Marts: Fat cows topped at £1650 for a 820kg Limousin at Dungannon Mart

While heifers cleared to £1660 for a 690kg Saler (241.00).

Fat cows topped at £1650 for a 820kg Limousin (201.00).

Dropped calves sold to £600 for a eight week old Charolais bull.

While heifer calves sold to £470 Charolais.

Weanlings sold to £1340 for a 455kg Charolais heifer (293.00).

Weanling males topped at £1170 for a 385kg Limousin (302.00).

Steers

Steer prices remain strong to peak at £1940 for a 715kg Limousin (271.00) presented by J Dooey, £1810 650kg Limousin (279.00), £1780 610kg Limousin (291.00); A Cush £1840 655kg Limousin (281.00); P McGee £1750 625kg Charolais (280.00); M McElvogue £1750 640kg Blonde d'Aquitaine (273.00), £1730 600kg Charolais (288.00); K Burrows £1750 565kg Blonde d'Aquitaine (309.00), £1560 550kg Blonde d'Aquitaine (284.00), £1550 535kg Blonde d'Aquitaine (290.00), £1380 475kg Blonde d'Aquitaine (291.00); F McKenna £1620 480kg Limousin (338.00), £1290 430kg Limousin (300.00), £1280 420kg Limousin (305.00), £1280 390kg Limousin (328.00), £1250 430kg Limousin (291.00), £1150 415kg, £1150 415kg Limousin (277.00),, £1110 370kg Limousin (300.00), £1080 345kg Limousin (313.00), £1080 380kg Limousin (284.00); A Harkness £1580 575kg Belgian Blue (275.00), £1440 530kg Aberdeen Angus (272.00); W Stafford £1390 500kg Limousin (278.00), £1320 470kg Limousin (281.00) and H Wylie £890 325kg Limousin (274.00).

Heifers

Heifers sold to a height of £1660 for a 690kg Saler (241.00) presented by Coolwynds Farm; P D N Farms £1570 565kg Charolais (278.00), £1460 510kg Limousin (286.00), £1430 530kg Charolais (270.00), £1420 515kg Simmental (275.00), £1350 490kg Charolais (276.00), £1270 460kg Saler (276.00), £1230 455kg Limousin (270.00); S Williamson £1540 505kg Limousin (305.00), £1360 460kg Limousin (296.00), £1350 465kg Limousin (290.00); E Gillespie £1520 570kg Limousin (267.00), £1420 510kg Blonde d'Aquitaine (278.00); R Crawford £1435 490kg Charolais (293.00); P Curran £1370 480kg Blonde d'Aquitaine (285.00), £1220 455kg Limousin (268.00); D Quinn £1360 485kg Charolais (280.00); F McKenna £1300 445kg Limousin (292.00), £1200 420kg Limousin (286.00), £1190 405kg Limousin (294.00), £1100 415kg Limousin (265.00); B McCloskey £1200 405kg Simmental (296.00); B O’Neill £1170 385kg Limousin (304.00) and A McCaffrey £940 345kg Limousin (273.00).

Fat cows sold to a height of £1650 for a 820kg Limousin (201.00) presented by J Blommer; D and R Moffett £1540 750kg Hereford (205.00), £1220 645kg Simmental (189.00) and H Thompson £1240 715kg Belted Galloway (173.00).

Dropped calves

Dropped calf prices soared to a height of £600 for a eight week old Charolais bull presented by R Potter, £565 Aberdeen Angus bull, £550 Aberdeen Angus bull, £480 Aberdeen Angus bull; C Richardson £500 Charolais bull, £410 Aberdeen Angus bull, £320 Aberdeen Angus bull; a Sixmilecross producer £460 Belgian Blue bull, £430 Simmental bull, £310 x 2 Belgian Blue bulls; T Stockdale £430 Aberdeen Angus bull, £360 x 2 Simmental bulls; A Augher producer £400 Simmental bull; C Gunn £400 Limousin bull, £360 Limousin bull, £320 Limousin bull; M McAnenly £300 Aberdeen Angus bull; I and S Marshall £285 Hereford bull, £280 Hereford bull and A Emerson £280 Belgian Blue bull.

Friesian bulls sold from £55 to £280 for stronger sorts.

Meanwhile heifer calves sold to £470 Charolais presented by F O’Neill; R Potter £450 Aberdeen Angus heifer; T Stockdale £430 Aberdeen Angus heifer, £360 Aberdeen Angus heifer, £350 Simmental heifer, £290 Aberdeen Angus heifer An Ballygawley producer £410 Belgian Blue heifer, £350 Belgian Blue heifer, £290 x 2 Hereford heifers; C Gunn £390 Limousin heifer, £350 Limousin heifer; a Sixmilecross Farmer £340 Aberdeen Angus heifer, £310 Belgian Blue heifer; C Richardson £315 Aberdeen Angus heifer, £260 Aberdeen Angus heifer and I and S Marshall £290 x 2 Hereford heifers.

Suckled cows and calves sold to £1700 Aberdeen Angus cow with a Aberdeen Angus bull presented by S Lappin, £1480 Aberdeen Angus cow and Aberdeen Angus bull calf at foot.

Weanlings

Weanling males sold to £1170 for a 385kg Limousin (302.00) presented by E Mullan; S McCrory £1000 365kg Charolais (273.00), £840 275kg Limousin (303.00), £730 225kg Limousin (322.00); A Somerville £990 350kg Limousin (282.00); F O’Neill £970 315kg Limousin (305.00), £930 335kg Aberdeen Angus (278.00), £900 320kg Charolais (281.00), £890 250kg Charolais (355.00), £890 295kg Charolais (300.00); M O’Neill £950 315kg Charolais (303.00); R Lester £910 310kg Blonde d'Aquitaine (293.00); A McCrory £840 275kg Limousin (302.00), £820 290kg Limousin (280.00) and E Wallace £740 250kg Limousin (296.00).

Meanwhile weanling heifers sold to £1340 for a 460kg Charolais (292.00) presented by V Cunningham, £1290 430kg Charolais (300.00), £1210 420kg Limousin (289.00), £1150 420kg Charolais (275.00); A Somerville £1300 455kg Limousin (285.00), £1140 405kg Limousin (280.00); P O’Kane £1200 440kg Limousin (272.00), £1190 440kg Limousin (271.00), £1180 415kg Charolais (283.00); R Lester £960 315kg Blonde d'Aquitaine (305.00) and F O’Neill £950 310kg Charolais (306.00), £950 340kg Charolais (281.00), £910 325kg Charolais (280.00), £880 265kg Charolais (328.00), £770 225kg Charolais (345.00), £700 240kg Charolais (288.00), £660 215kg Charolais (307.00).

Once again a good entry of sheep saw fat lambs sell to £126 24.5kg presented by D Quinn, £113 21kg; W Jardin £122 23kg, £120 23kg; D McClements £117 22kg and R Blair £116 22kg.

Fat ewes sold to £98 presented by D McClements; R Allingham £70 and R Blair £68.

Store lambs sold to £110 19kg presented by R Allingham; A Crothers £98 18kg; G Troughton £98 18kg, £96 18kg and S McDonald £95 17kg.