Once again a good entry of stock saw prices peak at £4000 for a Belgian Blue in calf heifer.

While steers sold to £2900 for a 760kg Charolais (382.00).

Heifers cleared to £2680 for a 705kg Charolais (380.00).

Fat cows topped at £2300 for a 610kg Simmental (377.00).

Dairy stock sold to £2900 for a second calving Friesian cow.

Dropped calves sold to £990 for a Aberdeen Angus bull and heifer calves to £790 Aberdeen Angus.

Weanlings sold to £2190 for a 460kg Charolais male (476.00).

While weanling heifers sold to £2000 for a 510kg Limousin (392.00).

Steers

Steer prices remain strong to peak at £2900 for a 760kg Charolais (382.00) presented by B Casey; S Hoines £2550 605kg Limousin (422.00), £2470 580kg Limousin (426.00), £2300 500kg Limousin (460.00); D Parr £2320 580kg Aberdeen Angus (400.00); S Brannigan £2140 560kg Limousin (382.00); P Potter £2080 515kg Belgian Blue (404.00), £2060 515kg Limousin (400.00); J Todd £2010 505kg Aberdeen Angus (398.00), £1980 510kg Aberdeen Angus (388.00), £1910 500kg Aberdeen Angus (382.00), £1840 420kg Aberdeen Angus (438.00), £1660 415kg Aberdeen Angus (400.00), £1530 370kg Aberdeen Angus (414.00), £1490 380kg Belgian Blue (392.00); A Parr £1950 510kg Aberdeen Angus (382.00); P Kelly £1870 420kg Limousin (445.00), £1870 445kg Limousin (420.00); C Capper £1810 450kg Charolais (402.00) and F McNally £1590 395kg Friesian (403.00).

Heifers

Heifers cleared to £2680 705kg Charolais (380.00) presented by B Casey; F Rafferty £2480 580kg Charolais (428.00), £2300 575kg Charolais (400.00), £2270 585kg Charolais (388.00), £2030 515kg Charolais (394.00); K Boylan £2360 585kg Limousin (403.00), £2280 550kg Limousin (415.00); H Smith £1970 470kg Belgian Blue (419.00), £1780 460kg Aberdeen Angus (387.00), £1700 450kg Hereford (378.00), £1630 385kg Aberdeen Angus (423.00), £1620 420kg Aberdeen Angus (386.00); S Morrow £1960 495kg Limousin (396.00), £1840 470kg Simmental (392.00); D Quinn £1940 490kg Charolais (396.00), £1880 480kg Charolais (392.00), £1840 485kg Charolais (380.00); S Hoines £1860 445kg Limousin (418.00); G McCarragher £1750 425kg Belgian Blue (412.00), £1710 410kg Belgian Blue (418.00), £1680 410kg Belgian Blue (410.00), £1560 410kg Belgian Blue (381.00), £1560 385kg Belgian Blue (405.00) £1560 395kg Belgian Blue (395.00); P McDonnell £1740 435kg Hereford (400.00); M Campton £1700 385kg Limousin (442.00); M and C Sheridan £1590 380kg Aberdeen Angus (418.00), £1550 390kg Aberdeen Angus (398.00), £1550 400kg Aberdeen Angus (388.00), £1540 375kg Aberdeen Angus (411.00) and J Todd £1540 385kg Aberdeen Angus (400.00), £1510 385kg Aberdeen Angus (393.00), £1500 390kg Aberdeen Angus (385.00).

Fat Cows sold to £2300 for a 610kg Simmental (377.00) presented by M Campton; P J Rafferty £1980 560kg Limousin (354.00); M Cardwell £1690 550kg Hereford (307.00), £1540 540kg Hereford (285.00) and H Smith £1540 525kg Aberdeen Angus (293.00), £1390 510kg Hereford (273.00).

Dropped calves

Dropped calf prices remain brisk trade to peak at £990 x 5 Aberdeen Angus bulls presented by B Kelly; an Armagh producer £940 Belgian Blue bull, £640 Speckle Park bull; W Clarke £890 Aberdeen Angus bull; S Anderson £870 Belgian Blue bull; C McCartan £800 x 2 Limousin bulls, £740 x 2 Limousin bulls, £740 Aberdeen Angus bull, £650 Limousin bull; Kennedy Farms £720 Belgian Blue bull, £630 Aberdeen Angus bull, £530 Hereford bull; E Boyd £690 Aberdeen Angus bull; P Mullin £690 Aberdeen Angus bull; P Carberry £590 Aberdeen Angus bull; S Mullin £580 Limousin bull, £530 Limousin bull and I and A Agnew £530 x 3 Aberdeen Angus bulls; S Lynch £520 x 3 Aberdeen Angus bulls.

Friesian bulls sold to £340.

Meanwhile heifer calves peaked at £790 for a Aberdeen Angus presented by B Kelly; C McCartan £780 Limousin heifer, £730 Belgian Blue heifer, £680 Limousin heifer, £580 Aberdeen Angus heifer, £540 Limousin heifer; S Mullin £590 Limousin heifer and an Armagh farmer £580 x 2 Belgian Blue heifers, £510 Hereford heifer.

Breeding stock sold to height of £4000 for a springing Belgian Blue heifer due to the Limousin bull at the end March presented by D McManus, £3700 in calf Simmental heifer, £3600 in calf Limousin heifer, £3550 in calf Limousin heifer and P J Rafferty £2920 in calf Simmental cow.

Dairy stock sold to £2900 for a second calving Friesian cow presented by a local producer, £2800 second Friesian calving cow, £2750 first calving Friesian heifer, £2700 for a third calving Friesian cow, £2700 second calving Friesian cow, £2600 second calving Friesian cow and £2500 first calving Friesian heifer.

Weanling

Once again weanling sold to a solid trade to peak at £2190 for a 460kg Charolais male (476.00) presented by A Johnston; a local producer £1940 435kg Limousin (446.00), £1900 390kg Limousin (487.00), £1800 390kg Limousin (462.00), £1570 305kg Limousin (515.00), £1480 310kg Saler (477.00); P Johnston £1850 370kg Charolais (500.00), £1760 370kg Charolais (475.00), £1740 295kg Charolais (590.00), £1690 275kg Charolais (615.00), £1490 250kg Charolais (596.00); K and P Maguire £1750 335kg Charolais (522.00), £1500 290kg Aberdeen Angus (517.00), £1460 285kg Charolais (512.00), £1310 265kg Aberdeen Angus (494.00); C Kerr £1750 350kg Limousin (500.00); P Devlin £1730 x 2 Aberdeen Angus 355kg Aberdeen Angus (485.00); D McCarney £1690 340kg Limousin (497.00), £1610 325kg Limousin (495.00); C J Donaghy £1690 275kg Belgian Blue (615.00); R Stewart £1680 320kg Simmental (525.00), £1580 305kg Simmental (518.00); S McDonnell £1620 260kg Charolais (623.00); B F Walker £1500 260kg Limousin (577.00), £1390 x 2 270kg Shorthorn beef (515.00), £1290 255kg Limousin (506.00); J and S Blackburn £1390 290kg Aberdeen Angus (479.00) and D Mallon £1340 225kg Limousin (596.00).

Meanwhile weanling heifers sold to £2000 for a 510kg Limousin (395.00) presented by H Smith, £1860 460kg Limousin (404.00); S McDonnell £1770 250kg Charolais (708.00); D Mallon £1740 275kg Limousin (633.00); JD Johnston £1720 330kg Limousin (521.00); P Johnston £1660 325kg Charolais (511.00), £1490 245kg Charolais (608.00), £1450 250kg Charolais (580.00); a Fermanagh producer £1660 325kg Charolais (511.00), £1650 265kg Charolais (523.00); a Dunagnnon farmer £1590 305kg Charolais (521.00); P Cush £1570 290kg Aberdeen Angus (541.00); D and D Graydon £1430 255kg Fleckvieh (561.00); C Kerr £1430 x 2 310kg Belgian Blue (458.00) and D McCarney £1270 260kg Limousin (489.00).

Fat lambs cleared to a height of £150 for a pen of 30kg lambs presented by J Love; T Dobson £145 24kg; J Hamill £143 24kg, £139.50 23kg; V Moore £143 25kg, £135 22kg; E Marshall £140 23kg, £139 23kg; E Heatherington £132.50 21.5kg and V Moore £125 20kg.

Fat ewes sold to £166 presented by J Love, £136; N Rainey £158; J Douglas £156, £138 and D Hopper £150, £140.

Fat rams topped at £158 presented by E Marshall and N Rainey £152.