42 dairy cows and heifers sold to £1280 for a calved heifer, calved cows to £1100 for a third calver.  Ruling prices:- RH & HA Shanks, Dunadry calved hfr £1280, W Black, Aghadowey calved hfr £1200, calved hfr £1200, Finbar Smyth, Cullyhanna calved hfr £1140, W Black calved hfr £1130,

An entry of 515 beef cattle in Ballymena on Thursday resulted in a steady trade.  Beef bullocks sold to 208p for 640kg at £1331, beef heifers sold to 208p for 550kg at £1144, beef cows 670kg at £1139 (170p), Fr cows 116p, 750kg at £870 and Fr bullocks 148p for 570kg at £843.   Beef

An entry of 1795 sheep in Ballymena on Wednesday resulted in a steady trade.  Fat lambs sold to 306p for a pen of 5 Texels 23kg at £70.50 offered by E Farquhar, Moorfields and to a top per head of £75 for a pen of 12 Texels 24.5kg from local exhibitor.  Fat ewes sold to […]

An entry of 260 store cattle in Ballymena on Tuesday resulted in a terrific trade.  Bullocks sold to £660 over for a Char 600kg at £1260 presented by R Workman, Kilwaughter.  Heifers sold to £485 over for a Lim 450kg offered by H Mulholland, Glenavy.   Heifers 301-400kgs Kenneth Bell,

Another good entry of sheep in Ballymena on Monday night resulted in a steady trade.  Breeders sold to £132, ewe lambs to £81, store lambs to £60 and rams to 430gns.   Breeders sold to:- D Mulholland, Dungannon 6 Suff £132, S & M Gormley, Claudy 9 Suff £132, 9 CB £130, 9 CB £120,