Calved dairy heifers sell to £2620 at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves (150)

Bull calves: Kilrea farmer, Limousin £595, £560, £420; Stewartstown farmer, Hereford £585; Ballymoney farmer, Limousin £565; Garvagh farmer, Belgian Blue £535, Fleckvieh £470; Tobermore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £495, £280, £250; Randalstown farmer, Belgian Blue £480; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £460, Hereford £330; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £450, Belgian Blue £295; Stranocum farmer, Aberdeen Angus £440; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £405, £340, £320; Bellaghy farmer, Belgian Blue £380, £320; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350; Dungiven farmer, Limousin £345; Bendooragh farmer, Limousin £335; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330; Moneymore farmer, Belgian Blue £330; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300, £255; Cookstown farmer, Norwegian Red £270, Aberdeen Angus £265; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £275; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £275; Drumahoe farmer, Aberdeen Angus £260, £220; Glarryford farmer, Holstein £250; Magherafelt farmer, Friesian £250; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240 and Castlerock farmer, Belgian Blue £230.

Heifer calves: Randalstown farmer, Belgian Blue £520, Aberdeen Angus £425, Belgian Blue £385, Aberdeen Angus £275; Kilrea farmer, Charolais £440; Castlerock farmer, Belgian Blue £410, Simmental £305: Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £405, Aberdeen Angus £370; Cookstown farmer, Simmental £400; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £395; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £390; Toomebridge farmer, Belgian Blue £380; Stranocum farmer, Aberdeen Angus £375; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £325, Aberdeen Angus £295; Moneymore farmer, Belgian Blue £325; Ballymoney farmer, Limousin £310, Hereford £215; Bellaghy farmer, Limousin £315; Cullybackey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £310; Drumahoe farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285; Tobermore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £265; Articlave farmer, Hereford £260, Limousin £250 and Dungiven farmer, Limousin £215.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £250. Good demand for thick types. Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (80): 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 top of £870 and 322 ppk.

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

Monday, September 14, 2020: A great entry of fat lambs and ewes met a sharp trade with lambs in strong demand as buyers keen for sheep.

Lambs sold to 4.13 per kg and to top of £103.50

Fat ewes to £105.

Lambs: Rasharkin farmer, 23k £95 (413), 21k £85.50 (407); Limavady farmer, 18k £74 (411); Limavady farmer, 23k £94 (409), 24.5k £99 (404); Cullybackey farmer, 21.5k £87.50 (407); Coleraine farmer, 17k £69 (406); Limavady farmer, 22k £89 (405); Aghadowey farmer, 23k £93 (404); Dunloy farmer, 23.5k £95 (404); Magherafelt farmer, 23k £93 (404); Ballymoney farmer, 22.5k £91 (404), 4.5k £98.50 (402); Kilrea farmer, 21.5k £86.50 (402); Kilrea farmer, 23k £92.50 (402); Portglenone farmer, 23k £92.50 (402); Tobermore farmer, 22k £88.50 (402); Ballymena farmer, 22.5k £90 (400) and Ballymoney farmer, 20.5k £82 (400).

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

Ewes sold to £105.

Brisk demand for all types on offer.

Tuesday, September 15, 2020: A super entry of 75 dairy cattle met a super trade.

Castlerock farmer, calved heifers to £2620, £2560, £2540, £2460, £2320, £2210, £2160, £2060 £1980, £1960, £1940, £1880, £1820, £1760, £1740, £1640, £1540, £1500; Magherafelt farmer, second calvers to £2030, £2000; Dungannon farmer, second calver £1600 and Ballyclare farmer, second calver Ayrshire £1560; Ballymoney farmer, batch of maiden heifers to £960, £880; and Castlederg farmer, batch of Fleckvieh calves to £640, £580, £570, £550.

More stock required weekly.

Wednesday, September 16, 2020: A super entry of 230 fat cow, suckler and store cattle at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers sold to £1390, heifers sold to £1080, fat cows sold to £1500 and suckler stock sold to £1380.

Fat cows: (50 on offer. Flying trade - more required)

Kilrea farmer, 670k Limousin £1300 (194); Ringsend farmer, 590k Limousin £1020 (173); Coleraine farmer, 710k Aberdeen Angus £1190 (168), 740k £1230 (166), 720k £1150 (160), 790k £1120 (142); Castlerock farmer, 620k Limousin £1040 (168), 650k Limousin £1030 (159); Garvagh farmer, 610k Limousin £990 (162), 540k £870 (161); Macosquin farmer, 930k Charolais £1500 (161); Dungiven farmer, 690k Aberdeen Angus £1040 (151); Ballycastle farmer, 770k Limousin £1140 (148); Garvagh farmer, 840k Hereford £1240 (148); Bushmills farmer, 720k Limousin £1050 (146); Macosquin farmer, 640k Limousin £930 (145), 600k £740 (123), 570k Hereford £690 (121); Garvagh farmer, 780k Blonde d’Aquitaine £1120 (144); Dungiven farmer, 720k Limousin £1040 (144); Macosquin farmer, 650k Limousin £910 (140); Coagh farmer, 690k Friesian £860 (125); Rasharkin farmer, 790k Limousin £990 (125) and Moneymore farmer, 850k Holstein £1040 (122).

Fat bulls: Ballycastle farmer, 1070k Limousin £1380; Dungiven farmer, 900k Shorthorn £1390 and Randalstown farmer, 730k Limousin £1250.

Suckler stock: Macosquin farmer, Aberdeen Angus cow with Limousin bull calf at foot to £1380; Randalstown farmer, Belgian Blue heifer with Aberdeen Angus heifer calf at foot to £1360, Limousin heifer with Limousin bull calf at foot to £1350 and Dungiven farmer, Limousin cow with Limousin heifer calf at foot to £1350.

Heifers: Ballymena farmer, 430k Limousin £1030 (240), 390k £850 (218), 400k £850 (213); Dungiven farmer, 460k Charolais £950 (207), 490k Charolais £1010 (206), 450k Limousin £900 (200); Ballymoney farmer, 440k Charolais £980 (223), 490k £1040 (212), 440k Limousin £910 (207), 430k £880 (205), 500k Charolais £1010 (202); Ringsend farmer, 390k Charolais £840 (215), 440k £940 (214), 350k Simmental £710 (203); Bushmills farmer, 450k Limousin £940 (209); Castlerock farmer, 430k Stabiliser £870 (202) and Garvagh farmer, 440k Limousin £880 (200).

Steers: Ballymena farmer, 350k Charolais £900 (257), 350k Limousin £860 (246), 340k Charolais £830 (244), 380k £900 (237), 390k £880 (226), 340k £740 (218), 430k Limousin £910 (212), 420k Aberdeen Angus £860 (205); Dungiven farmer, 460k Blonde d’Aquitaine £1100 (239), 460k £1080 (235), 460k £1070 (233), 390k Charolais £890 (228), 390k Blonde d’Aquitaine £880 (226), 400k £890 (223), 490k £1090 (222); Macosquin farmer, 360k Limousin £850 (236), 340k £750 (221), 420k £880 (210), 410k £830 (202); Macosquin farmer, 380k Limousin £890 (234); 450k Charolais £980 (218), 440k £900 (205); Portglenone farmer, 600k Charolais £1360 (227), 620k £1380 (223); Ballymoney farmer, 340k Charolais £740 (218), 260k £550 (212); Ballymoney farmer, 340k Hereford £730 (215); Rasharkin farmer, 350k Belgian Blue £750 (214); Magilligan farmer, 640k Charolais £1360 (213), 660k Saler £1380 (209), 580k Charolais £1210 (209), 590k £1220 (207), 680k £1390 (204), 620k £1260 (203), 580k Saler £1170 (202); Ballymoney farmer, 570k Aberdeen Angus £1210 (212); Magherafelt farmer, 370k Limousin £780 (211), 330k £690 (209), 360k Hereford £740 (206), 370k Limousin £750 (203), 400k £800 (200); Coleraine farmer, 440k Aberdeen Angus £890 (202), 500k £1000 (200) and Ballymoney farmer, 500k Limousin £1000 (200).

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

Auctioneer: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.