Flying trade for all types on offer at Kilrea Mart

Continental calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves (150)

Bull calves

Workman Farms, Aghadowey, Aberdeen Angus £400; M and H Gilmour, Ballymoney, Montbeliarde £380, £345, £280; D McKinney, Maghera, Aberdeen Angus £350; J and B Rankin, Limavady, Charolais £375; R and R Cousley, Moneymore, Fleckvieh £342, £312; S Carroll, Dungannon, Aberdeen Angus £340; W Elliott, Tobermore, Aberdeen Angus £338, £255; D Montgomery, Dungannon, Charolais £332, £325, Aberdeen Angus £235; R Mulholland, Portglenone, Belgian Blue £270, £225; D Gordon, Kilrea, Belgian Blue £297, £262, Aberdeen Angus £260; Ballymena farmer, Montbeliarde £285; G and E Pollock, Ballymoney, Montbeliarde £272; J Chestnutt, Portrush, Aberdeen Angus £250, £240; W K Shiels, Maghera, Aberdeen Angus £242, Belgian Blue £225; W Campbell, Magherafelt, Shorthorn beef £220; M Currie, Ballymoney, Limousin £220 and Lakeview Farms, Ballyronan, Aberdeen Angus £208.

Heifer calves

Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £380; Workman Farms, Aghadowey, Aberdeen Angus £380; D McKinney, Maghera, Aberdeen Angus £295; D Montgomery, Dungannon, Charolais £250; M Currie, Ballymoney, Hereford £240, Limousin £235; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £235, Belgian Blue £220; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £225; D Gordon, Kilrea, Belgian Blue £222; S Carroll, Dungannon, Aberdeen Angus £218; J Chestnutt, Portrush, Aberdeen Angus £215; W Elliott, Tobermore, Aberdeen Angus £215; Lakeview Farms, Ballyronan, Aberdeen Angus £205 and E Tosh, Castlerock, Limousin £200.

Friesian calves

Super trade met with more required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £180.

Good demand for thick types.

Weanlings/suckler calves (90)

90 on offer with more required to satisfy demand.

Being offered for sale at approximately 12.30pm weekly.

Continental and Friesian lumps a super trade.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A good entry of 400 on Monday, April 1 met a sharper trade.

More sheep needed every week.

Lambs to £109 to 474per kg.

Lambs

Portglenone farmer, 23k, £109 (474), 23k, £99.70 (433), 24k, £101.20 (422), 24k, £100 (417); G Wright, Ballymoney, 21k, £98.50 (469), 23.5k, £106 (451); Dunloy farmer, 19k, £86 (453), 24.5k, £103.50 (422); J McKendry, Ballymoney, 23.5k, £105 (447); W Armstrong, Kilrea, 23.5k, £104 (443); W Jeffers, Coleraine, 22k, £97.50 (443), 26k, £106.80 (411); Cookstown farmer, 24k, £106.20 (443), 25.5k, £107.80 (423); J Hegarty, Ballymoney, 21k, £92 (438); M McCaughey, Coleraine, 20.5k, £89 (434); M Smyth, Macosquin, 24k, £99.80 (416) and Gilmore and Co, Boveedy, 26k, £107 (412).

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

Ewes to £100.

Brisk demand for all types on offer.

A small entry of dairy stock on Tuesday, April 2 met a super trade to a top of £1,820 for a calved heifer.

More stock required weekly.

W Millar (Jnr), Coleraine, calved heifers to £1,820, £1,690, £1,670, springing heifer £1,510 and Tobermore farmer, calved heifers to £1,650, £1,510.

A good entry of 350 fat cow, suckler and store cattle stock on Wednesday, April 3 Kilrea met a sharper trade with quality stores in demand.

Steers sold to £1,400, heifers sold to £1,225 and fat cows sold to £1,045.

Fat cows: (Flying trade - more required)

Kilrea farmer, 640k Limousin £1,045 (163), 660k Simmental £850 (129); W J McCurdy, Ballymoney, 620k Aberdeen Angus £950 (153); Rasharkin farmer, 670k Simmental £980 (146), 570k, £825 (145); R and A Smyth, Dungiven, 580k Friesian £790 (136); A McIlroy, Garvagh, 630k Hereford £810 (129); Swatragh farmer, 660k Hereford £830 (126); W Wylie, Dunloy, 590k Friesian £700 (119) and Limavady farmer, 580k Aberdeen Angus £675 (116).

Suckler stock: Quality lots required.

Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus second calver with Charolais bull calf at foot to £1,520.

Heifers

R McCaw, Ballycastle, 330k Charolais £780 (236), 340k, £770 (227), 370k, £825 (223), 350k, £765 (219), 370k, £780 (211), 370k, £730 (197); S and D Donnelly, Ballintoy, 350k Charolais £820 (234), 330k, £750 (227), 350k, £780 (223), 360k, £800 (222), 350k, £775 (221), 340k, £735 (216); Ballymoney farmer, 520k Charolais £1,220 (235), 520k, £1,145 (220), 520k, £1,120 (215), 530k, £1,125 (212), 530k, £1,100 (208), 520k, £1,070 (206), 560k, £1,145 (205), 460k Limousin £940 (204), 560k Charolais £1,140 (204), 430k, £860 (200), 510k Limousin £1,010 (198), 530k Charolais £1,050 (198), 500k, £980 (196), 550k, £1,055 (192); W McMullan, Ballycastle, 320k Charolais £745 (233), 270k, £570 (211), 310k, £640 (207), 350k Limousin £690 (197), 330k Charolais £650 (197); Maghera farmer, 320k Simmental £730 (228); Antrim farmer, 310k Limousin £705 (227), 440k Shorthorn beef £870 (198); W J McCurdy, Ballymoney, 390k Limousin £865 (222), 350k, £705 (201); W and P McCallion, Portglenone, 360k Limousin £795 (221), 370k, £805 (218), 360k, £775 (215), 400k, £850 (213); A Irwin, Garvagh, 410k Friesian £885 (216); J Caskey, Kilrea, 520k Limousin £1,095 (211), 590k Charolais £1,130 (192); D McLaughlin, Dunloy, 360k Limousin £755 (210), 390k Simmental £790 (203), 350k, £695 (199); A Stewart, Ballymena, 570k Charolais £1,195 (210), 540k, £1,130 (209), 580k, £1,200 (207), 580k, £1,185 (204), 550k, £1,120 (204), 540k £1,085 (201), 580k, £1,135 (196), 630k, £1,225 (194), 540k, £1,035 (192); C McIntyre, Macosquin, 410k Simmental £845 (206); J A Millen, Macosquin, 310k Aberdeen Angus £635 (205); A Dougherty, Castlerock, 330k Charolais £670 (203), 340k, £665 (196); J G Linton, Garvagh, 520k Charolais £1,045 (201) and R Mulholland, Portglenone, 430k Charolais £865 (201).

Steers

Portglenone farmer, 320k Limousin £800 (250), 320k, £765 (239), 370k Charolais £850 (230), 380k Limousin £850 (224), 440k, £935 (213); Ballymoney farmer, 270k Belgian Blue £670 (248), 260k Charolais £565 (217); Antrim farmer, 330k Limousin £785 (238); S J Wilson, Dungiven, 390k Limousin £900 (231), 340k, £775 (228), 350k, £790 (226), 350k, £775 (221), 400k, £880 (220), 390k, £845 (217), 380k, £820 (216), 360k, £775 (215), 400k, £845 (211), 460k, £920 (200), 410k, £805 (196); R McCaw, Ballycastle, 410k Charolais £930 (227), 440k, £945 (215), 430k, £905 (211), 490k, £1,015 (207), 430k, £865 (201); P Gilmore, Kilrea, 350k Limousin £790 (226), 370k, £800 (216), 400k, £810 (203), 430k, £855 (199), 390k, £770 (197); Castledawson farmer, 400k Charolais £900 (225), 380k, £850 (224), 380k, £835 (220), 370k, £770 (208), 470k, £910 (194), 470k, £905 (193), 420k Saler £800 (191); A Lindsay, Coleraine, 560k Limousin £1,150 (205), 570k, £1,150 (202), 550k, £1,105 (201), 570k, £1,140 (200), 630k, £1,200 (191); T Scott, Swatragh, 340k Simmental £760 (224), 390k Limousin £855 (219), 370k, £780 (211), 440k, £870 (198); T Campbell, Killykergan, 480k Aberdeen Angus £990 (206); G Boyce, Garvagh, 560k Limousin £1,145 (205); W J McCurdy, Ballymoney, 370k Aberdeen Angus £740 (200), 430k, £830 (193); Workman Farms, Aghadowey, 320k Aberdeen Angus £640 (200) and D McClure, Kilraughts, 510k Aberdeen Angus £1,000 (196), 530k, £1,020 (193).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.