Batch of springing Continental bred cows sells for £2280 at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Limavady farmer, Limousin £760, £725; Desertmartin farmer, Simmental £680, Aberdeen Angus £550; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £605; Finvoy farmer, Belgian Blue £570, £550, Aberdeen Angus £520, £440, Belgian Blue £355, £260, Aberdeen Angus £220; Dunloy farmer, Charolais £410; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £400, £335; Coleraine farmer, Fleckvieh £395, £375, £315; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £395, £375; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £395; Draperstown farmer, Simmental £390, £200; Armoy farmer, Hereford £385; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £380, £305; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £375, £345; Ballymena farmer, Belgian Blue £370, Aberdeen Angus £360, Stabiliser £290, Aberdeen Angus £280; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £360, £250; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £355, £290; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345, £205; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £340, £265; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £320, £315, £300, £270, £225; Dunloy farmer, Fleckvieh £290; Ballyclare farmer, Belgian Blue £285, £240, £200; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280; Coleraine farmer, Highland £280; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280, £210; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £270 and Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240.

Heifer calves

Limavady farmer, Limousin £630, £545; Finvoy farmer, Belgian Blue £600, £555, £430, Aberdeen Angus £420; Limavady farmer, Limousin £580, Irish Moile £290; Glarryford farmer, Aberdeen Angus £550; Aghadowey farmer, Simmental £505; Desertmartin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £505; Draperstown farmer, Simmental £500, £315, £305; Millisle farmer, Aberdeen Angus £450, Charolais £435, Simmental £425, Aberdeen Angus £415, Charolais £410, Aberdeen Angus £385; Dungannon farmer, Charolais £360; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £355, £345; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £355; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £340, £245; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £330; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £330; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £330; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £320; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £320, £210; Ballymena farmer, Belgian Blue £300. Aberdeen Angus £295; Randalstown farmer, Limousin £300, Hereford £290; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £280; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £280; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £275; Ballyclare farmer, Aberdeen Angus £255; Macosquin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £235, £205, £200 and Magherafelt farmer, Hereford £200.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £185.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/sucklers calves (150)

A great entry of weanlings met an outstanding trade for all types on offer, both for Continental beef bred types, Friesian cross types and Friesian and Holstein lumps.

Weanlings to top of £1080 and 328 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A final entry of 80 calves on Friday 13th October met a flying trade for all types on offer.

Bull calves

Macosquin farmer, 230k Limousin £830 (361), 270k £795 (294); Macosquin farmer, 250k Limousin £900 (360); Crumlin farmer, 220k Limousin £780 (355), 250k Simmental £865 (346), 300k Belgian Blue £700 (233); Ballymoney farmer, 240k Charolais £760 (317), 280k £810 (289), 270k £775 (287); Macosquin farmer, 260k Limousin £825 (317), 290k £910 (314), 300k £920 (307), 270k £820 (304), 310k £895 (289), 280k Simmental £785 (280); Ballymoney farmer, 320k Charolais £950 (297); Limavady farmer, 330k Simmental £960 (291), 320k £875 (273), 290k £790 (272), 340k Limousin £840 (247); Rasharkin farmer, 330k Limousin £960 (291), 390k Aberdeen Angus £1035 (265); Ballymoney farmer, 270k Simmental £760 (282); Maghera farmer, 480k Limousin £1305 (272); Garvagh farmer, 330k Limousin £850 (258), 330k £830 (252), 340k £840 (247) and Upperlands farmer, 340k Belgian Blue £850 (250), 360k Limousin £870 (242).

Heifer calves

Crumlin farmer, 190k Limousin £650 (342); Ballymoney farmer, 270k Charolais £800 (296), 300k £865 (288), 280k £785 (280); Macosquin farmer, 230k Limousin £675 (294), 280k £815 (291), 260k £740 (285), 240k £650 (271), 260k £675 (260), 310k £770 (248), 240k £570 (238); Ballymoney farmer, 210k Charolais £595 (283), 340k £955 (281); Macosquin farmer, 230k Limousin £645 (280); Limavady farmer, 280k Limousin £780 (279), 360k Simmental £850 (236); Rasharkin farmer, 260k Blonde d'Aquitaine £720 (277), 175k £470 (269); Rasharkin farmer, 340k Charolais £930 (274) and Garvagh farmer, 280k Limousin £745 (266), 340k £780 (229).

A super entry of 900 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 16th October met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £5.00 per kg and to top of £138.

Fat ewes to £170.

Lambs

Rasharkin farmer, 22.5k £112.50 (500); Eglinton farmer, 22k £109 (496); Draperstown farmer, 15.5k £76 (490), 21k £100 (476); Limavady farmer, 24k £117 (488); Dunloy farmer, 22k £107 (486), 23.5k £110.50 (470); Garvagh farmer, 22k £107 (486); Kilrea farmer, 22k £107 (486); Maghera farmer, 21k £102 (486); Dungiven farmer, 23k £111 (483); Maghera farmer, 24k £116 (483); Kilrea farmer, 20k £96 (480), 22k £105 (477); Macosquin farmer, 22.5k £108 (480); Aghadowey farmer, 21.5k £103 (479); Cloughmills farmer, 21.5k £103 (479); Glarryford farmer, 21.5k £100 (479); Draperstown farmer, 23k £110 (478); Coleraine farmer, 22k £105 (477); Cookstown farmer, 22k £105 (477); Macosquin farmer, 22k £105 (477) and Portglenone farmer, 23.5k £112 (477).

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

Good entry of ewes to £170.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of dairy on Tuesday 17th October to a top price of £1600 for a second calver.

Lots of buyers in attendance looking all types of dairy stock.

Eglinton farmer, second calver to £1600; Limavady farmer, calved heifer to £1580; Ballyclare farmer, calved cow to £1550 and Coleraine farmer, calved heifer to £1500.

More stock required weekly.

A super entry of 420 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 18th October at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £1800, heifers to £1890, fat cows and bulls to £1930.

Fat cows: 140 on offer, flying trade.

Ringsend farmer, 750k Limousin £1850 (247); Templepatrick farmer, 550k Limousin £1270 (231); Garvagh farmer, 840k Limousin £1930 (230); Templepatrick farmer, 590k Limousin £1350 (229); Ahoghill farmer, 430k Charolais £940 (219); Portstewart farmer, 700k £1460 (209), 700k Aberdeen Angus £1400 (200); Portglenone farmer, 700k Limousin £1440 (206) and Toomebridge farmer, 600k Friesian £1200 (200).

Suckler

Swatragh farmer, batch of springing Continental bred cows to £2280, £2020, £1700, £1630, £1620, £1500;

Castlerock farmer, Simmental bull to £1830 and Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus bull to £1550.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Armoy farmer, 440k Limousin £1290 (293), 460k £1300 (283), 400k £1000 (250), 430k £1040 (242), 420k £1000 (238), 450k £1060 (236), 500k £1150 (230), 430k £1000 (233), 460k £1040 (226); Toomebridge farmer, 350k Charolais £1010 (289); Armoy farmer, 660k Charolais £1890 (286), 620k £1740 (281); Ballymoney farmer, 490k Charolais £1390 (284), 550k £1460 (266), 430k Limousin £1080 (247), 440k £1080 (246), 540k Charolais £1330 (246), 470k Limousin £1140 (243), 440k £1040 (236), 470k Charolais £1100 (234), 500k Limousin £1160 (232), 490k £1070 (218); Toomebridge farmer, 335k Limousin £940 (281); Maghera farmer, 530k Limousin £1480 (279), 540k £1460 (274), 480k £1260 (263), 540k Charolais £1400 (259), 560k Limousin £1440 (257), 490k £1240 (253), 550k £1340 (244), 440k Limousin £1020 (232), 650k Saler £1500 (231), 570k Limousin £1300 (228); Portglenone farmer, 530k Charolais £1440 (272), 450k £1180 (262), 410k £1070 (261), 470k £1160 (247); Glarryford farmer, 560k Charolais £1460 (261), 530k £1320 (249); Limavady farmer, 580k Simmental £1470 (253), 500k £1150 (230); Finvoy farmer, 400k Belgian Blue £990 (248), 500k £1160 (232), 560k £1290 (230), 410k £940 (229), 550k £1220 (222), 450k £990 (220), 450k £960 (213); Bellaghy farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £1280 (246), 530k Shorthorn £1240 (234); Kilrea farmer, 480k Charolais £1180 (246), 520k £1260 (242); Limavady farmer, 470k Belgian Blue £1150 (245), 470k £1100 (234), 490k £1140 (233), 350k £800 (229), 480k Aberdeen Angus £1090 (227), 370k Belgian Blue £820 (222), 410k £910 (222), 380k £830 (218), 420k Aberdeen Angus £880 (210); Randalstown farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1220 (244), 490k £1090 (222), 470k Hereford £1040 (221); Bendooragh farmer, 540k Charolais £1310 (243); Rasharkin farmer, 660k Simmental £1600 (242); Dungannon farmer, 460k Charolais £1110 (241), 460k £1040 (226); Finvoy farmer, 410k Belgian Blue £980 (239), 570k Aberdeen Angus £1300 (228); Cookstown farmer, 560k Belgian Blue £1310 (234); Magherafelt farmer, 540k Charolais £1260 (233), 470k Simmental £1060 (226), 540k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1210 (224), 450k Belgian Blue £1000 (222); Portglenone farmer, 360k Belgian Blue £830 (231), 370k £780 (211); Upperlands farmer, 620k Aberdeen Angus £1410 (227), 650k £1440 (222); Macosquin farmer, 320k Belgian Blue £720k (225); Kilrea farmer, 710k Limousin £1560 (220) and Randalstown farmer, 350k Aberdeen Angus £760 (217).

Steers

Dungiven farmer, 350k Aberdeen Angus £1040 (297), 380k £970 (255), 340k Belgian Blue £790 (232); Toomebridge farmer, 330k Charolais £960 (291), 380k £970 (255), 350k £890 (254); Toomebridge farmer, 360k Limousin £1030 (286); Bendooragh farmer, 600k Limousin £1680 (280), 440k £1200 (273), 540k Charolais £1440 (267); Rasharkin farmer, 530k Limousin £1480 (279), 590k £1630 (276), 610k £1670 (274), 610k £1660 (272), 570k £1420 (249); Crumlin farmer, 510k Charolais £1390 (273), 550k £1490 (271), 550k Simmental £1440 (262), 560k £1450 (259), 530k Limousin £1370 (259), 550k Simmental £1400 (255), 510k £1260 (247), 580k £1410 (243), 500k £1200 (240), 550k £1290 (235); Coleraine farmer, 430k Belgian Blue £1170 (272), 440k Shorthorn beef £1100 (250), 370k £870 (235); Aghadowey farmer, 380k Limousin £1020 (268), 380k £1000 (263); Garvagh farmer, 540k Charolais £1420 (263), 500k £1290 (258), 530k £1310 (247), 590k £1410 (239); Portglenone farmer, 350k Limousin £900 (257); Finvoy farmer, 470k Belgian Blue £1200 (255), 500k £1270 (254), 520k £1300 (250), 530k £1310 (247), 430k £1040 (242), 570k £1380 (242), 380k £890 (234), 480k £1120 (233), 520k £1210 (233), 390k £900 (231); Macosquin farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £1280 (246), 510k £1210 (237), 495k £1170 (236); Macosquin farmer, 540k Aberdeen Angus £1330 (246), 490k £1180 (241), 510k £1200 (235), 470k Belgian Blue £1090 (232); Macosquin farmer, 450k Hereford £1100 (244), 420k Hereford £1000 (238); Armoy farmer, 740k Charolais £1800 (243); Finvoy farmer, 490k Belgian Blue £1180 (241) and Ballymoney farmer, 620k Aberdeen Angus £1480 (239);

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.