Strong demand for all classes of stock at Dungannon Mart, steers selling to £1810

Dungannon Mart’s first sale of 2024 saw a strong demand for all classes of stock with steers selling to £1810 for a 650kg Hereford (279.00).
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While heifers peaked at £2000, 730kg Charolais (274.00).

Fat cows sold to £900 for a 595kg Limousin (151.00).

Dropped calves sold to £370 Hereford bull.

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While heifer calves sold to £325 Simmental.

Weanlings males sold to £1260 for a 410kg Limousin (307.00).

While weanling heifers sold to £1290 for a 455kg Limousin (282.00).

Steers

Steers prices remain strong to peak at £1810 for a 650kg Hereford (279.00) presented by T Brown, £1600 590kg Limousin (271.00), £1600 605kg Limousin (265.00); B Hackett £1800 710kg Aberdeen Angus (254.00), £1770 660kg Charolais (268.00); I Reid £1580 630kg Aberdeen Angus (251.00); N Badger £1460 585kg Belgian Blue (250.00); D and J Kane £1360 460kg Limousin (296.00), £1260 475kg Charolais (265.00) and B Hamill £1310 515kg Aberdeen Angus (254.00).

Heifers

A quality entry of heifers sold to a height of £2000 for a 730kg Charolais (274.00) presented by K Price, £1900 680kg Charolais (279.00), £1860 640kg Charolais (291.00), £1810 635kg Limousin (285.00), £1800 640kg Limousin (281.00), £1780 645kg Charolais (276.00), £1730 605kg Limousin (286.00), £1710 610kg Charolais (280.00), £1710 635klg Charolais (269.00), £1690 610kg Charolais (277.00), £1570 585kg Charolais (268.00), £1560 575kg Limousin (271.00); R McAllister £1860 715kg Limousin (260.00); J McKenzie £1690 620kg Limousin (273.00), £1630 615kg Charolais (265.00), £1610 605kg Limousin (266.00); W Harkness £1690 595kg Simmental (284.00), £1530 575kg Simmental (266.00), £1520 550kg Simmental (276.00), £1500 555kg Simmental (270.00), £1490 550kg Charolais (271.00), £1460 535kg Charolais (273.00) and S Mitchell £1290 490kg Charolais (263.00).

Fat cows sold to £900 for a 595kg Limousin (151.00) presented by a Dungannon producer, £860 590kg Limousin (146.00), £680 430kg Aberdeen Angus (158.00) and W Allen £650 425kg Aberdeen Angus (153.00).

Dropped calves

Dropped Calves sold to a height of £370 for a Hereford bull presented by A Beattie; L Heslip £330 Aberdeen Angus bull, £280 Limousin bull; R Crawford £300 Aberdeen Angus bull; B McKeever £300 Aberdeen Angus bull, £285 Aberdeen Angus bull; D and D Graydon £290 Aberdeen Angus bull; Mountview Farms £270 Aberdeen Angus bull and P Dyche £260 Simmental bull; D Robinson £255 Hereford bull.

Meanwhile heifer calves peaked at £325 for 2 Simmentals presented by P Robinson, £290 Simmental heifer; D McCullagh £275 x 2 Aberdeen Angus heifers; W Allen £245 Limousin heifer; R Crawford £235 Aberdeen Angus heifer and D Cush £225 Aberdeen Angus heifer.

Weanlings

A great entry of quality weanlings saw males sell to £1260 for a 410kg Limousin (307.00) presented by K Quinn, £1200 455kg Limousin (264.00), £1080 385kg Limousin (280.00), £910 325kg Limousin (279.00); M McCrory £1210 475kg Limousin (255.00), £1120 405kg Limousin (277.00), £1020 310kg Limousin (330.00); J Bloomer £1190 375kg Charolais (316.00), £1090 370kg Charolais (292.00), £1060 345kg Charolais (308.00); F McCrory £1150 405kg Limousin (284.00); M Gilmore £1100 360kg Limousin (304.00), £1000 340kg Limousin (292.00); T Lockhart £1020 375kg Limousin (271.00); R Ruddell £960 355kg Limousin (271.00), £880 x 3 285kg Aberdeen Angus (309.00), £810 275kg Limousin (291.00); K McCrory £850 250kg Limousin (341.00) and J Gervis £790 215kg Charolais (369.00), £660 175kg Charolais (382.00).

Meanwhile weanling heifers sold to £1290 for a 455kg Limousin (282.00) presented by M McCrory, £1130 370kg Limousin (305.00), £1100 370kg Limousin (298.00), £1060 365kg Limousin (288.00), £1040 350kg Limousin (298.00), £840 315kg Limousin (266.00); K Quinn £1020 390kg Limousin (260.00); K McCrory £930 335kg Limousin (276.00); T Lockhart £900 345kg Charolais (262.00) and J Garvis £720 220kg Charolais (329.00), £470 150kg Charolais (310.00).

Fat lamb prices remain steady to peak at £121 for a pen of 28.5kg presented by W Jardin; T Dobson £117 23.5kg; D Cassidy £115 24kg; M Daly £103 20kg and E Cobane £100 20.8kg.

Fat ewes sold to £94 presented by W Jardin, £66.

Store lambs peaked at £88 for a pen of 18kg presented by M Daly and L Doran £56 15kg.