Castlewellan

Hilltown Mart

Marts: Fat ewes selling to £172 at Hilltown Mart

Saintfield Mart. Picture: Saintfield Mart

Marts: Steady trade for sheep at Saintfield Mart, ewes selling to £208

Hilltown Mart

Marts: Bullocks selling to £1900 at Hilltown Mart

Rathfriland Mart

Marts: Weanling selling to a top of £1460 at Rathfriland Co-op

Saintfield Mart. Picture: Saintfield Mart

Marts: Charollais shearling sells for £930 at Saintfield Mart ram fair

Nathan Crozier, Key Account Manager at TS Foods in Castlewellan.

Top grocer reckons new sourdough stuffings from Castlewellan are ‘Simply Better’

At Downpatrick Mart, a Ballynahinch farmer sold lot 107, Suffolk Cheviot breeding ewe lambs for 26.10kg £151 (579p). Picture: Downpatrick Mart

Marts: Fat ewes selling to £196 per head at Downpatrick Mart

Rathfriland Mart

Marts: Dairy stock selling to a top of £2550 at Rathfriland Co-op

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James’ sister Karen Malone with father Emmet Malone, sister Aisling Malone, mother Geraldine Malone and sister Lorna McCartan presenting the cheque to Susan Smith, Community Fundraising Manager at NSPCC NI.

Tractor run in memory of Wee James raises over £22,000 for NSPCC NI

A large number of tractors turned out on the day

Event held on what would have been James' 22nd birthday

Farming Life livestock markets

Marts: Good quality heavy lambs selling steadily to £135 at Markethill Mart

John Milligan

Castlewellan farmer putting Soil Nutrient Health Scheme results into action

At Downpatrick Mart, a Dromara farmer lot 101, breeding Mule hoggets at 28.3kg £240. Picture: Downpatrick Mart

Marts: Hoggets selling to £240 per head at Downpatrick Mart

Farming Life livestock markets

Marts: Exceptionally strong demand for cattle at Markethill Mart

Hilltown Mart

Marts: Bullocks selling to £2040 at Hilltown Mart

A large entry of sheep to Hilltown Mart on Thursday 25th July saw fat ewes sell to £199 and fat lambs to £130.

Darryl Armitage

First prize ewe lamb from the Murnion family.

100 North Country Cheviots shown at Castlewellan Show

Saintfield Mart. Picture: Saintfield Mart

Marts: Excellent entry of sheep at Saintfield Mart, ewes selling to £240

Hilltown Mart

Marts: Fat ewes selling to £196 at Hilltown Saleyard

SOMA Festival

SOMA FEST 2024 takes over Castlewellan this weekend

Saintfield Mart. Picture: Saintfield Mart

Marts: Excellent entry of sheep at Saintfield Mart, ewes selling to £228

Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin

SOMA Fest 2024 brings celebration of Irish folk music to County Down

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The Soma House Band in 2023.

Castlewellan’s SOMA FEST 2024 line-up revealed

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Cattle prices from Markethill on Saturday

Kathryn Shaw, Áine Nic Lúirg and Lorna Nic Cathmhaoil

SOMA FEST returns to Castlewellan

A Loughinisland farmer topped the fat lamb category at Downpatrick with lot 62: 30.5kg which sold for £156.00

All the latest prices for sheep at Downpatrick mart

The weekly sheep sale took place in Downpatrick on Saturday, 29th June 2024.

Downpatrick Co-Operative Marketing Ltd

James Malone. (Pic supplied)

Tractor run to honour the memory of 'Wee James'

At the Downpatrick Mart sale on Saturday, June 22, a Crossgar farmer topped the market with lot 604, an Aberdeen Angus bull calf at 160kg which sold for £480. Picture: Downpatrick Mart

Marts: Excellent prices for cattle at Downpatrick Mart

Hilltown Mart

Marts: Cows and calves selling to £2640 at Hilltown Mart

At the cattle sale at Downpatrick Mart on Monday 20th May 2024, a Ballynahinch farmer topped the market on the night with lot 340, a Limousin bullock weighing 640kg which sold for £1,740 ( 271.9p)

Marts: Good prices remain at Downpatrick Mart, bullocks selling to £1740

Farming Life livestock markets

Marts: Steady demand for quality forward heifers at Markethill Mart

Rathfriland Mart

Marts: Bullocks selling to a top of £1900 at Rathfriland Co-op

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Rathfriland Mart

Bullocks selling to a top price of £1680 at Rathfriland Co-op

At the sheep sale held at Downpatrick Mart on Saturday 13th April 2024, a Downpatrick farmer topped the fat ram category on the day with lot 47, a Texel ram weighing 64kg that sold for £268 (418.8p). Picture: Downpatrick Mart

Fat ewes selling to £232 for 54kg at Downpatrick Mart, hoggets to £194 for 32kg

Hilltown Mart

Fat ewes selling to £270 and hoggets to £221 at Hilltown Mart

At the cattle sale held at Downpatrick Mart on Monday 8th April 2024, a Downpatrick farmer topped the market on the night with lot 316, a Charolais bullock at 15 months old weighing 666kg which sold for £1,720 (258.3p). Picture: Downpatrick Mart

Bullocks selling to £1720 for 666kg at Downpatrick Mart

Hilltown Mart

Weanlings selling to £1670 (409ppk) at Hilltown Mart

Hilltown Mart

Bullocks selling to £2200 at Hilltown Saleyard

Rathfriland Mart

Weanlings selling to a top of £1430 at Rathfriland Co-op

Hilltown Mart

Fat ewes selling to £292 at Hilltown Mart, excellent prices throughout

Hilltown Mart

Bullocks selling to £2160 at Hilltown Mart, excellent trade throughout

Rathfriland Mart

Bullocks selling to a top of £1700 at Rathfriland Co-op

Rathfriland Mart

Heifers selling to a top of £1780 at Rathfriland Co-op

Hilltown Mart

Bullocks selling to £2000 at Hilltown Mart

Saintfield Mart. Picture: Saintfield Mart

Great entry of sheep at Saintfield Mart, ewes selling to a top price of £230

Rathfriland Mart

Dairy cows selling to a top price of £2200 at Rathfriland Co-op

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Saintfield Mart. Picture: Saintfield Mart

Large entry of sheep at Saintfield Mart, ewes selling to £210

Hilltown Mart

Mourne Blackface ewe lambs sell for £1600 at Hilltown Mart

Hilltown Mart

Bullocks selling to a top price of £2170 at Hilltown Mart

The foal has distinctive markings but is a roan-grey colour now. (Pic supplied by Alison Smith)

Owner appeals for safe return of foal stolen in County Down

Saintfield Mart. Picture: Saintfield Mart

Large entry of sheep at Saintfield Mart, ewes selling to £226

Hilltown Mart

Fat cows selling to £1780 at Hilltown Mart, bullocks to £1680