Packed house for Armoy Mart sheep sale this Wednesday

Another packed house of sheep on Wednesday night saw fat lambs and store lambs a much sharper trade.

Breeding sheep were harder to sell and cull ewes were a fantastic trade.

Leading prices

Store lambs

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F Drain, 37 Suffolk, £138. Chas McCormick, Armoy, 52 Texel, £133. Michael McKendry, Armoy, 27 Texel, £138.50. O Devlin, Armoy, 51 Suffolk, £129. Niall McKeever, Ballycastle, 29, Texel, £129.50. Paddy Sharpe, Cushendall, 7, Suffolk, £129.50. Kev McCaughan, Ballycastle, 57 Suffolk, £124. Niall McKay, Carnlough, 21 Texel, £126.50. Jeffrey Wray, Carnlough, 27 Charollais, £124.50. Paul Black, Ballycastle, 60 Texel, £127. Pat McGuckian, Cloughmills, 20 Dutch Spotted, £125. Damien McGarrell, Glenarm, 37 Texel, £120. Pat McKendry, Armoy, Texel, £137. John Holmes, Armoy, 12 Charollais, £133. Gab Emerson, Cushendall, 26 Suffolk, £127. Archie Murphy, Cushendun, 276 Blackface, £115.50. Jennifer McCurdy, Bushmills, 10 Suffolk, £129. M McCurry, Cushendall, 10 Texel, £128. J M Kane, Cushendall, 22 Texel, £130.50.

Fat lambs

S Bartlett, Ballymoney, 27kgs £172.50. Alan White, Mosside, 27kgs £155.50. K McErlain, Armoy, 28kgs £153. William Morrison, Mosside, 25kgs £150. K McErlain, Armoy, 31kgs £156. Maurice McVicker, Ballycastle, 25kgs £155. Kelly Brothers, Ballycastle, 25kgs £151. Pat McBride, Ballycastle, 24kgs £150. SP McCarry, Loughguile, Dutch Spotted, 28kgs £150. Trevor Adams, Armoy, 26kgs £150. Frank McKendry, Cloughmills, 27kgs £155. J Holmes, Armoy, 26kgs £151. G McFadden, Armoy, 24kgs £147. T McBride, Ballycastle, 24kgs £144. Adrian Coyles, Dervock, 23kgs £143. Tom O’Kane, Martinstown, 24kgs £142. Jas Conway, Garvagh, 24kgs £140.

Breeding sheep

Seamus Cassigy, Mule ewe lambs, 7, £200, 11, £180, 6, £186. U Ramage, Bushmills, Mule ewe lambs, 14, £190, 14, £180, 11, £160. J M Kane, Cushendall, Texel ewe lambs, 11, £142, 11, £141, 11, £140.

Hoggett ewes

Des McKeeman, Bushmills, Mules, 10, £288, 10, £290, 10, £282, 10, £270. CE McDonnell, Armoy, Mules, 10, £230, 10, £220. P McAteer, Cushendall, Mules, 8, £205. Huey Brothers, Armoy, Mules, 10, £196, 10, £190. R Chambers, Ballycastle, Texel, 10, £205. John Dillon, Armoy, Texel, 7, £200, 10, £190.

Cull ewes

S McDonnell, Ballycastle, Texel, £220. Dominic Martin, Dunloy, Suffolk, £195. G Black, Armoy, Suffolk, £188. A and W Gregg, Ballymena, Texel, £174. D Cusick, Armoy, Crossbreds £180.

Sale every Wednesday night at 7pm.

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Auctioneers: Armoy Livestock Mart Ltd.

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