Markethill Mart: Heavy lambs selling from £130 to £136 each

An entry of 1000 sheep at Markethill on Wednesday 26th May included 600 spring lambs.
By Darryl Armitage
Published 27th May 2021, 14:53 BST
Updated 27th May 2021, 15:01 BST

Good quality light lambs sold from 580p to 658p per kilo for 18.7 kilos for 18.7 kgs at £123 each, followed by 625p per kilo for 20 kilos at £125.

Heavy lambs sold from £130 to £136 each and averaged £133.50 each.

Top rate of 563p per kilo for 24 kilos at £135 each.

Fleshed cull ewes sold in a firmer demand from £120 to £166 each.

A full yard of ewes and lambs returned a very firm demand.

Doubles to £300.

Singles to £260 each.

Heavy lambs

Middletown farmer : 24k £135 563p : Dungannon seller : 24k £133 554p : Tynan farmer : 25k £136 544p : Cullyhanna farmer : 25k £136 544p : Armagh producer : 25k £132 528p and Tynan seller : 26.1k £134 513p.

Light spring lambs

Middletown producer : 18.7k £123 658p : Tynan producer : 20k £125 625p : Newtownhamilton farmer : 20.1k £122 607p : Portadown seller : 21k £127 605p : Hamiltonsbawn farmer : 21.5k £129 600p : Armagh farmer : 23k £138 600p and Whitecross farmer : 20.1k £120 597p.

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