Fat lambs selling to a top price of £150 per pen at Dungannon Mart

FAT lambs at Dungannon Mart sold to £150 for a pen of 26kg presented by J Douglas; S Davidson £150 27kg; J Kane £150 29kg; P Garvey £143 20.8kg, £143 21kg and D Hall £132 22.5kg.

Fat ewes sold to £164 presented by M Thompson, £138, £130; T Dobson £134; T Ferguson £130; D Hall £128, £125 and N Marshall £125.

Fat rams sold to £100 presented by T Ferguson, £80.

Store lambs peaked at £132 19kg presented by I Young K Burrows £130 20kg, £128 20kg; J A A Farms £125 17kg and S Davidson £116 18kg.

Heifers sold to £2350 575kg Limousin (409.00).

Fat cows sold to £1960 for a 775kg Limousin (253.00).

Dropped calves topped at £960 for a Aberdeen Angus bull and heifer calves to £810 Belgian Blue heifer.

Suckled cows and calves sold to £2880 for a Simmental cow with a Limousin bull calf at foot.

Weanlings sold to £2100 for a 385kg Simmental heifer (546.00), while weanling males sold to £1910 440kg Limousin (434.00).

Steers

Steer prices reached a height of £2690 for a 735kg presented by P Quinn, £2620 720kg Limousin (364.00), £2400 670kg Limousin (358.00), £2390 670kg Limousin (357.00); D McVeigh £2460 660kg Limousin (372.00), £2260 640kg Limousin (353.00); F McVeigh £2390 655kg Charolais (365.00), £2340 630kg Charolais (371.00), £2010 525kg Charolais (383.00); G McAllister £2210 620kg Limousin (357.00); G McStay £1920 485kg Limousin (396.00) and M Cush £1640 465kg Shorthorn (353.00).

Heifers

Heifers cleared to a height of £2350 for a 575kg Limousin (408.00) presented by K Mallon, £2070 530kg Belgian Blue (391.00), £2040 550kg Limousin (371.00), £2020 545kg Limousin (371.00), £2000 535kg Charolais (374.00); K Gallagher £2220 590kg Limousin (376.00); E Hackett £2200 595kg Charolais (370.00), £1900 500kg Charolais (380.00), £1900 505kg Charolais (376.00), £1900 510kg Charolais (373.00), £1880 485kg Charolais (388.00), £1770 455kg Charolais (389.00), £1720 435kg Charolais (395.00); F O’Neill £1930 535kg Charolais (361.00), £1720 415kg (415.00), £1690 420kg Charolais (402.00), £1680 440kg Limousin (382.00), £1640 370kg Charolais (443.00), £1600 430kg Limousin (372.00), £1600 375kg Charolais (426.00), £1530 425kg Charolais (360.00), £1520 415kg Aberdeen Angus (366.00), £1460 370kg Limousin (395.00), £1400 365kg Limousin (384.00), £1200 300kg Charolais (400.00); H Smith £1910 530kg Limousin (360.00); S Davidson £1750 495kg Aberdeen Angus (354.00); D McManus £1700 405kg Limousin (420.00); N Lee £1670 425kg Limousin (393.00); B Nugent £1580 410kg Belgian Blue (385.00) and J Cooke £1480 410kg Limousin (361.00).

Fat cows sold to £1960 775kg Limousin (253.00) presented by N McCaul; G Burrows £1850 725kg Belgian Blue (255.00) and C Warnock £1380 660kg Fleckvieh (209.00).

Dropped calves

A strong demand for all classes of calves saw bull calves sell to £960 for a Aberdeen Angus bull presented by P Devlin; K McDonnell £850 Charolais bull, £750 Belgian Blue bull; T J Hamilton £850 Charolais bull, £750 Charolais bull; H Quinn £850 Limousin bull, £810 x 5 Limousin bulls, £740 Charolais bull; Glenview Farms £790 Speckle Park bull; S Donaghy £730 x 3 Belgian Blue bulls; J Douglas £730 Charolais bull, £580 Aberdeen Angus bull; J McKeown £700 x 2 Aberdeen Angus bulls; J McFarland £660 Belgian Blue bull, £550 Fleckvieh bull, £550 Simmental bull; S Anderson £640 x 2 Aberdeen Angus bulls, £540 Belgian Blue bull; T Watson £620 Charolais bull, £560 Belgian Blue bull, £530 Belgian Blue bull, £500 Belgian Blue bull; R Jones £590 Limousin bull; Churchview Farms £580 Hereford bull; J Murphy £550 Aberdeen Angus bull and K Crawford £550 Aberdeen Angus bull.

Friesian bulls sold from £230 to £520 for stronger sorts.

Meanwhile heifer calves sold to £810 Belgian Blue heifer presented by D Robinson, £770 Belgian Blue heifer, £580 Belgian Blue heifer; J McKeown £700 Aberdeen Angus heifer, £610 Aberdeen Angus heifer, £590 x 2 Aberdeen Angus heifers, £510 Aberdeen Angus heifer; C Dixon £700 Blonde d'Aquitaine heifer, £680 Blonde d'Aquitaine heifer, £550 Blonde d'Aquitaine heifer; M Watters £700 Limousin heifer, £650 Aberdeen Angus heifer; H Quinn £690 x 3 Limousin heifers; Churchview Farms £590 x 2 Aberdeen Angus heifers; R Jones £540 Aberdeen Angus heifer, £530 Hereford heifer and S Donaghy £500 x 2 Belgian Blue heifers.

Suckled cows and calves sold to £2880 for a Simmental cow and Limousin bull presented by B Casey and N McCaul £2450 Aberdeen Angus cow and Aberdeen Angus bull, £2000 Limousin cow and Limousin bull.

Weanlings

Once again a great entry of weanlings saw male calves sell to £1910 for a 440kg Limousin (434.00) presented by D McManus, £1490 300kg Limousin (497.00), £1450 300kg Limousin (484.00); S Wylie £1800 330kg Limousin (545.00); F and A Donaghy £1740 375kg Charolais (464.00), £1600 335kg Limousin (478.00), £1480 315kg Aberdeen Angus (470.00); D Burton £1700 345kg Charolais (493.00); Coolwynds Farm £1700 365kg Limousin (466.00); W and J Lucas £1670 325kg Limousin (514.00), £1290 275kg Limousin (469.00); J P Devlin £1670 375kg Charolais (445.00), £1270 245kg Charolais (518.00), £1260 260kg Limousin (485.00); E Conroy £1660 350kg Limousin (474.00), £1320 305kg Charolais (432.00); G McKee £1610 370kg Limousin (435.00), £1580 350kg Limousin (451.00), £1530 335kg Limousin (456.00), £1520 355kg Limousin (428.00), £1480 365kg Limousin (406.00), £1460 345kg Limousin (423.00), £1410 305kg Limousin (462.00), £1360 320kg Limousin (425.00), £1140 250kg Limousin (456.00); E Wallace £1570 385kg Limousin (408.00), £1380 280kg Limousin (492.00), £1270 280kg Limousin (453.00), £1260 245kg Limousin (514.00), £1250 290kg Limousin (431.00), £1180 265kg Limousin (445.00), £1040 200kg Limousin (520.00); T Workman £1530 350kg Charolais (437.00), £1500 365kg Charolais (411.00); P Johnston £1520 360kg Charolais (422.00); T J Hamilton £1450 300kg Charolais (483.00), £1350 290kg Charolais (465.00), £1310 300kg Charolais (436.00); A Bowden £1290 270kg Aberdeen Angus (477.00), £1270 235kg Aberdeen Angus (540.00), £1210 x 2 275kg Shorthorn beef (275.00), £1100 225kg Limousin (489.00), £1080 240kg Aberdeen Angus (450.00); D Kelly £1280 x 3 315kg Hereford (406.00); A Lucas £1260 230kg Limousin (547.00), £1260 245kg Limousin (514.00), £1060 220kg Limousin (482.00) and C McManus £1130 240kg Charolais (471.00).

Meanwhile, weanling heifers sold to £2100 for a 385kg Simmental (545.00) presented by A Johnston, £1960 320kg Simmental (612.00), £1820 315kg Simmental (578.00); S Wylie £1740 355kg Limousin (490.00), £1520 340kg Limousin (448.00), £1510 285kg Limousin (530.00), £1510 290kg Limousin (521.00), £1300 290kg Limousin (448.00); D Burton £1480 370kg Charolais (400.00); E Wallace £1370 315kg Limousin (435.00); J Burns £1370 340kg Limousin (403.00); J P Devlin £1230 290kg Charolais (424.00), £1010 240kg Charolais (421.00); T Workman £1160 250kg Belgian Blue (464.00); A Lucas £1110 240kg Limousin (462.00); C McManus £1100 250kg Charolais (440.00); W and J Lucas £1090 265kg Limousin (411.00) and A Bowden £1050 220kg Simmental (477.00), £950 210kg Limousin (452.00), £1050 240kg Blonde d'Aquitaine (438.00).