Fat cows and bulls selling to £2100 at Kilrea Mart, excellent prices throughout

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A super entry of 400 calves and weanlings on Thursday 29th February, met an outstanding trade for all types on offer.

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

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Bull calves

Castleerock farmer, Belgian Blue £705, £655, £580; Castlerock farmer, Limousin £655; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £635; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £585, £530, £500, £475; Castlerock farmer, Charolais £610, Belgian Blue £605, Fleckvieh £530; Desertmartin farmer, Shorthorn beef £580, Shorthorn beef £560, Aberdeen Angus £555, Friesian £290; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £580, £475, £450, £405, Fleckvieh £385, Belgian Blue £380, Friesian £365, Belgian Blue £310, £275, £270, Friesian £270, Fleckvieh £270; Kilrea farmer, Belgian Blue £555; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £530; Garvagh farmer, Belgian Blue £505; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £500, Hereford £480; Strabane farmer, Aberdeen Angus £475; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £430, £400, Fleckvieh £370, £275; Londonderry farmer, Aberdeen Angus £430, £375; Magherafelt farmer, Charolais £395; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £395, £340, £310; Dunloy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £385, Charolais £280; Kilrea farmer, Blonde d'Aquitaine £385, Aberdeen Angus £280; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £380, £255; Desertmartin farmer, Limousin £375, Fleckvieh £300; Moneymore farmer, Belgian Blue £375, Aberdeen Angus £295, Belgian Blue £290, Charolais £265; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £370, £360, £355, £290; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £360, £315; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £355, £345, £305, £300; Coagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345, £285, Belgian Blue £240; Desertmartin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £340, £270, £215, Friesian £210; Dunloy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £335, £240, Hereford £210; Randalstown farmer, Limousin £330, Aberdeen Angus £325; Upperlands farmer, Hereford £330; Culnady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £320; Garvagh farmer, Belgian Blue £320; Garvagh farmer, Limousin £310; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £290; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285, £270; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £270; Coleraine farmer, Limousin £260; Portglenone farmer, Friesian £245; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £225, £200 and Coleraine farmer, Limousin £205.

Heifer calves

Kilrea farmer, Charolais £600, Limousin £595, Blonde d'Aquitaine £595, Aberdeen Angus £570, Hereford £470, Blonde d'Aquitaine £440; Magherafelt farmer, Hereford £555, Aberdeen Angus £550, £510; Castlerock farmer, Charolais £550; Desertmartin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £525; Coagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £500, £400, Hereford £345, Aberdeen Angus £300; Armoy farmer, Belgian Blue £485, Belgian Blue £470, Aberdeen Angus £450, £420, Belgian Blue £410; Londonderry farmer, Friesian £475, £440, £325, £295; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £445; Ballymoney farmer, Friesian £400; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £380, £310; Desertmartin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £375, £300; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £375, Belgian Blue £365; Randalstown farmer, Limousin £365, Aberdeen Angus £300; Dunloy farmer, Holstein £355, £275, Aberdeen Angus £255, Holstein £250, £230, £215; Garvagh farmer, Hereford £350, £250; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £340; Dunloy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £340, Montbeliarde £310, Aberdeen Angus £275, Montbeliarde £250, Charolais £240; Strabane farmer, Aberdeen Angus £340, £260; Dungiven farmer, Belgian Blue £330, £275, £250; Culnady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £320, £200; Garvagh farmer, Shorthorn beef £320, Limousin £230; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £310; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £305, £275, £225; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £295; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £285, £270; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £255; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250, £210; Moneymore farmer, Fleckvieh £250; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £235 and Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £225.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £250.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suck calves (100)

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 £1280 and 402 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 1050 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 4th March met a stronger trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £6.64 per kg and to top of £198.

Fat ewes to £214.

Lambs

Tobermore farmer, 28k £186 (664); Portglenone farmer, 24k £157.50 (656); Ballymoney farmer, 24k £154.50 (644), 18.5k £119 (643); Bellaghy farmer, 24.5k £157.50 (643), 22.5k £133 (591); Randalstown farmer, 24.5k £157.50 (643), 24.5k £155.50 (635); Dunloy farmer, 21k £134.50 (641), 24.5k £152 (620); Cookstown farmer, 20k £128 (640); Garvagh farmer, 23.5k £150 (638); Articlave farmer, 24.5k £155.50 (635), 27k £167 (619); Macosquin farmer, 23.5k £149 (634); Kilrea farmer, 24k £151.50 (631), 20.5k £129 (629); Dungiven farmer, 23.5k £147 (626); Dunloy farmer, 24k £150 (625); Coleraine farmer, 24k £150 (625), 24.5k £150 (612), 23.5k £143 (609); Donemana farmer, 24.5k £152 (620); Kilrea farmer, 26.5k £164 (619), 22.5k £135 (600), 21.5k £128 (595); Garvagh farmer, 25k £153.50 (614); Kilrea farmer, 24k £147 (613); Kilrea farmer, 24.5k £150 (612); Ballymoney farmer, 25k £152.50 (610); Portrush farmer, 23.5k £143 (609); Ballymoney farmer, 29k £175 (603); Garvagh farmer, 24.5k £147.50 (602); Portglenone farmer, 22k £132.50 (602);

Tobermore farmer, 22.5k £135.50 (602), 24k £143 (596); Coleraine farmer, 23k £137 (596) and Bushmills farmer, 18k £107 (594).

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

Good entry of ewes to £214.

More ewes needed.

A super entry of 100 dairy on Tuesday 5th March to a top price of £1900 for a calved heifer.

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

Moneymore farmer, calved heifers to £1900, £1760, £1640; Coleraine farmer, calved heifer to £1860;

Maghera farmer, calved heifer to £1840, £1700, £1680;

Strabane farmer, third calver to £1800, calved heifer to £1740, calved cow to £1640, calved heifer to £1620, calved cow to £1580, second calver to £1580 and Islandmagee farmer, third calvers Montbeliarde to £1740, £1600, £1580.

More stock required weekly.

A good entry of 270 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 6th March at Kilrea which met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £2180, heifers to £1730 and fat cows and bulls to £2100.

Fat cows: 70 on offer, sharp trade.

Claudy farmer, 650k Limousin £1750 (269), 730k £1760 (241); Claudy farmer, 590k Simmental £1440 (244); Rasharkin farmer, 680k Montbeliarde £1630 (240), 50k Simmental £1750 (233), 560k £1300 (232), 560k Fleckvieh £1280 (229), 610k £1370 (225), 600k Montbeliarde £1340 (223), 750k Fleckvieh £1630 (217), 500k Simmental £1020 (204), 460k Montbeliarde £940 (204), 660k Simmental £1300 (197); Ballymoney farmer, 760k Parthenais £1750 (230); Portglenone farmer, 820k Simmental £1850 (226); Rasharkin farmer, 940k Limousin £2100 (223); Ringsend farmer, 700k Friesian £1510 (216); Maghera farmer, 460k Friesian £990 (215), 400k £740 (185); Ballintoy farmer, 700k Simmental £1440 (206), 710k £1380 (194); Claudy farmer, 590k 590k Simmental £1140 (193); Portglenone farmer, 580k Friesian £1120 (193); Randalstown farmer, 1020k Simmental £1930 (189); Portglenone farmer, 410k Friesian £770 (188) and Macosquin farmer, 620k Limousin £1130 (182), 590k Belgian Blue £1070 (181).

Suckler

Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus cow with Charolais bull calf at foot to £1650.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Toomebridge farmer, 290k Limousin £930 (321), 360k £1130 (314), 250k £690 (276); Antrim farmer, 280k Limousin £890 (318), 300k £840 (280), 280k £770 (275), 340k £820 (241); Londonderry farmer, 500k Limousin £1500 (300), 540k Charolais £1500 (278), 590k £1580 (268), 570k Limousin £1500 (263); Kilrea farmer, 340k Limousin £980 (288), 380k £1020 (268), 320k £860 (269), 420k £1110 (264); Limavady farmer, 390k Charolais £1110 (285); Antrim farmer, 320k Aberdeen Angus £900 (281), 300k Limousin £840 (280), 340k £950 (279); Dunloy farmer, 490k Charolais £1350 (276), 450k £1240 (276), 480k £1320 (275), 430k Simmental £1180 (274), 550k Charolais £1490 (271), 420k Hereford £1130 (269), 490k £1300 (265), 470k £1220 (260), 480k £1190 (248); Magherafelt farmer, 300k Charolais £820 (273); Cullybackey farmer, 450k Belgian Blue £1220 (271), 510k £1370 (269), 530k £1340 (253), 460k £1150 (250), 440k £1090 (248); Doagh farmer, 450k Limousin £1200 (267); Templepatrick farmer, 550k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1450 (264); Antrim farmer, 260k Limousin £700 (269), 330k £880 (267); Portglenone farmer, 290k Belgian Blue £780 (269), 270k Fleckvieh £700 (259); Finvoy farmer, 500k Belgian Blue £1310 (262), 480k Charolais £1250 (260); Ballycastle farmer, 580k Limousin £1510 (260), 630k £1580 (251), 590k £1470 (249); Dunloy farmer, 450k Aberdeen Angus £1150 (256); Macosquin farmer, 430k Aberdeen Angus £1100 (256); Macosquin farmer, 630k Limousin £1610 (256), 540k £1360 (252), 540k £1350 (250), 590k £1440 (244), 560k £1350 (241), 630k Aberdeen Angus £1510 (240); Coleraine farmer, 370k Aberdeen Angus £940 (254); Upperlands farmer, 460k Aberdeen Angus £1150 (250), 470k £1170 (249), 440k £1080 (246), 450k £1100 (244), 460k £1120 (244) and Ballymoney farmer, 580k Belgian Blue £1400 (241).

Steers

Toomebridge farmer, 270k Limousin £850 (315); Londonderry farmer, 520k Limousin £1610 (310), 570k £1580 (277), 500k £1370 (274); Ballymoney farmer, 330k Limousin £1010 (306), 360k Simmental £1100 (306), 370k £1060 (287), 330k Limousin £900 (273), 330k Simmental £890 (270), 310k Limousin £830 (268); Antrim farmer, 390k Charolais £1180 (303); Randalstown farmer, 580k Charolais £1760 (303), 610k Limousin £1730 (284), 590k Charolais £1660 (281), 590k £1640 (278), 590k £1630 (276), 600k Limousin £1640 (273), 640k £1640 (256); Limavady farmer, 420k Limousin £1220 (291), 390k £1120 (287), 390k £1110 (285), 430k Belgian Blue £1220 (284), 400k Limousin £1090 (273), 440k £1190 (271), 350k £890 (254); Kilrea farmer, 370k Limousin £1060 (287); Eglinton farmer, 300k Aberdeen Angus £850 (283), 290k Limousin £790 (272), 290k Saler £790 (272); Coleraine farmer, 820k Charolais £2180 (266), 730k £1900 (260), 510k Aberdeen Angus £11270 (249); Kilrea farmer, 570k Aberdeen Angus £1480 (260), 520k £1340 (258), 550k £1410 (256), 570k Belgian Blue £1420 (249), 570k Fleckvieh £1400 (246); Portglenone farmer, 530k Aberdeen Angus £1360 (257), 620k Belgian Blue £1580 (255), 550k Aberdeen Angus £1370 (249), 600k £1440 (240); Randalstown farmer, 670k Belgian Blue £1710 (255), 640k £1620 (253), 620k Aberdeen Angus £1560 (252); Dungiven farmer, 650k Limousin £1630 (251), 700k £1760 (251); Ahoghill farmer, 540k Belgian Blue £1320 (244) and Bellaghy farmer, 500k Friesian £1200 (240).

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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