Fat cows and bulls selling to £2180 at Kilrea

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Londonderry farmer, Limousin £510, £450, £420, Friesian £250; Garvagh farmer, Charolais £500; Randalstown farmer, Belgian Blue £465, £460, Montbeliarde £345, £300, £280; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £455, Simmental £405; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £450; Portglenone farmer, Fleckvieh £360, Blonde d’Aquitaine £330, £290, Fleckvieh £280; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £340; Castlerock farmer, Limousin £335, £255, £250, £240, £210; Upperlands farmer, Simmental £320, Aberdeen Angus £310, Simmental £220; Articlave farmer, Aberdeen Angus £315, £290; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £315; Ballymoney farmer, Montbeliarde £310, Aberdeen Angus £305, £265, Montbeliarde £245; Bellaghy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £275, £235; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £265; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £260; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250, £225; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £235; Ballyclare farmer, Aberdeen Angus £225; Ballymoney farmer, Stabiliser £225; Kilrea farmer, Belgian Blue £210; Dungiven farmer, Friesian £205 and Desertmartin farmer, Limousin £200.

Heifer calves

Garvagh farmer, Charolais £490; Randalstown farmer, Belgian Blue £440; Londonderry farmer, Limousin £370, Friesian £250; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £365, Limousin £285, Aberdeen Angus £245; Portglenone farmer, Simmental £355, Aberdeen Angus £340; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £340; Portglenone farmer, Blonde d’Aquitaine £335, £300, £210; Desertmartin farmer, Belgian Blue £295, £260, Galloway £230, Aberdeen Angus £215; Ballyclare farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290; Drumahoe farmer, Aberdeen Angus £275; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £275; Ballyronan farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270, £240; Articlave farmer, Aberdeen Angus £260; Bellaghy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250, £200; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240; Castlerock farmer, Limousin £225; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £220; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £205 and Kilrea farmer, Belgian Blue £200.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £250. Good demand for thick types. Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (70)

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 £995 and 275 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand. Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A good entry of over 420 on Monday 16th May met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs sold to £6.30 per kg and to top of £145.

Fat ewes sold to £178.

Ewes and lambs sold to £250.

Lambs (280)

Cullybackey farmer, 20k £126 (630); Ahoghill farmer, 20k £125 (625); Macosquin farmer, 20k £124 (620); Garvagh farmer, 22k £133 (605), 20.5k £120 (585); Coleraine farmer, 20k £120 (600); Eglinton farmer, 23k £137 (596); Bushmills farmer, 23k £136 (591); Moneymore farmer, 23k £136 (591); Kilrea farmer, 22k £129 (586); Kilrea farmer, 23k £134 (583); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £128 (582), 24k £136 (567); Bushmills farmer, 22.5k £130 (578), 24.5k £135 (551); Dunloy farmer, 23k £133 (578) and Macosquin farmer, 23k £132 (574).

Heavy spring lambs to: Ballymoney farmer, 24k £136; Ballymoney farmer, 26.5k £145 and Bellarena farmer, 25k £136.

Fat ewes (140) 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 17th May to a top price of £2020 for a calved heifer.

Cookstown farmer, calved heifers to £2020, £1750; Crumlin farmer, calved heifer to £1600; Coleraine farmer, calved heifer to £1360 and Cookstown farmer, springing cow to £1210.

A super entry of 380 on Wednesday 18th May at Kilrea, met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers sold to £1700, heifers sold to £1650.

Fat cows and bulls to £2180.

Fat cows: 130 on offer. Flying trade.

Garvagh farmer, 570k Limousin £1400 (246), 710k £1660 (234); Coleraine farmer, 940k Simmental £2180 (232); Ballymena farmer, 620k Belgian Blue £1380 (223); Ahoghill farmer, 620k Saler £1370 (221); Garvagh farmer, 630k Limousin £1360 (216), 500k £930 (186), 550k £930 (169); Magherafelt farmer, 640k Simmental £1360 (213), 710k Belgian Blue £1360 (192), 690k Charolais £1320 (191), 500k Aberdeen Angus £900 (180), 540k £850 (157); Ballymoney farmer, 650k Hereford £1380 (212), 490k Limousin £1020 (208), 510k £1060 (208), 600k Shorthorn £1230 (205), 590k Limousin £1210 (205); Macosquin farmer, 640k Limousin £1360 (211), 660k £1170 (177), 590k £1020 (173), 650k Aberdeen Angus £970 (149); Glenarm farmer, 580k Limousin £1200 (207), 610k Shorthorn £1150 (189), 560k Limousin £1020 (182), 590k Aberdeen Angus £1070 (181), 700k Shorthorn beef £1160 (166), 460k Limousin £760 (165); Randalstown farmer, 620k Shorthorn beef £1270 (205);

Magherafelt farmer, 520k Fleckvieh £1050 (202), 540k Friesian £1020 (189), 480k £900 (188), 530k £990 (187), 520k £950 (183), 510k £930 (182), 480k £870 (181), 410k £690 (168), 530k £880 (166); Ballyclare farmer, 460k Limousin £920 (200), 480k Charolais £930 (194), 540k Holstein £970 (180), 470k £840 (179), 530k £930 (176), 520k £910 (175), 500k £860 (172), 520k £890 (171); Portglenone farmer, 780k Limousin £1550 (199), 910k £1780 (196), 770k £1500 (195), 680k £1300 (191); Broughshane farmer, 660k Saler £1300 (197), 600k Simmental £1140 (190); Kilrea farmer, 560k Friesian £1100 (196), 550k £1060 (193), 580k £1110 (191), 560k £1050 (188), 550k £1030 (187); Glarryford farmer, 740k Montbeliarde £1440 (195), 740k £1410 (191); Portglenone farmer, 700k Hereford £1350 (193), 710k Friesian £1350 (190), 680k Shorthorn dairy £1290 (190); Moneymore farmer, 730k Simmental £1380 (189); Ballymena farmer, 600k Charolais £1120 (187), 620k Aberdeen Angus £1100 (177), 530k Shorthorn £900 (170), 470k Aberdeen Angus £770 (164); Ballymoney farmer, 720k Limousin £1340 (186), 580k Fleckvieh £950 (164); Ballymena farmer, 1010k Limousin £1870 (185); Rasharkin farmer, 730k Friesian £1350 (185); Portglenone farmer, 1030k Aberdeen Angus £1830 (178); Portglenone farmer, 520k Charolais £920 (177), 530k £890 (168); Tobermore farmer, 720k Holstein £1250 (174); Desertmartin farmer, 640k Friesian £1110 (173), 540k £780 (144); Dervock farmer, 910k Holstein £1560 (171), 600k £870 (145); Ballyronan farmer, 670k Holstein £1140 (170), 690k £1170 (170), 610k £920 (151), 600k £860 (143); Portglenone farmer, 640k Friesian £1090 (170), 680k Aberdeen Angus £1140 (168), 630k Friesian £1000 (159), 630k £890 (141); Garvagh farmer, 710k Friesian £1200 (169); Coleraine farmer, 550k Holstein £920 (167), 620k £970 (157); Stewartstown farmer, 630k Holstein £1030 (164), 740k £1110 (150), 710k £1050 (148); Ballymoney farmer, 600k Holstein £980 (163); Cloughmills farmer, 490k Holstein £800 (163), 370k £560 (151); Magherafelt farmer, 620k Friesian £980 (158), 480k £710 (148); Garvagh farmer, 510k Hereford £800 (157), 600k £900 (150); Rasharkin farmer, 600k Friesian £940 (157); Dungiven farmer, 620k Limousin £960 (155); Draperstown farmer, 440k Galloway £680 (155); Garvagh farmer, 570k Shorthorn £880 (154); Randalstown farmer, 740k Holstein £1110 (150) and Magherafelt farmer, 520k Limousin £770 (148).

Suckler Sstock

Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus cow with Simmental heifer calf at foot to £1900, Belgian Blue cow with Simmental heifer calf at foot to £1680, Shorthorn beef cow with Simmental bull calf at foot to £1600; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus bull £2080 and Coleraine farmer, Limousin bull £1620.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Antrim farmer, 360k Limousin £1160 (322), 400k £1170 (293), 440k £1210 (275), 340k £900 (265), 260k Belgian Blue £540 (208); Kilrea farmer, 320k Limousin £890 (278), 350k £950 (271), 330k £880 (267), 410k £1040 (254), 370k £910 (246); Kilrea farmer, 600k Charolais £1650 (275), 620k £1560 (252); Ballymena farmer, 340k Limousin £930 (274), 360k £920 (263); Garvagh farmer, 370k Charolais £950 (257), 460k Limousin £1110 (241); Broughshane farmer, 580k Limousin £1480 (255); Garvagh farmer, 410k Blonde d’Aquitaine £1040 (254); Castledawson farmer, 530k Limousin £1330 (251), 570k £1430 (251), 610k £1490 (244), 600k £1440 (240), 600k Charolais £1420 (237), 620k Simmental £1460 (236), 560k Stabiliser £1300 (232), 610k Charolais £1400 (230), 580k Limousin £1320 (228), 700k Charolais £1560 (223), 600k Shorthorn £1340 (223); Toomebridge farmer, 340k Charolais £850 (250; Stranocum farmer, 300k Limousin £740 (247), 370k £890 (241), 440k £980 (223), 410k £880 (215); Bellaghy farmer, 470k Belgian Blue £1130 (240), 470k £1060 (226); Garvagh farmer, 440k Aberdeen Angus £1020 (232), 540k £1200 (222); Ballymoney farmer, 590k Belgian Blue £1360 (231), 580k £1290 (222); Desertmartin farmer, 510k Belgian Blue £1170 (229), 480k £1090 (227), 450k £1010 (224), 440k £960 (218), 490k £1060 (216), 470k £1000 (213); Coleraine farmer, 550k Hereford £1250 (227), 550k £1190 (216), 560k £1200 (214), 510k £1090 (214), 570k Aberdeen Angus £1200 (211); Ballymena farmer, 380k Fleckvieh £860 (226), 430k Aberdeen Angus £930 (216); Castlerock farmer, 380k Charolais £860 (226); Desertmartin farmer, 580k Fleckvieh £1310 (226); Garvagh farmer, 570k Aberdeen Angus £1280 (225); Moneymore farmer, 440k Aberdeen Angus £990 (225); Moneymore farmer, 590k Limousin £1320 (224); Ballymoney farmer, 620k Limousin £1360 (219), 630k £1360 (216); Rasharkin farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1090 (218); Kilrea farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (216), 530k Hereford £1110 (209); Knockloughrim farmer, 410k Aberdeen Angus £880 (215), 390k £830 (213); Rasharkin farmer, 490k Limousin £1050 (214), 610k Hereford £1290 (212); Glenarm farmer, 300k Aberdeen Angus £640 (213); Coleraine farmer, 490k Hereford £1030 (210) and Draperstown farmer, 400k Limousin £840 (210).

Steers

Castlerock farmer, 320k Charolais £920 (288), 360k £970 (269), 380k £860 (226); Dungiven farmer, 310k Limousin £890 (287), 320k £900 (281), 360k Charolais £980 (272), 380k Limousin £970 (255), 340k Charolais £860 (253), 290k Limousin £700 (241), 370k £820 (222); Kilrea farmer, 600k Charolais £1660 (277), 610k Limousin £1610 (264), 590k £1550 (263), 610k £1560 (256), 670k Charolais £1700 (254), 610k Limousin £1540 (253), 610k £1530 (251), 590k Charolais £1450 (246), 640k Blonde d’Aquitaine £1570 (245), 620k Charolais £1520 (245), 680k £1630 (240), 630k Belgian Blue £1440 (229), 600k Charolais £1370 (228), 620k Fleckvieh £1380 (223), 590k Hereford £1310 (222); Kilrea farmer, 570k Limousin £1580 (277), 510k £1350 (265), 630k £1520 (241); Garvagh farmer, 430k Blonde d’Aquitaine £1180 (274), 470k £1090 (232); Ballymena farmer, 390k Limousin £1070 (274); Ballymoney farmer, 560k Charolais £1480 (264), 570k £1480 (260), 560k £1280 (229), 530k £1200 (226); Garvagh farmer, 420k Limousin £1100 (262), 260k £640 (246); Rasharkin farmer, 450k Limousin £1180 (262), 470k £1190 (253), 470k £1160 (247), 490k £1190 (243), 450k £1090 (242); Toomebridge farmer, 380k Charolais £980 (258), 400k £890 (223); Coleraine farmer, 380k Belgian Blue £940 (247), 410k £930 (227); Desertmartin farmer, 600k Simmental £1480 (247), 600k £1450 (242); Maghera farmer, 690k Limousin £1700 (246), 690k £1690 (245); Antrim farmer, 400k Shorthorn beef £980 (245); Cullybackey farmer, 450k Aberdeen Angus £1090 (242), 440k £1030 (234); Swatragh farmer, 560k Aberdeen Angus £1350 (241), 550k £1280 (233); Moneymore farmer, 470k Belgian Blue £1120 (238), 480k Limousin £1130 (235), 520k Belgian Blue £1200 (231); Moneymore farmer, 600k Friesian £1390 (232), 590k £1340 (227); Garvagh farmer, 390k Limousin £900 (231), 440k £1010 (230); Garvagh farmer, 580k Hereford £1330 (229); Castledawson farmer, 610k Stabiliser £1390 (228); Portglenone farmer, 330k Aberdeen Angus £750 (227); Ballymena farmer, 300k Simmental £670 (223) and Coleraine farmer, 590k Hereford £1310 (222).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.