Calved heifer sells to a top price of £2520 at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Calves

Bull calves

Claudy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1030, £960, £895; Bellaghy farmer, Belgian Blue £1025, Aberdeen Angus £890, Friesian £740; Claudy farmer, Charolais £925; Draperstown farmer, Charolais £925, Aberdeen Angus £750, £700; Mosside farmer, Aberdeen Angus £880, £760, £750, Hereford £710; Ahoghill farmer, Belgian Blue £830; Millisle farmer, Speckle Park £815, £800; Bellaghy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £795, £730, £585; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £795; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £740, Aberdeen Angus £680, £670, £470; Kilraughts farmer, Fleckvieh £715, £605, £535, £470, £465, £400; Portglenone farmer, Hereford £710; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £710; Stranocum farmer, Friesian £690; Cookstown farmer, Belgian Blue £680, £625, Limousin £570, Hereford £495, Belgian Blue £485; Bushmills farmer, Hereford £640, Belgian Blue £560, Hereford £475, Belgian Blue £450; Cookstown farmer, Hereford £640; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £630, £580, £515; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £600, £405; Coleraine farmer, Friesian £585, £510; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £580; Dervock farmer, Charolais £580, Belgian Blue £425, Aberdeen Angus £415; Ballywalter farmer, Aberdeen Angus £570, £530, Belgian Blue £455; Macosquin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £570, £410; Dunloy farmer, Belgian Blue £555; £495; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £550; Coleraine farmer, Limousin £525, £445, £420; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £525, Holstein £410; Aghadowey farmer, Hereford £515; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £510, £400; Rasharkin farmer, Friesian £510; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £505, £475, Aberdeen Angus £460; Stranocum farmer, Hereford £480, Aberdeen Angus £415; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £475, £405; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £465; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £460; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £460; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £455, Belgian Blue £440, Friesian £415; Glarryford farmer, Hereford £450; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £440; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £440, Belgian Blue £405; Bellaghy farmer, Friesian £440; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £440, Aberdeen Angus £425; Cookstown farmer, Friesian £440; Crumlin farmer, Hereford £430; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £425; Ballykelly farmer, Aberdeen Angus £420, £415; Maghera farmer, Holstein £405 and Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £405.

Heifer calves

Draperstown farmer, Charolais £1000, £890, Limousin £790; Ballymoney farmer, Charolais £990; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £980; Claudy farmer, Limousin £960; Finvoy farmer, Limousin £960. £800; Ballymoney farmer, Parthenais £945; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £910, Charolais £710, Aberdeen Angus £695; Bellaghy farmer, Belgian Blue £830; Portglenone farmer, Limousin £805; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £780; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £770, Fleckvieh £740; Mosside farmer, Hereford £755, Aberdeen Angus £600, Hereford £530; Millisle farmer, British Blue 695, £675, £545; Cookstown farmer, Belgian Blue £685, £595, Limousin £565, Belgian Blue £505; Stranocum farmer, Belted Galloway £600; Bellaghy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £590; Maghera farmer, Belgian Blue £590; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £590; Eglinton farmer, Aberdeen Angus £580, £475; Coleraine farmer, Limousin £570, £465, £415; Portglenone farmer, Limousin £565; Ballykelly farmer, Limousin £560, Aberdeen Angus £560, £490, Limousin £490, Aberdeen Angus £400; Donemana farmer, Simmental £560; Bushmills farmer, Belgian Blue £550; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £540; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £535; Stranocum farmer, Aberdeen Angus £510, £455; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £500; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £500, £490; Ballywalter farmer, Aberdeen Angus £490; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £490; Macosquin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £490, £420; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £485;

Dunloy farmer, Belgian Blue £470; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £455, Aberdeen Angus £435 and Dervock farmer, Charolais £455, Belgian Blue £410.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £415.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (105)

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 £1665 and 500 ppk.

A super entry of 1300 on Monday 3rd March at Kilrea Mart which met with a sharper trade throughout this week with quality lambs in demand.

Lambs to £6.87 per kg and to top of £166.50.

Fat ewes to £266.

Lambs

Draperstown farmer, 23k £158 (687); Ballymena farmer, 20k £136.50 (683); Swatragh farmer, 23.5k £160 (681); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £149.50 (680); Portglenone farmer, 24k £162.50 (677); Aghadowey farmer, 25k £166.50 (666); Toomebridge farmer, 25k £166.50 (666); Garvagh farmer, 18k £119 (661); Magherafelt farmer, 22k £145.50 (661); Kilrea farmer, 22k £144.50 (657); Draperstown farmer, 23k £151 (657); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £137 (652); Cookstown farmer, 23k £150 (652); Cushendall farmer, 23k £150 (652); Ballymena farmer, 24.5k £158.50 (647); Knockloughrim farmer, 24.5k £158.50 (647); Coleraine farmer, 24k £155 (646); Ballymoney farmer, 14k £90 (643); Cookstown farmer, 23.5k £150.50 (640) and Kilrea farmer, 22.5k £144 (640).

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

Good entry of ewes to £266.

More ewes needed.

Dairy report

A good entry of dairy on Tuesday 4th March to a top price of £2520 for a calved heifer.

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

Moneymore farmer, calved heifer to £2520; Limavady farmer, calved heifers to £2400, £2320, £2240 and Coleraine farmer, springing heifer to £2200, calved heifer to £2000.

More stock required weekly.

A super entry of 350 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 5th March at Kilrea Mart which met with an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £2370, heifers to £24900, fat cows and bulls to £2840.

Fat cows: 115 on offer, sharp trade.

Dungannon farmer, 510k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1920 (377), 530k £1670 (315); Cloughmills farmer, 580k Charolais £1940 (335); Cookstown farmer, 450k Charolais £1490 (331); Portglenone farmer, 310k Belgian Blue £1010 (326); Swatragh farmer, 680k Limousin £2200 (324); Antrim farmer, 460k Belgian Blue £1480 (322), 440k Limousin £1400 (318); Magherafelt farmer, 440k Charolais £1380 (314); Cookstown farmer, 720k Blonde d'Aquitaine £2240 (311) and Cookstown farmer, 700k Limousin £2170 (310).

Friesian cows to 300 ppk.

Suckler

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Poyntzpass farmer, 490k Limousin £2140 (437), 460k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1750 (380), 310k Limousin £1150 (371), 500k £1680 (336); Garvagh farmer, 600k Charolais £2490 (415), 540k Limousin £2140 (396), 630k Charolais £2440 (387), 540k £2080 (385), 590k £2140 (363); Cookstown farmer, 320k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1320 (413), 490k £2010 (410); Limavady farmer, 590k Limousin £2390 (405), 550k £1980 (360), 540k £1860 (344); Coleraine farmer, 600k Limousin £2430 (405); Dungiven farmer, 430k Charolais £1740 (405), 420k £1440 (343), 440k £1480 (336), 400k £1340 (335), 440k £1420 (323); Limavady farmer, 490k Charolais £1960 (400), 490k £1920 (392), 570k £2220 (390), 560k £1800 (327); Kilrea farmer, 510k Charolais £2040 (400), 540k £2080 (385), 500k £1900 (380), 530k Limousin £1860 (351); Limavady farmer, 400k Charolais £1600 (400), 480k £1730 (360); Dunloy farmer, 440k Charolais £1720 (391), 400k Limousin £1380 (345), 480k Charolais £1630 (340), 450k £1500 (333), 450k £1450 (322); Culnady farmer, 480k Charolais £1860 (388), 340k £1230 (362), 540k Stabiliser £1900 (352), 540k £1840 (341), 560k £1880 (336), 550k £1820 (331), 600k £1950 (325); Dungiven farmer, 450k Limousin £1700 (378), 480k £1760 (367); Garvagh farmer, 240k Belgian Blue £890 (371); Garvagh farmer, 480k Simmental £1770 (369); Claudy farmer, 300k Limousin £1100 (367), 240k Charolais £820 (342), 360k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1200 (333), 340k Charolais £1120 (329), 310k £1020 (329); Londonderry farmer, 330k Aberdeen Angus £1200 (364), 290k £1010 (348); Coleraine farmer, 430k Limousin £1560 (363), 470k Simmental £1620 (345); Aghadowey farmer, 540k Limousin £1940 (359); Kilrea farmer, 480k Belgian Blue £1720 (358); Maghera farmer, 530k Limousin £1880 (355); Crumlin farmer, 360k Belgian Blue £1270 (353); Pomeroy farmer, 420k Limousin £1470 (350); Portglenone farmer, 480k Aberdeen Angus £1680 (350), 500k £1650 (330), 480k £1540 (321); Toomebridge farmer, 340k Belgian Blue £1190 (350); Cullybackey farmer, 490k Charolais £1710 (349), 410k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1430 (349), 380k £1320 (347), 440k Limousin £1520 (346), 460k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1560 (339), 500k Limousin £1680 (336), 520k Charolais £1720 (331); Coleraine farmer, 490k Belgian Blue £1700 (347); Crumlin farmer, 340k Belgian Blue £1180 (347), 365k £1250 (343), 370k £1260 (341), 360k £1170 (325), 400k £1280 (320); Aghadowey farmer, 490k Limousin £1690 (345); Ballycastle farmer, 410k Aberdeen Angus £1410 (344); Portglenone farmer, 280k Belgian Blue £960 (343); Castlerock farmer, 260k Belgian Blue £890 (342), 340k Hereford £1090 (321); Bushmills farmer, 540k Belgian Blue £1820 (337), 520k Aberdeen Angus £1690 (325), 530k £1700 (321); Dunloy farmer, 440k Aberdeen Angus £1470 (334), 490k £1610 (329); Desertmartin farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £1720 (331); Antrim farmer, 460k Limousin £1520 (330); Kilrea farmer, 530k Charolais £1750 (330), 470k £1550 (330), 510k £1650 (324); Ballycastle farmer, 390k Aberdeen Angus £1280 (328), 480k £1560 (325), 400k £1280 (320); Antrim farmer, 500k Belgian Blue £1640 (328); Bellaghy farmer, 490k Belgian Blue £1600 (327); Londonderry farmer, 340k Belgian Blue £1110 (327); Limavady farmer, 380k Aberdeen Angus £1220 (321); Rasharkin farmer, 470k Simmental £1510 (321) and Desertmartin farmer, 540k Aberdeen Angus £1730 (320).

Steers

Macosquin farmer, 360k Charolais £1620 (450), 340k Aberdeen Angus £1500 (441), 380k Charolais £1630 (429), 360k £1530 (425), 420k £1690 (402); Dunloy farmer, 390k Charolais £1660 (426), 400k £1620 (405), 430k £1680 (391), 560k £2110 (377), 500k £1780 (356), 410k £1440 (351), 500k £1780 (356); Dungiven farmer, 310k Limousin £1340 (432); Limavady farmer, 400k Charolais £1670 (418), 420k £1750 (417), 430k £1730 (402), 420k £1650 (393), 500k £1830 (366); Poyntzpass farmer, 500k Limousin £2080 (416), 420k £1630 (388); Kilrea farmer, 540k Charolais £2180 (404), 570k Limousin £2250 (395), 600k £2280 (380), 590k Charolais £2180 (370); Portglenone farmer, 540k Belgian Blue £2160 (400), 520k £1940 (373); Portglenone farmer, 520k Limousin £2080 (400), 520k £2040 (392), 560k £2180 (389), 620k £2370 (382); Aghadowey farmer, 510k Limousin £2040 (400), 530k £1980 (374), 450k £1590 (353); Aghadowey farmer, 435k Belgian Blue £1710 (393), 460k 1660 (361); Londonderry farmer, 340k Aberdeen Angus £1330 (391), 350k £1290 (369); Dungiven farmer, 420k Charolais £1640 (391), 460k £1670 (363); Ballymoney farmer, 410k Simmental £1590 (388), 470k £1770 (377), 450k £1580 (351); Ballymoney farmer, 460k Limousin £1770 (385), 520k £1910 (367); Portglenone farmer, 430k Belgian Blue £1580 (367), 350k £1240 (354); Ballintoy farmer, 480k Aberdeen Angus £1740 (363), 420k £1490 (355) and Claudy farmer, 300k Hereford £1090 (363).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.