Dairy cattle selling to £2700 at Kilrea

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £560, £480, £435, £400, £380; Cushendall farmer, Limousin £530; Cookstown farmer, Belgian Blue £425; Millisle farmer, Charolais £415, Aberdeen Angus £390, Charolais £385, £255, Shorthorn beef £250; Bendooragh farmer, Simmental £370, Aberdeen Angus £340, Charolais £330, Fleckvieh £205; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360, Belgian Blue £275, Aberdeen Angus £210; Londonderry farmer, Limousin £345, £295, £235; Ballymoney farmer, Stabiliser £335, £200; Macosquin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £335, Hereford £230, £205; Portglenone farmer, Simmental £325, £220; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £320, £265, £245; Aghadowey farmer, Limousin £320; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300; Macosquin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290, £225; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285; Bendooragh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £275; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £275, £225; Upperlands farmer, Friesian £255; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £250, £230; Castlerock farmer, Blonde d’Aquitaine £250; Portglenone farmer, Friesian £235; Portglenone farmer, Simmental £220; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £215 and Ballymoney farmer, Limousin £205.

Heifer calves

Ballycastle farmer, Charolais £625, Limousin £600, £585, Charolais £590, Limousin £470; Cushendal farmer, Stabiliser £470, Limousin £440, Stabiliser £390; Ballymena farmer, NR £465;Downpatrick farmer, Limousin £455, Aberdeen Angus £390; Portglenone farmer, Charolais £375; Londonderry farmer, Limousin £350, £210; Millisle farmer, Shorthorn beef £340, £330, Aberdeen Angus £295; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330, £255; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £320; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £305; Armoy farmer, Belgian Blue £285; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £235; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £235; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £210 and Bendooragh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £255. Good demand for thick types. Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (20)

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 £680 and 227 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 1330 on Monday 22nd August met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £4.74 per kg and to top of £146. Fat ewes to £160.

Lambs (1000)

Tobermore farmer, 19.5k £92.50 (474), 21.5k £98 (456); Ballymoney farmer, 22.5k £105 (467); Garvagh farmer, 22k £102.50 (466), 21.5k £97 (451); Moneymore farmer, 22k £102 (464); Cullybackey farmer, 19.5k £89.50 (459); Coleraine farmer, 19k £87 (458), 22.5k £100.50 (447); Cookstown farmer, 24k £110 (458); Dunloy farmer, 22.5k £103 (458); Draperstown farmer, 22k £100.50 (457); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £100 (455); Dunloy farmer, 22k £100 (455); Rasharkin farmer, 22k £100 (455); Dunloy farmer, 21.5k £27.50 (454); Upperlands farmer, 22k £99.50 (452); Ballykelly farmer, 19.5k £88 (451); Kilrea farmer, 21.5k £97 (451); Moneymore farmer, 22.5k £101.50 (451); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £99 (450); Ballycastle farmer, 20.5k £92 (449); Coleraine farmer, 20.5k £92 (449); Garvagh farmer, 22.5k £101 (449); Macosquin farmer, 23k £100 (448); Portglenone farmer, 22k £98.50 (448); Rasharkin farmer, 23k £100 (448); Bendooragh farmer, 22k £98 (446), 22.5k £99 (440); Garvagh farmer, 22k £98 (446); Kilrea farmer, 22k £98 (446); Magherafelt farmer, 22k £98 (445); Draperstown farmer, 22.5k £100 (444); Limavady farmer, 23k £102 (444); Rasharkin farmer, 22.5k £100 (444); Garvagh farmer, 23k £102 (444); Ballymena farmer, 23.5k £104 (443); Claudy farmer, 21k £93 (443) and Aghadowey farmer, 24.5k £108 (441).

Fat ewes (330) on offer met a super trade for all types on offer including grazing types.

Good entry of ewes to £160.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of 20 dairy on Tuesday 23rd August to a top price of £2700 for a calved heifer.

Coleraine farmer, calved heifers to £2700, £2300; Ballyclare farmer, calved cows to £2020, £2000, £1680; Ballymoney farmer, calved heifers to £1680, £1640 and Maghera farmer, springing heifer to £1620.

More stock required weekly.

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

A super entry of 380 on Wednesday 24th August at Kilrea, met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £1610, heifers to £1650 and fat cows and bulls to £1770.

Fat cows: 100 on offer, flying trade.

Ballymoney farmer, 600k Belgian Blue £1400 (233); Coleraine farmer, 760k Belgian Blue £1690 (222); Magherafelt farmer, 640k Simmental £1380 (216); Ballymena farmer, 700k Limousin £1480 (211); Limavady farmer, 740k Charolais £1540 (208), 670k Simmental £1140 (170); Portglenone farmer, 590k Simmental £1200 (203); Desertmartin farmer, 430k Aberdeen Angus £870 (202), 450k £880 (196), 400k £760 (190); Dunloy farmer, 450k Belgian Blue £900 (200), 430k Aberdeen Angus £840 (195), 410k £790 (193); Rasharkin farmer, 580k Friesian £1160 (200), 560k £1080 (193), 470k Fleckvieh £900 (192); Kilrea farmer, 770k Aberdeen Angus £1530 (199), 840k Belgian Blue £1500 (179); Portglenone farmer, 370k Limousin £730 (197); Limavady farmer, 670k Charolais £1300 (194), 750k £1330 (177); Rasharkin farmer, 830k Aberdeen Angus £1610 (194), 730k £1400 (192), 680k £1180 (174); Bushmills farmer, 630k Friesian £1200 (191), 590k £1060 (180), 520k £930 (179), 500k £860 (172); Ballymena farmer, 760k Belted Galloway £1400 (184), 620k Shorthorn beef £1100 (177); Ballycastle farmer, 630k Limousin £1140 (181); Crumlin farmer, 370k Aberdeen Angus £660 (178) and Ballymena farmer, 1000k Stabiliser £1770 (177).

Suckler

Ballymena farmer, Shorthorn cow with Limousin bull calf at foot to £1540, Limousin Cow with Charolais heifer calf at foot to £1330 and Kilrea farmer, Limousin cow with Aberdeen Angus bull calf at foot to £1420.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Coleraine farmer, 570k Limousin £1650 (290), 550k £1260 (229); Upperlands farmer, 310k Belgian Blue £870 (281), 420k £1100 (262), 410k £1060 (259), 540k Charolais £1390 (257), 350k £900 (257), 410k Belgian Blue £1000 (244), 500k £1200 (240), 470k £1100 (234), 400k £910 (228), 490k £1090 (222), 410k £900 (220), 480k £1050 (219); Portglenone farmer, 460k Limousin £1290 (280), 430k £1090 (254); Portglenone farmer, 430k Charolais £1200 (279), 440k £1210 (275), 470k £1240 (264), 460k £1190 (259), 460k £1100 (239), 490k £1170 (239), 430k Limousin £1000 (233), 440k £980 (223); Ballymoney farmer, 340k Charolais £940 (277), 270k Shorthorn beef £700 (259), 470k Limousin £1110 (236); Claudy farmer, 430k Charolais £1170 (272), 440k £1180 (268), 4450k Limousin £1190 (264), 450k Aberdeen Angus £1130 (251), 470k Charolais £1150 (245), 430k £1050 (244), 460k £1080 (235), 470k £1090 (232), 500k £1160 (232), 430k £980 (228), 450k Limousin £1000 (222), 500k Charolais £1110 (222), 390k £850 (218); Kilrea farmer, 460k Limousin £1250 (272), 420k £1140 (271), 450k £1220 (271), 440k £1040 (236), 430k Aberdeen Angus £990 (230), 370k Limousin £840 (227), 530k £1170 (221); Templepatrick farmer, 380k Charolais £1020 (268), 330k Limousin £830 (252), 360k £830 (231), 380k £850 (224); Randalstown farmer, 480k LH £1240 (258), 410k Limousin £890 (217); Garvagh farmer, 440k Limousin £1130 (257); Aghadowey farmer, 370k Simmental £940 (254), 460k £1110 (241), 430k £1030 (240), 390k £900 (231), 420k £940 (223); Ballymoney farmer, 450k Limousin £1090 (242), 530k £1270 (240), 510k £1190 (233); Macosquin farmer, 540k Aberdeen Angus £1280 (237), 520k £1140 (219), 510k £1100 (216); Coleraine farmer, 510k Aberdeen Angus £1160 (228), 560k Her £1240 (221), 590k Aberdeen Angus £1300 (220), 540k £1180 (219), 530k £1140 (215), 550k Hereford £1180 (215); Kilrea farmer, 470k Charolais £1070 (228); Magherafelt farmer, 470k Limousin £1070 (228), 440k £970 (221), 390k £850 (218); Bushmills farmer, 480k Limousin £1090 (227), 470k Belgian Blue £1000 (219); Bellaghy farmer, 540k Aberdeen Angus £1200 (222), 530k £1140 (215);

Portglenone farmer, 480k Limousin £1050 (219), 520k Aberdeen Angus £1140 (219); Ahoghill farmer, 440k Sal £960 (218); Maghera farmer, 330k Shorthorn beef £720 (218); Swatragh farmer, 600k Aberdeen Angus £1300 (217) and Portglenone farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (216).

Steers

Macosquin farmer, 380k Charolais £1150 (303), 420k £1080 (257), 470k £1090 (232); Templepatrick farmer, 340k Limousin £960 (282), 430k £1130 (263), 325k £850 (262), 360k £920 (256), 370k £880 (238), 430k £920 (214); Kilrea farmer, 530k Limousin £1380 (260); Aghadowey farmer, 500k Simmental £1280 (256), 420k £970 (231), 410k £880 (215); Maghera farmer, 460k Charolais £1150 (250), 470k Limousin £1080 (230); Swatragh farmer, 550k Her £1350 (246), 530k Aberdeen Angus £1180 (223); Bellaghy farmer, 550k Stabiliser £1340 (244), 540k Aberdeen Angus £1280 (237), 490k Stabiliser £1160 (237), 520k Aberdeen Angus £1200 (231); Upperlands farmer, 420k Limousin £1020 (243); Toomebridge farmer, 460k Aberdeen Angus £1090 (237), 490k £1130 (231), 480k £1110 (231), 460k £1030 (224), 500k £1100 (220); Claudy farmer, 550k Belgian Blue £1280 (233), 580k £1320 (228), 560k Fleckvieh £1260 (225), 610k Charolais £1360 (223), 550k Simmental £1170 (213); Dungiven farmer, 600k Charolais £1390 (232), 580k £1340 (231), 730k Limousin £1610 (221); Garvagh farmer, 510k Charolais £1180 (231), 400k £900 (225), 490k £1090 (222), 580k £1260 (217); Upperlands farmer, 390k Aberdeen Angus £900 (231), 330k Belgian Blue £760 (230); Coleraine farmer, 510k Her £1160 (228), 490k £1060 (216), 520k £1080 (208), 560k Aberdeen Angus £1150 (205); Portglenone farmer, 500k Limousin £1140 (228), 430k Simmental £960 (223); Kircubbin farmer, 610k Hereford £1380 (226), 490k £1090 (222), 530k £1140 (215); Magherafelt farmer, 530k Limousin £1170 (221), 550k £1200 (218), 510k £1100 (216); Randalstown farmer, 580k Aberdeen Angus £1280 (221), 620k £1330 (215); Toomebridge farmer, 390k Aberdeen Angus £840 (215); Ballymoney farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1060 (212), 510k £1050 (206); Portglenone farmer, 510k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (212) and Coleraine farmer, 770k Shorthorn £1590 (207).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.