Marts: Beef heifers selling to £1860 at Markethill Mart

Heifers

240 heifers included several pens of forward feeding heifers and beef.

Good quality forward heifers sold readily from £260 to £310 for 570k at £1770 from a Rathfriland farmer followed by £308 for 520k at £1610 from a Tandragee farmer.

Beef heifers sold to £303 for 614k at £1860 from a Tandragee farmer followed by £302 for 616k at £1860 from a Cullyhanna producer.

The same owner received £302 for 640k at £1830 and £300 for 620k at £1860.

Top price heifer £1980 for 660k £299 from a Cladymore producer.

All good quality beef heifers sold steadily from £260 to £297 per 100 kilos.

Good quality grazing heifers sold from £260 to £327 for 480k at £1570 from a Tandragee farmer.

The same producer received £307 for 460k at £1410 and a Mullabawn farmer also received £307 for 434k at £1330.

Beef heifers

Tandragee farmer 614k £1860 £303.00; Cullyhanna farmer 616k £1860 £302.00; Cullyhanna farmer 640k £1930 £302.00; Cullyhanna farmer 620k £1860 £300.00; Cladymore farmer 662k £1980 £299.00; Cullyhanna farmer 606k £1800 £297.00; Cullyhanna farmer 660k £1950 £295.00; Cullyhanna farmer 614k £1790 £292.00 and Cullyhanna farmer 652k £1900 £291.

Forward heifers

Rathfriland farmer 570k £1770 £311.00; Tandragee farmer 522k £1610 £308.00; Tandragee farmer 516k £1590 £308.00; Rathfriland farmer 550k £1690 £307.00; Rathfriland farmer 530k £1600 £302.00; Banbridge farmer 570k £1700 £298.00; Banbridge farmer 598k £1780 £298.00 and Tandragee farmer 540k £1600 £296.

Middleweight heifers

Tandragee farmer 480k £1570 £327.00; Tandragee farmer 460k £1410 £307.00; Mullaghbawn farmer 434k £1330 £307.00; Moira farmer 462k £1390 £301.00; Tandragee farmer 486k £1460 £301.00; Hilltown farmer 442k £1300 £294.00; Newtownhamilton farmer 478k £1400 £293.00; Newtownhamilton farmer 486k £1400 £288.00 and Moira farmer 412k £1180 £286.

Bullocks 190 bullocks maintained a very firm trade.

Good quality forward bullocks selling steadily from £250 to £312 for 506k at £1580 from a Portadown farmer followed by £309 for 502k at £1550 from a Cullyhanna farmer.

Stronger bullocks sold to £295 for 624k at £1840 from a Ballinderry producer.

Aberdeen Angus bullocks to £289 for 570k at £1670 for an Warrenpoint farmer.

Middleweight steers sold to £361 for 404k at £1460 from a Newtownabbey farmer.

The same owner received £346 for 422k at £1460.

A Portadown producer received £329 for 438k at £1440.

All good quality middleweights from £260 to £315 per 100 kilos.

Forward bullocks

Portadown farmer 506k £1580 £312.00; Cullyhanna farmer 502k £1550 £309.00; Ballinderry farmer 624k £1840 £295.00; Warrenpoint farmer 578k £1670 £289.00; Newry farmer 512k £1470 £287.00; Warrenpoint farmer 532k £1500 £282.00; Ballinderry farmer 604k £1700 £282.00; Warrenpoint farmer 526k £1480 £281.00; Tandragee farmer 598k £1680 £281.00 and Hilltown farmer 502k £1410 £281.

Middleweight bullocks

Newtownabbey farmer 404k £1460 £361.00; Newtownabbey farmer 422k £1460 £346.00; Portadown farmer 396k £1340 £338.00; Portadown farmer 438k £1440 £329.00; Moira farmer 400k £1280 £320.00; Moira farmer 410k £1290 £315.00; Newtownabbey farmer 476k £1490 £313.00; Moira farmer 438k £1320 £301.00; Newry farmer 470k £1400 £298.00 and Cullyhanna farmer 494k £1470 £298.

Weanlings 140 weanlings sold in a steady demand with several pens of top quality weanlings on offer.

Good quality light males sold to £395 for 380k at £1500 for a Killeavy farmer.

The same owner received £390 for 372k at £1450 and £388 for 374k at £1450.

All top quality light males sold from £290 to £370 per 100 kilos.

Stronger lots to £328 for 402k at £1320 from a Portadown farmer followed by £327 for 468k at £1360 from a Cullyhanna farmer.

All good quality lots from £260 to £324 per 100 kilos.

Good quality heifer weanlings sold up to £418 for 354k at Limousin at £1480 from a Killeavy farmer.

The same owner received £363 for 380k at £1380 and £359 for 390k at £1400.

All good quality heifer weanlings sold steadily from £260 to £330 per 100 kilos.

Strong male weanlings

Portadown farmer 402k £1320 £328.00; Cullyhanna farmer 416k £1360 £327.00; Portadown farmer 450k £1460 £324.00; Cullyhanna farmer 444k £1440 £324.00; Cullyhanna farmer 480k £1540 £321.00; Markethill farmer 490k £1560 £318.00 and Cullyhanna farmer 484k £1530 £316.

Light male weanlings

Killeavy farmer 380k £1500 £395.00; Killeavy farmer 372k £1450 £390.00; Killeavy farmer 374k £1450 £388.00; Killeavy farmer 336k £1270 £378.00; Portadown farmer 344k £1300 £378.00; Portadown farmer 314k £1160 £369.00; Portadown farmer 352k £1300 £369.00; Portadown farmer 376k £1290 £343.00; Portadown farmer 394k £1260 3320.00 and Portadown farmer 350k £1110 £317.

Heifer weanlings

Killeavy farmer 354k £1480 £418.00; Killeavy farmer 380k £1380 £363.00; Killeavy farmer 390k £1400 £359.00; Dromara farmer 360k £1190 £331.00; Dromara farmer 384k £1250 £326.00; Dromara farmer 338k £1100 £325.00; Benburb farmer 382k £1240 £325.00; Dromara farmer 312k £990 £317.00 and Benburb farmer 332k £1040 £313.

A very large entry of 120 lots of sucklers included special entries from a Dungannon farmer and from a Gilford producer.

Top price of £4560 was paid for a 2020 Limousin cow and heifer calf from a Keady farmer.

A Dungannon producer sold 25 outfits to a top of £3240 for a Limousin heifer and heifer calf.

The same owner received £3020 on two occasions and £2900, £2800 and £2780 for good quality outfits with several more from £2200 to £2650 each.

A Gilford farmer received £2720 for a Limousin heifer and bull calf.

The same owner sold a 2018 Shorthorn cow and heifer calf at £2600 and a 2019 Charolais and bull calf at £2560.

An entry of red and white Simmental and Limousin maiden heifers sold to a top of £1860 with others at £1380, £1300 and £1240 each.