Calved heifers selling to a top price of £2000 at Kilrea

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A good entry of 260 calves and weanlings on Thursday 8th December met an outstanding trade for all types on offer.

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

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Bull calves

Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £590; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £520, £400, Belgian Blue £395; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £495, £435, Simmental £420, Aberdeen Angus £420, Belgian Blue £425, Aberdeen Angus £395, Belgian Blue £39, Aberdeen Angus £385; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £460, £380, £355, £285; Eglinton farmer, Charolais £450; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £390; Draperstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £385, £225; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £380, Belted Galloway £360, £315; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £370; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360, Belgian Blue £345, £305, Aberdeen Angus £245; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £350; Bushmills farmer, Shorthorn £340; Moneymore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £340; Stranocum farmer, Aberdeen Angus £335; Toomebridge farmer, Belgian Blue £335; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £320; Dunloy farmer, Hereford £310; Antrim farmer, Belgian Blue £260, Aberdeen Angus £230; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £260, £240, Holstein £205 and Castlerock farmer, Speckled Park £215.

Heifer calves

Eglinton farmer, Simmental £500, Charolais £460, £440; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £410; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £405, Aberdeen Angus £390, £360; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £370, Hereford £350, Aberdeen Angus £325; Armoy farmer, Belgian Blue £345, £335; Bushmills farmer, Shorthorn £325; Stranocum farmer, Aberdeen Angus £315, £235; Toomebridge farmer, Belgian Blue £300, £265; Kilrea farmer, Belgian Blue £290; Ballyclare farmer, Belgian Blue £275, Hereford £225 and Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £210.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £205.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (40)

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 a top of £880 and 293 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 800 on Monday 12th December met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £5.00 per kg and to a top of £124.

Fat ewes to £130.

Rams to £136.

Lambs (740)

Aghadowey farmer, 21k £105 (500); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £105 (500), 20.5k £100 (488); Aghadowey farmer, 22k £109.50 (498), 22.5k £110 (489); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £109 (496); Garvagh farmer, 19k £94 (495); Macosquin farmer, 23k £113.50 (494); Garvagh farmer, 22k £108.50 (493); Draperstown farmer, 19.5k £96 (492), 17.5k £86 (491); Portglenone farmer, 19.5k £96 (492); Kilrea farmer, 19.5k £95.50 (490); Coleraine farmer, 23.5k £115 (489); Garvagh farmer, 23.5k £115 (489); Coleraine farmer, 21.5k £105 (488); Limavady farmer, 21k £102 (486); Rasharkin farmer, 21k £102 (486); Kilrea farmer, 23k £111.50 (485), 23k £110 (478), 23k £108.50 (472); Portglenone farmer, 23k £111.50 (485); Aghadowey farmer, 22k £106.50 (484); Maghera farmer, 22.5k £109 (484); Aghadowey farmer, 24k £116 (483); Kilrea farmer, 20.5k £99 (483); Kilrea farmer, 23.5k £113.50 (483), 24.5k £116 (473); Ballymoney farmer, 22.5k £108.50 (482); Coleraine farmer, 21k £101 (481); Kilrea farmer, 20.5k £98.50 (481), 22k £105 (477); Limavady farmer, 23.5k £113 (481); Garvagh farmer, 21k £100.50 (479); Coleraine farmer, 22.5k £107.50 (478); Portglenone farmer, 20k £95.50 (478); Ballymoney farmer, 22.5k £107 (476); Claudy farmer, 24.5k £116.50 (476) and Coleraine farmer, 22.5k £106 (471).

Fat ewes (60) on offer met a super trade for all types on offer including grazing types.

Good entry of ewes to £130.

Batch of springing ewes to £180.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of dairy on Tuesday 13th December to a top price of £2000 or a calved heifer.

Desertmartin farmer, calved heifers to £2000, £1900; Limavady farmer, calved heifer to £1900; Cookstown farmer, second calver to £1800; Coleraine farmer, springing heifers to £1760, £1720 and Coleraine farmer, calved heifer to £1640.

More stock required weekly.

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

A good entry of 130 on Wednesday 14th December at Kilrea, met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers sold to £1300 and heifers to £1330.

Fat cows and bulls to £1740.

Fat cows: 65 on offer, flying trade.

Randalstown farmer, 680k Limousin £1660 (244); Desertmartin farmer, 590k Friesian £1300 (220), 620k £980 (158); Dungiven farmer, 690k Charolais £1450 (210), 680k Simmental £1410 (207), 810k £1660 (205), 590k Limousin £1090 (185), 950k Aberdeen Angus £1740 (183), 590k Limousin £1030 (175), 630k Hereford £1090 (173), 770k Charolais £1290 (168), 610k Hereford £990 (162), 650k Belgian Blue £1040 (160); Macosquin farmer, 810k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1480 (183); Garvagh farmer, 630k Aberdeen Angus £1110 (176); Garvagh farmer, 620k Aberdeen Angus £1040 (168), 760k Hereford £1050 (138); Randalstown farmer, 780k Friesian £1280 (164); Ballymoney farmer, 730k Holstein £1180 (162), 760k £1170 (154); Glarryford farmer, 470k Friesian £750 (160), 690k £1100 (159), 550k £860 (156); Kilrea farmer, 510k Shorthorn £800 (157), 550k £840 (153); Garvagh farmer, 450k Aberdeen Angus £700 (156); Garvagh farmer, 650k Limousin £1000 (154), 600k £850 (142); Antrim farmer, 550k Friesian £830 (151), 550k £800 (146), 690k £960 (139); Aghadowey farmer, 760k Holstein £1140 (150), 720k £1000 (139); Ballymoney farmer, 630k Holstein £940 (149); Limavady farmer, 650k Holstein £970 (149); Magherafelt farmer, 550k Ayrshire £800 (146); Bushmills farmer, 530k Limousin £770 (145) and Garvagh farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £750 (144), 430k Belgian Blue £600 (140).

Suckler

All types of suckler stock required.

Garvagh farmer, Limousin bull to £2160; Ahoghill farmer, Hereford heifer with Limousin bull calf at foot to £1710.

Heifers

Knockloughrim farmer, 410k Charolais £1050 (256), 470k £1180 (251), 450k Limousin £1100 (244), 450k £1090 (242), 500k Charolais £1200 (240), 480k Limousin £1140 (238), 490k Charolais £1160 (237), 460k Limousin £1080 (235), 460k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (235), 430k Charolais £960 (223); Templepatrick farmer, 480k Limousin £1130 (235), 460k Aberdeen Angus £1050 (228), 410k £930 (227), 440k £970 (221); Moneymore farmer, 440k Belgian Blue £1010 (230); Claudy farmer, 390k Limousin £870 (223), 450k Belgian Blue £1040 (231); Garvagh farmer, 560k Simmental £1330 (238), 360k £770 (214); Coagh farmer, 490k Aberdeen Angus £1110 (227), 410k Limousin £910 (222), 420k Aberdeen Angus £890 (212), 430k £890 (207) and Stranocum farmer, 460k Hereford £990 (215).

Steers

Kilrea farmer, 410k Charolais £1100 (268), 490k £1300 (265), 490k Hereford £1190 (243), 510k £1090 (214); Templepatrick farmer, 440k Limousin £1140 (259), 500k £1240 (248), 510k £1230 (241), 420k £990 (236), 460k £1080 (235), 440k £1030 (234); Upperlands farmer, 420k Limousin £1080 (257), 430k £930 (216); Stranocum farmer, 430k Limousin £1050 (244), 370k Simmental £770 (208); Garvagh farmer, 260k Limousin £600 (231) and Macosquin farmer, 460k Aberdeen Angus £1040 (226).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.