Hoggets to £210 and spring lambs to £205 at Armoy Mart
A smaller show of sheep on Wednesday night met with another fine trade and 100% clearance was achieved.
Hoggets sold to £210 and spring lambs to £205.
Breeding sheep were in demand selling to a top price of £395 for ewes with twin lambs.
Fat ewes sold to a record price of £334.
Leading prices
Lambs
P and A Quinn, Cushendall, 24kgs £205. William Elliott, Ballycastle, 21kgs £191. Pat McErlain, Armoy, 23kgs £200. B Mullan, Stranocum, 21kgs £185. W Elliott, Ballycastle, 24kgs £200. Jas Pinkerton, Rasharkin, 22kgs £195. Ivan Lynn, Armoy, 15kgs £115.
Hoggets
Michelle Wright, Carnlough, 30kgs £210. PJ Dougan, Coleraine, 30kgs £200. Jas McCaughan, Armoy, 30kgs £199.50. C Laverty, Armoy, 29kgs £190. A and O Smyth, Bushmills, 30kgs £195. Maurice McVicker, Ballycastle, 28kgs £193. Brian Gribben, Dunloy, 25kgs £183.50. Alan Dempsey, Coleraine, 22kgs £190. David McAllister, Bushmills, 26kgs £185. Gabriel Gillan, Glenarm, 28kgs £190.
Breeding sheep
Ivan Lynn, Armoy, 2 ewes, 4 lambs, £395. Huey Brothers, Armoy, 3, two-year-old ewes with twins, £365, 3, £355, 3, £330. Ivan Lynn, Armoy, ewe and single lamb, £270. J Magee, Cushendun, ewes with twins, £290, ewes with singles, £265, £210.
Fat ewes
Trevor Butler, Ballyvoy, Texel, £334. Stranocum farmer, Texel, £204. David McAllister, Toberdoney, Texel, £206. Sam McAuley, Bushmills, Suffolk, £182. J McHenry, Glenariffe, Dorsets, £170. William McVey, Carnlough, Texel, £166. Gerard Mulholland, Ballyvoy, Suffolk, £172. A and O Smyth, Bushmills, Texel, £196. Hugh Duncan, Loughguile, Blues, £172. Alistair McGuckian, Cloughmills, Texel, £174. Brian O’Kane, Martinstown, Blues, £162. Alan Dempster, Ballymoney, Suffolk, £166. Jas McCaughan, Armoy, Texel, £178. Seamus Hill, Ballycastle, Texel, £182. A Murphy, Cushendun, Blues, £184. Jennifer McCurdy, Bushmills, Texel, £172.
Sale every Wednesday night at 7.00pm.
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Auctioneers: Armoy Livestock Mart Ltd.