Marts: Breeding hoggets selling to £235 at Downpatrick Mart

In the breeding sheep category on the day hoggets sold to £235 and ewe lambs to £148 per head. In the fat sheep category lambs sold to 600p per kilo and £146 per head.

While fat ewes sold to £186 per head.

Leading prices are as follows.

Breeding hoggets: Ballee farmer Mules £235, £232. Seaforde farmer Suffolk Cheviot £220. Tandragee farmer Charollais £208. Dromara farmer Mules £205. Ballykilbeg farmer Suffolk Cheviot £200. Tandragee farmer Charollais £198. Ballykilbeg farmer Suffolk Cheviot £195 and Ballykinler farmer Mule £190.

Breeding ewe lambs: Castlewellan farmer Blue Texel 19kg £148 (778p) and Texel 18kg £122 (677p).

Lambs per head: Downpatrick farmer 30kg £146. Strangford farmer 29.70kg £141. Ballygowan farmer 26.80kg £134. Belfast farmer 27kg £132.50. Saintfield farmer 24kg £126. Downpatrick farmer 24kg £125. Downpatrick farmer 24 kg £125. Saintfield farmer 24.20kg £124.50 and Downpatrick farmer 23kg £123.50.

Lambs per kilo: Ballynahinch farmer 15kg £90 (600p). Clonvaraghan farmer 8.80kg £51 (580p), Ballynahinch farmer 18.10kg £102 (564p). Drumaroad farmer 19kg £103 (542p). Downpatrick farmer 23kg £123.50 (537p). Saintfield farmer 17.90kg £96 (536p). Drumaroad farmer 16.10kg £86 (534p). Clonvarghan farmer 18kg £96 (533p). Downpatrick farmer 18.50kg £98.50 (533p) and Dromara farmer 18.30kg £97 (530p)

Fat ewes: Downpatrick farmer £186. Ballynahinch farmer £174. Ballynahinch farmer £166. Downpatrick farmer £164. Clara farmer £162. Toye farmer £158. Downpatrick £154. Ballygowan farmer£152. Clara farmer £150 and Downpatrick farmer £150.

Fat rams: Clonvaraghan farmer £144, £138 and Downpatrick farmer £110.