Fat cows and bulls selling to £2560 at Kilrea Mart

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

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Ballymena farmer, Belgian Blue £735, Holstein £260; Antrim farmer, Belgian Blue £570, Hereford £500, Aberdeen Angus £450, £430, Belgian Blue £345; Dunloy farmer, Limousin £555, £495, £250; Toomebridge farmer, Belgian Blue £545, £495, £480, Aberdeen Angus £455; Ballycastle farmer, Belgian Blue £535, £520, £360; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £495, £415, £345, £225; Glarryford farmer, Hereford £480; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £480; Strabane farmer, Belgian Blue £480, Limousin £480; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £425; Castlederg farmer, Fleckvieh £420; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £380, £220; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £380; Antrim farmer, Belgian Blue £350; Ballymoney farmer, £350, £300; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350, £240, £200; Armoy farmer, Belgian Blue £340, £310, £300, £280, Aberdeen Angus £280, Belgian Blue £270, £240; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £340; Draperstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300, £295; Dunloy farmer, Fleckvieh £300; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £295; Portglenone farmer, Fleckvieh £285, £245, £220, £200; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £260, £235; Coleraine farmer, Holstein £240, £205; Toomebridge farmer, Holstein £240; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £235, £210; Macosquin farmer, Limousin £230; Ballykelly farmer, Saler £210; Maghera farmer, Holstein £205; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200 and Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200.

Heifer calves

Antrim farmer, Charolais £660, Aberdeen Angus £470, Hereford £435; Ballymena farmer, Belgian Blue £600; Castlerock farmer, Holstein £560, £550, £500, £430; Londonderry farmer, Aberdeen Angus £485, £470, £440, £385, £380, £365; Dunloy farmer, Limousin £475, £315; Ballycastle farmer, Belgian Blue £430, Aberdeen Angus £400; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £410; Toomebridge farmer, Belgian Blue £410, £280; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £405, £385, £300; Portglenone farmer, Charolais £380; Aghadowey farmer, Limousin £365, Aberdeen Angus £240; Strabane farmer, Limousin £360, Aberdeen Angus £360; Ballymena farmer, Charolais £350; Armoy farmer, Belgian Blue £345, £290, Aberdeen Angus £265, £220, Belgian Blue £200; Draperstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345; Castlederg farmer, Holstein £340; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £340; Glarryford farmer, Hereford £330; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £320; Antrim farmer, Belgian Blue £310; £250; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £305, £260; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £305; Cookstown farmer, Shorthorn £300, £225; Macosquin farmer, Limousin £295; Londonderry farmer, Limousin £285; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £275, £260; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250; Ballymoney farmer, £240, £235, £215; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £220, £205;

Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £210; Limavady farmer, Shorthorn beef £200 and Macosquin farmer, Belgian Blue £200.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £260. Good demand for thick types. Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suck calves (120)

A great entry of weanlings met an outstanding trade for all types on offer, both for Continental beef bred types, Frisian cross types and Friesian and Holstein lumps.

Weanlings to top of £1015 and 357 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 700 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 1st May met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £6.19 per kg and to top of £148.

Hoggets to £5.91 and to top of £146. Fat ewes to £180.

Breeding ewes to £190.

Springs lambs

Ballymena farmer, 21k £130 (619); Ballymoney farmer, 20.5k £127 (619); Maghera farmer, 20k £123 (615); Macosquin farmer, 21k £128 (610); Stewartstown farmer, 21k £128 (610); Coleraine farmer, 21.5k £130 (604); Limavady farmer, 24.5k £148 (604); Antrim farmer, 23.5k £141.50 (602); Randalstown farmer, 23k £138 (600); Bushmills farmer, 23k £137 (596); Kilrea farmer, 25k £148 (592); Rasharkin farmer, 22.5k £133 (591) and Rasharkin farmer, 23k £135 (587).

Hoggets

Dungiven farmer, 22k £130 (591); Claudy farmer, 20k £118 (590); Aghadowey farmer, 20k £116.50 (583); Ballymoney farmer, 20k £116 (580); Crumlin farmer, 22.5k £130 (578); Ballyclare farmer, 21.5k £124 (577); Ballymena farmer, 24k £138.50 (577); Portglenone farmer, 22k £125 (568); Bushmills farmer, 25k £141 (564); Dunloy farmer, 25k £140 (560); Randalstown farmer, 25.5k £142.50 (559); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £116 (552); Kilrea farmer, 25k £138 (552); Coleraine farmer, 26k £143 (550); Portglenone farmer, 27k £146 (541) and Magherafelt farmer, 23k £124 (539).

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

Good entry of ewes to £180.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of dairy on Tuesday 2nd May to a top price of £2080 for a calved heifer.

Coleraine farmer, calved heifer to £2080 and Banbridge farmer, batch of spring heifers to £1800, £1780.

More stock required weekly.

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

A super entry of 300 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 3rd May at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £2080 and heifers to £1850. Fat cows and bulls to £2560.

Fat cows: 100 on offer, flying trade.

Ballymoney farmer, 570k Limousin £1600 (281); Dungiven farmer, 560k Limousin £1520 (271), 510k £1350 (265); Portglenone farmer, 660k Limousin £1780 (270), 650k Belgian Blue £1560 (240); Crumlin farmer, 600k Limousin £1550 (258); Ballymena farmer, 730k Limousin £1860 (255), 780k Belgian Blue £1960 (254), 670k £1640 (245); Bellaghy farmer, 1050k Limousin £2560 (244); Aghadowey farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1110 (236); Ballymena farmer, 600k Charolais £1400 (233); Ballymoney farmer, 540k Simmental £1240 (230); Aghadowey farmer, 840k Holstein £1920 (229), 690k £1520 (220), 550k £1160 (211); Ballymena farmer, 790k Simmental £1800 (228); Macosquin farmer, 640k Holstein £1460 (228); Dunloy farmer, 780k Charolais £1770(227); Crumlin farmer, 660k Limousin £1450 (220); Portglenone farmer, 600k Fleckvieh £1300 (217); Upperlands farmer, 710k Limousin £1540 (217) and Ballymoney farmer, 480k Friesian £1020 (213).

Suckler

Portglenone farmer, Limousin second calver with Limousin heifer calf at foot to £1770.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Glarryford farmer, 240k Simmental £790 (329); Castledawson farmer, 520k Limousin £1630 (314), 520k Charolais £1560 (300), 540k Limousin £1600 (296), 560k Charolais £1660 (296), 560k Limousin £1640 (293), 550k £1600 (291), 490k £1410 (288), 560k £1600 (286), 480k £1360 (283), 490k £1360 (278), 560k Charolais £1550 (277), 610k £1660 (272), 580k Stabiliser £1570 (271), 470k Charolais £1270 (270), 550k £1470 (267), 540k Simmental £1430 (265), 610k Stabiliser £1590 (261) ;Bellaghy farmer, 570k Limousin £1760 (309), 630k £1810 (287), 640k £1700 (266); Knockloughrim farmer, 270k Limousin £820 (304); Ballycastle farmer, 380k Charolais £1150 (303), 380k £1140 (300), 400k £1190 (298), 440k £1270 (289), 350k £980 (280); Upperlands farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1640 (298), 350k Aberdeen Angus £910 (260), 440k £1110 (252), 350k Hereford £880 (251), 340k £850 (250), 370k £890 (241), 430k £1030 (240), 390k £900 (231), 360k £830 (231), 430k £990 (230), 400k Aberdeen Angus £920 (230); Garvagh farmer, 570k Simmental £1680 (295), 570k £1660 (291), 630k £1790 (284); Swatragh farmer, 590k Limousin £1740 (295), 530k £1540 (291), 600k £1660 (277), 640k £1740 (272), 560k £1490 (266); Dungiven farmer, 330k Limousin £920 (279), 340k £940 (277), 340k £920 (271), 400k £1020 (255); Dungiven farmer, 300k Simmental £830 (277), 400k £1020 (255); Upperlands farmer, 670k Limousin £1850 (276), 660k Aberdeen Angus £1780 (270);

Rasharkin farmer, 470k Simmental £1280 (272), 540k £1440 (267), 500k £1320 (264); Ballymoney farmer, 320k Belgian Blue £840 (263), 310k £790 (255), 320k £800 (250), 310k £770 (248), 280k £680 (243), 340k £820 (241), 300k £690 (230); Randalstown farmer, 610k Limousin £1580 (259); Bendooragh farmer, 570k Aberdeen Angus £1470 (258), 590k £1490 (253), 610k £1530 (251), 560k £1380 (246), 560k £1280 (229); Articlave farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £1330 (256), 550k £1360 (247), 490k Stabiliser £1210 (247), 510k Aberdeen Angus £1250 (245), 540k £1290 (239), 530k £1250 (236); Antrim farmer, 470k Belgian Blue £1200 (255); Portglenone farmer, 490k Hereford £1240 (253); Maghera farmer, 570k Belgian Blue £1420 (249); Garvagh farmer, 540k Aberdeen Angus £1330 (246), 560k Hereford £1320 (236), 490k Limousin £1150 (235), 450k Hereford £1030 (229); Coleraine farmer, 620k Aberdeen Angus £1510 (244), 560k £1300 (232), 560k £1290 (230), 570k £1310 (230), 680k £1500 (221); Finvoy farmer, 340k Belgian Blue £830 (244), 360k Hereford £840 (233), 410k Belgian Blue £930 (227), 370k Hereford £830 (224); Coleraine farmer, 530k Aberdeen Angus £1270 (240), 510k £1210 (237); Garvagh farmer, 390k Shorthorn £930 (239), 370k Hereford £880 (238), 400k Charolais £940 (235), 370k Hereford £820 (222); Garvagh farmer, 580k Belgian Blue £1360 (235), 550k £1260 (229), 540k £1220 (226) and Portglenone farmer, 420k Charolais £980 (233).

Steers

Glarryford farmer, 270k Simmental £1000 (370); Upperlands farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1550 (310), 580k £1530 (264), 530k £1390 (262), 520k £1310 (252); Garvagh farmer, 700k Simmental £2080 (297), 660k £1890 (286), 620k Charolais £1740 (281), 660k Limousin £1800 (273), 520k £1410 (271); Kilrea farmer, 440k Hereford £1270 (289), 510k Aberdeen Angus £1360 (267), 510k Hereford £1350 (265), 510k £1320 (259), 500k £1220 (244), 410k £990 (242), 510k £1200 (235); Dungiven farmer, 420k Limousin £1200 (286), 440k Charolais £1200 (273); Bellaghy farmer, 400k Stabiliser £1130 (283); Knockloughrim farmer, 230k Limousin £650 (283); Cookstown farmer, 500k Belgian Blue £1400 (280), 540k £1460 (270), 460k Hereford £1160 (252); Cookstown farmer, 510k Aberdeen Angus £1430 (280), 520k £1440 (277), 440k £1210 (275), 470k £1270 (270), 520k £1280 (246); Castlerock farmer, 420k £1160 (276), 430k Simmental £1100 (256), 380k Limousin £950 (250), 440k Belgian Blue £1080 (246), 420k Simmental £1010 (241); Bellaghy farmer, 560k Limousin £1510 (270); Rasharkin farmer, 600k Aberdeen Angus £1590 (265), 560k £1480 (264), 590k £1530 (259), 630k £1620 (257), 620k £1540 (248), 600k £1470 (245), 580k £1370 (236); Coleraine farmer, 570k Aberdeen Angus £1500 (263), 540k Hereford £1360 (252), 640k £1610 (252), 620k Aberdeen Angus £1550 (250), 620k £1510 (244); Maghera farmer, 440k Aberdeen Angus £1110 (252), 380k £950 (250); Ballymena farmer, 400k Limousin £1000 (250), 410k £1020 (249); Coleraine farmer, 590k Charolais £1430 (242); Ballymoney farmer, 340k Parthenais £800 (235); Garvagh farmer, 660k Saler £1530 (232) and Garvagh farmer, 570k Simmental £1310 (230).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.