Calved heifers selling to £2280 at Kilrea

Thursday, September 9, 2021: A super entry of 330 calves and weanlings met an outstanding trade for all types on offer.
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All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves: Garvagh farmer, Fleckvieh £595, Friesian £470; Coleraine farmer, Stabiliser £545, £540, £530, £515, £510, £480; Draperstown farmer, Simmental £535, £460, £415, £395, £295, £275; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £525, £415, £320, Fleckvieh £305; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £520, £510, £500, £495, £470, £465, £445, £430; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £490, Fleckvieh £435, Aberdeen Angus £360; Portglenone farmer, Simmental £465; Maghera farmer, Simmental £440; Claudy farmer, Belgian Blue £440, £400; Garvagh farmer, Belgian Blue £430, £320, Aberdeen Angus £285, Belgian Blue £230; Ballyclare farmer, Aberdeen Angus £340, £330; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £340, £300, £245; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £325, Aberdeen Angus £265, Hereford £210; Drumahoe farmer, Charolais £325, Aberdeen Angus £325, Holstein £225; Coleraine farmer, Fleckvieh £315, £265; Bellaghy farmer, Limousin £300; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285; Ballyronan farmer, Limousin £285, £240; Garvagh farmer, Limousin £255, £240; Ballymena farmer, £250; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £250; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £245; Coleraine farmer, Friesian £225; Stewartstown farmer, Ayrshire £210 and Upperlands farmer, Shorthorn £200.

Heifer calves: Dungiven farmer, Charolais £660, £635, £550, £500; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £650; Garvagh farmer, Limousin £575, £490, £325; Stewartstown farmer, Charolais £500; Portglenone farmer, Simmental £460, £340, £305; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £425; Drumahoe farmer, Charolais £380, £335, Aberdeen Angus £280; Ballyclare farmer, Aberdeen Angus £370, £270; Rasharkin farmer, Hereford £340, Aberdeen Angus £265; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £315; Claudy farmer, Belgian Blue £310; Ballymena farmer, Belgian Blue £300, Hereford £290; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £295, £220; Castlerock farmer, Fleckvieh £265; Dungiven farmer, Limousin £265, £200; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £265; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £260; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £255 and Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £210.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £230. Good demand for thick types. Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (90)

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 top of £825 and 318 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

Monday, September 13, 2021: A super entry of 800 fat lambs and ewes met a sharper trade with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £4.79 per kg and to top of £105.

Fat ewes to £147.

Lambs (650): Rasharkin farmer, 14k £67 (479), 13.5k £57 (422), 18k £74.50 (414); Coleraine farmer, 15.5k £74 (477), 18k £85 (472), 20.5k £92 (449), 22k £93.50 (425); Limavady farmer, 19.5k £88 (451); Rasharkin farmer, 19.5k £87 (446); Macosquin farmer, 20.5k £89 (434); Ballintoy farmer, 20k £86.50 (433); Dungiven farmer, 18k £77.50 (431); Ballymoney farmer, 21.5k £92.50 (430), 21.5k £91.50 (426), 22k £92 (418); Rasharkin farmer, 21.5k £92.50 (430); Kilrea farmer, 21k £90 (429); Omagh farmer, 21.5k £92 (428), 22k £94 (427); Coleraine farmer, 21.5k £91.50 (426); Coleraine farmer, 22k £93.50 (425); Broughshane farmer, 22k £93 (423); Kilrea farmer, 22k £92.50 (421); Aghadowey farmer, 19.5k £81.50 (418); Ahoghill farmer, 22k £91.50 (416); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £91.50 (416); Macosquin farmer, 22k £91.50 (416); Garvagh farmer, 22k £91 (414); Antrim farmer, 23k £95 (413); Limavady farmer, 22.5k £93 (413); Rasharkin farmer, 23.5k £97 (413) and Aghadowey farmer, 24k £98.50 (410).

Fat ewes (150) on offer met a super trade for all types on offer including grazing types.

Good entry of ewes to £147.

More ewes needed.

Tuesday, September 14, 2021: A supe entry of 63 dairy stock met a super trade with more quality lots required. Calved heifers to £2280.

Castlerock farmer, batch of pedigree calved heifers to £2280, £2140, £2120, £2080, £2060, £2020, £1960, batch of pedigree heifer calves to £670, £650; Omagh farmer, springing Friesian heifer due Aberdeen Angus to £1740, calved heifer to £1720 and

Coleraine farmer, calved heifer to £1700.

More stock required weekly.

Wednesday, September 15, 2021: A super entry of 390 fat cow, suckler and store cattle met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers sold to £1820, heifers sold to £1730.

Fat cows and bulls sold to £1430.

Fat cows: (95 on offer. Flying trade - more required).

Claudy farmer, 610k Charolais £1260 (207); Ahoghill farmer, 520k Fleckvieh £1070 (206), 520k £1010 (194), 670k Shorthorn dairy £1270 (190), 1000k Friesian £1430 (143), 660k Jersey £910 (138); Portglenone farmer, 640k Belgian Blue £1220 (191), 620k Simmental £990 (160); Garvagh farmer, 700k Limousin £1330 (190); Ballymoney farmer, 640k Aberdeen Angus £1210 (189); Magherafelt farmer, 550k Charolais £1040 (189); Maghera farmer, 600k Friesian £1100 (183), 700k £1030 (147), 610k £820 (134); Castlerock farmer, 600k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (180); Claudy farmer, 480k Belgian Blue £850 (177); Ballymoney farmer, 670k Friesian £1160 (173); Magherafelt farmer, 660k Belgian Blue £1140 (173), 660k Simmental £880 (133); Ahoghill farmer, 730k Hereford £1250 (171); Randalstown farmer, 740k Charolais £1260 (170); Portglenone farmer, 520k Limousin £880 (169), 470k Aberdeen Angus £710 (151); Ballyclare farmer, 480k Limousin £800 (167); Aghadowey farmer, 530k Charolais £880 (166); Ballyclare farmer, 820k Hereford £1310 (160), 760k Friesian £1120 (147); Castledawson farmer, 590k Friesian £930 (158); Aghadowey farmer, 880k Shorthorn beef £1370 (156); Aghadowey farmer, 480k Friesian £740 (154); Portglenone farmer, 720k Fleckvieh £1100 (153), 820k £1250 (152), 700k Friesian £1020 (146), 670k £980 (146), 760k Fleckvieh £1060 (140); Coleraine farmer, 700k Holstein £1060 (151), 650k £870 (134); Dunloy farmer, 630k Simmental £950 (151); Garvagh farmer, 690k Aberdeen Angus £1040 (151); Castlederg farmer, 660k Holstein £980 (149), 710k £1050 (148), 760k £1100 (145), 700k £970 (139), 640k £880 (138); Upperlands farmer, 720k Friesian £1070 (149), 610k £900 (148), 730k £1020 (140); Moneymore farmer, 850k Friesian £1260 (148), 880k £1270 (144), 720k Shorthorn £1040 (144); Portglenone farmer, 870k Limousin £1270 (146); Bushmills farmer, 700k Monbeliarde £1000 (143), 530k £750 (142), 720k £990 (138); Kilrea farmer, 350k Aberdeen Angus £500 (143); Rasharkin farmer, 690k Holstein £980 (142), 550k £730 (133); Rasharkin farmer, 710k Simmental £1000 (141), 740k Hereford £1040 (141); Ballymoney farmer, 700k Friesian £980 (140); Portglenone farmer, 600k Limousin £840 (140); Bellaghy farmer, 650k Friesian £900 (139); Dungiven farmer, 650k Fleckvieh £900 (139); Tobermore farmer, 760k Holstein £1020 (134) and Ballyronan farmer, 680k Belgian Blue £900 (132).

Suckler stock: Draperstown farmer, Shorthorn heifer with Limousin heifer calf at foot to £1510.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers: Dunloy farmer, 550k Charolais £1590 (289), 610k £1740 (285), 510k £1440 (282), 630k £1730 (275), 540k £1460 (270), 580k £1540 (266), 510k £1340 (263), 560k £1450 (259), 630k £1630 (259), 550k £1420 (258), 590k £1400 (237), 610k £1440 (236), 530k £1220 (230), 560k £1260 (225); Castlerock farmer, 490k Charolais £1360 (278), 390k £1000 (256), 390k £980 (251), 390k Limousin £950 (244), 330k Charolais £800 (242), 470k Limousin £1110 (236), 460k Charolais £1080 (235), 350k £820 (234), 380k £880 (232), 440k Limousin £1020 (232), 470k £1080 (230), 490k Charolais £1120 (229), 390k Limousin £890 (228), 460k £1050 (228), 390k £880 (226); Dungiven farmer, 230k Limousin £630 (274), 270k £670 (248), 270k £650 (241), 340k Charolais £790 (232), 310k Limousin £700 (226), 340k Belgian Blue £720 (212), 360k £740 (206); Claudy farmer, 530k Limousin £1340 (253), 590k Charolais £1380 (234); Castledawson farmer, 560k Limousin £1360 (243), 560k Charolais £1290 (230), 580k Limousin £1330 (229), 620k £1390 (224), 420k Charolais £940 (224), 420k Limousin £940 (224), 610k £1360 (223), 560k £1230 (220), 540k £1190 (220), 410k £900 (220), 570k £1250 (219), 540k Charolais £1180 (219), 500k £1090 (218), 560k £1210 (216), 400k £860 (215), 580k Limousin £1240 (214), 540k Charolais £1110 (206), 530k £1080 (204); Ballycastle farmer, 480k Limousin £1160 (242), 420k Charolais £980 (233), 440k £1020 (232), 520k Limousin £1200 (231), 480k £1090 (227), 430k £970 (226), 480k Charolais £1080 (225), 490k £1090 (222), 440k Par £950 (216), 460k Limousin £990 (215), 440k £910 (207); Aghadowey farmer, 480k Limousin £1160 (242), 500k £1200 (240), 470k £1120 (238), 480k £1050 (219); Kilrea farmer, 590k Charolais £1370 (232), 580k £1310 (226), 570k £1290 (226), 600k £1350 (225), 560k £1190 (213); Limavady farmer, 450k Charolais £1090 (242), 480k £1070 (223), 510k £1090 (214); Randalstown farmer, 410k Charolais £990 (242), 360k £780 (217); Cullybackey farmer, 580k Limousin £1360 (231), 600k £1300 (217), 620k £1340 (216), 640k Charolais £1320 (206), 560k £1140 (204); Castlerock farmer, 380k Charolais £870 (229), 430k Limousin £890 (207); Coleraine farmer, 730k Aberdeen Angus £1660 (227); Maghera farmer, 360k Limousin £870 (242), 300k Charolais £680 (227), 360k Simmental £720 (200); Portglenone farmer, 510k Limousin £1180 (231); Kilrea farmer, 460k Belgian Blue £1040 (226), 480k £1040 (217); Toomebridge farmer, 410k Simmental £920 (224); Garvagh farmer, 540k Limousin £1180 (219); Ballymoney farmer, 570k Aberdeen Angus £1220 (214), 590k £1180 (200); Ballyronan farmer, 530k Simmental £1130 (213); Kilrea farmer, 470k Belgian Blue £990 (211); Cloughmills farmer, 380k Sal £800 (211); Kilrea farmer, 620k Aberdeen Angus £1280 (207); Ballymoney farmer, 410k Par £840 (205); Ballymoney farmer, 440k Charolais £900 (205); Castlerock farmer, 370k Simmental £760 (205); Ballymoney farmer, 470k Limousin £960 (204) and Cullybackey farmer, 450k Limousin £920 (204).

Steers: Randalstown farmer, 440k Charolais £1240 (282), 450k £1190 (264); Macosquin farmer, 400k Charolais £1100 (275), 440k Limousin £1120 (255), 420k Simmental £860 (205); Ballymoney farmer, 330k Charolais £890 (270), 360k £970 (269), 340k £850 (250), 340k £810 (238); Coleraine farmer, 450k Limousin £1200 (267), 440k £1150 (261), 560k Charolais £1450 (259), 470k £1200 (255), 460k Limousin £1180 (252), 460k £1150 (250), 490k £1220 (249), 500k Charolais £1180 (236), 510k £1180 (231), 490k £1120 (229), 620k £1360 (219), 670k £1370 (205); Ballycastle farmer, 560k Limousin £1440 (257), 480k £1190 (248), 510k Charolais £1220 (239), 560k £1340 (239), 530k Limousin £1250 (236), 500k Charolais £1160 (232), 540k Simmental £1180 (219), 590k Charolais £1290 (219), 450k Limousin £950 (211), 510k Charolais £1040 (204); Kilrea farmer, 680k Limousin £1730 (254), 670k £1680 (251), 710k Charolais £1740 (245), 750k Limousin £1820 (243), 700k Charolais £1660 (237), 640k Limousin £1460 (228), 680k Charolais £1460 (215), 690k Limousin £1480 (215), 710k Shorthorn £1450 (204), 690k £1400 (203), 650k Limousin £1300 (200); Castlerock farmer, 340k Belgian Blue £860 (253), 370k Simmental £880 (238), 350k Belgian Blue £770 (220), 410k (210); Ballycastle farmer, 510k Charolais £1270 (249), 670k £1530 (228), 650k £1450 (223); Kells farmer, 460k Charolais £1130 (246), 410k £990 (242), 460k £1060 (230), 420k £940 (224), 460k Limousin £1010 (220), 480k Charolais £1000 (208); Dunloy farmer, 420k Simmental £1020 (243); Portglenone farmer, 450k Limousin £1090 (242), 510k £1120 (220), 500k £1060 (212); Cullybackey farmer, 420k Limousin £1000 (238), 300k £710 (237), 640k £1460 (228), 430k £940 (219), 430k £870 (202); Portglenone farmer, 380k Belgian Blue £840 (221); Coleraine farmer, 580k Shorthorn £1230 (220), 670k Aberdeen Angus £1470 (219), 660k £1430 (217), 610k £1300 (213); Garvagh farmer, 410k Limousin £900 (220); Ballymoney farmer, 580k Aberdeen Angus £1260 (217), 570k £1170 (205); Castledawson farmer, 520k Belgian Blue £1130 (217); Dervock farmer, 480k Aberdeen Angus £1020 (213), 450k £910 (202); Armoy farmer, 780k Aberdeen Angus £1600 (205); Ballycastle farmer, 400k Fleckvieh £810 (203) and Portglenone farmer, 390k Aberdeen Angus £790 (203).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.