Calved heifers sold to £2400 at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves: Ahoghill farmer, Hereford £535, Aberdeen Angus £460, Stabiliser £460, Hereford £450, Aberdeen Angus £450, Belgian Blue £430, Aberdeen Angus £360, Stabiliser £335; Armoy farmer, Hereford £495, Aberdeen Angus £480; Rasharkin farmer, Fleckvieh £490, £260; Ballyclare farmer, Aberdeen Angus £440, £360; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £435, Fleckvieh £390; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £425; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £400; Moneymore farmer, Fleckvieh £400; Greysteel farmer, Aberdeen Angus £395; Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £390, Hereford £275, Aberdeen Angus £220; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £385, Aberdeen Angus £375, Fleckvieh £330; Glarryford farmer, Friesian £385, Friesian £340; Bellaghy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £380; Castlerock farmer, Fleckvieh £360, £235; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £360, Simmental £290; Londonderry farmer, Charolais £355, Holstein £260; Coleraine farmer, Fleckvieh £335; Dungannon farmer, Aberdeen Angus £335; Garvagh farmer, Hereford £325; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £320; Bellaghy farmer, Limousin £320, £240; Upperlands farmer, Holstein £320; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300, £275; Desertmartin farmer, Montbeliarde £310, Friesian £265; Londonderry farmer, Limousin £310, Friesian £240; Drumahoe farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300; Kilrea farmer, Limousin £300; Ballymoney farmer, Shorthorn £290, £270; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290, £275; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285, £250; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £280; Castlerock farmer, Belgian Blue £280; Cookstown farmer, Holstein £280, £260; Dunloy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £250, £240; Macosquin farmer, Hereford £250, £225; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £250, £210; Cookstown farmer, Friesian £250; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £235, Montbeliarde £220 and Magherafelt farmer, Friesian £235; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £200.

Heifer calves: Garvagh farmer, Belgian Blue £555; Ahoghill farmer, Stabiliser £525, Belgian Blue £480, Stabiliser £475, Hereford £475, Aberdeen Angus £475, £470, Hereford £440, Stabiliser £390, Aberdeen Angus £390, Friesian £305; Rasharkin farmer, Fleckvieh £420; Dungannon farmer, Aberdeen Angus £395; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £385; Greysteel farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350; Londonderry farmer, Limousin £350, £300, £295, £235; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £340; Bellaghy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £335; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £325; Ballyclare farmer, Aberdeen Angus £325, £290; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £320, £265, Hereford £220; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £310; Macosquin farmer, Hereford £290; Bellaghy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280, £215; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £265, £200; Drumahoe farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250; Garvagh farmer, Hereford £245; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240; Dungiven farmer, Belgian Blue £230; Dunloy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £220; Castlerock farmer, Belgian Blue £220 and Bellaghy farmer, Limousin £200.

Friesian calves: Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £385. Good demand for thick types. Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (130): 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 £1115 and 383ppk.

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

Monday, March 29, 2021: A good entry of 400 fat lambs and ewes met an improved trade with lambs in strong demand as buyers keen for sheep. Lambs sold to £6.88 per kg and to top of £170. Fat ewes sold to £144. Kilrea Mart are now selling breeding sheep every Monday, ewes and lambs to £220.

Lambs: Aghadowey farmer, 20.5k £141 (688), 24k £155.50 (648); Kilrea farmer, 19k £130 (684); Magherafelt farmer, 22k £149.50 (680); Aghadowey farmer, 20k £134.50 (673); Aghadowey farmer, 23k £150 (652); Ballymoney farmer, 23k £140.50 (611); Rasharkin farmer, 21k £127 (605) and Macosquin farmer, 24k £141 (588).

Heavy lambs: 37k £170, 43k £156, 38k £150, 36k £148.50, 33k £151, 33k £145, 32k £148.50, 31k £147 and 24k £155.50.

Ewes with lambs to £220.

Fat ewes on offer met a super trade for all types on offer including grazing types. Good entry of ewes sold to £144. Brisk demand for all types on offer.

Tuesday, March 30, 2021: A super entry of 100 dairy cattle met a super trade with more quality lots required. Calved heifers sold to £2400.

Portstewart farmer, calved heifers to £2400, £2240, £2240; Castlederg farmer, second calvers Montbeliarde to £2360, £2040, £2030, £1760, calved heifers Montbeliarde to £2160, Fleckvieh £2060, Montbeliarde £1880, £1780, £1750; Glarryford farmer, calved and in-calf Fleckvieh heifers to £1820, £1760, £1700, £1690, £1640, £1620, Fleckvieh breeding bull to £1940; Randalstown farmer, second calver Shorthorn to £1740, third calver Shorthorn to £1710; Macosquin farmer calved heifer to £1700 and local farmer, calved heifer to £1600.

More stock required weekly.

Wednesday, March 31, 2021: A super entry of 290 fat cow, suckler and store cattle met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers sold to £1580, heifers sold to £1330 and fat cows and bulls sold to £1400.

Fat cows: (55 on offer. Flying trade - more required)

Aghadowey farmer, 660k Limousin £1240 (188), 630k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (171), 730k Limousin £1250 (171), 640k Aberdeen Angus £980 (153), 770k £1140 (148); Dunloy farmer, 760k Limousin £1400 (184); Ballymena farmer, 720k Limousin £1290 (179), 600k Hereford £920 (153), 530k Limousin £750 (142); Kilrea farmer, 670k Aberdeen Angus £1200 (179); Bushmills farmer, 700k Belgian Blue £1180 (169); Ballycastle farmer, 800k Simmental £1320 (165); Cookstown farmer, 720k Fleckvieh £1120 (156), 900k Friesian £1290 (143), 850k £1210 (142), 820k £1110 (135); Ballymena farmer, 730k Aberdeen Angus £1130 (155), 740k £1090 (147), 720k Aberdeen Angus £1020 (142); Portglenone farmer, 730k Limousin £1120 (153); Glarryford farmer, 600k Limousin £910 (152); Maghera farmer, 600k Friesian £910 (152); Swatragh farmer, 720k Simmental £1080 (150); Bushmills farmer, 730k Norweigan Red £1050 (144), 680k Friesian £830 (122); Ballyronan farmer, 680k Friesian £980 (144), 580k £740 (128), 550k £680 (124); Magherafelt farmer, 710k Friesian £1020 (144); Antrim farmer, 690k Holstein £980 (142); Limavady farmer, 660k Limousin £930 (141); Aghadowey farmer, 930k Friesian £1270 (137); Coleraine farmer, 610k Holstein £820 (134); Coleraine farmer, 710k Friesian £920 (130); Tobermore farmer, 730k Holstein £950 (130 and Maghera farmer, 700k Friesian £870 (124), 610k £750 (123), 560k £680 (121).

Suckler stock: Tobermore farmer, 3 Aberdeen Angus cows with heifer calves at foot to £1520, £1460, £1340 and Upperlands farmer, Hereford springers in calf Aberdeen Angus to £1150, £1060.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers: Kilrea farmer, 380k Limousin £1100 (290), 340k £940 (277), 470k £1080 (230); Crumlin farmer, 370k Limousin £960 (260), 380k £940 (247), 630k £1300 (206); Carrickfergus farmer, 350k Limousin £840 (240), 420k Charolais £990 (236), 330k £780 (236), 410k £950 (232), 410k Limousin £940 (229), 420k £950 (226), 490k Belgian Blue £1000 (204); Claudy farmer, 320k Simmental £720 (225), 330k £690 (209), 370k £770 (208), 330k £680 (206); Bushmills farmer, 360k Charolais £790 (219), 370k Limousin £800 (216), 400k Charolais £860 (215), 350k £740 (211), 330k Limousin £690 (209), 360k Charolais £750 (208); Limavady farmer, 330k Belgian Blue £720 (218); Rasharkin farmer, 450k Limousin £980 (218); Claudy farmer, 490k Simmental £1060 (216); Aghadowey farmer, 360k Belgian Blue £770 (214), 360k £760 (211), 310k Aberdeen Angus £650 (210), 340k £710 (209), 370k £760 (205), 410k Belgian Blue £840 (205), 350k £700 (200); Kilrea farmer, 470k Charolais £1000 (213), 580k Limousin £1190 (205); Magherafelt farmer, 550k Charolais £1160 (211), 500k Limousin £1010 (202); Magherafelt farmer, 510k Belgian Blue £1070 (210); Coleraine farmer, 310k Limousin £630 (203); Macosquin farmer, 510k Limousin £1030 (202), 550k £1110 (202) and Randalstown farmer, 500k Simmental £1010 (202), 430k Limousin £870 (202).

Steers: Macosquin farmer, 300k Charolais £850 (283), 320k Limousin £890 (278), 340k Charolais £910 (268), 380k £1000 (263), 350k Aberdeen Angus £920 (263), 370k Charolais £940 (254); Ballymena farmer, 290k Limousin £800 (276), 325k £880 (271), 330k £890 (270), 410k £900 (220); Coleraine farmer, 550k Charolais £1380 (251); Rasharkin farmer, 350k Aberdeen Angus £880 (251), 340k £800 (235), 320k £750 (234), 410k £850 (207); Carrickfergus farmer, 560k Limousin £1370 (245), 570k Charolais £1390 (244), 400k £900 (225), 470k £1030 (219), 520k £1130 (217), 510k £1080 (212), 450k Aberdeen Angus £940 (209); Rasharkin farmer, 490k Limousin £1200 (245); Coleraine farmer, 510k Limousin £1240 (243), 460k £1100 (239), 460k £1050 (228), 590k £1300 (220), 480k £990 (206), 570k £1150 (202); Portglenone farmer, 440k Limousin £1000 (227), 470k £990 (211), 490k £1020 (208), 460k £950 (207), 430k £880 (205), 500k £1000 (200); Bushmills farmer, 380k Charolais £850 (224); Garvagh farmer, 640k Charolais £1430 (223), 620k £1340 (216), 630k £1340 (213), 460k £920 (200); Limavady farmer, 340k Limousin (750 (221); Ballycastle farmer, 650k Charolais £1410 (217); Portglenone farmer, 510k Limousin £1100 (216); Randalstown farmer, 420k Charolais £880 (215); Limavady farmer, 610k Charolais £1240 (203); Macosquin farmer, 590k Limousin £1200 (203), 500k £1000 (200); Maghera farmer, 420k Belgian Blue £840 (200), 480k Aberdeen Angus £960 (200), 490k Belgian Blue £980 (200) and Moneymore farmer, 470k Simmental £940 (200).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.