Heavy lots sell from £94 to £100 per head at Massereene Mart

Lightweight hoggets selling from 385p to 410p paid for a pen of Blackface 21kg at £86.

Heavy lots sold from £94 to £100 per head.

A good entry of continental type ewes saw trade soaring up to £129 for a pen of Texels with Charollais to £100, Suffolks also met a firm demand selling up to £110.

Fat rams selling up to £115.

Prices: Cookstown producer 7 hoggets 21kg at £86 = 410p. Randalstown producer 27 hoggets 22.5kg at £92 = 409p, Randalstown producer 14 hoggets 24kg at £96.50 = 402p. Crumlin producer 20 hoggets 22.5kg at £90 = 400p. Magherafelt producer 21 hoggets 22kg at £88 = 400p. Dundrod producer 34 hoggets 21kg at £84 = 400p, Cookstown producer 14 hoggets 23kg at £91.50. = 398p. Dundrod producer 28 hoggets 23kg at £91.50 = 398p. Ballyclare producer 24 hoggets 23kg at £91 = 396p. Randalstown producer 20 hoggets 23.5kg at £92 = 391p. Ballyearl producer 10 hoggets 23kg at £91.50 = 396p. Portadown producer 22 hoggets 22kg at £86 = 391p. Ballyearl producer 2 hoggets 20.5kg at £80 = 390p. Ballymena producer 9 hoggets 23kg at £89 = 387p. Randalstown producer 17 hoggets 22kg at £85 = 386p. Crumlin producer 5 hoggets 25kg at £96.50 = 386p.

HEAVY HOGGETS: Lurgan producer 10 hoggets 27kg at £100. Ballymena producer 30 hoggets 27kg at £99. Carnlough producer 50 hoggets 28kg at £97. Crumlin producer 30 hoggets 26kg at £97. Portadown producer 12 hoggets 29kg at £97. Larne producer 70 hoggets 27kg at £97. Dundrod producer 34 hoggets 26kg at £97. Crumlin producer 20 hoggets 26kg at £96. Crumlin producer 40 hoggets 25kg at £95. Ballymena producer 27 hoggets 25kg at £95. Crumlin producer 20 hoggets 26kg at £94. Crumlin producer 66 hoggets 25kg at £94. Ballynahinch producer 55 hoggets 25kg at £94.

CAST EWES: Ballyclare producer single Texel at £129. Crumlin producer single Texel at £115. Ballymena producer 2 Suffolks at £110. Crumlin producer 7 Texels at £110. Crumlin producer single Texel at £110. Ballymena producer 3 Suffolks at £107. Ballyclare producer 10 Texels at £100. Ballymena producer 5 Mules at £93. Ballymena producer 3 Charollais at £100. Ballymena producer 4 Charollais at £99. Ballymena producer 10 Suffolks at £90.