Strong seasonal entry of cattle at Swatragh

Heifers selling to £800 for 425kg,bullocks selling to £950 for 500kgs while fat cows sold to £1,045.

Sample prices: Heifers: Stewartstown producer 425kg, £800; Swatragh producer 410kg, £750; 350kg, £700; 350kg, £700.

Bullocks: Swatragh producer 500kg, £950; Stewartstown producer 500kg,£840.

Sheep: A very strong seasonal entry of 625 sheep at Swatragh on Saturday 16th January witnessed a good solid lamb trade. Several pens of heavy lambs sold well in excess of £84.00 each to a top rate of £86.00, middleweight lambs sold to £77.80 for 22.75kg while store lambs were excellent again and sold to £61.00 for 18kg, ewes sold to £89.00, breeding ewes to £98 while ewes and lambs sold to £162.00.

Sample prices: Heavyweight lambs: Maghera producer 27 lambs 26.5kg at 86.00 = 325p; Maghera producer 20 lambs 25.9kg at 86.00 = 332p; Magherafelt producer 1 lamb 28kg at 85.00 = 304p; Maghera producer 1 lamb 28kg at 85.00 = 304p; Garvagh producer 9 lambs 27kg at 84.60 = 313p.

Middleweight lambs: Maghera producer 7 lambs 22.75kg at 77.80 = 342p; Magherafelt producer 3 lambs 23kg at 77.60 = 337p; Limavady producer 8 lambs 21.5kg at 76.00 = 353p; Magherafelt producer 17 lambs 22.5kg at 75.00 = 333p.

Store lambs: Limavady producer 5 lambs 18kg at 61.00 = 339p; Maghera producer 9 horned lambs 15.5kg at 44.00 = 284p; Maghera producer 8 lambs 18kg at 55.00 = 3.06p.

Ewes: Bellaghy producer 1 Texel at 89.00; Maghera producer 1 Texel at 87.00.