Calved heifer selling to £2240 at Kilrea

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

More stock required.

Monday, January 24, 2022: A smaller entry of 400 fat lambs and ewes met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs sold to £5.28 per kg and to top of £127.

Fat ewes sold to £138.

Lambs (340)

Coleraine farmer, 22k £114 (518); Portglenone farmer, 22k £112.50 (511); Dunloy farmer, 23k £117 (509); Ballymoney farmer, 21.5k £109.50 (509); Coleraine farmer, 23.5k £119 (506); Coleraine farmer, 23k £115.50 (502); Portstewart farmer, 24k £120 (500); Magherafelt farmer, 21k £105 (500); Ballymena Farmer, 22.5k £112.50 (500); Cookstown farmer, 23.5k £117 (498); Magherafelt farmer, 23k £114.50 (498); Limavady farmer, 22k £109 (496) and Coleraine farmer, 23.5k £116.50 (496).

Fat ewes (80) on offer met a super trade for all types on offer including grazing types.

Good entry of ewes to £138.

More ewes needed.

Tuesday, January 25, 2022: A good entry of 90 dairy met a super trade with more quality lots required.

Dungannon farmer, calved heifer £2240, £2160; Maghera farmer, calved heifer £2220, £1960; Coleraine farmer, calved cow £2060; Coleraine farmer, calved heifer £1980, £1800, £1600 and Ballyclare farmer, calved cow £1700, £1580.

Older calved cows to £1620.

In calf cows to £1580

Super entry of bulling heifers on offer weekly. 45 on offer this week met a super trade throughout. More required.

Quality batches bulling heifers to £1160.

More stock required weekly.

A good entry of 340 fat cow, suckler and store cattle met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers sold to £1660, heifers sold to £1490.

Fat cows and bulls sold to £1440.

Fat cows: 60 on offer - flying trade.

Claudy farmer, 570k Simmental £1220 (214), 590k £1220 (207), 640k £1090 (170): Magherafelt farmer, 580k Belgian Blue £1200 (207), 600k £1160 (193); Toomebridge farmer, 730k Belgian Blue £1420 (195); Antrim farmer, 750k Simmental £1440 (192); Maghera farmer, 700k Aberdeen Angus £1240 (177), 790k £1300 (165); Magherafelt farmer, 620k Limousin £1070 (173); Aghadowey farmer, 590k Friesian £1020 (173), 640k £970 (152), 770k £1150 (149), 610k £900 (148), 710k £1040 (147), 640k £930 (145); Ballymena farmer, 740k Limousin £1260 (170); Maghera farmer, 760k £1220 (161); Ballymoney farmer, 850k Fleckvieh £1320 (155); Ballymoney farmer, 820k Aberdeen Angus £1150 (140); Coleraine farmer, 770k Friesian £1080 (140), 760k £1010 (133); Rasharkin farmer, 890k Friesian £1210 (136), 630k £770 (122); Aghadowey farmer, 630k Friesian £850 (135); Coleraine farmer, 870k Friesian £1160 (133), 730k £920 (126) and Coleraine farmer, 780k Friesian £1000 (128).

Suckler stock: Antrim farmer, Limousin cow with heifer calf at foot £2050 and local farmer, Hereford cow with calf at foot £1550.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Garvagh farmer, 540k Charolais £1460 (270), 560k £1320 (236), 600k £1400 (233), 580k £1310 (226), 580k £1270 (219); Ballymoney farmer, 550k Limousin £1360 (247), 560k £1280 (229), 480k £1080 (225); Ballymena farmer, 280k Limousin £690 (246), 250k £600 (240), 335k £770 (230); Dunloy farmer, 325k Charolais £790 (243), 340k £740 (218); Dunloy farmer, 560k Charolais £1350 (241), 560k £1270 (227), 510k £1150 (226), 620k £1390 (224), 610k £1350 (221), 570k £1260 (221); Garvagh farmer, 600k Charolais £1440 (240), 590k £1360 (231), 650k £1490 (229), 610k £1390 (228), 610k £1370 (225), 600k £1350 (225), 600k £1330 (222), 620k £1360 (219), 590k £1270 (215);m Ballymena farmer, 530k Charolais £1240 (234), 530k £1220 (230), 550k £1230 (224); Bushmills farmer, 560k £1310 (234), 610k £1270 (208); Coleraine farmer, 530k Limousin £1240 (234), 550k £1280 (233), 520k £1190 (229), 570k £1300 (228), 490k £1090 (222), 570k £1240 (218); Magherafelt farmer, 490k Simmental £1130 (231), 550k £1200 (218), 490k £1060 (216); Maghera farmer, 560k Aberdeen Angus £1270 (227), 540k £1210 (224), 540k £1190 (220), 530k £1160 (219); Coleraine farmer, 600k Limousin £1320 (220), 530k £1160 (219), 510k £1080 (212), 560k £1170 (209); Kilrea farmer, 620k Belgian Blue £1350 (218), 590k Aberdeen Angus £1240 (210); Limavady farmer, 540k Belgian Blue £1170 (217); Ballycastle farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (216); Upperlands farmer, 450k Aberdeen Angus £940 (209), 420k £870 (207) and Bellaghy farmer, 480k Limousin £1000 (208).

Steers

Magherafelt farmer, 330k Limousin £880 (267), 340k £850 (250); Ballymena farmer, 350k Limousin £910 (260), 340k £860 (253); Ballintoy farmer, 540k £1400 (259), 530k £1370 (259), 520k £1270 (244), 520k £1250 (240), 500k £1200 (240), 560k £1340 (239), 580k £1360 (235); Dunloy farmer, 520k Charolais £1290 (248), 600k £1430 (238), 580k £1360 (235), 540k £1245 (231), 610k £1390 (228), 660k £1500 (227), 610k £1380 (226), 620k £1390 (224); Ballymoney farmer, 550k Charolais £1350 (246), 560k £1290 (230), 590k £1350 (229), 570k £1300 (228); Kilrea farmer, 690k Charolais £1660 (241), 600k £1440 (240), 690k £1610 (233), 640k £1480 (231), 650k £1490 (229), 650k £1460 (225), 650k £1440 (222); Dungiven farmer, 440k Limousin £1060 (241), 470k £1120 (238), 500k £1160 (232); Portglenone farmer, 360k Aberdeen Angus £860 (239), 480k £1050 (219), 460k £1000 (217); Ballymena farmer, 520k Limousin £1240 (239), 490k £1130 (231), 630k £1410 (224); Coleraine farmer, 650k Limousin £1540 (237), 570k £1340 (235), 560k £1250 (223); Magherafelt farmer, 540k Limousin £1270 (235); Garvagh farmer, 640k Limousin £1500 (234) and Maghera farmer, 560k Aberdeen Angus £1290 (230), 560k £1280 (229)

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.