Steers selling to £2650 for a 725kg Limousin at Dungannon

While heifers sold to £2420 675kg Charolais (358.00).

Fat cows sold to £2120 for a 730kg Saler (290.00).

Dropped calves sold to £960 Aberdeen Angus bull.

While heifer calves sold to £730 x 2 Aberdeen Angus.

Suckled cows and calves sold to £3000 for a Hereford cow and Limousin heifer calf at foot.

Weanlings sold to £2300 650kg Charolais steer (354.00).

While weanling heifers sold to £2380 495kg Charolais (481.00).

Steers

Steer prices reached a height of £2650 for a 725kg Limousin (366.00) presented by B Casey, £2580 695kg Charolais (371.00), £2240 620kg Charolais (361.00); A Walsh £2580 695kg Charolais (371.00), £2310 640kg Charolais (361.00), £2300 625kg Limousin (368.00); S O’Neill £2360 620kg Limousin (381.00); T Parkes £1870 500kg Shorthorn beef (374.00); S Hewitt £1830 495kg Charolais (370.00); K Greenaway £1750 465kg Belgian Blue (376.00); W Conn £1620 450kg Belgian Blue (360.00) and N Brown £1500 410kg Hereford (366.00).

Heifers

Heifers sold to £2420 for a 675kg Charolais (359.00) presented by M Campton, £2370 640kg Limousin (370.00); R Wright £2300 610kg Charolais (377.00), £2280 600kg Charolais (380.00), £2240 580kg Charolais (386.00), £2000 535kg Charolais (374.00), £1860 525kg Limousin (354.00); Riverview Farms £1760 475kg Charolais (371.00), £1750 475kg Charolais (368.00), £1750 485kg Aberdeen Angus (361.00), £1630 455kg Limousin (358.00), £1600 450kg Charolais (356.00); D Kelly £1530 430kg Hereford (356.00) and N Brown £1390 375kg Belgian Blue (371.00).

Fat cows sold to £2120 for a 730kg Saler (290.00) presented by P Johnston.

Dropped calves

Dropped calves sold to £960 for a Aberdeen Angus bull presented by M Black, £800 Aberdeen Angus bull; an Armagh producer £950 Aberdeen Angus bull, £680 Belgian Blue bull; J McCrum £920 Limousin bull, £920 Aberdeen Angus bull, £780 Hereford bull, £650 Belted Galloway bull; J Douglas £900 Simmental bull, £680 Aberdeen Angus bull, £540 Aberdeen Angus bull; P McKearney £890 Charolais bull, £740 Aberdeen Angus bull; W Campbell £800 Belgian Blue bull; R Hadden £710 Limousin bull; Ballygreen Farms £660 Aberdeen Angus bull, £560 x 2 Aberdeen Angus bulls; E Cassidy £600 x 2 Aberdeen Angus bulls, £560 x 4 Aberdeen Angus bulls, £550 x 2 Aberdeen Angus bulls; B McKeever £590 x 3 Aberdeen Angus bulls and H Farr £580 bull.

Friesian bulls sold from £340 to £500.

Meanwhile heifers calves sold to £730 x 2 Aberdeen Angus presented by J McCrum; R Jones £680 Charolais heifer, £680 Aberdeen Angus heifer, £660 x 2 Aubrac heifers; Ballygreen Farms £670 Belgian Blue heifer; W Campbell £600 Aberdeen Angus heifer; I and A Agnew £580 x 3 Belgian Blue heifers; Bannview Farms £510 x 8 Aberdeen Angus heifers and H Farr £490 x 3 Aberdeen Angus heifers.

Suckled cows and calves sold to £3000 for a Hereford cow with a Limousin heifer calf at foot presented by A Dungannon Farmer; R Cunningham £2750 Hereford cow and Hereford heifer calf at foot, £2650 Simmental cow and Hereford bull and K Hazelton £2580 Shorthorn beef cow and Charolais heifer calf.

Weanlings

A steady trade for weanlings saw male calves sell to £2300 for a 650kg Charolais (355.00) presented by S Henry; V Cunningham £1940 490kg Simmental (396.00), £1860 445kg Limousin (418.00), £1760 390kg Limousin (451.00); S Heatherington £1770 415kg Limousin (427.00); R Lester £1750 390kg Blonde d'Aquitaine (449.00), £1690 345kg Blonde d'Aquitaine (490.00), £1600 350kg Blonde d'Aquitaine (457.00); J Weir £1720 315kg Charolais (546.00), £1640 310kg Charolais (529.00), £1580 390kg Charolais (405.00), £1440 285kg Charolais (505.00), £1320 300kg Charolais (440.00), £1160 250kg Limousin (464.00); M Devlin £1520 300kg Charolais (507.00), £1510 280kg Charolais (539.00), £1370 x 2 250kg Charolais (548.00), £1310 285kg Charolais (460.00), £1310 x 2 275kg Charolais (475.00); N Berry £1390 285kg Hereford (488.00), £1350 255kg Hereford (529.00), £1310 x 2 260kg Hereford (504.00), £1300 x 2 255kg Hereford (509.00), £1290 250kg Hereford (516.00) and K and P Maguire £1360 245kg Charolais (555.00), £1320 230kg Charolais (574.00), £1270 225kg Charolais (565.00), £1250 215kg Charolais (581.00), £1200 x 2 180kg Charolais (667.00), £1170 x 2 180kg Charolais (650.00).

Meanwhile weanling heifers sold to £2380 for a 495kg Charolais (481.00) presented by D Burton, £1690 390kg Charolais (433.00), £1620 360kg Charolais (450.00); L Donnelly £1740 425kg Limousin (409.00), £1680 410kg Limousin (410.00), £1630 390kg Limousin (418.00), £1450 355kg Limousin (409.00); JP Devlin £1660 355kg Charolais (468.00), £1580 390kg Charolais (405.00); S Bristow £1660 385kg Charolais (431.00); S Hetherington £1650 400kg Limousin (413.00); T D Forbes £1450 355kg Charolais (409.00); P Devlin £1350 x 2 280kg Charolais (482.00), £1220 240kg Charolais (508.00); M Devlin £1330 295kg Charolais (451.00), £1140 260kg; Charolais (430.00); J Weir £1260 285kg Charolais (442.00) and R and J Burton £1160 x 2 290kg Aberdeen Angus (400.00).

A good entry of sheep saw fat lambs sell to £175 for a pen of 30kg lambs presented by K Goodwin; G Boyd £166 32kg; R McMinn £158 25kg; G Boyd £156 25kg; E Marshall £144 23.5kg and D Ferry £136 21.5kg.

Fat ewes sold to £125 presented by T Ferguson and D Ferry £118.

Store lambs sold to £132 for 19kg presented by P Cunningham; W Fleming £128 17kg; N Marshall £126 17.5kg; G Boyd £125 18kg and T Ferguson £125 18kg, £121 17kg, £107 14kg.

Breeding sheep sold to £198 for a pen of hoggets presented by E Hughes, £190 hoggets.