Good quality lots were scarce in the dairy ring – top price of £1350 went to TJ Morrison, Downpatrick for a young Friesian bull, calved heifers to £1030 paid to S Dunlop, Dundrod. Ruling prices:- S Dunlop, Dundrod calved hfr £1030, RJ & JA Wright, Stoneyford calved cow £970, Wm Rea,

Another good entry of 400 beef cattle in Ballymena on Thursday resulted in a steady trade.  Beef bullocks sold to 208p, 610kg at £1268, heifers sold to 224p 580kg at £1299, Fr bullocks to £159, 600kg at £954, beef cows to £192, 640kg at £1228, Fr cows to 139p, 630kg at £875.   Beef

BALLYMENA, WEDNESDAY 29TH JULY An entry of 1814 Sheep in Ballymena on Wednesday resulted in a steady trade. Fat lambs sold to 304p/kg for a pen of Char 22kg £67 offered by TA Fenton, Rasharkin and to a top per head of £71 for a pen of 4 Texels 23.5kg from G Martin, Broughshane. Fat […]

An entry of 250 Store Cattle in Ballymena on Tuesday resulted in another great trade. Bullocks sold to £700 over for a tremendous Charolais 510kg £1210 offered by m McNally, Newry. Heifers sold to £645 over for an Aberdeen Angus 590kg £1235 presented by P O’Boyle, Martinstown.  

BALLYMENA, FRIDAY 24TH JULY 2015   Good quality dairy stock was in short supply among the 29 presented. Top price of £1350 was paid for a second calver from WJ Kerr, Cloughmills. Ruling prices:- WJ Kerr, Cloughmills calved cow £1350, Sam Wallace, Broughshane calved cow £1200, Thomas