Calved heifers selling to £2420 at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves: Bushmills farmer, Hereford £510, Shorthorn £465, Hereford £455, £380, Shorthorn £330, £270; Ballyclare farmer, Limousin £505; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £490; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £470; Millisle farmer, Fleckvieh £465, Belgian Blue £450, Simmental £450, Shorthorn beef £445, Belgian Blue £430, Hereford £410, Shorthorn beef £270; Moneymore farmer, Limousin £460, £380, £335; Coleraine farmer, Shorthorn beef £440, £410; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £425, £410; Cookstown farmer, Friesian £425; Dungannon farmer, Aberdeen Angus £400, £380; Bangor farmer, Aberdeen Angus £390, Hereford £295, Aberdeen Angus £265, Shorthorn dairy £215, Holstein £200; Moneymore farmer, Hereford £390, Aberdeen Angus £385, Belgian Blue £340, Limousin £310; Maghera farmer, Friesian £385; Macosquin farmer, Belgian Blue £370, £260; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £370; Claudy farmer, Limousin £365, £280, £235; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360; Draperstown farmer, Limousin £355, £340; Desertmartin farmer, Belgian Blue £350;Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350, Hereford £270, Limousin £200; Moneymore farmer, Simmental £350, Aberdeen Angus £350, £340; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £340;Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £340, Aberdeen Angus £315; Draperstown farmer, Friesian £340, £330, £250; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330, £325; Finvoy farmer, Limousin £320, Friesian £250; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £310, Charolais £285; Rasharkin farmer, Simmental £300; Clough farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £285, £280, Aberdeen Angus £250, Hereford £235, £225, £200; Ahoghill farmer, Belgian Blue £275, Limousin £270; Moneymore farmer, Fleckvieh £260; Draperstown farmer, Friesian £245; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240; Limavady farmer, Holstein £220 and Garvagh farmer, Friesian £200.

Heifer calves: Moneymore farmer, Charolais £600, Aberdeen Angus £385, £315; Portglenone farmer, Charolais £465, Belgian Blue £380; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £425, £410, Aberdeen Angus £365; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £415, £375, £350; Millisle farmer, Shorthorn beef £405, Belgian Blue £340; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £400; Bushmills farmer, Hereford £400; Draperstown farmer, Limousin £390; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £380, Belgian Blue £325; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £380, £290; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £370; Ardboe farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360; Moneymore farmer, Belgian Blue £350; Dungiven farmer, Belgian Blue £345, Hereford £280; Londonderry farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330; Rasharkin farmer, Simmental £325; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £305, £270; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £295, £280; Donemana farmer, Belgian Blue £295, Aberdeen Angus £230; Bangor farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270, £220; Claudy farmer, Limousin £255; Ballymoney farmer, Friesian £250; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £250; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240; Ballywalter farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230 and Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £220.

Friesian calves: Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £425. Good demand for thick types. Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (50): 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 £860 and 337 ppk.

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

Monday, December 14, 2020: A good entry of 650 fat lamb and ewes met a sharp trade with lambs in strong demand as buyers keen for sheep.

Lambs sold to 4.63 per kg and to top of £112.50.

Fat ewes sold to £111.

In lamb ewes sold to £182.

Lambs: Kilrea farmer, 19k £88 (463); Rasharkin farmer, 22k £101 (459); Aghadowey farmer, 22.5k £103 (458); Coleraine farmer, 20.5k £93.50 (456); Garvagh farmer, 20k £90.50 (453); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £95 (452), 21k £94.50 (450); Cloughmills farmer, 21.5k £97 (451); Ballintoy farmer, 21k £94 (448); Aghadowey farmer, 20.5k £91 (444), 24k £103 (429); Kilrea farmer, 23k £102 (444); Upperlands farmer, 23k £102 (444); Garvagh farmer, 23k £101.50 (441); Aghadowey farmer, 23.5k £103.50 (440); Cushendall farmer, 23.5k £103.50 (440), 24.5k £104 (425); Limavady farmer, 22.5k £99 (440), 24k £101 (421); Glarryford farmer, 23.5k £103 (438); Kilrea farmer, 22k £96 (436); Dunloy farmer, 24k £104 (433); Garvagh farmer, 24k £104 (433); Limavady farmer, 23k £99.50 (433);Garvagh farmer, 22k £95 (432) and Tobermore farmer, 23.5k £101.50 (432).

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

Small entry of ewes to £111.

Brisk demand for all types on offer.

Tuesday, December 15, 2020: A good entry of dairy stock met a super trade.

Cloughmills farmer, calved heifers to £2420, £2380, £2300, third calvers to £2000, £1920;

Ringsend farmer, calved heifer Norwegian Red to £2220, calved heifer Ayrshire to £2000;

Moneymore farmer, calved heifer Shorthorn to £1820 and Ballyclare farmer, calved heifer to £1800.

More stock required weekly.

Wednesday, December 16, 2020: A great entry of fat cow, sucklers and store cattle met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers sold to £1440, heifers sold to £1380 and fat cows sold to £1260.

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

Kilrea farmer, 500k Limousin £1050 (210); Ballymoney farmer, 630k Friesian £1100 (175), 710k £860 (121); Garvagh farmer, 700k Limousin £1150 (164), 630k £950 (151), 720k Aberdeen Angus £1000 (139), 660k Limousin £870 (132), 660k Simmental £860 (130); Dunloy farmer, 790k Charolais £1260 (160), 690k Limousin £1030 (149), 600k Simmental £770 (128); Ballymoney farmer, 690k Holstein £1090 (158), 660k £830 (126), 690k £830 (120); Castlerock farmer, 660k Limousin £1030 (156); Limavady farmer, 640k Friesian £990 (155), 630k Charolais £860 (137); Randalstown farmer, 740k Blonde d’Aquitaine £1100 (149); Portstewart farmer, 600k Shorthorn £870 (145); Ahoghill farmer, 680k Simmental £980 (144); Dunloy farmer, 630k Limousin £860 (137); Garvagh farmer, 630k Limousin £840 (133); Aghadowey farmer, 620k Friesian £820 (132), 780k £1010 (130), 720k £900 (125), 760k £940 (124); Coleraine farmer, 660k Friesian £850 (129), 700k £890 (127); Macosquin farmer, 650k Holstein £840 (129); Toomebridge farmer, 610k Hereford £780 (128); Bushmills farmer, 600k Friesian £760 (127), 590k £740 (125), 670k £840 (125), 640k £800 (125), 670k MB £830 (124), 470k Friesian £580 (123); Doagh farmer, 740k Friesian £900 (122); Garvagh farmer, 700k Holstein £850 (121), 750k £890 (119); Limavady farmer, 770k Friesian £930 (121); Moneymore farmer, 630k Holstein £760 (121); Aghadowey farmer, 640k Holstein £770 (120) and Cloughmills farmer, 750k Friesian £900 (120).

Fat bulls: Draperstown farmer, 970k Aberdeen Angus £1400 (144) and Swatragh farmer, 840k Charolais £1120 (133).

Suckler stock: Ballymoney farmer, Limousin heifer with Limousin bull calf at foot to £1480 and Portstewart farmer, springing Aberdeen Angus heifers to £1140, £1090 and springing Shorthorn second calver to £1070.

Heifers: Ballycastle farmer, 240k Limousin £680 (283), 340k £800 (235), 420k Blonde d’Aquitaine £870 (207); Cushendall farmer, 260k Simmental £700 (269), 320k £800 (250), 310k £740 (239), 320k £740 (231), 310k £700 (226), 340k £760 (224), 320k £700 (219); Ballymena farmer, 460k Charolais £1070 (233), 460k £1040 (226), 490k £1100 (225), 500k £1110 (222), 490k £1080 (220), 500k £1070 (214), 440k £930 (211);Toomebridge farmer, 460k Limousin £1060 (230); Ringsend farmer, 230k Limousin £520 (226), 330k £690 (209); Londonderry farmer, 420k Limousin £940 (224); Castledawson farmer, 550k Charolais £1220 (222), 590k £1270 (215), 640k £1370 (214), 540k Limousin £1150 (213), 610k Charolais £1300 (213), 570k £1210 (212), 600k £1260 (210), 600k Limousin £1240 (207), 610k £1220 (200); Cullybackey farmer, 570k Rom £1230 (216), 460k £950 (207), 480k £990 (206), 390k £800 (205); Limavady farmer, 550k Limousin £1190 (216); 390k Aberdeen Angus £810 (208); Portglenone farmer, 330k Limousin £710 (215); Garvagh farmer, 650k Charolais £1380 (212), 590k £1250 (212), 530k £1110 (209), 640k £1300 (203); Ballymoney farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1040 (208); Bellaghy farmer, 510k Aberdeen Angus £1060 (208), 480k £960 (200); Bellarena farmer, 420k Belgian Blue £850 (202), 430k Limousin £870 (202), 460k £920 (200); Castledawson farmer, 480k Friesian £970 (202) and Kilrea farmer, 330k Limousin £660 (200).

Steers: Cushendall farmer, 350k Simmental £890 (254), 270k £680 (252), 320k £800 (250), 300k £740 (247), 310k £740 (239), 400k £950 (238), 380k £900 (237), 380k £870 (229), 390k £840 (215); Ahoghill farmer, 540k Charolais £1330 (246), 520k £1240 (239), 620k £1470 (237), 610k £1280 (210); Cloughmills farmer, 550k Limousin £1300 (236), 590k £1270 (215), 600k £1270 (212), 570k ST £1190 (209), 570k Limousin £1180 (207), 650k Simmental £1330 (205), 660k Limousin £1340 (203), 620k Belgian Blue £1250 (202), 630k ST £1260 (200); Ballymoney farmer, 570k Charolais £1340 (235), 420k £970 (231); Claudy farmer, 380k Charolais £880 (232), 530k £1110 (209); Toomebridge farmer, 360k Aberdeen Angus £830 (231); Portglenone farmer, 570k Charolais £1290 (226); Ballymoney farmer, 470k Limousin £1050 (223), 530k £1090 (206), 560k £1150 (205); Dungiven farmer, 530k Limousin £1150 (217), 540k £1130 (209), 540k Belgian Blue £1110 (206); Upperlands farmer, 470k Limousin £1020 (217), 640k Aberdeen Angus £1380 (216), 660k Shorthorn beef £1360 (206), 710k Hereford £1430 (201); Garvagh farmer, 570k Belgian Blue £1230 (216), 480k £1030 (215); Londonderry farmer, 510k Limousin £1090 (214), 540k £1140 (211); Toomebridge farmer, 590k Aberdeen Angus £1260 (214), 650k £1350 (208); Portglenone farmer, 390k Charolais £800 (205); Coleraine farmer, 690k Aberdeen Angus £1420 (206), 690k £1400 (203) and Ballymoney farmer, 550k Limousin £1100 (200).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.