Super turnout of cattle at Armoy Mart, steers selling to £2,420
A super turnout of cattle on Monday night met with a trade to match and a 100% clearance was achieved with many customers still needing cattle.
Steers sold to £2,420 for a 500kgs Charolais from Mr Seamus Hill, Ballycastle.
A tremendous pen of Charolais heifers from Mr James E McCaughan, Armoy sold to a top of £2,480 and an average price of £2,383 for a pen of ten.
Fat cows sold to £2,400 paid to Mr Ivan Lynn, Armoy for a 700kg Limousin cow.
Leading prices
Steers
Seamus Hill, Ballycastle, Charolais, 500kgs £2,420, 470kgs £2,280, 550kgs £2,240, 500kgs £2,180. Christie McHenry, Ballycastle, Limousin, 250kgs £1,520. JJ McAlister, Cushendall, 390kgs £2,180, 380kgs £2,060, 480kgs £2,260, 370kgs £1,960, 390kgs £2,000, 390kgs £2,060, 400kgs £2,000, 340kgs £1,720. Robert McHenry, Torr, Charolais, 290kgs £1,620, 330kgs £1,820. V and C Butler, Ballyvoy, Charolais, 370kgs £1,960, 500kgs £2,300, 400kgs £1,900. Alex O’Neill, Glenarm, Charolais, 550kgs £2,230, 570kgs £2,380, 520kgs £2,230, 510kgs £2,120, 400kgs £1,980. Kelly Brothers, Ballycastle, Charolais, 320kgs £1,670, 340kgs £1,650, 310kgs £1,580. Gabriel Emerson, Cushendall, Limousin, 305kgs £1,560, 260kgs £1,340. JJ McAlister, Cushendall, Charolais, 400kgs £1,820, 370kgs £1,960. Michelle Wright, Carnlough, Limousin, 300kgs £1,620. Jeffrey Wray, Carnlough, Limousin, 320kgs £1,520, 380kgs £1,680. S Huey, Armoy, Limousin, 405kgs £1,960. Pat McKendry, Armoy, Charolais, 290kgs £1,480, 240kgs £1,340, 290kgs £1,460. P McKillop, Cushendall, Limousin, 480kgs £1,940, 470kgs £1,920. Seamus McDonnell, Ballyvoy, Charolais, 330kgs £1,660, 360kgs £1,660, 340kgs £1,620, 400kgs £1,940. G and A Rea, Finvoy, Aberdeen Angus, 3, 260kgs £1,180 each, 260kgs £1,360. Sean A McBride, Ballyvoy, Limousin, 450kgs £1,980, 430kgs £1,950, 400kgs £1,790, 500kgs £2,200, 350kgs £1,760, 350kgs £1,720, 350kgs £1,750. Jas McAuley, Bushmills, Aberdeen Angus, 520kgs £1,960.
Heifers
Jas E McCaughan, Armoy, Charolais, 600kgs £2,480, 630kgs £2,460, 600kgs £2,420, 600kgs £2,420, 640kgs £2,400, 560kgs £2,380, 540kgs £2,360, 560kgs £2,360. JJ McAlister, Cushendall, Charolais, 305kgs £1,720, 390kgs £1,940, 390kgs £1,980, 350kgs £1,860, 380kgs £1,800, 385kgs £1,980, 370kgs £1,940. Robert McHenry, Torr, Charolais, 330kgs £1,660, 30kgs £1,560, 280kgs £1,620, 310kgs £1,720. Jeffrey Wray, Carnlough, Limousin, 270kgs £1,580, 290kgs £1,480. S Huey, Armoy, Belgian Blue, 380kgs £2,060. Pat McKendry, Armoy, 260kgs £1,380, 240kgs £1,220. S Hill, Ballycastle, Charolais, 50kgs £2,100. S McDonnell, Ballyvoy, Charolais, 440kgs £2,220, 330kgs £1,680, 400kgs £2,100. Andrew Thompson, Stranocum, Charolais, 240kgs £1,300, 230kgs £1,380, 210kgs £1,130, 200kgs £1,140. V and C Butler, Ballyvoy, Charolais, 400kgs £2,040, 400kgs £1,880, 420kgs £2,080, 400kgs £2,020. Sean A McBride, Ballyvoy, Limousin, 300kgs £1,550, 340kgs £1,630, 360kgs £1,800, 300kgs £1,550. Sandy O’Neill, Glenarm, Charolais, 500kgs £1,980, 470kgs £2,030. Kelly Brothers, Ballycastle, Charolais, 300kgs £1,470, 290kgs £1,590. Gabriel Emerson, Cushendall, Limousin, 300kgs £1,540, 305kgs £1,460.
Fat cows
Ivan Lynn, Armoy, Limousin, 700kgs £2,400, 500kgs £1,740. Daniel Kane, Bushmills, Friesian, 630kgs £1,920. Jas Christie, Bushmills, Montbeliarde, 570kgs £1,720. Robert McHenry, Torr, 630kgs £2,380.
Sale every Monday night at 6.30pm.
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Auctioneers: Daniel McAlister – Armoy Livestock Mart Ltd.