Outstanding trade for cattle at Kilrea

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

Bull Calves

Bellaghy farmer, Sim £1440, £1070; Castlerock farmer, Sim £1380, Lim £1160, AA £940; Dungannon farmer, Lim £1350, £1120, BB £1120, Lim £1080; Garvagh farmer, CH £1150, Lim £1010; Coleraine farmer, CH £1100, £950; Bellaghy farmer, ST £1070; Maghera farmer, AA £990, £960, £860, Fri £840; Moneymore farmer, CH £970, £930, £710; Castlerock farmer, AA £950; Macosquin farmer, BB £950, £930, £890, £840; Upperlands farmer, CH £950, £860; Macosquin farmer, AA £880, £750; Newtownards farmer, BB £880, AA £690; Kilrea farmer, CH £870, BB £670; Maghera farmer, CH £870, £820, AA £660, £650; Ballymena farmer, Sim £840, £790, £720; Limavady farmer, CH £840, £830, £800; Glarryford farmer, CH £840

Ballymoney farmer, AA £780; Ballymena farmer, AA £760; Portglenone farmer, Her £760; Upperlands farmer, AA £740; Ballymoney farmer, BB £730; Ballymoney farmer, BB £720, £680, AA £600; Ballymoney farmer, BB £720; Antrim farmer, Her £700, AA £680; Articlave farmer, AA £700, £610; Bushmills farmer, AA £680; Limavady farmer, AA £680; Strabane farmer, AA £670; Limavady farmer, BB £660; Randalstown farmer, AA £660; Ahoghill farmer, AA £640; Ballymoney farmer, Her £640; Magherafelt farmer, BB £630; Castlederg farmer, BB £620; Magherafelt farmer, Lim £620; Castledawson farmer, Lim £600; Claudy farmer, AA £600; Cullybackey farmer, AA £600; Cullybackey farmer, BB £600; Limavady farmer, BB £600.

Heifer Calves

Kilrea farmer, CH £1110; Castlerock farmer, Sim £1100, £1040; Bellaghy farmer, Sim £1010, CH £940; Dungannon farmer, Lim £990; Upperlands farmer, AA £990; Portglenone farmer, £830; Ballymoney farmer, AA £800; Newtownards farmer, BB £780; Upperlands farmer, CH £760, £710; Antrim farmer, BB £750; Kilrea farmer, CH £740, 700; Loughgiel farmer, AA £740, Her £620; Macosquin farmer, £740, £640, AA £610; Moneymore farmer, CH £720; Limavady farmer, CH £700, £680, £670, £640; Ballymoney farmer, BB £690; Cullybackey farmer, AA £690; Macosquin farmer, AA £690; Glarryford farmer, CH £650; Ballymena farmer, AA £650, £630; Castledawson farmer, Lim £650; Castlederg farmer, BB £640; Maghera farmer, CH £640, AA £620, CH £600; Kilrea farmer, AA £620.

Friesian Calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £450. Good demand for thick types. Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/Suck Calves (110)

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 £1750 and 4.69 ppk

An entry of 1250 sheep on Monday 9th November met a steady trade for lambs with ewes on top. Lambs sold to a top of £195 and to 697 pence per kg. Ewes were on fire reaching a top of £212

More sheep needed weekly. Fat Lamb top prices

Cloughmills farmer, 18.5k £121.50 (657); Knockloughrim farmer, 21.5k £140 (651); Dungannon farmer, 21k £135 (643); Cookstown farmer, 20k £127 (635); Ballymena farmer, 23k £145 (630); Coleraine farmer, 23k £143.50 (624); Dungiven farmer, 22k £137 (623); Crumlin farmer, 21k £130 (619); Rasharkin farmer, 23k £142 (617); Coleraine farmer, 21.5k £132.50 (616); Cookstown farmer, 25k £154 (616); Kilrea farmer, 23k £141 (613); Ballymena farmer, 23.5k £144 (613); Dungiven farmer, 22.5k £137 (609); Garvagh farmer, 23k £140 (609); Coleraine farmer, 23k £140 (609); Kilrea farmer, 23.5k £143 (609); Cookstown farmer, 24k £146 (608); Macosquin farmer, 24.5k £149 (608); Draperstown farmer, 24.5k £149 (608); Aghadowey farmer, 25k £152 (608); Limavady farmer, 25k £152 (608); Macosquin farmer, 19k £115 (605); Knockloughrim farmer, 22.5k £136 (604); Coleraine farmer, 23.5k £142 (604); Coleraine farmer, 23.5k £142 (604); Limavady farmer, 24.5k £148 (604); Coleraine farmer, 24.5k £148 (604).

An entry of 15 dairy stock on Tuesday 10th November met a sharp trade with top prices reaching £2700 for a calved heifer.

Coleraine farmer, calved heifer £2700.

Tobermore farmer, batch of springing heifers to £1860.

More dairy stock required weekly.

A good entry of 210 cattle on Wednesday, 11th November at Kilrea, met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand. Steers to £2240, Heifers to £2340. Fat Cows & Bulls to £2980.

Fat Cows: Sharp trade

Kilrea farmer, 690k AA £2340 (339), 690k £2300 (333), 730k £2300 (315), 730k £2270 (311), 700k £2100 (300); Portglenone farmer, 510k Lim £1500 (294), 790k CH £2240 (284), 580k BB £1590 (274); Kilrea farmer, 550k Lim £1860 (338); Lisburn farmer, 440k Sim £1410 (321); Randalstown farmer, 520k CH £1500 (289); Castlerock farmer, 640k Sim £1840 (288); Stranocum farmer, 570k CH £1610 (283); Finvoy farmer, 910k Lim £2560 (281); Rasharkin farmer, 670k FKV £1860 (278), 530k £1460 (276), 650k £1760 (271); Lisburn farmer, 680k LH £1880 (277); Draperstown farmer, 580k Lim £1600 (276); Glarryford farmer, 800k BB £2190 (274), 740k Lim £2000 (270); Garvagh farmer, 790k Lim £2160 (273); Kilrea farmer, 590k AYR £1600 (271); Garvagh farmer, 1100k Lim £2980 (271)

Suckler Section

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Ballycastle farmer, 390k AA £1590 (408), 420k £1620 (386), 410k £1570 (383), 380k £1310 (345); Ballymoney farmer, 520k CH £2030 (390), 620k Lim £2210 (357), 580k Sim £2000 (345); Aghadowey farmer, 480k BB £1730 (360), 530k CH £1910 (360); Magherafelt farmer, 440k SHB £1570 (357), 410k £1420 (346), 450k £1530 (340); Bellaghy farmer, 360k Lim £1280 (356), 350k £1140 (326); Cloughmills farmer, 550k BB £1950 (355), 550k Lim £1890 (344), 580k £1960 (338), 480k AA £1540 (321); Magherafelt farmer, 385k AA £1350 (351); Portglenone farmer, 670k Lim £2340 (349), 580k £2000 (345); Limavady farmer, 515k AA £1730 (336); Ballymoney farmer, 440k AA £1440 (327); Ahoghill farmer, 610k AA £1990 (328), 610k £1980 (325); Magherafelt farmer, 600k AA £1940 (323); Knockloughrim farmer, 515k AA £1650 (320).

Steers

Cookstown farmer, 360k CH £1580 (439), 360k Sim £1480 (411), 360k CH £1400 (389), 360k £1360 (378), 360k £1190 (331); Aghadowey farmer, 540k Lim £2020 (374); Rasharkin farmer, 490k AA £1830 (374), 510k BB £1770 (347), 540k AA £1790 (332); Templepatrick farmer, 540k AA £2000 (370), 500k BB £1840 (368), 530k £1930 (364), 490k £1750 (357), 560k £1990 (355), 530k £1840 (347), 490k £1670 (341), 540k £1790 (332), 580k £1860 (321); Ballymoney farmer, 510k AA £1840 (361), 540k £1890 (350), 540k £1780 (330); Ballymoney farmer, 530k Lim £1840 (347), 550k £1900 (346), 510k BB £1660 (326), 520k £1670 (321); Portglenone farmer, 430k AA £1490 (347), 450k DAQ £1460 (324), 330k £1050 (318), 460k £1460 (317), 710k £2240 (316); Bushmills farmer, 560k AA £1880 (336), 540k Her £1780 (330); Magherafelt farmer, 620k AA £2050 (331), 610k £1940 (318), 660k £2080 (315);

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

HA McILRATH & Sons LTD