Largest entry of cattle at Rathfriland this winter

Last Friday saw the largest entry of cattle for this winter with 100 top quality weanlings in the entry.
By The Newsroom
Published 19th Feb 2016, 08:26 BST
Updated 19th Feb 2016, 08:29 BST

These sold to 255.5p/k for a 182k Ch at £465. A 250k lot from the same Portadown farm made £615. Bullocks cleared up to £1180 for a Donaghmore farmer who sold 8 to an average of £1115 each. A Magheraconlouse farmer reached £220.50 for 2 Ch bullocks 365k at £805 each. Heifers topped at £950 for a Rathfriland farmer and Suckler stock to £1400 for a Dromara farmer. Dropped calves remain a very good trade to £430 for an outstanding Sim heifer a few months old from Cullyhanna. 2 Angus bulls and 1 Lim from Castlewellan sold at £345 each.

DROPPED CALVES

A Cullyhanna farmer topped the sale at £430 for a strong Sim heifer. Castlewellan farmer: 2 Angus bulls at £345 and a Lim bull at £345. Corbet farmer: BB bull £325. Rathfriland farmer: Sim bulls £300, Her bull £270 and Her heifer £240. Crossgar farmer: Angus bull £290 and £205. Cavehill farmer: BB heifer £300 and £285. Banbridge farmer: Her heifer £245. Ardglass farmer: Her heifer £240. Saler bulls to £270 for a Ballykeel farmer.

100 WEANLINGS

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Hillhall farmer: 450k at £905, 450k at £855 and 344k at £765. Leitrim farmer: 540k at£925, 430k at £805 and 400k at £785. Ballyward farmer: Pen of Angus 450k at £835, 400k at £835, 426k at £830, 430k at £815, 420k at £795 and 390k at £740. Dromara farmer: 490k at £890, 470k at £875, 446k at £820 and 460k at £815. Annaclone farmer: 312k at £625, 290k at £620, 288k at £620, 302k at £730, 340k at £715 etc. Dromara farmer: 386k at £755, 308k at £650, 398k at £760, 348k at £690, 350k at £650 etc. Corgary farmer: 310k at £560, 298k at £550, 346k at £645. Armagh farmer: 346k at £710, 260k at £505.

HEIFERS

Rathfriland farmer: 580k at £950, 530k at £930, 440k at £850, 514k at £850 etc. Warrenpoint farmer: 470k at £870, 450k at £865, 382k at £765. Rathfriland farmer: 366k at £590. Legananny farmer: 418k at £755. Strangford farmer: 480k at £860, 454k at £840 and 460k at £800.

BULLOCKS

Donaghmore farmer: 8 heavy bullocks 742k at £1180, 720k at £1170, 640k at £1135, 654k at £1135, 606k at £1110, 622k at £1085, 652k at £1080, 606k at £1025. Magheraconlouse farmer: 2 Ch bullocks 365k at £805 each. Annaclone farmer: 398k at £805 and 444k at £820. Dromara farmer: 422k at £815, 432k at £810 and 424k at £790. Loughbrickland farmer: 546k at £965, 550k at £925, 520k at £875, 426k at £795.

£100 per head for was recorded for hoggets on Tuesday evening. This was paid to a Comber farmer for 10 texels at 31.5kg. The top 10 lots of hoggets sold from £95 to £100 each. 204 fat ewes sold to £114 twice for 3 farmers from Kilkeel and 1 from Tassagh (Co Armagh). There were more ewes over the £90 mark this week.

HOGGETS

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Comber farmer: 10 hoggets 31.5k at £100. Ardarragh farmer: 31k at £97.50. Warringstown farmer: 28k at £96.50. Kilkeel farmer: 28k at £96.50. Banbridge farmer: 29k at £96. Mayobridge farmer: 27k at £96. Shinn farmer: 28k at £95.50. Cascum farmer: 30k at £95. Donacloney farmer: 28k at £95. Warrenpoint farmer: 23k at £88. Poyntzpass farmer: 23k at £91. Castlewellan farmer: 24k at £93. Portadown farmer: 21k at £83.50.

FAT EWES

Kilkeel farmer: £114. Tassagh farmer: £114. Cascum farmer: £106. Hilltown farmer: £105. Kilkeel farmer: £100. Belfast farmer: £96. Ballynafoy farmer: £96. Ardglass farmer: £94. Kilkeel farmer: £93. Ballynafoy farmer: £92 etc.

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