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

Continental calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

P McCracken, Cookstown, Limousin £472; R Foster, Ballymoney, Hereford £430, £325; W Hood, Ballymena, Belgian Blue £420; T McNeill, Aghadowey, Fleckieh £402, £382; J Close, Rasharkin, Aberdeen Angus £395; D Stevens, Garvagh, Hereford £385, £360; M and H Gilmour, Ballymoney, Aberdeen Angus £375, £310; E Doherty, Glarryford, Aberdeen Angus £345; W Andrew, Ballyclare, Limousin £330; R Gillespie, Ahoghill, Belgian Blue £327, Hereford £282, Aberdeen Angus £266, £235, £205; A Wallace, Toomebridge, Friesian £325; J Oliver, Limavady, Aberdeen Angus £320, £258, £215; Drumabest Farms, Ballymoney, Belgian Blue £308, Hereford £290; I Small, Ahoghill, Aberdeen Angus £302; S Dobbin, Bushmills, Shorthorn £288; R Ramsey, Magherafelt, Friesian £286; M Cochrane, Aberdeen Angus £272; J Cassley, Armoy, Holstein £262, £248; M Nicholl, Limavady, Fleckieh £262; H and J Campbell, Ballymoney, Hereford £240; T and J Mackey, Ballyclare, Limousin £240; W Campbell, Magherafelt, Limousin £235; D and J McKinney, Maghera, Aberdeen Angus £232; Magherafelt farmer, Fleckieh £225; H Snodgrass, Drumahoe, Aberdeen Angus £218 and J Blair, Coleraine, Aberdeen Angus £206.

Heifer calves: P McCracken, Cookstown, Charolais £400; W Hood, Ballymena, Belgian Blue £375; S Dobbin, Bushmills, Hereford £330, SH £255; J Oliver, Limavady, Aberdeen Angus £300, £246; M Cochrane, Mosside, Aberdeen Angus £295, £220, £200; Glarryford farmer, Limousin £295; R Ramsey, Magherafelt, Limousin £286; J Close, Rasharkin, Aberdeen Angus £282, Hereford £270; J McAllister, Maghera, Gal £245; H Snodgrass, Drumahoe, Aberdeen Angus £243; M Nicholl, Limavady, Belgian Blue £242; W Andrews, Ballyclare, Limousin £235; R Gillespie, Ahoghill, Aberdeen Angus £235; Drumabest Farms, Hereford £215 and W and I Whiteside, Limavady, Belgian Blue £200.

Friesian calves

Super trade met with more required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £325.

Good demand for thick types.

Weanlings/suckler calves

135 on offer with more required to satisfy demand.

Being offered for sale at approximately 12.30pm weekly.

Weanlings to a top of £790 and 329ppk.

Continental and Friesian lumps a super trade.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

Monday, February 10, 2020: A good entry of 360 lambs met a sound trade.

More sheep needed every week.

Lambs selling to £103.00 and to 4.24 per kg.

Lambs

A Cooper, Garvagh, 17k £72 (424); M Stewart, Portglenone, 24k £99.50 (415), 24.5k £100 (408); Macosquin farmer, 23k £95 (413); K Mullan, Garvagh, 23k £95 (413); R Paul, Maghera, 23k £94.50 (411); J Christie, Ballymoney, 22k £90 (409); Claudy farmer, 23k £93.50 (407); B McAuley, Bushmills, 24k £97.50 (406); A McIlroy, Aghadowey, 24.5k £99 (404) and J Pinkerton, Rasharkin, 24k £97 (404).

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

Ewes to £107.

Brisk demand for all types on offer.

Tuesday, February 11, 2020: A small entry of dairy stock met a steady trade with calved heifers to a top of £1650.

More stock required weekly.

W Millar (Jnr), Coleraine, calved heifers to £1650, £1600, £1400 and springer to £1650.

Wednesday, February 12, 2020: A good entry of 230 fat cow, suckler and store cattle at Kilrea met a sharp trade with quality stores in demand.

Steers sold to £1505, heifers sold to £1245 and fat cows sold to £1150.

Fat cows: (40) (Flying trade - more required)

D McKee, Randalstown, 530k Friesian £830 (157), 820k £960 (117); Kilrea farmer, 740k Simmental £1150 (155), 800k Aberdeen Angus £1030 (129); D McKay, Ballymena, 640k Shorthorn £960 (150); J Morrison, Kilrea, 650k Hereford £940 (145); A Patterson, Ballymoney, 650k Simmental £940 (145), 670k Aberdeen Angus £870 (130); S Hill, Ballycastle, 570k Limousin £820 (144), 790k £1135 (144), 720k Parthenais £990 (138); W and A Houston, Glarryford, 590k Friesian £840 (142); M McLeister, Portglenone, 740k Fleckieh £1030 (139), 560k £655 (117); R Shiels, Garvagh, 590k Hereford £770 (131), 650k Friesian £695 (107); R Baxter, Portglenone, 750k Aberdeen Angus £975 (130); B Madden, Maghera, 610k Friesian £780 (128), 520k £640 (123); C Mooney, Rasharkin, 740k Friesian £895 (121); Grange Farms, Castlerock, 410k Holstein £470 (115) and R Lennox, Magherafelt, 620k Friesian £700 (113).

Suckler stock: Quality lots required.

B Mullan, Garvagh, Limousin bulls to £1900.

Heifers: J Keatley, Magherafelt, 360k Limousin £1050 (292), 280k £700 (250), 360k £750 (208); C McIntyre, Macosquin, 250k Charolais £630 (252); Kilrea farmer, 310k Charolais £720 (232), 360k £730 (203); D Arrell, Bellaghy, 510k Charolais £1095 (215), 370k £740 (200); J Christie, Ballymoney, 480k Limousin £980 (204); B McFetridge, Garvagh, 580k Charolais £1185 (204), 520k Limousin £1030 (198), 600k Charolais £1180 (197), 560k £1100 (196); G Boyce, Garvagh, 580k Limousin £1140 (197), 590k £1160 (197); Cookstown farmer, 380k Charolais £750 (197) and Toomebridge farmer, 490k Charolais £955 (195).

Steers: D Arrell, Bellaghy, 310k Charolais £745 (240); R and S McCahon, Aghadowey, 360k Belgian Blue £860 (239), 340k £725 (213), 310k £660 (213), 340k £700 (206), 440k £880 (200); TS Moon, Kilrea, 380k Limousin £840 (221), 390k £800 (205); J Hamilton and Son, Kells, 430k Limousin £920 (214), 420k £885 (211), 520k £1060 (204), 520k £1050 (202), 490k £980 (200); L Blair, Limavady, 490k Charolais £1045 (213), 540k £1135 (210), 580k £1170 (202), 580k £1140 (197), 620k £1220 (197); T Martin, Dunloy, 550k Charolais £1170 (213), 580k £1195 (206), 590k £1200 (203), 570k £1155 (203), 580k £1170 (202), 550k £1100 (200), 570k £1135 (199), 700k £1375 (196); P Diamond, Kilrea, 490k Simmental £1020 (208), 550k Aberdeen Angus £1095 (199), 520k Charolais £1020 (196), 510k Aberdeen Angus £995 (195); Kilrea farmer, 590k Limousin £1210 (205), 570k Charolais £1130 (198), 590k Aberdeen Angus £1160 (197); Toomebridge farmer, 500k Charolais £1020 (204) and P Martin, Dunloy, 560k Charolais £1120 (200), 590k £1175 (199), 600k £1185 (198), 510k Limousin £1005 (197).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.