In Saturday's sale in Clogher Mart, all six rings were in full flow, with 1,155 cattle sold and buyers active both ringside and online.
However, ringside buyers dominated the day's selling, with 90% bought by farmers ringside.
For the other 10% of animals bought ringside, the under-bidder was online, showing the importance of online activity.
Heavy continental-bred bullocks weighing over 750kg sold from 330p/kg to the top bullocks crossing 400p/kg.
Store-type bullocks in the 550kg to 670kg weight band varied depending on quality. Better-bred continental bullocks sold from 350p/kg to 430p/kg, while more traditional-bred bullocks sold from 320p/kg to 350p/kg.
Heifers weighing over 600kg sold from 370p/kg to 390p/kg for well-bred quality heifers, while, as you go down the weight bands to heifers weighing between 500kg and 600kg, quality heifers crossed 400p/kg, with most stores selling from 350p/kg to 385p/kg and some lighter dairy-cross heifers back around 300p/kg.
In the suck calf ring, over £800 was paid for a handful of the top continental-bred calves from suckler cows, while the bulk of the dairy-cross calves sold from £300 to £700.
Angus-cross calves sold from £300 up to £550/head, while Belgian Blue-cross calves sold mostly between £600 and £700. A small number of Friesian-cross bulls sold from £150 to £220.
In the weanling ring, the tops of the bulls sold for 450p/kg, with 470p/kg to 480p/kg freely available for Charolais-cross bull weanlings.
A handful of exceptional well-bred continental bulls sold to over 500p/kg.
Average-quality bull and heifers weanlings weighing between 280kg and 330kg sold from 400p/kg to 430p/kg, while some heavier plainer-type weanlings fell short of the 400p/kg mark.
Cull cows
In the cull cow ring, trade varied massively depending on what was on offer.
Young continental cows and heifers carrying flesh sold from 370p/kg up to 396p/kg. The bulk of store continental-bred cows on offer sold from 280p/kg to 340p/kg, with a small number of poorer-quality cows with little flesh cover sold down as low as 200p/kg.
A big entry of Friesian-cross cows in Saturday's sale saw poorer-quality and cows lacking flesh cover selling from 100p/kg to 160p/kg, while better-made cows carrying a moderate cover of flesh suited to further feeding sold from 170p/kg to 220p/kg.
Some well-fleshed cows that only require a short feeding stint before slaughter sold around the 250p/kg mark.
In the breeding ring, a good share of freshly calved dairy cows were on offer, selling from £2,300 up to £3,600/head, with a number of well-bred cows selling for over £3,000/head on several occasions.
Suckler cows with calves at foot were sought after, with up to £4,000 paid for the best of pairs.
These outfits sold from £2,800/pair upwards depending on quality, while in-calf heifers varied in trade, with from £2,000 to £3,000 paid.
