Strong trade for hoggets at Markethill

An entry of 1200 sheep at Markethill on Wednesday 24th February returned a strong trade for hoggets, cull sheep and breeding sheep.

Heavy hoggets sold to £96 each with all pens selling from £90 to £95 each. Top rate of 381p per kilo was paid for 24.5 kilos at £93.20 each. All good quality pens sold from 350p to 375p per kilo. In all, 480 heavy hoggets averaged 26kilos at £91.70 (353p)

Middleweight hoggets sold to 387p per kilo for 23.4 kilos at £90.50 each, followed by 377p for 23 kilos at £86.80 each. Main demand sold from 358p to 375p per kilo.

Heavy cull ewes sold from £75 to £97 each with plainer ewes from £50 to £70 each.

Another large entry of ewes and lambs sold in a firmer trade. Doubles sold from £170 to £230 each. Singles peaked at £170 each with several more from £130 to £150 each.

HEAVY HOGGETS: Loughgilly farmer: 24.5k £93.20 381p: Keady farmer: 24k £90.50 375p: Newry farmer: 24k £88.20 368p: Milford farmer: 24k £87.80 366p: Armagh farmer: 24.9k £90 361p: Coagh farmer: 25.9k £93.20 360p: Loughgilly farmer: 25k £90 359p: Portadown farmer: 26k £93.50 357p: Tandragee farmer: 24.8k £88.50 356p: Markethill farmer: 26k £92 354p Glenanne farmer: 26.7k £94.50 353p.

MIDDLEWEIGHT HOGGETS: Killeavy farmer: 23.4k £90.50 387p: Tandragee farmer: 23k £86.80 377p: Tynan farmer: 23.7k £89.50 377p: Draperstown farmer: 23.8k £89 374p: Caledon farmer: 22.9k £86 375p: Armagh farmer: 23.5k £88 374p: Armagh farmer: 23k £86.50 375p: Richhill farmer: 23k £85.50 372p: Killylea farmer: 23.7k £88 371p.