Steers selling to £2450 for a 690kg Limousin at Dungannon Mart

Meanwhile heifers sold to £2380 685kg Hereford (347.00).

Fat cows topped at £2360 for a 840kg Hereford (281.00).

Dropped calves topped at £1170 for a Blonde d'Aquitaine bull.

While heifers sold to £980 Simmental.

Suckled cow sold to £2780 for an in-calf Aberdeen Angus cow.

Weanlings sold to £2180 paid for a 530kg Limousin steer (411.00).

While weanling heifers topped at £1680 370kg Limousin (454.00).

Steers

Steers prices reached a ceiling of £2450 paid for a 690kg Limousin (355.00) presented by J Watt; N Elliott £2400 645kg Aberdeen Angus (372.00); D McCool £2310 590kg Aberdeen Angus (392.00), £2290 575kg Charolais (398.00), £2280 595kg Charolais (383.00); M Greenaway £2300 545kg Charolais (422.00), £2290 590kg Charolais (388.00); H Kerr £2290 545kg Charolais (420.00), £2240 565kg Charolais (397.00), £2200 555kg Charolais (396.00), £2190 465kg Charolais (471.00); D and J Kane £2270 500kg Charolais (454.00), £2150 555kg Charolais (387.00), £2135 505kg Charolais (423.00); J Burton £2250 570kg Charolais (395.00), £2020 530kg Limousin (381.00); T Hall £1960 480kg Simmental (408.00), £1740 435kg Simmental (400.00) and P Kelly £1890 475kg Limousin (398.00), £1850 450kg Limousin (411.00).

Heifers

Heifer trade peaked at £2380 685kg Hereford (347.00) presented by a Dungannon producer; W Hall £2350 630kg Belgian Blue (373.00); S Casey £2170 555kg Charolais (391.00), £2140 540kg Charolais (396.00), £2100 545kg Charolais (385.00); P Keenan £2090 550kg Aberdeen Angus (380.00), £1870 475kg Aberdeen Angus (394.00); J Burton £2090 550kg Limousin (380.00); V Cunningham £2000 500kg Charolais (400.00), £1740 445kg Simmental (391.00), £1710 440kg Hereford (387.00); H J Quinn £1930 510kg Limousin (378.00), £1840 485kg Limousin (380.00); Elliott Agri £1920 445kg Simmental (432.00), £1760 430kg Limousin (409.00), £1760 410kg Limousin (429.00), £1720 395kg Simmental (435.00); H McAdam £1620 395kg Belgian Blue (410.00), £1280 340kg Aberdeen Angus (377.00), £1120 285kg Aberdeen Angus (393.00), £1120 285kg Aberdeen Angus (393.00); A Patterson £1490 385kg Charolais (387.00); L and D McCann £1340 330kg Belgian Blue (406.00), £1130 270kg Aberdeen Angus (418.00), £1060 275kg Aberdeen Angus (386.00), £970 250kg Belgian Blue (388.00) and J McCann £1010 245kg Aberdeen Angus (412.00).

Fat cows sold to £2360 840kg Hereford (281.00) presented by H Smith.

Dropped calves

An large entry of calves sold to £1170 for a Blonde d'Aquitaine bull presented by S Johnston, £940 Blonde d'Aquitaine bull, £920 x 3 Blonde d'Aquitaine bulls, £790 Blonde d'Aquitaine bull; D Capper £1150 Limousin bull, £1100 Belgian Blue bull; M Kerr £920 Montbeliarde bull; G Booth £850 x 3 Aberdeen Angus bulls; S Anderson £840 Belgian Blue bull; D Hewitt £840 Belgian Blue bull, £740 Aberdeen Angus bull, £740 Aberdeen Angus bull, £650 Aberdeen Angus bull, £590 Simmental bull; C Keane and Sons £750 Charolais bull, £740 Belgian Blue bull, £730 Charolais bull, £720 Charolais bull, £660 Aberdeen Angus bull, £600 Charolais bull, £570 Aberdeen Angus bull; D Young £720 Charolais bull, £690 Charolais bull, £650 Charolais bull, £650 Belgian Blue bull, £640 Charolais bull, £600 Charolais bull, £590 Simmental bull; T Watson £680 Belgian Blue bull; R Douglas £660 Charolais bull, £580 Belgian Blue bull, £570 Simmental bull, £550 Belgian Blue bull; Churchview Farms £650 Aberdeen Angus bull, £620 x 2 Aberdeen Angus bulls, £550 Aberdeen Angus bull; M English £640 Limousin bull, £560 Shorthorn beef bull, £560 Limousin bull; D Maguire £630 Belgian Blue bull; T Watson £620 Belgian Blue bull; G Mooney £610 Aberdeen Angus bull, £600 Hereford bull, £550 Belgian Blue bull; K Loughran £600 Hereford bull, £570 Hereford bull; S Quinn £570 x 2 Belgian Blue bull and B McKeever £560 x 2 Hereford bulls, £560 x 2 Aberdeen Angus bulls.

Friesian bulls sold from £80 to £310 for stronger sorts.

Meanwhile heifer calves sold to £980 Simmental heifer presented by a Dungannon producer, £800 Aberdeen Angus heifer, £780 x 3 Aberdeen Angus heifers; M Ellison £930 Limousin heifer; S Johnston £840 x 4 Blonde d'Aquitaine heifers; D Young £710 Charolais heifer, £650 Charolais heifer, £550 Simmental heifer, £540 Belgian Blue heifer; T Watson £700 Charolais heifer; S Anderson £690 Belgian Blue heifer; Churchview Farms £670 x 2 Aberdeen Angus heifers, £590 x 2 Aberdeen Angus heifers; S Quinn £640 Belgian Blue heifer; R Jones £620 Belgian Blue heifer, £570 x 3 Aberdeen Angus heifers, £550 Hereford heifer; M English £610 Limousin heifer; D Hewitt £600 x 2 Aberdeen Angus heifer; G Hazlett £590 x 2 Aberdeen Angus heifers; T Watson £540 x 2 Aberdeen Angus heifers; D Todd £510 Belgian Blue heifer and B McKeever £500 x 3 Aberdeen Angus heifers.

Suckled cows sold to £2780 for an in-calf Aberdeen Angus cow presented by V Donaghy.

Weanlings

A Brisk demand for all types of weanlings saw male calves sell to £2180 paid for a 530kg Limousin (412.00) presented by E Heatherington; T Hall £1990 485kg Simmental (410.00), £1960 475kg Simmental (413.00); D Litter £1910 385kg Limousin (496.00), £1860 360kg Charolais (517.00), £1810 370kg Charolais (489.00), £1760 310kg Charolais (568.00), £1720 315kg Charolais (546.00), £1720 325kg Limousin (529.00), £1660 340kg Charolais (488.00), £1660 325kg Charolais (511.00): A Donaghy £1910 415kg Limousin (460.00), £1840 392kg Limousin (469.00), £1840 392kg Aberdeen Angus (469.00); R Douglas £1800 360kg Charolais (500.00), £1760 355kg Charolais (496.00), £1600 325kg Charolais (492.00); H Anderson £1770 395kg Limousin (448.00), £1440 315kg Simmental (458.00); F and A Donaghy £1740 360kg Charolais (483.00), £1590 330kg Charolais (482.00); T Forbes £1660 345kg Charolais (481.00); C Kerr £1640 355kg Limousin (462.00); R Cochrane £1610 335kg Limousin (481.00); C O’Dowd £1430 295kg Limousin (485.00), £1310 240kg Limousin (546.00), £1230 265kg Limousin (464.00), £1120 240kg Limousin (467.00), £1120 245kg Limousin (458.00) and R Cunningham £1200 265kg Hereford (453.00).

Meanwhile weanling heifers topped at £1680 370kg Limousin (454.00) presented by D Litter, £1650 350kg Limousin (471.00), £1600 350kg Limousin (458.00), £1560 370kg Charolais (422.00), £1500 345kg Limousin (435.00); V Donnelly £1610 355kg Limousin (454.00), £1520 345kg Limousin (441.00); J Cooke £1590 355kg Limousin (448.00), £1480 310kg Limousin (477.00), £1380 325kg Limousin (425.00), £1350 265kg Limousin (509.00), £1310 300kg Limousin (437.00); F and A Donaghy £1470 335kg Aberdeen Angus (439.00), £1460 340kg Charolais (430.00), £1430 290kg Aberdeen Angus (493.00), £860 215kg Aberdeen Angus (400.00); R McGuckin £1390 x 2 315kg Aberdeen Angus (442.00), £1270 x 3 275kg Aberdeen Angus (462.00), £980 245kg Aberdeen Angus (400.00); R Douglas £1380 335kg Charolais (412.00), £1260 305kg Charolais (414.00); P McGee £1360 340kg Aberdeen Angus (400.00); A Nelson £1290 280kg Limousin (461.00); C O’Dowd 1210 230kg Limousin, £1000 225kg Limousin (444.00); E Bingham £1180 280kg Shorthorn (421.00) and R Cunningham £1150 x 2 285kg Herefords (404.00), £1120 270kg Hereford (415.00).

Fat lamb prices reached a height of £142 .50 for a pen 23.5kg.

Ewe lambs presented by D Hall; T Wylie £140.50 25kg; R Allingham £140.50 26kg; C Parks £140 27kg; R McKane £136 25kg and A Ferguson £135 22kg.

Ewe lambs, £131 22kg: R Newell £122 20kg;.

Store lambs sold to £116 17kg and D Hall £118 17kg.

Fat ewes sold to £135 presented by A Nelson; D Worton £130; C Cairns £122 and D Hall £120, £118.

Fat rams sold to £144 presented by A Nelson and R McKane £94.