Markethill Mart: Cull ewes selling to a top of £164 each

The 400 hoggets sold in a steady trade with good quality heavy hoggets selling from 535p to 591p per kilo for 23 hoggets 24.8k at £146.50 each from an Armagh farmer, followed by 580p for 25k at £145 each from a Keady producer.

All good quality pens sold from £142 to £148.50 each.

Good quality middleweight hoggets sold from 550p to 591p per kilo for 23k at £136 each, followed by 590p per kilo for 23.9k at £141 each from a Rostrevor producer. Horned hoggets sold to 569p per kilo for 21.8k at £124 each.

An entry of 110 spring lambs sold to a top of 733p per kilo for 21k at £154 each from a Kilkeel producer, followed by 727p for 19.8k at £144 from a Ballinderry producer.

The 200 cull ewes sold to a top of £164 each.

All good quality ewes from £110 to £158 each. Second quality ewes from £70 to £100 each.

Another full yard of ewes and lambs.

Ewes with two lambs at foot sold to a top of £325 each, followed by £300, £295 and £290.

Several more doubles sold from £250 to £285 each. Singles sold to a top of £270 followed by £265, £255 and £240 each.

All good quality singles sold from £190 to £235 each.

Heavy hoggets

Armagh farmer : 24.8k £146.50 591p : Keady producer : 25k £145 580p : Newtownhamilton farmer : 26k £148.50 571p : Glenanne seller : 24.3k £137 564p : Lislea seller : 27k £148.50 550p : Jerrettspass farmer : 26k £142 546p and Banbridge producer : 27.4k £147 537p.

Middleweight hoggets

Markethill producer : 23k £136 591p : Rostrevor seller : 23.9k £141 590p : Moira producer : 22.3k £130 583p : Richhill farmer : 21k £120 571p : Newry seller : 23.7k £135 570p : Portadown producer : 21.8k £124 569p and Banbridge farmer : 23.9k £135 564p.

Spring lambs

Kilkeel producer : 21k £154 733p : Ballinderry producer : 19.8k £144 727p : Kilkeel seller : 20.8k £145 697p : Armagh farmer : 19.4k £134 690p : Newtownhamilton farmer : 20k £136 680p : Collone producer : 21.5k £144 669p : Kilkeel seller : 19.5k £132 676p and Markethill farmer : 21k £140 666p.