Outstanding trade for calves and weanlings at Kilrea

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

Bull Calves

Doagh farmer, AA £1140; Maghera farmer, Lim £1130; Ballymena farmer, AA £1100; Portglenone farmer, FKV £1100, £990, £890, £750, £680; Portglenone farmer, BB £1050; Ballymena farmer, AA £1040; £860; Cloughmills farmer, AA £1040; Aghadowey farmer, BB £1030; Aghadowey farmer, BB £1030, Hol £870, £710, BB £690; Desertmartin farmer, Lim £1030, £990, FKV £850; Cookstown farmer, AA £1020; Cullybackey farmer, FKV £1020; Ballymoney farmer, SH £1010, £880, £860; Bellaghy farmer, AA £1010; Rasharkin farmer, CH £970, AA £840; Ballycastle farmer, AA £950, MB £890, AA £790, £730, MB £590; Doagh farmer, AA £950, £600, Fri £530; Loughgiel farmer, Her £950, Sim £950, Her £880; Ballymena farmer, BB £930; Bushmills farmer, AA £930, Fri £740, £690; Cloughmills farmer, BB £930, AA £850; Stranocum farmer, AA £930, £890, FKV £860; Tempo farmer, BB £910, AA £900; Ballymoney farmer, AA £890; Coagh farmer, AA £890, £570; Limavady farmer, Lim £880, CH £730, Lim £650; Armoy farmer, AA £870, £610; Ballyclare farmer, AA £860, £730; Donemana farmer, CH £840, BB £730, AA £560; Rasharkin farmer, Lim £840; Upperlands farmer, BB £820, £680; Cookstown farmer, Lim £810; Desertmartin farmer, AA £810, £680; Mosside farmer, Her £810; Castledawson farmer, AA £800, Her £780, £660; Maghera farmer, AA £800, Hol £720; Ballymoney farmer, AA £790; Donemana farmer, AA £780, £520; Kircubbin farmer, Lim £780; Moneymore farmer, FKV £780; Ballymoney farmer, AA £770, £540; Magherafelt farmer, Sal £770; Randalstown farmer, ST £770; Macosquin farmer, Sal £770; Ballymoney farmer, CH £760; Portglenone farmer, Her £750, £730; Bushmills farmer, Hol £730; Clough farmer, CH £700, AA £570; Magherafelt farmer, AA £690; Drumahoe farmer, AA £680, £610; Bushmills farmer, AA £670; Antrim farmer, Lim £660, £540, £500; Ahoghill farmer, BB £660; Dungiven farmer, SH £650; Garvagh farmer, SHB £650; Limavady farmer, AA £590; Garvagh farmer, Lim £570; Greyabbey farmer, AA £570; Ballymoney farmer, BB £560, £540; Dunloy farmer, Fri £540; Garvagh farmer, Her £540; Ballymoney farmer, AA £520; Cookstown farmer, Fri £510.

Heifer Calves

Maghera farmer, CH £1400; Upperlands farmer, AA £1090; Poyntzpass farmer, AA £1080, BB £1070, AA £1020, Her £1000, AA £1000, Her £920, AA £880, £850; Aghadowey farmer, BB £970; Aghadowey farmer, BB £940, BB £860; Cloughmills farmer, AA £920, £870; Down farmer, AA £920; Rasharkin farmer, CH £910, AA £700; Cullybackey farmer, AA £890, £760; Desertmartin farmer, Lim £880; Portglenone farmer, FKV £870, £650; Cloughmills farmer, CH £850, AA £740; Bellaghy farmer, Her £850; Maghera farmer, AA £850; Limavady farmer, Lim £840, £810, £710, £650; Aghadowey farmer, BB £810; Tempo farmer, Lim £800; Stranocum farmer, AA £790; Ballymoney farmer, CH £790, £690, £630; Armoy farmer, AA £790, Lim £780, £760; Antrim farmer, Her £780, £740; Armoy farmer, AA £770; Coagh farmer, AA £760; Magherafelt farmer, AA £760, £720, Sal £720, Ballycastle farmer, AA £760; Ballymena farmer, AA £760, £700; Clough farmer, CH £750; Ballymoney farmer, Her £740; Portglenone farmer, Her £720, £660; Randalstown farmer, AA £710; Donemana farmer, AA £700, £650; Antrim farmer, Lim £690; Garvagh farmer, SHB £690; Garvagh farmer, AA £670; Ahoghill famer, CH £660, BB £630; Ballymoney farmer, AA £660, BB £660; Rasharkin farmer, CH £660; Dunloy farmer, Fr £650; Magherafelt farmer, AA £630; Desertmartin farmer, AA £620; Randalstown farmer, CH £610.

Friesian Calves

Super Trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £720. Good demand for thick types. Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/Suck Calves (70)

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 £1680 and 4.02 ppk.

A great entry of 1200 sheep on Monday 3rd August met a steady trade for lambs with ewes on fire.

Lambs sold to a top of £186 and to 658 pence per kg. Ewes reached a top of £280. More sheep needed weekly Fat Lamb top prices

Tobermore farmer, 20k £131.50 (658); Limavady farmer, 24k £155 (646); Tobermore farmer, 24k £154 (642); Kilrea farmer, 23k £147 (639); Tobermore farmer, 22k £140 (636); Rasharkin farmer, 20k £127 (635); Cookstown farmer, 20k £126 (630); Magherafelt farmer, 21k £132 (629); Randalstown farmer, 21k £132 (629); Dungiven farmer, 23.5k £147.50 (628); Limavady farmer, 23k £143.50 (624); Ballymena farmer, 22.5k £140 (622); Dunloy farmer, 22.5k £140 (622); Bendooragh farmer, 23k £143 (622); Garvagh farmer, 23.5k £146 (621); Dunloy farmer, 23k £142.50 (620); Portglenone farmer, 23k £142.50 (620); Aghadowey farmer, 19.5k £120.50 (618); Cullybackey farmer, 23k £142 (617); Draperstown farmer, 22k £135 (614); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £135 (614); Randalstown farmer, 23.5k £144 (613); Limavady farmer, 23.5k £144 (613); Castledawson farmer, 24k £147 (613); Portglenone farmer, 24k £147 (613); Cookstown farmer, 20.5k £125.50 (612); Tobermore farmer, 26.5k £162 (611).

A great entry of 30 dairy stock on Tuesday 4th August met a sharp trade in Kilrea with a calved heifer reaching £3180.

More dairy stock required weekly.

Fat Cow, Suckler & Store Cattle Report

A super entry of 305 on Wednesday 5th August at Kilrea, met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand. Steers to £2170, Heifers to £2260.

Fat Cows & Bulls to £2900.

Fat Cows: Sharp trade

Rasharkin farmer, 620k BB £2180 (352), 550k FKV £1730 (315); Kilrea farmer, 810k CH £2800 (346), 800k £2700 (338), 880k £2850 (324); Dungiven farmer, 580k CH £1950 (338), 590k BB £1840 (312); Maghera farmer, 480k BB £1620 (338); Ballymoney farmer, 490k Lim £1630 (333), 570k £1770 (311); Portglenone farmer, 530k AA £1660 (313); Rasharkin farmer, 670k Her £2090 (312), 660k FKV £2040 (309); Strabane farmer, 420k BB £1310 (312); Coleraine farmer, 660k DAQ £2040 (309); Randalstown farmer, 760k Sal £2350 (309); Coleraine farmer, 610k AA £1860 (305); Garvagh farmer, 950k ST £2900 (305); Macosquin farmer, 840k CH £2550 (304); Limavady farmer, 900k Lim £2700 (300).

Suckler Section

Claudy farmer, Lim Cow with Sim Heifer calf at foot to £3000, Lim Cow with Sim Bull calf at foot to £2960; Ballymoney farmer, BB Heifer with BB Heifer calf at foot to £2840; Macosquin farmer, CH Bull to £3000.

Heifers

Finvoy farmer, 370k Lim £1510 (408), 460k BB £1480 (322); Dungiven farmer, 470k Lim £1900 (404); Upperlands farmer, 355k Sim £1350 (380); Dungannon farmer, 360k AA £1350 (375), 370k £1260 (341); Claudy farmer, 410k BB £1510 (368), 360k £1300 (361), 440k £1460 (332); Finvoy farmer, 460k CH £1680 (365), 480k £1740 (363), 460k Lim £1540 (335); Garvagh farmer, 470k AA £1690 (360), 480k BB £1560 (325); Garvagh farmer, 390k AA £1390 (356), 430k £1440 (335); Kilrea farmer, 380k BB £1340 (353), 430k £1490 (347); Portglenone farmer, 330k Her £1160 (352); Coleraine farmer, 450k AA £1580 (351), 420k £1410 (336); Castlerock farmer, 370k AA £1290 (349), 480k £1660 (346), 430k £1410 (328), 430k £1400 (326), 440k £1420 (323), 420k £1350 (321); Kilrea farmer, 520k CH £1800 (346), 590k £1960 (332), 490k Lim £1610 (329), 520k CH £1700 (327); Coleraine farmer, 480k AA £1650 (344); Pomeroy farmer, 510k Sim £1750 (343); Maghera farmer, 660k BB £2260 (342), 650k DAQ £2190 (337); Claudy farmer, 480k AA £1630 (340), 460k £1480 (322); Maghera farmer, 430k AA £1430 (333);Ballymoney farmer, 510k AA £1690 (331), 470k £1530 (326); Garvagh farmer, 520k Lim £1720 (331); Knockloughrim farmer, 385k AA £1270 (330), 425k £1360 (320); Eglinton farmer, 570k Lim £1860 (326), 520k DAQ £1670 (321); Macosquin farmer, 660k AA £2150 (326); Garvagh farmer, 420k CH £1350 (321).

Steers

Ballymena farmer, 310k Sim £1360 (439); Aghadowey farmer, 460k Lim £1860 (404); Castlerock farmer, 380k AA £1500 (395), 450k £1600 (356), 430k £1430 (333), 500k £1620 (324), 460k Her £1480 (322); Portglenone farmer, 340k Her £1330 (391); Kilrea farmer, 540k Sim £2090 (387), 400k Lim £1520 (380), 400k AA £1480 (370); Crumlin farmer, 410k Her £1490 (363), 510k Fri £1690 (331); Bellaghy farmer, 550k ST £1940 (353), 470k £1630 (347), 530k ST £1700 (321); Magherafelt farmer, 540k Lim £1880 (348), 580k AA £2000 (345), 610k £2060 (338), 540k Fri £1740 (322); Kilrea farmer, 500k AA £1730 (346), 570k £1960 (344), 540k £1860 (344), 520k BB £1760 (339), 550k AA£1860 (338), 540k CH £1800 (333), 580k AA £1920 (331), 550k Sim £1820 (331), 530k Lim £1750 (330), 540k AA £1780 (330), 640k £2100 (328), 510k £1660 (326); Rasharkin farmer ,350k AA £1210 (346), 540k £1840 (341), 550k £1860 (338), 500k £1630 (326); Swatragh farmer, 520k Sim £1770 (340); Coleraine farmer, 490k AA £1580 (322); Magherafelt farmer, 670k AA £2130 (318), 710k £2170 (306).

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

HA McIlrath & Sons Ltd