char (220.00), £1150 535kg Char (215.00); K Mallon £1190 480kg Lim (248.00), £1170 495kg Char (236.00), £1130 520kg Char (217.00); A Parke £1160 555kg AA (209.00); A Local Farmer £1020 460kg Char (222.00), £990 455kg Char (218.00), £950 405kg Char (235.00), £890 415kg Char (215.00); J Hegarty £930 435kg Lim (214.00); J Stephens £910 400kg Lim (228.00).

DROPPED CALVES

A smaller entry of calves met a firmer trade with Bull Calves selling to £370 Her presented by K Watson; R Burns £330 BB Bull, £290 BB Bull, £270 BB Bull; Kennedy Farms £285 x 3 AA Bulls; K Loughran £280 Her Bull; A Fox £270 Her Bull, £250 Her Bull; Fr Bull Calves sold from £50 to £130 for stronger sorts; Meanwhile Heifer Calves peaked at £390 Her presented by K Watson, £360 Her Hfr; A Local producer £360 Char Hfr; T Mills £350 AA Hfr; K Loughran £310 BB Hfr, £255 Her Hfr, £255 BB Hfr, £240 Her Hfr; R Burns £270 BB Hfr, £260 BB Hfr;

Suckled Cows and Calves cleared to a height of £2700 for a Lim Cow with a Lim Bull Calf at foot presented by a local farmer, £2600 for a Lim Cow with a Lim Bull Calf at foot; W Somerville £1360 BB Hfr with Lim Bull Calf at foot; A Dungannon Farmer £1330 for a AA Hfr with an AA Bull Calf at foot.

WEANLINGS

A larger entry of Weanlings saw prices remain very strong to peak at £1060 395kg Lim (269.00) presented by R Stewart; W Murphy £1050 350kg Daq (300.00); D Litter £1000 320kg Char (314.00), £900 355kg Char (251.00), £850 325kg Sim (261.00), £820 315kg Char (259.00); O Barker £950 380kg Lim (250.00); D Haughian £850 325kg Char (259.00); M McNally £840 270kg Lim (310.00), £830 270kg Lim (304.00), £820 290kg Char (280.00), £820 285kg Lim (285.00), £810 255kg Char (315.00), £760 245kg Char (308.00); J Kelly £800 295kg Lim (270.00), £770 285kg Lim (268.00); G O’Connor £790 310kg Sim (256.00); K Watters £750 260kg Char (288.00), £715 265kg Char (271.00), £690 205kg Char (338.00); Meanwhile Weanling Heifers peaked at £1040 for a 340kg Lim (308.00) presented by R Stewart; A Lucas £880 400kg Char (220.00), £870 395kg Char (220.00), £800 365kg Char (220.00); A McCammond £820 380kg Char (216.00), £780 340kg Char (228.00); D Litter £730 290kg Sim (250.00); K Watters £670 210kg Char (318.00), £660 200kg Char (325.00), £635 220kg Char (289.00), £625 205kg Char (305.00), £620 185kg Char (333.00).

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