Beef bred cows sell from £125 to £162 at Markethill Mart

Beef bred cows sold from £125 to £162 per 100 kilos for 706k at £1145.

Fleshed Friesian cows sold from £97 to £113 per 100 kilos for 648k at £730. Second quality Friesians from £80 to £90 per 100 kilos and the poorest quality lots from £50 to £70 per 100 kilos.

Cull cows: Middletown farmer 706k, £1145, £162.00; Dromara farmer 590k, £900, £153.00; Dromara farmer 662k, £960, £145.00; Tandragee farmer 650k, £880, £135.00; Gilford farmer 736k, £980, £133.00; Newtownhamilton farmer 644k, £855, £133.00; Newtownhamilton farmer 676k, £880, £130.00; Bessbrook farmer 580k, £750, £129.00; Bessbrook farmer 616k, £785, £128.00.

Friesian cull cows: Glenanne farmer 648k, £730, £113.00; Milford farmer 536k, £600, £112.00; Dromara farmer 598k, £640, £107.00; Portadown farmer 552k, £585, £106.00; Poyntzpass farmer 672k, £700, £104.00; Warrenpoint farmer 622k, £640, £103.00; Loughgilly farmer 666k, £670, £101.00.

In the dairy ring top price of £1620 was paid for a predigree Holstein bull from a Poyntzpass farmer. Calved heifers sold from £1200 each.

CALVES: 220 lots in the calf ring sold in a steady trade. Good quality bulls sold to £390 for a BB bull. Main demand from £260 to £380. Good quality heifer calves from £200 to a top of £370 for a BB.

Bull calves: BB £390; BB £380; AA £365; Fkv £340; EA £315; EA £315; AA £300; Lim £285; Lim £280.

Heifer calves: BB £370; BB £325; Lim £290; BB £255; BB £245; BB £235; BB £220; Her £205.