Calved heifers sell to a top of £1650 at Kilrea Mart

Continental calves required to satisfy demand,

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves: Dungiven farmer, Charolais £480, £445; R Boyd, Garvagh, Aberdeen Angus £372, £285; Kilrea farmer, Limousin £370; GW and D Millen, Aghadowey, Hereford £355; AP Redmond, Portavogie, Hereford £355, £335, Belgian Blue £320, Aberdeen Angus £312, Hereford £287, £270; J Dickson, Armoy, Aberdeen Angus £342; J Thompson, Drumahoe, Charolais £342; J Rainey, Ahoghill, Aberdeen Angus £332, Charolais £300, Aberdeen Angus £282; J McCrea, Donemana, Charolais £322, £302, £300, £288, Belgian Blue £285, Charolais £282, Belgian Blue £278, Charolais £262; WK Shiels, Maghera, Aberdeen Angus £315; S Clarke, Maghera, Shorthorn £300, £275; A Gaston, Glarryford, Friesian £285; R Bell, Portglenone, Aberdeen Angus £245, £220, £212; W Hood, Ballymena, Montbeliarde £245; A Hemphill, Armoy, Belgian Blue £240, £220, £200 and Kilrea farmer, Hereford £212.

Heifer calves: Dungiven farmer, Charolais £400; J Dickson, Armoy, Belgian Blue £385, Simmental £320, Aberdeen Angus £265; R Boyd, Garvagh, Hereford £340, £340, Aberdeen Angus £260, £245; W Hood, Ballymena, Belgian Blue £315; J Rainey, Ahoghill, Aberdeen Angus £262; J McCrea, Donemana, Charolais £252, £250, £242; R Gault, Limavady, Aberdeen Angus £245; WK Shiels, Maghera, Aberdeen Angus £242; AP Redmond, Portavogie, Hereford £228, £205; B McCollum, Cloughmills, Hereford £222 and N and C Smyth, Ballymena, Simmental £210.

Friesian calves: Super trade met with more required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £285. Good demand for thick types.

Weanlings/suckler calves

120 on offer with more required to satisfy demand.

Being offered for sale at approximately 12.30pm weekly.

Claudy farmer, 250k Charolais £652 (261), 270k Limousin £640 (237); Larne farmer, 250k Simmental £615 (246)270k £650 (241), 280k £645 (230); T McNeilly, Toomebridge, 190k Aberdeen Angus £468 (246); SJ Wilson, Dungiven, 280k Limousin £690 (246), 280k £680 (243), 270k £655 (243), 290k £675 (233); Holme Farm Ltd, Coleraine, 160k Hereford £392 (245), 200k Hereford heifer £474 (237); A Dougherty, Castlerock, 290k Limousin £680 (235), 300k £700 (233); 320k £735 (230) and Cookstown farmer, 190k Belgian Blue £445 (234).

Continental and Friesian lumps a super trade. Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

Monday, March 9, 2020: A small entry of 300 lambs met a sound trade with fewer quality lambs on offer. More sheep needed every week.

Lambs sold to £105.00 and to 4.47per kg.

Lambs: S Hanna, Cloughmills, 19k £85 (447); W and P McCallion, Portglenone, 20k £85.20 (426); E McErlean, Portglenone, 24.5k £103 (420) and Macosquin farmer, 22k £92 (418).

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

Ewes sold to £140.

Brisk demand for all types on offer.

Tuesday, March 10, 2020: A good entry of 22 dairy stockmet a steady trade with calved heifers sold to a top of £1650.

Maiden heifers to a top of £820.

More stock required weekly.

Wednesday, March 11, 2020: A super entry of 380 fat cow, suckler and store cattle stock at Kilrea met a sharp trade with quality stores in demand.

Steers sold to £1255, heifers sold to £1400 and fat cows sold to £1400.

Fat cows: (80) (Flying trade - more required)

M Moore, Eglinton, 800k Limousin £1400 (175), 950k £1320 (139); Drumahoe farmer, 510k Limousin £850 (167); L Conn, Limavady, 610k Limousin £1000 (164), 670k Shorthorn £990 (148), 580k Shorthorn £780 (135);W Hanna, Rasharkin, 530k Limousin £865 (163); J and S Rafferty, Garvagh, 710k Limousin £1115 (157); P Faulkner, Ringsend, 550k Belgian Blue £820 (149); E Garvin, Garvagh, 770k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (140), 590k £740 (125); D Dunlop, Glarryford, 770k Fleckvieh £1050 (136), 730k £990 (136), 730k £970 (133), 640k £850 (133), 670k £835 (125); T Nelson, Cookstown, 630k Blonde d'Aquitaine £850 (135), 480k Belgian Blue £600 (125); J Irwin, Ballymoney, 600k Charolais £800 (133), 670k Aberdeen Angus £880 (131), 570k Hereford £130); S Mullan, Drumsurn, 680k Charolais £900 (132), 630k Simmental £800 (127); T Martin, Dunloy, 610k Limousin £800 (131); Drumabest Farms, Ballymoney, 800k Holstein £1025 (128), 880k £1090 (124), 690k £850 (123), 830k £1020 (123); Drumahoe farmer, 550k Limousin £700 (127); T Junkin, Bellaghy, 640k Friesian £820 (128); C Crawford, Clough, 680k Swiss Brown £850 (125), 640k £800 (125); D and G McVicker, Ballymoney, 670k Friesian £840 (125), 620k £715 (115); J Doherty, Maghera, 640k Limousin £770 (120); S Walls, Magherafelt, 650k Shorthorn £780 (120); Henry Farms, Armoy, 740k Fleckvieh £880 (119); W Wylie, Dunloy, 680k Fleckvieh £800 (118); R Brown, Coagh, 730k Friesian £855 (117); L Morrison, Ballymoney, 670k Holstein £775 (116), 740k £850 (115); 710k £800 (113); W Moore, Macosquin, 610k Aberdeen Angus £700 (115) and A Scott, Bendooragh, 680k Friesian £785 (115).

Suckler stock: Quality lots required.

W Rogers, Portglenone, Parthenais springing cows sold to £1160 and £1140.

Heifers: R Ewing, Knockloughrim, 180k Simmental £470 (261), 280k £610 (218); S McDonald, Portglenone, 540k Belgian Blue £1400 (259); 570k £1190 (209), 580k £1205 (208), 520k £1075 (207); R McGinley, Ballymoney, 520k Charolais £1245 (239); A Dougherty, Castlerock,330k Charolais £770 (233), 330k Limousin £770 (233); D Taylor, Macosquin, 320k Charolais £745 (233), 330k £680 (206), 3340k Limousin £680 (200), 350k Charolais £695 (199), 410k £800 (195), 370k £720 (195); Drumahoe farmer, 400k Limousin £900 (225), 420k £885 (211), 330k £690 (209); N McErlean, Portglenone, 590k Limousin £1180 (200), 550k £1100 (200), 580k £1150 (198), 620k £1215 (196); P Dougherty, Castlerock, 340k Charolais £745 (219), 370k £800 (216); Antrim farmer, 450k Limousin £980 (218), 420k £890 (212), 530k £1090 (206); T Martin, Dunloy, 390k Charolais £845 (217), 360k £780 (217), 430k £905 (211), 320k £670 (209), 470k £965 (205), 460k £940 (204), 450k £900 (200), 470k Limousin £920 (196); Coleraine farmer, 310k Limousin £670 (216), 340k Charolais £665 (196); H Clarke, Upperlands, 510k Limousin £1080 (212); M O’Neill, Maghera, 500k Limousin £1055 (211), 540k £1110 (206), 490k £980 (200), 450k £900 (200); R Bell, Portglenone, 440k Limousin £905 (206); J Caskey, Kilrea, 520k Limousin £1060 (204), 530k Charolais £1065 (201); R Darragh, Ballymoney, 420k Charolais £840 (200); Randalstown farmer, 400k Charolais £800 (200); W McCurdy, Ballymoney, 410k Limousin £815 (199); G Rainey, Maghera, 470k Limousin £930 (198); M Sherrard, Ballykelly, 470k Belgian Blue £930 (198); J and S Pollock, Coleraine, 580k Limousin £1140 (197) and Ballymena farmer, 390k Limousin £760 (195).

Steers: S Carmichael, Dungiven, 330k Limousin £790 (239), 330k Saler £765 (232), 340k Limousin £790 (232), 340k Saler £760 (224), 360k Limousin £800 (222), 320k £710 (222), 320k Saler £705 (220), 390k £850 (218), 340k Limousin £735 (216), 340k £730 (215), 340k Shorthorn beef £690 (203); D Taylor, Macosquin, 330k Charolais £790 (239), 360k £805 (224), 380k £795 (209), 390k £790 (203), 400k £810 (203); R Ewing, Knockloughrim, 340k Charolais £730 (215); Ringsend farmer, 520k Limousin £1100 (212), 550k £1135 (206), 430k £880 (205), 440k £890 (202); A Parkhill, Ballymoney, 260k Charolais £550 (212), 260k Limousin £550 (212); T Scott, Swatragh, 390k Limousin £805 (206), 420k £850 (202); Dungiven farmer, 510k Limousin £1025 (201), 540k Charolais £1060 (196); D Harbinson, Limavady, 560k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1125 (201); Bushmills farmer, 570k Aberdeen Angus £1130 (198), 540k Limousin £1060 (196), 550k Charolais £1070 (195); C O’Boyle, Portglenone, 530k Limousin £1050 (198), 530k £1035 (195); M Graham, Castlerock, 380k Blonde d'Aquitaine £740 (195) and J and P McAuley, Ballymoney, 510k Aberdeen Angus £995 (195).

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

Auctioneer: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.