THE biggest sale of the year at Gortin on Monday night resulted in a complete clearance with outstanding trade. Fat lambs sold to £64.50. Store lambs £43.20. Breeding hoggets £70. Texel/suffolk rams 225 gns with fat ewes to £42.20.
Fat Lambs: F Elliott £64.50(301/2kg), £55.50(271/2kg), £54(25kg); R Virtue £53(253/4kg); W Turkington £53.50(26kg); N McConnell £52(24kg); J Hawkes £52.50(241/4kg); R O'Hara £52.50(24kg); P Daly £51(251/2kg); C Bradley £53.50(24kg); E Robinson £53(30kg); P Kelly £42(243/4kg); D Nugent £54.50(233/4kg); J J Brannigan £52(231/4kg); F&K Johnston £52(251/4kg); R Downey £50.40(24kg); G Hawkes £51(231/2kg); P Mulholland £50(221/2kg); R Young £50(223/4kg); B Matthewson £51(23kg); R McAskie £50(24kg); J Patterson £43(251/2kg), 53.20(271/2kg), £50.80(233/4kg); Local farmer £51.50(253/4kg); K Hunter £51(231/2kg); K Wamsley £50.80(25kg); M McKinly £50(24kg).
Store Lambs: J J Brannigan £43.20; O McCourt £41.80; P Mulholland £41.50; J Doherty £37.50; J Whiteside £42.50; H Beattie £37.
Fat Ewes: E Robinson £42.20; J Rafferty £41.50; P Hamilton £39.20; R Virtue £41.50.
Breeding Hoggets: P Leonard £70, £67; S McBride £65. Rams: J Elliott 225gns (Texel), 225gns (Suffolk).