Calved heifers selling to a top price of £2100 at Kilrea Mart

Continental calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £570; B McAteer, Limavady, Belgian Blue £540, £532, £500, £370; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £450, Hereford £385, Aberdeen Angus £360, Charolais £225; S Kirkpatrick, Ballymoney, Belgian Blue £420, £368, £305; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £397, £360; J Borland, Bushmills, Limousin £382, £310, £215; D McKee, Randalstown, Aberdeen Angus £380, Montbeliarde £308; J Holmes, Garvagh, Fleckvieh £372, £332; Ballymena farmer, Shorthorn beef £370; S and P McNaughton, Ballymena, Aberdeen Angus £342; W Lyons, Ballymoney, Belgian Blue £338, £335; D Gordon, Kilrea, Belgian Blue £327; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £320; N McNaugher, Aghadowey, Belgian Blue £320, Hereford £212; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £305, Fleckvieh £270; R Kerr, Portglenone, Shorthorn beef £292, Norweigan Red £236; W Alcorn, Limavady, Aberdeen Angus £290; N Allen, Ballymena, Aberdeen Angus £280, £247; A and R Crawford, Ballymoney, Belgian Blue £275; J Knox and Sons, Aghadowey, Hereford £265, Belgian Blue £250, Aberdeen Angus £222; A Wallace, Tobermore, Holstein £255; R and A Boyce, Garvagh, Holstein £242; R Gillespie, Ahoghill, Aberdeen Angus £230, Limousin £205, Hereford £205; J Oliver, Limavady, Aberdeen Angus £205; A Scott, Ballymoney, Limousin £205; J Kirk, Clough, Limousin £200; W Mackey, Antrim, Aberdeen Angus £200 and E Tosh, Castlerock, Fleckvieh £200.

Heifer calves

B McAteer, Limavady, Belgian Blue £480, £475, £450, £415, £350; S Kirkpatrick, Ballymoney, Belgian Blue £402, £325; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £350, £205; D McKee, Randalstown, Belgian Blue £345, Aberdeen Angus £320, £270; W Mackey, Antrim, Limousin £330, Aberdeen Angus £225; J Borland, Bushmills, Limousin £327; S and P McNaughton, Ballymena, Aberdeen Angus £322; R and A Boyce, Garvagh, Aberdeen Angus £318, £222; W Lyons, Ballymoney, Belgian Blue £250; A and R Crawford, Ballymoney, Belgian Blue £240; A Hemphill, Armoy, Belgian Blue £212 and D Gordon, Kilrea, Aberdeen Angus £202, £200.

Friesian calves

Super trade met with more required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £255.

Good demand for thick types.

Weanlings/suckler calves

90 on offer with more required to satisfy demand.

Being offered for sale at approximately 12.30pm weekly.

Weanlings to a top of £1100 and 289 ppk

Continental and Friesian lumps a super trade.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

Monday, February 17, 2020: A good entry of lambs met a sound trade.

More sheep needed every week.

Lambs sold to £113.50 and to 4.54 per kg.

Lambs

I Purcell, 23k £104.50 (454), 26.5k £108 (408); E Tosh, Castlerock, 24k £107.60 (448); T Wright, Ballymoney, 23.5k £105 (447); G Henderson, Bushmills, 22k £98 (446), 22.5k £98 (436); J Hanna, Ballymoney, 22.5k £99.80 (444); W McLenaghan, Limavady, 23k £102 (444); Maghera farmer, 24.5k £107.60 (439); A Parkhill, Ballymoney, 18k £79 (439), 23k £94 (409); T Faith, Limavady, 21.5k £94 (437); R McGinley, Ballymoney, 19.5k £85.20 (437); S Hyndman, Knockloughrim, 22.5k £98 (436), 26k £108.20 (417); W Wylie, Rasharkin, 26k £112.40 (432); J Bellingham, Ballymoney, 21k £90 (429); J Tannahill, Coleraine, 23k £97.50 (424) and Ahoghill farmer, 21.5k £90 (419); P Martin, Dunloy, 26k £108.20 (416).

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

Ewes sold to £129.

Brisk demand for all types on offer.

Tuesday, February 18, 2020: A good entry of dairy stock met a steady trade with calved heifers selling to a top price of £2100.

More stock required weekly.

J Moore, Portstewart, calved heifers to £2100, £2090, £1950, £1940, £1900;

C Casey, Cloughmills, calved heifers to £1860, £1810, £1770, £1560, £1500;

T and J Mackey, Ballyclare, second calver to £1660; J Miskelly, Dervock, calved heifers to £1600, £1510 and W Millar (Jnr), Coleraine, calved heifer to £1570 and springer to £1540.

Wednesday, February 19, 2020: A super entry of 360 fat cow, suckler and store cattle at Kilrea met a sharp trade with quality stores in demand.

Steers sold to £1350, heifers sold to £1290 and fat cows sold to £1370.

Fat cows: (70) (Flying trade - more required)

J Walsh, Kilrea, 480k Limousin £875 (182); D Starrett, Kilrea, 640k Charolais £1040 (163); Kilrea farmer, 850k Belgian Blue £1370 (161), 790k Limousin £1130 (143); R McGinley, Ballymoney, 610k Limousin £950 (156); W Harkin, Limavady, 710k Limousin £1100 (155); GR Wallace, Kilrea, 860k Charolais £1250 (145); R Cousley, Moneymore, 560k Fleckvieh £750 (134); S Henry, Macosquin, 720k Fleckvieh £950 (132), 490k Friesian £570 (116); T McNeilly, Toomebridge, 580k Hol £760 (131); P Clarke, Garvagh, 570k Simmental £740 (130); A and D Gillan, Ballymoney, 660k Simmental £850 (129); D McKay, Ballymoney, 700k Friesian £860 (123), 670k £775 (116), 570k £625 (110); I Cruickshank, Glarryford, 430k Friesian £510 (119); R Peden, Ballymoney, 730k Friesian £860 (118); J Todd, Ballycastle, 570k Limousin £660 (116), 540k Aberdeen Angus £600 (111); S Bruce, Bellaghy, 680k Friesian £775 (114); A Wallace, Tobermore, 780k Friesian £890 (114); D and G McVicker, Ballycastle, 610k Friesian £690 (113); A Scott, Ballymoney, 670k Friesian £755 (113); A Hall, Macosquin, 720k Friesian £795 (110) and M Millar, Coleraine, 680k Friesian £750 (110).

Suckler stock: Quality lots required.

Heifers

S and B Jamieson, Ballycastle, 210k Charolais £635 (302), 200k Limousin £560 (280); S and D Donnelly, Ballintoy, 360k Charolais £905 (251), 370k £920 (249), 370k £900 (243); D Arrell, Bellaghy, 290k Charolais £725 (250), 320k £750 (234), 340k £790 (232), 300k £640 (213), 390k £760 (195); J Christie, Ballymoney, 430k Limousin £930 (216), 490k £975 (199); T Duddy, Claudy, 600k Limousin £1290 (215); B McFetridge, Garvagh, 550k Charolais £1160 (211), 590k £1160 (197), 510k £990 (194), 520k £1010 (194); Limavady farmer, 380k Belgian Blue £785 (207), 410k Charolais £800 (195); G Boyce, Garvagh, 610k Limousin £1250 (205); J McGoldrick, Kilrea, 590k Limousin £1195 (203); P Sleeman, Limavady, 340k Limousin £685 (202); H and J Paul, Maghera, 560k Limousin £1125 (201); J Clements, Ballyronan, 530k Limousin £1055 (199), 465k Aberdeen Angus £900 (194); G Fleming, Ballymoney, 510k Charolais £1005 (197); F Madden, Portglenone, 350k Simmental £690 (197); A Arrell, Knockloughrim, 480k Limousin £935 (195) and A Irwin, Garvagh, 450k Aberdeen Angus £875 (194).

Steers

S and B Jamieson, Ballycastle, 200k Limousin £530 (265), 260k £675 (260), 220k £565 (257); WI Smyth, Limavady, 340k Limousin £810 (238), 340k £790 (232), 390k £865 (222), 390k £840 (215), 425k £910 (214), 360k Shorthorn beef £720 (200); S Carmichael, Dungiven, 310k Sal £715 (231), 310k Limousin £700 (226), 340k £715 (210), 340k Sal £715 (210), 450k Shorthorn beef £900 (200), 460k Limousin £920 (200), 400k £780 (195); D Arrell, Bellaghy, 290k Charolais £670 (231), 350k £760 (217), 430k £845 (197); S and D Donnelly, Ballintoy, 390k Charolais £900 (231), 390k £895 (230), 430k £950 (221), 390k £855 (219), 420k £885 (211); AC Carmichael, Dungiven, 350k Limousin £800 (229); P Martin, Dunloy, 460k Charolais £1050 (228), 590k £1250 (212), 540k £1060 (196); J Kelso, Upperlands, 460k Limousin £1020 (222), 460k £990 (215); T Martin, Dunloy, 470k Charolais £1035 (220), 530k £1085 (205), 480k Limousin £970 (202), 590k Charolais £1180 (200), 590k £1165 (198), 550k £1090 (198); P Cushley, Portglenone, 350k Limousin £765 (219), 370k £785 (212), 310k £645 (208), 320k £635 (198); J Hamilton and Son, Kells, 420k Limousin £880 (210); Claudy farmer, 370k Limousin £770 (208), 320k £660 (206), 350k £685 (196); TJ Lamont, Garvagh, 330k Limousin £670 (203), 340k £680 (200); R Baxter, Portglenone, 520k Limousin £1050 (202), 570k £1115 (196); Garvagh farmer, 340k Limousin £670 (197) and H and P Palmer, Desertmartin, 440k Aberdeen Angus £860 (196).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.