Charolais heifer with heifer calf at foot sells for £4050 at Kilrea

Lambs to £5.11 per kg and to top of £124.

Fat ewes to £200.

Lambs

Magherafelt farmer, 22.5k £115 (511); Antrim farmer, 21.5k £108 (502); Ballymena farmer, 21k £105 (500); Bushmills farmer, 22.5k £112 (498); Ballymena farmer, 23k £114 (496); Coleraine farmer, 23k £114 (496); Kilrea farmer, 22k £108.50 (493); Draperstown farmer, 21k £103 (490); Cookstown farmer, 23k £112 (487); Portglenone farmer, 23k £112 (487); Ballymena farmer, 21k £102 (486); Maghera farmer, 20k £97 (485); Coleraine farmer, 21.5k £104 (484); Ballymoney farmer, 24k £116 (483); Finvoy farmer, 22k £106 (482); Magherafelt farmer, 22k £106 (482); Magherafelt farmer, 24k £115 (479); Limavady farmer, 23k £110 (478); Ballymena farmer, 22.5k £107.50 (477); Maghera farmer, 22k £105 (477); Antrim farmer, 21k £100 (476); Dunloy farmer, 21k £100 (476);Garvagh farmer, 21k £100 (476); Swatragh farmer, 21k £100 (476) and Bushmills farmer, 22k £104.50 (475).

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

Good entry of ewes to £200.

More ewes needed.

A great entry of 45 dairy on Tuesday 25th July to a top price of £2340 for a calved heifer.

Lots of buyers in attendance looking all types of dairy stock.

Coleraine farmer, fresh calved heifer to £2340; Limavady farmer, third calved cows to £1860, £1780; I and P Loughrin, batch of in-calf heifers to £2040, £2000, £1980, £1960, £1920, £1900 and Rasharkin farmer, springing heifers to £1630.

More stock required weekly.

A good entry of 280 fat cow, suckler and store cattle on Wednesday 26th July at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers sold to £1700, heifers to £1930, sucklers to £4050, fat cows and bulls to £1920.

Fat cows: 90 on offer, flying trade.

Articlave farmer, 580k Limousin £1480 (255), 620k £1280 (207); Rasharkin farmer, 580k Hereford £1340 (231), 620k Limousin £1390 (224); Moneymore farmer, 540k Holstein £1240 (230); Ballymoney farmer, 630k Belgian Blue £1420 (225); Ballymoney farmer, 510k Belgian Blue £1140 (224), 740k Friesian £1650 (223), 460k Belgian Blue £990 (215), 620k £1330 (215), 500k £1020 (204); Coleraine farmer, 780k Holstein £1750 (224), 650k £1380 (212), 700k £1450 (207); Macosquin farmer, 670k Simmental £1460 (218); Maghera farmer, 640k Holstein £1350 (211); Maghera farmer, 370k Belgian Blue £770 (208), 410k Limousin £840 (205), 400k £790 (198); Toomebridge farmer, 610k Belgian Blue £1260 (207) and Maghera farmer, 460k Shorthorn £890 (194).

Suckler

Coleraine farmer, Charolais heifer with Charolais heifer calf at foot to £4050, Charolais cow with Charolais bull calf calf at foot to £3100; Glarryford farmer, Simmental heifer with Simmental bull calf at foot to £2040; local farmer, Limousin second calver with Limousin bull calf at foot to £1960, Charolais heifer with Charolais bull calf at foot to £1940 and Maghera farmer, Limousin bull to £1920.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Claudy farmer, 630k Limousin £1930 £306), 580k Parthenais £1400 (255), 570k Charolais £1400 (246); Portglenone farmer, 400k Limousin £1180 (295), 430k £1200 (279), 410k £1060 (259), 420k Charolais £1000 (238); Dunloy farmer, 430k Charolais £1190 (277), 510k £1390 (273), 420k £1140 (271), 370k £1000 (270), 400k £910 (228); Garvagh farmer, 460ki Limousin £1210 (263), 370k £780 (211); Aghadowey farmer, 490k Belgian Blue £1240 (253), 510k £1270 (249), 510k £1140 (224), 450k £1000 (222), 470k £1030 (219); Kilrea farmer, 590k Charolais £1480 (251), 610k £1470 (241); Coleraine farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1350 (246), 610k £1480 (243), 530k £1260 (238), 540k Hereford £1270 (235), 580k £1360 (235), 540k Aberdeen Angus £1250 (232); Macosquin farmer, 510k Limousin £1500 (246), 510k £1160 (228), 530k Aberdeen Angus £1190 (225); 540k Aberdeen Angus £1150 (213); 540k Belgian Blue £1150 (213); Portglenone farmer, 600k Simmental £1430 (238), 550k Parthenais £1240 (226), 540k Limousin £1120 (207); Moneymore farmer, 510k Limousin £1210 (237), 550k £1260 (229), 550k Simmental £1180 (215); Ballymena farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1100 (234), 570k £1280 (225); Macosquin farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1150 (230), 480k Hereford £1080 (225), 400k Limousin £890 (223), 410k Aberdeen Angus £910 (222), 390k Limousin £840 (215); Bellarena farme, 530k Aberdeen Angus £1210 (228), 540k £1230 (228), 470k £1040 (221); Ballymoney farmer, 450k Aberdeen Angus £1010 (224); Garvagh farmer, 290k Limousin £640 (221); Limavady farmer, 430k Belgian Blue £930 (216) and Toomebridge farmer, 470k Limousin £1000 (213).

Steers

Dunloy farmer, 490k Charolais £1380 (278), 520k £1310 (252), 630k £1580 (251), 610k £1500 (246); Macosquin farmer, 400k Limousin £1080 (270), 410k Aberdeen Angus £1010 (246); Randalstown farmer, 500k Limousin £1330 (266), 490k Belted Galloway £1180 (241), 520k Aberdeen Angus £1250 (240), 510k Limousin £1200 (235), 620k Shorthorn beef £1430 (231), 490k Limousin £1040 (212); Garvagh farmer, 460k Limousin £1210 (263), 460k £1200 (261), 430k Fleckvieh £960 (223); Kilrea farmer, 570k Limousin £1500 (263), 620k Charolais £1580 (255), 690k Simmental £1700 (246), 630k Charolais £1550 (246), 700k £1700 (243), 620k Simmental £1500 (242), 640k Limousin £1480 (231); Bellaghy farmer, 330k Aberdeen Angus £810 (246); Cloughmills farmer, 590k Limousin £1400 (238), 510k £1090 (214); Knockloughrim farmer, 540k Limousin £1280 (237), 480k Aberdeen Angus £1130 (235), 500k £1170 (234), 520k £1180 (227); Macosquin farmer, 410k Limousin £940 (229); Toomebridge farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £1180 (227), 470k £990 (211); Kilrea farmer, 360k Simmental £800 (222); Claudy farmer, 580k Aberdeen Angus £1280 (221), 620k £1350 (218), 730k Hereford £1540 (211); Ringsend farmer, 560k Limousin £1240 (221); Ballymoney farmer, 260k Hereford £565 (217), 310k £660 (213), 260k £545 (210) and Ballymoney farmer, 460k Belgian Blue £1000 (217), 570k £1220 (214), 490k £1050 (214).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.