Weanling selling to a top price of £3.63 per kilo at Rathfriland Co-op

Largest show of cattle in January last Friday with over 400 cattle, with super yard full of Continental cattle with record prices, the dropped calf section contained calves up to four months old.
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Topped to £380 for Belgian Blue bull calf for a Banbridge farmer.

Weanling bull calves topped to £1330 for a 486kg from Aghagallon farmer.

Fat cows topped £1320 for 782k Shorthorn.

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Heifers topped £1460 for 512k Limousin.

Bullocks topped at £1640 for 570k Limousin.

Dropped calves and young stock

Bull calves

Banbridge farmer Belgian Blue at £380, Hereford at £380, Hereford at £375, Hereford at £355, Belgian Blue at £345, Banbridge farmer Aberdeen Angus at £330, Newry farmer Simmental at £310, Newtownards farmer Aberdeen Angus at £310, Banbridge farmer Aberdeen Angus at £300 and Banbridge farmer Aberdeen Angus at £275.

Heifer calves

Banbridge farmer Hereford at £355, Hereford at £345, Hereford at £340, Hereford at £300, Dromara farmer Aberdeen Angus at £300, Ballyward farmer Limousin at £295, Dromara farmer Belgian Blue at £285, Ballyroney farmer Fleckvieh at £280, Saintfield farmer Aberdeen Angus at £275 and Banbridge farmer Belgian Blue at £270.

Weanling male calves

Weanling male calves topped to £3.00 pence per kilo, weanling calves sold to super trade.

Aghagalon farmer Hereford 486k at £1330, Newry farmer Simmental 468k at £1300, Banbridge farmer Charolais 458k at £1250, Armagh farmer Hereford 460k at £1240, Newry farmer Limousin 404k at £1210, Rathfriland farmer Limousin 412k at £1200, Armagh farmer Aberdeen Angus 456k at £1190, Dromara farmer Hereford 428k at £1190 and Armagh farmer Belgian Blue 394k at £1140 and Belgian Blue 404k at £1090.

Weanling heifer calves

Weanling heifers topped to £3.63 pence per kilo.

Banbridge farmer Aberdeen Angus 434k at £1080, Downpatrick farmer Simmental 292k at £1060, Banbridge farmer Blonde 416k at £980, Katesbridge farmer Fleckvieh 368kg at £900, Ballyward farmer Limousin 366k at £900, Limousin 304k at £840, Drumaness farmer Belgian Blue 338k at £840, Kilkeel farmer Aberdeen Angus 318k at £830, Aberdeen Angus 318k at £800 and Ballyward farmer Limousin 296k at £790.

Fat cows

Newry farmer Shorthorn 782kg at £1320, Shorthorn 852k at £1300, Dromara farmer Montbeliarde 770k at £1050, Banbridge farmer Friesian 522k at £1000, Killinchy farmer Charolais 576k at £970, Dromara farmer Fleckvieh 620k at £840 and Banbridge farmer Friesian 610k at £840.

Cows and calves

Katesbridge farmer Fleckvieh cow at £1320.

Heifers

Heifers topped to £2.87 pence per kilo.

Annalong farmer Limousin 512k at £1460, Dromara farmer Charolais 588k at £1440, Annalong farmer Aberdeen Angus 554k at £1370, Dromara farmer Limousin 518k at £1370, Banbridge farmer Nored 622k at £1320, Annalong farmer Aberdeen Angus 528k at £1300, Limousin 440k at £1260, Aberdeen Angus 484k at £1250, Aberdeen Angus 502k at £1200 and Ballyward farmer Charolais 438k at £1200.

Bullocks

Bullock topped to £3.03 pence per kilo.

Dromara farmer Limousin 570k at £1640, Limousin 554k at £1600, Aberdeen Angus 574k at £1600, Annalong farmer Aberdeen Angus 660k at £1600, Simmental 620k at £1570, Dromara farmer Aberdeen Angus 612k at £1560, Hereford 590k at £1480, Limousin 466k at £1410, Ballyward farmer Charolais 476k at £1370 and Dromara farmer Hereford 562k at £1350.

Last Tuesday evening saw super show of stock and hoggets lambs selling to a flying trade.

Fat ewes selling to a good trade again.

Kilkeel farmer topped the sale at £5.90 a kilo for 19kg at £112.

Fat ewes topped at £177.

More ewes over the £162 mark this week with plainer ewes from £135 to £159

Hoggets

Dromore farmer 28k at £138, Hilltown farmer 25k at £131.50, Ballinaskeagh farmer 32k at £130, Waringstown farmer 24.7k at £129.50, Castlewellan farmer 25.4k at £128, Kikeel farmer 27k at £127, Katesbridge farmer 25.1k at £127, Kilcoo farmer 23.8k at £126, Rathfriland farmer 23.8k at £125 and Lisburn farmer 25.2k at £124.

Fat ewes

Hiltown farmer at £177, Banbridge farmer at £174, Ballinaskeagh farmer at £162, Saintfield farmer at £159, Poyntzpass farmer at £152, Dromara farmer at £144, Annalong farmer at £143. Saintfield farmer at £140, Ballynahinch farmer at £136 and Newry farmer at £134.

Fat rams

Annalong farmer at £156, Kilkeel farmer at £136, Downpatrick farmer at £117, Annalong farmer at £117 and Rathfriland farmer at £100.

Online bidding available via martbids.ie.