5519 sheep in
Ballymena on Monday night included the annual Cargan Sheep sale in the store
ring, as well as the Wicklow Cheviot sale in the breeding ring. 3483 lambs sold
at a steady trade with ewe lambs topping at £225 for 14 Suff X lambs from James
McLoughlin, Carnlough and Store Lambs topped at £129 for 12 Rou from D
McKillop, Loughgiel.
2015 Breeding Sheep topped at £510 for 2 Wicklow Cheviot Hoggets from J McDonnell, Armoy, Breeding ewes sold to £370 for 12 Mules from R J Anderson, Cullybackey.
Rams sold to £950 for a Wicklow Chev presented by R McAuley, Cushendall.
Store Lambs
D McKillop, Loughgiel 12 Rou £129, B Watt, Corkey 24 Tex £126, 24 Suf £126, H Donnelly, Rathkenny 8 Mul £125, J McLoughlin, Carnlough 60 Suf £121.50, E Kerr, Newtowncrommelin 72 Tex £120, K McConnell, Muckamore 3 Tex £120, T Millar, Broughshane 32 Tex £118, A & J McCann, Cargan 43 Tex £117.50, D McKillop, Glenarriffe 44 Suf £117.50, M McDonnell, Cushendall 21 Suf £117, A & M & V Armstrong, Straid 18 Tex £117, D McKillop, Loughgiel 21 Suf £116, D O’Boyle, Broughshane 15 Tex £114.
Ewe Lambs
J McLoughlin, Carnlough 14 Suf £225, O McCloskey, Loughgiel 11 Suf £210, Crocknataggart Farms, Draperstown 10 Suf £205, J McLoughlin 14 Suf £200, M McCullagh, Draperstown 11 Suf £192, P McKeown, Glenravel 12 Bf £190, B McLaughlin, Glenarriffe 4 Bf £185, J McLoughlin 10 Suf £175, D O Boyle, Glenarriffe 12 Mul £175, M McCullagh 12 Suf £175, Crocknataggart Farms, 15 Suf £175, O McCloskey, 14 Suf £170, M McCulla
gh 10 Suf £170.
Breeding sheep
R J Anderson, Cullybackey 12 Mul £370, 12 Mul £340, B Black, Carnlough 11 Mul £340, V McCloskey, Loughgiel 12 Mul £335, Local Farmer 7 Suf £300, P McAuley, Carnlough 10 Suf £295, M McAuley, Antrim 7 Mul £295, K Travers, Castlederg 5 Suf £285, Local Farmer 12 Suf £280, K Travers, 10 Suf £280, County Tyrone Farmer 6 Suf £280, K Travers, 3 Suf £280, 2 Suf £280, V McCloskey, 10 Mul £280, C J McIlroy, Carrickfergus 11 Mul £280
Cheviot Ewe Lambs
T Adams, Rathkenny 10 WC £235, 10 WC £225, P Walsh, Castlewellan 10 WC £225, J Davidson, Glenarm 12 WC £200, 12 WC £200, G Walsh, Ballynahinch 12 WC £200, 10 WC £200, J Davidson, 12 WC £185, 12 WC £180, 11 WC £155, John Davisdon, Glenarm 12 WC £150, J Davidson, 12 WC £135, James Davidson, Glenarm 10 WC £135, John Davidson, Glenarm 12 WC £125, 12 WC £115, J Davidson, 10 WC £95.
Cheviot Hoggets
J McDonnell, Armoy 2x WI £510, S McGilligan, Dungiven 10x WI £390, J McDonnell, Armoy 11x WI £390, M McGuigan, Pomeroy 10x WI £375, RJ Anderson, Cullybackey 12x Mul £370, S McGilligan, Dungiven 10x WI £370, Local Farmer, 9x WI £360, R McAuley, Cushendall 1 WC Ram £360, C McHenry, Ballycastle 12x WI £350, M McGuigan, Pomeroy 20x WI £350, 10x WI £345, D Gibson, Mallusk 10x WI £345, RJ Anderson, Cullybackey 12x Mul £340, B Black, Carnlough 11x Mul £340.
