Strong demand for all stock at Dungannon

A strong demand for all classes of stock at Dungannon on Wednesday 7th April saw a top price paid of £1430 for a 685kg Char Heifer (209.00).
By The Newsroom
Published 7th Apr 2021, 15:59 BST

Steers topped at £1420 565kg Char (251.00); meanwhile Dropped Calves peaked at £515 for a 8 week old Her Bull and Heifer Calves to £425 Lim.

Suckled Cows sold to £1670 for an in-Calf Lim Cow; A plainer show of Weanlings sold to a height of £860 for a 385kg Char Hfr (222.00), While weanling Males sold to £845 for a 345kg Char (243.00).

STEERS

Steers prices peaked at £1420 for a choice 565kg char (251.00) presented by T Brown, £1360 555kg Char (245.00), £1350 565kg Char (239.00), £1230 500kg Lim (246.00); E Scully £1390 590kg Char (236.00), £1350 580kg Char (233.00), £1240 530kg Char (234.00); R McMullan £1200 515kg Lim (233.00), £1180 455kg Lim (259.00), £1080 450kg Lim (240.00), £1080 505kg Lim (214.00); B Holland £1140 500kg AA (228.00); R Ferguson £960 385kg Lim (249.00), £910 360kg Lim (253.00); H Wylie £870 380kg Her (229.00), £810 350kg Her (231.00).

HEIFERS

A great entry of Heifers sold to a height of £1430 685kg Char (209.00) presented by G Boden, £1420 630kg Char (225.00), £1390 605kg Char (230.00), £1370 630kg Char (218.00), £1340 600kg Char (223.00), £1150 500kg Char (230.00), £1110 495kg Char (224.00), £1060 515kg Char (206.00); R McMullan £1230 540kg Lim (228.00); W Bloomer £1160 525kg Her (221.00), £1050 505kg Her (208.00); B Skeffington £930 445kg Sim (209.00), £840 400kg Sim (210.00), £740 325kg Sim (228.00); J Hobson £880 360kg Lim (244.00); M Rowe £850 405kg ST (210.00), £850 410kg ST (207.00), £830 380kg ST (218.00), £820 380kg ST (216.00); Mountview Cattle £810 385kg AA (210.00), £740 310kg AA (238.00); A Ferguson £770 370kg SH (208.00).

DROPPED CALVES

Dropped Calf prices hit a height of £515 for a first choice Her Bull presented by B O’Neill, £430 Her Bull, £420 Her Bull, £400 AA Bull, £400 Her Bull; J & A Robinson £420 Lim Bull, £400 Lim Bull, £400 Her Bull, £300 Her Bull; I Marshall £370 Her Bull, £310 Her Bull, £290 x 2 Her Bulls, £270 Her Bull; O Barker £350 AA Bull; F Burrows £310 AA Bull; A Daly £270 BB Bull; H Irwin £260 SHB, £260 AA Bull; B Devlin £250 AA Bull; Fr Bulls sold from £70 to £200 for stronger sorts.

Meanwhile Heifers Calves topped at £425 Lim Hfr presented by R Armstrong; J & A Robinson £420 x 2 Sim Hfrs, £390 Sim Hfr, £300 Sim Hfr, £290 Her Hfr; J McFarland £290 Lim Hfr; I & S Marshall £280 Her Hfr; B Hughes £270 AA Hfr; E Fox £270 x 2 AA Hfrs; Suckled Cows peaked at £1670 for a in-calf Lim Cow presented by M Rowe.

WEANLINGS

A plainer entry of weanlings saw Male Calves sell to £845 for a 345kg Char (243.00) presented by S Bell, £800 345kg Daq (230.00), £780 280kg Char (277.00); P Corrigan

£690 310kg BB (220.00), £605 220kg Lim (275.00); A Dungannon producer £680 255kg Her (266.00), £665 250kg Her (264.00), £630 225kg AA (281.00), £600 240kg AA (252.00), £600 230kg AA (261.00), £540 210kg AA (256.00).

Meanwhile weanling Heifers topped at £860 385kg Char (222.00) presented by S Bell; P Corrigan £800 310kg Char (257.00); R McGuigan £700 290kg Lim (241.00), £550 205kg Char (266.00); J Weir £675 305kg Char (221.00), £620 255kg Her (241.00), £600 260kg.

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