Excellent prices for dairy stock at Kilrea Mart, calved heifers selling to £1930

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Kircubbin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £535, Aberdeen Angus £370; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £525; Draperstown farmer, Simmental £475, £360; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £445, Friesian £265, Aberdeen Angus £230; Downpatrick farmer, Aberdeen Angus £410, £325; Coagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £405; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £375, £355, £295; Glarryford farmer, Belgian Blue £370; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £325, £200; Macosquin farmer, Belgian Blue £320, Aberdeen Angus £270, Hereford £235; Upperlands farmer, Friesian £235 and Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £205.

Heifer calves

Rasharkin farmer, Belgian Blue £540, £475, £320, £250; Downpatrick farmer, Aberdeen Angus £415, £310, Belgian Blue £275, Aberdeen Angus £250; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £345, Aberdeen Angus £300, Limousin £215; Kircubbin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345, Charolais £285; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £320, £230, £200; Coagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300; Portglenone farmer, Irish Moile £300; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £250 and Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240, Belgian Blue £230.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £265.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suck calves (40)

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 £970 and 358 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 900 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 14th August met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £5.26 per kg and to top of £130.

Fat ewes to £164.

Lambs

Tobermore farmer, 23k £121 (526), 23.5k £120 (511); Limavady farmer, 23.5k £123 (523); Aghadowey farmer, 25k £125.50 (502); Ballymoney farmer, 24k £120.50 (502), 21k £102 (486), 21.5k £103.50 (481), 22k £105 (477); Macosquin farmer, 24.5k £123 (502); Ballymena farmer, 23k £114.50 (498); Garvagh farmer, 23k £114 (496); Kilrea farmer, 24k £118.50 (494); Maghera farmer, 23k £113 (491); Coleraine farmer, 22.5k £110 (489); Kilrea farmer, 23k £112 (487); Eglinton farmer, 23k £111 (483); Knockloughrim farmer, 23k £111 (483); Portglenone farmer, 23k £111 (483);

Upperlands farmer, 18k £87 (483); Limavady farmer, 23.5k £113 (481); Aghadowey farmer, 19k £91 (479); Macosquin farmer, 21.5k £103 (479); Moneymore farmer, 21.5k £103 (479); Draperstown farmer, 18.5k £88.50 (478); Garvagh farmer, 22k £105 (477); Kilrea farmer, 22k £105 (477); Limavady farmer, 23.5k £112 (477); Magherafelt farmer, 22k £105 (477); Ahoghill farmer, 21k £100 (476); Garvagh farmer, 21k £100 (476); Limavady farmer, 22k £104.50 (475);Macosquin farmer, 21.5k £102 (474) and Rasharkin farmer, 23k £109 (474).

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

Good entry of ewes to £164.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of dairy on Tuesday 15th August to a top price of £1930 for a calved heifer.

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

Coleraine farmer, calved heifer to £1930 and Portglenone farmer, calved heifer to £1520.

More stock required weekly.

A good entry of 280 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 16th August at Kilrea, met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers sold to £1690, heifers sold to £1500, fat cows and bulls sold to £1780.

Fat cows: 100 on offer, flying trade.

Crumlin farmer, 690k Charolais £1780 (258), 530k £1100 (208); Rasharkin farmer, 600k Hereford £1460 (243), 510k Limousin £1160 (228), 530k £1130 (213); Magherafelt farmer, 560k Hereford £1340 (239); Ballyronan farmer, 540k Aberdeen Angus £1280 (237); Newtownabbey farmer, 690k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1540 (223); Randalstown farmer, 590k Sal £1280 (217); Bellaghy farmer, 580k Friesian £1210 (209); Cullybackey farmer, 450k Belgian Blue £930 (207); Limavady farmer, 520k Friesian £1070 (206), 550k £1100 (200); Upperlands farmer, 700k Limousin £1440 (206); Dervock farmer, 530k Holstein £1080 (204); Limavady farmer, 510k Simmental £1040 (204); Macosquin farmer, 790k Holstein £1590 (201) and Ballycastle farmer, 630k Limousin £1260 (200).

Suckler

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Garvagh farmer, 510k Charolais £1500 (294), 510k Simmental £1480 (290), 490k Limousin £1400 (286), 550k £1480 (269); Kilrea farmer, 400k Limousin £1160 (290); Kilrea farmer, 310k Blonde d'Aquitaine £860 (277), 350k £920 (263), 360k £930 (258), 330k Limousin £840 (255), 360k Blonde d'Aquitaine £890 (247), 280k Limousin £680 (243), 355k Blonde d'Aquitaine £860 (242), 410k £930 (227); Kilrea farmer, 480k Charolais £1380 (288), 480k £1300 (271), 450k £1170 (260), 480k £1240 (258), 490k £1260 (257), 500k £1240 (248); Knockloughrim farmer, 490k Limousin £1310 (267), 375k Belgian Blue £830 (221), 375k £810 (216); Magherafelt farmer, 540k Limousin £1390 (257); Portstewart farmer, 480k Belgian Blue £1230 (256), 550k £1380 (251), 560k £1400 (250), 540k £1290 (239), 550k Aberdeen Angus £1270 (231), 520k £1190 (229), 550k £1170 (213), 520k £1100 (212); Bushmills farmer, 490k Limousin £1250 (255), 500k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1210 (242), 490k Limousin £1180 (241), 550k Belgian Blue £1320 (240), 510k Aberdeen Angus £1150 (226); Toomebridge farmer, 380k Charolais £970 (255), 330k £800 (242), 450k £1060 (236); Dungiven farmer, 330k Simmental £840 (255), 340k £730 (215); Maghera farmer, 510k Limousin £1280 (251); Randalstown farmer, 430k Charolais £1040 (242), 440k £1060 (241), 420k £990 (236), 450k £1050 (233); Toomebridge farmer, 450k Aberdeen Angus £1070 (238), 430k £990 (230); Ballymoney farmer, 490k Hereford £1160 (237); Glarryford farmer, 390k Charolais £910 (233); Garvagh farmer, 540k Aberdeen Angus £1230 (228), 500k £1110 (222), 430k Belgian Blue £940 (219); Limavady farmer, 450k Hereford £1020 (227), 400k Belgian Blue £890 (223), 410k Hereford £870 (212); Portglenone farmer, 400k Hereford £900 (225), 370k £830 (224), 380k £830 (218); Bushmills farmer, 430k Belgian Blue £930 (216), 390k Aberdeen Angus £840 (215), 410k £860 (210) and Claudy farmer, 310k Parthenais £670 (216), 370k £790 (214), 350k £740 (211).

Steers

Aghadowey farmer, 190k Simmental £630 (332); Magherafelt farmer, 560k Limousin £1540 (275), 500k £1370 (274), 530k £1450 (274), 540k £1460 (270), 510k £1320 (259); Limavady farmer, 520k Limousin £1420 (273), 360k £970 (269), 510k £1370 (269), 420k £1070 (255), 430k £990 (230); Portstewart farmer, 510k Belgian Blue £1380 (271), 480k £1160 (242), 550k Aberdeen Angus £1330 (242), 500k Belgian Blue £1180 (236), 610k £1400 (230), 520k Aberdeen Angus £1160 (223); Ballycastle farmer, 390k Aberdeen Angus £1040 (267), 540k £1330 (246), 530k £1280 (242), 410k £980 (239), 520k £1200 (231); Coleraine farmer, 490k Limousin £1190 (243), 470k £1070 (228), 450k Fleckvieh £1010 (224), 640k £1430 (223), 530k £1180 (223), 560k £1240 (221), 500k Simmental £1100 (220), 620k Norwegian Red £1330 (215), 540k Fleckvieh £1150 (213), 540k £1140 (211); Moneymore farmer, 510k Belgian Blue £1220 (239), 600k Hereford £1330 (222); Randalstown farmer, 560k Belgian Blue £1310 (234), 520k Hereford £1200 (231); Armoy farmer, 490k Belgian Blue £1140 (233), 400k £900 (225), 450k Aberdeen Angus £970 (216), 430k £910 (212); Kilrea farmer, 690k Aberdeen Angus £1600 (232), 740k £1690 (228); Ballymoney farmer, 510k Belted Galloway £1140 (224), 470k £1050 (223), 440k £950 (216); Maghera farmer, 490k Aberdeen Angus £1040 (212) and Moneymore farmer, 510k Friesian £1080 (212).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.