Sharp for 626 head of sheep on offer at Armoy Mart
Trade was very sharp for the 626 head of sheep on offer at last Wednesday night’s sale in Armoy.
Breeding sheep sold to £330 in a fantastic trade.
Spring lambs sold to £145.
Hoggets topped at £148 and fat ewes were a great trade selling to £148, many more sheep were needed to meet the demand.
Spring lambs
McConkey Farms, Cookstown, 22kgs £145. G Kelly, Ballycastle, 20½kgs £141. B and A Dowey, Ballymoney, 19kgs £135.
Hoggets
P McCarry, Ballycastle, 26kgs £148. PJ Dougan, Coleraine, 23kgs £138.50. Jas McCaughan, Armoy, 26kgs £142.50. Emily O’Neill, Martinstown, 26kgs £143. H Chambers, Bushmills, 27kgs £144. Robert McCormick, Armoy, 29kgs, Blackface, £142. Canice McCloskey, Dungiven, 26kgs Blackface, £139. Martin McLoughlin, Ballycastle, 27kgs £142. Chris Hegarty, Ballymoney, 23kgs £129. Robert McHenry, Ballycastle, 24kgs Blackface, £135. McConkey Farms, Cookstown, 23kgs £135.50. Fred Mullan, Limavady, 21kgs £119. D McAlister, Cushendall, 21kgs £121.
Breeding ewes
Adrian McCartney, Cloughmills, 1 ewes, 2 lambs, £330, 1 ewe, 2 lambs, £300. PJ Dougan, Coleraine, 1 ewe, 1 lamb, £252, 1 ewe, 1 lamb £240. Alan Archibald, Coleraine, 1 crossbred ewe, 2 lambs, £248. A McCartney, Cloughmills, 1 ewe, 2 lambs, £240.
D McAlister, Cushendall, 1 ewe, 2 lambs, £180. Ciaran McVeigh, Ballyvoy, 1 ewe, 2 lambs, £200. B McCurdy, Bushmills, Texel, £148. S Mullan, Ballymoney, Suffolk, £143. D Kerr, Bushmills, Charollais, £126. Chris Hegarty, Ballymoney, Suffolk, £126.
A Devlin, Ballycastle, Suffolk, £118. B W McConaghy, Bushmills, Suffolk, £115. W Elliott, Ballycastle, Dorsets, £110. David Hanna, Ballymoney, Suffolk, £129. Sandra Hunter, Bushmills, crossbreds £131. McConkey Farms, Cookstown, Texel, £130. Seamus Heffron, Randalstown, Suffolk, £108. Jas E McCaughan, Armoy, Texel, £109. Brooke Huey, Armoy, Suffolk, £113. David Hayes, Cloughmills, crossbreds £113. Sam Creith, Armoy, Suffolks, £107. S O’Rawe, Ballyvoy, Cheviot, £103. B McCurdy, Bushmills, Charollais, £120.
Just under 70 pet lambs sold from £10 to £30.
Sale every Wednesday night at 7.00pm.
Watch on ‘mart eye’.
Auctioneers: Daniel McAlister and Son.