Fat cows and bulls selling to a top price of £2160 at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Claudy farmer, Charolais £845, £465, Simmental £440; Draperstown farmer, Limousin £585, £500; Ballykelly farmer, Aberdeen Angus £520, £350; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £500, Aberdeen Angus £320; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £440; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £425, £420, £230; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £415, £365; Loughgiel farmer, Aberdeen Angus £380, £340; Claudy farmer, Belgian Blue £370; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £370, Holstein £230, Aberdeen Angus £210; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £340, Aberdeen Angus £310, Fleckvieh £255; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £335; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £325, £260; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £325, Hereford £290, £220; Portstewart farmer, Aberdeen Angus £325, £320, Belgian Blue £320, Aberdeen Angus £310; Upperlands farmer, Friesian £325; Ballyclare farmer, Simmental £320, Aberdeen Angus £280; Limavady farmer, Limousin £320; Portglenone farmer Aberdeen Angus £320, Friesian £215, £200; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300, Friesian £245; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £295, Belgian Blue £240; Ballyclare farmer, Friesian £290; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £290, £255; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290, £285; Glarryford farmer, Holstein £285; Toomebridge farmer, Aberdeen Angus £275; Aghadowey farmer, Hereford £270, £215; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270; Portstewart farmer, Aberdeen Angus £265; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250; Antrim farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240; Draperstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240; Cloughmills farmer, Fleckvieh £230, Limousin £220; Bendooragh farmer, Friesian £215; Macosquin farmer, Friesian £200 and Randalstown farmer, Holstein £200.

Heifer calves

Limavady farmer, Limousin £560, Charolais £505; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £550; Macosquin farmer, Belgian Blue £425, Aberdeen Angus £360, Belgian Blue £200; Draperstown farmer, Limousin £420; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £395, £290, £200; Ballykelly farmer, Aberdeen Angus £390, £335; Limavady farmer, Limousin £375, £320; Drumahoe farmer, Aberdeen Angus £370, £310; Loughgiel farmer, Aberdeen Angus £355, £250; Claudy farmer, Belgian Blue £350; Randalstown farmer, Charolais £350, Aberdeen Angus £290; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £325, £220; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285; Dungiven farmer, Limousin £285, Hereford £220; Toomebridge farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270; Antrim farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £245; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240, Belgian Blue £230; Portstewart farmer, Aberdeen Angus £235, Belgian Blue £215; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £225; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £220, £205 and Ballyclare farmer, Belted Galloway £210.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £325.

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 £965 and 356 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A good entry of 400 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 29th May met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £6.50 per kg and to top of £160.

Fat ewes to £178.

Spring lambs

Cookstown farmer, 21k £136.50 (650); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £135.50 (645); Kilrea farmer, 22k £141 (641); Kilrea farmer, 23k £147 (639); Garvagh farmer, 22.5k £143 (636); Kilrea farmer, 22k £140 (636), 22.5k £140 (622); Moneymore farmer, 22k £140 (636); Stewartstown farmer, 22k £140 (636); Maghera farmer, 22.5k £142.50 (633); Kilrea farmer, 22k £138.50 (630); Coleraine farmer, 22.5k £141 (627);

Kilrea farmer, 22.5k £140 (622); Kilrea farmer, 223k £142 (617); Rasharkin farmer, 23k £142 (617); Bellaghy farmer, 20.5k £124.50 (607); Macosquin farmer, 23.5k £142 (604) and Toomebridge farmer, 23.5k £141 (600).

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

Good entry of ewes to £178.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of dairy on Tuesday 30th May to a top price of £1980 for a calved heifer.

Cloughmills farmer, calved heifers to £1980, £1900 and Dungannon farmer, calved heifer to £1720;

More stock required weekly.

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

A good entry of 250 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 31st May at Kilrea, met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers sold to £1730.

Heifers sold to £2000.

Fat cows and bulls sold to £2160.

Fat cows: 60 on offer, flying trade.

Garvagh farmer, 670k Limousin £1640 (245); Magherafelt farmer, 750k Simmental £1790 (239); Rasharkin farmer, 770k Friesian £1800 (234), 710k £1530 (216), 810k £1700 (210); Ballymena farmer, 670k Holstein £1540 (230), 620k £1350 (218), 660k £1420 (215); Rasharkin farmer, 900k Simmental £1980 (220); Dungiven farmer, 540k Friesian £1180 (218), 570k £1200 (211) and Glarryford farmer, 440k Jersey £950 (216).

Sucklers

Glarryford farmer, Belgian Blue heifer with Belgian Blue heifer calf at foot to £2160, Belgian Blue cow with Limousin bull calf at foot to £1620; Dungiven farmer, Simmental bull to £2000 and Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus heifer with Aberdeen Angus heifer calf at foot to £1640.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Macosquin farmer, 440k Charolais £1370 (311), 400k £1180 (295), 410k £1210 (295), 450k £1180 (262); Rasharkin farmer, 670k Limousin £2000 (299), 640k £1870 (292), 570k Charolais £1660 (291), 520k Limousin £1500 (289), 540k Charolais £1560 (289), 560k £1560 (279), 620k Limousin £1690 (273), 510k £1390 (273), 500k Charolais £1350 (270), 580k £1560 (269), 540k £1440 (267), 550k £1470 (267); Portglenone farmer, 550k Charolais £1580 (287), 580k Limousin £1650 (285), 580k Charolais £1640 (283), 510k £1440 (282), 550k £1510 (275), 510k £1290 (253), 500k Limousin £1250 (250); Garvagh farmer, 530k Limousin £1510 (285), 560k £1590 (284), 450k Aberdeen Angus £1060 (236), 580k £1330 (229), 530k £1210 (228), 520k Belted Galloway £1170 (225); Belfast farmer, 300k Limousin £840 (280), 270k £750 (278), 260k £720 (277), 310k £820 (265), 310k £810 (261), 350k Charolais £900 (257), 310k Aberdeen Angus £740 (239); Ballycastle farmer, 400k Par £1090 (273), 380k Charolais £1020 (268), 380k Belgian Blue £1000 (263), 430k Charolais £1110 (258), 370k Blonde d'Aquitaine £930 (251), 300k Limousin £750 (250); 360k Charolais £890 (247), 320k Limousin £780 (244), 330k £800 (242), 380k Charolais £870 (229), 420k Simmental £930 (221), 370k Aberdeen Angus £800 (216); Ballymoney farmer, 230k Belgian Blue £620 (270), 260k £650 (250), 275k £650 (236), 240k £560 (233), 320k £720 (225), 340k £750 (221), 350k £770 (220); Ballymoney farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1290 (258), 490k £1200 (245), 530k £1290 (243); Coleraine farmer, 600k Hereford £1550 (258), 570k Aberdeen Angus £1450 (254), 530k Hereford £1340 (253), 540k £1360 (252), 550k £1370 (249), 560k £1390 (248), 550k £1360 (247), 560k £1380 (246), 530k £1280 (242); Portglenone farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1270 (254), 550k £1330 (242), 490k £1180 (241), 570k £1330 (237), 520k £1350 (227); Garvagh farmer, 430k Simmental £1080 (251); Ballymoney farmer, 380k Hereford £940 (247); Glarryford farmer, 550k Charolais £1360 (247), 530k £1290 (243); Strabane farmer, 440k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (246), 410k Belgian Blue £950 (232), 360k Aberdeen Angus £820 (228), 440k £1000 (227), 350k Belgian Blue £790 (226), 360k £810 (225) and Ahoghill farmer, 430k Hereford £1050 (244), 480k £1170 (244).

Steers

Maghera farmer, 330k Charolais £1090 (330), 400k £1120 (280); Maghera farmer, 540k Belgian Blue £1510 (280), 490k £1360 (278), 560k £1490 (266), 490k £1230 (251); Garvagh farmer, 540k Charolais £1500 (278), 540k £1470 (272), 560k £1490 (266), 450k £1180 (262); Ballymoney farmer, 230k Belgian Blue £620 (270); Kilrea farmer, 500k Hereford £1310 (262), 500k £1270 (254), 510k Aberdeen Angus £1290 (253), 480k Hereford £1210 (252), 520k Aberdeen Angus £1300 (250), 490k Hereford £1180 (241), 450k £1070 (238), 440k £1040 (236), 500k Hereford £1300 (260), 510k £1280 (251), 500k £1210 (242), 490k £1180 (241); Moneymore farmer, 570k Aberdeen Angus £1430 (251), 510k Belgian Blue £1260 (247), 520k £1270 (244), 550k Aberdeen Angus £1300 (236); Ballymoney farmer, 680k Fleckvieh £1640 (241), 580k Friesian £1390 (240), 670k Fleckvieh £1600 (239), 660k £1550 (235), 740k Aberdeen Angus £1730 (234) and Maghera farmer, 460k Limousin £1070 (233), 440k Aberdeen Angus £1020 (232).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.