Heifers topped at £1280 at Dungannon Mart

Heifers topped at £1280 for a 610kg Blonde d’Aquitaine (210.00).

Dropped calves peaked at £440 for a Belgian Blue bull and heifer calves to £350 Hereford.

Weanlings sold to £1170 for a 525kg Belgian Blue bull (222.00).

Weanling heifers peaked at £815 for a 320kg Limousin (254.00).

Steers

A full ringside of buyers insured there was a brisk trade for all classes of steers with a top price paid of £1480 640kg Limousin (231.00) presented by S and B Casey, £1450 650kg Limousin (223.00), £1400 580kg Charolais (241.00), £1200 535kg Limousin (224.00); I Reid £1270 605kg Limousin (210.00); N Badger £1040 495kg Aberdeen Angus (210.00); H Cairns £1030 435kg Charolais (237.00), £1010 350kg Charolais (289.00), £1010 395kg Charolais (256.00), £850 315kg Charolais (270.00); J McStay £1020 475kg Aberdeen Angus (215.00), £890 415kg Aberdeen Angus (215.00); M Mullan £930 435kg Simmental (214.00) and J Armstrong £860 400kg Aberdeen Angus (215.00), £840 375kg Aberdeen Angus (224.00).

Heifers

Once again heifer prices remain brisk to peak at £1280 610kg Blonde d’Aquitaine (210.00) presented by S Robinson, £1230 565kg Limousin (218.00); E Gillespie £1220 585kg Charolais (209.00), £1130 535kg Charolais (211.00), £1020 480kg Limousin (213.00); J Hamill £1190 555kg Charolais (214.00), £1140 535kg Charolais (213.00), £1090 475kg Charolais (230.00), £1050 490kg Charolais (214.00); H Cairns £1000 395kg Charolais (253.00), £870 415kg Charolais (210.00); S Stevenson £990 465kg Charolais (213.00); P Nicholson £870 385kg Limousin (226.00), £840 390kg Limousin (215.00), £740 360kg Limousin (206.00) and M Mullan £760 370kg Simmental (205.00), £740 335kg Simmental (221.00).

Dropped calves

Dropped calves cleared to £430 for a Belgian Blue bull presented by R Burns; I and A Agnew £400 Belgian Blue bull, £280 Belgian Blue bull; M Sheridan £390 Hereford bull; J and A Robinson £385 x 2 Hereford bulls, £270 x 2 Hereford bulls, £260 Hereford bull; R Cuddy £345 Limousin bull; S Glasgow £345 x 2 Aberdeen Angus bulls; W Sloan £295 Aberdeen Angus bull, £255 Aberdeen Angus bull; R Park £285 Belgian Blue bull; O Robinson £265 Saler bull and T Muldrew £250 x 2 Hereford bulls.

Friesian bull calves sold from £55 to £170 for strong sorts.

Meanwhile heifer calves cleared to £350 Hereford presented by M Mitchell, £330 x 2 Aberdeen Angus heifers, £330 Simmental heifer, £320 Aberdeen Angus heifer; T Watson £330 Aberdeen Angus heifer; O Robinson £330 Saler heifer; B O’Neill £290 Hereford heifer, £270 Hereford heifer; J and A Robinson £290 Hereford heifer, £285 Hereford heifer; T Muldrew £255 Hereford heifer and R Cuddy £250 Limousin heifer.

Weanlings

Weanling prices remain strong to peak at £1170 for a 525kg Belgian Blue bull (222.00) presented by B Nugent; N Turner £1030 450kg Charolais (230.00), £980 420kg Limousin (232.00), £840 325kg Limousin (256.00), £815 335kg Limousin (244.00), £810 315kg Charolais (257.00), £800 310kg Limousin (256.00), £800 320kg Limousin (248.00); A Ferguson £890 310kg Charolais (284.00), £850 350kg Charolais (244.00), £830 340kg Charolais (243.00), £790 320kg Charolais (245.00), £760 300kg Charolais (250.00), £660 265kg Charolais (246.00); W McCavish £850 350kg Limousin (244.00), £820 345kg Limousin (238.00), £800 325kg Limousin (244.00), £760 290kg Limousin (262.00); G Porter £840 350kg Limousin (240.00), £780 290kg Aberdeen Angus (270.00), £750 220kg Limousin (338.00) and D Mullan £700 195kg Blonde d’Aquitaine (360.00).

Meanwhile weanling heifers topped at £815 320kg Limousin (254.00) presented by W McCavish, £800 300kg Limousin (268.00), £795 330kg Limousin (240.00), £790 340kg Limousin (232.00), £745 250kg Limousin (297.00); J Weir £760 320kg Charolais (239.00), £760 310kg Aberdeen Angus (245.00), £560 240kg Belgian Blue (231.00); G Porter £730 320kg Limousin (226.00), £700 300kg Limousin (234.00), £570 230kg Charolais (249.00) and D Mullan £700 290kg Limousin (242.00), £620 245kg Blonde d’Aquitaine (253.00).