Steers selling to £2560 for a 680kg Charolais at Dungannon Mart

While heifers sold to £2550 625kg Limousin (408.00).

Fat cow sold to £1780 for a 620kg Shorthorn beef (287.00).

Dropped calves peaked at £960 for a Belgian Blue bulland heifer calves to £870 Aberdeen Angus.

Breeding stock sold to £3450 for a in calf Charolais heifer.

Weanlings topped at £2180 for a 505kg Charolais (432.00).

While weanling heifers sold to £2000 for a 445kg Belgian Blue (450.00).

Steers

Steer prices reached a height of £2560 for a 680kg Charolais (377.00) presented by B Campbell, £2350 600kg Limousin (392.00); T Turkington £2440 615kg Limousin (397.00); R Boyd £2390 600kg Simmental (398.00); W Turkington £2180 545kg Blonde d'Aquitaine (400.00); P Devlin £2050 515kg Aberdeen Angus (398.00), £1800 480kg Aberdeen Angus (375.00), £1790 475kg Aberdeen Angus (377.00); D Devlin £1800 440kg Blonde d'Aquitaine (409.00) and W Rodgers £1770 435kg Hereford (407.00), £1760 455kg Hereford (387.00), £1660 425kg Hereford (391.00), £1590 420kg Aberdeen Angus (379.00), £1550 375kg Hereford (413.00), £1550 365kg Hereford (424.00) and £1450 330kg Hereford (440.00).

Heifers

Heifer sold to a height of £2550 for a 625kg Limousin (408.00) presented by O Cairns, £1980 525kg Limousin (377.00); W White £2500 670kg Charolais (373.00), £2300 605kg Limousin (380.00), £2070 510kg Limousin (406.00); J Holland £2480 610kg Charolais (406.00), £2470 630kg Charolais (392.00), £2300 570kg Limousin (404.00), £2300 585kg Limousin (393.00), £2160 595kg Limousin (363.00); S Morrow £1860 515kg Aberdeen Angus (361.00) and W Vogan £1770 465kg Aberdeen Angus (381.00), £1510 405kg Hereford (373.00), £1500 385kg Hereford (390.00), £1460 395kg Hereford (370.00).

Fat cows sold to £1780 620kg Shorthorn beef (287.00) presented by K Hopper; T and E Ferguson £1440 660kg Hereford (218.00) and T Hall £1320 485kg Irish Moile (272.00).

Dropped calves

Dropped calf prices remain strong with bull calves selling to £960 Belgian Blue presented by A Ferguson; F Liggett £930 Aberdeen Angus bull, £910 Belgian Blue bull; N Sloan £890 x 2 Belgian Blue bulls, £880 x 2 Belgian Blue bulls, £830 Belgian Blue bull; J Eldon £880 Aberdeen Angus bull, £770 Belgian Blue bull, £720 x 2 Aberdeen Angus bulls, £610 Belgian Blue bull; A Ferguson £850 Limousin bull, £740 Aberdeen Angus bull; M Watters £810 Charolais bull, £520 Hereford bull; T Wilson £770 Charolais bull; R Gervis £750 Charolais bull; C McCartan £750 Limousin bull, £730 Aberdeen Angus bull, £600 Aberdeen Angus bull; H McCarney £690 Aberdeen Angus bull, £630 Simmental bull, £630 Belgian Blue bull; R Douglas £690 Belgian Blue bull, £500 Aberdeen Angus bull; B O’Neill £660 x 2 Hereford bulls, £650 Hereford bull, £640 Hereford bull, £600 x 2 Hereford bulls; S Wilson £660 Belgian Blue bull, £580 Aberdeen Angus bull; E Speers £630 x 2 Aberdeen Angus bulls; S Quinn £620 Aberdeen Angus bull, £570 x 2 Aberdeen Angus bulls; P Carberry £600 x 2 Aberdeen Angus bulls; N Bell £540 Limousin bull and M Robinson £540 x 2 Limousin bulls.

Friesian bull calves sold from £240 to £400.

Meanwhile heifer calves sold to £870 x 6 Aberdeen Angus heifers presented by F Liggett; A Ferguson £820 x 3 Belgian Blue heifers, £810 x 3 Belgian Blue heifers; N Sloan £780 x 2 Belgian Blue heifers; C McCartan £720 Belgian Blue heifer; R Gervis £710 Belgian Blue heifer, £620 Limousin heifer, £540 Limousin heifer; E Speers £670 Simmental heifer, £660 x 2 Simmental heifers; M Watters £640 x 2 Simmental heifers; J Eldon £640 Belgian Blue heifer; H McCarney £600 Simmental heifer, £530 Limousin heifer; A McGovern £600 Aberdeen Angus heifer, £530 Aberdeen Angus heifer, £500 Aberdeen Angus heifer; C McCartan £580 x 3 Limousin heifers and B O’Neill £520 Hereford heifer, £500 Hereford heifer.

Breeding stock sold to a height of £3450 for an in calf Charolais heifer presented by D McManus, £3300 Charolais, £3000 Belgian Blue; a Ballygawley producer £2900 an in calf Limousin heifer, £2450 Limousin, £2400 Limousin; Elliott Agri £2850 for a in calf Limousin heifer, £2600 Aberdeen Angus and a Dunagnnon producer £2400 in calf Limousin heifer.

Weanlings

A great entry of weanling resulted in a top price paid of £2180 for a 505kg Charolais male (432.00) presented by K Hopper; B Lagan £2050 425kg Charolais (482.00); A McCammond £2040 375kg Charolais (544.00), £2030 385kg Charolais (527.00), £1910 360kg Charolais (531.00), £1890 370kg Limousin (511.00), £1850 375kg Limousin (493.00), £1800 325kg Charolais (554.00), £1800 340kg Charolais (529.00), £1730 345kg Limousin (501.00), £1710 340kg Limousin (503.00); P Molloy £2020 x 2 410kg Chars (493.00); O Barker £1910 350kg Limousin (547.00), £1790 350kg Limousin (511.00), £1630 325kg Aberdeen Angus (502.00); D Nelson £1890 370kg Charolais (511.00) S McKeown £1890 385kg Charolais (491.00); R Elliott £1860 365kg Charolais (510.00), £1810 345kg Charolais (525.00), £1740 305kg Charolais (570.00), £1630 300kg Limousin (543.00); P Nugent £1830 375kg Limousin (488.00), £1770 355kg Charolais (499.00); K Hopper £1780 365kg Charolais (488.00); N Ellison £1780 360kg Simmental (493.00), £1570 295kg Limousin (532.00), £1540 265kg Simmental (581.00), £1335 230kg Blonde d'Aquitaine (580.00); a Dungannon producer £1590 295kg Aberdeen Angus (539.00), £1540 265kg Charolais (581.00); A Boyd £1570 290kg Aberdeen Angus (541.00); T Quinn £1385 230kg Limousin (603.00), £1370 240kg Charolais (571.00), £1280 215kg Limousin (595.00), £1270 235kg Limousin (540.00), £1250 210kg Limousin (595.00), £1210 225kg Limousin (538.00), £1060 190kg Limousin (558.00) and T Hall £1360 270kg Limousin (504.00), £1240 220kg Limousin (564.00).

Meanwhile weanling heifers sold to £2000 for a 445kg Belgian Blue (450.00) presented by A and M O’Neill, £1860 410kg Limousin (455.00), £1790 365kg Limousin (490.00); A McCammond £1850 340kg Charolais (544.00), £1810 305kg Charolais (593.00), £1780 350kg Charolais (509.00); R Elliott £1770 350kg Charolais (506.00), £1550 270kg Charolais (574.00), £1430 290kg Charolais (493.00), £1330 245kg Charolais (542.00); S McKeown £1730 340kg Charolais (509.00), £1705 350kg Charolais (487.00), £1600 335kg Charolais (478.00); P Nugent £1700 360kg Charolais (472.00); A Boyd £1640 320kg Limousin (513.00), £1600 265kg Blonde d'Aquitaine (604.00); T Quinn £1530 255kg Limousin (600.00), £1190 225kg Limousin (529.00), £1140 200kg Limousin (570.00), £1130 200kg x 2 Limousins (560.00); A Nelson £1420 290kg Limousin (490.00); T Boden £1320 240kg Belgian Blue (550.00), £1300 260kg Charolais (500.00), £1060 185kg Saler (573.00), £1030 175kg Aberdeen Angus (588.00), £960 160kg Limousin (600.00); S Donnelly £1300 x 2 220kg Limousins (600.00), £1050 180kg Limousin (583.00) and T Hall £1060 205kg Limousin (517.00).

Fat lambs prices saw a much improved trade to peak at £164 for a pen of 30kg lambs presented by L Mullan; T Dobson £158.50 27.5kg; D McAree £155.50 23kg; J Paisley £152 26kg and B Wilkinson £138 24kg.

Fat ewes sold to £228 presented by C Richardson; J Pailey £148 and L Mullan £140.

Breeding stock peaked at £245 for a pen of five in lamb Mule hoggets presented by F McCrory, £240 x 10 in lamb Mule hoggets.