Steers selling to £1600 at Dungannon Mart

Heifers topped at £1190 for a 485kg Charolais (245.00).

Fat cows topped at £910 585kg Limousin (156.00).

Dropped calves cleared to £495 for a Charolais bull.

Heifer calves sold to £430 Belgian Blue.

Weanlings peaked at £870 for a 415kg Stabiliser bull (210.00).

Weanling heifers sold to £815 for a 285kg Limousin (285.00).

Steers: A great demand for all weights of steers saw prices peak at £1600 for a760kg Charolais presented by G Neville; P Grimley £1280 605kg Belgian Blue (212.00); V Patterson £1100 445kg Limousin (247.00), £1080 435kg Limousin (248.00), £1080 425kg Limousin (254.00), £1050 410kg Charolais (256.00), £1020 415kg Charolais (246.00), £1000 440kg Limousin (227.00), £1000 445kg Limousin (225.00), £1000 405kg Limousin (247.00), £960 395kg Charolais (243.00), £940 445kg Charolais (211.00); J Hobson £1090 480kg Charolais (227.00); D Conroy £1040 455kg Limousin (229.00); a Dungannon producer £910 375kg Charolais (243.00), £800 360kg Charolais (222.00) and an Armagh producer £880 415kg Limousin (212.00).

Heifers: Heifer prices remain steady to peak at £1190 485kg Charolais (245.00) presented by V Patterson, £1190 545kg Charolais (218.00), £920 460kg Charolais (200.00), £900 410kg Aberdeen Angus (220.00), £850 395kg Limousin (215.00); D Conroy £940 450kg Simmental (209.00); a Dungannon farmer £900 435kg Limousin (207.00); An Armagh producer £840 355kg Belgian Blue (237.00), £840 415kg Simmental (202.00), £830 345kg Belgian Blue (241.00) and C McFarland £750 375kg Aberdeen Angus (200.00).

Fat cows topped at £910 for a 585kg Limousin (156.00) presented by P Mullan.

Dropped calves: A large entry of dropped calves saw prices peak at £495 x 2 Charolais bulls presented by T F Smith, £460 Charolais bull, £400 Hereford bull; I and S Marshall £480 Belgian Blue bull; J Weir £480 Aberdeen Angus bull; H Watters £450 SH bull; K Newell £390 Belgian Blue bull; T Montgomery £350 Hereford bull; B O’Neill £350 Aberdeen Angus bull, £315 Aberdeen Angus bull, £270 Aberdeen Angus bull, £270 Hereford bull, £265 Aberdeen Angus bull; R Cuddy £350 Limousin bull; R Burns £340 Belgian Blue bull; T J Hamilton £340 Simmental bull, £330 Shorthorn beef bull, £310 Shorthorn beef bull, £305 Simmental bull, £300 Simmental bull, £290 Simmental bull, £270 Simmental bull; K Wilkinson £300 x 2 Hereford bulls, £295 Aberdeen Angus bull; A Daly £280 Belgian Blue bull; C Maxwell £265 Hereford bull and G Hazlett £265 Hereford bull.

Friesian bulls sold from £50 to £210 for stronger sorts.

Heifer calves sold to a height of £430 Hereford presented by I and S Marshall, £370 Belgian Blue heifer; P Mullan £400 Charolais heifer; D Matthews £375 Belgian Blue heifer; C Patterson £350 x 2 Aberdeen Angus heifers; R Burns £330 Belgian Blue heifer, £310 Belgian Blue heifer; S Boyd £330 Aberdeen Angus heifer; H Watters £325 SWR heifer; S Lynch £290 Belgian Blue heifer; C Maxwell £285 Belgian Blue heifer, £270 Hereford heifer, £255 Hereford heifer; a Clogher farmer £285 Hereford heifer; B O’Neill £260 Aberdeen Angus heifer; R Cuddy £260 Limousin heifer and G Hazlett £250 Hereford heifer.

Weanlings: Weanling prices topped at £870 for a 415kg Stabiliser bull stirk (210.00) presented by I Haydock, £860 375kg Aberdeen Angus (230.00), £780 320kg Aberdeen Angus (244.00), £780 330kg Aberdeen Angus (235.00), £780 x 2 335kg Aberdeen Angus (232.00), £770 340kg Aberdeen Angus (227.00), £770 340kg Stabiliser (227.00), £710 x 4 320kg Aberdeen Angus (222.00), £680 305kg (223.00); N Williamson £770 280kg Blonde d’Aquitaine (276.00), £620 270kg Blonde d’Aquitaine (231.00); D Montgomery £700 275kg Limousin (252.00); M Mullan £700 250kg Limousin (279.00), £670 230kg Limousin (290.00); a Ballygawley farmer £620 240kg Charolais (259.00) and A Cush £580 215kg Limousin (270.00).

Weanling heifers topped at £815 for a 285kg Limousin (283.00) presented by M Mullan, £750 315kg Limousin (237.00), £640 255kg Limousin (252.00); C Campbell £710 305kg Limousin (232.00); C Kerr £650 325kg Simmental (200.00), £580 290kg Aberdeen Angus (200.00) and D Montgomery £600 255kg Limousin (235.00), £580 280kg Hereford (208.00), £530 245kg Hereford (215.00).