Downpatrick Mart: Good entry of quality cattle
In the heavy weight category bullocks sold to a top of 2.11ppk for a 506kg Charolais and light weight stores to 2.45ppk for a 204kg Aberdeen Angus.
Leading prices in all categories as follows:
Bullocks 500kg plus
Castlewellan farmer 506kg Charolais ﾃつ｣1,065 (2.11ppk), Ballydrummond farmer 502kg Blonde d'Aquitaine ﾃつ｣1,030 (2.05ppk), Strangford farmer 518kg Aberdeen Angus ﾃつ｣1,035 (2.00ppk), Castlewellan farmer 550kg Limousin ﾃつ｣1,080 (1.97ppk), Newry farmer 510kg Limousin (1.93pk), Ballydonety farmer 610kg Limousin ﾃつ｣1,160 (1.90ppk), Burrenreagh farmer 532kg Charolais ﾃつ｣1,010 (1.90kg) and Hereford ﾃつ｣1,120 (1.86ppk), Downpatrick farmer 580kg Limousin ﾃつ｣1,100 (1.90ppk) and 526kg Limousin ﾃつ｣980 (1.86ppk) and 512kg Charolais ﾃつ｣940 (1.84ppk) and 542kg Limousin ﾃつ｣980 (1.81ppk), Ballydrummond farmer 564kg Blonde d'Aquitaine ﾃつ｣1,010 (1.79ppk) and 632kg Hereford ﾃつ｣1,110 (1.76ppk), Strangford farmer 504kg Belgian Blue ﾃつ｣870 (1.73ppk) and Raholp farmer 648kg Charolais ﾃつ｣1,100 (1.70ppk).
Bullocks 200kg-499kg
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Ballybrannagh farmer 204kg Aberdeen Angus ﾃつ｣500 (2.45ppk), Burrenreagh 466kg Charolais ﾃつ｣1,010 (2.17ppk), Loughinisland farmer 444kg Aberdeen Angus ﾃつ｣925 (2.08ppk), Castlewellan farmer 466kg Charolais ﾃつ｣970 (2.08ppk), Bonecastle farmer 284kg ﾃつ｣590 (2.08ppk) Loughinisland farmer 436kg ﾃつ｣900 (2.06ppk) and 430kg Aberdeen Angus ﾃつ｣880 (2.05ppk) and 388kg Aberdeen Angus ﾃつ｣790kg (2.04ppk), Strangford farmer 490kg Belgian Blue ﾃつ｣985 (2.01ppk), Newry farmer 426g Charolais ﾃつ｣850 (2.00ppk), Strangford farmer 394kg Belgian Blue ﾃつ｣780 (1.98ppk) and 428kg Belgian Blue ﾃつ｣835 (1.95ppk), Loughinisland farmer 400kg Aberdeen Angus ﾃつ｣780 (1.98ppk),Strangford farmer 450kg Belgian Blue ﾃつ｣840 (1.87ppk) and 490kg Belgian Blue ﾃつ｣900 (1.84ppk) and Newry farmer 384kg Charolais ﾃつ｣700 (1.82ppk).
Heifers 200-600kg
Ballymadeerfy farmer 298kg Charolais ﾃつ｣690 (2.32ppk) and 282kg Charolais ﾃつ｣640 (2.27ppk) and 308kg Limousin ﾃつ｣690 (2.18ppk), Ballybrannagh farmer 138kg ﾃつ｣285 (2.07ppk) and 222kg ﾃつ｣440 (1.98ppk), Ballydrummond farmer 524kg Blonde d'Aquitaine ﾃつ｣990 (1.89ppk), Ballybrannagh farmer 350kg Aberdeen Angus ﾃつ｣350kg (1.86ppk), Kilkeel farmer 480kg Blonde d'Aquitaine ﾃつ｣875 (1.82ppk), Newry farmer 446g Charolais ﾃつ｣810 (1.82ppk), Ballydrummond farmer 454kg Blonde d'Aquitaine ﾃつ｣800 (1.76ppk), Downpatrick farmer 374kg Charolais ﾃつ｣640 (1.71ppk), Ballynoe farmer 380kg Blonde d'Aquitaine ﾃつ｣650 (1.71ppk), Kilcoo farmer 568kg Charolais ﾃつ｣960 (1.69ppk) and Ballybrannagh farmer 166kg Aberdeen Angus ﾃつ｣280 (1.69ppk), Newry farmer 446kg Limousin ﾃつ｣750 (1.68ppk), Raholp farmer 442kg Aberdeen Angus ﾃつ｣725 (1.64ppk) and 402kg Aberdeen Angus ﾃつ｣620 (1.54ppk) and 456kg Hereford ﾃつ｣675 (1.48ppk).
At the sheep sale on Saturday, November 3rd November trade was steady with an increase from the previous sale.
Fat lambs sold to ﾃつ｣82.00, fat ewes to ﾃつ｣75.00 and light weight lambs to ﾃつ｣3.69ppk.Dromara farmer 26kg, ﾃつ｣82.00, Castlewellan farmer 26kg, ﾃつ｣81.00, Dromara farmer 26kg ﾃつ｣83.00, Strangford farmer 25kg, ﾃつ｣80.00, Ardglass farmer 25kg, ﾃつ｣80.00, Kilkeel farmer 25kg, ﾃつ｣80.00, Newcastle farmer 24kg, ﾃつ｣80.00, Ballykilbeg farmer 27kg, ﾃつ｣80.00, Crossgar farmer 25kg, ﾃつ｣78.50, Downpatrick farmer 23kg, ﾃつ｣78.50, Ballynahinch farmer 22kg, ﾃつ｣78.00, Ballybranagh farmer 25kg, ﾃつ｣77.50 and ﾃつ｣77.00, Annadorn farmer 22kg, ﾃつ｣77.00, Dromara farmer 26kg, ﾃつ｣76.50, Legamaddy farmer 22kg, ﾃつ｣75.50 and ﾃつ｣75.00, Downpatrick farmer 22kg, ﾃつ｣76.00, Newry farmer 22kg, ﾃつ｣ﾃつ｣74.50, Scaddy farmer 22kg, ﾃつ｣72.50, Newcastle farmer 21kg, ﾃつ｣70.00, Legamaddy farmers 21kg, ﾃつ｣70.00, Clough farmer 25kg, ﾃつ｣70.00, Newry farmer 21kg, ﾃつ｣68.00 and Downpatrick farmer 18kg, ﾃつ｣66.50.
FAT EWES: Kilkeel farmer ﾃつ｣75.00, Newcastle and Strangford farmers ﾃつ｣70.00, Downpatrick farmer ﾃつ｣65.00 and Raholp farmers ﾃつ｣60.00.