Good quality cull ewes selling from £85 to £108 each at Markethill Mart

Lamb prices took a significant step forward at Markethill on Wednesday 11th November.

Good quality heavy lambs sold steadily from £100 to £106 each with all good quality pens from 400p to 430p per kilo for 24.3k at £104.50 each followed by 425p per kilo for 24k at £102 each.

Good quality middleweight lambs sold to 461p per kilo for 20.4k at £94 each followed by 452p per kilo for 23k at £104 each.

Main demand for good quality middleweight sold from 430p to 450p per kilo.

Good quality store lambs sold steadily from 460p to 518p per kilo for 16.4k at £85 each followed by 516p per kilo for 15.3k at £79 each.

Stronger pens of stores sold to 486p per kilo for 18.4k at £89.50 each.

Good quality cull ewes sold from £85 to £108 each.

Plainer ewes from £45 to £75 each.

HEAVY LAMBS

Belleeks farmer : 24.3k £104.50 430p : Belleeks farmer : 24k £102 425p : Glenanne producer : 24.1k £102 423p : Markethill seller : 25k £104 416p : Derrynoose seller : 24.7k £102 413p : Dromara farmer : 25.8k £104.50 405p : Benburb producer : 25.3k £102 405p : Armagh farmer : 25.9k £104.50 403p and Portadown seller : 26.1k £105 402.

MIDDLEWEIGHT LAMBS

Tassagh seller : 20.4k £94 461p : Kilcoo farmer : 23k £104 452p : Poyntzpass seller : 20.2k £91 451p : Benburb farmer : 22.4k £100 446p : Poyntzpass farmer : 20k £88 440p : Loughgall producer : 23.2k £102 440p and Markethill farmer : 23.2k £102 440p.

STORE LAMBS

Poyntzpass farmer : 16.4k £85 518p : Jerrettspass seller : 15.3k £79 516p : Mullaghbawn farmer : 15.3k £78.50 513p : Mullaghbawn farmer : 17.6k £87 494p : Belleeks seller : 15.8k £78 494p : Jerrettspass farmer ; 18.4k £89.50 486p : Belleeks farmer : 17.8k £86 483p : Belleeks farmer : 11.5k £55 478p and Mullaghbawn farmer : 18k £85.5k 475p.

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