Marts: Bullocks selling to a top of £1820 per head at Swatragh Mart

Bullocks sold to 410p/kg for a Charolais at 268kg (£1100) and to a top of £1820 per head for a Limousin at 612kg (297p/kg).

Heifers sold to 351p/kg for a Charolais at 276kg (£970) and to a top of £1540 per head for a Aberdeen Angus at 606kg (254p/kg).

Fat cows sold to 253p/kg for a Limousin at 700kg and to a top of £1770 per head for the same cow.

Next cattle sale Monday 28th October - yard open from 8am and sale starting 11.30am, all stock welcome.

Some of sample prices

Fat cows and bulls (p/kg)

Garvagh producer, Limousin cow 700kg £1770 (253), Swatragh producer, Limousin cow 690kg £1650 (239), Garvagh producer, Limousin cow 630kg £1350 (214), Garvagh producer, Limousin bull 800kg £1640 (205), Crumlin producer, Friesian cow 680kg £1180 (174), Garvagh producer, Limousin cow 650kg £1070 (165) and Plumbridge producer, Limousin cow 720kg £1170 (163).

Cows and calves

Aberdeen Angus cow with Aberdeen Angus heifer calf £1740.

Heifers

Up to 300kg (p/kg)

Crumlin producer, Charolais 276kg £970 (351), Crumlin producer, Charolais 298kg £960 (322), Crumlin producer, Limousin 288kg £900 (313), Maghera producer, Charolais 216kg £660 (306), Crumlin producer, Charolais 296kg £890 (301), Maghera producer, Charolais 234kg £650 (278), Maghera producer, Limousin 282kg £760 (270) and Maghera producer, Aberdeen Angus 300kg £740 (247).

301 to 400kg (p/kg)

Bellaghy producer, Limousin 372kg £1210 (325), Maghera producer, Limousin 362kg £1160 (320), Plumbridge producer, Limousin 302kg £950 (315), Crumlin producer, Charolais 348kg £1070 (307), Maghera producer, Limousin 330kg £1000 (303), Maghera producer, Limousin 392kg £1180 (301), Bellaghy producer, Aberdeen Angus 394kg £1150 (292), Maghera producer, Limousin 392kg £1070 (273), Plumbridge producer, Limousin 328kg £880 (268) and Limavady producer, Limousin 340kg £900 (265).

401 to 500kg (p/kg)

Bellaghy producer, Limousin 432kg £1260 (292), Swatragh producer, Charolais 470kg £1370 (291), Bellaghy producer, Limousin 408kg £1180 (289), Rasharkin producer, Charolais 458kg £1320 (288), Maghera producer, Limousin 456kg £1290 (283), Bellaghy producer, Aberdeen Angus 428kg £1200 (280), Bellaghy producer, Limousin 478kg £1320 (276), Swatragh producer, Charolais 456kg £1240 (272), Swatragh producer, Charolais 484kg £1290 (267) and Swatragh producer, Charolais 458kg £1210 (264).

501kg and over (p/kg)

Swatragh producer, Aberdeen Angus 574kg £1490 (260), Bellaghy producer, Limousin 504kg £1310 (260), Swatragh producer, Aberdeen Angus 526kg £1360 (259), Maghera producer, Limousin 508kg £1310 (258), Swatragh producer, Aberdeen Angus 606kg £1540 (254), Limavady producer, Belgian Blue 536kg £1350 (252), Swatragh producer, Aberdeen Angus 556kg £1380 (248), Swatragh producer, Aberdeen Angus 510kg £1250 (245), Limavady producer, Belgian Blue 530kg £1290 (243) and Swatragh producer, Aberdeen Angus 526kg £1270 (241).

Bullocks

Up to 300kg (p/kg)

Crumlin producer, Charolais 268kg £1100 (410), Garvagh producer, Limousin 236kg £890 (377), Crumlin producer, Charolais 256kg £930 (363), Crumlin producer, Charolais 288kg £1020 (354), Finvoy producer, Limousin 280kg £940 (336), Maghera producer, Aberdeen Angus 164kg £550 (335), Garvagh producer, Limousin 290kg £960 (331), Plumbridge producer, Limousin 262kg £840 (321), Maghera producer, Aberdeen Angus 188kg £590 (314) and Finvoy producer, Limousin 296kg £920 (311).

301 to 400kg (p/kg)

Crumlin producer, Limousin 336kg £1240 (369), Crumlin producer, Limousin 326kg £1200 (368), Swatragh producer, Limousin 302kg £1030 (341), Crumlin producer, Limousin 312kg £1040 (333), Limavady producer, Limousin 388kg £1280 (330), Maghera producer, Blonde d'Aquitaine 346kg £1130 (327), Crumlin producer, Limousin 348kg £1120 (322), Crumlin producer, Blonde d'Aquitaine 312kg £1000 (321), Crumlin producer, Charolais 382kg £1160 (304) and Feeny producer, Charolais 332kg £960 (289).

401 to 500kg (p/kg)

Limavady producer, Charolais 408kg £1450 (355), Limavady producer, Charolais 440kg £1510 (343), Limavady producer, Limousin 426kg £1460 (343), Limavady producer, Limousin 440kg £1500 (341), Limavady producer, Limousin 454kg £1540 (339), Limavady producer, Charolais 472kg £1580 (335), Limavady producer, Simmental 450kg £1490 (331), Limavady producer, Limousin 466kg £1530 (328), Limavady producer, Limousin 456kg £1490 (327), Limavady producer, Charolais 474kg £1540 (325), Limavady producer, Limousin 450kg £1460 (324), Limavady producer, Charolais 498kg £1590 (319), Limavady producer, Charolais 484kg £1530 (316) and Limavady producer, Limousin 448kg £1350 (301).

501kg and over (p/kg)

Limavady producer, Limousin 502kg £1580 (315), Swatragh producer, Limousin 612kg £1820 (297), Swatragh producer, Charolais 568kg £1640 (289), Limavady producer, Charolais 516kg £1490 (289), Rasharkin producer, Limousin 506kg £1390 (275), Kilrea producer, Saler 522kg £1400 (268), Limavady producer, Limousin 526kg £1400 (266), Rasharkin producer, Simmental 572kg £1500 (262), Kilrea producer, Saler 572kg £1480 (259) and Limavady producer, Simmental 540kg £1400 (259).

Cattle breeding sale: Friday 18th October saw 30 quality cattle in Swatragh for the monthly breeding cattle sale which saw a strong trade for springing heifers with the top price reaching £2950 and maiden heifers topped at £1460 for a Limousin heifer, breeding bulls to £2850 for a Limousin bull.

Some of Friday’s sample prices

Springing heifers

Dungiven producer, Limousin £2950, Dungiven producer, Limousin £2400, Dungiven producer, Limousin £2350, Dungiven producer, Limousin £2300, Dungiven producer, Limousin £2000, Dungiven producer, Limousin £1950 and Dungiven producer, Limousin £1950.

Maiden heifers

Garvagh producer, Limousin £1460, Garvagh producer, Limousin £1380, Toomebridge producer, Limousin £1360, Garvagh producer, Limousin £1280, Garvagh producer, Limousin £1240 and Toomebridge producer, Aubrac £1220.

Breeding bulls

Garvagh producer, Limousin £2850 and Limavady producer, Shorthorn beef £1660.

Weekly sheep sale

Saturday 19th October saw a smaller entry of over 1200 sheep presented for sale which resulted in a very strong trade with over 1000 lambs and 200 fat ewes and rams on offer.

Fat lambs sold to a top of £157 for a single lamb at 32kg and to a top of 656p/kg for 20 lambs at 18kg into £118.

Store lambs sold to £110 for a batch of 16 lambs at 16kg.

Fat ewes reached a top of £186 for a single ewe and rams to a top of £465 for a single ram with many lots of ewes and rams reaching strong prices.

Sheep sale as normal on Saturday 26th October - yard open at 7am, sale starting 10.30am sharp.

Some of Saturday’s sample prices

Heavy weight fat lambs - 25kg and over (p/kg)

Dungiven producer, 17 lambs 25kg £143, (572), Draperstown producer, 11 lambs 25kg £139.50 (558), Kilrea producer, 5 lambs 26kg £142 (546), Omagh producer, 10 lambs 26kg £141.50 (544), Coleraine producer, 10 lambs 25kg £136 (544), Feeny producer, 2 lambs 26.5kg £143.50 (542), Coleraine producer, 4 lambs 27kg £145 (537), Dungiven producer, 17 lambs 25.5kg £135 (529), Dungannon producer, 2 lambs 27.5kg £145 (527), Dungiven producer, 6 lambs 25kg £130 (520), Moneymore producer, 1 lamb 28kg £145 (518), Cookstown producer, 13 lambs 25kg £129.50 (518) and Ballinderry producer, 1 lamb 32kg £157 (491).

Mid weight fat lambs - 21kg up to 25kg (p/kg)

Rasharkin producer, 13 lambs 21.5kg £130 (604), Maghera producer, 11 lambs 22kg £131 (595), Upperlands producer, 12 lambs 21kg £125 (595), Garvagh producer, 6 lambs 21kg £125 (595), Magherafelt producer, 7 lambs 22kg £130.50 (593), Park producer, 17 lambs 21kg £124.50 (593), Dungannon producer, 3 lambs 23.5kg £137 (583), Dungiven producer, 17 lambs 23kg £134 (583), Garvagh producer, 2 lambs 21kg £122 (581), Cookstown producer, 12 lambs 23.5kg £136 (579), Draperstown producer, 7 lambs 24kg £138.50 (577), Draperstown producer, 6 lambs 23.5kg £135.50 (577), Draperstown producer, 13 lambs 23kg £132.50 (576) and Maghera producer, 7 lambs 22kg £126.50 (575).

Light weight fat lambs - 18kg up to 21kg (p/kg)

Garvagh producer, 20 lambs 18kg £118 (656), Magherafelt producer, 8 lambs 18kg £118 (656), Maghera producer, 4 lambs 19.5kg £126 (646), Swatragh producer, 16 lambs 19kg £120 (632), Draperstown producer, 10 lambs 18kg £113 (628), Draperstown producer, 8 lambs 19kg £118.50 (624), Claudy producer, 5 lambs 20kg £124 (620), Kilrea producer, 8 lambs 20kg £123.50 (618), Draperstown producer, 21 lambs 18.5kg £114 (616), Claudy producer, 26 lambs 20kg £122.50 (613), Ballinderry producer, 1 lamb 20kg £122 (610) and Draperstown producer, 15 lambs 20.5kg £124.50 (607).

Store lambs - up to 18kg

Draperstown producer, 16 lambs 16kg £110, Dungiven producer, 15 lambs 17kg £109, Dungannon producer, 3 lambs 17.5kg £109, Claudy producer, 9 lambs 19kg £108.50, Claudy producer, 2 lambs 19kg £108, Maghera producer, 1 lamb 19kg £107, Maghera producer, 6 lambs 17kg £107, Park producer, 18 lambs 16kg £105, Cookstown producer, 16 lambs 15.5kg £104, Garvagh producer, 15 lambs 16kg £100, Rasharkin producer, 6 lambs 15.5kg £100, Maghera producer, 10 lambs 16kg £99, Maghera producer, 2 lambs 17.5kg £99, Draperstown producer, 28 lambs 15kg £97 and Swatragh producer, 3 lambs 14kg £96.

Fat ewes

Maghera producer, 1 ewe £186, Richhill producer, 1 ewe £184, Pomeroy producer, 8 ewes £184, Richhill producer, 3 ewes £180, Richhill producer, 5 ewes £162, Richhill producer, 1 ewe £156, Maghera producer, 2 ewes £154, Draperstown producer, 1 ewe £152, Draperstown producer, 1 ewe £148, Dungiven producer, 2 ewes £148, Maghera producer, 4 ewes £144 and Armagh producer, 2 ewes £144.

Fat rams

Ahoghill producer, 1 ram £465, Ahoghill producer, 1 ram £166 and Moneymore producer, 1 ram £154.

Breeding sheep sale

Thursday 17th October saw a smaller entry of 500 breeding sheep which resulted in a flying trade for all stock on offer.

Breeding hoggets reached a top of £218 for 2 mules, breeding ewes to a top of £190 for 5 Texels, breeding ewe lambs reached a top of £178 for 3 Suffolk Cheviots.

Breeding rams to a high of 320 guineas for a Texel three-year-old and store lambs topped at £118 for 4 Texel lambs.

Some of Thursday’s sample prices

Breeding hoggets and ewes

Coagh producer, 2 Mule hoggets £218, Coagh producer, 2 Mule hoggets £200, Feeny producer, 5 Texel ewes £190, Claudy producer, 6 Suffolk Cheviot hoggets £182, Dungiven producer, 8 Suffolk hoggets £178, Dungiven producer, 2 Suffolk hoggets £155, Draperstown producer, 11 Badgerface hoggets £125 and Claudy producer, 8 Cheviot ewes £108, Claudy producer and 7 Cheviot ewes £106.

Breeding ewe lambs

Dungiven producer, 3 Suffolk Cheviot £178, Cookstown producer, 1 Border Leicester Leicester £170, Cookstown producer, 1 Border Leicester Leicester £168, Dungiven producer, 3 Suffolk Cheviot £162, Dungiven producer, 5 Suffolk Cheviot £146, Draperstown producer, 11 Texel £140, Draperstown producer, 11 Texel £138, Limavady producer, 12 Mule £136, Dungiven producer, 1 Mule £130, Coagh producer, 2 Suffolk £124, Upperlands producer, 10 mules £121 and Draperstown producer, 13 Texel £120.

Breeding rams

Dungiven producer, Texel 320 guineas, Macosquin producer, Charollais 280 guineas, Dungiven producer, Charollais Beltex 255 guineas, Dungiven producer, Beltex 235 guineas, Dungiven producer, Rouge Beltex 205 guineas, Dungiven producer, Border Leicester Texel 180 guineas, Rasharkin producer, Charollais 180 guineas, Rasharkin producer, Charollais 180 guineas, Dungiven producer, Rouge Beltex 180 guineas, Dungiven producer, Rouge Beltex 175 guineas, Garvagh producer, Texel 165 guineas and Feeny producer, Rouge 165 guineas.

Store lambs

Upperlands producer, 2 Texel £118, Upperlands producer, 4 Texel £115, Upperlands producer, 8 Texel £99, Garvagh producer, 10 Texel £99, Upperlands producer, 11 Texel £95 and Garvagh producer, 9 Texel £82.

Coloured and rare breed sheep sale

Wednesday 16th October saw the autumn coloured and rare breed sheep sale take place with a good entry of 80 lots which seen a top trade for all stock on offer.

Breeding hoggets reached a top of 250 guineas for a single Dorset, breeding ewes to a top of 150 guineas for a single Badgerface, breeding ewe lambs reached a top of 215 guineas for a single Blue Texel and Breeding rams to a high of 245 guineas for a Blue Texel ram.

There was two charity lots presented by David Poston, Dungiven which raised £440 in aid of Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice.

Next coloured and rare sheep sale will be Friday 13th December - more details to follow.

Some of Wednesday’s sample prices

breeding Hoggets and Ewes

Dungannon producer, 1 Dorset hogget 250 guineas, Dungannon producer, 1 Dorset hogget 150 guineas, Kilrea producer, 1 Badger ewe 150 guineas, Ballycastle producer, 2 Dutch Spotted hoggets 150 guineas, Ballycastle producer, 1 Dutch Spotted ewe 125 guineas and Swatragh producer, 2 Suffolk ewes 112 guineas.

Breeding ewe Lambs

Swatragh producer, 1 Border Leicester Texel 215 guineas, Kilrea producer, 2 Dutch Spotted 150 guineas, Kilrea producer, 2 Dutch Spotted 145 guineas, Kilrea producer, 1 Badger 145 guineas, Kilrea producer, 1 Border Leicester 132 guineas, Kilrea producer, 2 Dutch Spotted 130 guineas, Kilrea producer, 2 Badger 125 guineas, Kilrea producer, 4 Dorset 125 guineas, Kilrea producer, 1 Border Leicester 120 guineas, Kilrea producer, 1 Texel £110 guineas and Claudy producer, 1 Horned Dorset 100 guineas.

Breeding rams

Knockloughrim producer, Border Leicester Texel 245 guineas, Knockloughrim producer, Cheviot 240 guineas, Aghadowey producer, Dutch Spotted 150 guineas, Aghadowey producer, Dutch Spotted 150 guineas, Omagh producer, Dutch Spotted 130 guineas, Martinstown producer and Dutch Spotted 125 guineas.

Cattle sale every Monday at 11.30am.

Sheep sale every Saturday at 10.30am.