Fat cows and bulls selling to £2180 at Kilrea Mart, excellent trade throughout

All types of calves required to satisfy demand. Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Londonderry farmer, Charolais £665, Hereford £630, £560, Belgian Blue £540, Aberdeen Angus £520, Friesian £240;

Bendooragh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £485; Strabane farmer, Charolais £475, Belgian Blue £430, Fleckvieh £400, Belgian Blue £370; Maghera farmer, Hereford £460, Aberdeen Angus £405, £320, £315; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £455, £445; Stewartstown farmer, Hereford £450, Belgian Blue £430; Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £445, £300, £295; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £420, £310; Cookstown farmer, Charolais £410, Limousin £320, £310; Macosquin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £380, £335; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £375, £280; Ballymena farmer, Belgian Blue £355, Aberdeen Angus £330; Tobermore farmer, Belgian Blue £350, £325, £280, Aberdeen Angus £240; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £325, £235; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300; Newtownards farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300, £290; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £300; Tobermore farmer, Belgian Blue £295, Aberdeen Angus £250; Randalstown farmer, Hereford £280; Simmental £240; Ahoghill farmer, Hereford £270; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £250; Knockloughrim farmer, Aberdeen Angus £245 and Antrim farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200.

Heifer calves

Londonderry farmer, Charolais £705, £665, £565; Portglenone farmer, Charolais £590; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £485; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £420; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £400; Tobermore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £390; Strabane farmer, Aberdeen Angus £355, Belgian Blue £345; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £350, Aberdeen Angus £250; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £340; Bendooragh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285, £240; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £265, £215; Bellaghy farmer, Hereford £255; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £245, £230; Ahoghill farmer, Hereford £240; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £235; Macosquin farmer, Belgian Blue £230; Newtownards farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230; Antrim farmer, Aberdeen Angus £225; Tobermore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £225 and Rasharkin farmer, Hereford £200.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £240.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (40)

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 £900 and 310 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A good entry of 650 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 26th June met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £6.09 per kg and to top of £154.

Fat ewes to £164.

Lambs

Kilrea farmer, 22k £134 (609); Eglinton farmer, 21k £124.50 (593); Kilrea farmer, 26k £154 (592); Ballycastle farmer, 19.5k £115 (590), 22.5k £127 (564); Coleraine farmer, 19.5k £115 (590), 21.5k £125.50 (584); Garvagh farmer, 21k £123 (586); Ballymoney farmer, 21.5k £125.50 (584); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £122.50 (583); Coleraine farmer, 22.5k £131 (582); Antrim farmer, 21k £122 (581); Ballyclare farmer, 21.5k £125 (581); Garvagh farmer, 21.5k £125 (581); Rasharkin farmer, 21k £122 (581); Aghdowey farmer, 20k £116 (580); Garvagh farmer, 22.5k £130 (578); Knockloughrim farmer, 22.5k £130 (578); Randalstown farmer, 22.5k £130 (578); Cookstown farmer, 21.5k £124 (577); Kilrea farmer, 20.5k £118 (576); Garvagh farmer, 20k £115 (575); Templepatrick farmer, 20k £115 (575); Kilrea farmer, 23k £132 (574); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £126 (573); Moneymore farmer, 22k £126 (573); Claudy farmer, 21.5k £123 (572); Aghadowey farmer, 22.5k £128.50 (571) and Kilrea farmer, 20.5k £117 (571).

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

Good entry of ewes to £164.

More ewes needed.

A super entry of 70 dairy on Tuesday 27th June to a top price of 2000gns for a Friesian bull.

Calved heifers to £1980.

Coleraine farmer, Friesian bulls to 2000gns and 1860gns; Ballyclare farmer, calved heifers to £1980, £1860; Coleraine farmer, batch of bulling heifers to £1100, £1050, £1020 and Castlederg farmer, batch of maiden heifers to £970.

More stock required weekly.

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

A good entry of 300 fat cow, suckler and store cattle on Wednesday 28th June at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers selling to £1700 and heifers selling to £1790.

Fat cows and bulls to £2180.

Fat cows: 110 on offer, flying trade.

Rasharkin farmer, 580k Limousin £1490 (257), 610k £1470 (241), 530k £1240 (234);

Aghadowey farmer, 850k Limousin £2120 (249); Aghadowey farmer, 590k Charolais £1470 (249); Dunloy farmer, 620k Limousin £1480 (239); Castlerock farmer, 550k Limousin £1230 (224); Bushmills farmer, 770k Charolais £1680 (218), 970k £2040 (210), 1100k £2180 (198); Magherafelt farmer, 620k Friesian £1340 (216), 650k £1370 (211), 550k £1150 (209), 620k £1290 (208), 610k £1260 (207), 620k £1250 (202), 580k £1140 (197), 570k £1110 (195); Dungiven farmer, 670k Fleckvieh £1400 (209); Limavady farmer, 690k Friesian £1440 (209), 630k £1280 (203); Portglenone farmer, 970k Limousin £2000 (206); Moneymore farmer, 660k Friesian £1330 (202); Ballymena farmer, 420k Belted Galloway £840 (200); Ballymoney farmer, 910k Fleckvieh £1820 (200); Cloughmills farmer, 520k Ayrshire £1020 (196); Limavady farmer, 470k Holstein £900 (192) and Magherafelt farmer, 500k Friesian £960 (192).

Suckler

Ballymoney farmer, Simmental cow with Simmental bull calf at foot to £1900; Ballymoney farmer, Shorthorn cow with Simmental bull calf at foot to £1670 and Limavady farmer, Simmental cow with Simmental bull calf at foot to £1820, Aberdeen Angus cow with Simmental bull calf at foot to £1780, Aberdeen Angus cow with 2 Simmental bull calves at foot to £1780.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Toomebridge farmer, 410k Charolais £1260 (307), 480k Limousin £1320 (275), 490k £1300 (265), 560k Charolais £1470 (263), 550k £1400 (255); Kilrea farmer, 580k Charolais £1700 (293), 530k £1410 (266), 610k £1430 (234); Maghera farmer, 600k Charolais £1700 (283), 620k £1750 (282), 640k £1790 (280), 620k £1730 (279), 580k Limousin £1550 (267), 590k Charolais £1570 (266); Portglenone farmer, 310k Limousin £830 (268), 410k £1040 (254), 410k £980 (239); Portglenone farmer, 470k Limousin £1250 (266); Swatragh farmer, 590k Limousin £1540 (261), 520k £1170 (225), 570k Belgian Blue £1260 (221); Portglenone farmer, 490k Limousin £1270 (259); Ahoghill farmer, 310k Limousin £800 (258), 420k £890 (212); Portglenone farmer, 330k Belgian Blue £840 (255); Garvagh farmer, 360k Aberdeen Angus £880 (244), 370k £880 (238), 390k £910 (233); Garvagh farmer, 410k Belgian Blue £1000 (244), 390k Shorthorn beef £920 (236), 380k Aberdeen Angus £880 (232), 360k Shorthorn beef £800 (222), 380k £840 (221), 360k Aberdeen Angus £760 (211); Ballymoney farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1330 (242), 640k £1440 (225); Garvagh farmer, 450k Aberdeen Angus £1090 (242), 450k Limousin £1030 (229), 430k £970 (226), 480k Aberdeen Angus £1050 (219), 490k £1060 (216); Coleraine farmer, 500k Hereford £1200 (240), 570k Aberdeen Angus £1330 (233), 510k Hereford £1180 (231), 550k Aberdeen Angus £11260 (229), 500k Hereford £1130 (226); Portglenone farmer, 480k Belgian Blue £1150 (240), 430k Simmental £960 (223), 350k £740 (211), 430k £880 (205); Strabane farmer, 510k Aberdeen Angus £1220 (239), 440k Friesian £1040 (236), 440k Belgian Blue £1040 (236), 490k Simmental £1020 (208); Maghera farmer, 370k Limousin £880 (238); Portglenone farmer, 500k Simmental £1190 (238), 490k Hereford £1140 (233), 470k Simmental £990 (211); Coleraine farmer, 590k Aberdeen Angus £1400 (237), 600k £1410 (235), 590k £1380 (234), 610k £1400 (230); Portglenone farmer, 440k Charolais £1030 (234), 530k Aberdeen Angus £1220 (230), 500k Belgian Blue £1130 (226), 430k Charolais £930 (216); Randalstown farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1100 (234), 390k Limousin £910 (233), 330k £750 (227), 330k Aberdeen Angus £750 (227), 430k £930 (216), 390k £820 (210), 400k £790 (198); Kilrea farmer, 480k Charolais £1120 (233), 520k £1150 (221); Cullybackey farmer, 470k Limousin £1080 (230), 370k £760 (205); Ballymoney farmer, 430k Aberdeen Angus £990 (230), 400k Stabiliser £900 (225), 360k £760 (211), 430k Aberdeen Angus £890 (207), 380k Blonde d'Aquitaine £780 (205); Coleraine farmer, 370k Aberdeen Angus £850 (230), 380k £780 (205), 380k £740 (195); Dunloy farmer, 520k Hereford £1190 (229), 490k £1100 (225), 460k £990 (215), 450k £880 (196), 430k £840 (195); Stranocum, farmer, 490k Belgian Blue £1120 (229); Toomebridge farmer, 420k Charolais £980 (233); Crumlin farmer, 570k Hereford £1240 (218); Cloughmills farmer, 580k Limousin £1240 (214), 440k Aberdeen Angus £920 (209), 530k Limousin £1100 (208); Magherafelt farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1000 (213), 410k £830 (202) and Maghera farmer, 380k Aberdeen Angus £780 (205).

Steers

Crumlin farmer, 290k Charolais £890 (307), 350k £920 (263), 430k £1080 (251); Portglenone farmer, 480k Limousin £1470 (306), 560k £1700 (304), 450k £1290 (287), 520k £1480 (285), 410k Simmental £1100 (268), 390k Limousin £1040 (267), 510k £1350 (265), 490k Hereford £1250 (255), 410k Simmental £1000 (244); Garvagh farmer, 400k Limousin £1160 (290), 460k £1160 (252); Maghera farmer, 510k Limousin £1475 (289), 560k £1560 (279); Garvagh farmer, 310k Limousin £890 (287), 380k £1030 (271), 390k £1040 (267), 440k £1100 (250), 390k £970 (249), 370k £910 (246), 360k £870 (242); Garvagh farmer, 580k Limousin £1600 (276), 560k Simmental £1480 (264); Magherafelt farmer, 340k Limousin £930 (274), 340k £870 (256), 290k £690 (238); Garvagh farmer, 570k Limousin £1490 (261); Toomebridge farmer, 540k Charolais £1400 (259), 570k Belgian Blue £1320 (232), 530k Aberdeen Angus £1160 (219); Coleraine farmer, 540k Limousin £1370 (254), 470k £1160 (247) and Stranocum farmer, 500k Belgian Blue £1260 (252), 490k £1230 (251), 530k £1300 (245), 460k Aberdeen Angus £1020 (222).

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

Auctioneer: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.