Calved heifers selling to £2980 at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves: Garvagh farmer, Belgian Blue £615, Fleckvieh £570; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £535, £525, £405; Ballyclare farmer, Aberdeen Angus £520, £410; Desertmartin farmer, Hereford £515, Simmental £405; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £505; Draperstown farmer, Belgian Blue £475, £445; Eglinton farmer, Charolais £455, Fleckvieh £350, £275; Desertmartin farmer, Limousin £450, £310; Donemana farmer, Charolais £450, Aberdeen Angus £415, £365, Belgian Blue £330, Aberdeen Angus £290; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £430; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £415, £375, £340; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £410, £355; Portglenone farmer, Simmental £405, Fleckvieh £375; Magherafelt farmer, Simmental £400; Ballymena farmer, Belgian Blue £395, Montbeliarde £355, £330, Hereford £330, Belgian Blue £315, Hereford £305, £290, £265; Moneymore farmer, Limousin £390, Fleckvieh £380, £280; Crumlin farmer, Fleckvieh £385, £270, £235; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £385, £320; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £355; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £355, £255; Macosquin farmer, Limousin £355, Aberdeen Angus £280, £260, Limousin £260; Aghadowey farmer, Hereford £345, £290, £270; Ballycastle farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345, £245; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £340, £260, Aberdeen Angus £240; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £320; Desertmartin farmer, Friesian £320; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £320; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £305; Ahoghill farmer, Fleckvieh £300; Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300, Limousin £300; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £295, Belgian Blue £275; Cookstown farmer, Friesian £295; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £285; Dungiven farmer, Friesian £285; Dungiven farmer, Belgian Blue £285, £235; Macosquin farmer, Belgian Blue £275; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250; Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £235 and Macosquin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £220.

Heifer calves: Ahoghill farmer, Belgian Blue £455, Hereford £285; Bushmills farmer, Belgian Blue £440, Aberdeen Angus £420, Belgian Blue £325, Limousin £290; Ballyclare farmer, Aberdeen Angus £440, £345; Draperstown farmer, Belgian Blue £400; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £395, £270; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £395; Donemana farmer, Charolais £390, Aberdeen Angus £360, Belgian Blue £355; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £385, £340; Garvagh farmer, Hereford £370; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £370; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £365; Eglinton farmer, Limousin £360, £345; Ahoghill farmer, Belgian Blue £360, Limousin £315; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £355; Macosquin farmer, Belgian Blue £355; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £295; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £290, Fleckvieh £260, Hereford £260, £250; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290; Ballycastle farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285; Macosquin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280, Limousin £200, Aberdeen Angus £200; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £270, £250; Dungiven farmer, Belgian Blue £270; Dungiven farmer, Limousin £265, Aberdeen Angus £220, £200; Macosquin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £260, Limousin £260, £250; Ballymoney farmer, Limousin £250; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £240; Limavady farmer, Shorthorn beef £240, £200; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230 and Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £295. Good demand for thick types. Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (60)

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 £840 and 326 ppk. More required to satisfy demand. Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

Monday, January 25, 2021: A good entry of 480 fat lambs and ewes met a super trade with lambs in strong demand as buyers keen for sheep.

Lambs sold to £5.04 per kg and to top of £121.

Fat ewes sold to £163.

Kilrea Mart are now selling breeding sheep every Monday, aged springing ewes to £168.

Lambs

Garvagh farmer, 23k £116 (504), 16k £76 (475); Garvagh farmer, 19k £94.50 (497), 25.5k £119.50 (469); Aghadowey farmer, 19k £94 (495); Ballymoney farmer, 23.5k £116 (494); Randalstown farmer, 16k £79 (494); Bushmills farmer, 24k £118 (492); Bellaghy farmer, 23.5k £114 (485); Rasharkin farmer, 20.5k £99.50 (485); Bellaghy farmer, 20k £96 (480); Ballymoney farmer, 20k £95.50 (478); Bushmills farmer, 20.5k £98 (478); Portglenone farmer, 24.5k £117 (478) and Kilrea farmer, 24.5k £115 (469), 20.5k £96 (468).

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

Larger entry of ewes sold to £163.

Brisk demand for all types on offer.

Tuesday, January 26, 2021: A super entry of 40 dairy cows met a super trade with more quality lots required.

calved heifers sold to £2980.

Portstewart farmer, calved heifers to £2980, £2580, £2480, £2400, £2340; Drumquin farmer, calved heifer to £1960; Coleraine farmer, calved heifer to £1940, Springing Heifer to £1700; Cookstown farmer, calved heifer to £1800; Magherafelt farmer, springing heifers to £1620, £1540, £1500; Coleraine farmer, calved heifer to £1520 and Claudy farmer, batch of maiden heifers to £1020.

More stock required weekly.

Wednesday, January 27, 2021: A super entry of 230 fat cow, suckler and store cattle met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers sold to £1370, heifers sold to £1340, fat cows and bulls sold to £1390 and suckler stock sold to £2200.

Fat cows: (60 on offer. Flying trade - more required).

Castlederg farmer, 480k Montbeliarde £900 (188), 530k £970 (183), 560k £1000 (179), 510k £910 (178), 610k £880 (144), 630k £890 (141); Kilrea farmer, 600k Friesian £1100 (183), 650k £1140 (175); Ballymena farmer, 640k Limousin £1040 (163), 710k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (152); Macosquin farmer, 610k Charolais £990 (162); Dunloy farmer, 610k Limousin £980 (161); Limavady farmer, 480k Friesian £770 (160), 460k £560 (122); Dunloy farmer, 710k AU £1080 (152); Ballymena farmer, 410k Aberdeen Angus £620 (151), 470k Limousin £710 (151), 610k Friesian £770 (126); Portglenone farmer, 670k Simmental £990 (148); Swatragh farmer, 580k BGA £850 (147); Maghera farmer, 570k Friesian £830 (146), 420k £570 (136); Dunloy farmer, 790k Shorthorn beef £1130 (143); Ballymoney farmer, 630k Friesian £880 (140), 680k £920 (135), 790k £1060 (134), 680k £850 (125); Garvagh farmer, 550k Limousin £770 (140); Kilrea farmer, 620k Shorthorn £840 (136), 580k £720 (124), 620k Fleckvieh £750 (121); Ballymoney farmer, 810k Hol £1080 (133), 700k £870 (124); Ballymena farmer, 660k Hereford £880 (133), 540k Shorthorn £680 (126); Aghadowey farmer, 720k Friesian £940 (131); Magherafelt farmer, 750k Friesian £960 (128); Ballymoney farmer, 580k Friesian £700 (121); Portglenone farmer, 760k Friesian £920 (121); Magherafelt farmer, 690k Friesian £820 (119); Garvagh farmer, 640k Friesian £750 (117) and Ballyronan farmer, 560k Friesian £850 (116), 620k £710 (115).

Fat bulls: Magherafelt farmer, 620k Friesian £950 (153); Magherafelt farmer, 930k Aberdeen Angus £1390 (150) and Ballymoney farmer, 770k Shorthorn £1000 (130).

Suckler stock: Dungiven farmer, Springing Limousin heifer in calf Limousin to £2200 and springing Simmental heifer in calf Limousin to £2030.

Heifers: Dunloy farmer, 460k Charolais £1190 (259), 450k £1090 (242), 450k £1070 (238), 510k £1190 (233), 460k £1050 (228), 570k £1280 (225), 460k £1030 (224), 520k £1150 (221), 520k £1120 (215), 470k £970 (206); Coleraine farmer, 340k Limousin £860 (253), 320k £800 (250), 230k £570 (248), 300k £740 (247), 400k £980 (245), 280k £670 (239), 360k £860 (239), 420k £960 (229), 310k £700 (226), 490k £1100 (225), 370k £800 (216); Garvagh farmer, 520k Charolais £1270 (244), 570k £1280 (225), 570k £1270 (223), 590k £1300 (220), 570k £1250 (219), 540k £1170 (217); Ballymena farmer, 450k Charolais £1070 (238), 440k £1000 (227), 470k Limousin £1050 (223), 420k £890 (212), 520k £1090 (210), 400k Stabiliser £830 (208), 550k Limousin £1140 (207); Macosquin farmer, 420k Charolais £990 (236), 440k £1020 (232), 430k £960 (223), 490k Aberdeen Angus £1060 (216), 440k £950 (216); Ballycastle farmer, 550k Limousin £1260 (229), 570k £1280 (225), 510k £1100 (216), 490k £1060 (216), 510k £1080 (212), 520k £1080 (208); Upperlands farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1190 (216), 520k £1110 (214); Ballymoney farmer, 480k Limousin £1030 (215); Magherafelt farmer, 580k Limousin £1210 (209), 580k £1190 (205); Limavady farmer, 600k Aberdeen Angus £1240 (207), 590k £1220 (207), 650k £1340 (206), 540k £1110 (206), 600k Belgian Blue £1220 (203); Coleraine farmer, 400k Simmental £820 (205) and Ballycastle farmer, 500k Belgian Blue £1000 (200).

Steers: Coleraine farmer, 330k Limousin £870 (264), 350k £900 (257), 360k £900 (250), 410k £910 (222); Randalstown farmer, 330k Charolais £870 (264), 330k £840 (255), 330k £810 (246), 290k £700 (241), 440k £1020 (232); Kilrea farmer, 360k Charolais £920 (256), 350k Simmental £880 (251), 650k Charolais £1370 (211); Randalstown farmer, 340k Limousin £850 (250); Portglenone farmer, 310k Simmental £760 (245), 270k £650 (241), 270k £640 (237), 310k Hereford £650 (210); Randalstown farmer, 380k Limousin £910 (240), 360k £850 (236); Upperlands farmer, 440k Limousin £1050 (239), 500k £1110 (222), 330k Aberdeen Angus £730 (221), 470k Belgian Blue £980 (209), 580k £1180 (203), 360k Limousin £730 (203); Ballyclare farmer, 360k Aberdeen Angus £850 (236), 370k Charolais £830 (224), 350k Belgian Blue £740 (211); Coleraine farmer, 440k Limousin £1040 (236), 410k £900 (220), 500k £1050 (210), 460k £940 (204); Upperlands farmer, 550k Limousin £1240 (226), 570k £1210 (212); Randalstown farmer, 480k Limousin £1080 (225); Dunloy farmer, 460k Simmental £1020 (222), 500k £1080 (216), 530k £1100 (208), 490k £980 (200); Coleraine farmer, 420k Aberdeen Angus £930 (221), 490k Montbeliarde £1000 (204), 460k Aberdeen Angus £920 (200); Portglenone farmer, 560k Limousin £1240 (221), 550k £1200 (218), 580k £1210 (209), 540k Simmental £1120 (207), 560k £1120 (200); Ballymoney farmer, 400k Stabiliser £880 (220), 410k £890 (217), 500k £1060 (212), 500k Limousin £1040 (208), 490k Stabiliser £1000 (204); Ballymoney farmer, 470k Hereford £980 (209), 460k Fleckvieh £930 (202); Rasharkin farmer, 370k Limousin £770 (208) and Garvagh farmer, 580k Limousin £1200 (207), 550k Belgian Blue £1100 (200).

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

Auctioneers: HA McIlrath and Sons Ltd.