Thurs 12 August

  • Sale 175 Suffolk Cheviot hoggets for Rainey Bros. And 100 Texel Mule & 50 Suffolk Mule ewe lambs. And 100 store lambs. Kilrea Mart 7pm.
  • Multibreed ram sale. Swatragh Mart 7.30pm.
  • Fri 13 August

  • First breeding sheep sale. Downpatrick Mart 7pm. Dorsets & Ile de France sheep. Beatties Livestock centre, Omagh 7pm. Details Edward Adamson on 07711 071290.
  • Sat 14 August

  • Mule and Greyface hoggets & Suffolk Cheviot ewe lambs. At Ballymena Mart, 11am.
  • Jacob Sheep Society sale. At Beattie’s Livestock Omagh. View 11.30am, sale 12.30pm.
  • NI Beef Shorthorn Club open day, 2pm to 4pm. At Richard Henning’s Mullaglass herd, 15 Church Road, Newry. Confirm attendance by email to nibeefshorthornclub@gmail.com. Details from Tom McGuigan on 07801 063164.
  • NI Hereford Breeders Association. Awards night and charity BBQ for Air Ambulance. At Graham Family’s Richmond Poll herd, Portadown, 6pm. Book with James Graham on 07984 458007.
  • Mon 16 August

  • Irish Hill Texels, 10 ewes, two hoggets, 10 ewe lambs, six ram lambs and one aged ram for the late Wilson Kennedy. 150 Wicklow Cheviot hoggets for K McFadden. 30 PBNR Texel hoggets for David McCabe. Ballymena Mart 7pm.
  • Thurs 19 August

  • 1,500 hoggets & full mouth ewes, including 40 Poll Dorset ewes & 150 Mule Texel hoggets. Armoy Mart 7pm.
  • Thurs 19 to Sat 21 August

  • Kilbride Farm Simmentals. Elite 50th anniversary sale. Seven In-calf and 10 yearling heifers. By timed auction on Ballymena.MartEye.ie. Catalogue at www.kilbridefarm.co.uk. Or call Michael Robson on 07968 814180.
  • Fri 20 August

  • Jalex tup sale. 50 Suffolk shearlings & ram lambs. 10 Texel shearlings & other breeds. At 88 Gloverstown Road Toomebridge 7pm.
  • Sat 21 August

  • Armoy mart, the Ballyvoy sale, 12.30pm. 2,000 Mule, Suffolk Cheviot, Texel & Suffolk ewe lambs. Beltex sheep 70 head. At Beattie’s Livestock Omagh, 1pm. Details from Kenny Preston on 07788 146521.