Fat cows and bulls selling to £2260 at Kilrea, steers to £2130

All types of calves required to satisfy demand. Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £600; Rasharkin farmer, Simmental £595, £490; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £485, £385, £350; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £485, Belgian Blue £430; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £465, Aberdeen Angus £305; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £460, £235; Ballycastle farmer, Friesian £435; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £395, £320; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £390, £290; Dungiven farmer, Belgian Blue £380, £365, Friesian £350, Aberdeen Angus £320; Moneymore farmer, Hereford £380, £255; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £375; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £370, £330, £325, £260; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £370, Belgian Blue £320, Aberdeen Angus £300; Castlerock farmer, Limousin £350, Simmental £295; Castledawson farmer, Limousin £345; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £345, Hereford £200; Coleraine farmer, Stabiliser £340, £265; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £335; Eglinton farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330, Charolais £290, Limousin £255; Moneymore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330, £265; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £320, £250; Bellaghy farmer, Belgian Blue £315; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £295; Bendooragh farmer, Friesian £285, £250, £210; Bendooragh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270; Kilrea farmer, Belgian Blue £260; Ballywalter farmer, Holstein £250, £230; Dervock farmer, Simmental £250; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £250, £230, Aberdeen Angus £230; Dungiven farmer, Belgian Blue £245; Magherafelt farmer, Friesian £245; Ballymoney farmer, Stabiliser £240, Fleckvieh £205; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £230; Aghadowey farmer, Hereford £225; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £210 and Aghadowey farmer, Shorthorn £200.

Heifer calves

Maghera farmer, Limousin £600; Coleraine farmer, Stabiliser £470, £310; Dungiven farmer, Belgian Blue £425, £415; Bangor farmer, Aberdeen Angus £415, £335, £285; Ballymoney farmer, Charolais £370; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £370; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £350, £300; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330, £310, £220; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £325; Dungiven farmer, Belgian Blue £325, Aberdeen Angus £255;Moneymore farmer, Belgian Blue £325; Dungiven farmer, Simmental £320, Aberdeen Angus £265, £245; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £305; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £290; Dervock farmer, Simmental £275, £265, Aberdeen Angus £205; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £275, Belgian Blue £255; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £255; Ballymena farmer, Holstein £250; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250; Castledawson farmer, Limousin £250; Aghadowey farmer, Hereford £245; Moneymore farmer, Hereford £210 and Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £200.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £435. Good demand for thick types. Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (155)

A great entry of weanlings met an outstanding trade for all types on offer, both for Continental beef bred types, Friesian cross types and Friesian and Holstein lumps.

Weanlings to top of £975 and 400ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A good entry of 400 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 15th May met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £6.49 per kg and to top of £147.

Hoggetts to £6.10 and to top of £163.

Fat ewes to £194.

Breeding ewes to £222.

Springs lambs

Antrim farmer, 21.5k £139.50 (649); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £141.50 (643); Limavady farmer, 21.5k £138 (642); Ballyclare farmer, 22k £140 (636); Kilrea farmer, 22k £140 (636); Rasharkin farmer, 22k £140 (636); Rasharkin farmer, 22.5k £142 (631); Cullybackey farmer, 20k £126 (630); Macosquin farmer, 22k £138.50 (630) and Macosquin farmer, 24k £147 (613).

Hoggets

Rasharkin farmer, 20k £122 (610); Coleraine farmer, 23k £137 (596); Maghera farmer, 24.5k £144 (588); Garvagh farmer, 25k £145 (580); Macosquin farmer, 21.5k £124 (577); Portglenone farmer, 25k £143 (572); Coleraine farmer, 26k £145.50 (560); Cloughmills farmer, 21.5k £118.50 (551); Ballymena farmer, 22k £121 (550); Kilrea farmer, 27k £147 (544) and Rasharkin farmer, 21k £113.50 (541), 20k £108 (540).

Fat ewes on offer met a super trade for all types on offer including grazing types.

Good entry of ewes to £194.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of dairy on Tuesday 16th May to a top price of £1800 for a calved heifer.

Ballymena farmer, calved heifer to £1800; Limavady farmer, springing heifer to £1760 and Ballyclare farmer, calved cow to £1500.

More stock required weekly.

Friesian and Aberdeen Angus steers a flying trade with more required for strong demand.

A good entry of 280 on Wednesday 17th May at Kilrea, met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £2130 and heifers to £1680.

Fat cows and bulls to £2260.

Fat cows: 90 on offer, flying trade.

Maghera farmer, 850k Limousin £2140 (252); Dungiven farmer, 900k Fleckvieh £2260 (251); Ballymoney farmer, 530k Friesian £1270 (240); Magherafelt farmer, 680k Friesian £1590 (234), 630k £1440 (229); Ahoghill farmer, 710k Sal £1650 (232); Newtownabbey farmer, 650k Shorthorn beef £1490 (229); Portglenone farmer, 630k Limousin £1440 (229); Castlederg farmer, 600k Montbeliarde £1370 (228), 690k Fleckvieh £1540 (223), 680k £1460 (215), 780k Montbeliarde £1660 (213), 640k Holstein £1360 (213), 670k £1420 (212), 740k Montbeliarde £1550 (210), 670k Holstein £1400 (209), 720k Montbeliarde £1480 (206), 750k £1520 (203), 700k £1400 (200); Upperlands farmer, 690k Simmental £1570 (228); Lisburn farmer, 500k Belgian Blue £1130 (226), 480k £1000 (208); Dungiven farmer, 510k Hereford £1140 (224); Stranocum farmer, 750k Limousin £1680 (224), 530k Aberdeen Angus £1130 (213), 660k Belgian Blue £1400 (212), 780k Aberdeen Angus £1580 (203); Ballymoney farmer, 470k Friesian £1040 (221); Portglenone farmer, 470k Limousin £1040 (221), 590k £1200 (203); Limavady farmer, 660k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1440 (218); Dunloy farmer, 780k Fleckvieh £1670 (214); Garvagh farmer, 680k Aberdeen Angus £1420 (209); Cullybackey farmer, 660k Belted Galloway £1370 (208); Rasharkin farmer, 640k Hereford £1320 (206); Magherafelt farmer, 500k Simmental £1020 (204); Dungiven farmer, 630k Limousin £1280 (203) and Portglenone farmer, 550k Limousin £1100 (200).

Suckler

Limavady farmer, Charolais bull to £1780; Broughshane farmer, Aberdeen Angus cow with Aberdeen Angus bull calf at foot to £1580 and Aberdeen Angus cow with Aberdeen Angus heifer calf at foot to £1570.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Claudy farmer, 400k Charolais £1260 (315), 380k £1180 (311), 380k £1170 (308), 400k £1200 (300), 330k Limousin £970 (294), 470k Charolais £1360 (289), 250k Limousin £690 (276); Coleraine farmer, 500k Limousin £1550 (310), 460k £1410 (307), 500k £1500 (300), 470k £1370 (292), 480k £1320 (275), 530k £1440 (272); Ballymena farmer, 410k Charolais £1250 (305), 390k £1100 (282); Claudy farmer, 470k Simmental £1390 (296); Limavady farmer, 490k Charolais £1450 (296), 440k £1200 (273); Moneymore farmer, 580k Limousin £1680 (290), 490k £1390 (284), 520k £1350 (260), 570k £1480 (260); Lisburn farmer, 450k Limousin £1300 (289), 330k £850 (258), 420k £950 (226); Maghera farmer, 330k Charolais £950 (288), 315k £880 (279), 380k £1000 (263), 340k £790 (232); Kilrea farmer, 580k Charolais £1660 (286), 550k £1470 (267), 620k Limousin £1600 (258); Garvagh farmer, 410k Charolais £1170 (285), 490k £1270 (259), 460k Limousin £1140 (248); Limavady farmer, 430k Charolais £1220 (284), 450k £1110 (247); Bellarena farmer, 380k Limousin £1070 (282), 370k £900 (243), 420k £1000 (238); Magherafelt farmer, 390k Aberdeen Angus £1090 (280), 340k Limousin £930 (274), 460k Aberdeen Angus £1180 (257), 400k £1000 (250), 460k £1130 (246); Kilrea farmer, 390k Charolais £1040 (267); Randalstown farmer, 560k Limousin £1480 (264); Newtownabbey farmer, 300k Shorthorn beef £770 (257), 290k £700 (241), 540k £1130 (209); Ballymoney farmer, 490k Aberdeen Angus £1180 (241), 480k £1130 (235), 490k Hereford £1150 (235), 450k £1030 (229), 490k Aberdeen Angus £1110 (227), 460k £970 (211), 510k £1030 (202); Magherafelt farmer, 400k Aberdeen Angus £940 (235);Cullybackey farmer, 410k Limousin £930 (227), 460k Hereford £1000 (217), 420k £900 (214), 430k Aberdeen Angus £910 (212), 430k £900 (209), 415k £850 (205) and Knockloughrim farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £1170 (225), 510k £1130 (222), 430k £890 (207).

Steers

Kilrea farmer, 370k Charolais £1270 (343), 350k £1130 (323), 320k £1030 (322), 330k £1060 (321), 350k £1070 (306); Kilrea farmer, 310k Limousin £1010 (326), 340k £1050 (309), 370k £1130 (305); Portglenone farmer, 350k Limousin £1140 (326), 340k Charolais £1090 (321), 360k £1100 (306); Randalstown farmer, 480k Limousin £1500 (313), 350k £1060 (303), 540k Aberdeen Angus £1360 (252); Randalstown farmer, 440k Belgian Blue £1370 (311), 520k £1340 (258); Garvagh farmer, 710k Charolais £2130 (300), 660k Aberdeen Angus £1910 (289); Glarryford farmer, 460k Simmental £1370 (298), 480k Limousin £1420 (296), 420k £1190 (283), 540k £1500 (278), 530k £1470 (277), 420k Simmental £1110 (264); Newtownabbey farmer, 340k Shorthorn beef £1010 (297), 320k £950 (297), 330k £950 (288), 380k £1020 (268); Ballymena farmer, 440k Charolais £1290 (293); Magherafelt farmer, 390k Shorthorn beef £1140 (292), 500k Stabiliser £1170 (234); Lisburn farmer, 470k Limousin £1360 (289), 370k £990 (268), 460k £1190 (259); Garvagh farmer, 330k Aberdeen Angus £900 (273), 400k £1070 (268); Magherafelt farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1480) (269), 550k £1460 (266), 590k Aberdeen Angus £1450 (246); Portglenone farmer, 360k Aberdeen Angus £970 (269), 330k £870 (264), 290k £650 (224), 350k Limousin £780 (223); Desertmartin farmer, 245k Aberdeen Angus £650 (265), 220k £580 (264), 240k Belted Galloway £560 (233); Bendooragh farmer, 680k Limousin £1770 (260); Cullybackey farmer, 400k Aberdeen Angus £1040 (260), 420k £1030 (245); Kilrea farmer, 570k Aberdeen Angus £1460 (256), 530k Hereford £1290 (243), 510k £1240 (243); Kilrea farmer, 290k Belgian Blue £740 (255), 390k Limousin £940 (241), 230k £530 (230), 300k £670 (223), 300k Aberdeen Angus £670 (223) and Ballymoney farmer, 480k Aberdeen Angus £1180 (246).

Friesian and Aberdeen Angus steers a flying trade with more required for strong demand.

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.