Steers selling to £2,260 for a 620kg Charolais steer at Armoy Mart
The last cattle sale of 2025 saw a show of 60 cattle sell in a very strong trade.
Heifers sold to £2,210, for a 600kgs Limousin heifer from Messrs CS and DJ Currie, Mosside.
Fat cows sold to £2,270 paid for a 700kgs Belgian Blue cow for Mr John A McKillop, Cushendall.
Dropped calves sold to £700.
Leading prices
P Brown, Ballintoy, 620kgs, Charolais, £2,260. CS and DJ Currie, Mosside, Limousin, 590kgs £2,170, 650kgs £2,160. Trevor Mitchell, Finvoy, Aberdeen Angus, 600kgs £2,040, 590kgs £2,040, 480kgs £2,020, 540kgs £1,940, 500kgs £1,880, 480kgs £1,870. Trevor Taggart, Ballycastle, Fleckvieh, 490kgs £1,820, 430kgs £1,530, 480kgs £1,790. P and J Hunter, Ballymoney, Simmental, 400kgs £1,530. WD Marshall, Cloughmills, Aberdeen Angus, 350kgs £1,440, 335kgs £1,300, 400kgs £1,590.
Heifers
CS and DJ Currie, Mosside, Limousin, 660kgs £2,210. WD Marshall, Cloughmills, Aberdeen Angus, 360kgs £1,420, 360kgs £1,500, 330kgs £1,350, 305kgs £1,410, 400kgs £1,560, 420kgs £1,540, 380kgs £1,510, 305kgs £1,320, 320kgs £1,240. Paul Wylie, Martinstown, Belgian Blue, 360kgs £1,430, 410kgs £1,510. P and J Hunter, Ballymoney, Simmental, 280kgs £940. C Freeman, Bushmills, Hereford, 305kgs £1,150. William McLaughlin, Dunloy, Charolais, 640kgs £2,130, Limousin, 440kgs £1,590. Walter McBride, Ballyvoy, Hereford, 410kgs £1,530, 460kgs £1,660, 440kgs £1,560, 365kgs £1,350, 305kgs £1,160, 430kgs £1,490.
Dropped calves
Macosquin farmer, Hereford bulls, £700, £620 and Hereford heifers, £560, £540, £560.
Fat cows
Sold to £2,270 for a 700kgs Belgian Blue cow from Mr John McKillop, Cushendall.
The mart is closed for the Christmas holidays.
The mart re-opens for cattle sale on 5th January 2026.
Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year to all mart customers.