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

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

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.