A smaller turnout of 116 head on Monday night met with a very sharp trade in spite of falling beef prices.

Steers sold to £2,380 paid for a 790kgs Shorthorn steer from Mr Knox Stafford, Coleraine.

Heifers sold to £1,860 for a 600kgs Charolais from Mr RJ Allen Dewart, Ballymoney.

Leading prices

Steers

Knox Stafford, Coleraine, Shorthorn, 790kgs £2,380. Loughlan Black, Mosside, Limousin, 660kgs £2,300, 680kgs £2,200. RJ Allen Dewart, Ballymoney, Charolais, 470kgs £1,880, 540kgs £1,800. C and R Gillan, Bushmills, Aberdeen Angus, 440kgs £1,790, 450kgs £1,580. Sean McCann, Toome, Charolais, 320kgs £1,450, 270kgs £1,370. Alan Murphy, Cushendall, Simmental, 390kgs £1,600, 430kgs £1,670, 450kgs £1,760, 520kgs £1,830, 440kgs £1,760. N H Acheson, Ballymoney, Aberdeen Angus, 600kgs £2,110, 640kgs £2,200. Sean Kelly, Ballycastle, Fleckvieh, 260kgs £1,120, 245kgs £1,220, 275kgs £1,350. C Marron, Rasharkin, Aberdeen Angus, 370kgs £1,260, 340kgs £1,210. John Stewart, Cloughmills, Stabiliser, 320kgs £1,280, 415kgs £1,670, 360kgs £1,340, 380kgs £1,660. Robert Currie, Ballymoney, Aberdeen Angus, 550kgs £1,970, 570kgs £1,940. M Cochrane, Mosside, Friesian, 450kgs £1,430, 420kgs £1,330, 390kgs £1,230, 400kgs £1,400. Walter McBride, Ballyvoy, Aberdeen Angus, 500kgs £1,650. Jas McAuley, Bushmills, Aberdeen Angus, 630kgs £2,020, 600kgs £1,880. CS and D Currie, Mosside, Charolais, 360kgs £1,630, 600kgs £2,300. Chris Freeman, Bushmills, Hereford, 520kgs £2,000. Charles Kane, Ballintoy, Montbeliarde, 500kgs £1,610, 520kgs £1,570, 480kgs £1,550, 450kgs £1,460. NH Acheson, Armoy, Friesian, 650kgs £2,020, 700kgs £2,200, 590kgs £1,800, 670kgs £2,230. Jas Murphy, Cushendall, Hereford, 510kgs £1,740, 400kgs £1,350.

Heifers

RJ Allen Dewart, Ballymoney, Charolais, 600kgs £1,960, 540kgs £1,840, 520kgs £1,780. Trevor Taggart, Ballycastle, Aberdeen Angus, 540kgs £1,900. Robert Currie, Ballymoney, Aberdeen Angus, 480kgs £1,710, 560kgs £1,790, 580kgs £1,850, 490kgs £1,660, 590kgs £1,940, 520kgs £1,750, 510kgs £1,780. Sean McCann, Randalstown, 310kgs £1,340, 320kgs £1,320. A Getty, Mosside, Aberdeen Angus, 450kgs £1,580. Knox Stafford, Coleraine, Limousin, 600kgs £1,960. Jas McAuley, Bushmills, Aberdeen Angus, 500kgs £1,630, 610kgs £1,880. Sean Kelly, Ballycastle, Fleckvieh, 270kgs £1,110, 260kgs £1,060, 260kgs £1,260. Gerry McAuley, Armoy, Limousin, 300kgs £1,220, 305kgs £1,450, 360kgs £1,240, 330kgs £1,260. CS and D Currie, Mosside, Charolais, 500kgs £1,740. Jas Murphy, Cushendall, Hereford, 390kgs £1,190, 370kgs £1,120. Graham McCandless, Bushmills, Belgian Blue, 410kgs £1,370. A Getty, Mosside, Friesian, 505kgs £1,720.

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Auctioneers: Daniel McAlister - Armoy Livestock Mart Ltd.