Calved heifers selling to £2680 at Kilrea Mart
Monday, February 8, 2021 A good entry of over 500 fat lambs and ewes met an improved trade with lambs in strong demand as buyers keen for sheep.
Lambs sold to £5.68 per kg and to top of £140.
Fat ewes sold to £166.
Kilrea Mart are now selling breeding sheep every Monday, springing ewes selling to £166.
Ewes and lambs selling to £254.
Lambs: Kilrea farmer, 18.5k Springs £105 (568); Maghera farmer, 16.5k £90 (546); Ballymena farmer, 16k £86.50 (541); Rasharkin farmer, 22k £118.50 (539); Ballymoney farmer, 23k £123.50 (537); Garvagh farmer, 23.5k £125 (532); Magherafelt farmer, 23k £120 (522); Rasharkin farmer, 24k £125 (521); Ballymoney ; Coleraine farmer, 23.5k £121 (515); Bushmills farmer, 25k £127 (508); Ballymoney farmer, 24.5k £123.50 (504) and Limavady farmer, 24k £120 (500).
Heavy lambs: 32k £140, 29k £127, 26.5k £127, 27k £127, 27.5k £126.50 and 28k £126.
Ewes with lambs to £254.
Fat ewes on offer met a super trade for all types on offer including grazing types.
Larger entry of ewes sold to £166.
Brisk demand for all types on offer.
Tuesday, February 9, 2021: A super entry of 32 dairy stock met a super trade with more quality lots required.
Calved heifers selling to £2680.
Magherafelt farmer, calved heifer to £2680; Coleraine farmer, calved heifers to £2400, £2100; Coleraine farmer, calved heifers to £2180, £2100, £2000 twice, £1980; Dungannon farmer, calved heifer £2160, £2000; Ballymoney farmer, calved cows to £2000, £1900, £1700; Coleraine farmer, calved heifer, £1980; Co Down farmer, calved cows to £1920, £1780 and Portrush farmer, calved heifers to £1840 twice.
More stock required weekly.
Wednesday, February 10, 2021: A good entry of 210 fat cow, suckler and store cattle met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.
Steers sold to £1410, heifers sold to £1300 and fat cows and bulls sold to £1270.
Fat cows: (50 on offer. Flying trade - more required)
Cookstown farmer, 620k Simmental £1100 (177); Ballymena farmer, 720k Belgian Blue £1250 (174); Randalstown farmer, 600k Friesian £1000 (167), 600k £860 (143), 500k £660 (132); Coleraine farmer, 490k £810 (165), ; Ballymena farmer 790k Friesian £1270 (161), 720k £830 (115); Coleraine farmer, 680k Limousin £1090 (160), 660k £1050 (159), 720k £1080 (150); Ballymoney farmer, 710k £1030 (145); Coleraine farmer, 600k Friesian £850 (142), 670k £850 (127); McAleese farms, 880k £1210 (138); Aghadowey farmer, 760k Friesian £1040 (137), 740k £870 (118), 640k £740 (116), 670k £760 (113); Coleraine farmer, 690k Friesian £930 (135), 600k £740 (123), 690k £830 (120); Coleraine farmer, 660k Hereford £880 (133); Ballymoney farmer, 590k Friesian £770 (131), 640k £760 (119); Maghera farmer, 730K Friesian £850 (116); Ballymoney farmer, 680k £790 (116) and Dungannon farmer, 630k Friesian £680 (108).
Suckler stock: All types of suckler stock required.
Heifers: Kells farmer, 370k Limousin £980 (265), 490k £1150 (235); Portglenone farmer, 310k Limousin £790 (255), 260k £620 (239); Dunloy farmer, 510k Charolais £1260 (247), 550k £1270 (231), 530k £1180 (223), 460k £990 (215); Garvagh farmer, 500k £1190 (238), 520k £1190 (229),, 520k £1160 (223), 530k £1170 (221), 580k £1260 (217), 570k £1220 (214), 500k £1070 (214); Garvagh farmer, 530k Limousin £1230 (232), 580k £1290 (222), 550k £1180 (215), 620k £1290 (208); Upperlands farmer, 600k Charolais £1290 (215), 560k £1160 (207), 570k £1180 (207), 610k £1260 (207), 630k £1300 (206) and Garvagh farmer, 500k Limousin £1040 (208).
Steers: Coleraine farmer, 320k Limousin £870 (272); Coleraine farmer, 360k Limousin £950 (264), 440k £1050 (239), 450k £990 (220); Templepatrick farmer, Charolais and Limousin to 340k £860 (253), 420k £1010 (241), 410k £960 (234),440k £1030 (234), 390k £910 (233), 430k £980 (228), 430k £970 (226), 430k £960 (223); Garvagh farmer, 490k Limousin £1170 (239), 540k £1220 (226), 590k £1240 (210), 680k £1410 (207); Randalstown farmer, 440k Limousin £1040 (236), 520k £1100 (212); Claudy farmer, 450k Limousin £1050 (233), 460k £1030 (224), 470k £1040 (221); Kells farmer, 450k Charolais £1050 (233), 470k £1030 (219), 400k £840 (210); Maghera farmer, 400k Limousin £880 (220); Ballymoney farmer, 390k Aberdeen Angus £850 (218); Ballymena farmer, 520k Charolais £1100 (212) and Ballymena farmer, 580k Simmental £1210 (209), 610k £1230 (202), 600k £1210 (202).
Friesian and Aberdeen Angus steers a flying trade with more required for strong demand.
Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.