Outstanding trade for livestock at Swatragh sales
Bullocks sold to a top price of £1,430 for a 548kg Lim at £2.61 per kg and to a top of £3.72 per kilo for a Lim 242kg at £900.
Heifers sold to a top price of £2,320 for a 496kg Lim at £4.68 per kg.
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A lot more stock required to meet demand with a large number of buyers attending both at ringside and online.
Sample Prices
Bullocks: Limavady producer; Lim,344kg at £1,030 = 2.99p; Lim,366kg at £1,010 = 2.76p; Garvagh producer; Lim,242kg at £900 = 3.72p; Lim,412kg at £980 = 2.38p; Lim,332kg at £940 = 2.83p; AA,412kg at £970 = 2.35p; Lim,320kg at £910 = 2.84p; Stewartstown producer; Lim,548kg at £1,430 = 2.61p; Lim,452kg at £1,150 = 2.54p; Lim,490kg at £1,180 = 2.41p; Lim,446kg at £1,070 = 2.40p; Lim,464kg at £1,110 = 2.39p; Lim,512kg at £1,250 = 2.44p; Stewartstown producer; Lim,428kg at £1,060 = 2.48p; Lim,506kg at £1,030 = 2.04p; Lim,478kg at £1,060 = 2.22p; Lim,488kg at £1,130 = 2.32p; Lim,516kg at £1,080 = 2.09p; Lim,438kg at £1,070 = 2.44p; Lim,436kg at £1,040 = 2.39p; Lim,540kg at £1,250 = 2.31p; Lim,494kg at £1,160 = 2.35p; Lim,452kg at £1,060 = 2.35p; Lim,396kg at £1,010 = 2.55p; Lim,490kg at £1,180 = 2.41p; Garvagh producer; Lim,286kg at £600 = 2.10p; Lim,286kg at £730 = 2.55p; Maghera producer; Lim,294kg at £740 = 2.52p; Char,264kg at £760 = 2.88p; Claudy producer; Sim,342kg at £840 = 2.46p; Sim,380kg at £840 = 2.21p; Lim,400kg at £910 = 2.28p; Maghera producer; Lim,492kg at £1,080 = 2.20p; Lim,434kg at £1,060 = 2.44p; Lim,386kg at £770 = 1.99p; Maghera producer; Lim,354kg at £930 = 2.63p; Lim,328kg at £780 = 2.38p; Sim,392kg at £590 = 1.51p; Lim,372kg at £940 = 2.53p; Magherafelt producer; Lim,416kg at £840 = 2.02p; Lim,352kg at £790 = 2.24p; Lim,458kg at £950 = 2.07p; Swatragh producer; Lim,340kg at £800 = 2.35p; Lim,332kg at £640 = 1.93p; Dungiven producer; Char,346kg at £870 = 2.51p; Char,346kg at £870 = 2.51p; Maghera producer; Lim,306kg at £850 = 2.78p; Lim,372kg at £930 = 2.50p; Lim,424kg at £1,010 = 2.38p; Lim,348kg at £750 = 2.16p; Lim,444kg at £960 = 2.16p; Garvagh producer; Lim,378kg at £730 = 1.93p; Lim,434kg at £730 = 1.68p; Lim,356kg at £680 = 1.91p; Draperstown producer; Lim,380kg at £870 = 2.29p; Lim,396kg at £880 = 2.22p; Lim,458kg at £1,090 = 2.38p; Swatragh producer; Char,412kg at £1,010 = 2.45p; Lim,372kg at £870 = 2.34p; Char,372kg at £1,000 = 2.69p; Char,340kg at £900 = 2.65p; AA,326kg at £740 = 2.27p; Char,324kg at £780 = 2.41p; Char,322kg at £680 = 2.11p; Drumsurn producer; Lim,304kg at £770 = 2.53p; Lim,328kg at £780 = 2.38p; Dungiven producer; Lim,452kg at £1,000 = 2.21p; Limavady producer; Lim,448kg at £1,250 = 2.79p; Garvagh producer; Lim,360kg at £800 = 2.22p; Lim,444kg at £980 = 2.21p; Lim,420kg at £810 = 1.93p; Lim,442kg at £1,100 = 2.49p; Coleraine producer; Lim,356kg at £910 = 2.56p; Dungiven producer; Lim,442kg at £900 = 2.04p; Maghera producer; AA,332kg at £520 = 1.57p; Garvagh producer; Lim,382kg at £890 = 2.33p; Lim,408kg at £940 = 2.30p; Lim,394kg at £970 = 2.46p; Maghera producer; Lim,552kg at £1,250 = 2.26p; Lim,378kg at £940 = 2.49p; Lim,506kg at £1,190 = 2.35p; Lim,442kg at £1,080 = 2.44p; Lim,378kg at £860 = 2.28p; Lim,356kg at £960 = 2.70p; Lim,424kg at £1,020 = 2.41p; Lim,450kg at £1,160 = 2.58p; Lim 494kg at £1,110 = 2.25p; Lim,376kg at £970 = 2.58p; Lim,304kg at £720 = 2.37p; Lim,420kg at £1,050 = 2.50p; Lim,510kg at £1,040 = 2.04p; Dungannon producer; Sim,398kg at £800 = 2.01p; Garvagh producer; AA,572kg at £1,110 = 1.94p; AA,534kg at £970 = 1.81p; AA,520kg at £980 = 1.88p; AA,556kg at £960 = 1.73p; AA,522kg at £930 = 1.78p; Greysteel producer; Lim,428kg at £850 = 1.99p; Slaughtmanus producer; AA,348kg at £770 = 2.21p; Lim,380kg at £1,040 = 2.74p; AA,368kg at £820 = 2.23p; Magherafelt producer; Char,260kg at £590 = 2.27p; Char,312kg at £620 = 1.99p.
Heifers: Dungiven producer; Lim,496kg at £2,320 = 4.68p; Lim,332kg at £830 = 2.50p; Lim,368kg at £870 = 2.36p; Spk,530kg at £1,110 = 2.09p; BB,588kg at £1,280 = 2.18p; BB,516kg at £1,300 = 2.52p; Dungiven producer; Lim,548kg at £1,200 = 2.19p; Lim,416kg at £1,090 = 2.62p; Garvagh producer; Lim,402kg at £850 = 2.11p; Lim,438kg at £860 = 1.96p; Desertmartin producer; Lim,260kg at £390 = 1.50p; Garvagh producer; Lim,420kg at £750 = 1.79p; Char,424kg at £880 = 2.08p; Lim,424kg at £840 = 1.98p; Limavady producer; Lim,350kg at £1,000 = 2.86p; Coleraine producer; Lim,388kg at £870 = 2.24p; Limavady producer; Lim,388kg at £1,200 = 3.09p; Lim,386kg at £1,200 = 3.11p; Garvagh producer; Lim,300kg at £990 = 3.30p; Sh,380kg at £840 = 2.21p; AA,396kg at £920 = 2.32p; Lim,304kg at £1,270 = 4.18p; Lim,290kg at £930 = 3.21p; Lim,260kg at £990 = 3.81p; Dungiven producer; Shb,510kg at £1,090 = 2.14p; Dungiven producer; Lim,458kg at £970 = 2.12p; Lim,466kg at £1,030 = 2.21p; Lim,496kg at £1,170 = 2.36p; Lim,518kg at £1,130 = 2.18p; Garvagh producer; Lim,330kg at £680 = 2.06p; Lim,346kg at £760 = 2.20p; Lim,328kg at £660 = 2.01p; Lim,320kg at £700 = 2.19p; Lim,278kg at £670 = 2.41p; Lim,364kg at £750 = 2.06p; Maghera producer; Lim,336kg at £880 = 2.62p; Lim,496kg at £1,170 = 2.36p; Lim,424kg at £900 = 2.12p; Lim,432kg at £990 = 2.29p; Lim,330kg at £860 = 2.61p; Lim,490kg at £1,110 = 2.27p; Lim,400kg at £990 = 2.48p; Lim,406kg at £1,000 = 2.46p; Lim,350kg at £1,200 = 3.43p; Lim,384kg at £800 = 2.08p; Lim,376kg at £810 = 2.15p; Lim,458kg at £1,020 = 2.23p; Lim,388kg at £920 = 2.37p; Greysteel producer; Sim,540kg at £990 = 1.83p; Slaughtmanus producer; Char,338kg at £1,050 = 3.11p; Sal,380kg at £760 = 2.00p; Sim,378kg at £740 = 1.96p; Maghera producer; AA,380kg at £660 = 1.74p; BB,338kg at £620 = 1.83p; Magherafelt producer; Char,368kg at £730 = 1.98p; Char,418kg at £750 = 1.79p; Char,380kg at £660 = 1.74p; Garvagh producer; Lim,290kg at £750 = 2.59p; Lim,336kg at £760 = 2.26p; Lim,314kg at £760 = 2.42p; AA,352kg at £640 = 1.82p; Lim,300kg at £620 = 2.07p; Daq,336kg at £720 = 2.14p; Maghera producer; Lim,284kg at £600 = 2.11p; Fkv,284kg at £510 = 1.80p; Lim,278kg at £510 = 1.83p; Fkv,284kg at £490 = 1.73p; Lim,280kg at £640 = 2.29p; Maghera producer; Lim,540kg at £1,200 = 2.22p; Lim,452kg at £890 = 1.97p; Lim,346kg at £820 = 2.37p; Lim,382kg at £890 = 2.33p; Lim,470kg at £1,210 = 2.57p; Lim,408kg at £750 = 1.84p; Char,428kg at £870 = 2.03p; Lim,490kg at £980 = 2.00p; Lim,414kg at £960 = 2.32p; Lim,366kg at £810 = 2.21p; Lim,534kg at £1,190 = 2.23p; Maghera producer; Lim,380kg at £800 = 2.11p; Lim,330kg at £770 = 2.33p; Lim,504kg at £1,200 = 2.38p; Lim,492kg at £1,420 = 2.89p; Magherafelt producer; Lim,330kg at £700 = 2.12p; Lim,376kg at £840 = 2.23p; Drumsurn producer; Lim,454kg at £880 = 1.94p; Lim,436kg at £940 = 2.16p; Lim,478kg at £1,000 = 2.09p; Lim,504kg at £1,070 = 2.12p; Lim,408kg at £830 = 2.03p; Lim,444kg at £960 = 2.16p; Cookstown producer; Lim,510kg at £980 = 1.92p; Lim,428kg at £880 = 2.06p; Swatragh producer; Lim,322kg at £610 = 1.89p; Lim,292kg at £550 = 1.88p; Lim,310kg at £850 = 2.74p; Upperlands producer; Lim,384kg at £900 = 2.34p; Swatragh producer; Lim,582kg at £1,270 = 2.18p; Maghera producer; Lim,374kg at £820 = 2.19p; Dungiven producer; Char,436kg at £960 = 2.20p; Char,414kg at £1,100 = 2.66p; Maghera producer; Lim,390kg at £850 = 2.18p; Lim,306kg at £850 = 2.78p; Lim,356kg at £820 = 2.30p; Lim,468kg at £970 = 2.07p; Lim,452kg at £970 = 2.15p; Lim,508kg at £1,100 = 2.17p; Lim,482kg at £1,820 = 3.78p; Garvagh producer; Lim,312kg at £580 = 1.86p; Derry producer; Lim,410kg at £1,130 = 2.76p; BB,388kg at £1,070 = 2.76p; Lim ,446kg at £1,080 = 2.42p; BB,372kg at £1,060 = 2.85p; Char,408kg at £990 = 2.43p; Lim,418kg at £1,010 = 2.42p; BB,418kg at £1,000 = 2.39p; Draperstown producer; Lim,330kg at £800 = 2.42p; Swatragh producer; Lim,374kg at £970 = 2.59p; Lim,428kg at £870 = 2.03p; Char,330kg at £730 = 2.21p; Drumsurn producer; Lim,294kg at £770 = 2.62p;Lim,284kg at £690 = 2.43p; Lim,312kg at £770 = 2.47p.
Another excellent show of 1,850 sheep were presented at Swatragh Livestock Mart on Saturday 9th October. 300 cull ewes were offered for sale and were an excellent trade topping at £153.00. 1,520 lambs were presented for sale, which was also met with a very solid trade, lambs topped at £132.00 for heavy sorts.
Sample Prices
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Heavy-weight: Ballymena producer; 28kg at £132.00 = 4.71p; Dungannon producer; 28.5kg at £112.00 = 3.93p; Dungannon producer; 25kg at £111.50 = 4.46p; Castledawson producer; 25kg at £110.50 = 4.42p; Pomeroy producer; 25.5kg at £110.00 = 4.31p; Maghera producer; 25kg at £109.00 = 4.36p.
Mid-weight: Maghera producer; 23kg at £103.50 =4.50p; Kilrea producer; 23.7kg at £103.50 =4.37p; Portglenone producer; 22.2kg at £97.50 = 4.39p; Maghera producer; 22kg at £97.00 = 4.41p; Dungiven producer; 22kg at £97.00 = 4.41p.
Light-weight Lambs: Cookstown producer; 17.6kg at £92.50 = 5.26p; Cookstown producer; 19.5kg at £92.00 = 4.72p; Cookstown producer; 19.5kg at £92.00 = 4.72p; Draperstown producer; 18kg at £92.00 = 5.11p. Garvagh producer; 18.3kg at £91.50 = 5.00p; Dungiven producer; 19kg at £90.00 = 4.74p; Limavady producer; 18kg at £89.50 = 4.97p; Dungiven producer; 17.5kg at £89.00 = 5.09p.
Fat Ewes: Stranocum producer; £153; Ballymoney producer; £142; Maghera producer; £136.
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At the Weekly Breeding Sale last Thursday evening, 7th October, over 400 quality sheep were presented for sale which produced an outstanding trade.
Sample of leading prices
Hoggets - £164.00, £160.00, £150.00, £148.00, £148.00, £146.00.
Ewe Lambs - £136.00, £118.00, £116.00, £111.00.