Mourne Blackface ewe lambs selling to £480 at Hilltown Saleyard

Cabra farmer £480, Hilltown farmer £350, 300 and £280 and Cabra farmer £220 and £200.

Fat ewes: Hilltown farmer £130, Newry farmer £123, Cabra farmer £115, Cabra farmer £110.

Fat lambs: Hilltown farmer £125 for 26.5kg (472ppk), Kilkeel farmer £125 for 26kg (481ppk), Hilltown farmer £121 for 24.5kg (473ppk), Cabra farmer £111.50 for 23.2kg (481ppk), Kilkeel farmer £108 for 23kg (470ppk), Hilltown farmer £106 for 22kg (482ppk), Kilkeel farmer £105 for 20kg (525ppk) and Kilkeel farmer £102 for 21kg (485ppk).

Store lambs: Cabra farmer £110 for 18.5kg (594ppk), Dromore farmer £92 for 19.4kg (474ppk), Hilltown farmer £90 for 18kg (500ppk), Dromore farmer £89 for 17.9kg (497ppk), Castlewellan farmer £87 for 18.3kg (475ppK), Kilkeel farmer £86 for 17.2kg (500ppk), Cabra farmer £76 for 15.5kg (490ppk) and Hilltown farmer £65 for 12kg (541ppk).

A large entry of cattle to Hilltown saleyard on Saturday 16th December saw fat cows sell to £1370, heifers to £1700 and bullocks to £1690.

Fat cows: Annalong farmer £1370 for 802kg (171ppk), Kilkeel farmer £1350 for 600kg (225ppk), £1310 for 844kg (155ppk) and £1240 for 716kg (173ppk), Kilkeel farmer £1200 for 768kg (156ppk), Kilkeel farmer £1120 for 720kg (156ppk), Ballyward farmer £1030 for 544kg (189ppk), Rostrevor farmer £1000 for 560kg (178ppk) and Cabra farmer £910 for 442kg (206ppk).

Weanling heifers: Mayobridge farmer £830, £780 for 260kg (300ppk) and £670 for 280kg (239ppk), Kilkeel farmer £670 for 314kg (213ppk) and Mayobridge farmer £660 for 248kg (266ppk).

Weanling bullocks: Kilkeel farmer £1190 for 338kg (352ppk), Kilkeel farmer £1100 for 452kg (243ppk) and £1080 for 374kg (289ppk), Mayobridge farmer £1010 for 330kg (306ppk) and £940 for 320kg (294ppk), Kilkeel farmer £920 for 328kg (280ppk), Dromara farmer £890 for 314kg (283ppk), £870 for 334kg (260ppk) and £860 for 320kg (269ppk), Kilkeel farmer £860 for 264kg (326ppk) and Mayobridge farmer £810 for 308kg (263ppk) and £770 for 280kg (275ppk).

Heifers: Katesbridge farmer £1700 for 712kg (239ppk) and £1670 for 608kg (275ppk), Kilkeel farmer £1610 for 726kg (223ppk), Katesbridge farmer £1600 for 610kg (262ppk), Kilkeel farmer £1510 for 620kg (244ppk), Ballyward farmer £1390 for 528kg (263ppk) and Ballyward farmer £1260 for 514kg (245ppk).

Bullocks: Mayobridge farmer £1690 for 580kg (291ppk), Kilkeel farmer £1690 for 608kg (278ppk), Mayobridge farmer £1680 for 608kg (276ppk), Kilcoo farmer £1630 for 644kg (253ppk) and £1600 for 638kg (251ppk), Mayobridge farmer £1600 for 606kg (264ppk), £1560 for 578kg (270ppk) and £1520 for 604kg (252ppk), Warrenpoint farmer £1470 for 482kg (305ppk), Clough farmer £1460 for 554kg (263ppk), Kilkeel farmer £1450 for 536kg (270ppk), Clough farmer £1410 for 498kg (283ppk), £1400 for 492kg (284ppk), £1390 for 484kg (287ppk), £1370 for 476kg (287ppk), £1360 for 522kg (261ppk) and £1330 for 494kg (269ppk) and Warrenpoint farmer £1090 for 388kg (281ppk).