Calved heifers selling to £2260 at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves: Limavady farmer, Longhorn £480, Limousin £440; Ballyclare farmer, Limousin £475; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £435, Friesian £205; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £425, Belgian Blue £420, £400, Aberdeen Angus £370, Belgian Blue £350; Ahoghill farmer, Belgian Blue £380; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £365; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360; Armoy farmer, Belgian Blue £355, £345; Carnlough farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350, Shorthorn £315, Simmental £285; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345, £320, Limousin £305; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £340; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £3340; Eglinton farmer, Belgian Blue £340, £255, Limousin £200; Bushmills farmer, Shorthorn £330, Friesian £260, £220; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330, Fleckvieh £250, £245; Greysteel farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300; Kilrea farmer, Limousin £300, Limousin £215; Ballymoney farmer, Shorthorn £295, £250; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280; Ballymena farmer, Friesian £270; Coagh farmer, Montbeliarde £265; Bellaghy farmer, Charolais £260; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £255, £200; Coleraine farmer, Fleckvieh £250; Dungiven farmer, Belgian Blue £250; Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £245, Hereford £220; Ballymena farmer, Friesian £245, Friesian £220 and Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £245; Ballyclare farmer, Friesian £225.

Heifer calves: Claudy farmer, Belgian Blue £445, Aberdeen Angus £420; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £430; Ballyclare farmer, Limousin £400, £345; Bushmills farmer, Shorthorn £345, Hereford £270; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345, Friesian £280; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £320; Greysteel farmer, Aberdeen Angus £315, £295; Randalstown farmer, Belgian Blue £310; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £305; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300, £230; Eglinton farmer, Belgian Blue £280, £275, £240, Limousin £225, Belgian Blue £230, £200, Limousin £200; Aghadowey farmer, Limousin £260, Aberdeen Angus £215; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £260; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250, Hereford £240; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250, Hereford £230; Ballyclare farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240, Hereford £220; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £235; Dungiven farmer, Belgian Blue £235; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £225 and Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £220.

Friesian calves: Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £270. Good demand for thick types. Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (80): 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 £945 and 298 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand. Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

Monday, February 15, 2021: A good entry of over 400 fat lambs and ewes met an improved trade with lambs in strong demand as buyers keen for sheep.

Lambs sold to £6.05 per kg and to a top price of £137.

Fat ewes sold to £133.

Kilrea Mart are now selling breeding sheep every Monday.

Ewes and lambs selling to £262.

Lambs: Ballymoney farmer, 19k £115 (605); Kilrea farmer, 19.5k £117 (600); Portglenone farmer, 22k £130.50 (593); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £126 (573); Portglenone farmer, 20k £114 (570), 19k £105 (553), 22k £114 (518); Bushmills farmer, 23.5k £133.50 (568); Kilrea farmer, 23.5k £133.50 (568); Stewartstown farmer, 22k £124 (564); Feeny farmer, 24k £134 (558); Rasharkin farmer, 17.5k £97.50 (557); Garvagh farmer, 24k £132.50 (552), 20.5k £110 (537), 25k £131.50 (526); Bellaghy farmer, 24k £131 (546), 23.5k £1128 (545); Aghadowey farmer, 23.5k £127.50 (543); Claudy farmer, 21k £113 (538); Maghera farmer, 25k £133.50 (534); Dunloy farmer, 22k £116.50 (530), 25k £132 (528); Kilrea farmer, 24.5k £129.50 (529); Draperstown farmer, 25k £132 (528), 25k £131.50 (526); Ballymoney farmer, 26k £137 (527); Macosquin farmer, 23k £119.50 (520); Limavady farmer, 25k £127 (508) and Macosquin farmer, 24k £122 (508).

Heavy lambs: 26k £137, 30k £136, 28k £135.50, 30k £133.

Ewes with lambs to £262.

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

Good entry of ewes sold to £133. Brisk demand for all types on offer.

Tuesday, February 16, 2021: A super entry of 50 dairy stock met a super trade with more quality lots required.

Calved heifers selling to £2260.

Garvagh farmer, calved heifers to £2260, £2020; Ballyclare farmer, calved heifers to £2090, £2020; Coleraine farmer, second calvers to £2000, £1980; Dungannon farmer, calved Fleckvieh heifers to £2000, £1700, £1600, £1580, £1540, £1520, Ayrshire £1880, £1820, £1680, £1620; Portrush farmer, third calver to £1810; Ballymena farmer, second calver to £1700, calved heifer to £1680; Ballymoney farmer, calved Fleckvieh heifer to £1620 and Omagh farmer, calved heifer to £1610; Coleraine farmer, calved heifer to £1600.

More stock required weekly.

A super entry of 320 fat cow, suckler and store cattle met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers selling to £1590, heifers selling to £1570, fat cows and Bulls selling to £1400.

Fat cows: (120 on offer. Flying trade - more required)

Ballymoney farmer, 680k Belgian Blue £1400 (206); Ballymoney farmer, 490k Montbeliarde £900 (184), 510k £670 (131); Garvagh farmer, 580k Aberdeen Angus £1040 (179), 610k Ayrshire £840 (138); Garvagh farmer, 630k Limousin £1120 (178), 600k Hereford £860 (143); Portglenone farmer, 750k Blonde d’Aquitaine £1300 (173), 760k Belgian Blue £1240 (163); Aghadowey farmer, 570k Friesian £950 (167), 580k £740 (128), 690k £840 (122), 540k £640 (119); Ringsend farmer, 810k Charolais £1300 (161), 680k Limousin £1040 (153); Ballymena farmer, 530k Belgian Blue £820 (155), 510k £670 (131), 470k £600 (128), 560k Charolais £620 (111); Dunloy farmer, 820k Simmental £1240 (151); Moneymore farmer, 540k Holstein £810 (150), 530k £740 (140), 620k £740 (119), 720k £820 (114); Ballymena farmer, 740k Hereford £1100 (149); Garvagh farmer, 380k BGA £560 (147); Kilrea farmer, 700k Simmental £1030 (147), 760k £990 (130); Glarryford farmer, 690k Friesian £980 (142), 720k £950 (132), 660k £850 (129); Ballymena farmer, 580k Limousin £820 (141); Strabane farmer, 610k Simmental £860 (141), 670k Charolais £860 (128), 610k Montbeliarde £770 (126), 580k Limousin £730 (126); Dunloy farmer, 670k Charolais £940 (140); Ballycastle farmer, 750k Limousin £1040 (139), 670k £900 (134), 730k £970 (133), 660k Simmental £860 (130); Ballymoney farmer, 610k Fleckvieh £850 (139), 620k £850 (137), 610k £830 (136), 640k £830 (130), 660k £800 (121); Ballycastle farmer, 560k Limousin £770 (138); Ballymoney farmer, 690k Fleckvieh £930 (135), 770k Friesian £970 (126); Kilrea farmer, 720k Friesian £970 (135), 840k £1060 (126); Coleraine farmer, 610k Holstein £820 (134), 600k £740 (123); Cookstown farmer,740k Friesian £990 (134), 700k £860 (123); Castlederg farmer, 760k Montbeliarde £1000 (132), 620k £820 (132), 620k Holstein £760 (123), 740k £860 (116), 680k £770 (113); Macosquin farmer, 550k Limousin £720 (131); Ballykelly farmer, 630k Friesian £800 (127); Ballymoney farmer, 610k Friesian £760 (125), 640k £790 (123); Armoy farmer, 760k Friesian £930 (122), 760k £900 (118); Moneymore farmer, 690k Holstein £840 (122), 670k £780 (116); Upperlands farmer, 390k Holstein £470 (121); Ballyronan farmer, 640k Friesian £770 (120); Limavady farmer, 750k Friesian £890 (119), 640k £760 (119); Magherafelt farmer, 670k Friesian £780 (116); Moneymore farmer, 610k Holstein £710 (116); Cloughmills farmer, 680k Friesian £780 (115); Moneymore farmer, 610k Friesian £700 (114); Cookstown farmer, 600k Friesian £680 (113); Portglenone farmer, 530k Holstein £590 (111); Magherafelt farmer, 630k Friesian £690 (110) and Dungiven farmer, 620k Friesian £670 (108).

Fat bulls: Ballymoney farmer, 650k Hereford £1120 (172).

Suckler stock: Local farmer, Belgian Blue springer to £1760, Limousin springer to £1500; Magherafelt farmer, Hereford heifer with Aberdeen Angus bull calf at foot to £1590, Hereford heifer with Hereford bull calf at foot to £1460.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers: Cloughmills farmer, 340k Limousin £870 (256), 340k Aberdeen Angus £780 (229), 280k Limousin £630 (225); Cullybackey farmer, 500k Charolais £1240 (248); Ballymena farmer, 410k Limousin £990 (242), 380k Charolais £860 (226); Rasharkin farmer, 500k Charolais £1210 (242); Draperstown farmer, 230k Aberdeen Angus £540 (235), 270k £610 (226); Randalstown farmer, 300k SPK £700 (233); Ballyclare farmer, 310k Limousin £720 (232), 320k £740 (231), 400k £900 (225), 380k £840 (221), 410k £880 (215), 430k £870 (202); Ballycastle farmer, 450k Charolais £1040 (231), 440k £960 (218); Randalstown farmer, 390k Limousin £880 (226), 470k £1000 (213); Garvagh farmer, 530k Charolais £1180 (223), 550k £1140 (207), 590k £1220 (207), 570k £1160 (204), 580k £1180 (203), 540k Limousin £1090 (202), 570k Charolais £1140 (200); Castlerock farmer, 320k Aberdeen Angus £700 (219), 380k £770 (203), 410k £820 (200); Dunloy farmer, 440k Charolais £960 (218); Rasharkin farmer, 730k Limousin £1570 (215); Kilrea farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1070 (214), 480k Belgian Blue £1000 (208); Magherafelt farmer, 380k Aberdeen Angus £790 (208), 350k £720 (206); Coleraine farmer, 380k Aberdeen Angus £770 (203); Swatragh farmer, 540k Charolais £1090 (202); Ballymoney farmer, 540k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (200) and Bushmills farmer, 460k Blonde d’Aquitaine £920 (200).

Steers: Ballymena farmer, 370k Limousin £1030 (278), 310k £860 (277), 400k £1035 (259); Ballycastle farmer, 380k Charolais £1010 (266), 400k £1060 (265), 380k £1000 (263), 410k £1060 (259), 380k £920 (242), 460k £1080 (235), 460k Belgian Blue £970 (211); Dunloy farmer, 400k Charolais £1000 (250), 470k £1080 (230), 490k £1070 (218), 520k £1130 (217), 520k £1110 (214), 520k £1090 (210), 510k £1070 (210), 560k £1150 (205), 580k £1170 (202); Dungiven farmer, 400k Simmental £950 (238), 470k £1020 (217), 480k £1000 (208), 430k £880 (205); Randalstown farmer, 390k SPK £900 (231), 340k £770 (227), 350k £760 (217), 330k £700 (212); Ballycastle farmer, 700k Charolais £1590 (227), 700k £1540 (220), 670k £1450 (216), 680k £1400 (206); Garvagh farmer, 560k Limousin £1240 (221); Castlerock farmer, 400k Belgian Blue £880 (220); Ballymena farmer, 560k Charolais £1220 (218), 550k £1190 (216), 610k £1280 (210), 640k £1340 (209); Dungiven farmer, 490k Limousin £1070 (218), 500k £1040 (208), 560k £1120 (200); Ballyclare farmer, 540k Limousin £1150 (213), 480k £970 (202), 480k £960 (200), 430k £860 (200); Portglenone farmer, 540k Belgian Blue £1140 (211); Magherafelt farmer, 680k Limousin £1430 (210); Randalstown farmer, 690k Limousin £1430 (207), 680k Aberdeen Angus £1380 (203), 620k Blonde d’Aquitaine £1250 (202), 640k Limousin £1280 (200) and Randalstown farmer, 460k Limousin £930 (202).

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

Auctioneer: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.