Outstanding trade at Kilrea

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

Bull Calves

Ballymoney farmer, Sal £1260, £1210, £1120; Bushmills farmer, BB £1220, £1180, AA £1170; Moneymore farmer, BB £1180, AA £1000; L’Derry farmer, AA £1170, £1130, £1060, £880; Limavady farmer, Lim £1120, AA £970, Her £860, AA £840, Lim £780; Bessbrook farmer, AA £1100, £1090, £970, £950, £900, Hol £730, AA £720, Hol £590; Armagh farmer, Her £1060, £920, £780, AA £760, Her £730; Maghera farmer, BB £1120, Lim £1060, Par £960; Ballymena farmer, Sim £980, CH £920, BB £770, BB £670; Bushmills farmer, Her £960, Fri £690; Limavady farmer, CH £940, SH £930, Her £760; Magherafelt farmer, AA £920, £740, £630, £590, £570; Newry farmer, Her £900, AA £890, £780, £700, Lim £700, AA £680; Portglenone farmer, AA £820, Her £770; Loughgiel farmer, CH £800; Mosside farmer, AA £800, £510; Ballymena farmer, AA £740, £720; Portglenone farmer, Lim £730; Randalstown farmer, Lim £730; Dungiven farmer, AA £690, £520; Ballymena farmer, Sim £680, £670; Ballymoney farmer, Her £680; Maghera farmer, AA £670, £600; Maghera farmer, AA £670; Portglenone farmer, Fri £670; Ahoghill farmer, BB £660, £520; Moneymore farmer, AA £660; Aghadowey farmer, AA £610, £520; Glarryford farmer, AA £610, £550; Dungiven farmer, AA £600; Cullybackey farmer, Her £590; Moneymore farmer, AA £580; Finvoy farmer, AA £570, BB £500; Antrim farmer, Lim £510.

Heifer Calves

Dunloy farmer, CH £1160, AA £720; Moneymore farmer, BB £1090; Rasharkin farmer, CH £1080, AA £900; Upperlands farmer, Lim £1030; Portglenone farmer, BB £950, £790; L’Derry farmer, AA £940, £920, £890, £870, £860, £700; Finvoy farmer, BB £930, £570, AA £540; Randalstown farmer, Hol £890, MB £850, Hol £850, £830, £800, MB £800, Gel £760, NR £750, Hol £750, MB £500; Bessbrook farmer, AA £880, £870, £820, £800, £780, £730; Castlederg farmer, FKV £870, £840; Randalstown farmer, Her £860, BB £850; Macosquin farmer, Lim £840; Bushmills farmer, Her £810, £620; Kilrea farmer, AA £780, £750; Newry farmer, AA £780, Lim £780, AA £670; Armagh farmer, AA £730, Her £610; Clough farmer, Hol £720; Moneymore farmer, AA £720, £560; Maghera farmer, BB £710, AA £570;

Ballymena farmer, BB £700, AA £640; Portglenone farmer, Her £660, AA £600; Ahoghill farmer, BB £650; Maghera farmer, AA £610; Dunloy farmer, AA £600; Ballymoney farmer, Her £560; Dungiven farmer, AA £540; Ballymena farmer, AA £520; Mosside farmer, AA £520; Antrim farmer, Lim £500.

Friesian Calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £670. Good demand for thick types. Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/Suck Calves (80)

A good entry of weanlings met an outstanding trade for all types on offer, both for Continental Beef bred types. Fri x types and Friesian & Holstein Lumps. Weanlings to top of £1980 and 4.75 ppk.

An entry of 1350 sheep on Monday, 7th September met a sharp trade for lambs with ewes on top. Lambs sold to a top of £182 and to 646 pence per kg. Ewes were a great trade reaching a top of £222. More sheep needed weekly. Fat Lamb top prices:

Rasharkin farmer, 28k £181 (646); Limavady farmer, 23k £148.50 (646); Limavady farmer, 23.5k £150 (638); Tobermore farmer, 21k £133.50 (636); Macosquin farmer, 24k £152.50 (635); Limavady farmer, 24.5k £155 (633); Cookstown farmer, 24k £151.50 (631); Maghera farmer, 19k £119.50 (629); Aghadowey farmer, 24.5k £154 (629); Tobermore farmer, 23.5k £147.50 (628); Garvagh farmer, 24k £150.50 (627); Claudy farmer, 22k £138 (627); Limavady farmer, 23k £143.50 (624); Tobermore farmer, 21.5k £134 (623); Garvagh farmer, 26k £162 (623);Portglenone farmer, 22k £136.50 (621); Macosquin farmer, 25k £155 (620); Ballycastle farmer, 23k £142.50 (620); Dungiven farmer, 23k £142 (617); Ballymena farmer, 19.5k £120 (615); Ballymena farmer, 23k £141.50 (615); Bendooragh farmer, 23.5k £144.50 (615); Upperlands farmer, 22k £135 (614); Draperstown farmer, 21.5k £131.50 (612); Tobermore farmer, 22k £134.50 (611); Moneymore farmer, 20k £122 (610); Garvagh farmer, 20.5k £125 (610); Castlerock farmer, 21k £128 (610); Ballymoney farmer, 22.5k £137 (609); Ballymoney farmer, 23k £140 (609); Dungiven farmer, 24.5k £149 (608).

A good entry of 290 on Wednesday, 9th September at Kilrea, met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand. Steers to £2660, Heifers to £2400,

Fat Cows & Bulls to £3240.

Fat Cows: Sharp trade.

Ballymoney farmer, 490k Lim £1790 (365), 600k £2170 (362), 580k £2080 (359), 560k £1990 (355), 500k AA £1700 (340), 640k FKV £2100 (328); Ballycastle farmer, 590k Lim £2060 (349), 590k £1940 (329); Rasharkin farmer, 600k Lim £2040 (340), 590k £1960 (332), 700k FKV £2280 (326), Magherafelt farmer, 530k AA £1790 (338); Bellarena farmer, 640k Lim £2070 (323); Coleraine farmer, 690k BB £2220 (322), 670k AA £2060 (308), 700k £2140 (306); Coleraine farmer, 620k BB £1970 (318); Ahoghill farmer, 750k AU £2380 (317); Coleraine farmer, 1030k Sim £3240 (315).

Suckler Section

Omagh farmer, BB Cow with BB Heifer calf at foot to £2100; Dungiven farmer, Her Heifer with Lim Heifer calf at foot to £2000. All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Coleraine farmer, 400k CH £1790 (448), 440k Lim £1710 (389);Castlerock farmer, 410k BB £1820 (444), 380k CH £1680 (442), 340k Lim £1500 (441), 400k £1720 (430), 500k CH £2090 (418), 390k Lim £1620 (415), 490k BB £1990 (406), 360k CH £1450 (403), 420k Lim £1680 (400), 410k CH £1610 (393), 560k £2180 (389), 520k £1990 (383), 380k £1420 (374), 510k AA £1740 (341); Pomeroy farmer, 440k Lim £1800 (409); Bellaghy farmer, 420k Lim £1630 (388), 410k £1570 (383), 320k £1170 (366), 410k BB £1400 (342), 420k £1400 (333), 340k Her £1090 (321); Randalstown farmer, 340k CH £1310 (385), 390k BB £1470 (377), 300k Lim £1100 (367), 420k BB £1510 (360); Eglinton farmer, 380k DAQ £1450 (382), 410k £1550 (378), 410k £1440 (351), 470k BB £1640 (349), 420k £1420 (338), 390k AA £1250 (321); Macosquin farmer, 500k AA £1890 (378), 520k £1870 (360); Aghadowey farmer, 600k Lim £2200 (367), 610k £2160 (354), 720k £2400 (333), 690k £2290 (332); Portglenone farmer, 560k AA £2040 (364), 570k £1960 (344), 640k £2200 (344), 640k £2120 (331), 510k £1680 (329), 640k £2100 (328); Bushmills farmer, 470k AA £1700 (362), 400k £1440 (360), 480k £1710 (356), 510k Lim £1800 (353), 470k AA £1650 (351), 430k £1510 (351), 510k £1740 (341), 450k £1530 (340), 440k £1490 (339), 570k £570k £1920 (337), 450k £1510 (336), 430k £1440 (335), 480k £1600 (333), 440k £1460 (332), 450k £1490 (331), 510k £1670 (328), 470k Her £1530 (326), 420k AA £1370 (326); Omagh farmer, 360k CH £1300 (361); Dunloy farmer, 550k AA £1980 (360), 580k £1960 (338); Lurgan farmer, 385k AA £1360 (353), 365k £1250 (343), 400k £1300 (325); Ballymoney farmer, 630k Lim £2090 (332), 640k AA £2100 (328); Kilrea farmer, 340k Her £1150 (338), 450k £1460 (324).

Steers

Ballymoney farmer, 460k Lim £1910 (415), 430k £1760 (409), 440k £1630 (371), 500k £1850 (370); Macosquin farmer, 440k AA £1800 (409), 490k CH £1990 (406); Dungiven farmer, 300k Lim £1200 (400), 295k FKV £1140 (386), 295k AA £1100 (373), 270k FKV £970 (369); Portglenone farmer, 530k Lim £2100 (396), 510k £1920 (377), 540k AA £2020 (374); Portglenone farmer, 560k Lim £2190 (391), 480k BB £1760 (367), 550k CH £2000 (364), 610k BB £2160 (354), 530k AA £1830 (345), 540k BB £1810 (335), 560k £1840 (329), 520k £1700 (327); Upperlands farmer, 590k Lim £2300 (390), 520k £1930 (371), 580k £2030 (350); Crumlin farmer, 460k CH £1740 (378), 580k AA £2170 (374), 570k CH £2100 (368), 720k £2450 (340), 640k AA £2100 (328); Coleraine farmer, 660k Lim £2450 (371), 640k £2310 (361), 760k CH £2660 (350), 630k £2200 (349), 630k £2170 (344); Moneymore farmer, 490k Sim £1820 (371), 520k £1880 (362), 460k £1660 (361); Dungiven farmer, 490k Par £1780 (363), 460k CH £1660 (361), 540k £1890 (350), 440k AA £1500 (341), 490k £1560 (318); Ballymoney farmer, 680k CH £2460 (362), 600k ST £1930 (322), 700k £2240 (320), 630k £1990 (316); Maghera farmer, 440k AA £1560 (355); Dromore farmer, 490k AA £1700 (347), 460k £1570 (341), 440k £1450 (330), 460k £1500 (326), 430k £1340 (312), 380k £1160 (305); Macosquin farmer, 510k AA £1760 (345), 510k £1740 (341); Ballymoney farmer, 700k Lim £2400 (343), 640k AA £2190 (342), 610k Lim £2050 (336); Kilrea farmer, 340k Her £1160 (341), 370k £1190 (322); Slaughtmanus farmer, 750k Lim £2550 (340), 770k £2600 (338), 760k £2450 (322), 760k £2400 (316); Garvagh farmer, 600k Fri £1900 (317); Portglenone farmer, 520k AA £1640 (315).

Limousin and AA steers a flying trade with more required for strong demand.