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The annual Ballyvoy sale of breeding ewe lambs at Armoy Mart saw prices peak at £200 for a pen of 10 Suffolk Cheviot animals, down from £275 last year.
A total of 3,300 lambs were sold with a 100% clearance rate.
While prices were lower year on year, buying demand was solid throughout.
At the upper end of the market, Suffolk Cheviots made £120 to £168. Mule ewe lambs topped £146, with the main run selling from £100 to £142.
At Ballymena Mart on Tuesday, the annual Mule ewe lamb sale peaked at £440 for a single show lamb and the top-priced pen made £255.
Overall, 3,000 lambs averaged £114, down £18 year on year.
Rams
Pedigree Suffolk rams sold to a top price of 980 guineas (gns) at Ballymena for a shearling from Philip Lamont’s Triplek flock.
It was followed by 900gns for Stephen Toye’s Boveedy flock and the pre-show champion from the Bannview flock of Campbell and Jason Watson sold for 800gns.
Suffolk rams
On Friday evening, the on-farm sale of pedigree Suffolk rams by James Alexander, Randalstown, sold to 4,000gns for a shearling born in January 2021 and sired by Dol-IIys Rebel, followed by 3,200gn for another Suffolk shearling.
Across 84 rams sold, prices averaged £1,287.
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