Cattle were an excellent trade at Swatragh Mart this week, with more buyers around the sale ring looking for good-quality store animals for grazing. Store heifers weighing 400kg to 450kg sold to a top price per kilo of 224p for a 420kg Charolais animal. The main trade for continental animals was 190p to 215p/kg. Lighter stores below 400kg sold well, with buyer demand driving prices to over 200p/kg.

Store bullocks sold from 240p to 291p/kg for good-quality Charolais types weighing 280kg to 300kg, with heavier stores making 210p to 240p/kg for cattle weighing up to 350kg.

Forward stores over 400kg were a solid trade, selling anywhere from 180p to 220p/kg.

Heavy fleshed cattle saw heifers selling to a top price of £1,140 for a 638kg Simmental, while fat bullocks sold to a peak of £1,285 for a 680kg Simmental animal.

Cull cows reached a peak price of £1,260 for a 744kg Charolais animal, with fleshed cows in general selling from 160p to 180p/kg.