Ballymena livestock mart held their annual Christmas beef show & sale on Monday 30th November 2015.  A total of 70 cattle were forward for sale and swiftly cleared in an extremely good trade considering the current price of beef. Mr William Livesey, Leicester, England judged all the beef

A smaller entry of sheep in Ballymena on Monday evening resulted in a steady trade.  Store lambs sold to £66.50, leading prices as follows:- DM Crawford, Larne 4 Tex £66.50, Wm McBurney, Moorfields 4 Tex £64, J Kerr, Coleraine 34 Tex £62, Alan Forsythe, Carrick 49 Tex £59.50, K Kidd,

An entry of 38 pairs of fat lambs were presented for a show and sale at the annual Christmas Fatstock event at Ballymena mart.  Nigel Logan of Hillstown farm shop had the difficult job of judging the sheep this year finding his champion pair with the 1st prize Texels from William McAllister,

45 dairy cows and heifers met a brighter trade selling to £1630 for a calved heifer from Drogal farm, Aghalee.  Ayrshires sold to 1480gns for a second calver from John Hunter, Crumlin.  Ruling prices:- Drogal farms, Aghalee calved hfr £1630, W Black, Aghadowey calved hfr £1580, calved cow

An entry of 355 beef cattle in Ballymena on Thursday resulted in a steady trade.  Beef cows sold to 150p for a Lim 760kg at £1140, Fr cows to 109p for 630kg at £686, Beef heifers to 208p for a Lim 530kg at £1102, beef bullocks to 199p for BB 620kg at £1233, Fr bullocks […]