Calved heifer sells to a top price of £2200 at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Garvagh farmer, Charolais £590; Drumahoe farmer, Limousin £550, Stabiliser £550, £540, £495, Limousin £310; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £540, £515, Aberdeen Angus £380, £245; Moneymore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £520, £445; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £500, £435, £420; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £500; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £495, £370; Larne farmer, Simmental £460, Stabiliser £330; Rasharkin farmer, Simmental £430, £290; Armoy farmer, Belgian Blue £385, Hereford £340, Aberdeen Angus £270, £240; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £350, Aberdeen Angus £320; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £340, £330, Aberdeen Angus £230; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £335; Glarryford farmer, Belgian Blue £330; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £325, Belgian Blue £280; Cookstown farmer, Hereford £320;Stewartstown farmer, Belgian Blue £315; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £310; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £305, £205; Kilrea farmer, Aubrac £305, Aberdeen Angus £215; Moneymore farmer, Fleckvieh £300, £240; Crumlin farmer, Hereford £290; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £275, £260; Portglenone farmer, Simmental £265; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £250, £235; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230, Limousin £210; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £225, £205; Desertmartin farmer, Fleckvieh £220, £215; Ballywalter farmer, Holstein £215 and Glarryford farmer, Hereford £200.

Heifer calves

Claudy farmer, Limousin £525, Simmental £465; Moneymore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £495, £330; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £490, Fleckvieh £360, £350; Drumahoe farmer, Charolais £450, Limousin £390; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £430; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345; Upperlands farmer, Limousin £340; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £335, £330, £270; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £325, £240, Belgian Blue £220; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin£290; Stewartstown farmer, Belgian Blue £290; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £285, £210; Artigarvan farmer, Simmental £280; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280; Portglenone farmer, Simmental £280; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £275, Hereford £270; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £265; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £260; Drumahoe farmer, Belgian Blue £250; Rasharkin farmer, Simmental £250; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £245, £200; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £235; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230 and Nutt's Corner farmer, Aberdeen Angus £215.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £215.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (60)

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 £1145 and 362 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 1000 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 18th December met a stronger trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £5.15 per kg and to top of £136.

Fat ewes to £200.

Lambs

Ballymoney farmer, 23k £118.50 (515); Aghadowey farmer, 22.5k £114.50 (509), 24k £122 (508); Portglenone farmer, 22.5k £114.50 (509); Limavady farmer, 22k £111.50 (507); Kilrea farmer, 21.5k £108.50 (505); Ballyclare farmer, 23k £116 (504); Macosquin farmer, 22.5k £113 (502); Cullybackey farmer, 18.5k £92.50 (500);

Kilrea farmer, 23k £114.50 (498), 25k £122 (488); Coleraine farmer, 22.5k £111.50 (496); Coleraine farmer, 23.5k £116.50 (496); Garvagh farmer, 22k £109 (496); Loughgiel farmer, 22.5k £111.50 (496); Maghera farmer, 24k £119 (496); Ballymoney farmer, 21.5k £106.50 (495); Castledawson farmer, 19k £94 (495); Coleraine farmer, 24k £118 (492), 22.5k £109.50 (487); Feeny farmer, 23k £113 (491); Aghadowey farmer, 23.5k £115 (489); Cookstown farmer, 26k £127 (489); Ballymoney farmer, 21.5k £105 (488); Maghera farmer, 21.5k £105 (488); Aghadowey farmer, 23.5k £114.50 (487) and Ballymoney farmer, 22.5k £109.50 (487).

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

Good entry of ewes to £200.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of 40 dairy on Tuesday 19th December to a top price of £2200 for a calved heifer.

Lots of buyers in attendance looking all types of dairy stock.

Ballymoney farmer, calved heifer to £2200, second calver to £2060; Coleraine farmer, calved heifers to £2160, £1620; Coleraine farmer, calved heifers to £1860, £1780, £1660; Ballyclare farmer, second calver to £1800, calved heifer to £1740 and Dungannon farmer, calved heifer to £1680.

More stock required weekly.

A good entry of 180 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 20th December at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £1440, heifers to £1360 and fat cows and bulls to £2230.

Fat cows: 70 on offer, sharp trade.

Dungiven farmer, 910k Limousin £2230 (245); Randalstown farmer, 510k Friesian £1120 (220), 700k Aberdeen Angus £1250 (179), 610k Friesian £1040 (171); Kilrea farmer, 810k Friesian £1710 (211), 450k £810 (180), 430k Shorthorn £750 (174), 600k Limousin £900 (150); Garvagh farmer, 530k Limousin £1090 (206), 610k £1240 (203); Rasharkin farmer, 460k Limousin £890 (194); Kilrea farmer, 540k Limousin £1040 (193), 500k Aberdeen Angus £880 (176), 530k Limousin £800 (151); Ballymoney farmer, 620k Limousin £1180 (190); Maghera farmer, 640k Aberdeen Angus £1190 (186); Rasharkin farmer, 680k Simmental £1250 (184), 670k £1120 (167); Ballymena farmer, 530k Limousin £940 (177); Bushmills farmer, 670k Simmental £1130 (169), 660k £1040 (158); Swatragh farmer, 640k Limousin £1080 (169); Ballymoney farmer, 680k Limousin £1140 (168); Ballymoney farmer, 680k Holstein £1110 (163), 430k Fleckvieh £660 (154); Ballymoney farmer, 720k Fleckvieh £1160 (161); Portglenone farmer, 730k Fleckvieh £1170 (160), 720k £1110 (154), 660k Friesian £990 (150); Limavady farmer, 320k Friesian £500 (156) and Coleraine farmer, 490k Friesian £740 (151).

Suckler

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Londonderry farmer, 390k Limousin £1140 (292), 500k £1270 (254); Limavady farmer, 540k Simmental £1360 (252), 500k Aberdeen Angus £1220 (244); Limavady farmer, 480k Hereford £1190 (248), 490k £1180 (241), 490k £1150 (235), 470k £1090 (232), 520k £1170 (225); Stranocum farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1340 (244), 560k £1260 (225), 440k £950 (216), 520k Holstein £1030 (198); Moneymore farmer, 470k Simmental £1120 (238), 450k Hereford £950 (211); Dervock farmer, 480k Stabiliser £1090 (227), 490k £1050 (214) and Ballymoney farmer, 360k Aberdeen Angus £760 (211), 420k £870 (207), 370k Hereford £760 (205) and 380k Aberdeen Angus £770 (203).

Steers

Limavady farmer, 440k Aberdeen Angus £1360 (309), 460k £1390 (302), 470k £1400 (298), 470k £1360 (289), 500k £1440 (288), 490k £1400 (286), 460k £1280 (278), 470k £1300 (277), 460k £1270 (276), 430k £1150 (267); Stranocum farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1290 (275), 470k £1210 (257), 530k £1330 (251), 550k £1370 (249), 510k £1190 (233), 520k £1180 (227), 530k £1190 (225), 470k £1050 (223); Dervock farmer, 420k Limousin £1110 (264), 550k £1420 (258); Moneymore farmer, 360k Limousin £920 (256), 390k £1000 (256), 360k £840 (233); Ballymoney farmer, 530k Aberdeen Angus £1350 (255), 430k £1060 (247), 445k £1040 (234), 450k £990 (220), 560k £1170 (209); Ballymoney farmer, 510k Limousin £1290 (253), 460k £1150 (250), 440k £1090 (248), 470k £1100 (234); Toomebridge farmer, 610k Aberdeen Angus £1400 (230), 560k £1260 (225), 530k £1160 (219) and Dervock farmer, 570k Hereford £1290 (226).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.