Camera at the Mart attended the weekly cattle sale in Dungannon Mart where there was a much firmer trade for all classes of livestock last week.

Leading the trade was an excellent show of store cattle suited to grazing and buyers were extremely competitive on top-quality continental types.

This Limousin bullock, born March 2017 and weighing 650kg, sold for £1,260.

Heavier stores were also an improved trade, with heifers in particular being met with brisk bidding, while drop calves were a solid trade.

Mart manager Trevor Wylie said cattle have been an improving trade for a number of weeks, buoyed by strong demand for grazing cattle.

This Limousin bullock, born March 2017 and weighing 575kg , sold for £1,195.

He said cattle throughput remains steady, which is also helping to create more of an edge to the trade.

Bullocks reached a peak of £1,475 for a 730kg Charolais animal, which made 202p/kg.

This Limousin bullock, born March 2017 and weighing 605kg, sold for £1,135.

Other standout prices saw a 670kg Limousin animal sell for £1,420, or 212p/kg, with a 660kg Limousin making £1,395, or 210p/kg.

Heavy cattle suited to a short intensive finishing period generally sold upwards from 200p/kg for continental types weighing over 600kg, with plainer types making upwards from 180p/kg.

This Charolais heifer, born July 2017 and weighing 460kg, sold for £860.

Forward store bullocks over 500kg sold to £1,240 for a 595kg Simmental animal with other top-quality lots making £1,140 for a 520kg Simmental and £1,150 paid for a 525kg Limousin animal.

This Charolais heifer, born July 2017 and weighing 455kg, sold for £920.

Lighter bullocks were a firm trade, with a 475kg Limousin making £1,158 and a 480kg animal making £1,045.

Heifers sold to a top price of £1,400 for a 625kg Charolais, or 224p/kg. Forward heifers sold to £1,130 for a 570kg Limousin animal with a 510kg Charolais making £1,030.

This Angus heifer, born September 2017 and weighing 365kg, sold for £590.

Lighter heifers sold to £935 for a 455kg Charolais animal with a 435kg animal making £915. Angus heifers sold to £750 for a 375kg animal with a 390kg Charolais making £850.

Weanlings were a super trade with a top price of £940 paid for a 410kg Limousin steer. The top heifer price was £930 for a 440kg Limousin.

This Angus heifer, born July 2017 and weighing 425kg, sold for £720.

Top-quality continental weanling steers typically sold from 213p to 249p/kg with a 315kg Limousin steer making £755, while heifers typically sold from 207p to 228p/kg.

Drop calves sold to £450 for a four-week-old Blonde D’Aquitaine bull calf, with Charolais bull calves selling to £400.