Calved cow sells to a top price of £3400 at Kilrea Mart

A super entry of 450 calves and weanlings on Thursday 24th April at Kilrea Mart met with an outstanding trade for all types on offer.

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Calves

Bull calves

Limavady farmer, Limousin £1700, £1680, £1640, £1600, £1590, £1580, £1570, Charolais £1480, Limousin £1330; Portglenone farmer, Simmental £1250; Rasharkin farmer, Fleckvieh £1140, Belgian Blue £1000, Fleckvieh £940; Kilrea farmer, Belgian Blue £1040, Friesian £770; Garvagh farmer, Belgian Blue £1000, £985; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £965, Friesian £545, Aberdeen Angus £405; Limavady farmer, Simmental £960, £950, Charolais £930; Upperlands farmer, Simmental £910; Clough farmer, Aberdeen Angus £900, Fleckvieh £800, Aberdeen Angus £740, Friesian £640; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £865; Limavady farmer, Limousin £860, Belgian Blue £790; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £855, Fleckvieh £680; Portglenone farmer, Hereford £830, Aberdeen Angus £790, Friesian £570, £530; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £815, £730, Hereford £540; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £770; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £750; Drunahoe farmer, Aberdeen Angus £750; Limavady farmer, Hereford £700; Kilraughts farmer, Fleckvieh £695, £510, £505, £480; Glarryford farmer, Belgian Blue £675; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £665, £520, £500, £470; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £645; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £625, £540, £525; Bushmills farmer, Hereford £615, Shorthorn beef £610, £580; Londonderry farmer, Holstein £590, £425; Moneymore farmer, Limousin £590, Swedish Red £400; Portglenone farmer, Friesian £530; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £520, £450; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £510; Garvagh farmer, Hereford £505, £455, £400; Rasharkin farmer, Simmental £500, Aberdeen Angus £420, Simmental £410; Aghadowey farmer, Holstein £490; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £490; Loughgiel farmer, Aberdeen Angus £490; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £475; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £475; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £470, £445; Garvagh farmer, Shorthorn beef £450; Garvagh farmer, Friesian £440; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £430 and Bendooragh farmer, Belgian Blue £425.

Heifer calves

Limavady farmer, Limousin £1490, £1420, £1380; Aghadowey farmer, Holstein £1410, £1380, £1360, £1290; Portglenone farmer, Simmental £1150; Garvagh farmer, Charolais £1110; Castlerock farmer, Limousin £980; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £950; Bellaghy farmer, Limousin £900; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £870; Clough farmer, Aberdeen Angus £815, £750, £730, £725; Limavady farmer, Shorthorn beef £790; Castlerock farmer, Speckle Park £750; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £740, Aberdeen Angus £715, Belgian Blue £620; Bushmills farmer, Shorthorn beef £695, Hereford £580, £500, £450, £420; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £680, Aberdeen Angus £645; Limavady farmer, Hereford £670; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £650; Londonderry farmer, Charolais £630, £535, £500; Portglenone farmer, Galloway £625, £580, £480; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £620, Aberdeen Angus £620; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £590, Hereford £580, Aberdeen Angus £465; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £570; Drumahoe farmer, Aberdeen Angus £550, Hereford £495; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £545; Portglenone farmer, Simmental £540, £445, £435; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £520, Aberdeen Angus £520; Randalstown farmer, Limousin £500, Belgian Blue £400; Rasharkin farmer, Simmental £500; Aghadowey farmer, Holstein £470; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £465, Belgian Blue £430, Aberdeen Angus £400; Garvagh farmer, Shorthorn beef £450, £400; Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £445; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £420; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £435, £420; Loughgiel farmer, Aberdeen Angus £420 and Ballymena farmer, Simmental £425.

Friesian calves

Super trade, more required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £590.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/Suck 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 £2240 and 6.00 ppk.

A good entry of 1100 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 28th April met a sharper trade throughout this week with quality lambs in demand.

Lambs to top of £7.30 per kg and to top of £168.

Fat ewes to £274.

Lambs

Cookstown farmer, 23k £168 (730); Knockloughrim farmer, 23k £168 (730); Kilrea farmer, 22.5k £164 (729); Portglenone farmer, 19k £136.50 (718); Kilrea farmer, 21k £150.50 (717); Ahoghill farmer, 20k £142.50 (713); Portglenone farmer, 22.5k £158 (702); Magherafelt farmer, 22k £154 (700); Limavady farmer, 21.5k £149.50 (695); Garvagh farmer, 22k £152.50 (693); Armagh farmer, 23k £159 (691); Bellerena farmer, 23.5k £162 (689); Garvagh farmer, 21.5k £148 (688); Kilrea farmer, 20k £136.50 (683) and Macosquin farmer, 22.5k £153.50 (682).

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

Good entry of ewes to £274.

More ewes needed.

Dairy report

A small entry of 30 dairy on Tuesday 29th April to a top price of £3400 for a calved cow.

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

Ballymena farmer, calved heifers and cows to £3400, £3300, £2940, £2840, £2700; Stewartstown farmer, calved cows to £2880, £2500, £2300; Drumahoe farmer, calved heifers to £2560, £2400, £2300 and Ballyclare farmer, calved cows to £2320, £2100.

More stock required weekly.

A good entry of 435 fat cows, suckler and store cattle on Wednesday 30th April at Kilrea met with an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £2950, heifers to £2750 and fat cows and bulls to £3360.

Fat cows: 180 on offer, sharp trade.

Continental bred cows to 413ppk.

Fleckvieh cows to 362 ppk.

Friesian cows to 332 ppk.

Suckler section

Cows and calves to £4850 and £4120.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers (120)

Heifers to £2750 and 462 ppk.

Steers (120)

Steers to £2950 and 487 ppk.