A small entry of dairy stock met excellent demand to £2040 for a calved heifer from G Wallace, Broughshane, second calvers to £1960.  Ruling prices:- G Wallace, Broughshane calved hfr £2040, calved hfr £2000, calved hfr £2000, calved hfr £1970, Thomas Carlisle, Dundrod calved cow £1960,

290 beef cattle sold to 222 pence per kg for a 550kg BB heifer, steers to 217 pence for a 600kg BB.  Beef cows to 192 pence for a 750kg Lim, Friesian cow/heifers to 158p, cows to 140 pence.  Friesian males to 167 pence for 920kg (£1536.40).   Beef cows sold to:- T Gilmour, Ballymoney

An entry of 1667 sheep in Ballymena resulted in a steady trade.  Fat lambs sold to 373p for a pen of 12 Texels 20.5kg at £76.50 offered by J Magee, Glenarm and to a top per head of £87 for a pen of heavy Texels from R Boyle, Larne.  Fat ewes sold to £80.   […]

An entry of 260 store cattle in Ballymena resulted in a sharp trade.  Bullocks sold to £720 over for a Char 550kg at £1270 offered by D Black, Carnlough.  Heifers sold to £650 over for a Char 570kg at £1220 presented by Sandra Hunter, Bushmills.   Bulls/blks 0-500kgs J McGowan,

MULE EWE LAMB SHOW & SALE TUESDAY EVENING 28TH AUGUST 2018 The annual Mule ewe lamb Show & Sale at Ballymena Mart attracted an entry of 2100 lambs and returned an average of £105.13 per head up £3 per head on 2017. Top price of £190 per head for a pen of outstanding lambs was […]