Fat cows and bulls selling to £1770 at Kilrea Mart

Monday, July 26, 2021: A steady trade for fat lambs and ewes.
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Lambs sold to £4.80 per kg and to top of £120.

Fat ewes sold to £174.

Lambs

Cushendall farmer, 20k £96 (480); Cloughmills farmer, 19.5k £90.50 (464); Stewartstown farmer, 18k £82.50 (458), 22k £94 (427); Kilrea farmer, 22k £99.50 (452), 21.5k £91 (423); Coleraine farmer, 21k £94 (448); Coleraine farmer, 23k £102 (444); Portstewart farmer, 26.5k £117.50 (443); Kilrea farmer, 20.5k £90 (439), 20.5k £89.50 (437), 22.5k £98 (436), 21k £91 (433); Draperstown farmer, 20.5k £89.50 (437); Aghadowey farmer, 24k £104.50 (435); Toomebridge, farmer, 23k £100 (435);

Macosquin farmer, 25k £108.50 (434); Garvagh farmer, 24.5k £106 (433); Coleraine farmer, 21k £90.50 (431); Ballymoney farmer, 21.5k £92.50 (430); Dungiven farmer, 27k £116 (430), 21.5k £91 (423), 27k £111.50 (413); Kilrea farmer, 25k £107.50 (430); Garvagh farmer, 26k £111.50 (429); Portglenone farmer, 21.5k £92 (428); Portglenone farmer, 21.5k £92 (428); Aghadowey farmer, 22.5k £96 (427); Rasharkin farmer, 22.5k £96 (427); Coleraine farmer, 25.5k £108.50 (426); Ballymoney farmer, 24k £102 (425); Limavady farmer, 24k £102 (425); Aghadowey farmer, 22k £93 (423); Coleraine farmer, 22k £92.80 (422); Aghadowey farmer, 23k £96.50 (420) and Coleraine farmer, 23k £96.50 (420).

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

Good entry of ewes to £174.

More ewes needed.

Tuesday, July 27, 2021: A good entry of 20 dairy stock met a super trade with more quality lots required.

Calved stock sold to £1600.

Rasharkin farmer, calved heifer to £1600; Coleraine farmer, calved heifer to £1550 and Ballyclare farmer, calved heifers to £1530, £1460, £1420.

More stock required weekly.

Wednesday, July 28, 2021: A super entry of 250 fat cow, suckler and store cattle Kilrea, met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers sold to £1520, heifers sold to £1660 and fat cows and bulls sold to £1770.

Fat cows: (115 on offer. Flying trade - more required)

Dungiven farmer, 660k Blonde d’Aquitaine £1410 (214), 770k Blonde d’Aquitaine £1490 (194); Ballymoney farmer, 670k Blonde d’Aquitaine £1320 (197), 640k Limousin £1190 (186); Upperlands farmer, 650k Hereford £1270 (195); Rasharkin farmer, 920k Charolais £1770 (192), 780k Limousin £1440 (185); Bushmills farmer, 540k Shorthorn £1010 (187), 450k Friesian £800 (178), 730k £1100 (151), 640k £840 (131); Garvagh farmer, 810k Charolais £1480 (183), 560k Limousin £800 (143); Bellaghy farmer, 390k Hereford £710 (182), 610k Belgian Blue £1040 (171), 570k Simmental £900 (158); Tobermore farmer, 650k Holstein £1180 (182), 560k £930 (166); Armoy farmer, 630k Fleckvieh £1140 (181), 630k £1070 (170), 730k £1230 (169), 690k £1080 (157), 640k Montbeliarde £940 (147); Ballymoney farmer, 640k Holstein £1160 (181), 550k £1000 (182); Maghera farmer, 610k Limousin £1100 (180), 790k Holstein £1110 (141); Garvagh farmer, 630k Belgian Blue £1120 (178); Upperlands farmer, 650k Limousin £1140 (175); Ballymena farmer, 510k Limousin £870 (171), 510k Aberdeen Angus £860 (169), 720k Limousin £1170 (163), 610k £990 (162), 580k Aberdeen Angus £840 (145); Castledawson farmer, 760k Blonde d’Aquitaine £1290 (170), 670k Aberdeen Angus £980 (146); Portglenone farmer, 470k Friesian £780 (166), 420k £680 (162), 430k £600 (140), 560k £700 (125); Draperstown farmer, 630k Limousin £1040 (165); Castlederg farmer, 690k Montbeliarde £1130 (164), 670k Fleckvieh £1070 (160), 770k Montbeliarde £1200 (156), 600k £910 (152); 700k Holstein £1040 (149); Kilrea farmer, 670k Limousin £1080 (161); Upperlands farmer, 640k Belgian Blue £1020 (159); Macosquin farmer 440k Holstein £680 (155); Ballymena farmer, 560k Aberdeen Angus £850 (152), 540k Limousin £790 (146); Dervock farmer, 700k Holstein £1060 (151), 610k £860 (141), 730k £960 (132); Kilrea farmer, 700k Friesian £1060 (151), 700k £980 (140), 730k Shorthorn dairy £1020 (140); Magherafelt farmer, 620k Friesian £930 (150), 610k £860 (141); Ballyclare farmer, 710k Holstein £1060 (149), 650k £850 (131); Ballyclare farmer, 710k Friesian £1060 (149), 570k Aberdeen Angus £800 (140); Ballymena farmer, 770k Friesian £1140 (148), 640k £880 (138); Macosquin farmer, 800k Friesian £1180 (148), 730k Ayrshire £1040 (143); Castlerock farmer, 950k Friesian £1400 (147); Rasharkin farmer, 660k Norweigan Red £970 (147), 690k Holstein £960 (139); Randalstown farmer, 620k Aberdeen Angus £900 (145); Stranocum farmer, 610k Friesian £880 (144), 660k Montbeliarde £900 (136); Magherafelt farmer 420k Holstein £580 (138); Ballymena farmer, 380k Friesian £490 (129); Coleraine farmer, 660k Holstein £850 (129); Limavady farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £670 (129); Portglenone farmer, 630k Friesian £810 (129), 590k £740 (125); Portglenone farmer, 600k Friesian £770 (128); Macosquin farmer, 670k Simmental £850 (127); Macosquin farmer, 550k Hereford £700 (127) and Limavady farmer, 590k Aberdeen Angus £740 (125).

Suckler stock: Garvagh farmer, Limousin second calver with Limousin heifer calf at foot to £1650, Charolais heifer with Limousin bull calf at foot to £1480, Limousin heifer with Limousin bull calf at foot to £1400, Charolais second calver with Limousin bull calf at foot to £1400; Garvagh farmer, Limousin cow with Simmental bull calf at foot to £1420 and Limousin second calver with Shorthorn beef Bull calf at foot to £1410.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers: Dungiven farmer, 580k Blonde d’Aquitaine £1560 (269), 490k Limousin £1270 (259), 570k Blonde d’Aquitaine £1260 (221); Garvagh farmer, 360k Charolais £890 (247), 460k £970 (211); Upperlands farmer, 540k Limousin £1310 (243), 710k £1660 (234); Ballymoney farmer, 590k Limousin £1380 (234); Maghera farmer, 390k Limousin £880 (226), 420k £940 (224), 370k £810 (219), 520k £1090 (210); Moneymore farmer, 550k Limousin £1240 (226), 690k £1480 (215), 550k Friesian £1110 (202); Macosquin farmer, 290k Hereford £640 (221), 350k Simmental £770 (220), 340k £740 (218), 280k Hereford £570 (204), 360k £730 (203); Magherafelt farmer, 560k Limousin £1230 (220), 550k £1130 (206), 530k £1080 (204); Macosquin farmer, 520k Limousin £1060 (204); Ballymena farmer, 350k Limousin £710 (203) and Bellaghy farmer, 540k Simmental £1080 (200).

Steers: Kilrea farmer, 610k Limousin £1520 (249), 610k Charolais £1430 (234), 630k £1450 (230), 580k £1300 (224), 530k £1170 (221), 510k £1120 (220), 530k £1160 (219), 540k £1160 (215), 670k £1420 (212), 700k £1480 (211); Macosquin farmer, 450k Charolais £1110 (247), 460k Aberdeen Angus £1090 (237), 530k Charolais £1200 (226), 460k Shorthorn beef £920 (200); Magherafelt farmer, 320k Limousin £780 (244), 270k £640 (237); Limavady farmer, 570k Limousin £1360 (239); Upperlands farmer, 600k Limousin £1390 (232); Ballymena farmer, 310k Limousin £700 (226), 450k £900 (200); Maghera farmer, 650k Limousin £1470 (226); Garvagh farmer, 520k Belgian Blue £1130 (217); Ballymena farmer, 560k Aberdeen Angus £1180 (211); Ballymoney farmer, 630k Aberdeen Angus £1310 (208); Moneymore farmer, 600k Friesian £1250 (208); Dungiven farmer, 510k Simmental £1050 (206), 420k £850 (202); Magherafelt farmer, 440k Charolais £900 (205); Ballymoney farmer, 460k Fleckvieh £940 (204) and Portglenone farmer, 370k Aberdeen Angus £740 (200), 390k £780 (200);

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.

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