Calved stock sell to a top price of £1500 at Kilrea Mart

More sheep needed every week.

Lambs to £105 and to 4.66 per kg.

Lambs: Kilrea Farmer, 20.5k £95.50 (466); Coleraine farmer, 20k £92 (460); Portglenone farmer, 21k £96 (457); Ballymena farmer, 17.5k £80 (457); Aghadowey farmer, 22.5k £102.50 (456); Kilrea farmer, 21k £95 (452); Cookstown farmer, 21.5k £97 (451); Rasharkin farmer, 21k £94.50 (450) and Cullybackey farmer, 21k £94.50 (450).

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

Ewes to £105 for many crossbred types.

Brisk demand for all types on offer.

Tuesday, June 2, 2020: A small entry of dairy stock due to the great weather met a super trade for what was on offer with an 100% clearance.

Calved stock sold to a top price of £1500.

More stock required weekly.

Wednesday, June 3, 2020: A good entry of 200 fat cow, suckler and store cattle met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Beef steers to £1645, £1555, £1530, £1495, £1490, beef heifers to £1320 and to 224ppk, fat cows £1250 and 181ppk.

Fat cows: (70 on offer. Flying trade - more required)

Dungiven farmer, 430k £780 (181), 550k £755 (137); Glarryford farmer, 690k £1230 (178), 650k £900 (139); Portglenone farmer, 580k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1030 (178), 690k £1190 (173); Macosquin farmer, 690k Limousin £1145 (166); Limavady farmer, 760k Belgian Blue £1250 (165); Ballymena farmer, 480k Friesian £755 (157), 460k £690 (150); Finvoy farmer, 560k Friesian £880 (157), 740k £1000 (135); Toomebridge farmer, 610k Belgian Blue £945 (155), 610k £940 (154); Portglenone farmer, 670k Friesian £1035 (155), 750k £1145 (153), 710k £855 (120); Maghera farmer, 560k Charolais £860 (154); Dungiven farmer, 670k £1030 (154); local farmer, 690k Fleckvieh £1030 (149), 840k £1170 (139), 710k Friesian £940 (132); Limavady farmer, 560k £830 (148); Limavady farmer, 780k Shorthorn £1150 (147), 850k £1150 (135); Moneymore farmer, 640k Montbeliarde £890 (139), 720k Friesian £980 (136); Moneymore farmer, 730k Fleckvieh £1015 (139); Macosquin farmer, 670k Friesian £920 (137), 730k £960 (132); Coleraine farmer, 670k Friesian £910 (136); Aghadowey farmer, 720k Friesian £980 (136), 890k £1140 (128), 690k £885 (128), 730k £930 (127); Aghadowey farmer, 660k Friesian £900 (136), 730k £965 (132), 650k £850 (131); Maghera farmer, 750k Friesian £1005 (134), 700k £890 (127); Toomebridge farmer, 700k £930 (133), 730k £950 (130), 740k £950 (124); Ballymoney farmer, 630k Friesian £835 (133); Portglenone farmer, 640k £840 (131); Stranocum farmer, 700k Friesian £920 (131), 670k £850 (127); Ballymena farmer, 740k Friesian £960 (130); Ballymoney farmer, 750k Friesian £945 (126), 860k £1050 (122) and Tobermore farmer, 760k Friesian £940 (124).

Heifers: Magherafelt farmer, 480k Charolais £1105 (230), 490k £1040 (212); Garvagh farmer, 590k Limousin £1320 (224), 560k £1215 (217), 620k £1250 (202); Ballymena farmer, 350k Charolais £765 (219); Limavady farmer, 480k Charolais £1050 (219), 500k £1080 (216), 500k £1035 (207), 500k £1025 (205); Macosquin farmer, 350k Limousin £765 (219), 380k £805 (212); Toomebridge farmer, 390k Limousin £845 (217); Ballymoney farmer, 470k Blonde d'Aquitaine £980 (209); Garvagh farmer, 620k Charolais £1285 (207); Upperlands farmer, 300k Belgian Blue £620 (207); Swatragh farmer, 520k Charolais £1065 (205), 560k £1115 (199) and Maghera farmer, 590k Limousin £1205 (204)

Steers: Ballymena farmer, 380k Charolais £880 (232), 380k £800 (211); Claudy farmer, 300k Simmental £695 (232), 350k £795 (227), 300k £675 (225), 360k £770 (214); Upperlands farmer, 310k Belgian Blue £715 (231); Kilrea farmer, 400k Charolais £915 (229), 400k £900 (225), 410k £910 (222), 410k £890 (217), 380k £810 (213), 470k £980 (209); Aghadowey farmer, 530k Limousin £1145 (216), 620k £1290 (208), 580k £1180 (203), 660k £1330 (202); Kilrea farmer, 710k Charolais £1500 (211), 710k £1490 (210), 690k £1450 (210), 740k Charolais £1555 (210), 730k £1530 (210), 730k £1490 (204), 840k Fleckvieh £1645 (196) and Magherafelt farmer, 390k Saler £800 (205), 400k £800 (200).

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

Auctioneer: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.