Dairy calvers sell to £2220 at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves (140)

Bull calves

Randalstown farmer, Belgian Blue £600, Aberdeen Angus £440, £370, Hereford £260; Limavady farmer, Limousin £510, £380; Ballymoney farmer, Stabiliser £450; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £430, Belgian Blue £340, Aberdeen Angus £330, Friesian £260; Cloughmills farmer, Belgian Blue £400, Aberdeen Angus £330; Londonderry farmer, Limousin £400; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £380; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £375; Castlederg farmer, Fleckvieh £330, £310, £300, £260, £230, £210; Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £320, £300, £280, £250; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300; Ballyclare farmer, Hereford £300, Aberdeen Angus £290; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £245 and Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £240, £235.

Heifer calves

Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £430, £360, £300; Cookstown farmer, Charolais £410, Limousin £400, £360, £355; Ballymoney farmer, Stabiliser £390, £340; Limavady farmer, Limousin £390, £380; Magherafelt Road, Aberdeen Angus £370, £300; Strabane farmer, Charolais £350; Londonderry farmer, Limousin £370, £300, £260, £250; Castlederg farmer, Fleckvieh £330, £310, £290, £280, £220; Limavady farmer, Shorthorn beef £300; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £295; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290, £250, £230, £200; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £280, Aberdeen Angus £260; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £275; Ballyclare farmer, Hereford £240; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £225, £200; Magherafelt farmer, Hereford £220 and Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £210.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £260. Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (180)

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 top of £840 and 294ppk.

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

Monday, September 21, 2020: A great entry of fat lambs and ewes met a sharp trade with lambs in strong demand as buyers keen for sheep. Lambs sold to 4.22 per kg and to top of £93.50.

Fat ewes to £103.50.

Lambs

Limavady farmer, 18.5k £78 (422); Ballymoney farmer, 18k £75 (417); Aghadowey farmer, 23k £93 (404); Coleraine farmer, 20k £81 (405); Cookstown farmer, 22k £87 (396); Kilrea farmer, 21.5k £84.50 (393); Garvagh farmer, 23k £90 (391); Maghera farmer, 22.5k £87.50 (389) and Eglinton farmer, 22.5k £87 (387); Garvagh farmer, 22.5k £87 (387).

Fat ewes on offer met a super trade for all types on offer including grazing types. Ewes sold to £103.50. Brisk demand for all types on offer.

Tuesday, September 22, 2020: A great entry of 31 dairy stock met a super trade.

Cloughmills farmer, third calvers to £2220, £2180, £1940, second calvers to £2000, £1560, calved heifer to £2000, maiden heifers to £920, £900, £860, £840; Magherafelt farmer, calved heifer to £1780 and Ballymoney farmer, Shorthorn dairy bulling heifers to £1000, £920, £900.

More stock required weekly.

Wednesday, September 23, 2020: A super entry of 270 fat cow, suckler and store cattle met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers sold to £1350, heifers sold to £1370, fat cows sold to £1300 and suckler stock sold to £1590.

Fat cows: (65 on offer. Flying trade - more required).

Cloughmills farmer, 680k Fleckvieh £1190 (175), 700k Friesian £900 (129); Aghadowey farmer, 610k Simmental £970 (159), 730k £1080 (148); Portglenone farmer, 530k Shorthorn beef £830 (157); Aghadowey farmer, 810k Fleckvieh £1200 (148); Ballymena farmer, 590k Friesian £870 (148), 600k £840 (140), 570k £760 (133); Garvagh farmer, 860k Limousin £1270 (148); Aghadowey farmer, 640k Holstein £920 (144); Garvagh farmer, 770k Friesian £1050 (136), 840k £1110 (132), 780k £950 (122); Coagh farmer, 730k Simmental £980 (134), 670k Aberdeen Angus £890 (133); Limavady farmer, 690k Charolais £920 (133); Ballycastle farmer, 720k Friesian £940 (131); Ballycastle farmer, 790k Holstein £1030 (130); Kilrea farmer, 760k Friesian £970 (128); Limavady farmer, 650k Friesian £830 (128); Rasharkin farmer, 750k Holstein £960 (128); Ringsend farmer, 840k Friesian £1050 (125) and Castlerock farmer, 740k Holstein £920 (124).

Fat bulls: Eglinton farmer, 790k Aberdeen Angus £1430, 830k £1430 and Ballymena farmer, 990k Limousin £1400.

Suckler stock: Antrim farmer, Limousin heifer with Limousin bull calf at foot to £1590.

Heifers: Aghadowey farmer, 440k Limousin £1370 (311), 460k £1160 (252), 440k Charolais £910 (207); local farmer, 530k Belgian Blue £1370 (259); Cullybackey farmer, 340k Charolais £880 (258); Limavady farmer, 360k Charolais £930 (258), 370k £880 (238), 380k £900 (237), 470k £1080 (230), 410k £930 (227), 420k £940 (224), 390k £870 (223), 440k £970 (221), 470k £990 (211), 410k £860 (210), 420k £860 (205), 480k £970 (202); Coagh farmer, 230k Simmental £560 (244); Cullybackey farmer, 340k Limousin £810 (238), 380k £880 (232), 440k £970 (221); Macosquin farmer, 300k Belgian Blue £700 (233), 300k £650 (217), 360k £750 (208); Rasharkin farmer, 390k Charolais £880 (226), 480k Limousin £1030 (215), 460k £980 (213), 490k £1020 (208), 420k £840 (200); Swatragh farmer, 430k Charolais £940 (219), 460k £970 (211), 470k £990 (211), 520k £1070 (206), 490k £980 (200); Portglenone farmer, 490k Limousin £1060 (216); Macosquin farmer, 360k Belgian Blue £750 (208); Ballycastle farmer, 290k Aberdeen Angus £600 (207); Dungiven farmer, 410k Limousin £850 (207), 480k £970 (202); Newtownabbey farmer, 390k Shorthorn beef £790 (203), 370k £740 (200) and Cullybackey farmer, 490k Limousin £980 (200).

Steers

Cullybackey farmer, 360k Limousin £910 (253), 400k £950 (238), 440k £970 (221), 500k £1070 (214); Limavady farmer, 320k Limousin £800 (250), 340k £790 (232), 340k Charolais £770 (227), 350k £740 (211), 390k £790 (203); Portglenone farmer, 550k Charolais £1350 (246), 480k £1160 (242), 460k £1060 (230), 500k £1130 (226), 550k £1200 (218), 560k £1200 (214), 500k Sal £1050 (210); Coagh farmer, 230k Simmental £560 (244); Macosquin farmer, 430k Charolais £1020 (237); Limavady farmer, 330k Limousin £750 (227); Coleraine farmer, 430k Limousin £970 (226), 470k £1060 (226), 470k £1050 (223), 570k £1270 (223), 450k £990 (220), 470k £1030 (219), 450k £980 (218), 510k £1110 (218), 500k Charolais £1060 (212), 540k Limousin £1110 (206), 510k Simmental £1040 (204); Glarryford farmer, 310k Belgian Blue £700 (226), 320k £720 (225), 310k £660 (213); Aghadowey farmer, 510k Charolais £1130 (222); Coleraine farmer, 480k Aberdeen Angus £1060 (221); Aghadowey farmer, 500k Charolais £1100 (220); Ballyclare farmer, 270k Belgian Blue £590 (219); Macosquin farmer, 380k Aberdeen Angus £820 (216), 380k Hereford £760 (200); Ballycastle farmer, 290k Aberdeen Angus £600 (207), 310k £630 (203); Dungiven farmer, 510k Limousin £1050 (206); Cullybackey farmer, 420k Charolais £860 (205), 480k £970 (202) and Magherafelt farmer, 290k Simmental £590 (203).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.