Record prices at annual sale of Lanark ewes at Armoy Mart
Record prices were achieved at the annual sale of Lanark ewes in Armoy Mart on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, with sellers and buyers from all over flocking to Armoy Mart on Tuesday night.
The top price of £1,240 was paid to Mr Harry McGilligan, Dungiven for his pen of hoggets with cast ewes selling to £335 for a pen of Broken Mouth ewes from Doraville Hill Farm, Tyrone.
Mr Harry McGilligan also donated a pair of super ewes for Air Ambulance and Cancer Research and they sold at £920 (Mr JJ McAlister, Glendun) and £510 (Mr Pat Fullerton, Draperstown).
Leading prices
Harry and Sean McGilligan, Dungiven, 4, £1,240, 12, £405, 12, £400, 12, £400, 12, £360, 12, £350, 12, £330. Veronica and Pat Fullerton, Draperstown, 8, £700, 8, £520, 10, £500, 9, £400, 5, £345, 9, £365. Tommy and Nathan Kennedy, Draperstown, 10, £600, 8, £465, 10, £400, 8, £335, 10, £330. Joe MacNamee, Cushendall, 13, £350, 11, £345. Jack McKay, Cushendun, 10, £375, 10, £335, 12, £300, 12, £310, 12, £300. John Dickson, Draperstown, 11, £345, 11, £300, 11, £260, 11, £250, 11, £240. E and H McKeegan, Cushendall, 10, £335, 10, £320, 11, £310, 10, £295. Ian Smyth, Castlerock, 12, £325, 12, £00, 12, £300, 15, £290. Jason Sawyers, Sixmilecross, 10, £385, 10, £290, 7, £310, 11, £300. R McLister, Ballycastle, 12, £345, 11, £275. KP O’Kane, Claudy, 10, £265, 12, £220.
Cast ewes
Blackiston Houston Estates, Dundonald, 11, £335, 7, £240, 10, £235, 10, 205. C Phillips, Draperstown, 8, £280, 9, £195. Pat Sheerin, Draperstown, 10, £200, 10, £200. John Dickson, Draperstown, 10, £200, 9, £170, 9, £200, 9, £200. David O’Neill, Donemana, 8, £270, 8, £260. Martin Delargy, Cushendall, 12, £290, 14, £270, 12, £260. Aine Cassley, Armoy, 10, £270, 14, £230. Pat Brown, Draperstown, 12, £220, 12, £220, 12, £205.
Auctioneers: Daniel McAlister – Armoy Livestock Mart Ltd.
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