Young calves sell to £585 at Rathfriland Co-Op

Dropped calves and young stock up to four and five months old sold to £585 for Simmental males from Co Armagh.

A Ballee (Downpatrick) farmer sold a Blue heifer at £570.

One month old Blue bulls from Lisburn sold at £450.

Weanlings cleared up to 260p/k for a 218k Lim female at £565 from Ballynahinch. This pen of four averaged 249p/k store heifers were exceptionally dear, eg, Dromore farmer: 550k at £1155, 508k at £1055.

Fat cows returned a splendid trade and were exclusively Holstein, eg, 730k at £980, 750k at £980 etc.

In the bullock section, a top of £1265 was paid for a 650k Blue from Ballyward, £1165 for a 590k Lim from Hilltown.

Holstein bullocks to £1020 twice for 622k.

A Hilltown farmer reached 246.7p/k for a 300k PTS at £740.

DROPPED CALVES & YOUNG STURKS

Co Armagh farmer: £585, £550, £500 and £500. Ballee farmer: Blue females, £570 and £520. Lisburn farmer: Blue bull £450. Dromore farmer: Blue female £450. Banbridge farmer: pen of Aberdeen Angus £435, £435, £430, £410 and £405. Aghaderg farmer: Hereford female £420. Cabra farmer: Simmental female £335.

WEANLINGS

Dromara farmer: 368k at £790, 316k at £730, 334k at £710. Ballynahinch farmer: 274k at £700, 256k at £650, 218k at £565 and 304k at £700. Downpatrick farmer: 290k at £665, 306k at £630, Castlevennon farmer: 280k at £515, 298k at £500. Killowen farmer: 330k at £675.

HEIFERS

Dromore farmer: 550k at £1155, 508k at £1055. Hilltown farmer: 498k at £955. Dromara farmer: 426k at £860, 382k at £820, 396k at £810, 358k at £740. Mayobridge farmer: 504k at £940.

HOLSTEIN FAT COWS

Islandmoyle farmer: 750k at £980. Downpatrick farmer: 736k at £980. Ballyward farmer: 676k at £890. Drinn farmer: 612k at £750, 580k at £710. Holstein bull 936k at £1170.

BULLOCKS

Dromara farmer: 478k at £1020, 450k at £950, 420k at £900, 450k at £900, 406k at £890, 338k at £780. Ballyward farmer: 658k at £1265. Hilltown farmer: 596k at £1165, 554k at £1070.

HOLSTEIN BULLOCKS: Ballyward farmer: 622k at £1020, 674k at £1020, 606k at £965, 610k at £955, 594k at £880, 600k at £890, 550k at £830. Hilltown farmer: 412k at £735, 480k at £730, 450k at £660, 390k at £610 and 405k at £600.

While lamb prices eased on Tuesday evening, they returned a better trade than expected.

A Downpatrick farmer reached 474.5p/k for 19.6k at £93.

A top of £97 was paid for two lots from Kilkeel.

A Ballinaskeagh farmer sold 23k at £96.50.

Another massive entry of fat ewes sold to £128 for a Kilcoo farmer.

LIGHT LAMBS

Downpatrick farmer: 19.6k at £93. Kilcoo farmer: 20.5k at £93.50. Enagh farmer: 20.6k at £91.50. Dromara farmer: 18.9k at £83. Cullion farmer: 20.2k at £87.50. Ballyward farmer: 20.8k at £90.

HEAVY LAMBS

Kilkeel farmer: 22.9k at £97. Ballinaskeagh farmer: 23k at £96.50. Lisnacree farmer: 23k at £95. Katesbridge farmer: 24.5k at £94.50. Loughbrickland farmer: 25.5k at £94.50.

FAT EWES

Kilcoo farmer: £128. Ballyroney farmer: £127. Ballinahinch farmer: £117 and £107. Drumlee farmer: £103. Annaclone farmer: £97. Ballykeel farmer: £95. Katesbridge farmer: £95. Loughbrickland farmer: £93.