Calves and weanlings sell to a bouncing trade at Kilrea Mart

Continental calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Dungiven farmer, Charolais £580, £495, £480, £435, £425; Moneymore farmer, Limousin £530, £480; Moneymore farmer, Belgian Blue £495, £485, Aberdeen Angus £480, Belgian Blue £470, Fleckvieh £360; Ballymoney farmer, Limousin £485, £460; Ballymena farmer Simmental £460; Rasharkin farmer, Belgian Blue £450, Aberdeen Angus £395; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £430; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £375, Belgian Blue £360, Hereford £345; Ballyclare farmer, Limousin £375, £360, £345, £335; Dungannon farmer, Hereford £355; Magherafelt farmer, Simmental £350, £325; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £345; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £320, £300; Ballymena farmer, Belgian Blue £320 and Ballymoney farmer Aberdeen Angus £305, £290.

Heifer calves: Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £435, £425, £385, £380; Dungiven farmer, Limousin £435, £355; Moneymore farmer, Belgian Blue £430, £375; Moneymore farmer, Limousin £415, £395; Ballymena farmer, Belgian Blue £385, £270; Rasharkin farmer, Limousin £385, £350; Dungannon farmer, Hereford £335; Ahoghill farmer, Limousin £320, £310; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £320; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £320; Ballycastle farmer, Charolais £300; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £300, £280, £270; Magherafelt farmer, Simmental £300, £290; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £295; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290, £280; Ballyclare farmer, Aberdeen Angus £275; Ballyclare farmer, Limousin £255, £250 and Aghadowey farmer, Limousin £235.

Friesian calves

Super trade met with more required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £310.

Good demand for thick types.

Weanlings/suckler calves

A great entry of 130 weanlings met an outstanding trade for all types on offer, both for Continental beef bred types, Friesian cross types and Friesian and Holstein lumps.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

Monday, May 25, 2020: A good entry of 450 fat lambs and ewes met a great trade.

More sheep needed every week.

Lambs to £107 and to 4.94 per kg.

Lambs

Portglenone farmer, 17k £84 (494), 22k £100 (455); Kilrea farmer, 21k £103.50 (493), 21k £100 (476), 21.5k £100 (465); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £102 (486); Cookstown farmer, 22k £106 (483); Upperlands farmer, 17.5k £82 (469), 20.5k £93.50 (456); Macosquin farmer, 220k £103 (468); Ballymena farmer, 22.5k £105 (467); Ballymoney farmer, 21.5k £100 (465); Portglenone farmer, 21k £97.50 (464); Ballymena farmer, 21k £97.20 (463); Randalstown farmer, 23k £106 (461); Ballymena farmer, 23k £105.50 (459); Magherafelt farmer, 21.5k £98 (456) and Limavady farmer, 23.5k £105.70 (450).

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

Ewes to £108 for many crossbred types.

Brisk demand for all types on offer.

Tuesday, May 26, 2020: A good entry of dairy cattle met a super trade with an 100% clearance.

Calved stock to a top of £1890.

More stock required weekly.

Ballyclare farmer, calved cows to £1890, £1830; Moneymore farmer, calved heifer £1880; Dungannon farmer second calver £1820, £1780; Tyrone farmer, calved heifers to £1820 twice and Cookstown farmer, calved heifers to £1810, £1640.

Wednesday, May 27, 2020: A good entry of 200 fat cow, suckler and store cattle at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £1425, heifers to £1330, Friesian fat cows to £1010 and 177 ppk.

Fat cows: (Flying trade - more required)

Ahoghill farmer, 590k Friesian £1010 (171); Kilrea farmer, 540k Limousin £920 (170); Coleraine farmer, 550k Limousin £895 (163); Limavady farmer, 640k Belgian Blue £1000 (156); Magherafelt farmer, 730k Simmental £1110 (152); Upperlands farmer, 600k FR £900 (150); Moneymore farmer, 680k Friesian £990 (146), 630k £820 (130); Magherafelt farmer, 730k Friesian £985 (135); Bushmills farmer, 660k £890 (135), 600k £810 (135) and Ballymena farmer, 710k Friesian £890 (125), 750k £900 (120).

Overaged fat bulls: Coleraine farmer, 1090k Charolais £1450 (133).

Suckler stock: Cows and calves sold to top of £1550, £1440, in calf heifers to £1180.

Heifers: Ballymena farmer, 390k Charolais £880 (226), 400k £815 (204); Randalstown farmer, 500k Charolais £1125 (225); Coleraine farmer, 470k Belgian Blue £1040 (221), 270k £580 (215); Ballymoney farmer, 350k Limousin £770 (220), 360k £790 (219); Garvagh farmer, 380k Par £825 (217); Portglenone farmer, 430k Belgian Blue £925 (215), 410k £810 (198); Limavady farmer, 520k Charolais £1080 (208); Dunloy farmer, 500k £1020 (204), 460k £940 (204); Swatragh farmer, 630k Limousin £1270 (202); Coleraine farmer, 450k Aberdeen Angus £885 (197) and Dunloy farmer, 520k £1025 (197), 550k Charolais £1080 (196), 560k £1090 (195).

Steers: Ballymoney farmer, 450k £1035 (230), 530k £1100 (208); Rasharkin farmer, 470k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1060 (226), 390k £880 (226), 430k £925 (215); Rasharkin farmer, 370k £820 (222), 460k £960 (209); Randalstown farmer, 360k £790 (219), 430k £905 (211); Portglenone farmer, 370k £795 (215); Kilrea farmer, 560k £1195 (213), 660k £1330 (202); Ballymoney farmer, 610k Charolais £1280 (210), 510k £1055 (207), 500k £1005 (201), 670k £1340 (200); Limavady farmer, 530k £1090 (206); Eglinton farmer, 430k £880 (205); Aghadowey farmer, 400k Aberdeen Angus £810 (203); Maghera farmer, 640k Limousin £1300 (203), 600k £1220 (203), 630k £1270 (202); Portglenone farmer, 670k Charolais £1350 (202); Magherafelt farmer, 710k Charolais £425 (201) and Toome farmer, 590k Aberdeen Angus £1185 (201).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.