Calved heifer sells for £3900 at Kilrea

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Claudy farmer, Simmental £510, £500, £440, £390, £365; Maghera farmer, Simmental £510, £410; Greysteel farmer, Belgian Blue £500, Limousin £430, Belgian Blue £365; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £500, £465; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £465, £425, £400, £370, Friesian £235; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £445; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £435; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £420, £380, £365; Armoy farmer, Fleckvieh £400, Aberdeen Angus £380, Fleckvieh £300; Coleraine farmer, Stabiliser £400, £380; Claudy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £375; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £355, £300; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £325; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £305, £275; Kells farmer, Simmental £310, £280; Dungiven farmer, Limousin £300, Hereford £285, £240; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £275; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £265, £260; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £225 and Maghera farmer, Holstein £225.

Heifer calves

Ahoghill farmer, Belgian Blue £555; Portglenone farmer, Charolais £545; Swatragh farmer, Limousin £520; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £465, £460; Limavady farmer, Simmental £440, Belgian Blue £370; Moneymore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £440; Armoy farmer, Belgian Blue £385; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £380, Belgian Blue £345; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £375, £350, £275; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £365, Hereford £360; Claudy farmer, Simmental £350; Coleraine farmer, Stabiliser £350; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345, Hereford £325; Rasharkin farmer, Belgian Blue £320, £310, Charolais £300, Belgian Blue £200; Maghera farmer, Belgian Blue £280; Maghera farmer, Simmental £275; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250, £200; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £245, £235; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £235 and Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £220.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £235.

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 to top of £900 and 279ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 300 calves on Friday 30th September met a flying trade for all types on offer.

Bull calves

Knockloughrim farmer, 200k Limousin £660 (330), 200k £620 (310), 200k £610 (305), 250k £740 (296), 240k £670 (279), 250k £690 (276), 310k £810 (261), 360k £890 (247), 280k £670 (239), 290k £690 (238); Ballymoney farmer, 210k Charolais £680 (324), 200k £620 (310), 170k Belgian Blue £490 (288), 140k Hereford £400 (286), 170k Belgian Blue £480 (282), 200k Hereford £550 (275), 200k £540 (270), 250k £620 (248); Dungiven farmer, 270k Charolais £870 (322), 420k Limousin £1250 (298), 330k Charolais £960 (292), 310k Limousin £880 (284), 350k £960 (274), 310k £850 (274), 440k Charolais £1190 (271), 520k £1350 (260), 460k £1180 (252), 360k Limousin £900 (250), 420k £1040 (248); Dungiven farmer, 370k Charolais £1160 (314), 450k Limousin £1210 (269), 400k £1070 (268); Ballymena farmer, 370k Charolais £1130 (305), 360k £1000 (278), 410k £1090 (266); Magherafelt farmer, 270k Limousin £820 (304), 290k £860 (297); Aghadowey farmer, 290k Charolais £880 (303), 200k Limousin £580 (290), 290k Simmental £840 (290), 330k Simmental £880 (267), 280k £730 (261), 230k £570 (248), 350k Charolais £830 (237); Castlerock farmer, 360k Limousin £1090 (303), 330k Charolais £960 (291), 260k £740 (285), 450k £1270 (282), 310k £860 (277), 370k £980 (265), 330k £860 (261), 350k £900 (257), 390k £1000 (256), 380k £960 (253), 390k £980 (251), 360k £900 (250), 480k £1180 (246), 350k Limousin £850 (243), 310k £720 (232); Randalstown farmer, 260k Limousin £780 (300), 290k £820 (283), 290k £810 (279), 320k £880 (275), 280k £720 (257); Randalstown farmer, 310k Charolais £920 (297), 340k £910 (268), 340k £840 (247), 330k £800 (242); Castlerock farmer, 310k Charolais £910 (294), 320k £910 (284), 450k £1220 (271), 430k £1160 (270), 360k £970 (269), 450k £1180 (262), 330k Limousin £850 (258), 470k Charolais £1170 (249), 350k £870 (249), 500k £1200 (240), 360k Belgian Blue £850 (236), 490k Charolais £1140 (233), 380k Simmental £880 (232); Garvagh farmer, 290k Charolais £870 (300), 370k £990 (268), 310k Limousin £770 (248), 350k £860 (246), 340k £810 (238); Macosquin farmer, 270k Limousin £810 (300), 440k £1200 (273), 280k £720 (257), 440k £1130 (257), 290k £740 (255), 320k £790 (247), 370k £910 (246), 260k £640 (246), 390k £900 (231), 370k £850 (230); Macosquin farmer, 230k Simmental £680 (296), 310k £790 (255); Toomebridge farmer, 300k Charolais £880 (293), 350k £1000 (286), 340k £950 (279), 310k £820 (265), 360k Limousin £930 (258), 370k £900 (243), 340k £820 (241), 340k £800 (235), 360k £830 (231); Garvagh farmer, 260k Charolais £760 (292), 270k £740 (274), 330k £850 (258), 380k £910 (240); Limavady farmer, 280k Limousin £800 (286), 300k £810 (270), 270k £730 (270), 300k £800 (267), 330k £880 (261), 280k £730 (261), 300k £780 (260), 340k £860 (253), 310k £780 (252), 290k £730 (252), 330k £770 (233); Macosquin farmer, 260k Simmental £740 (285), 400k £890 (223), 240k £530 (221); Killaloo farmer, 270k Charolais £760 (282); 340k £860 (253), 380k £950 (250), 380k £880 (232), 410k £950 (232); Macosquin farmer, 320k Charolais £900 (281), 440k £1170 (266), 310k £820 (265), 340k £850 (250), 340k £820 (241), 380k Simmental £880 (232); Castlerock farmer, 210k Limousin £580 (276); Randalstown farmer, 420k Charolais £1140 (271); Ballymoney farmer, 310k Limousin £830 (268), 300k £800 (267); Castlerock farmer, 460k Charolais £1190 (259), 380k £960 (253), 420k £1040 (248), 450k £1100 (244), 430k £1030 (240), 540k £1290 (239), 380k Simmental £860 (226); Aghadowey farmer, 400k Simmental £1020 (255), 370k £940 (254), 410k £960 (234); Randalstown farmer, 330k Limousin £820 (249), 390k £900 (231); Rasharkin farmer, 400k Belgian Blue £970 (243); Maghera farmer, 600k Limousin £1400 (233) and Tobermore farmer, 380k Aberdeen Angus £880 (232).

Heifer calves

Dungiven farmer, 310k Charolais £1080 (348), 300k £940 (313), 330k £910 (276), 300k £760 (253); Claudy farmer, 340k Charolais £1140 (335), 270k £840 (311), 250k £760 (304), 290k £850 (293), 400k £1110 (278), 300k Limousin £790 (263), 330k £810 (246), 240k Charolais £560 (233), 280k £650 (232), 320k Limousin £740 (231), Macosquin farmer, 250k Simmental £830 (332), 250k £710 (284), 270k Limousin £710 (263), 330k Simmental £760 (230); Macosquin farmer, 310k Charolais £950 (307), 320k Shorthorn beef £880 (275); Castlerock farmer, 340k Charolais £1040 (306), 230k £630 (274), 270k £710 (263), 350k £1010 (269), 340k £880 (259), 350k £860 (246), 340k £830 (244), 400k £970 (243), 300k £710 (237), 420k £990 (236), 330k £770 (233), 360k £820 (228), 370k £840 (227), 330k Limousin £740 (224), 360k Charolais £760 (211);

Dungiven farmer, 300k Limousin £910 (303), 360k £980 (272); Aghadowey farmer, 310k Charolais £930 (300), 340k £910 (268), 310k Simmental £780 (252), 400k £1000 (250), 310k Charolais £750 (242), 370k £860 (232), 360k £810 (225), 380km Simmental £810 (213); Portglenone farmer, 320k Limousin £940 (294), 300k £800 (267); Ballymoney farmer, 290k Charolais £850 (293), 390k £860 (221); Magherafelt farmer, 240k Simmental £700 (292), 280k Limousin £810 (289), 300k £860 (287); Randalstown farmer, 280k Limousin £810 (289), 280k £800 (286), 260k £680 (262), 250k £640 (256), 310k £770 (248); Limavady farmer, 330k Limousin £910 (276), 270k £720 (267), 290k £740 (255), 290k £710 (245), 260k £600 (231); Knockloughrim farmer, 230k Limousin £630 (274), 240k £650 (271), 190k £510 (268), 250k £640 (256), 210k £500 (238), 210k £490 (233); Ballymoney farmer, 240k Charolais £640 (267), 220k £560 (255), 200k Hereford £500 (250); Castlerock farmer, 210k Limousin £560 (267); Castlerock farmer, 330k Limousin £870 (264), 400k Charolais £1040 (260), 420k £1050 (250), 420k £940 (224); Garvagh farmer, 300k Charolais £780 (260, 310k £760 (245), 300k £730 (243), 280k Limousin £670 (239), 290k £680 (235); Garvagh farmer, 340k Charolais £860 (253); Randalstown farmer, 300k Charolais £750 (250); Randalstown farmer, 330k Charolais £820 (249), 380k Limousin £810 (213), 410k £860 (210); Killaloo farmer, 360k Charolais £830 (231); Maghera farmer, 420k Limousin £950 (226); Coleraine farmer, 340k Limousin £760 (224), 410k Belgian Blue £910 (222), 360k £770 (214), 330k Limousin £700 (212);

Randalstown farmer, 380k Charolais £850 (224) and Macosquin farmer, 340k Limousin £750 (221), 360k £780 (217).

A super entry of 900 on Monday 3rd October met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £4.82 per kg and to top of £115. Fat ewes to £140.

Lambs (790)

Eglinton farmer, 22k £108 (482); Garvagh farmer, 22.5k £108.50 (482); Kilrea farmer, 15k £72 (480), 22k £103 (468), 18.5k £83.50 (451); Aghadowey farmer, 23k £110 (478); Garvagh farmer, 23k £110 (478); Cookstown farmer, 18.5k £88 (476), 22.5k £102 (453); Garvagh farmer, 19.5k £92.50 (474), 21k £92 (438); Garvagh farmer, 23k £109 (474); Ballymoney farmer, 19.5k £92 (472), 15.5k £70 (452); Aghadowey farmer, 20k £94 (470); Finvoy farmer, 23k £107.50 (467); Garvagh farmer, 22k £102.50 (466), 22k £100.50 (457); Feeny farmer, 23k £107 (465); Coleraine farmer, 23.5k £109 (464); Coleraine farmer, 22.5k £104 (462); Macosquin farmer, 23.5k £108.50 (462); Ballymoney farmer, 21.5k £99 (461); Garvagh farmer, 19k £87.50 (461); Ballymoney farmer, 20k £92 (460), 23k £104.50 (454); Ballymena farmer, 22k £101 (459);Tobermore farmer, 22k £101 (459), 25k £114 (456); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £99.50 (452); Rasharkin farmer, 23k £104 (452); Swatragh farmer, 23k £104 (452), 22.5k £98.50 (438); Randalstown farmer, 19.5k £88 (451); Ballymoney farmer, 25k £112.50 (450); Claudy farmer, 20k £89.50 (448); Tobermore farmer, 21k £94 (448); Coleraine farmer, 24k £107 (446); Rasharkin farmer, 24k £107 (446) and Cookstown farmer, 25k £110.50 (442).

Fat ewes (110) on offer met a super trade for all types on offer including grazing types.

Good entry of ewes to £140.

More ewes needed.

A super entry of 80 dairy on Tuesday 4th October to a top price of £3900 for a calved heifer.

Portstewart farmer, batch of calved heifers to £3900, £3800, £3700, £3440, £3400, £3200, £3150, £2700, £2400; Ballyclare farmer, calved heifer to £2220, calved cow to £1980; Downpatrick farmer, calved heifer to £2200; Rasharkin farmer, in-calf heifers to £2000, £1940; Portglenone farmer, calved heifer to £1720; Kilrea farmer, batch of AI bred young heifers to £1300, £1260, £1200, £1120, £1100 and Coagh farmer, batch of bulling heifers to £1160, £1120, £1100.

More stock required weekly.

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

A super entry of 450 on Wednesday 5th October at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £1830 and heifers to £1790.

Fat cows and bulls to £1950.

Fat cows: 110 on offer, flying trade.

Finvoy farmer, 590k Belgian Blue £1350 (229); Crumlin farmer, 630k Limousin £1430 (227); Macosquin farmer, 490k Simmental £1030 (210); Limavady farmer, 950k Limousin £1930 (203); Portglenone farmer, 680k Sal £1370 (202); Garvagh farmer, 440k Limousin £880 (200); Garvagh farmer, 530k Charolais £1060 (200); Toomebridge farmer, 680k Aberdeen Angus £1340 (197), 700k £1320 (189), 720k £1280 (178); Rasharkin farmer, 760k Aberdeen Angus £1470 (193), 490k Holstein £900 (184); Garvagh farmer, 4450k Charolais £860 (191); Garvagh farmer, 750k Belgian Blue £1430 (191); Garvagh farmer, 1020k Aberdeen Angus £1950 (191); Portglenone farmer, 910k Sal £1740 (191); Ballymena farmer, 820k Limousin £1520 (185); Macosquin farmer, 680k Holstein £1240 (182); Feeny farmer, 640k Limousin £1160 (181); Antrim farmer, 600k Friesian £1080 (180), 610k £1080 (177); Bushmills farmer, 630k Limousin £1120 (178); Dunloy farmer, 640k Limousin £1140 (178), 680k Parthenais £1170 (172); Castlerock farmer, 660k Limousin £1160 (176) and Toomebridge farmer, 720k Simmental £1260 (175).

Suckler

Crumlin farmer, Limousin heifer with Limousin heifer calf at foot to £1860, Limousin heifer with Shorthorn bull calf at foot to £1490, Limousin heifer with Shorthorn beef heifer calf at foot to £1440 and Finvoy farmer, Limousin bull to £1500.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Toomebridge farmer, 350k Limousin £960 (274), 450k £1200 (267), 360k £920 (256), 380k £850 (224); Kilrea farmer, 590k Charolais £1540 (261), 580k £1500 (259), 610k £1530 (251), 530k £1330 (251), 580k £1310 (226); Coleraine farmer, 590k Limousin £1520 (258), 610k £1540 (253), 710k Charolais £1790 (252), 660k Limousin £1640 (249), 620k £1540 (248), 690k £1700 (246), 640k Belgian Blue £1420 (222); Garvagh farmer, 510k Charolais £1290 (253), 530k £1310 (247), 540k £1330 (246), 470k £1100 (234); Ahoghill farmer, 440k Limousin £1110 (252), 360k £800 (222), 380k Charolais £840 (221); Ballymoney farmer, 360k Limousin £900 (250), 370k £850 (230); Cullybackey farmer, 600k Simmental £1500 (250), 630k £1390 (221), 580k Charolais £1280 (221); Portglenone farmer, 490k Charolais £1210 (247), 510k £1200 (235), 500k £1160 (232); Rasharkin farmer, 490k Limousin £1200 (245), 500k £1130 (226), 490k £1080 (220); Limavady farmer, 490k Charolais £1180 (241), 460k £1090 (237), 500k £1140 (228), 480k £1080 (225); Ringsend farmer, 390k Limousin £940 (241), 330k £760 (230), 410k Charolais £930 (227), 430k £950 (221); Rasharkin farmer, 540k Limousin £1270 (235); Portglenone farmer, 490k Charolais £1150 (235), 390k Aberdeen Angus £880 (226); Portglenone farmer, 370k Limousin £860 (232); Macosquin farmer, 420k Limousin £970 (231), 490k £1110 (227); Kilrea farmer, 500k Limousin £1140 (228), 500k £1120 (224), 510k £1140 (224); Randalstown farmer, 430k Charolais £980 (228); Ballymoney farmer, 450k Sal £1020 (227), 510k Charolais £1140 (224), 450k Simmental £1000 (222); Ballymoney farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £1180 (227); Limavady farmer, 440k Aberdeen Angus £1000 (227); Garvagh farmer, 550k Charolais £1230 (224); Limavady farmer, 380k Limousin £850 (224); Rasharkin farmer, 510k Belgian Blue £1140 (224) and Portrush farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1050 (223).

Steers

Portglenone farmer, 460k Limousin £1190 (259), 440k £1120 (255), 460k Aberdeen Angus £1110 (241), 510k Charolais £1200 (235); Toomebridge farmer, 370k Limousin £950 (257), 440k £1090 (248); Kilrea farmer, 570k Limousin £1450 (254), 630k Charolais £1500 (238), 670k £1590 (237), 630k £1470 (233), 650k £1500 (231), 710k Simmental £1600 (225), 610k Charolais £1340 (220); Dunloy farmer, 280k Simmental £700 (250), 380k £840 (221); Limavady farmer, 650k Limousin £1620 (249), 750k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1830 (244), 610k £1480 (243), 730k Limousin £1770 (243), 730k £1760 (241), 690k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1660 (241), 730k £1740 (238), 710k £1680 (237), 750k £1770 (236), 670k £1570 (234), 760k £1780 (234), 710k Limousin £1660 (234), 670k £1520 (227), 730k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1660 (227), 760k £1720 (226); Kilrea farmer, 350k Limousin £840 (240); Ahoghill farmer, 330k Simmental £790 (239), 380k £840 (221); Kilrea farmer, 670k Aberdeen Angus £1590 (237), 620k Limousin £1450 (234), 700k Charolais £1600 (229),640k Aberdeen Angus £1440 (225), 650k £1460 (225), 660k Aberdeen Angus £1470 (223), 650k £1450 (223), 610k Simmental £1360 (223); Dunloy farmer, 540k Charolais £1270 (235), 560k Belgian Blue £1300 (232); Ballymoney farmer, 600k Limousin £1400 (233), 630k £1450 (230), 650k Belgian Blue £1460 (225); Rasharkin farmer, 540k Limousin £1260 (233), 510k £1180 (231), 570k £1290 (226); Draperstown farmer, 500k Simmental £1160 (232), 470k £1070 (228); Macosquin farmer, 440k Limousin £1000 (227); Ballymoney farmer, 380k Limousin £860 (226) and Coleraine farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1050 (223).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.