Calved heifers selling to £2000 at Kilrea Mart

Monday, August 23, 2021: A super entry of 700 fat lambs and ewe met a sharper trade with quality lambs in good demand.
Kilrea MartKilrea Mart
Kilrea Mart

Lambs to £4.88 per kg and to top of £122. Fat ewes to £164.

Lambs (550): Coagh farmer, 17k £83 (488); Bendooragh farmer, 14k £67 (479), 20.5k £96 (468); Coleraine farmer, 20k £95.50 (478); Claudy farmer, 15.5k £74 (477), 17k £80 (471), 17.5k £80.50 (460), 15.5k £70 (452); Kilrea farmer, 22k £105 (477); Limavady farmer, 22k £105 (477); Ballycastle farmer, 17.5k £83 (474), 15k £70.50 (470); Ballymoney farmer, 19.5k £92 (472); Portglenone farmer, 17.5k £82.50 (471); Coleraine farmer, 23k £107.50 (467); Cookstown farmer, 22k £102 (464); Kilrea farmer, 22k £102 (464); Garvagh farmer, 23k £106.50 (463); Limavady farmer, 23k £106.50 (463); Ballymoney farmer, 22.5k £104 (462); Ballymoney farmer, 22.5k £104 (462); Garvagh farmer, 21.5k £99 (461); Garvagh farmer, 23k £106 (461); Garvagh farmer, 21k £96.50 (460); Portglenone farmer, 21k £96.50 (460); Macosquin farmer, 22k £101 (459); Macosquin farmer, 20k £91.50 (458); Coleraine farmer, 21.5k £98 (456); Garvagh farmer, 22k £100 (455); Eglinton farmer, 24.5k £110 (449);

Cookstown farmer, 23k £103 (448) and Kilrea farmer, 23k £103 (448).

Fat ewes (150) on offer met a super trade for all types on offer including grazing types. Good entry of ewes to £164. More ewes needed.

Tuesday, August 24, 2021: A small entry of dairy stock at Kilrea met a super trade with more quality lots required. Calved heifers to £2000.

Coleraine farmer, calved heifers to £2000, £1900, £1850, £1670, £1620 and Ballyclare farmer, calved heifer to £1700.

More stock required weekly.

Wednesday, August 25, 2021: A super entry of 280 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand. Steers to £1460, heifers to £1300 and fat cows and bulls to £1540.

Fat cows: (65 on offer. Flying trade - more required).

Portglenone farmer, 590k Charolais £1290 (219); Toomebridge farmer, 540k Fleckvieh £1100 (204), 660k £980 (149); Ballymoney farmer, 540k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (200); Eglinton farmer, 630k Friesian £1210 (192), 660k £1240 (188), 620k £1140 (184); 640k £1160 (181); Tobermore farmer, 640k Friesian £1200 (188); Macosquin farmer, 830k Charolais £1540 (186), 640k £1010 (158), 690k £960 (139), 600k Limousin £780 (130); Castlederg farmer, 690k Montbeliarde £1130 (164), 710k £1160 (163), 700k £1140 (163), 650k £1050 (162), 690k Friesian £1020 (148), 660k Holstein £950 (144), 730k £1030 (141), 770k £1060 (138), 780k £1050 (135); Garvagh farmer, 900k Hereford £1450 (161); Castledawson farmer, 490k Holstein £780 (159), 530k £780 (147); Ballyclare farmer, 640k Holstein £1010 (158), 730k £950 (130); Ballymoney farmer, 620k Holstein £920 (148), 680k £1000 (147), 700k £960 (137); Dervock farmer, 750k Holstein £1080 (144), 760k £1060 (140); Ballymoney farmer, 590k Hereford £840 (142); Dungiven farmer, 760k Friesian £1060 (140); Ballyclare farmer, 640k Shorthorn beef £850 (133); Draperstown farmer, 560k Friesian £740 (132); Kilrea farmer, 590k Friesian £780 (132); Ballykelly farmer, 720k Friesian £940 (131); Kilrea farmer, 1100k Hereford £1440 (131) and Dungiven farmer, 570k Friesian £740 (130).

Suckler stock: Londonderry farmer, Belgian Blue heifer with Charolais bull calf at foot to £1480, Limousin heifer with Charolais bull calf at foot to £1430.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers: Kilrea farmer, 520k Limousin £1210 (233), 540k Charolais £1220 (226), 540k Limousin £1210 (224), 570k Blonde d’Aquitaine £1270 (223), 580k Limousin £1280 (221), 500k Charolais £1070 (214), 610k Blonde d’Aquitaine £1300 (213), 510k Limousin £1050 (206); Boveedy farmer, 540k Charolais £1250 (232), 560k £1220 (218), 420k Limousin £890 (212); Limavady farmer, 560k Belgian Blue £1280 (229), 620k £1300 (210); Kilrea farmer, 460k Limousin £1040 (226), 400k Simmental £870 (218), 500k Limousin £1070 (214), 510k Charolais £1050 (206); Doagh farmer, 330k Simmental £740 (224), 310k Limousin £690 (223); Kilrea farmer, 470k Limousin £1050 (223), 460k Simmental £1010 (220), 460k £1000 (217), 580k Charolais £1220 (210); Magherafelt farmer, 370k Simmental £820 (222), 370k Limousin £790 (214), 450k Simmental £910 (202); Portglenone farmer, 320k Aberdeen Angus £710 (222); Kilrea farmer, 540k £1170 (217), 460k Limousin £1000 (217); Coleraine farmer, 460k Aberdeen Angus £990 (215), 480k Limousin £1000 (208), 580k Aberdeen Angus £1170 (202); Blackhill farmer, 360k Belgian Blue £760 (211), 410k Simmental £860 (210), 370k Aberdeen Angus £760 (205), 380k Simmental £760 (200); Culnady farmer, 460k Charolais £970 (211), 520k Limousin £1060 (204), 470k Charolais £940 (200); Glarryford farmer, 600k Simmental £1250 (208); Portglenone farmer, 500k Limousin £1030 (206); Maghera farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1120 (204); Cullybackey farmer, 370k Limousin £750 (203) and Ballymoney farmer, 480k Belgian Blue £970 (202).

Steers: Coleraine farmer, 330k Charolais £800 (242), 410k Simmental £850 (207); Portglenone farmer, 320k Limousin £770 (241); Magherafelt farmer, 500k Charolais £1200 (240), 410k Simmental £840 (205); Doagh farmer, 270k Limousin £640 (237), 290k £670 (231), 460k Simmental £1030 (224), 490k £1070 (218), 360k Limousin £780 (217), 370k Simmental £760 (205); Kilrea farmer, 460k Aberdeen Angus £1070 (233), 530k Belgian Blue £1200 (226), 470k Limousin £1060 (226), 460k £1040 (226), 650k Simmental £1460 (225), 540k Limousin £1200 (222), 500k Aberdeen Angus £1070 (214), 460k Blonde d’Aquitaine £960 (209), 510k Limousin £1050 (206), 490k £990 (202); Bellaghy farmer, 560k Aberdeen Angus £1280 (229), 530k ST £1180 (223), 540k £1200 (222); Coleraine farmer, 340k SPK £750 (221), 430k Charolais £940 (219); Kilrea farmer, 480k Aberdeen Angus £1060 (221), 370k £810 (219); Magherafelt farmer, 370k Aberdeen Angus £810 (219), 340k £740 (218), 340k £710 (209), 290k £600 (207), 350k Simmental £720 (206); Glarryford farmer 510k Aberdeen Angus £1100 (216); Dervock farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1070 (214), 500k £1000 (200); Ballymoney farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1000 (213), 510k £1060 (208), 490k £1010 (206), 520k £1060 (204), 540k Belgian Blue £1090 (202), 460k Aberdeen Angus £920 (200); Portglenone farmer, 630k Belgian Blue £1300 (206), 470k £940 (200); Kilrea farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1120 (204) and Desertmartin farmer 440k Limousin £880 (200).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.