04/12/2023 - Weekly Sheep Sale

MARKETHILL LIVESTOCK SALES – SHEEP REPORT – 4^TH DECEMBER 2023

A smaller entry of 850 sheep in Markethill returned a noticeably firmer trade particularly for good quality midweight and heavy lambs.

Good quality midweight lambs sold steadily from 470 to 505p/k paid for 21.5k at £108.50 from a Poyntzpass farmer, followed by 496p/k for 23.4k at £116 from a Portadown producer.

Heavy lambs sold up to £124 per head with several pens to £120 and £123.  The entire entry of heavy lambs averaged £121.20 each.  Good quality pens sold from 460-492p/k for 24k at £118 from a local producer, followed by 480p/k for 25.2k at £121 from a Tandragee producer.

Store lambs sold up to 533p/k for 15.2k at £81 from a Ballygawley farmer followed by 518p/k for 17.1k at £88.50 from an Armagh producer.

110 cull ewes sold from £80 to £150 per head, plainer ewes from £60 to £75 each.

HEAVY LAMBS

Markehill producer 24k £118 492p/k: Markethill producer 25.2k £121 480p/k: Newry producer 24.5k £116 474p/k: Tandragee producer 25.9k £121 467p/k: Dungannon producer 26.7k £124 465p/k: Magheralin producer 25.5k £118 463p/k: Portadown producer 26.4k £122 462p/k: Belleeks producer 26.4k £122 462p/k: Moy producer 26k £120 462p/k: Cullyhanna producer 27k £124 459p/k:

MIDWEIGHT LAMBS

Poyntzpass producer 21.5k £108.50 505p/k: Portadown producer 23.4k £116 496p/k: Silverbridge producer 20.7k £102.50 495p/k: Cullyhanna producer 20.3k £100 492p/k: Silverbridge producer 23.2k £114 491p/k: Armagh producer 23.2k £113 487p/k: Leitrim producer 20.3k £98.50 485p/k: Poyntzpass producer 22.2k £107.50 484p/k: Pomeroy producer 22k £106 482p/k: Armagh producer 23.9k £115 481p/k: 23.7k £114 481p/k:

STORE LAMBS

Ballygawley producer 15.2k £81 533p/k: Armagh producer 17.1k £88.50 518p/k: Belleeks producer 18k £93 517p/k: Silverbridge producer 17.2k £88 512p/k: Portadown producer 18.4k £92 500p/k: Jerrettspass producer 18.6 £93 500: Armagh producer 17.7k £87.59 494p/k: Pomeroy producer 14k £69 493p/k: