Calved dairy heifers selling from £2020 at Kilrea Mart

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

Dropped calves

Bull calves: Kilrea farmer, Charolais £570; Garvagh farmer, Belgian Blue £490; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £475, £430, Blonde d’Aquitaine £300; Stranocum farmer, Charolais £450, Holstein £240; Randalstown farmer, Charolais £440; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £420, Aberdeen Angus £390; Tobermore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £420; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £410, Fleckvieh £365, £345; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £400, £320; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £400, Aberdeen Angus £375; Drumahoe farmer, Limousin £400; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £390, Aberdeen Angus £360, Hereford £330, Belgian Blue £245; Dungiven farmer, Belgian Blue £390, Hereford £335, £290, £280; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £375; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £370, Hereford £350, Simmental £250, Friesian £225; Macosquin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360, £335, Limousin £260, £205; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £355; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350, £330; Armoy farmer, Fleckvieh £345; Kilrea farmer, Fleckvieh £345; Macosquin farmer, Belgian Blue £345; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345, Belgian Blue £335; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £340; Moneymore farmer, Limousin £340; Londonderry farmer, Belgian Blue £335; Ballymoney farmer, Montbeliarde £330; Dungiven farmer, Shorthorn £330, £300, £250, Friesian £240; Ballymoney farmer, Shorthorn £295, £200; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270; Ahoghill farmer, Hereford £265, Aberdeen Angus £250; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £260; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £260; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £245; Coleraine farmer, Friesian £235; Aghadowey farmer, Shorthorn £225; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £215; Portglenone farmer, Friesian £210; Bellaghy farmer, Friesian £205 and Coleraine farmer, Holstein £200.

Heifer calves: Dungiven farmer, Belgian Blue £400; Greysteel farmer, Belgian Blue £400; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £395; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £370; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £355; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £350; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350, Charolais £300; Portglenone farmer, Limousin £345; Dungiven farmer, Shorthorn beef £320; Moneymore farmer, Limousin £320; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £315, Limousin £315; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £315, £275; Finvoy farmer, Limousin £310; Moneymore farmer, Hereford £310; Macosquin farmer, Belgian Blue £305; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290, £240; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £288; Ballymoney farmer, Shorthorn dairy £285; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £275; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £260; Drumahoe farmer, Belgian Blue £255, Aberdeen Angus £250; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £255, £235; Portglenone farmer, Hereford £250; Macosquin farmer, Limousin £260, £245, Aberdeen Angus £245; Ahoghill farmer, Limousin £210, £200 and Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £205.

Friesian calves: Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £280.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suck 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 a top of £760 and 282ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

Monday, November 30, 2020: A good entry of 630 fat lambs and ewes met a sharp trade with lambs in strong demand as buyers keen for sheep.

Lambs sold to 4.62 per kg and to top of £105.

Fat ewes sold to £120.

Lambs: Aghadowey farmer, 19.5k £90 (462); Aghadowey farmer, 19k £87 (458); Aghadowey farmer, 19.5k £89 (456); Ballymoney farmer, 23k £103 (448), 17k £78 (459), 21.5k £95 (442); Coleraine farmer, 23k £102.50 (446); Coleraine farmer, 22k £96.50 (439); Ballymena farmer, 22.5k £98.50 (438); Ballymena farmer, 21k £92 (438); Coleraine farmer, 21.5k £94 (437) and Kilrea farmer, 22.5k £98 (436).

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

Small entry of ewes to £120.

Brisk demand for all types on offer.

Tuesday, December 1, 2020: A good entry of 21 dairy cattle.

Coleraine farmer, calved heifers £2020, £2000; Randalstown farmer, calved heifer £2000; Cookstown farmer, calved heifers £1960 twice and Portrush farmer, calved heifer £1720.

More stock required weekly.

Wednesday, December 2, 2020: A great entry of 205 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers sold to £1630, heifers sold to £1540 and fat cows sold to £1310.

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

Ballymena farmer, 610k Belgian Blue £1240 (203), 660k £900 (136); Kilrea farmer, 670k Charolais £1220 (182), 800k £1180 (148); Ballymoney farmer, 660k Friesian £1200 (182), 600k £1060 (177), 620k £1040 (168), 560k £900 (161); Coleraine farmer, 720k Belgian Blue £1280 (178); Antrim farmer, 600k Friesian £1030 (172); Magherafelt farmer, 500k Hereford £830 (166); Coleraine farmer, 710k Limousin £1140 (161); Ballymoney farmer, 590k Friesian £940 (159), 740k £950 (128); Coleraine farmer, 750k Friesian £1130 (151), 790k £1110 (141); Maghera farmer, 690k Limousin £1040 (151); Toomebridge farmer, 640k Charolais £940 (147); Maghera farmer, 680k Simmental £980 (144); Coleraine farmer, 730k Limousin £1040 (143); Coleraine farmer, 690k Limousin £940 (136); Ballymena farmer, 770k Charolais £1020 (133); Limavady farmer, 670k Friesian £840 (125); Moneymore farmer, 660k Fleckvieh £820 (124), 720k £880 (122), 620k £740 (119); Portglenone farmer, 650k Friesian £790 (122); Ballymena farmer, 710k £850 (120); Coleraine farmer, 760k £880 (116) and Toomebridge farmer, 740k Friesian £860 (116), 650k £750 (115).

Fat bulls: Coleraine farmer, 960k Aberdeen Angus £1400 (146); Dunloy farmer, 930k Simmental £1310 (141) and Portglenone farmer, 860k Simmental £1000 (116).

Heifers: Garvagh farmer, 540k £1380 (256), 480k £1030 (215); Garvagh farmer, 650k Charolais £1540 (237), 590k £1260 (214), 600k £1280 (213); Ballymoney farmer, 570k Limousin £1290 (227); Macosquin farmer, 620k Limousin £1380 (223), 590k £1300 (220), 550k £1180 (215); Portglenone farmer, 350k Limousin £770 (220); Coleraine farmer, 460k Limousin £980 (213); Kilrea farmer, 610k Belgian Blue £1300 (213); Ballymoney farmer, 460k Charolais £970 (211), 440k £900 (205), 510k £1040 (204); Magherafelt farmer, 550k Limousin £1140 (207), 590k £1200 (203), 510k £1020 (200); Kilrea farmer, 410k Saler £850 (207), 500k Charolais £1000 (200); Bushmills farmer, 630k £1300 (206), 730k £1490 (204); Coleraine farmer, 620k Shorthorn £1270 (205), 590k £1190 (202), 600k £1190 (198) and Toomebridge farmer, 450k Simmental £900 (200).

Steers: Local farmer, 610k Charolais £1380 (226), 480k £1070 (223), 590k £1290 (219); Portglenone farmer, 540k Aberdeen Angus £1180 (219), 550k £1100 (200); Coleraine farmer, 580k £1240 (214); Ballycastle farmer, 490k Limousin £1050 (214), 520k £1100 (212), 550k £1130 (206); Ballymoney farmer, 580k Charolais £1220 (210); Claudy farmer, 670k Belgian Blue £1400 (209) and Coleraine farmer, 670k Hereford £1380 (206), 630k £1280 (203), 680k £1380 (203), 680k £1360 (200).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.