Excellent prices for cattle at Kilrea Mart, fat cows and bulls selling to £2180

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Claudy farmer, Limousin £765, Simmental £560; Donemana farmer, Limousin £765, Aberdeen Angus £545, £445, Holstein £255, £220; Castledawson farmer, Limousin £735, £565, £395; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £650; Ballywalter farmer, Aberdeen Angus £630, Simmental £530, Belgian Blue £520, Simmental £520, £510, Belgian Blue £500, Friesian £390, Aberdeen Angus £275; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £580, £510, £445; Garvagh farmer, Hereford £520, £390; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £465; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £420, Belgian Blue £360; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £415, Aberdeen Angus £290; Limavady farmer, Charolais £410, £345, Belgian Blue £325, Charolais £325, Aberdeen Angus £250; Belgian Blue £225; Newbuildings farmer, Belgian Blue £405, Aberdeen Angus £320, Belgian Blue £270; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £400, Aberdeen Angus £360; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £390, £360, £305; Rasharkin farmer, Simmental £390, £375; Garvagh farmer, Belgian Blue £385, Aberdeen Angus £260; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £380; Coleraine farmer, Limousin £370, £365; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £360, Aberdeen Angus £290, Belgian Blue £245; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £355; Aghadowey farmer, Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350, £295; Tobermore farmer, Belgian Blue £350, £315; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345; Londonderry farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345; Dungiven farmer, Belgian Blue £335, £320, Aberdeen Angus £315, £310, Belgian Blue £285, £265, Aberdeen Angus £245, Belgian Blue £235, £210; Ballykelly farmer, Belgian Blue £330, £290, £280, £270, Aberdeen Angus £240; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £310; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £300; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £280; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £275, £265, £200; Rasharkin farmer, Fleckvieh £265; Moneymore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £245; Claudy farmer, Holstein £240, Belgian Blue £210; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £210; Kilraughts farmer, Aberdeen Angus £205 and Glarryford farmer, Hereford £200.

Heifer calves

Claudy farmer, Charolais £765, Simmental £645, Limousin £560; Claudy farmer, Charolais £740, Limousin £700; Finvoy farmer, Limousin £555; Garvagh farmer, Charolais £545; Dunloy farmer, Charolais £465, £405; Garvagh farmer, Belgian Blue £460, Hereford £440; Newbuildings farmer, Belgian Blue £405, Norwegian Red £340, Aberdeen Angus £335, Hereford £320, Belgian Blue £305; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £385; Londonderry farmer, Belgian Blue £370; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £370; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £370; Limavady farmer, Charolais £370, £240; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £365, £295; Maghera farmer, Belgian Blue £355, Limousin £310; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £350; Dungiven farmer, Belgian Blue £335, £315, £310, £300, Aberdeen Angus £280, £250; Ballykelly farmer, Belgian Blue £320, £265, £260; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £320, Simmental £260, Belgian Blue £250, Aberdeen Angus £220; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £310; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £300, £265; Tobermore farmer, Belgian Blue £295; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £260, £230 and Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £235.

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 (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 £1190 and 330 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 950 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 12th February met a stronger trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £5.88 per kg and to top of £152.

Fat ewes to £226.

Lambs

Ballintoy farmer, 20k £117.50 (588), 17.5k £98 (560); Coleraine farmer, 21k £122 (581); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £127.50 (580), 22.5k £120.50 (536); Kilrea farmer, 25k £144 (576), 24.5k £136 (555); Maghera farmer, 22k £126 (573); Maghera farmer, 23k £131.50 (572); Ballymoney farmer, 20k £114 (570); Eglinton farmer, 22k £124.50 (566), 24.5k £134.50 (549); Aghadowey farmer, 24k £135 (563); Swatragh farmer, 24k £135 (563); Coleraine farmer, 23.5k £132 (562), 24.5k £131.50 (537); Maghera farmer, 23.5k £132 (562), 23k £129 (561), 21k £115.50 (550), 22k £120 (546); Mosside farmer, 23k £129 (561), 23k £128.50 (559); Aughnacloy farmer, 17k £95 (559), 22.5k £123 (547); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £123 (559); Coleraine farmer, 24k £134 (558); Randalstown farmer, 22.5k £125.50 (558); Desertmartin farmer, 23.5k £131 (557); Ballymoney farmer, 22.5k £125 (556); Garvagh farmer, 22.5k £125 (556); Glarryford farmer, 22.5k £125 (556); Ardboe farmer, 25k £138 (552); Ahoghill farmer, 18.5k £102 (551); Coleraine farmer, 22.5k £124 (551); Bendooragh farmer, 24.5k £134.50 (549); Limavady farmer, 23.5k £129 (549), 23k £123.50 (537);

Tobermore farmer, 23k £126 (548); Dundrod farmer, 24.5k £134 (547); Bushmills farmer, 22k £120 (546); Mosside farmer, 22k £120 (546), 23.5k £127 (540); Maghera farmer, 22k £120 (546); Rasharkin farmer, 16k £87 (544); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £119.50 (543); Ballyronan farmer, 23.5k £127.50 (543), 18k £94 (522), 21k £104 (495), 20k £96 (480); Upperlands farmer, 19.5k £105.50 (541); Garvagh farmer, 25k £134 (536); Kilrea farmer, 21.5k £115 (535) and Glenary farmer, 22.5k £120 (533).

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

Good entry of ewes to £226.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of dairy on Tuesday 13th February to a top price of £2000 for a calved heifer.

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

Moneymore farmer, calved heifers to £2000, £1840; Coleraine farmer, calved heifers to £1880, £1760, £1680 and Dungannon farmer, calved heifers to £1700, £1600.

More stock required weekly.

A super entry of 440 fat cow, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 14th February at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £1940, heifers to £1860, fat cows and bulls to £2180.

Fat cows: 140 on offer, sharp trade.

Portglenone farmer, 490k Limousin £1390 (284), 690k Par £1410 (204); Tobermore farmer, 590k Limousin £1580 (268), 560k £1410 (252), 680k Belgian Blue £1660 (244), 620k Limousin £1490 (240), 560k £1180 (211), 450k Simmental £950 (211); Portglenone farmer, 450k Belgian Blue £1100 (244), 390k £900 (231), 440k £990 (225), 360k £760 (211), 460k £970 (211), 410k Friesian £780 (190); Coleraine farmer, 390k Belgian Blue £940 (241), 400k Hereford £930 (233), 360k Limousin £790 (219), 350k £740 (211); Swatragh farmer, 470k Limousin £1120 (238), 600k Belgian Blue £1410 (235); Portglenone farmer, 580k Belgian Blue £1350 (233), 510k Holstein £1050 (206); Knockloughrim farmer, 540k Sal £1180 (219); Aghadowey farmer, 510k Limousin £1110 (218); Glarryford farmer, 520k Friesian £1100 (212), 500k £1020 (204); Pomeroy farmer, 850k Limousin £1790 (211), 760k Charolais £1590 (209); Randalstown farmer, 640k Belgian Blue £1330 (208), 550k £1050 (191); Castlerock farmer, 580k Simmental £1200 (207); Glarryford farmer, 700k Fleckvieh £1450 (207), 700k £1400 (200), 800k £1580 (198), 780k £1540 (197), 800k £1550 (194); Randalstown farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1030 (206), 560k Hereford £1130 (202); Claudy farmer, 660k Charolais £1340 (203); Aghadowey farmer, 860k Hereford £1710 (199); Macosquin farmer, 930k Simmental £1820 (196); Portglenone farmer, 450k Friesian £880 (196) and Portglenone farmer, 470k Limousin £900 (191).

Suckler

Castlerock farmer, Simmental heifer with Simmental heifer calf at foot to £2180 and Draperstown farmer, batch of springing cows to £1820, £1780, £1720.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Garvagh farmer, 480k Limousin £1550 (323), 550k Charolais £1720 (313), 530k Limousin £1650 (311), 490k £1480 (302), 530k £1550 (293); Coleraine farmer, 490k Charolais £1560 (318), 500k £1500 (300), 480k £1380 (288), 440k £1230 (280), 570k £1580 (277); Ballymoney farmer, 430k Charolais £1360 (316); Dunloy farmer, 500k Charolais £1570 (314), 510k £1570 (308); Dunloy farmer, 500k Charolais £1570 (314), 530k £1640 (309), 570k £1730 (304); Portglenone farmer, 570k Limousin £1770 (311), 610k £1860 (305), 490k £1410 (288), 520k £1460 (281); Portglenone farmer, 560k Charolais £1740 (311), 530k £1640 (309), 560k £1730 (309), 500k £1530 (306), 580k £1760 (303), 470k £1420 (302), 570k £1720 (302), 510k £1530 (300), 530k £1590 (300), 530k £1580 (298); Dunloy farmer, 500k Charolais £1550 (310), 500k £1490 (298); Coleraine farmer, 490k Limousin £1500 (306), 420k £1260 (300); Carrickfergus farmer, 390k Limousin £1160 (297), 440k £1270 (289), 480k £1380 (288) and Cullybackey farmer, 500k Limousin £1460 (292).

Steers

Ballymena farmer, 470k Charolais £1560 (332), 390k £1280 (328), 490k £1520 (310), 450k £1380 (307), 480k £1450 (302); Randalstown farmer, 310k Limousin £1020 (329); Randalstown farmer, 490k Limousin £1570 (320), 570k £1700 (298), 520k £1530 (294); Dunloy farmer, 450k Charolais £1400 (311), 600k £1820 (303); Dunloy farmer, 510k Charolais £1570 (308), 610k £1790 (293); Carrickfergus farmer, 400k Charolais £1220 (305), 360k £1080 (300); Rasharkin farmer, 570k Limousin £1680 (295), 580k £1650 (285); Magherafelt farmer, 330k Aberdeen Angus £970 (294); Magherafelt farmer, 480k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1390 (290); Garvagh farmer, 460k Limousin £1330 (289); Cullybackey farmer, 600k Limousin £1720 (287), 530k £1520 (287) and Antrim farmer, 510k Hereford £1460 (286).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.