Fat cows and bulls selling to £1660 at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Castlerock farmer, Belgian Blue £510, Aberdeen Angus £450, £370, Fleckvieh £210; Desertmartin farmer, Simmental £500, Friesian £330; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £485, £400, £355; Randalstown farmer, Charolais £455, £445, £305; Limavady farmer, Charolais £430, £410, £365, Belgian Blue £310, £275, £260; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £400; Cookstown farmer, Belgian Blue £395, Hereford £310; Upperlands farmer, Hereford £390; Eglinton farmer, Friesian £385, £245; Moneymore farmer, Charolais £370, Belgian Blue £275; Moneymore farmer, Belgian Blue £365; Omagh farmer, Blonde d'Aquitaine £360, £315, £270; Ballymoney farmer, Shorthorn £335; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300, Hereford £270, £220; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300; Cullybackey farmer, Hereford £285; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280, £270, £255; Downpatrick farmer, Belgian Blue £250, Simmental £230, Aberdeen Angus £225; Glarryford farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250, Belgian Blue £225, £215; Ballykelly farmer, Aberdeen Angus £220; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £200 and Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200,

Heifer calves

Desertmartin farmer, Simmental £630, £590, £555; Cullybackey farmer, Charolais £530; Kilrea farmer, Limousin £480; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £385; Omagh farmer, Blonde d'Aquitaine £380, £285; Cookstown farmer, Hereford £320, Limousin £300, Belgian Blue £270; Limavady farmer, Charolais £300, Belgian Blue £260; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £290; Moneymore farmer, Charolais £290; Armoy farmer, Hereford £280, £215, £200; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250; Downpatrick farmer, Belgian Blue £250; Ballyclare farmer, Belted Galloway £240; Dunloy farmer, Fleckvieh £240, £215, £200; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £230; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £225, £210; Ballymoney farmer, Shorthorn £220 and Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £190.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (20)

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 £930 and 260 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 1300 fat lambs and ewes on Tuesday 2nd January met a stronger trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £5.37 per kg and to top of £137.

Fat ewes to £230.

Lambs

Kilrea farmer, 21.5k £115.50 (537), 25k £133 (532), 20.5k £107 (522); Maghera farmer, 24.5k £131 (535), 23.5k £125 (532), 21.5k £106.50 (495); Ballyclare farmer, 21k £109 (519), 21.5k £106 (493); Moneymore farmer, 24k £124.50 (519); Ballymoney farmer, 24k £124 (517); Glarryford farmer, 24.5k £126 (514); Rasharkin farmer, 23k £118 (513), 24.5k £125 (510); Coleraine farmer, 22.5k £115 (511); Rasharkin farmer, 23.5k £120 (511); Kilrea farmer, 20k £102 (510), 22k £110 (500);

Rasharkin farmer, 23.5k £119.50 (509), 22.5k £112 (498); Ballymena farmer, 23k £116 (504), 18k £90 (500); Kilrea farmer, 24k £121 (504); Rasharkin farmer, 22.5k £113.50 (504); Aghadowey farmer, 24k £120.50 (502), 23.5k £118 (502); Ballymoney farmer, 25k £125.50 (502); Ballymoney farmer, 21.5k £108 (502), 26k £129 (496); Glarryford farmer, 24.5k £123 (502); Swatragh farmer, 22.5k £113 (502), 23.5k £117.50 (500); Coleraine farmer, 21k £105 (500); Coleraine farmer, 23k £115 (500); Cullybackey farmer, 23k £115 (500); Garvagh farmer, 18k £90 (500), 21k £105 (500); Portglenone farmer, 25.5k £127 (498); Garvagh farmer, 24k £119 (496);

Limavady farmer, 22k £109 (496); Rasharkin farmer, 24k £119 (496); Ringsend farmer, 25k £124 (496), 22.5k £111 (493); Coleraine farmer, 22k £108.50 (493); Ballymoney farmer, 24k £118 (492) and Macosquin farmer, 21k £103 (491).

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

Good entry of ewes to £230.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of 190 fat cow, suckler and store cattle on Wednesday 3rd January at Kilrea, met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £1540, heifers to £1570 and fat cows and bulls to £1660.

Fat cows: 80 on offer, sharp trade

Ballymoney farmer, 580k Fleckvieh £1460 (252), 570k Shorthorn beef £1300 (228), 610k Fleckvieh £1360 (223), 640k £1380 (216); Limavady farmer, 670k Charolais £1660 (248), 680k £1590 (234); Macosquin farmer, 530k Aberdeen Angus £1150 (217), 610k Limousin £1150 (189); Limavady farmer, 640k Friesian £1320 (206), 590k £940 (159); Bushmills farmer, 640k Friesian £1300 (203), 620k £1210 (195); Pomeroy farmer, 670k Simmental £1320 (197); Greysteel farmer, 650k Aberdeen Angus £1270 (195), 640k £980 (153); Macosquin farmer, 580k Holstein £1130 (195), 480k £880 (183); Crumlin farmer, 800k Charolais £1450 (181), 700k £1200 (171); Randalstown farmer, 800k Charolais £1360 (170); Cloughmills farmer, 810k Fleckvieh £1340 (165); Ballymena farmer, 580k Norwegian Red £930 (160) and Magherafelt farmer, 680k Holstein £1090 (160), 650k £1000 (154).

Suckler

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Rasharkin farmer, 470k Parthenais £1360 (289), 500k Limousin £1400 (280), 470k £1300 (277), 540k Aberdeen Angus £1420 (263), 450k Charolais £1150 (256), 510k Limousin £1230 (241); Kilrea farmer, 400k Charolais £1150 (288); Kilrea farmer, 490k Charolais £1380 (282), 580k £1570 (271), 510k £1380 (271), 420k Limousin £1100 (262), 490k Simmental £1140 (233), 490k £1080 (220); Ballymena farmer, 370k Charolais £1030 (278), 450k Aberdeen Angus £1140 (253), 450k £1100 (244), 320k £760 (238), 330k Aberdeen Angus £730 (221), 240k £500 (208); Crumlin farmer, 550k Charolais £1490 (271); Macosquin farmer, 350k Aberdeen Angus £950 (271); Broughshane farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £1400 (269); Maghera farmer, 440k Simmental £1160 (264), 410k Limousin £1080 (263); Garvagh farmer, 300k Charolais £790 (263), 250k £580 (232); Dungiven farmer, 440k Simmental £1130 (257); Upperlands farmer, 480k Aberdeen Angus £1230 (256), 470k £1180 (251), 580k £1390 (240), 520k £1240 (239), 510k £1200 (235), 470k £1100 (234), 500k £1170 (234); Desertmartin farmer, 550k Belgian Blue £1400 (255); Greysteel farmer, 480k Belgian Blue £1200 (250), 480k Simmental £990 (206); Coleraine farmer, 370k Hereford £880 (238), 380k £860 (226), 350k £740 (211); Magherafelt farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1110 (236), 420k Belgian Blue £860 (205); Kilrea farmer, 430k Aberdeen Angus £990 (230), 390k £890 (228); Coagh farmer, 280k Aberdeen Angus £640 (229), 290k £650 (224), 320k £690 (216), 260k £540 (208); Claudy farmer, 370k Aberdeen Angus £840 (227), 410k Simmental £900 (220), 410k Shorthorn £870 (212), 430k Aberdeen Angus £910 (212); Maghera farmer, 380k Hereford £860 (226), 360k Aberdeen Angus £810 (225), 350k £780 (223), 390k £800 (205), 400k £800 (200); Ballymoney farmer, 280k Shorthorn £610 (218); Cloughmills farmer, 640k Simmental £1360 (213) and Maghera farmer, 490k Limousin £1040 (212).

Steers

Garvagh farmer, 290k Charolais £910 (314), 380k Simmental £930 (245); Maghera farmer, 500k Limousin £1290 (258), 480k Aberdeen Angus £1180 (246), 460k Belgian Blue £960 (209); Cloughmills farmer, 610k Belgian Blue £1540 (253), 600k Aberdeen Angus £1480 (247), 610k Hereford £1500 (246), 610k Montbeliarde £1460 (239), 530k Friesian £1140 (215), 600k £1250 (208), 560k £1150 (205), 620k Montbeliarde £1260 (203); Toomebridge farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £1290 (248), 550k £1350 (246); Desertmartin farmer, 530k Belgian Blue £1240 (234), 520k £1200 (231); Toomebridge farmer, 350k Belgian Blue £800 (229); Cullybackey farmer, 390k Belgian Blue £880 (226); Ballymoney farmer, 240k Shorthorn £500 (208); Portglenone farmer, 600k Friesian £1220 (203), 500k £1000 (200) and Portglenone farmer, 500k Holstein £1000 (200).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.