Trade excellent for sheep on offer at Armoy Mart
The excellent weather kept numbers small on Wednesday night, trade was excellent for the stock on offer.
Lambs sold to a top price of £191.
Fat ewes sold to £216.
Ewes and lambs sold to £330 and fat hoggets sold to £197.
Leading prices
B Watt, Loughguile, 24kgs £181.Ian Kennedy, Ballymoney, 26kgs £190. J Watt, Armoy, 25kgs £189. G Millen, Coleraine, 25kgs £185. J and M Byrne, Antrim, 26kgs £180. Armoy farmer, 23kgs £180. Galbraith Brothers, Coleraine, 23kgs £180. C McHenry, Ballycastle, 20kgs £161. B O’Kane, Martinstown, 21kgs £163. AE Devlin, Drumsurn, 20kgs £160. J and M Byrne, Antrim, 20kgs £160.
Cull ewes
M Wright, Carnlough, Charollais, £216. G Millen, Coleraine, Texel, £210. Sam Creith, Armoy, Suffolk, £196. Arnold McClure, Ballymoney, Dorset, £194. Niall McLaughlin, Cushendall, Suffolk, £180. John McDonnell, Cushendall, Texel, £198. Alex McKillop, Cushendall, Suffolk, £200. Shaun Boyle, Loughguile, Texel, £186. JJ McHenry, Mosside, Texel, £180. John Todd, Ballycastle, Crossbreds £170.
Breeding sheep
S McAllister, Ballyvoy, 2 ewes, 4 lambs, £330, 3 ewes, 5 lambs, £304.
Sale every Wednesday night at 7pm.
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Auctioneers: Armoy Livestock Mart Ltd.