Super turnout of sheep at Armoy Mart, £350 for ewes with twin lambs

A super turnout of sheep on Wednesday night met with a fine trade for all sorts of stock.

Ewes and lambs were in demand selling to £350 for ewes with twin lambs paid to Mr John Huey, Armoy.

Fat ewes were a super trade and a top price of £318 was paid to Mr Brian McCurdy, Bushmills.

Spring lambs sold to £200, paid to Mr B Mullan, Ballymoney for 25kgs.

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Fat hoggets were very sharp and a top price of £204 was achieved by Mr Des Kelly, Ballycastle for a pen of 30kg hoggets.

Leading prices

Fat hoggets

Des Kelly, Ballycastle, 30kgs £204. John McKinley, Ballycastle, 29kgs £203. Dan McKinley, Ballycastle, 27kgs £195. Pat Kane, Ballycastle, 29kgs £195. Liam McGarry, Loughguile, 30kgs £194. Martin Kelly, Ballycastle, 26kgs £194. D McKinley, Ballycastle, 30kgs £195. Gavin Chestnutt, Liscolman, 30kgs £190. Trevor Butler, Ballyvoy, 28kgs £190. Huey Brothers, Armoy, 30kgs £190. A and B Dowey, Ballymoney, 22kgs £180. B Laverty, Loughguile, 29kgs £188. John Moore, Dunloy, 23kgs £165. D Kerr, Bushmills, 25kgs £195. Jas McAlister, Bushmills, 25kgs £180. Josephine Wray, Carnlough, 26kgs £185.

Spring lambs

B Mullan, Stranocum, 22.5kgs £196. Ronnie Marshall, Ballymena, 23kgs £190. D Kerr, Bushmills, 23kgs £195. Jonathan McCurdy, Bushmills.

Breeding sheep

Huey Brothers, Ballymoney, 3 ewes, 6 lambs, £350, 3 ewes, 6 lambs, £335. Trevor Adams, Armoy, ewes with twins, £335. Armoy farmer, ewes with twins, £320, £305. G Chestnutt, Liscolman, ewes with singles, £285. Denis O’Neill, Ballycastle, ewes with singles, £274.

Fat ewes

Brian and Jen McCurdy, Bushmills, Texel, £318. PJ McGuckain, Cloughmills, Mules, £230. E McCarry, Loughguile, Texel, £224. Brian McAlister, Ballymoney, Texel, £220. B Laverty, Loughguile, Charollais, £216. David Guild, Armoy, Texel, £214. Arnold McClure, Ballymoney, Charollais, £202. Gavin Chestnutt, Liscolman, Suffolk, £220. Brian McAuley, Bushmills, Suffolk, £200. Johnny Moore, Dunloy, Suffolk, £200. Robert Lynn, Ballymoney, Texel, £198. F and J McCurry, Cushendall, Suffolk, £198.

Pet lambs sold to £34.00 in a good sharp trade and foster ewes to £200.

Sale every Wednesday night at 7.00pm.

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Auctioneers: Armoy Livestock Mart Ltd.

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