Roaring trade for store lambs at Hilltown Mart, prices £132 for 17.5kg
Saturday at Hilltown Mart saw a roaring trade for store lambs £132 for 17.5kg, fat lambs 167 for 34kg and fat ewes fetched £250
Fat lambs: Kilkeel farmer-£167 for 34kg (491ppk). Rostrevor farmer-£165 for 24kg (687ppk), Hilltown farmer-£162 for 31kg (522ppk). Kilkeel farmer-£159 for 26kg (611ppk). Castlewellan farmer-£156 for 25kg (614ppk). Attical farmer-£154 for 25kg (616ppk). Hilltown farmer-£152 for 24.5kg (610ppk). Rathfriland farmer-£151 for 26kg (576ppk), £150 for 23kg (635ppk). Banbridge farmer-£145 for 25kg (568ppk). Kilkeel farmer-£144 for 24kg (592ppk). Downpatrick farmer-£143.50 for 24.5kg (585ppk).
Store lambs: Mayobridge farmer-£132 for 17.5kg (754ppk). Kilkeel farmer-£123 for 18.5kg (661ppk). Warrenpoint farmer-£121 for 18.5kg (643ppk). Kilkeel farmer-£120 for 18.5kg (641ppk). Kilcoo farmer-£119 for 17kg (704ppk). Castlewellan farmer-£118 for 18kg (644ppk), £117 for 16.5kg (696ppk).
Fat ewes: Kilkeel farmer-£250, £220. Rostrevor farmer-£191, £190. Kilcoo farmer-£178. Hilltown farmer-£175, £170, £168.
Last Thursday at Hilltown Mart saw strong numbers of sheep with fat ewes fetching £290.
Fat lambs fetching £166 for 31kg and store lambs fetching £127 for 18kg
Fat lambs: Hilltown farmer-£166 for 31kg (535ppk). Downpatrick farmer-£157 for 26kg (603ppk). Kilkeel farmer-£154.50 for 26kg (589ppk). Annalong farmer-£152 for 26kg (567ppk). Kilkeel farmer-£151.50 for 25kg (591ppk), £151 for 23kg (653ppk). Dromara farmer-£150 for 25kg (588ppk). Kilkeel farmer-£147 for 24kg (607ppk), £145 for 25kg (580ppk). Mayobridge farmer-£141 for 23kg (602ppk). Hilltown farmer-£140.50 for 23kg (602ppk). Mayobridge farmer-£140 for 23kg (606ppk).
Store lambs: Banbridge farmer-£127 for 18kg (682ppk). Castlewellan farmer-£126 for 17kg (711ppk). Hilltown Farmer-£123 for 18kg (654ppk). Castlewellan farmer-£122 for 18kg (674ppk). Cabra farmer-£120 for 18.5kg (641ppk). Hilltown farmer-£119 for 14kg (844ppk), £118 for 17kg (686ppk). Kilkeel farmer-£116 for 17.5kg (666ppk). Hilltown farmer-£114 for 16kg (686ppk), £112 for 16kg (674ppk), £110 for 15kg (733ppk), £109 for 13.5kg (807ppk), £108 for 14kg (766ppk).
Fat ewes: Armagh farmer-£290, £260. Rathfriland farmer-£258. Saintfield farmer-£230. Cabra farmer-£228. Markethill farmer-£220. Kilcoo farmer-£190. Saintfield farmer-£188, £186. Kilcoo farmer-£163, £160.