Heifers selling to a top of £1270 for 655kg at Dungannon Mart

Heifers topped at £1270 655kg Charolais (195.00).

Fat cows sold to £850 500kg Hereford (170.00).

Meanwhile dropped calves cleared to £400 for a Limousin heifer.

Bull calves sold to £390 Aberdeen Angus bull.

Weanlings topped at £1040 for a 385kg Limousin heifer (270.00).

Male calves sold to £860 360kg Simmental (240.00).

STEERS (40): Steer prices remain solid to peak at £1530 725kg Charolais (211.00) presented by C and S Hutchinson, £1420 655kg Limousin (217.00), £1310 590kg Limousin (222.00); R McMullan £1360 615kg Limousin (221.00), £1200 535kg Limousin (224.00), £1180 545kg Limousin (216.00), £1110 510kg Limousin (218.00), £1010 465kg Limousin (217.00); T Montgomery £1250 600kg Limousin (208.00), £1230 590kg Limousin (208.00); S Hetherington £1000 415kg Limousin (241.00), £950 455kg Limousin (209.00); R Parr £800 390kg Limousin (205.00) and W and F Armstrong £750 365kg Aberdeen Angus (206.00).

HEIFERS: Heifer prices sold to £1270 655kg Charolais (195.00) presented by T Troughton; R McMullan £1070 505kg Limousin (212.00); J J Hagan £1060 495kg Charolais (214.00); A and E Crozier £1040 515kg Belgian Blue (202.00) and J and G Willis £900 £760 370kg Aberdeen Angus (205.00), £710 305kg Aberdeen Angus (233.00).

Fat cows cleared to £850 500kg Hereford (170.00) presented by H Wylie.

DROPPED CALVES (60): Dropped calf prices remain firm with bull calves selling to £390 for Aberdeen Angus presented by R McGuigan; Donmac Farms £340 Belgian Blue bull; S Donaghy £335 Belgian Blue bull; J McFarland £280 x 2 Simmental bulls, £240 x 2 Simmental bulls; D Montgomery £250 Limousin bull, £245 Aberdeen Angus bull and C Weir £245 Belgian Blue bull, £210 x 2 Aberdeen Angus bulls; T Muldrew £220 Hereford bull.

Friesian bulls sold from £45 to 125.

Meanwhile heifer calves topped at £400 Limousin presented by J Ewing; R McGuigan £390 Aberdeen Angus heifer; F Burrows £330 Aberdeen Angus heifer, £210 x 2 Aberdeen Angus heifers and Donmac Farms £315 Belgian Blue heifer, £285 Belgian Blue heifer.

Suckled cows and calves peaked at £1250 Charolais heifer with a Charolais heifer calf at foot presented by a local farmer; J McKeown £1230 Hereford cow with a Simmental heifer calf at foot.

WEANLINGS (80): A similar entry of weanling saw male calves peak at £860 360kg Simmental (240.00) presented by J Bloomer, £850 360kg Simmental (234.00), £810 310kg Charolais (261.00); D Litter £845 340kg Simmental (250.00), £840 310kg Charolais (271.00), £800 270kg Charolais (295.00); P Devlin £810 325kg Charolais (247.00), £800 330kg Charolais (241.00), £775 315kg Charolais (245.00), £740 290kg Charolais (253.00), £700 215kg Charolais (329.00); P McKearney £730 315kg Limousin (231.00); a Lisburn producer £710 270kg Limousin (263.00), £705 235kg Limousin (298.00), £705 235kg Aubrac (297.00), £530 175kg Limousin (303.00) and B Daly £600 235kg Belgian Blue (254.00), £575 210kg Hereford (273.00), £570 215kg Belgian Blue (264.00).

Meanwhile weanling heifers topped at £1040 385kg Limousin (270.00) presented by R Hopper, £800 380kg Limousin (211.00); R Stewart £990 415kg Belgian Blue (240.00); P Devlin £720 300kg Charolais (240.00), £650 300kg Charolais (217.00); D Litter £710 275kg Charolais (258.00), £700 305kg Charolais (227.00), £670 280kg Simmental (240.00); a Lisburn producer £640 225kg Charolais (285.00), £570 215kg Limousin (263.00) and K Talbot £620 275kg Charolais (226.00), £620 270kg Charolais (228.00).