Fat cows and bulls selling to £1930 at Kilrea

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £630, Hereford £530, Belgian Blue £485, Limousin £485, Charolais £455, Hereford £445, £415; Draperstown farmer, Limousin £560, £420; Garvagh farmer, Fleckvieh £555; Ringsend farmer, Limousin £525, Belgian Blue £485; Ballyronan farmer, Shorthorn £495, Simmental £470, Belted Galloway £345; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £495, Hereford £450, £415, £350, £250; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £490, Belgian Blue £380; Armoy farmer, Fleckvieh £485; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £460; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £460; Moneymore farmer, Belgian Blue £450, £320, Limousin £320; Toomebridge farmer, Limousin £430, £410, £370, £325; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £420, £410; Garvagh farmer, Belgian Blue £415, Hereford £305, Aberdeen Angus £280; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350, £265; Kilrea farmer, Charolais £320, Shorthorn £220, Fleckvieh £220; Dunloy farmer, Belgian Blue £290, Hereford £250; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270, £255; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £270, £260, Belgian Blue £260; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270; Desertmartin farmer, Friesian £265, Belted Galloway £260; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £260, £245; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £260, £235; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £255; Dunloy farmer, Hereford £250; Magherafelt farmer, Hereford £250, Limousin £230; Upperlands farmer, Holstein £250; Ballyclare farmer, Aberdeen Angus £245; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £245; Coleraine farmer, Fleckvieh £240; Cullybackey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £215; Ballykelly farmer, Holstein £210 and Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £200.

Heifer calves

Limavady farmer, Limousin £640; Ringsend farmer, Belgian Blue £595; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £510; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £475, Hereford £340, £285; Armoy farmer, Belgian Blue £470, Aberdeen Angus £460; Antrim farmer, Simmental £460, Hereford £385, £300, £250; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £440, Hereford £355; Glarryford farmer, Friesian £430; Garvagh farmer, Belgian Blue £385, £340, Hereford £310; Rasharkin farmer, Simmental £380; Glarryford farmer, Aberdeen Angus £355; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350, £340; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £310; Garvagh farmer, Belgian Blue £285; Magherafelt farmer, Hereford £270, Limousin £200; Moneymore farmer, Limousin £270; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £250, £235, Aberdeen Angus £220; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250; Macosquin farmer, Limousin £240; Cullybackey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £235; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £220; Ahoghill farmer, Belgian Blue £215; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £215, Belgian Blue £205; Dunloy farmer, Hereford £215; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £205; Finvoy farmer, Limousin £205; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £205 and Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £200.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £265.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (140)

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 £1140 and 338 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

Friday, September 24, 2021: A super entry of 180 calves met a flying trade for all types on offer.

Bull calves

Ballymoney farmer, 250k Charolais £815 (326), 270k £880 (326), 280k £900 (321), 260k £830 (319), 250k £740 (296), 310k £890 (287), 220k £620 (282), 220k Limousin £615 (280), 330k Belgian Blue £920 (279), 220k Hereford £565 (257), 280k £705 (252), 250k Belgian Blue £625 (250), 220k Aberdeen Angus £540 (246), 330k £800 (242), 220k Belgian Blue £530 (241), 250k Aberdeen Angus £595 (238), 220k £510 (232); Aghadowey farmer, 220k Simmental £715 (325), 240k £715 (298), 250k £710 (284), 230k £650 (283), 210k £590 (281), 280k £765 (273), 260k £675 (260), 360k Charolais £925 (257), 250k Simmental £630 (252); Macosquin farmer, 270k Charolais £840 (311); Ballymena farmer, 260k Simmental £805 (310), 280k £750 (268); Portglenone farmer, 240k Simmental £715 (298), 310k £815 (263), 270k £700 (259), 280k £700 (250), 370k £880 (238); Toomebridge farmer, 270k Charolais £800 (296), 260k £750 (289), 310k £890 (287), 280k £785 (280), 300k £830 (277), 330k £855 (259); Portglenone farmer, 300k Limousin £870 (290), 350k £845 (241); Magherafelt farmer, 320k Charolais £900 (281), 440k £1150 (261); Cushendall farmer, 310k Limousin £860 (277), 320k Limousin £870 (272), 310k £830 (268), 320k £820 (256), 330k £800 (242); Macosquin farmer, 340k Limousin £940 (277), 390k Charolais £1005 (258), 450k Limousin £995 (221); Coleraine farmer, 420k Limousin £1125 (268), 380k £1000 (263), 420k £1055 (251), 410k £940 (229); Macosquin farmer, 290k Simmental £770 (266), 340k Limousin £870 (256); Garvagh farmer, 370k Limousin £980 (265), 340k £780 (229); Portglenone farmer, 430k Limousin £1130 (263), 440k £1080 (246); Castlerock farmer, 330k Simmental £860 (261), 330k £855 (259), 280k £700 (250), 340k Belgian Blue £840 (247), 320k £765 (239), 360k Simmental £855 (238), 350k £825 (236), 380k Belgian Blue £870 (229), 340k £770 (227), 330k Belgian Blue £735 (223), 360k Simmental £795 (221), 380k £835 (220); Portglenone farmer, 420k Charolais £1095 (261), 420k £1080 (257), 440k £1095 (249), 350k £860 (246), 390k Limousin £900 (231); Garvagh farmer, 410k Charolais £1065 (260), 430k £1095 (255), 400k £1010 (253), 380k £890 (234); Macosquin farmer, 390k Limousin £1005 (258), 310k £800 (258), 445k £1110 (249), 445k £995 (224); Ballymoney farmer, 410k Parthenais £1040 (254); Ballymoney farmer, 270k Simmental £625 (232) and Ballymena farmer, 490k Charolais £1080 (220).

Heifer calves

Macosquin farmer, 300k Simmental £955 (318), 290k Limousin £690 (238), 330k Simmental £760 (230), 330k £735 (223); Macosquin farmer, 220k Charolais £695 (316), 270k £805 (298), 270k £800 (296), 270k £795 (294); Ballymoney farmer, 270k Charolais £780 (289), 240k Charolais £690 (288), 180k Hereford £490 (272), 180k £480 (267), 250k Belgian Blue £660 (264), 270k Charolais £685 (254), 200k £495 (248), 200k Belgian Blue £495 (248), 250k £600 (240), 260k Charolais £620 (239), 210k Hereford £460 (219), 220k £465 (211); Cushendall farmer, 260k Limousin £740 (285), 250k £655 (262), 230k Limousin £565 (246); Portglenone farmer, 370k Limousin £1035 (280), 350k £970 (277); Toomebridge farmer, 270k Charolais £740 (274), 290k £780 (269), 300k £740 (247), 310k £750 (242), 350k £780 (223); Coleraine farmer, 280k Limousin £765 (273); Cushendall farmer, 290k Charolais £765 (264), 280k £630 (225), 290k Saler £640 (221), 340k Charolais £730 (215), 310k £650 (210), 390k £820 (210); Macosquin farmer, 270k Limousin £690 (256), 380k £895 (236), 350k £780 (223), 270k £595 (220), 430k £935 (217); Magherafelt farmer, 340k Charolais £850 (250), 350k Limousin £775 (221); Portglenone farmer, 280k Simmental £675 (241); Newtownstewart farmer, 360k Limousin £835 (232), 390k £845 (217); Castlerock farmer, 360k Simmental £810 (225); Garvagh farmer, 320k Charolais £720 (225); Ballymoney farmer, 380k Parthenais £815 (215), 410k £875 (213) and Garvagh farmer, 380k Limousin £800 (211).

Monday, September 27, 2021: A good entry of 750 fat lambs and ewes met a sharper trade with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs selling to £5.31 per kg and to top of £146.

Fat ewes selling to £149.

Lambs (650)

Garvagh farmer, 16k £85 (531); Ballyclare farmer, 13.5k £66 (489), 19k £85.50 (450); Omagh farmer, 17.5k £85 (486), 21k £94 (448), 18.5k £82 (443); Limavady farmer, 22.5k £102 (453), 23.5k £105.50 (449), 24k £107.50 (448); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £94.50 (450), 21.5k £94 (437); Coleraine farmer, 20.5k £92 (449); Dunloy farmer, 20k £89.50 (448); Kilrea farmer, 20.5k £91.50 (446); Ballymoney farmer, 21.5k £95.50 (444); Garvagh farmer, 22k £97 (441); Kilrea farmer, 21k £92.50 (441); Kilrea farmer, 22k £96.50 (439), 22k £95.50 (434); Kilrea farmer, 23k £101 (439); Ringsend farmer, 23k £101 (439), 25.5k £105 (412); Stewartstown farmer, 20.5k £90 (439), 24k £102.50 (427); Dunloy farmer, 31k £103 (438); Aghadowey farmer, 23k £100 (435), 21.5k £91 (423); Dunloy farmer, 23k £100 (435), 25k £103 (412); Kilrea farmer, 23k £100 (435); Feeny farmer, 22k £95.50 (434), 22k £94 (427), 22.5k £94.50 (420); Rasharkin farmer, 22k £95.50 (434), 24k £101 (421); Aghadowey farmer, 24.5k £106 (433); Rasharkin farmer, 20k £86.50 (433); Toomebridge farmer, 24k £104 (433); Garvagh farmer, 22k £94.50 (430); Garvagh farmer, 23.5k £101 (430); Draperstown farmer, 24k £103 (429); Rasharkin farmer, 23k £98 (426); Cullybackey farmer, 23.5k £99.50 (423); Rasharkin farmer, 24k £101 (421), 24.5k £103 (420); Coleraine farmer, 23k £96.50 (420) and Tobermore farmer, 25k £105 (420).

Fat ewes (100) on offer met a super trade for all types on offer including grazing types.

Good entry of ewes selling to £149.

More ewes needed.

A super entry of 65 dairy cattle met a super trade with more quality lots required.

Calved heifers selling to £1920.

Moneymore farmer, Shorthorn calved heifer to £1920; Coleraine farmer, calved heifers to £1900, £1860, £1600; Ballyclare farmer, calved cows to £1810, £1650; Dromore farmer, calved heifer to £1800, second calver to £1500; Coleraine farmer, springing heifers to £1600, £1510; local farmer, springing Friesian heifers due Aberdeen Angus/Hereford to £1600, £1560, £1530, £1500 and Kilrea farmer, batch of maiden heifers to £950, £890, £860, £840, £830, £800.

More stock required weekly

Wednesday, September 29, 2021: A super entry of 470 fat cow, suckler and store cattle met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers selling to £1770, heifers selling to £1500.

Fat cows and bulls selling to £1930.

Fat cows: (135 on offer. Flying trade - more required)

Garvagh farmer, 490k Limousin £1140 (233), 570k Charolais £1090 (191); Coleraine farmer, 700k Simmental £1450 (207), 660k £1090 (165); Kilrea farmer, 710k Belgian Blue £1460 (206), 650k £1280 (197); Ballymoney farmer, 550k Fleckvieh £1090 (198); Limavady farmer, 570k Holstein £1080 (190), 630k £1130 (179), 520k £900 (173), 560k £770 (138); Castlederg farmer, 630k Monbeliarde £1190 (189), 620k £1140 (184), 600k £950 (158), 790k £1160 (147), 640k £890 (139), 790k Friesian £1100 (139), 640k £850 (133), 660k £880 (133); Toomebridge farmer, 660k Belgian Blue £1250 (189), 700k Limousin £1300 (186); Coleraine farmer, 730k Charolais £1330 (182), 700k £1190 (170); Ballymoney farmer, 670k Holstein £1190 (178), 500k £740 (148); Coleraine farmer, 730k Charolais £1300 (178); Coleraine farmer, 680k Aberdeen Angus £1210 (178), 660k Limousin £970 (147); Ballymena farmer, 780k Saler £1360 (174), 570k £960 (168), 1240k Belgian Blue £1930 (156); Dungiven farmer, 670k Limousin £1150 (172), 720k Simmental £1130 (157); Kilrea farmer, 840k Limousin £1420 (169), 680k £1050 (154); Cloughmills farmer, 710k Irish Moilie £1160 (163); Antrim farmer, 580k Shorthorn beef £940 (162); Coleraine farmer, 880k Friesian £1380 (157); Antrim farmer, 750k Friesian £1160 (155), 740k £1080 (146), 700k £950 (136); Limavady farmer, 720k Fleckvieh £1100 (153), 710k £940 (132); Moneymore farmer, 570k Friesian £870 (153); Ballymoney farmer, 370k Aberdeen Angus £560 (151); Bushmills farmer, 340k Holstein £510 (150), 400k £550 (138); Antrim farmer, 670k Friesian £1000 (149); Antrim farmer, 510k Limousin £760 (149); Coleraine farmer, 760k Friesian £1130 (149), 700k £990 (141); Ballymoney farmer, 800k Holstein £1150 (144); Ballymoney farmer, 810k Holstein £1160 (143); Antrim farmer, 640k Friesian £900 (141); Ballymena farmer, 730k Friesian £1030 (141); Portglenone farmer, 560k Fleckvieh £790 (141), 630k £860 (137); Maghera farmer, 670k Shorthorn £940 (140); Antrim farmer, 590k Ayrshire £820 (139), 460k £610 (133); Ballymena farmer, 910k Aberdeen Angus £1250 (137);

Coleraine farmer, 890k Limousin £1220 (137); Moneymore farmer, 710k Friesian £970 (137); Limavady farmer, 740k Friesian £1000 (135); Magherafelt farmer, 650k Holstein £880 (135); Antrim farmer, 950k Hereford £1270 (134); Knockloughrim farmer, 680k Friesian £910 (134); Magherafelt farmer, 640k Friesian £860 (134); Ballymoney farmer, 690k Holstein £920 (133) and Antrim farmer, 740k Friesian £970 (131).

Suckler stock

Limavady farmer, Limousin heifer with Aberdeen Angus bull calf at foot to £1350 and Maghera farmer, Saler bull to £1340.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Claudy farmer, 420k Limousin £1080 (257), 410k £990 (242), 430k Charolais £1030 (240), 410k Limousin £930 (227), 460k Charolais £1000 (217), 440k Limousin £950 (216), 540k Simmental £1150 (213), 470k Charolais £1000 (213), 410k Limousin £850 (207); Coleraine farmer, 370k Charolais £940 (254), 440k £940 (214); Dungiven farmer, 450k Simmental £1100 (244), 430k Limousin £990 (230), 420k Belgian Blue £880 (210), 430k Limousin £900 (209); Coleraine farmer, 580k Charolais £1410 (243), 480k £1140 (238), 550k £1290 (235), 500k £1160 (232), 500k £1040 (208); Coleraine farmer, 580k Parthenais £1410 (243); Antrim farmer, 620k Limousin £1500 (242); Randalstown farmer, 460k Limousin £1100 (239), 350k £820 (234), 420k £950 (226), 430k £940 (219), 380k £770 (203); Coleraine farmer, 370k Limousin £880 (238); Rasharkin farmer, 570k Limousin £1350 (237), 470k £1090 (232), 460k £1020 (222), 530k £1150 (217), 460k £920 (200); Coleraine farmer, 540k Charolais £1270 (235), 540k Limousin £1180 (219), 450k Charolais £960 (213); Coleraine farmer, 560k Aberdeen Angus £1300 (232), 530k £1140 (215); Coleraine farmer, 420k Charolais £970 (231), 430k Limousin £950 (221), 460k £1000 (217), 490k £1060 (216), 440k £950 (216), 460k Charolais £990 (215), 530k Limousin £1140 (215), 480k Charolais £1030 (215), 410k Limousin £860 (210), 530k Belgian Blue £1100 (209), 450k Limousin £940 (209), 480k Simmental £1000 (208), 540k Limousin £1100 (204); Magherafelt farmer, 610k Limousin £1400 (230), 600k £1320 (220), 620k £1360 (219), 570k £1190 (209), 610k £1240 (203), 630k £1280 (203); Antrim farmer, 480k Charolais £1100 (229), 500k Limousin £1030 (206); Dungiven farmer, 440k Limousin £1000 (227); Ballymena farmer, 490k Limousin £1100 (225), 450k £1000 (222), 510k £1120 (220), 460k £1010 (220), 500k £1080 (216), 490k £1040 (212), 470k £980 (209), 460k £960 (209); Ballymena farmer, 450k Limousin £1000 (222), 510k £1120 (220), 4450k £980 (218), 450k £960 (213), 490k £1010 (206); Kilrea farmer, 590k Belgian Blue £1310 (222); Antrim farmer, 480k Belgian Blue £1010 (210), 510k £1060 (209), 520k Limousin £1060 (204); Dungiven farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1040 (208), 570k £1180 (207), 510k £1040 (204), 540k £1100 (204), 570k £1140 (200); Antrim farmer, 610k Aberdeen Angus £1260 (207), 510k £1050 (206); Magherafelt farmer, 290k Aberdeen Angus £600 (207), 290k £600 (207), 300k £610 (203), 325k £660 (203), 340k £690 (203); Ballymoney farmer, 450k Aberdeen Angus £920 (204); Limavady farmer, 540k Limousin £1100 (204), 540k £1080 (200) and Eglinton farmer, 480k Shorthorn £960 (200).

Steers

Ballymoney farmer, 350k Belgian Blue £900 (257), 380k £890 (234), 390k £890 (228), 390k Fleckvieh £780 (200); Claudy farmer, 430k Limousin £1100 (256), 510k Charolais £1150 (226), 450k Belgian Blue £1000 (222), 450k £980 (218), 420k Limousin £890 (212); Dungiven farmer, 470k Limousin £1200 (255), 430k £1020 (237), 450k £970 (216), 480k £1030 (215), 500k £1020 (204), 450k £920 (204); Ballymena farmer, 450k Charolais £1130 (251), 490k £1180 (241), 480k £1080 (225), 500k Limousin £1090 (218), 490k Charolais £1070 (218), 430k Limousin £920 (214); Limavady farmer, 580k Blonde d’Aquitaine £1450 (250), 740k £1740 (235), 640k £1490 (233), 780k £1770 (227), 640k Limousin £1440 (225), 730k Aberdeen Angus £1640 (225), 700k Blonde d’Aquitaine £1570 (225), 720k £1610 (224), 660k Limousin £1470 (223), 650k Blonde d’Aquitaine £1450 (223), 700k Charolais £1550 (221), 600k Blonde d’Aquitaine £1320 (220), 640k £1300 (203); Rasharkin farmer, 470k Limousin £1150 (245), 530k £1290 (243), 530k £1280 (242), 450k £1080 (240), 430k £1030 (240), 540k £1230 (228); Aghadowey farmer, 500k Charolais £1220 (244), 530k Limousin £1240 (234), 490k Charolais £1100 (225), 460k Limousin £1010 (220); Ringsend farmer, 450k Limousin £1100 (244), 430k £1040 (242), 570k £1280 (225), 410k £890 (217); Claudy farmer, 370k Belgian Blue £900 (243), 390k £890 (228), 400k Simmental £850 (213), 410k Hereford £870 (212); Ringsend farmer, 450k Charolais £1050 (233), 420k Aberdeen Angus £940 (224); Coleraine farmer, 580k Aberdeen Angus £1340 (231), 560k £1280 (229), 510k Shorthorn beef £1090 (214); Aghadowey farmer, 540k Aberdeen Angus £1230 (228), 610k Charolais £1360 (223); Limavady farmer, 430k Aberdeen Angus £970 (226), 420k £900 (215), 440k £940 (214), 450k £940 (209), 540k £1110 (206), 455k £930 (204), 430k £870 (202), 470k £940 (200), 470k Belgian Blue £940 (200); Maghera farmer, 370k Charolais £830 (224); Portglenone farmer, 310k Simmental £690 (223), 260k £550 (212); Toomebridge farmer, 610k Aberdeen Angus £1330 (218), 590k £1260 (214); Antrim farmer, 760k Simmental £1650 (217), 650k Aberdeen Angus £1380 (212), 530k Belgian Blue £1080 (204), 630k £1260 (200); Ballymena farmer, 500k Limousin £1080 (216); Ballymoney farmer, 440k Saler £950 (216); Rasharkin farmer, 670k Aberdeen Angus £1400 (209), 650k Limousin £1360 (209), 690k Aberdeen Angus £1440 (209), 570k Limousin £1160 (204); Finvoy farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (208), 550k £1140 (207), 540k £1090 (202); Ballymoney farmer, 450k Aberdeen Angus £930 (207) and Coleraine farmer, 540k Aberdeen Angus £1120 (207), 530k £1080 (204).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.