Good quality beef bred cows selling to £1145 at Markethill Mart

Good quality beef bred cows sold from £140 to £177 per 100 kilos for 648k at £1145 from an Armagh farmer followed by £176 per 100 kilos for 678k at £1195 from a Waringstown producer.

Clean cattle sold to £203 for 770k at £1565.

Fleshed Friesian cows sold from £115 to £131 for 896k at £1175 from a Dungannon farmer followed by £127 for 830k at £1055.

All good quality Friesians from £115 to £125 per 100 kilos.

Second quality Friesians from £90 to £110 and the poorest types from £70 to £85 per 100 kilos.

Cull cows

Armagh farmer 648k £1145 £177.00; Waringstown farmer 678k £1195 £176.00; Markethill farmer 638k £1095 £172.00; Armagh farmer 650k £1105 £170.00; Armagh farmer 720k £1175 £163.00; Armagh farmer 652k £1055 £162.00; Armagh farmer 774k £1235 £160.00; Markethill farmer 674k £1025 £152.00; Glenanne farmer 744k £1105 £148.00 and Armagh farmer 852k £1265 £149.00.

Friesian cull cows

Dungannon farmer 896k £1175 £131.00; Armagh farmer 830k £1055 £127.00; Armagh farmer 734k £905 £123.00; Armagh farmer 726k £895 £123.00; Armagh farmer 682k £840 £123.00; Dungannon farmer 736k £905 £122.00; Banbridge farmer 804k £985 £122.00 and Dungannon farmer 748k 3915 £122.00.

CALVES

120 calves sold in a very strong demand with bull calves under six weeks selling to £450 and £440 for Limousin bulls.

All good quality bulls from £300 to £425.

Good quality heifer calves reached £420 for five week Belgian Blue followed by £370 for a four week old Belgian Blue.

All good quality heifers from £230 to £325 each.

Bull calves

Limousin £450; Limousin £440; Limousin £440; Fleckvieh £425; Fleckvieh £400; Aberdeen Angus £360; Aberdeen Angus £350 and Belgian Blue £345.

Heifer calves

Belgian Blue £420; Belgian Blue £370; Belgian Blue £325; Belgian Blue £305; Limousin £300; Limousin £295; Belgian Blue £295 and Aberdeen Angus £290.