Record mart price of £1930 paid for suckler Belgian Blue at Clogher Mart

In the fatstock ring 280 lots listed sold easily with beef cows selling to £1683-50 for 910kg Charolais to £181 followed by a 850kg Limousin to £181 (£1538-50) and selling to a top of £188 for a 800kg Charolais (£1504).

Cow heifers sold to £1497-60 for a 780kg Limousin to £192 followed by a 760kg Limousin to £192 (£1459-20) and selling to a top of £205 per 100kg for a 670kg Charolais to £205 (£1373-50).

Fleshed Friesian cows sold to £124 for a 780kg (£967-20).

Fat bulls sold to £1346-80 for a 910kg Blonde d’Aquitaine to £148.

Fat steers sold to £198 for a 560kg Aberdeen Angus (£1108-80).

Fleshed Friesian steers sold to £174 per 100kg.

Fat heifers sold to £207 for a 640kg Charolais.

In the store rings heavy steers sold to £1930 for a 870kg Belgian Blue (£222) for an Aughnacloy producer and rising to £251 per 100kg for a 670kg Aberdeen Angus to £1680 for an Armagh producer.

Med weight stores sold to £249 per 100kg for a 490kg Limousin to £1220 for an Newry producer.

Strong store heifers sold to £1420 for a 630kg Charolais (£225) for a Sixmilecross producer and rising to £226 per 100kg for a 570kg Charolais to £1290.

Med weights sold to £242 per 100kg for a 495kg Charolais to £1200.

Dairy cows sold to £2300 and £2280. Suckler Cows and Calves sold to £1870 and £1800.

Weanling males sold to £1020 for a 450kg Charolais (£224) and selling to £300 per 100kg for a 300kg Charolais to £900.

Weanling heifers sold to £870 for a 300kg Charolais (£290 per 100kg).

Dropped calves bulls sold to £395 for Limousin and heifer calves sold to £395 for Limousin.

Reared male lumps sold to £850 for Simmental and reared heifer lumps sold to £845 for Charolais.

Leading prices in fatstock ring for beef cows and cow heifers as follows: Omagh producer 670kg Charolais to £205 (£1373-50); Rosslea producer 670kg Belgian Blue to £194 (£1299-80); Killeter producer 780kg Limousin to £192 (£1497-60); Clogher producer 760kg Limousin to £192 (£1459-20); Ratona producer 650kg Charolais to £190 (£1235) and 660kg Charolais to £188 (£1240-80); Rosslea producer 650kg Limousin to £189 (£1228-50); Tynan producer 800kg Charolais to £188 (£1504); Cookstown producer 590kg Shorthorn beef to £186 (£1097-40) and 650kg Limousin to £185 (£1202-50); Clogher producer 910kg Charolais to £185 (£1683-50) 690kg Limousin to £185 (£1276-50) and 800kg Limousin to £179 (£1432); Pomeroy producer 760kg Simmental to £184 (£1398-40); Dromore producer 850kg Limousin to £181 (£1538-50); Clogher producer 810kg Blonde d’Aquitaine to £180 (£1458) and Augher producer 710kg Simmental to £179 (£1270-90).

Other quality lots sold from £146 to £177 per 100kg.

Second quality coloured lots sold from £126 to £144 per 100kg.

Fleshed Friesian cows sold from £114 to £124 per 100kg for 780kg.

Plainer Friesian lots sold from £90 to £112 per 100kg.

Poorer types sold from £72 to £87 per 100kg.

FAT BULLS: Coalisland producer 910kg Blonde d’Aquitaine to £148 (£1346-80); Pomeroy producer 810kg Limousin to £136 (£1101-60); Aughnacloy producer 720kg Aberdeen Angus to £120 (£864) and Derrylin producer 950kg Charolais to £108 (£1026).

FAT STEERS: 560kg Aberdeen Angus to £198 640kg Limousin to £196. 570kg Limousin to £195. 690kg Charolais to £194. 560kg Simmental to £192.730kg Shorthorn to £191. 700kg Simmental to £190. 690kg Limousin to £190.

Friesians sold to £174 for 530kg, £171 for 690kg, £171 for 660kg, 156 for 820kg £154 for 700kg, £152 for 700kg with others selling from £140 per 100kg.

FAT HEIFERS: 640kg Charolais to £207.590kg Charolais to £204. 550kg Saler to £203. 510kg Limousin to £202. 610kg Charolais to £198. 600kg Charolais to £198. 590kg Limousin to £197. 640kg Charolais to £194. 590kg Simmental to £192.670kg Charolais to £191. 670kg Limousin to £190. 610kg Charolais to £188. 620kg Charolais to £186. 670kg Limousin to £182.

STORE BULLOCKS (200): Another sharp demand this week again in this section with H Turner Aughnacloy selling an 870kg Belgian Blue to a record mart price of £1930 (£222) with an 855kg Limousin to £1780 (£208) 820kg Limousin to £1780 (£217); W Hall Ballygawley 815kg Charolais to £1790 (£219); W J Robinson Clogher 755kg Limousin to £1750 (£232) 745kg Limousin to £1720 (£231) 765kg Charolais to £1710 (£223) 720kg Charolais to £1680 (£233) and 740kg Charolais to £1680 (£227); Dungannon producer 760kg Blonde d’Aquitaine to £1740 (£229) 740kg Charolais to £1680 (£227) and 755kg Charolais to £1670 (£221); J F Walsh Bellaghy 770kg Charolais to £1740 (£226) 815kg Charolais to £1680 (£206) and 780kg Charolais to £1680 (£215); F McKenna Clogher 760kg Charolais to £1710 (£225) D McCusker Armagh 730kg Limousin to £1700 (£233) and 670kg Aberdeen Angus to £1680 (£251) and C Beggan Clogher 725kg Simmental to £1620 (£223).

MED WEIGHT STORES 400KG TO 500KG: A Goodman Newry 490kg Limousin to £1220 (£249); D McCusker Armagh 445kg Charolais to £1120 (£251) 400kg Limousin to £1050 (£262) and 400kg Limousin to £940 (£235); Streamville Farm Lisburn 480kg Aberdeen Angus to £1110 (£231) and 485kg Limousin to £1060 (£218); D Sands Newry 485kg Aberdeen Angus to £1070 (£220); J J and J Elliott Corranny 475kg Hereford to £1060 (£223); M McCaffery Clogher 425kg Charolais to £1010 (£237); Pomeroy producer 485kg Limousin to £990 (£204) and 395kg Charolais to £980 (£248) and S Cassidy Tempo 420kg Charolais to £960 (£228).

SMALLER SORTS 390KG and UNDER: Dungannon producer 350kg Limousin to £910 (£260) 360kg Limousin to £900 (£250) 350kg Limousin to £900, 340kg Limousin to £900 and 340kg Limousin to £890.

STORE HEIFERS (154): A larger entry this week sold readily with heavy lots selling to £1420 for a 630kg Charolais (£225)and 600kg Charolais to £1340 (£223) for J Sawyers Farm Ltd, Sixmilecross. S Cassidy Fintona 675kg Charolais to £1390 (£206) 635kg Charolais to £1380 (£217) 620kg Charolais to £1340 (£216) 610kg Charolais to £1320 (£216) and 625kg Charolais to £1310 (£209); C Beggan Clogher 635kg Charolais to £1360 (£214); F and N Gormley Sixmilecross 675kg Limousin to £1330 (£197); P J Martin Lisnaskea 600kg Limousin to £1320 (£220); B McCaffery Derrylin 610kg Charolais to £1320 (£216); G Whitcroft Middletown 595kg Charolais to £1310 (£220) 590kg Charolais to £1290 (£218) 575kg Limousin to £1280 (£222) 560kg Limousin to £1260 (£225) 510kg Charolais to £1220 (£239)530kg Charolais to £1160 (£219) and 520kg Charolais to £1120 (£215); R Martin Portadown 595kg Charolais to £1300 (£218) 635kg Aberdeen Angus to £1300 (£205) 570kg Charolais to £1290 (£226) and 600kg Belgian Blue to £1280 (£213); C A Armstrong Dromore 600kg Charolais to £1280 (£213); Johnston Farms Clogher 570kg Blonde d’Aquitaine to £1270 (£223) and 520kg Blonde d’Aquitaine to £1120 (£215); J McMaugh Eskra 550kg Limousin to £1230 (£223); R J Crawford Augher 560kg Charolais to £1210 (£216) and J Keys Clogher 520kg Limousin to £1140 (£219).

MED WEIGHT STORES 410KG TO 500KG: Simon Campbell Clogher 495kg Aberdeen Angus to £1200 (£242) and 500kg Aberdeen Angus to £1120 (£224); S Elliott Florencecourt 480kg Charolais to £1130 (£235) 495kg Charolais to £1100 (£222) and 480kg Charolais to £1060 (£221); M Mimnagh Omagh 500kg Charolais to £1100 (£220) 480kg Charolais to £1080 (£225) and 495kg Charolais to £1050 (£212); Johnston Farms Clogher 495kg Blonde d’Aquitaine to £1090 (£220) R J Crawford Augher 500kg Simmental to £1090 (£218); P Nugent Dungannon 500kg Charolais to £1090 (£218) 480kg Charolais to £1070 (£223) 500kg Charolais to £1060 (£212) and 490kg Charolais to £1040 (£212); A and N Gervais Clogher 500kg Limousin to £1070 (£214); G Law Kesh 490kg Charolais to £1060 (£216) and Pomeroy producer 480kg Charolais to £1040 (£216).

SMALLER SORTS 400KG and UNDER: J and F McCaffery Derrylin 370kg Charolais to £950 (£257); F Fitzpatrick Newtownbutler 375kg Aberdeen Angus to £940 (£250); G Law Kesh 390kg Limousin to £910 (£233); Claudy producer 390kg Limousin to £890, 385kg Limousin to £880, 370kg Limousin to £860, 360kg Limousin to £850, 365kg Limousin to £840 and 315kg Limousin to £660. S Campbell Clogher 400kg Aberdeen Angus to £890. J Burton Dungannon 385kg Limousin to £880. J Keys Clogher 400kg Charolais to £790.

DAIRY COWS AND HEIFERS: A good selection of quality lots on offer this week sold easily to a brisk demand with a Portadown producer selling a calved heifers to £2300 and £2280. Stewartstown producer £2250 and £2070 for calved heifers. Dungannon producer £1900 and £1850 for calved heifers. Tempo producer £1900 for calved heifer.

DROPPED CALVES AND REARED LUMPS (220): A large entry sold readily with bull calves (under two months) selling to £395 for a Limousin to E Jones Ratona. C McBrien Lisnaskea £365 and £355 for Hereford Omagh producer £355 x 2 for Aberdeen Angus. J R Hunter Maguiresbridge £355 and £305 for Aberdeen Angus. G and D Johnston Lisnaskea £350 for Belgian Blue; D McKenna Clogher £335 for Aberdeen Angus; Fintona producer £320 x 2 and £315 for Montbeliarde; A Irwin Fivemiletown £300 for Limousin and B G Frazer Lisnaskea £285 for Hereford.

HEIFER CALVES: Omagh producer £395 for Limousin D J Barbour Lisbellaw £385 for Charolais G and D Johnston £375 and £300 for Belgian Blue. Fintona producer £365 for Limousin.

REARED MALE LUMPS

G McCaughey Clogher £850 and £730 for Simmentals; E Jones Ratona £850 for Charolais; B McCaffery Derrylin £800 for Limousin and £640 for Charolais; S McCanney Dromore £790, £770, £730 and £710 for Charolais; K Moore Augher £790 for Charolais £770, £760 and £750 for Limousins; D Mulligan Augher £760 for Shorthorn beef; D J Barbour Lisbellaw £730 for Charolais; A Breen Tempo £630 for Belgian Blue; P Cullen Armagh £600 for Aberdeen Angus and Clogher producer £590 for Limousin and £590 for Shorthorn beef.

REARED FEMALE LUMPS: E Jones Ratona £845 for Charolais Kesh producer £780, £760and £680 for Charolais £680 for Belgian Blue and £680 for Limousin; K Moore Augher £750 and £560 for Simmentals and £500 for Limousin; D Mulligan Augher £660 for Simmental and £540 for Shorthorn beef; A Breen Tempo £590 for Belgian Blue; Mountview Cattle Dungannon £540 for Charolais; Strabane producer £540 for Blonde d’Aquitaine and F Fitzpatrick Newtownbutler £500 for Limousin.

WEANLINGS (SALE HELD ON WEDNESDAY 2ND DECEMBER): Quality lots selling to a high of £290 per 100kg for a 300kg Charolais to £870 for a Derrylin producer.

Leading prices as follows: A good steady demand reported this week again with steers and bulls selling to £1020 for a 455kg Charolais (£224) for M/S P and P McElroy Clogher. I A Elliott Blaney sold a 390kg Limousin to £980 (£251) 380kg Limousin to £900 (£237) and a 330kg Limousin to £820 (£248); J Watterson (Jun) Derrylin 330kg Blonde d’Aquitaine to £900 (£273) 390kg Blonde d’Aquitaine to £870 (£223) 300kg Charolais to £870 (£290) 330kg Charolais to £870 (£263) 310kg Limousin to £830 (£268) and 325kg Limousin to £820 (£252); Emmet Gildernew Dungannon 360kg Blonde d’Aquitaine to £900 (£250) 315kg Blonde d’Aquitaine to £800 (£254) and 325kg Blonde d’Aquitaine to £790 (£243); L R Johnston Cornafanogue 330kg Charolais to £870 (£263) 340kg Charolais to £850 (£250) and a 310kg Charolais to £840 (£271;) Pomeroy producer 380kg Charolais to £860 (£226) and 390kg Simmental to £820 (£210); Strabane producer 380kg Aberdeen Angus to £850 (£223) and J J Moane Cooneen 315kg Limousin to £850 (£270).

HEIFER WEANLINGS: Quality lots selling to a high of £300 per 100kg for a 300kg Charolais to £900 for a Blaney producer.

Leading prices as follows: I A Elliott Blaney 300kg Charolais to £900 (£300); Kesh producer 380kg Limousin to £930 (£245) 350kg Limousin to £900 (£257) 370kg Simmental to £870 (£235) 440kg Charolais to £860 and 405kg Fleckvieh to £800. Pomeroy producer 410kg Charolais to £910 (£222); M/S P and P McElroy Clogher 440kg Charolais to £900 and 380kg Charolais to £830 (£218); J J Moane Cooneen 285kg Limousin to £900 (£316); F Boyle Ballygawley 410kg Charolais to £860 (£210) 380kg Charolais to £830, 345kg Charolais to £710, and 255kg Hereford to £580 (£227); L R Johnston Cornafanogue 310kg Charolais to £840 (£271) 280kg Charolais to £730 (£261) 305kg Charolais to £720 (£236) and 280kg Charolais to £590 (£211) and Emmet Gildernew Dungannon 335kg Limousin to £720 (£215) and 315kg Limousin to £640.

SUCKLER COWS and CALVES (SALE HELD ON WEDNESDAY 2ND DECEMBER): A brisk demand in this section with J Connelly Newtownbutler selling a 2017 cow with bull calf to £1870. Ballygawley producer sold a heifer with bull calf to £1800. C Fee Tempo £1580 for 2013 cow with heifer calf, £1480 for 2015 cow with heifer calf and £1320 for 2009 cow with bull calf. A Fivemiletown producer sold a selection of incalf cows and heifers to make £1560, £1300, £1280 x 2 £1260, £1200, £1140, £1120 and £1060. D Clarke Maguiresbridge £1000 for incalf heifer.