Outstanding trade for calves and weanlings at Kilrea

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

Bull Calves

Ballymoney farmer, CH £1560, SHB £1460; Randalstown farmer, CH £1260, BB £910, CH £860, £650; Kilrea farmer, AA £1240, £1190, £1080, £980; Bushmills farmer, AA £1230, £950; Magherafelt farmer, AA £1090, Lim £760; Upperlands farmer, SH £1060; Ballyclare farmer, Lim £1000; Coleraine farmer, AA £950; Fermanagh farmer, BB £940, AA £930, £920, Her £820; Larne farmer, Lim £940, AA £640; Glarryford farmer, AA £930, £900; Magherafelt farmer, Sim £920, AA £780; Garvagh farmer, CH £900, AA £900, £890, Hol £530; Bushmills farmer, Hol £890, £810, £680; Artigarvan farmer, BB £860, £820; Ballymena farmer, Sim £850, £830, £800, £730; Ballymoney farmer, Her £830; Ballyclare farmer, AA £800, Hol £620, £600; Cookstown farmer, BB £780; Randalstown farmer, CH £780, SH £710; Aghadowey farmer, Her £770; Magherafelt farmer, Lim £770, AA £770, Lim £550, Fri £510; Portglenone farmer, FKV £770, AA £740, FKV £650, £590; Donemana farmer, BB £760; Magherafelt farmer, AA £740; Bendooragh farmer, FKV £710; Magherafelt farmer, AA £700; Strabane farmer, AA £700; Ballymoney farmer, Her £680, £650; Moneymore farmer, BB £680, AA £660, BB £650; Bellaghy farmer, BB £670, AA £600, £570; L’Derry farmer, Fri £620; Ballymoney farmer, BB £550, £540, £510, AA £500; Nutts Corner farmer, CH £550, BB £530; Garvagh farmer, Hol £520; Ballymena farmer, Fri £510.

Heifer Calves

Aghadowey farmer, Hol £1580, £1500, £1460, £1400, £1380, £1360, £1280, £1260, £1180, £960, £1140; Ballymena farmer, Lim £1280; Drumahoe farmer, CH £1200; Randalstown farmer, CH £1160, £800; Articlave farmer, Hol £1140, £1100, £740; Randalstown farmer, CH £1100, Lim £860, AA £860, £750; Garvagh farmer,, CH £1080; Coleraine farmer, BB £900, £710; Garvagh farmer, CH £900, Lim £840, AA £740, £640; Kilrea farmer, Sim £890; Larne farmer, Lim £880, £660, AA £660; Coagh farmer, AA £870, £840; Ballymoney farmer, AA £820; Bushmills farmer, AA £820, £780, £650; Tempo farmer, BB £820; Glarryford farmer, AA £810; Ballymoney farmer, Her £780; Portglenone farmer, FKV £780, £660; Magherafelt farmer, FKV £770, AA £760; Coleraine farmer, AA £760; Magherafelt farmer, AA £760; Ballymena farmer, Sim £750, £630, £550; Magherafelt farmer, AA £740, £640, £600; Cookstown farmer, BB £730; Bellaghy farmer, BB £680, AA £540; Bendooragh farmer, FKV £680, £590; Magherafelt farmer, Lim £670; Magherafelt farmer, AA £660; Ballymoney farmer, BB £630; Coleraine farmer, AA £600; Moneymore farmer, BB £590, £550; Tobermore farmer, AA £590.

Friesian Calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £620. Good demand for thick types. Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/Suck Calves (90)

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 £1740 and 5.68 ppk.

A great entry of 1450 sheep on Monday 27th July met a steady trade for lambs with ewes on fire. Lambs sold to a top of £188 and to 705 pence per kg. Ewes reached a top of £238. More sheep needed weekly. Fat Lamb top prices

Clough farmer, 21k £148 (705); Kilrea farmer, 21k £142 (676); Kilrea farmer, 19.5k £130 (667); Portglenone farmer, 22.5k £150 (667); Ballymoney farmer, 21.5k £143 (665); Rasharkin farmer, 23k £152 (661); Coleraine farmer, 21.5k £141 (656); Coleraine farmer, 23.5k £154 (655); Portglenone farmer, 18.5k £120 (649); Portglenone farmer, 23k £149 (648); Coleraine farmer, 23k £149 (648); Cushendall farmer, 21.5k £139 (647); Aghadowey farmer, 22k £142 (646); Glarryford farmer, 23k £148 (644); Limavady farmer, 23k £148 (644); Kilrea farmer, 24k £154 (642); Kilrea farmer, 26.5k £170 (642).

A great entry of 40 Dairy stock on Tuesday 28th July met a sharp trade in Kilrea.

Dairy cattle sold to a top of £2580 for calved cows.

More dairy stock required weekly.

A super entry of 330 on Wednesday 29th July at Kilrea, met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand. Steers to £2620, Heifers to £2350, Fat Cows & Bulls to £3420.

Fat Cows: Sharp trade

Kilrea farmer, 670k Lim £2510 (375), 720k £2430 (338), 690k AA £2170 (315), 840k FKV £2600 (310); Ballymoney farmer, 460k SHB £1640 (357), 580k £1900 (328), 540k Lim £1750 (324), 500k £1600 (320), 485k SHB £1540 (318), 500k £1560 (312), 580k £1780 (307), 490k £1490 (304); Pomeroy farmer, 640k Lim £2210 (345), 670k DAQ £2280 (340), 610k Lim £2070 (339), 670k CH £2200 (328), 620k Lim £2020 (326), 690k AA £2150 (312), 660k £2020 (306); Maghera farmer, 485k SHB £1630 (336), 420k £1300 (310); Cookstown farmer, 650k CH £2170 (334), 690k AA £2140 (310), 750k DR £2290 (305); Eglinton farmer, 600k Lim £1960 (327); Castlerock farmer, 620k BB £2010 (324); Randalstown farmer, 980k Lim £3140 (320); Bellaghy farmer, 750k Lim £2360 (315); Dungiven farmer, 950k AA £2960 (312); Ballymena farmer, 530k Lim £1640 (309); Macosquin farmer, 760k Her £2330 (307); Dungiven farmer, 1130k CH £3420 (303); Armoy farmer, 1040k AA £3120 (300).

Suckler Section

Portrush farmer, AA Bull to £3540; Newtownabbey farmer, SHB Cow with SHB Bull calf at foot to £2460.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Dungiven farmer, 350k Sal £1540 (440), 330k £1270 (385); Finvoy farmer, 450k CH £1740 (387), 450k £1620 (360), 480k BB £1690 (352), 510k CH £1770 (347), 470k AA £1600 (340); Randalstown farmer, 340k BB £1300 (382), 440k Her £1480 (336), 440k Sal £1450 (330); Macosquin farmer, 550k Lim £2040 (371), 610k BB £2120 (348), 590k £2000 (339), 700k Lim £2350 (336); Bushmills farmer, 480k CH £1760 (367), 520k Lim £1830 (352), 510k £1700 (333); Crumlin farmer, 390k CH £1420 (364), 310k CH £1100 (355); Macosquin farmer, 450k AA £1640 (364), 435k £1490 (343), 420k £1400 (333), 450k £1490 (331), 430k £1420 (330); Rasharkin farmer, 410k AA £1480 (361); Bushmills farmer, 520k Lim £1870 (360), 630k £2240 (356), 540k £1810 (335), 610k £2040 (334); Portglenone farmer, 350k Her £1250 (357), 380k £1260 (332); Dunloy farmer, 530k Sim £1870 (353); Kilrea farmer, 330k CH £1160 (352); Macosquin farmer, 410k BB £1440 (351); Ballymoney farmer, 500k CH £1740 (348), 490k £1700 (347), 490k £1620 (331); Garvagh farmer, 450k AA £1560 (347), 480k £1640 (342), 450k £1510 (336); Garvagh farmer, 500k AA £1720 (344), 470k Lim £1580 (336); Macosquin farmer, 360k AA £1240 (344); Macosquin farmer, 610k Lim £2090 (343); Castledawson farmer, 480k Lim £1640 (342); Ballymoney farmer, 620k ST £2100 (339), 560k £1860 (332); Rasharkin farmer, 410k BB £1390 (339), 420k AA £1400 (333); Claudy farmer, 440k AA £1490 (339), 440k £1470 (334); Pomeroy farmer, 560k Lim £1890 (338); Dungiven farmer, 410k Sim £1370 (334); Toome farmer, 270k BB £900 (333); Bellaghy farmer, 500k SH £1660 (332); Coleraine farmer, 500k AA £1660 (332).

Steers:

Dungiven farmer, 400k CH £1700 (425), 410k £1480 (361); Coleraine farmer, 400k AA £1630 (408), 400k £1570 (393), 390k £1510 (387), 410k £1570 (383), 360k SPK £1350 (375), 430k AA £1510 (351), 470k SPK £1640 (349), 520k AA £1800 (346), 540k £1840 (341), 440k SPK £1500 (341), 460k AA £1550 (337), 470k £1550 (330); Crumlin farmer, 320k CH £1290 (403), 290k Her £1000 (345); Portglenone farmer, 570k Lim £2240 (393), 600k BB £2140 (357), 560k Sim £1970 (352), 580k BB £1990 (343), 560k £1910 (341); Randalstown farmer, 430k Sim £1650 (384); Castledawson farmer, 590k Lim £2200 (373), 570k £2090 (367), 580k £2110 (364); Portglenone farmer, 360k Her £1340 (372), 395k £1400 (354), 430k £1480 (344), 420k £1400 (333); Carrowdore farmer, 510k AA £1860 (365), 370k £1340 (362), 395k £1430 (362), 400k £1380 (345); Dungiven farmer, 320k Sim £1150 (359); Castledawson farmer, 540k AA £1870 (346), 580k Her £1970 (340); Moneymore farmer, 740k Lim £2550 (345), 810k £2620 (324); Portglenone farmer, 660k AA £2200 (333), 650k DAQ £2150 (331).

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