Marts: Blackface Lanark ewe lambs selling to £270 at Armoy Mart
Annual Blackface Lanark ewe lamb sale, 24th September 2024: Just under 2,000 head of Blackface Lanark sheep were on offer at the annual Blackface Lanark ewe lamb sale at Armoy Mart last Tuesday night.
Top price was £270 paid for a pen of five lambs from Mr Ruairi McAteer, Castlederg.
Highlight of the sale was the show of lambs from Camillus Conway, Gortin whose top pen made £270 with most of his 216 head selling over £200.
Leading prices
R McAteer, Castlederg, 5, £270, 5, £170. Camillus Conway, Gortin, 12, £220, 12, £220, 12, £216, 12, £210, 11, £210, 12, £215, 12, £210, 12, £210, 10, £205, 12, £205, 12, £205, 12, £205, 12, £200, 12, £205, 12, £180, 12, £178. Damien McSwiggan, Omagh, 8, £230, 10, £225, 9, £215, 9, £205, 8, £170, 12, £160. Seamus Cullinan, Draperstown, 11, £172. Edna McEldowney, Draperstown, 7, £168. Martin McKay, Cushendun, 10, £172, 10, £144. D Kelly, Omagh, 10, £180, 8, £160. Joe O’Kane, Cranagh, 10, £156. Noel McAuley, Ballycastle, 12, £140. Oliver Duffin, Cargan, 12, £140. Shane Delargy, Cushendall, 12, £164, 8, £170. JJ McAlister, Glendun, 12, £140, 10, £120. Karl Kelly, Cranagh, 9, £168, 9, £136, 9, £132, 10, £140. Thomas McLaughlin, Claudy, 14, £176, 14, £168.
Hoggets/aged ewes
David McNeill, Loughguile, 10, £234. C McKeefry, Magherafelt, 10, £170. S and M Gormley, Claudy, 15, £145, 24, £138. Pat Sheerin, Draperstown, 10, £205, 10, £200.
Auctioneers: Armoy Livestock Mart Ltd (Danny McAlister).
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