Tremendous trade with ewes selling to £144 at Armoy Mart

Fat lambs sold to £100, store lambs to £85.50, breeding ewes topped at £174, fat ewes were a tremendous trade selling to £144.

LEADING PRICES

FAT LAMBS

S Ramage, Ballymoney, 29kgs £100. J E McCaughan, Armoy, 26kgs £97.00. SJ Currie, Mosside, 25kgs £95.00. Trevor Butler, Ballyvoy, 25kgs £95.00. Ian Young, Coleraine, 25kgs £95.00. A Laverty, Armoy, 24kgs £95.00. M McVicker, Bushmills, 24kgs £94.00. P McNicholl, Garvagh, 23kgs £94.00. Pat McBride, Ballycastle, 24kgs, £94.00. V and C Butler, Ballycastle, 24kgs £94.00. Alistair Gillan, Armoy, 23kgs £94.00. C Martin, Dunloy, 23kgs £94.00.

FAT EWES

V Chestnutt, 2, £144, 5, £119. Armoy farmer, 6 Texel, £113. P McErlain, Armoy, 10 Suffolk, £97.00. G McIlroy, Ballycastle, 4 crossbreds £96.00. P McAtamney, Loughguile, 6 crossbreds £93.00. B McCloskey, Loughguile 10 crossbreds £79.00. Armoy farmer, 6, crossbreds, £96.50. F McCaughan, Ballycastle, 16 crossbreds £77.00. Liam Sharkey, Cushendun, 9 Cheviot, £77.00.

BREEDING EWES

Craig McMillan, Bushmills, 11 Mules, £174. D McKinley, Armoy, 10 Texel, £170. M McBride, Armoy, 7 Texel, £150.

STORE LAMBS

Liam Sharkey, Cushendun, 22 Suffolk, £85.50. M McCurry, Cushendall, 12 Texel, £84.00. John Todd, Ballycastle, 54 Texel, £81.50. Charles McCormick, Armoy, 45 Texel, £80.50. M McVicker, Bushmills, 10 Texel, £80.50. D McAlister, Cushendall, 20 Texel, £80.00. N McMullan, Loughguile, 45 Texel, £79.00. John McCartney, Cloughmills, 49, Texel, £77.50. G McCambridge, Ballycastle, 28 Texel, £77.50.

Sale every Wednesday night at 7.00pm.

Auctioneers: Daniel McAlister and Son.