Calved heifers sold to £2420 at Kilrea

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Drumahoe farmer, Belgian Blue £630, Aberdeen Angus £200; Randalstown farmer, Montbeliarde £550, Aberdeen Angus £405, Montbeliarde £365; Maghera farmer, Friesian £515; Ballymena farmer, Limousin £430, Fleckvieh £370; Armoy farmer, Fleckvieh £430, £410, Aberdeen Angus £310; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £420, £255; Bangor farmer, Aberdeen Angus £405; Limavady farmer, Charolais £405, Belgian Blue £245; Kilrea farmer, Belgian Blue £400, £325, Charolais £315, Norweigan Red £275; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £400, £250, £210; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £375; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £355; Bangor farmer, Belgian Blue £340, £290, Charolais £260, Hereford £240; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £340, Aberdeen Angus £230, Hereford £225; Culnady farmer, Belgian Blue £335, Hereford £265, £205; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £330, £305, £230; Cullybackey farmer, Limousin £305; Ballyclare farmer, Hereford £295, Fleckvieh £225, Hereford £220; Armoy farmer, Holstein £270; Ballymena farmer, Blonde d’Aquitaine £260; Macosquin farmer, Holstein £255, Hereford £215, Aberdeen Angus £200; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £250; Portglenone farmer, Fleckvieh £250, £215; Knockloughrim farmer, Limousin £250; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £225; Crumlin farmer, Belgian Blue £225, Aberdeen Angus £220; Maghera farmer, Holstein £220; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £215; Aghadowey farmer, Hereford £215; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £210, £200; Ballymena farmer, Blonde d’Aquitaine £205 and Glarryford farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240.

Heifer calves

Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £440, £390; Armoy farmer, Holstein £410, £285, £240, £205; Moneymore farmer, Friesian £390, £375, £350, Fleckvieh £345, £325, £285, Friesian £280, Fleckvieh £275; Antrim farmer, Limousin £385, Charolais £265; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £380; Armoy farmer, Hereford £345, Aberdeen Angus £340, £320; Glenwherry farmer, Simmental £340; Macosquin farmer, Belgian Blue £335, Aberdeen Angus £205; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £330, £270, Aberdeen Angus £200; Cullybackey farmer, Belgian Blue £325, Limousin £275; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £315; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300; Strabane farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300; Bangor farmer, Shorthorn dairy £295, Simmental £275, Belgian Blue £255, Charolais £245; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £295; Ballyclare farmer, Hereford £276; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £245; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240, £200; Garvagh farmer, Belgian Blue £240; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £230; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £220 and Knockloughrim farmer, Limousin £200.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £515. Good demand for thick types. Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (100)

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 £850 and 293 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A good entry of over 530 on Monday 14th February met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £5.18 per kg and to top of £125.00.

Fat ewes to £142.

Lambs (400)

Cloughmills farmer, 19.5k £101 (518); Bushmills farmer, 22k £113 (514); Tobermore farmer, 22k £106 (505); Castlerock farmer, 22k £111 (505); Bellaghy farmer, 20.5k £102 (498); Ballymoney farmer, 23.5k £116 (494) and Tobermore farmer, 23.5k £116 (494).

Fat ewes (130) on offer met a super trade for all types on offer including grazing types.

Good entry of ewes and rams to £142.

More ewes needed.

A super entry of 90 dairy on Tuesday 15th February met a super trade with more quality lots required.

Portstewart farmer, calved heifers to £2420, £2380, £2060, £1940; Eglinton farmer, batch of calved heifers and cows to £2420, £2360, £2220, £2010, £1940, £1880, £1870, £1860, £1820, £1800, £1760, £1740, £1720, £1700, £1690, £1680, £1660, £1640, £1620, £1600, £1580, £1560; Coleraine farmer, calved heifer to £1700 and Ringsend farmer, calved Ayrshire heifer to £1560.

More stock required weekly.

A good entry of 340 on Wednesday 16th February at Kilrea, met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand. Steers to £1630, heifers to £1630. Fat cows and bulls to £1500.

Fat cows: 130 on offer, flying trade.

Coleraine farmer, 680k Belgian Blue £1500, 630k £1300 (206), 720k £1470 (204); Ballymena farmer, 580k Belgian Blue £1250 (216); Rasharkin farmer, 620k Hereford £1330 (215); Ballymena farmer, 580k Stabiliser £1210 (209), 650k £1260 (194), 510k £980 (192), 650k £1220 (188); Moneymore farmer, 570k Belgian Blue £1160 (204), 610k Friesian £1040 (171); Antrim farmer, 660k Friesian £1310 (199); Castlerock farmer, 450k Fleckvieh £890 (198), 560k £980 (175); Dunloy farmer, 440k Parthenais £860 (196); Draperstown farmer, 660k Hereford £1290 (196); Upperlands farmer, 550k Belgian Blue £1030 (187); Dunloy farmer, 700k Fleckvieh £1300 (186), 710k Friesian £1070 (151); Bushmills farmer, 600k Friesian £1080 (180), 650k Montbeliarde £1080 (166), 740k Friesian £1090 (147), 600k Montbeliarde £860 (143), 660k Friesian £910 (138), 660k £890 (135), 650k £860 (132), 790k £1030 (130), 670k £870 (130); Bellaghy farmer, 580k Limousin £1010 (174); Ballycastle farmer, 670k Montbeliarde £1140 (170), 760k £1270 (167); Aghadowey farmer, 730k Simmental £1230 (169), 850k £1380 (162); Castlerock farmer, 680k Simmental £1080 (159), 700k £1060 (151); Aghadowey farmer, 610k Friesian £950 (156), 760k £1030 (136); Maghera farmer, 470k Friesian £730 (155); Castlerock farmer, 480k Holstein £740 (154), 410k £570 (139), 690k £870 (126); Toomebridge farmer, 800k Holstein £1230 (154), 660k £980 (149); Dunloy farmer, 680k Limousin £1040 (153); Coleraine farmer, 820k Friesian £1190 (145), 800k £1150 (144); Antrim farmer, 720k Ayr £1020 (142), 830k Holstein £1160 (140); Garvagh farmer, 480k Saler £680 (142); Tobermore farmer, 670k Holstein £940 (140); Ballymoney farmer, 710k Friesian £990 (139); Ballycastle farmer, 690k Friesian £960 (139); Magherafelt farmer, 540k Friesian £740 (137); Limavady farmer, 650k Friesian £890 (137), 600k £750 (125); Newtownards farmer, 710k Holstein £970 (137), 550k £720 (131); Londonderry farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £630 (134), 660k £870 (128); Bushmills farmer, 670k Holstein £890 (133), 640k £830 (130) and Ballymoney farmer, 640k Holstein £850 (133).

Suckler stock: Selection of springing cows on offer to a top of £1260.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Limavady farmer, 450k Aberdeen Angus £1200 (267), 480k £1100 (229), 370k £820 (222), 410k £900 (220); Ballymena farmer, 630k Limousin £1630 (259), 570k £1390 (244), 610k £1430 (234), 520k £1150 (221), 640k £1420 (221); Garvagh farmer, 500k Charolais £1290 (258), 510k £1300 (255), 520k £1300 (250), 550k £1360 (247), 510k £1250 (245), 570k £1360 (239), 410k £960 (234), 570k £1330 (233); Ballymoney farmer, 390k Charolais £980 (251), 390k £940 (241); Coleraine farmer, 450k Limousin £1110 (247), 440k £990 (225), 520k £1170 (225); Ballymena farmer, 510k Charolais £1250 (245), 500k £1190 (238), 490k £1130 (231), 490k £1070 (218), 520k £1130 (217); Castledawson farmer, 610k Charolais £1470 (241), 580k £1340 (231), 600k £1340 (223), 670k £1500 (223), 580k £1290 (222), 650k £1430 (220), 570k £1250 (219), 660k £1430 (217), 670k £1450 (216); Antrim farmer, 550k Blonde d’Aquitaine £1300 (236); Dunloy farmer, 560k Charolais £1310 (234), 590k £1530 (225), 530k £1190 (225), 480k £1050 (219); Ballymena farmer, 390k Limousin £900 (231), 530k £1190 (225), 390k £850 (218); Ballymoney farmer, 4420k Belgian Blue £940 (224); Coleraine farmer, 370k Limousin £830 (224), 380k £850 (224); Ballymoney farmer, 380k Charolais £840 (221), 350k £770 (220), 420k £910 (217), 430k £940 (219); Coleraine farmer, 480k Aberdeen Angus £1040 (217); Ballymena farmer, 580k Belgian Blue £1250 (216); Bellaghy farmer, 490k Aberdeen Angus £1060 (216), 520k £1090 (210); Garvagh farmer, 510k Aberdeen Angus £1100 (216) and Garvagh farmer, 510k Belgian Blue £1090 (214).

Steers

Ballymoney farmer, 310k Charolais £850 (274); Dunloy farmer, 410k Charolais £1090 (266), 380k £1010 (266), 430k £1100 (256), 390k £990 (254), 450k £1080 (240), 430k £1030 (240), 440k £1040 (236); Limavady farmer, 400k Aberdeen Angus £1040 (260), 360k £920 (256), 390k £960 (246), 420k £1010 (241); Coleraine farmer, 500k Limousin £1250 (250), 500k £1240 (248), 550k £1300 (236), 550k £1240 (225); Kilrea farmer, 670k Charolais £1630 (243), 630k £1530 (243), 600k £1440 (240), 570k £1360 (239); Coleraine farmer, 490k Limousin £1160 (237), 420k £990 (236), 490k £1130 (231); Maghera farmer, 410k Limousin £970 (237), 410k £960 (234), 440k £1000 (227); Toomebridge farmer, 490k Belgian Blue £1160 (237); Garvagh farmer, 490k Limousin £1130 (231); Toomebridge farmer, 640k Limousin £1450 (227), 710k £1510 (213); Coleraine farmer, 570k Aberdeen Angus £1280 (225), 590k £1270 (215), 600k £1290 (215) and Kilrea farmer, 580k Aberdeen Angus £1300 (224), 560k £1200 (214).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.