Fat lambs sell to £100 at Downpatrick

At the weekly sheep sale on Saturday 2nd April 2016, fat lambs sold to £100.00, top price from a Ballykinlar farmer with a pen of 50 lambs making 3.87ppk. Fat ewes sold to £105.00.

Leading prices in all categories as follows:

FAT LAMBS: Kilkeel farmer 26.4kg £100.00, Bonecastle farmer 27kg £99.00, Ballee farmer 27kg £99.00, Strangford farmer 28kg £96.00, Ardglass farmer 27.6kg £95.50, Ballyhossett farmer 26kg £95.50, Ardglass farmer 26kg £95.50, Ballygowan farmer 30kg £95.50, Ardglass farmer 29kg £95.50, Ballyhossett farmer 26kg £95.50, Ardglass farmer 29kg £95.00, Newcastle farmer 26kg £95.00, Killough farmer 25kg £95.00, Bonecastle farmer 29kg £95.00, Tobermoney farmer 25kg £94.50, Annacloy farmer 27kg £92.00 and 24kg £91.00, Corbally farmer 24kg £90.00, Ballynahinch farmer 22kg £90.00.Ballykinlar farmer 22kg £87.20, Ballygowan farmer 22kg £82.00 and 22kg £82, Killough farmer 21kg £80.00 and Ballynahinch farmer 18kg £64.00.

FAT EWES: Killough farmer £105.00, Downpatrick farmer £98 and Ballynahinch farmer £89, Billykinlar farmer £70 and Newcastle farmer £68.50.

Breeding ewes: Downpatrick farmer ewe and single lamb £125, Ballygowan farmer ewe and single lamb £117.

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