Markethill Mart: Heavy hoggets selling from £88 to £93.50 each

Cull ewe trade was firmer and breeding sheep returned a strong demand, 900 hoggets sold readily with heavy hoggets selling from £88 to £93.50 each.

Top rate of 368p per kilo was paid for 24.3 kilos at £89.50 each. All good quality heavies from 335p to 359p per kilo.

Middleweight hoggets sold to 370p per kilo for 21.9 kilos at £81 each. Main demand sold from 340p to 368p per kilo.

A large entry of ewes and lambs sold in an excellent trade.

Doubles reached £235 with several outfits from £180 to £222 each.

Singles sold to £162 each.

Several more sold from £140 to £155 each.

200 cull ewes sold to a top of £119 with all heavy ewes from £80 to £117 each.

Second quality ewes sold from £60 to £75 each.

MIDDLEWEIGHT HOGGETS: Richhill farmer: 21.9k, £81, 370p; Armagh farmer: 21.4k, £78.80, 368p; Tobermore farmer: 23.1k, £83.50, 361p; Galbally farmer: 23.3k, £83.50, 358p; Markethill farmer: 22.5k, £79, 351p; Newry farmer: 23k, £80, 348p; Poyntzpass farmer: 21.4k, £73.50, 343p.

HEAVY HOGGETS: Richhill farmer: 24.3k, £89.50, 368p; Armagh farmer: 24.1k, £86.50, 359p; Kilkeel farmer: 25.1k, £90, 359p; Tandragee farmer: 24.6k, £88, 358p; Whitecross farmer: 24.2k, £86.50, 357p; Tandragee farmer: 25.4k, £90.50, 356p; Portadown farmer: 25.6k, £91, 356p; Tandragee farmer: 24k, £85, 354p; Loughgilly farmer: 24.1k, £85, 353p; Markethill farmer: 24.9k, £87.80, 353p.