Prime cattle sold to £3,650 at the annual Christmas show and sale in Markethill Livestock Mart last Thursday with over £30,000 raised on the evening for Cancer Focus NI.

Topping the trade at 330p/kg was the champion male, a 33-month-old Charolais weighing 1,106kg from James Waugh, Portadown.

Leading the trade for female cattle was a Belgian Blue cow which made the second highest price of the evening. Tipping the scales at 932kg, this animal sold for £3,580.

Swatragh Mart held its Christmas show and sale on Friday evening and prices peaked at £3,100 for the supreme champion, a 670kg Limousin heifer.

Other leading prices saw £2,800 paid for a 740kg Limousin heifer, with breeding females making to £2,500 for a 590kg Belgian Blue.

Bullocks made to £2,240 for a 730kg Charolais with 2024 born calves selling to £2,050 for a 290kg Limousin. Lambs sold to a top of £240 for 25.5kg.

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