Steers selling to a height of £1400 at Dungannon Mart

While heifers topped at £1400 for a 565kg Charolais (248.00).

Fat cows cleared to £900 605kg Belgian Blue (149.00).

Dropped calves sold to £430 Belgian Blue bull and heifer calves to £440 for a Limousin.

Suckled cows topped at £1100 for a in-calf Limousin heifer.

Weanlings sold to £1070 for a 455kg Limousin steer (235.00).

While weanling heifers peaked at £1060 405kg Limousin (262.00).

Steers

An excellent demand for steers saw prices peak at £1400 for a 580kg Charolais (241.00) presented by J Gormley, £1320 535kg Charolais (247.00), £1270 565kg Charolais (225.00), £1240 515kg Charolais (241.00), £1150 520kg Charolais (221.00); A Harkness £1240 605kg Aberdeen Angus (205.00), £990 445kg Belgian Blue (223.00), £940 420kg Belgian Blue (224.00); J Sinnamon £1070 450kg Simmental (238.00), £1070 495kg Simmental (216.00), £900 400kg Simmental (225.00); N Givans £1050 49kg Aberdeen Angus (212.00), £1030 460kg Aberdeen Angus (224.00); F Liggett £970 455kg Hereford (213.00), £960 445kg Belgian Blue (216.00), £890 415kg Belgian Blue (215.00) and D Molloy £950 440kg Hereford (216.00).

Heifers

A quality entry of heifers saw prices the dearest this year so far to peak at £1400 565kg Charolais (248.00) presented by G Boden, £1400 575kg Charolais (244.00), £1400 585kg Charolais (240.00), £1380 600kg Charolais (230.00), £1350 570kg Charolais (237.00), £1340 610kg Charolais (220.00), £1300 530kg Charolais (245.00), £1300 550kg Charolais (236.00), £1300 580kg Charolais (224.00), £1200 535kg Charolais (224.00); G Jardine £1240 585kg Aberdeen Angus (212.00); L McElroy £1130 545kg Charolais (207.00), £920 400kg Charolais (230.00), £900 400kg Charolais (225.00); J Hobson £1130 515kg Charolais (219.00), £1100 470kg Limousin (234.00), £990 455kg Limousin (218.00), £970 450kg Charolais (216.00); J Wilson £1060 450kg Charolais (237.00), £1020 395kg Aberdeen Angus (258.00), £910 440kg Limousin (207.00); J Redmond £1040 405kg Limousin (257.00), £890 375kg Limousin (237.00), £860 380kg Shorthorn (226.00); N Givans £930 430kg Limousin (216.00); H Quinn £930 420kg Charolais (221.00); M Rowe £900 415kg Stabiliser (217.00), £760 350kg Stabiliser (217.00), £710 325kg Stabiliser (218.00), £550 235kg Stabiliser (234.00) and a Ballygawley farmer £710 305kg Simmental (233.00), £670 300kg Charolais (223.00).

Fat cows topped at £900 for a 605kg Belgian Blue (149.00) presented by G Jardine.

Dropped calves

Dropped calf prices remain strong to top at £430 Belgian Blue bull presented by K Loughran, £380 Belgian Blue bull, £250 Belgian Blue bull; K Henry £400 Limousin bull; I and S Marshall £370 Hereford bull, £340 Hereford bull, £300 Hereford bull; D Allen £340 Shorthorn bull; R Fields £330 Simmental bull; P Kelly £270 Hereford bull and I and A Agnew £250 Belgian Blue bull.

Friesian bulls sold from £45 to £210 for stronger sorts.

Meanwhile heifer calves peaked at £440 for a Limousin presented by J Stewart; R Burns £390 Belgian Blue heifer; S McMullan £390 x 3 Aberdeen Angus heifers; F Burrows £340 Aberdeen Angus heifer; I and S Marshall £250 Hereford heifer and M Robinson £250 Charolais heifer.

Weanlings

Weanling prices topped at £1070 for a 455kg Limousin steer (234.00) presented by M Allen, £930 345kg Limousin (270.00); A Jameson £850 305kg Limousin (278.00); W Stafford £745 280kg Limousin (265.00), £700 280kg Limousin (250.00), £670 220kg x 3 Limousins (300.00), £660 265kg Limousin (246.00), £570 220kg Limousin (257.00); Weanling Heifers topped at £1060 405kg Limousin (262.00) presented by P McFarland, £1050 410kg Limousin (257.00), £880 355kg Charolais (249.00), £870 360kg Charolais (242.00); M McNally £850 405kg Aberdeen Angus (209.00), £740 285kg Simmental (260.00); E Fox £820 400kg x 2 Aberdeen Angus (205.00) and H Thompson £545 240kg Shorthorn beef (227.00).