Calved heifer sells for £2320 at Kilrea Mart dairy sale

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £540, £510, £500, £390; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £530, Aberdeen Angus £330; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £475, £410; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £475, Friesian £225; Ballymoney farmer, Limousin £430, Belgian Blue £215; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £390, £375, £350, Hereford £270; Dungiven farmer, Fleckvieh £375, £330; Ballymena farmer, Belgian Blue £360; Bushmills farmer, Shorthorn £360, £290; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £355; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £330; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £320, Aberdeen Angus £260; Macosquin farmer, Belgian Blue £310; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £295, £250; Donemana farmer, Belgian Blue £295, Charolais £200; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £295, Aberdeen Angus £260, Belgian Blue £220; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £295, £260; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £290, £250; Ballyronan farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285, £275; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270; Cookstown farmer, Hereford £265, Simmental £215; Magherafelt farmer, Holstein £240; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £235; Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230, £220, £210, £200; Castlerock farmer, Limousin £220; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £205 and Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200.

Heifer calves

Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £560; Upperlands farmer, Hereford £490, Belgian Blue £440; Ballymoney farmer, Shorthorn £450, Hereford £410; Maghera farmer, Charolais £445; Bushmills farmer, Shorthorn £380, £350, £330; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £365, Hereford £295; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £305, £280; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300, £255; Ahoghill farmer, Belgian Blue £295; Macosquin farmer, Belgian Blue £290; Castlerock farmer, Limousin £284, £255; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £270, £230; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £260; Dungiven farmer, Belgian Blue £260, £210; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £250; Ballyronan farmer, Belgian Blue £235 and Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £235.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £240.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (100)

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 £895 and 332 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 810 on Monday 14th November met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £4.93 per kg and to top of £121.

Fat ewes to £187.

Lambs (720)

Ballymoney farmer, 20k £98.50 (493), 21k £99.50 (474); Armoy farmer, 23k £112.50 (489); Kilrea farmer, 20.5k £100 (488); Portglenone farmer, 22k £106 (482); Coleraine farmer, 22.5k £108 (480); Aghadowey farmer, 22k £105 (477), 23k £108.50 (472), 21.5k £98 (456); Rasharkin farmer, 22k £105 (477); Kilrea farmer, 21k £100 (476); Magherafelt farmer, 22.5k £106.50 (473); Coleraine farmer, 21.5k £101.50 (472); Aghadowey farmer, 24k £112 (467); Kilrea farmer, 22.5k £105 (467);

Rasharkin farmer, 24k £112 (467); Ballymena farmer, 22k £102.50 (466); Kilrea farmer, 23k £107 (465); Limavady farmer, 22k £102 (464); Macosquin farmer, 22k £102 (464); Coleraine farmer, 22.5k £104 (462); Garvagh farmer, 22.5k £104 (462); Rasharkin farmer, 21k £97 (462); Ballymoney farmer, 23.5k £108 (460); Castlerock farmer, 22k £101 (459); Feeny farmer, 24.5k £112.50 (459) and Limavady farmer, 22k £101 (459).

Fat ewes (90) on offer met a super trade for all types on offer including grazing types.

Good entry of ewes to £187.

More ewes needed.

A super entry of 100 dairy on Tuesday 15th November to a top price of £2320 for a calved heifer.

Ballyclare farmer, calved heifer to £2320; Ballyclare farmer, calved heifers to £2300, £2260, £1560, calved cow to £2000; Castlederg farmer, batch of springing heifers to £2120, £2100, £2080, £2020, £1900, £1760; Coleraine farmer, springing heifer £2120; Limavady farmer, calved heifer to £2060; Randalstown farmer, calved heifer to £1900; Crumlin farmer, calved heifer to £1820, springing heifer to £1680; Dromore farmer, second calver to £1720, calved heifers to £1620, £1500 and Magherafelt farmer, batch of AI bred bulling heifers to £1220, £1160, £1140, £1100, £1080, £1060, £1040, £1030, £1020, £1000.

More stock required weekly

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

A good entry of 230 on Wednesday 16th November at Kilrea, met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £990 and heifers to £1500.

Fat cows and bulls to £1790.

Fat cows: 90 on offer, flying trade.

Castlerock farmer, 670k Limousin £1560 (233); Swatragh farmer, 680k Charolais £1540 (227), 720k Limousin £1490 (207), 640k £1310 (205); Crumlin farmer, 580k Limousin £1300 (224), 480k Belgian Blue £820 (171); Dunloy farmer, 650k Limousin £1450 (223); Rasharkin farmer, 800k Stabiliser £1770 (221), 670k Friesian £1260 (188); Cullybackey farmer, 620k Limousin £1280 (207), 520k Friesian £940 (181), 480k £750 (156); Rasharkin farmer, 710k Friesian £1460 (206); Dungiven farmer, 660k Limousin £1350 (205); Ballymena farmer, 570k Belgian Blue £1090 (191);

Portglenone farmer, 720k Parthenais £1340 (186); Macosquin farmer, 570k Simmental £1000 (175), 560k Limousin £970 (173), 610k Simmental £990 (162); Antrim farmer, 570k Holstein £1090 (191), 670k £900 (134); Aghadowey farmer, 670k Ayrshire £1240 (185), 620k £1130 (182), 590k £1070 (181), 500k £890 (178), 500k £880 (176), 550k £860 (156); Londonderry farmer, 720k Limousin £1240 (172), 630k Aberdeen Angus £990 (157); Rasharkin farmer, 700k Aberdeen Angus £1200 (171), 550k £910 (166), 610k £1000 (164), 640k £960 (150), 530k £790 (149); Coleraine farmer, 690k NR £1130 (164); Dunloy farmer, 1090k Charolais £1790 (164), 570k Sal £790 (139); Magherafelt farmer, 550k Limousin £890 (162); Limavady farmer, 770k Holstein £1220 (158); Coleraine farmer, 730k Friesian £1130 (155), 610k £850 (139); Ahoghill farmer, 760k Shorthorn beef £1160 (153); Ballymoney farmer, 850k Holstein £1270 (149); Ballycastle farmer, 600k Friesian £840 (140); Ballymoney farmer, 660k Friesian £880 (133) and Bushmills farmer, 630k Holstein £840 (133).

Suckler

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Magherafelt farmer, 540k Limousin £1330 (246); Templepatrick farmer, 510k Charolais £1250 (245), 480k £1130 (235), 460k £1050 (228), 450k £1010 (224), 510k £1140 (224), 520k £1160 (223); Cullybackey farmer, 620k Charolais £1480 (239), 590k £1400 (237), 600k £1400 (233), 640k £1490 (233), 620k £1,340 (216); Macosquin farmer, 520k Charolais £1220 (235)400k £910 (228), 670k £1500 (224), 410k £920 (224); Limavady farmer, 700k Charolais £1600 (229), 550k £1260 (229), 530k Stabiliser £1120 (211), 470k £990 (211); Rasharkin farmer, 500k Limousin £1130 (226), 480k £1080 (225), 470k Simmental £1040 (221), 490k Limousin £1060 (216); Bellaghy farmer, 520k Belgian Blue £1170 (225), 500k £1100 (220); Ballycastle farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1120 (224), 500k £1100 (220), 510k £1050 (206), 500k £1010 (202), 490k £980 (200); Portglenone farmer, 510k Aberdeen Angus £1140 (224), 550k £1210 (220), 510k £1100 (216), 470k £960 (204); Toomebridge farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1120 (224), 490k £1020 (208); Coleraine farmer, 540k Hereford £1180 (219), 620k Aberdeen Angus £1330 (215), 550k £2280 (215); Portglenone farmer, 250k Aberdeen Angus £540 (218); Limavady farmer, 430k Aberdeen Angus £910 (212), 420k £860 (205) and Ballyclare farmer, 640k Aberdeen Angus £1310 (205).

Steers

Kilrea farmer, 400k Charolais £990 (248), 380k £940 (247), 370k £900 (243), 350k £820 (234), 450k £940 (209), 340k £680 (200); Toomebridge farmer, 380k Aberdeen Angus £900 (237), 380k Belgian Blue £840 (221); Portglenone farmer, 300k Limousin £680 (227), 340k £670 (197), 360k £700 (194); Portglenone farmer, 400k Aberdeen Angus £820 (205) and Moneymore farmer, 490k Holstein £990 (202).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.