Heifers selling to £1630 at Dungannon Mart

Heifers peaked at £1630 760kg Charolais (215.00).

Dropped calves peaked at £430 Limousin bull.

Heifer calves sold to £440 Belgian Blue.

Weanlings sold to £1050 for a 400kg Charolais heifer (260.00).

Male calves sold to £950 390kg Blonde d’Aquitaine (245.00).

STEERS (80)

Steer prices remain strong to peak at £1530 for a 730kg Simmental (210.00) presented by G Allen, £1480 685kg Limousin (216.00), £1450 705kg Limousin, £1440 665kg Limousin (217.00); K Boyce £1440 695kg Charolais (207.00), £1430 685kg Limousin (209.00); R Hughes £1340 640kg Aberdeen Angus (209.00), £1250 570kg Limousin (219.00); I Elliott £1250 595kg Hereford (210.00); P Traynor £1190 540kg Limousin (220.00); E Scully £1160 500kg Charolais (232.00), £1140 510kg Limousin (225.00); R Newport £1120 490kg Limousin (229.00), £1120 490kg Limousin (229.00), £1090 450kg Limousin (242.00), £1020 440kg Limousin (232.00), £1000 410kg Limousin (245.00), £1000 400kg Limousin (250.00), £930 385kg Limousin (242.00); D Lavery £1000 450kg Limousin (222.00); M Cardwell £990 445kg Belgian Blue (223.00), £840 360kg Belgian Blue (233.00); E Hetherington £950 375kg Charolais (253.00), £920 400kg Charolais (230.00), £880 375kg Charolais (235.00), £840 365kg Limousin (230.00); P Devlin £890 710kg Aberdeen Angus (235.00) and S Henderson £850 370kg Charolais (230.00).

HEIFERS (35)

A brisk demand in the heifer ring saw a top price paid of £1630 760kg Charolais (215.00) presented by C and S Hutchinson, £1380 630kg Limousin (219.00), £1370 665kg Limousin (206.00), £1360 640kg Limousin (213.00), £1350 640kg Limousin (211.00), £1320 595kg Limousin (222.00); V Donnelly £955 435kg Charolais (220.00); P Mullan £900 435kg Shorthorn (207.00), £840 380kg Charolais (222.00), £710 315kg Charolais (225.00), £710 335kg Charolais (212.00), £700 315kg Charolais (222.00); M Cardwell £880 420kg Belgian Blue (210.00) and R Newport £870 365kg Limousin (238.00), £850 385kg Blonde d’Aquitaine (221.00), £810 370kg Limousin (219.00), £740 340kg Limousin (218.00).

DROPPED CALVES (80)

Dropped calves prices remain very strong with male calves selling to £430 Limousin presented by M McVeigh; R Charles £385 Belgian Blue bull, £300 Belgian Blue bull; M Daly £380 Shorthorn bull, £380 Aberdeen Angus bull; J Ewing £300 Aberdeen Angus bull, £295 Limousin bull, £280 Limousin bull; B O’Neill £290 x 2 Aberdeen Angus Bulls, £240 Aberdeen Angus bull; J and M McClean £280 Aberdeen Angus bull, £265 Aberdeen Angus bull; R Givan £255 Limousin bull; S Magennis £230 Fleckvieh bull; C Weir £210 Aberdeen Angus bull and A Emerson £205 Aberdeen Angus bull.

Meanwhile Friesian Bulls sold from £55 to £185; Heifer calves cleared to £440 Belgian Blue presented by T Montgomery; M Daly £375 x 5 Limousin Hfrs; M Black £370 Belgian Blue heifer; M McVeigh £340 Limousin heifer; S McCaffrey £330 Belgian Blue heifer; J Ewing £305 Aberdeen Angus heifer, £290 Belgian Blue heifer, £265 Aberdeen Angus heifer, £260 x 2 Limousin Hfrs; R Charles £270 Belgian Blue heifer; D Foreman £265 Charolais heifer; C Weir £260 Belgian Blue heifer, £230 Aberdeen Angus heifer, £220 Aberdeen Angus heifer and P and T McCaughey £255 Aberdeen Angus heifer and J and M McLean £230 Belgian Blue heifer.

WEANLINGS (60)

Weanling prices remain steady with Male calves selling to £950 390kg Blonde d’Aquitaine (242.00) presented by N Ellison, £840 370kg Blonde d’Aquitaine (227.00), £820 345kg Blonde d’Aquitaine (238.00); B O’Hara £950 415kg Charolais (229.00), £820 330kg Charolais (246.00); J Stinson £760 305kg Charolais (248.00); H Cunningham £750 310kg Hereford (244.00), £750 305kg Hereford (245.00), £740 315kg Hereford (236.00); D Canavan £740 325kg Blonde d’Aquitaine (228.00), £680 285kg Blonde d’Aquitaine (240.00); W Gibson £710 290kg Simmental (245.00); S Watters £680 275kg Limousin (246.00); I Burns £670 x 2 285kg Herefords (233.00) and G Hill £630 x 2 210kg Charolais (300.00), £550 140kg Charolais (387.00).

Meanwhile weanling heifers topped at £1050 400kg Charolais (260.00) presented by B O’Hara; F O’Donnell £860 250kg Hereford (344.00), £750 255kg Hereford (292.00), £680 235kg Aberdeen Angus (287.00); T Lockhart £780 360kg Charolais (215.00); J Weir £630 285kg Charolais (220.00), £560 260kg Charolais (214.00) and H Cunningham £600 255kg Hereford (235.00).