DAIRY COWS
A good entry of 49 dairy cattle sold to £2750 for a calved heifer from WJ Taylor, Kircubbin.
Top prices as follows:
WJ Taylor, Kircubbin Hol £2750, WJ Taylor, Kircubbin Hol £2600, A Hoey, Glenwherry Fri £2580, WJ Taylor, Kircubbin Hol £2500, WJ Taylor, Kircubbin Hol £2420, WJ Taylor, Kircubbin Hol £2380, M Cromie, Banbridge Hol £2350, WJ Taylor, Kircubbin Hol £2350, WJ Taylor, Kircubbin Hol £2350, M King, Ballymena Ayr £2320, M Cromie, Banbridge Hol £2300, M King, Ballymena Ayr £2200, W Black, Aghadowey Fri £2200, WJ Taylor, Kircubbin Hol £2150, WJ Taylor, Kircubbin Hol £2120, WJ Taylor, Kircubbin Hol £2120, M Cromie, Banbridge Hol £2100, WJ Taylor, Kircubbin Hol £2100, WJ Taylor, Kircubbin Hol £2100, W Black, Aghdowey Fri £2050, M Cromie, Banbridge Hol £2000, W Black, Aghadowey Fri £2000, WJ Taylor, Kircubbin Hol £2000, WJ Taylor, Kircubbin Hol £2000.
SUCKLER COWS
27 lots in the suckler ring sold well to £3300 for a Limousin heifer with heifer calf at foot, in calf cows to £1800.
E Wylie, New Buildings Lim & Hfr calf £3300, Lim & Hfr calf £3050, Lim & Hfr calf £2980, Lim & Bill calf £2850, Lim & hfr calf £2750, Lim & Hfr calf £2680, Lim & bull calf £2650, Lim & bull calf £2600, Lim & hfr calf £2600, H Irvine, Carrickfergus Lim & bull calf £2550, E Wylie, New Buildings Lim & Hfr calf £2400, BB & bull calf £2300, Lim & heifer calf £2300, Lim & bull calf £2250, Lim & Hfr calf £2050, A Warwick, Templepatrick Lim & Hfr calf £2000, E Wylie, New Buildings St & Hfr calf £2000,
CALVES
237 lots in the calf ring sold to £690 for a partly reared Belgian Blue bull, younger bull calves to £570 for a Simmental, heifer calves to £670 for a partly reared BB.
Bulls
Trimble Farms, Kircubbin BB £690, Ganaway Farms, Millisle Sim £575, G D Campbell, Lisburn Sim £570, £555, Ganaway Farms, Millisle Char £550, G Connon, Aldergrove Lim £535, Ganaway Farms, Millisle Sim £530, Ganaway Farms, Millisle Sim £515, Ganaway Farms, Millisle Char £500, G Connon, Aldergrove BB £500, Ganaway Farms, Millisle AA £490, A P Redmond, Portavogie BB £485, Ganaway Farms, Millisle Sim £480, N & J Coleman, Ballyclare BB £475, A P Redmond BB £465, G Connon, Aldergrove Her £465, A McFarlane, Holywood BB £455, G Connon, Aldergrove Her £455 x6, D Harkness, Ballymena BB £445.
Heifers
Trimble Farms, Kircubbin BB £670, £645 x2, A Whishart, Ballywalter Char £590 x2, Trimble Farms, Kircubbin AA £560, D Harkness, Ballymena AA £480, Ganaway Farms, Millisle Char £470, D Harkness, Ballymena Her £460 x2, £450 x2, W Warwick, Moorfields BB £430, Ganaway Farms, Millisle Shb £420, S Gilmore, Tandragee Sim £420, J Watt, Templepatrick Her £420, C O’Neill, Glenarm AA £415 x2, N Hunter, Larne Shb £415, C O’Neill, Glenarm AA £405, A McBurney, Cloughmills BB £400 x3, D Harkness, Ballymena Sim £400.
Hol/Fr
W & S Jackson, Crossgar Fri £400 x2, Trimble Farms, Kircubbin Hol £390, W & S Jackson, Crossgar Fri £370, £350, W Hoey, Ballymena Fri £335, C Casey, Cloughmills Hol £315, Trimble Farms, Kircubbin Hol £300 x2, W & S Jackson, Crossgar Fri £300 x3, A McBurney, Cloughmills Fri £290, W & S Jackson, Crossgar Fri £240, Trimble Farms, Kircubbin Hol £220 x4.
WEANLINGS
An entry of 520 weanlings in Ballymena resulted in another good trade. Bullocks sold to £1090 over for a Lim 400kg at £1490 presented by Mrs D Kennedy, Larne. Heifers sold to £1170 over for a B Blue 390kg at £1560 offered by T McKillop, Glenarm.
Bullocks
Up to 300kg
A Christie, Ballymoney Char 240kg £910 (379), 200kg £740 (370), S Moore, Aldergrove Lim 300kg £1060 (353), A Christie, Ballymoney Char 260kg £880 (338), S Scullion, Glenarm Lim 270kg £900 (333), S Moore, Aldergrove Lim 270kg £900 (333) x2, J S Dunn, Straid Lim 240kg £790 (329), R Martin, Dunloy Lim 290kg £940 (324), A Christie, Ballymoney Char 280kg £900 (321), A Christie, Ballymoney Char 240kg £770 (320), J S Dunn, Straid Lim 270kg £865 (320).
300 to 350kg
I Hyndman, Maghera Lim 320kg £1200 (375), 320kg £1160 (362), A Abbott, Lisburn Lim 310kg £1100 (354), D Kennedy, Larne Lim 350kg £1230 (351), B McAllister, Glenarm Lim 350kg £1200 (342), D McIlwaine, Cushendall Lim 310kg £1050 (338), O Wilson, Dungiven Lim 330kg £1110 (336), S Moore, Aldergrove Lim 320kg £1040 (325), D McIlwaine, Cushendall Lim 320kg £1040 (325), A J Wilson, Ballymena Lim 350kg £1130 (322), R J McKendry, Antrim Char 320kg £1030 (321), Shaw Hill Farm, Kells Char 340kg £1090 (320).
Over 350kg
D Boyd, Newtownabbey Char 370kg £1430 (386), B McAllister, Glenarm Lim 380kg £1430 (376), D Kennedy, Larne 400kg £1490 (372), B McAllister, Glenarm Lim 360kg £1340 (372), O Wilson, Dungiven Char 400kg £1460 (365), D Kennedy, Larne Lim 380kg £1360 (357), B McAllister, Glenarm Lim 360kg £1240 (344), D Kennedy, Larne Lim 380kg £1300 (342), T Rodgers, Broughshane Lim 390kg £1310 (335), D Kennedy, Larne Lim 370kg £1240 (335), P McSparron, Cushendun Char 370kg £1240 (335), B McAllister, Glenarm Lim 380kg £1270 (334), W Geddis, Magheragall Lim 380kg £1270 (334), A J Wilson, Ballymena Lim 380kg £1260 (331), W Geddis, Magheragall Lim 390kg £1290 (330), K Smart, Glenwherry Lim 360kg £1190 (330).
Heifers
Up to 300kg
A Abbott, Lisburn Lim 300kg £1060 (353), D O’Boyle, Cushendall Char 220kg £760 (345), R Hunter, Larne Lim 250kg £840 (336), D Adams, Portglenone Lim 280kg £900 (321), W McCarthy, Kircubbin BB 190kg £610 (321) x2, R Hunter, Larne Lim 210kg £660 (314), D Kennedy, Larne Lim 290kg £910 (313), D Boyd, Newtownabbey Char 290kg £910 (313), B Connon, Larne Lim 300kg £930 (310), I Hyndman, Maghera Lim 280kg £860 (307), local farmer Blo 300kg £920 (306), R J McKendry, Antrim Char 300kg £900 (300), 270kg £810 (300), local farmer Blo 270kg £810 (300),C Black, Moneymore Sim 290kg £870 (300).
301 to 350kg
D Boyd, Newtownabbey Char 350kg £1210 (345), D Kennedy, Larne Lim 340kg £1110 (326), D Boyd, Newtownabbey Char 350kg £1110 (317), I Hyndman, Maghera Lim 320kg £1010 (315), C Black, Moneymore Lim 310kg £960 (309), D Kennedy, Larne Lim 330kg £1010 (306), O Wilson, Dungiven Char 330kg £1010 (306), I Hyndman, Maghera Lim 330kg £1000 (303), D Kennedy, Larne Lim 350kg £1060 (302), 320kg £960 (300), M O’Loan, Ballymoney Char 330kg £990 (300).
Over 350kg
T McKillop, Glenarm BB 390kg £1560 (400), D Boyd, Newtownabbey Char 360kg £1260 (350), M O’Kane, Bellaghy Lim 480kg £1670 (347), B McAllister, Glenarm Lim 370kg £1230 (332), D McAlonan, Dunloy Char 450kg £1460 (324), I Hyndman, Maghera Lim 370kg £1120 (302), W Geddis, Magheragall Lim 360kg £1070 (297), V Boyle, Ballymena Lim 390kg £1155 (296), O Wilson, Dungiven Char 420kg £1240 (295), T Rodgers, Broughshane Lim 380kg £1110 (292), D Kennedy, Larne Lim 370kg £1080 (291.
