Heavy lambs selling to £150 each at Markethill Mart
An entry of 1120 sheep in Markethill on Wednesday 5th May continued to sell in a very firm trade.
Thursday, 6th May 2021, 1:38 pm
The 470 spring lambs sold in a very good demand with good quality light lambs selling from 620p to 684p per kilo for 19k at £130 each followed by 668p per kilo for 19k at £127 each.
Top price for light lambs £139.50 for 22.4k at 623p per kilo.
Several pens sold from £130 to £138.50 each.
Heavy lambs sold to £150 each for 26k at 577p each.
Several pens from £140 to £145 each.
A small entry of hoggets sold from 490p to 564p per kilo for 22.5k at £127 each followed by 549p per kilo for 21.5k at £118 each.
CULL COWS
130 cull cows sold in a steady demand with good quality beef bred cows from £150 to £189 per 100 kilos for 700k at £1335 from a Banbridge farmer followed by £178 per 100 kilos for 648k at £1155 from a Portadown farmer. Fleshed Friesian cows sold to a top of £153 per 100 kilos for 956k Friesian at £1465. Main demand for fleshed friesians from £125 to £138 per 100 kilos. Second quality Friesians from £100 to £115 and the poorest types from £80 to £95 per 100 kilos.
Cull cows: Banbridge farmer 706k £1335 £189.00; Portadown farmer 648k £1155 £178.00; Poyntzpass farmer 662k £1145 £173.00; Tassagh farmer 700k £1205 £172.00; Armagh farmer 1026k £1725 £168.00; Glenanne farmer 684k £1135 £166.00; Banbridge farmer 688k £1135 £165.00; Poyntzpass farmer 720k £1185 £165.00.
Friesian cull cows: Poyntzpass farmer 956k £1465 £153.00; Jerrettspass farmer 620k £855 £138.00; Mountnorris farmer 642k £845 £132.00; Poyntzpass farmer 648k £845 £130.00; Dun
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