Swatragh Mart: Heifers sell £1,145 for 586kg

More quality stock is required to meet demand.

Heifers selling to £1,145 for 586kg (£1.95 per kg), young heifers selling to £680 for 292kg (£2.33 per kg), bullocks selling to £1,135 for 536kg (£2.11 per kg), young bullocks selling to £675 for 238kg (£2.84 per kg) with fat cows selling to £870.

Heifers: Swatragh producer 586kg, £1,145; 446kg, £930; 494kg, £1,030; 460kg, £1,000; 534kg, £1,130; 504kg, £1,005; 512kg, £1,075; 526kg, £975; 470kg, £1,000; 466kg, £910; Maghera producer 462kg, £835; 360kg, £690; Swatragh producer 354kg, £750; 314kg, £635; 366kg, £650; 378kg, £725; 332kg, £700; Maghera producer 358kg, £710; 326kg, £750; 330kg, £740; 310kg, £690; Swatragh producer 498kg, £1,015; 456kg, £935; 442kg, £910; Swatragh producer 410kg, £930; Maghera producer 380kg, £680; 292kg, £680.

Bullocks: Maghera producer 424kg, £890; Maghera producer 308kg, £790; 316kg, £860; 326kg, £625; 364kg, £880; Garvagh producer 482kg, £970; 488kg, £955; 536kg, £1,135; 454kg, £810; 462kg, £940; 512kg, £1,085; Magherafelt producer 238kg, £675; 304kg, £675; 230kg, £650; Swatragh producer 422kg, £940; 434kg, £960, 468kg, £1,030; 376kg, £875; 392kg, £1,060; 416kg, £900; Maghera producer 354kg, £845; 322kg, £805; 380kg, £930; Swatragh producer 352kg, £805; 350kg, £845.

Sheep: Over 1000 excellent quality sheep were presented at our weekly sheep sale at Swatragh on Saturday 4th March, witnessing a solid lamb trade with top prices being paid. Several pens of heavy lambs sold well in excess of £90.00 each to a top rate of £94.00, middleweight lambs sold to £91.00 for 22kg and Fat Ewes were in high demand topping at £116. A top price of 423p per kg was paid for four lambs 20.8kg at £88.00. Breeders topped at £155 for doubles and many lots of singles reaching £132. Fat rams reached over £95. More stock required to meet the demand.

Sample prices:

Heavyweight lambs: Maghera producer 3 lambs 30kg at £94.00 = 313p; Moneymore producer 7 lambs 24.3kg at £92.50 = 381p; Limavady producer 11 lambs 26.3kg at £90.50 = 344p; Garvagh producer 8 lambs 24.5kg at £87.00 = 355p; Coleraine producer 20 lambs 24kg at £90.50 = 377p; Magherafelt producer 2 lambs 24kg at £85.50 = 356p; 24 lambs 25.3kg at £89.20 = 353p; Eglinton producer 39 lambs 24kg at £86.00 = 358p; Dungiven producer 6 lambs 24.8kg at £87.00 = 350p; Castledawson producer 6 lambs 26kg at £88.80 = 342p; Swatragh producer 46 lambs 26.5kg at £91.50 = 345p; Maghera producer 41 lambs 25kg at £92.00 = 368p; Draperstown producer 25 lambs 24.5kg at £86.50 = 353p; Garvagh producer 5 lambs 24kg at £90.00 = 375p.

Middleweight lambs: Coleraine producer 4 lambs 22kg at £91.00 = 413p; Ballymoney producer 10 lambs 22.3kg at £78.00 = 350p; Ballymena producer 12 lambs 21kg at £77.00 = 367p; Portglenone producer 9 lambs 23kg at £87.50 = 380p; Maghera producer 20 lambs 19.8kg at £72.00= 364p; Limavady producer 11 lambs at 20.9kg at £77.50 = 370p; Maghera producer 6 lambs 19.8kg at £73.80 = 373p; Cookstown producer 4 lambs 22kg at £85.00 = 386p; Plumbridge producer 2 lambs 19kg at £72.50 = 382p; Limavady producer 3 lambs 23kg at £83.80 = 364p; Maghera producer 4 lambs 20.8kg at £88.00 = 423p; Ballykelly producer 23 lambs 19.5kg at £71.80 = 368p; Maghera producer 2 lambs 21.0kg at £81.00 = 386p; Moneymore producer 11 lambs 23kg at £87.20 = 379p.

Store lambs: Cookstown producer 2 lambs 18.5kg at £74.00 = 400p; Dungiven producer 3 lambs 18.5kg at £68.00 = 368p; Castlerock producer 5 lambs 18.3kg at £66.20 = 339p; Eglinton producer 9 lambs 17.8kg at £60.00 = 337p; Maghera producer 3 lambs 15kg at £62.00 = 413p; Dungiven producer 5 lambs 18.3kg at £71.00 = 388p.

Ewes: Kilrea producer 3 Suffolks at £116.00.