Calved heifers selling to £1800 at Kilrea Mart
All types of calves required to satisfy demand. Good selection of weanlings on offer.
Dropped calves
Bull calves - Garvagh farmer, Belgian Blue £625; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £540, Aberdeen Angus £470, £395, Belgian Blue £395, Friesian £220; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £495; Moneymore farmer, Limousin £495; Randalstown farmer, Limousin £495; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £490, Belgian Blue £450, £435, Aberdeen Angus £395; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £470, £390, Shorthorn dairy £340, £225; Eglinton farmer, Hereford £465, Friesian £330, £325, Hereford £300, Friesian £200; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £450, £445; Limavady farmer, Friesian £430, £275, Swedish Red £245; Portglenone farmer, Fleckvieh £430, £390, Aberdeen Angus £375, £370; Garvagh farmer, Hereford £420, Aberdeen Angus £400; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £410, £355; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £395; Doagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £395; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £390, £375; Draperstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £390; Magherafelt farmer, Charolais £390, £330; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £350; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £350; Moneymore farmer, Fleckvieh £340, Limousin £300, Fleckvieh £250; Portglenone farmer, Hereford £340, Simmental £320, Limousin £300; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £325; Finvoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £315; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £310; Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £305; Aghadowey farmer, Hereford £300; Knockloughrim farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285, £240; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280; Ballymoney farmer, Friesian £270; Ballymoney farmer, Shorthorn £270, Friesian £210; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £265; Dervock farmer, Hereford £260; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £255; Maghera farmer, Friesian £250; Dunloy farmer, Friesian £245, £225; Knockloughrim farmer, Limousin £245; Ballyronan farmer, Friesian £235 and Garvagh farmer, Belgian Blue £230.
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Heifer calves: Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £580, £450; Moneymore farmer, Belgian Blue £480, Limousin £435, £350; Macosquin farmer, Charolais £450; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £420, Belgian Blue £395; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £415; Draperstown farmer, Hereford £405, Belgian Blue £400; Coleraine farmer Belgian Blue £395, Aberdeen Angus £385, Simmental £380; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £395, Aberdeen Angus £325; Doagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £380, £350; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £370; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £365; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360; Eglinton farmer Hereford £345; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £325; Dervock farmer, Belted Galloway £315; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £305, £290; Portrush farmer, Friesian £300; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £295; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £255; Ballymoney farmer, Stabiliser £245; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £240 and Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200.
Friesian calves: Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £430. Good demand for thick types. Young Friesian calves needed.
Weanlings/suckler calves (60): 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 sold to a top of £920 and 276 ppk. More required to satisfy demand. Customers for cattle up to 18 months.
Monday, May 24, 2021: A season entry of 250 fat lambs and ewes met a steady trade with lambs in good demand, as buyers keen for sheep. Kilrea Mart are now selling breeding sheep every Monday, ewes with single lambs at foot to £172.
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Lambs: Coleraine farmer, 20k £130 (650); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £130 (619); Magherafelt farmer, 21.5k £132 (614); Aghadowey farmer, 22k £133 (605); Magherafelt farmer, 19.5k £118 (605); Ballymoney farmer, 22.5k £136 (604) and Dervock farmer, 22.5k £135 (600).
Heavy lambs: 23.5k £139, 24k £139, 25k £139, 26.5k £138, 23.5k £136.50.
Ewes with lambs to £172.
Fat ewes on offer met a super trade for all types on offer including grazing types. Good entry of ewes to £138. Brisk demand for all types on offer.
Tuesday, May 25, 2021: A smaller entry of dairy stock met a super trade with more quality lots required. Calved heifer selling to £1800.
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Aghadowey farmer, calved heifer to £1800; Moneymore farmer, batch of served heifers to £1310, £1160, £1140 and Ballymoney farmer, batch of maiden heifers to £850, £800.
More stock required weekly.
Wednesday, May 26, 2021: A good entry of 190 fat cow, suckler and store cattle met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand. Steers sold to £1480; heifers to £1260 and fat cows and bulls to £1570.
Fat cows: (65 on offer. Flying trade - more required): Portglenone farmer 510k Aberdeen Angus £960 (188); Rasharkin farmer, 740k Friesian £1310 (177), 790k £1220 (154), 980k £1350 (138); Ballymoney farmer, 680k Charolais £1180 (174), 600k Belgian Blue £1000 (167), 750k Charolais £1240 (165); Dervock farmer 610k Friesian £1060 (174); Maghera farmer, 680k Aberdeen Angus £1180 (174), 480k Friesian £660 (138); Ballymena farmer, 740k Limousin £1220 (165); Portglenone farmer, 720k Charolais £1180 (164); Ahoghill farmer, 590k Sal £960 (163); Kilrea farmer, 640k Limousin £1030 (161); Macosquin farmer, 630k Limousin £1000 (159); Derry farmer, 680k Blonde d’Aquitaine £1060 (156), 550k Aberdeen Angus £700 (127); Castlerock farmer ,690k Limousin £1070 (155), 690k £1050 (152); Kilrea farmer, 580k Hereford £880 (152); Swatragh farmer, 620k Limousin £930 (150); Cullybackey farmer, 670k Shorthorn beef £990 (148), 560k Aberdeen Angus £730 (130); Ballycastle farmer 880k Montbeliarde £1290 (147); Maghera farmer 610k Belgian Blue £880 (144); Bushmills farmer, 820k Holstein £1170 (143); Dervock farmer, 660k Holstein £930 (141), 710k £950 (134); Upperlands farmer, 730k Friesian £1030 (141), 730k £980 (134); Castlerock farmer, 680k Friesian £940 (138); Ballymoney farmer, 590k Holstein £810 (137), 550k Montbeliarde £720 (131); Armoy farmer, 660k Holstein £900 (136); Dungannon farmer, 480k Holstein £630 (131), 680k £860 (127); Portglenone farmer, 520k Friesian £670 (129); Castledawson farmer, 600k Holstein £770 (128), 670k £850 (127), 610k £750 (123), 720k £870 (121), 510k £610 (120); Upperlands farmer, 670k Friesian £840 (125); Ballymoney farmer, 590k Friesian £730 (124); Aghadowey farmer, 720k Friesian £880 (122) and Moneymore farmer, 460k Friesian £550 (120).
Fat bulls: Portglenone farmer, 740k Charolais £1570 (212); Moneymore farmer 770k Friesian £1390 (181); Castlerock farmer, 920k Limousin £1570 (171) and Maghera farmer, 770k Limousin £1090 (142).
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Suckler stock: Bellaghy farmer, Stabiliser third calver with Stabiliser heifer calf at foot to £1380; and Drumsurn farmer, Aberdeen Angus cow with Charolais heifer calf at foot to £1350.
All types of suckler stock required.
Heifers: Portglenone farmer, 390k Limousin £890 (228), 340k £690 (203), 340k Aberdeen Angus £690 (203); Portglenone farmer, 330k Simmental £750 (227); Toomebridge farmer 530k Charolais £1180 (223), 550k £1220 (222); Limavady farmer, 370k Aberdeen Angus £810 (219), 340k £740 (218), 410k £850 (207), 380k £780 (205), 300k £610 (203), 340k Belted Galloway £690 (203); Swatragh farmer, 580k Charolais £1260 (217); Broughshane farmer, 360k Aberdeen Angus £740 (206); Macosquin farmer, 320k Limousin £660 (206), 370k £740 (200); Kilrea farmer, 420k Charolais £860 (205); Coleraine farmer, 500k Belgian Blue £1000 (200) and Randalstown farmer, 280k Speckled Park £560 (200).
Steers: Cushendall farmer, 380k Charolais £910 (240); Upperlands farmer, 290k Aberdeen Angus £680 (235); Tobermore farmer, 380k Aberdeen Angus £870 (229), 410k £900 (220), 400k £870 (218), 440k £950 (216), 440k £930 (211); Maghera farmer, 350k Limousin £790 (226), 400k £870 (218), 370k £800 (216), 420k £880 (210), 500k £1040 (208), 440k £910 (207), 570k £1180 (207), 490k £1010 (206), 430k £870 (202), 510k £1030 (202)460k Aberdeen Angus £920 (200); Maghera farmer, 490k Limousin £1070 (218), 530k £1080 (204); Ballymoney farmer, 590k Blonde d’Aquitaine £1280 (217), 570k Belgian Blue £1230 (216), 590k Simmental £1230 (209), 540k Belgian Blue £1120 (207); Macosquin farmer, 270k Hereford £580 (215), 390k £820 (210); Rasharkin farmer, 690k Limousin £1480 (215); Coleraine farmer, 590k Aberdeen Angus £1200 (203), 580k £1170 (202) and Randalstown farmer, 355k Belted Galloway £720 (203).
Friesian and Aberdeen Angus steers a flying trade with more required for strong demand.
Auctioneer: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.