Calved cows selling to £1880 at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves: Limavady farmer, Limousin £535, Charolais £455; Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £515; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £500; Ballyclare farmer, Limousin £485, £440; Upperlands farmer, Shorthorn £465, Friesian £380; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £455; Finvoy farmer, Limousin £455; Toomebridge farmer, Belgian Blue £430, £345, Belgian Blue £345, Aberdeen Angus £255; Portavogie farmer, Belgian Blue £435, £400, Aberdeen Angus £355; Antrim farmer, Belgian Blue £425, Friesian £255; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £420; Garvagh farmer, Fleckvieh £415, Fleckvieh £280, Friesian £200; Limavady farmer, Limousin £410; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £410, £390; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £385, £345, £300; Ballyronan farmer, Aberdeen Angus £365, £335, £255; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £360, Hereford £360, £290; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £340; Desertmartin farmer, Limousin £335; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £335, £300, Shorthorn beef £240; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £330, Limousin £290; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £320; Maghera farmer, Hereford £320; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £310; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300, £280, £270, £230; Ballyclare farmer, Hereford £290, Aberdeen Angus £285, Blonde d’Aquitaine £205; Limavady farmer, Friesian £280, £275; Ballymoney farmer, Friesian £275; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £275, Aberdeen Angus £250, Hereford £245, £215; Portglenone farmer, Limousin £265, Fleckvieh £220, £210; Portglenone farmer, Hereford £255; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £250 and Stranocum farmer, Shorthorn beef £250, £220, Fleckvieh £215.

Heifer calves: Ballymena farmer, Simmental £490; Portglenone farmer, Charolais £490; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £455, £380, Hereford £345, Aberdeen Angus £295; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £450, £360, £350; Finvoy farmer, Limousin £440; Stranocum farmer, Aberdeen Angus £435, Belgian Blue £415; Ballyclare farmer, Limousin £425, £410; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £415; Antrim farmer, Belgian Blue £405, Aberdeen Angus £375, Belgian Blue £365, Aberdeen Angus £250; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £395; Portavogie farmer, Belgian Blue £370, £350, Aberdeen Angus £345, £305; Macosquin farmer, Belgian Blue £345; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £335, Hereford £335; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £330, Aberdeen Angus £220; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £325, £235; Garvagh farmer, Belgian Blue £320; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £315; Dungiven farmer, Belgian Blue £310, Aberdeen Angus £225, Hereford £200; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £305; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £295, Aberdeen Angus £240; Ballyronan farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285, £210; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £285, Aberdeen Angus £280, £200; Ballyclare farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280, £270; Kilrea farmer, Shorthorn £280; Portglenone farmer, Hereford £270, Aberdeen Angus £245; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £234; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £225;Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £220 and Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £215.

Friesian calves: Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £380. Good demand for thick types. Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (70): 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 sold to a top of £770 and 328 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand. Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

Monday, January 11, 2021: A super entry of 700 fat lambs and ewes met a super trade with lambs in strong demand as buyers keen for sheep.

Lambs sold to £5.64 per kg and to top of £136.50.

Fat ewes sold to £137.

Kilrea Mart are now selling breeding sheep every Monday, aged springing ewes to £169.

Lambs: Ballymena farmer, 21k £118.50 (564); Ballymena farmer, 21k £117 (557); Portglenone farmer, 18k £98 (544); Garvagh farmer, 22k £119.50 (543); Kilrea farmer, 21.5k £116.50 (542); Ballymoney farmer, 21.5k £115 (535); Ballymena farmer, 22k £117 (532); Aghadowey farmer, 19.5k £103.50 (531), 21.5k £113.50 (528), 23.5k £119 (506); Garvagh farmer, 24k £126 (525), 23k £120 (522); Dungiven farmer, 22k £115 (523); Rasharkin farmer, 22k £115 (523); Limavady farmer, 20.5k £107 (522); Maghera farmer, 22k £114 (518); Limavady farmer, 20k £102 (510); Ballymoney farmer, 24.5k £125 (510); Macosquin farmer, 23.5k £119.50 (509); Coleraine farmer, 21k £106 (505); Castlerock farmer, 23k £116 (504); Coleraine farmer, 24.5k £123.50 (504); Limavady farmer, 24.5k £121 (494); Coleraine farmer, 25.5k £125 (490) and Limavady farmer, 25.5k £125 (490).

Heavy lambs to £136.50, £133, £130, £128, £127.50, £127 and £126.50

Fat ewes on offer met a super trade for all types on offer including grazing types. Larger entry of ewes to £137. Brisk demand for all types on offer.

Tuesday, January 12, 2021: A good entry of dairy stock met a super trade with more quality lots required.

Castlederg farmer, calved cows to £1880, £1680, £1580, £1460 and Coleraine farmer, calved cow to £1620

More stock required weekly.

Wednesday, January 13, 2021: A good entry of 260 fat cow, suckler and store cattle met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers sold to £1510, heifers sold to £1440 and fat cows and bulls sold to £1420.

Fat cows: (80 on offer. Flying trade - more required)

Ballymena farmer, 530k £980 (185), 530k £870 (164), 460k £630 (137); Stewartstown farmer, 700k Charolais £1230 (176), 710k £1190 (168); Maghera farmer, 700k Aberdeen Angus £1220 (174); Ballymoney farmer, 600k Friesian £1040 (173), 790k £990 (125); Kilrea farmer, 650k Limousin £1030 (159), 470k £710 (151); Coleraine farmer, 570k Friesian £880 (154), 580k £870 (150), 540k £800 (148); Rasharkin farmer, 730k £1100 (151), 720k £1060 (147); Dunloy farmer, 740k Limousin £1100 (149); Coleraine farmer, 690k Friesian £990 (144), 780k £1030 (132), 550k £700 (127), 610k £740 (121); Aghadowey farmer, 770k Friesian £1030 (134), 730k Friesian £930 (127), 550k £700 (127); Cookstown farmer, 720k Friesian £960 (133), 800k £1050 (131), 650k £770 (119); Ballymoney farmer, 720k Friesian £920 (128), 670k £850 (127), 600k £690 (115); Coleraine farmer, 660k Friesian £830 (126), 760k £920 (121); Portglenone farmer, 510k Belgian Blue £660 (129), 580k Fleckvieh £690 (119); Randalstown farmer, 540k Limousin £690 (128); Antrim farmer, 570k Friesian £730 (128) Limavady farmer, 750k Friesian £960 (128), 640k £800 (125); Coleraine farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £700 (127) ; Limavady farmer, 650k Friesian £820 (126), 690k Friesian £850 (123), 610k £730 (120); Coleraine farmer, 640k £800 (125); Coleraine farmer, 690k Friesian £850 (123), 660k £790 (120); Ballymena farmer, 650k £790 (122); Moneymore farmer, 680k Fleckvieh £830 (122), 610k £730 (120); Bushmills farmer, 620k £740 (119); Kilrea farmer, 610k Friesian £720 (118), 610k £710 (116) and Moneymore farmer, 460k £530 (115).

Fat bulls: Coleraine farmer, 750k Limousin £1330 (177); Cookstown farmer, 970k Limousin £1500 (155); ; Dungiven farmer, 940k Limousin £1420 (151) and Kilrea farmer, 1020k Limousin £1170 (115).

Cows and calves: Heifers with calves at foot £1320, £1300.

Heifers: Magherafelt farmer, 270k Limousin £760 (282), 320k £880 (275), 300k £810 (270), 290k £750 (259), 330k £850 (258); Dunloy farmer, 280k Charolais £730 (261), 480k £1200 (250), 320k £730 (228), 470k £1010 (215); Claudy farmer, 550k Charolais £1400 (255), 610k £1440 (236), 620k £1350 (218), 610k £1310 (215); Kilrea farmer, 480k £1180 (246), 460k £1070 (233), 480k £1050 (219), 530k £1140 (215); Garvagh farmer, 500k Charolais £1220 (244), 550k £1320 (240), 510k £1190 (233), 560k £1250 (223), 620k £1370 (221)520k £1130 (217); Maghera farmer, 520k Limousin £1230 (237), 550k £1300 (236); Bushmills farmer, 370k Charolais £840 (227), 420k £940 (224), 440k £960 (218), 410k £890 (217), ; Limavady farmer, 360k Limousin £810 (225); Ballymoney farmer, 460k Aberdeen Angus £1000 (217), 640k £1390 (217), 420k £910 (217), 460k £970 (211); Magherafelt farmer, 620k Limousin £1340 (216), 560k £1210 (216), 530k £1120 (211) and Maghera farmer, 310k Hereford £670 (216).

Steers: Magherafelt farmer, 310k Limousin £860 (277), 280k £770 (275), 350k £900 (257); Dunloy farmer, 350k £950 (271), 360k Charolais £930 (258), 450k £1000 (222); Dunloy farmer, 540k Charolais £1370 (254), 550k £1350 (246), 560k £1340 (239), 590k £1400 (237), 580k £1370 (236), 550k £1290 (235), 460k £1070 (233), 550k £1270 (231), 610k £1350 (221); Swatragh farmer, 290k Limousin £730 (252); Coleraine farmer, 330k Belgian Blue £800 (242), 360k £850 (236), 410k £930 (227), 380k £860 (226), 370k £810 (219); Maghera farmer, 380k Hereford £900 (237), 350k £830 (237), 270k £640 (237), 320k £730 (228), 420k £930 (221), 380k £840 (221); Ballymena farmer, 540k £1260 (233), 560k £1290 (230), 540k £1200 (222), 520k £1150 (221), 640k £1370 (214); Garvagh farmer, 620k Limousin £1440 (232), 630k £1440 (229); Ballintoy farmer, 600k Charolais £1390 (232), 540k £1230 (228), 500k £1140 (228), 470k £1070 (228), 480k £1080 (225), 570k £1240 (218), 500k £1060 (212); Coleraine farmer, 660k Limousin £1500 (227), 680k £1510 (222); Coleraine farmer, 380k Aberdeen Angus £850 (224); Ballymoney farmer, 520k Limousin £1160 (223); Maghera farmer, 650k Limousin £1440 (222), 610k £1340 (220); Claudy farmer, 470k Charolais £1040 (221) and Portglenone farmer, 470k Limousin £1020 (217), 440k £930 (211).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.