Buyers at Armoy on Monday evening were most active for lighter stores as improved weather in recent weeks has increased grass supplies. The number of continental stores on offer has increased and they fetched the best prices.
Two Charolais bullocks both weighing 305kg made £675 (£2.21/kg) and £700 (£2.30/kg). Similar sorts of heifers made slightly lower prices, with the hammer dropping at £515 for a 205kg Charolais (£2.06/kg).
A number of Belgian Blue steers around 580kg were on offer and typically made £350 over their weight (£1.60/kg). A Charolais bullock weighing 650kg made £1,075 (£1.65/kg) and a lighter Charolais weighing 610kg and made a slightly higher price of £1,085 (£1.78/kg).
400kg Angus bullocks near £2/kg
Aberdeen Angus steers were on show with a few weighing around 500kg making around £400 over their weight (£1.80/kg). A batch of three Angus bullocks were sold at once – they weighed 400kg and made £790 (£1.98/kg).
Four pure-bred non-registered Limousin bulls sold to an average price of 1,278gns. The bulls were all around 20 months old, were well conformed but were slightly shorter in length to what some buyers may have wanted. The top-selling bull sold for 1,580gns and weighed 690kg on the bridge.
A small show of dairy-bred cattle met a subdued trade with two Ayrshire bulls weighing 255kg making £280 (£1.10/kg) and another two weighing 190kg making £195 (£1.03/kg). The same seller sold a 225kg Friesian bull for £240 (£1.07/kg).
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Buyers at Armoy on Monday evening were most active for lighter stores as improved weather in recent weeks has increased grass supplies. The number of continental stores on offer has increased and they fetched the best prices.
Two Charolais bullocks both weighing 305kg made £675 (£2.21/kg) and £700 (£2.30/kg). Similar sorts of heifers made slightly lower prices, with the hammer dropping at £515 for a 205kg Charolais (£2.06/kg).
A number of Belgian Blue steers around 580kg were on offer and typically made £350 over their weight (£1.60/kg). A Charolais bullock weighing 650kg made £1,075 (£1.65/kg) and a lighter Charolais weighing 610kg and made a slightly higher price of £1,085 (£1.78/kg).
400kg Angus bullocks near £2/kg
Aberdeen Angus steers were on show with a few weighing around 500kg making around £400 over their weight (£1.80/kg). A batch of three Angus bullocks were sold at once – they weighed 400kg and made £790 (£1.98/kg).
Four pure-bred non-registered Limousin bulls sold to an average price of 1,278gns. The bulls were all around 20 months old, were well conformed but were slightly shorter in length to what some buyers may have wanted. The top-selling bull sold for 1,580gns and weighed 690kg on the bridge.
A small show of dairy-bred cattle met a subdued trade with two Ayrshire bulls weighing 255kg making £280 (£1.10/kg) and another two weighing 190kg making £195 (£1.03/kg). The same seller sold a 225kg Friesian bull for £240 (£1.07/kg).
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