Dairy stock selling to £2300 at Kilrea Mart for a calved heifer

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £915, £805, Hereford £650; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £870, £755, £690, Holstein £535, £290; Castledawson farmer, Simmental £790, Limousin £790, Belgian Blue £765, Hereford £320; Castledawson farmer, Belgian Blue £765; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £735, £595; Limavady farmer, Limousin £705; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £695, Limousin £570, Belgian Blue £555, £485; Moneymore farmer, Limousin £660, Belgian Blue £660, Friesian £595, Belgian Blue £530, £420, Friesian £420; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £650; Moneymore farmer, Belgian Blue £645, Hereford £500; Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £630; Bushmills farmer, Belgian Blue £625, Hereford £610, Holstein £525, £335, Belgian Blue £330, Hereford £305; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £600; Rasharkin farmer, Hereford £600; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £590; Upperlands farmer, Charolais £590, Aberdeen Angus £400; Moneymore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £575; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £570; Limavady farmer, Limousin £555; Londonderry farmer, Limousin £540, Belgian Blue £530, Aberdeen Angus £495, Belgian Blue £475, £455, £365; Castledawson farmer, Limousin £535, £430, Friesian £330; Draperstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £520, Hereford £405; Armoy farmer, Hereford £515, £500; Kilraughts farmer, Fleckvieh £505, £455; Castlerock farmer, Limousin £485, Aberdeen Angus £465; Ballymoney farmer, Charolais £460, Belgian Blue £440, £425, £395, £350; Aghadowey farmer, Hereford £460, Shorthorn £325; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £460, Aberdeen Angus £345; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £445, £295; Aghadowey farmer, Limousin £435, Charolais £430, Belgian Blue £400, Hereford £365, Limousin £340, Aberdeen Angus £310, Limousin £305; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £430, £385, Aberdeen Angus £375, Belgian Blue £370, £350; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £415; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £425, £410, £320, £310; Portglenone farmer, Simmental £400, £380; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £395; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £395, £370, £340; Randalstown farmer, Belgian Blue £395, Limousin £390, £380, Aberdeen Angus £320; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £390; Ballymoney farmer, Saler £385; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £385; Ballymoeny farmer, Belgian Blue £380; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £370; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £365; Desertmartin farmer, Fleckvieh £365; Loughgiel farmer, Aberdeen Angus £355; Ahoghill farmer, Hereford £350, £295; Stewartstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £340; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £335; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £315 and Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £310.

Heifer calves

Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £785, £530; Castledawson farmer, Belgian Blue £770; Ballymoney farmer, Limousin £680, Belgian Blue £625, £445; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £670, £475, £370; Limavady farmer, Limousin £665, £610; Dungiven farmer, Holstein £650; Moneymore farmer, Belgian Blue £635; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £630, £560; Upperlands farmer, Shorthorn £600; Bushmills farmer, Belgian Blue £570, Hereford £530; Moneymore farmer, Belgian Blue £570, Hereford £535; Londonderry farmer, Belgian Blue £495, Limousin £495, Belgian Blue £425; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £480; Ballymoney farmer, Saler £470, £455, £325; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £470; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £465, £395, £355; Armoy farmer, Hereford £445, Aberdeen Angus £430; Stewartstown farmer, Belgian Blue £435; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £430, £370; Dervock farmer, Charolais £430, £355; Moneymore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £430, Belgian Blue £400, Simmental £345; Ahoghill farmer, Hereford £420; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £420; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £420, Charolais £380, £370, Belgian Blue £320; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £410, £325, £320; Portglenone farmer, Simmental £405, £330; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £385; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £375, £350; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £345, Aberdeen Angus £340, £300; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £325; Draperstown farmer, Limousin £320; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £305; Dervock farmer, Charolais £300; Loughgiel farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £295; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £295 and Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £330.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (80)

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 £1290 and 415 ppk.

A good entry of 800 on Monday 27th January at Kilrea Mart met with a sharper trade throughout this week with quality lambs in demand.

Lambs to £7.18 per kg and to top of £166.

Fat ewes to £236.

Lambs

Tobermore farmer, 20k £143.50 (718), 21.5k £145.50 (677); Kilrea farmer, 20.5k £135 (659); Moneymore farmer, 22k £142.50 (648); Rasharkin farmer, 23.5k £152 (647); Swatragh farmer, 24.5k £158.50 (647); Glarryford farmer, 22k £142 (646); Limavady farmer, 24.5k £157 (641); Ballymoney farmer, 23.5k £150 (638); Coleraine farmer, 23.5k £150 (638); Coleraine farmer, 22k £140 (636); Draperstown farmer, 22.5k £142 (631) and Kilrea farmer, 23.5k £148 (630).

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

Good entry of ewes to £236.

More ewes needed.

Dairy report - A super entry of 125 dairy on Tuesday 28th January to a top price of £2300 for a calved heifer.

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

Moneymore farmer, calved heifers to £2300; Ballyclare farmer, calved cow to £2100; Aghadowey farmer, calved heifers to £2080, £1920, £1900, second calver to £1880; Coleraine farmer, springing heifer to £1960 and Magherafelt farmer, batch of in-calf heifers to £1900, £1800, £1780, £1720, £1680, £1660, £1640, £1600, batch of bulling heifers to £1220, £1200.

More stock required weekly.

A super entry of 325 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 29th January at Kilrea Mart met with an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £2180, heifers to £2320 and fat cows and bulls to £2770.

Fat cows: 75 on offer, sharp trade.

Crumlin farmer, 790k Charolais £2770 (351); Garvagh farmer, 700k Limousin £2360 (337), 950k Charolais £2610 (275); Ballymoney farmer, 340k Limousin £1110 (327); Garvagh farmer, 600k Limousin £1940 (323); Macosquin farmer, 770k Limousin £2420 (314), 810k £2510 (310); Ballymoney farmer, 430k Limousin £1280 (298); Macosquin farmer, 770k Limousin £2220 (288); Toomebridge farmer, 500k Hereford £1400 (280), 550k £1490 (271); Ballycastle farmer, 600k Aberdeen Angus £1660 (277); Portglenone farmer, 540k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1480 (274); Ballymoney farmer, 400k Limousin £1060 (265); Ringsend farmer, 1030k Limousin £2720 (264) and Ballymoney farmer, 730k Limousin £1910 (262).

Suckler

Rasharkin farmer, Blonde d'Aquitaine springing cow to £2140 and Limousin springing cow to £1900.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Dunloy farmer, 370k Charolais £1460 (395), 390k £1450 (372), 400k £1380 (345); Ballintoy farmer, 380k Charolais £1490 (392), 390k £1490 (382), 380k £1410 (371); Ballymena farmer, 410k Limousin £1570 (383), 510k £1880 (369); Ballycastle farmer, 460k Charolais £1760 (383), 530k £1990 (376), 450k Limousin £1660 (369), 520k Charolais £1910 (367), 520k £1880 (362), 560k £2010 (359), 540k £1910 (354), 530k £1870 (353), 590k £2070 (351), 560k 1900 (339); Bushmills farmer, 400k Charolais £1500 (375), 460k £1670 (363), 400k Limousin £1420 (355); Castledawson farmer, 560k Limousin £2090 (373), 530k £1920 (362), 590k £2110 (358), 520k Saler £1830, 600k Charolais £2110 (352), 520k Limousin £1790 (344), 580k £1940 (335), 560k Charolais £1870 (334); Toomebridge farmer, 500k Limousin £1860 (372), 650k Charolais £2300 (354), 540k £1880 (348), 370k £1270 (343), 480k Limousin £1590 (331); Macosquin farmer, 630k Limousin £2320 (368), 610k £2200 (361), 550k £1920 (349); Ballymoney farmer, 530k Limousin £1900 (359); Dunloy farmer, 520k Charolais £1810 (348), 550k £1900 (346), 590k £2000 (339), 560k £1890 (338), 580k £1930 (333), 540k £1790 (332); Ballymoney farmer, 360k Charolais £1230 (342); Coleraine farmer, 470k Limousin £1600 (340); Magherafelt farmer, 550k Limousin £1850 (336) and Garvagh farmer, 360k Limousin £1190 (331).

Steers

Ballintoy farmer, 370k Charolais £1490 (403), 400k £1560 (390), 380k £1390 (366); Dunloy farmer, 620k Charolais £2130 (344), 650k £2180 (335); Ballymena farmer, 490k Charolais £1900 (388), 530k £1880 (355), 540k £1900 (352), 500k £1760 (352), 520k £1800 (346), 520k £1780 (342), 500k £1700 (340), 490k £1660 (339), 560k £1890 (338), 590k £1970 (334), 470k £1560 (332); Dunloy farmer, 490k Charolais £1830 (374), 480k £1770 (369), 440k £1590 (361), 480k £1680 (350), 430k £1440 (335), 540k £1800 (333); Macosquin farmer, 440k Limousin £1640 (373), 490k £1820 (371), 510k Belgian Blue £1850 (363), 610k Charolais £2150 (353); Ballintoy farmer, 400k Charolais £1410 (353); Bellaghy farmer, 600k Belgian Blue £2020 (337) and Garvagh farmer, 380k Limousin £1250 (329).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.