Dairy stock selling to a top price of £1900 for a calved heifer at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand. Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Coleraine farmer, Shorthorn beef £520, £460; Londonderry farmer, Belgian Blue £500, Aberdeen Angus £335, Limousin £335, Hereford £330; Dungannon farmer, Simmental £465; Ahoghill farmer, Belgian Blue £445, Aberdeen Angus £435, Belgian Blue £410, £365, £355, Aberdeen Angus £260; Broughshane farmer, Belgian Blue £430, Hereford £415, Aberdeen Angus £260; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £430, Charolais £390, Friesian £240; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £425, Belgian Blue £420; Hereford £400; Portglenone farmer, Simmental £400, £335, £325, £300, Holstein £215; Portstewart farmer, Aberdeen Angus £400, £330, Belgian Blue £320; Antrim farmer, Aberdeen Angus £395; Coagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £395, Friesian £250; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £390; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360; Greysteel farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350; Londonderry farmer, Limousin £350, Friesian £225; Claudy farmer, Shorthorn beef £340, £330, £315, Holstein £255; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330; Maghera farmer, Belgian Blue £330, Limousin £260; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £310; Coleraine farmer, Montbeliarde £295; Dunloy farmer, Fleckvieh £295, £215; Ahoghill farmer, Hereford £280, £200; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £270; Crumlin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £225; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £205; Randalstown farmer, Friesian £205 and Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200.

Heifer calves

Greysteel farmer, Limousin £570, Charolais £335; Armoy farmer, Belgian Blue £425, Aberdeen Angus £385; Ahoghill farmer, Belgian Blue £415, £395, Aberdeen Angus £330, Belgian Blue £315, £295, Aberdeen Angus £245; Broughshane farmer, Belgian Blue £385, Hereford £285; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £380; Coagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £375; Londonderry farmer, Aberdeen Angus £370, Hereford £340; Greysteel farmer, Aberdeen Angus £320; Portglenone farmer, Simmental £315, Aberdeen Angus £280, Simmental £275, £265; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300; Portstewart farmer, Belgian Blue £300, Aberdeen Angus £290; Maghera farmer, Limousin £290; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £265; Moneymore farmer, Belgian Blue £255, £225; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £245 and Dervock 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 (90)

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 £1020 and 294 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A good entry of 1000 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 18th September met a steady trade with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £4.97 per kg and to top of £122.50. Fat ewes to £156.

Lambs

Portglenone farmer, 17k £84.50 (497); Dungiven farmer, 21k £103.50 (493); Claudy farmer, 19k £94 (495), 19k £92 (484); Ballymoney farmer,19k £92.50 (487); Aghadowey farmer, 24.5k £119 (486); Omagh farmer, 18.5k £89.50 (484); Garvagh farmer, 17.5k £84.50 (483); Claudy farmer, 19.5k £94 (482); Garvagh farmer, 25k £120 (480); Cookstown farmer, 21.5k £103 (479), 19k £89 (468); Feeny farmer, 23k £110 (478); Claudy farmer, 21.5k £102.50 (477); Limavady farmer, 22k £105 (477); Tobermore farmer, 21.5k £102.50 (477); Rasharkin farmer, 23k £109 (474); Macosquin farmer, 22k £104 (473); Draperstown farmer, 24k £113 (471); Portlenone farmer, 21k £99 (471); Aghadowey farmer, 23k £108 (470); Cullybackey farmer, 18.5k £91.50 (469); Garvagh farmer, 19.5k £91.50 (469); Garvagh farmer, 16k £75 (469); Ballymena farmer, 22k £103 (468) and Upperlands farmer, 18.5k £86.50 (468).

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

Good entry of ewes to £156. More ewes needed.

A good entry of dairy stock on Tuesday 19th September to a top price of £1900 for a calved heifer. Lots of buyers in attendance looking all types of dairy stock.

Coleraine farmer, calved heifers to £1900, £1670; Dungannon farmer, calved heifer to £1640 and Dungiven farmer, maiden heifers to £590.

More stock required weekly.

A super entry of 540 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 20th September at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £1880, heifers to £1870, fat cows and bulls to £1870.

Fat cows: (135) on offer, flying trade.

Kilrea farmer, 650k Belgian Blue £1440 (222); Maghera farmer, 410k Limousin £910 (222), 400k Aberdeen Angus £820 (205); Limavady farmer, 530k Hereford £1170 (221), 500k Holstein £1030 (206), 540k £1090 (202), 510k £1020 (200); Ballycastle farmer, 600k Holstein £1320 (220); Eglinton farmer, 770k Limousin £1690 (220); Portglenone farmer, 480k Simmental £1040 (217); Limavady farmer, 680k Charolais £1430 (210); Rasharkin farmer, 690k Aberdeen Angus £1440 (209), 570k Shorthorn £1190 (209); Portglenone farmer, 490k Fleckvieh £1000 (204), 530k Friesian £1050 (198); Bellarena farmer, 650k Limousin £1320 (203); Ahoghill farmer, 540k Holstein £1080 (200), 490k £980 (200); Limavady farmer, 630k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1210 (192) and Randalstown farmer, 590k Hereford £1130 (192).

Suckler

Portglenone farmer, Limousin bull to £1980.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Garvagh farmer, 380k Limousin £1190 (313), 550k Belgian Blue £1620 (295), 600k Limousin £1730 (288); Portglenone farmer, 490k Charolais £1480 (302), 560k £1630 (291), 440k £1270 (289), 430k £1240 (288), 430k £1190 (277), 430k £1150 (267), 460k £1200 (261); Toomebridge farmer, 520k Charolais £1570 (302), 540k £1580 (293), 520k £1450 (279), 520k £1440 (277), 590k £1580 (268), 500k £1240 (248); Limavady farmer, 560k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1670 (298), 640k £1870 (292), 570k Limousin £1660 (291), 630k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1780 (283), 530k £1480 (279), 630k £1740 (276), 610k £1680 (275), 500k £1370 (274), 550k Limousin £1480 (269), 660k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1760 (267), 580k £1500 (259), 590k Limousin £1520 (258), 650k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1670 (257), 610k £1560 (256), 610k £1530 (251), 560k £1400 (250); Limavady farmer, 460k Charolais £1360 (296), 470k £1390 (296), 540k £1560 (289), 480k £1330 (277), 540k £1490 (276), 520k £1420 (273), 470k £1270 (270), 460k £1230 (267), 450k £1110 (247); Coleraine farmer, 480k Limousin £1380 (288), 460k £1160 (252); Eglinton farmer, 340k Charolais £970 (285), 410k £1160 (283), 360k Limousin £950 (264), 380k Charolais £990 (261), 450k £1160 (258); Ballycastle farmer, 490k Limousin £1360 (278), 470k £1280 (272), 460k £1240 (270), 500k £1300 (260), 510k £1320 (259); Dunloy farmer, 330k Charolais £900 (273), 380k £960 (253); Kilrea farmer, 390k Charolais £1060 (272), 440k Saler £1150 (261), 370k Limousin £960 (260), 380k £940 (247); Claudy farmer, 400k Simmental £1080 (270), 420k £1070 (255), 470k Belgian Blue £1140 (243); Coleraine farmer, 460k Charolais £1240 (270), 510k Limousin £1280 (251); Kilrea farmer, 450k Hereford £1210 (269), 390k Limousin £980 (251), 410k £1020 (249), 480k £1170 (244); Bellarena farmer, 560k Aberdeen Angus £1500 (268), 640k £1650 (258), 580k £1490 (257), 520k £1300 (250); Coleraine farmer, 510k Aberdeen Angus £1360 (267), 550k £1390 (253); Dungannon farmer, 370k Limousin £980 (265), 500k Aberdeen Angus £1300 (260), 350k Limousin £900 (257), 470k £1200 (255), 390k £980 (251); Aghadowey farmer, 360k Simmental £940 (261), 380k £990 (261), 370k £900 (243); Dungiven farmer, 460k Limousin £1200 (261); Dunloy farmer, 570k Simmental £1480 (260), 570k £1470 (258); Rasharkin farmer, 390k Limousin £1000 (256), 380k Saler £970 (255), 410k Limousin £1020 (248); Bushmills farmer, 410k Limousin £1040 (254), 490k Aberdeen Angus £1200 (245); Ballymoney farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £1310 (252), 550k £1370 (249), 550k £1350 (246); Castledawson farmer, 380k Belgian Blue £950 (250); Glenarm farmer, 490k Limousin £1210 (247); Rasharkin farmer, 530k Limousin £1300 (245); Cloughmills farmer, 550k Limousin £1340 (244); Coleraine farmer, 660k Aberdeen Angus £1610 (244); Bellaghy farmer, 510k Aberdeen Angus £1240 (243) and Toomebridge farmer, 440k Limousin £1070 (243).

Steers

Coleraine farmer, 440k Limousin £1390 (316), 470k Charolais £1450 (309), 490k £1480 (302), 510k £1540 (302), 480k Limousin £1420 (296), 500k Charolais £1460 (292), 450k Limousin £1310 (291), 470k £1360 (289), 500k Charolais £1430 (286), 510k Limousin £1430 (280), 560k £1560 (279), 530k Charolais £1460 (276); Castlerock farmer, 340k Charolais £1070 (315), 370k £1160 (314), 420k £1300 (310), 400k £1230 (308), 390k £1190 (305), 370k £1120 (303), 400k £1210 (303), 450k £1340 (298), 310k £910 (294), 330k £960 (291), 510k £1480 (290), 330k Limousin £890 (270), 450k £1210 (269), 440k Charolais £1180 (268), 310k Limousin £820 (265), 420k Charolais £1090 (260); Garvagh farmer, 460k Limousin £1390 (302), 500k Aberdeen Angus £1290 (258); Portglenone farmer, 480k Limousin £1400 (292), 470k £1370 (292), 500k £1390 (278), 530k Charolais £1460 (276); Ahoghill farmer, 560k Charolais £1590 (284), 600k Limousin £1660 (277), 550k £1490 (271), 590k £1600 (271), 570k £1520 (267), 650k Belgian Blue £1650 (254), 600k Limousin £1500 (250); Dungiven farmer, 460k Limousin £1300 (283), 430k £1100 (256); Garvagh farmer, 630k Charolais £1780 (283), 640k Limousin £1600 (281), 620k Charolais £1720 (277), 560k £1480 (264), 620k £1610 (260), 730k £1880 (258), 610k Limousin £1560 (256), 630k Saler £1600 (254); Rasharkin farmer, 360k Simmental £1010 (281); Eglinton farmer, 480k Charolais £1320 (275), 590k Limousin £1520 (258); Dungannon farmer, 290k Charolais £790 (272), 400k £980 (245), 490k £1200 (245), 370k £900 (243), 510k £1230 (241); Ballymoney farmer, 610k Limousin £1650 (271); Coleraine farmer, 470k Limousin £1270 (270), 470k £1210 (257); Dunloy farmer, 420k Simmental £1130 (269), 260k £650 (250); Dunloy farmer, 320k Limousin £850 (266); Coleraine farmer, 430k Aberdeen Angus £1130 (263), 430k £1080 (251); Garvagh farmer, 490k Aberdeen Angus £1290 (263); Macosquin farmer, 400k Limousin £1050 (263); Kilrea farmer, 390k Limousin £1020 (262), 370k £960 (260); Crumlin farmer, 590k Charolais £1540 (261), 720k £1800 (250); Aghadowey farmer, 350k Simmental £900 (257); Pomeroy farmer, 410k Limousin £1050 (256), 350k £880 (251); Garvagh farmer, 530k Limousin £1350 (255); Cullybackey farmer, 540k Charolais £1370 (254); Coleraine farmer, 700k Aberdeen Angus £1750 (250); Ballymoney farmer, 420k Limousin £1040 (248) and Swatragh farmer, 420k Belgian Blue £990 (236).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.