Fat cows and bulls selling to £2600 at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Bull calves

Magherafelt farmer, Hereford £1210, Highland £800; Cullybackey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £990, Belgian Blue £870; Dungiven farmer, Belgian Blue £920, Aberdeen Angus £800, Belgian Blue £680, Simmental £610, £560, Aberdeen Angus £550; Portglenone farmer, Hereford £920; Clough farmer, Belgian Blue £910; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £880, £810; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £840, £680, £650; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £780, £650, £570; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £750, Aberdeen Angus £540; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £720, £500; Drumahoe farmer, Aberdeen Angus £710, £510; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £650; Desertmartin farmer, Limousin £600, Fleckvieh £540, £500; Kircubbin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £590; Articlave farmer, Aberdeen Angus £560 and Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £530.

Heifer calves

Desertmartin farmer, Friesian £1030, £1000, £980; Cullybackey farmer, Charolais £1000, £900; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £960; Desertmartin farmer, Belgian Blue £950; Dungiven farmer, Belgian Blue £860, £780, Simmental £780; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £840; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £770, £670; Portglenone farmer, Hereford £760; Ballymoney farmer, Limousin £740; Kircubbin farmer, Belgian Blue £730; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £700, Limousin £700; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £700; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £610, £580; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £610; Desertmartin farmer, Limousin £590; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £570; Drumahoe farmer, Aberdeen Angus £540; Mosside farmer, Aberdeen Angus £540 and Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £520.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £380.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (35)

A good 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 £1410 and 5.22 ppk.

An entry of 950 sheep on Monday 1st June met a steady trade for lambs with ewes on fire.

Spring lambs sold to a top of £201 and to a top of 926 pence per kg

Ewes reached a top of £266

More sheep needed weekly.

Spring lambs top prices

Ballymena farmer, 20.5k £190 (927); Ballymoney farmer, 20k £181.50 (908); Eglinton farmer, 17.5k £156 (891); Coagh farmer, 20k £176 (880); Dungiven farmer, 20.5 £180 (878); Portglenone farmer, 20k £175.50 (878); Coagh farmer, 20k £174 (870); Portglenone farmer, 20k £174 (870); Tobermore farmer, 20.5k £177.50 (866); Rasharkin farmer, 21.5k £185.50 (863); Aghadowey farmer, 21.5k £185.50 (863); Ballymena farmer, 22k £189.50 (861); Ballymoney farmer, 21.5k £182.50 (849); Ballymoney farmer, 19.5k £165.50 (849); Moneymore farmer, 20.5k £173.50 (846); Aghadowey farmer, 19.5k £164.50 (844); Cookstown farmer, 20k £168 (840); Randalstown farmer, 20k £167.50 (838) and Magherafelt farmer, 21k £175 (833).

A good entry of dairy stock on Tuesday 2nd June met a sharp trade in Kilrea.

Prices reached £2120 for a calved heifer.

More dairy stock required weekly.

A smaller entry of 220 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 3rd June at Kilrea which met with an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £2250 and heifers to £2400.

Fat cows and bulls to £2600.

Fat cows: Sharp trade.

Garvagh farmer, 730k Limousin £2600 (356); Portglenone farmer, 530k Charolais £1860 (351), 680k £2170 (319); Garvagh farmer, 440k Aberdeen Angus £1490 (339); Ballymoney farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1680 (336), 520k Limousin £1740 (335), 500k £1670 (334), 560k £1850 (330), 580k £1860 (321), 560k Fleckvieh £1760 (314); Londonderry farmer, 400k Belgian Blue £1340 (335), 490k Charolais £1600 (327), 500k Aberdeen Angus £1560 (312); Maghera farmer, 540k Limousin £1800 (333); Randalstown farmer, 700k Limousin £2280 (326); Garvagh farmer, 680k Limousin £2150 (316), 700k Aberdeen Angus £2140 (306), 600k Limousin £1790 (298); Toomebridge farmer, 470k Charolais £1460 (311); Rasharkin farmer, 440k Limousin £1350 (307), 560k Aberdeen Angus £1670 (298); Bellaghy farmer, 640k ST £1960 (306); Moneymore farmer, 560k Aberdeen Angus £1680 (300), 650k Hereford £1940 (299), 650k Fleckvieh £1940 (299), 660k Aberdeen Angus £1950 (296) and Maghera farmer, 470k Friesian £1400 (298).

Suckler section

Ballymoney farmer, Simmental cow with Limousin heifer calf at foot to £2980, Limousin cow with Limousin heifer calf at foot to £2940; Castledawson farmer, Aberdeen Angus Cows with Aberdeen Angus bull calves at foot to £2780, £2700; Draperstown farmer, springing Charolais heifer to £2600 and Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh heifer with Simmental bull calf at foot to £2680.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Kilrea farmer, 470k Limousin £1970 (419), 470k £1880 (400); Maghera farmer, 410k Charolais £1700 (415), 480k Belgian Blue £1800 (375), 450k Aubrac £1710 (380), 550k Belgian Blue £1920 (349), 580k Belgian Blue £2020 (348), 590k £2010 (341), 570k £1900 (333); Dungiven farmer, 340k Charolais £1350 (397), 350k £1390 (397), 390k £1460 (374); Drumahoe farmer, 310k Aberdeen Angus £1200 (387), 340k £1240 (365); Claudy farmer, 510k Limousin £1860 (365); Toomebridge farmer, 660k Limousin £2400 (364); Portglenone farmer, 510k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1790 (351); Magherafelt farmer, 510k Limousin £1780 (349) and Portglenone farmer, 460k Hereford £1570 (341), 490k £1660 (339).

Steers

Kilrea farmer, 410k Charolais £1790 (437), 490k £2020 (412), 360k Belgian Blue £1380 (383); Toomebridge farmer, 360k Belgian Blue £1380 (394), 230k Simmental £800 (348); Randalstown farmer, 440k Limousin £1710 (389), 530k £1970 (372); Glarryford farmer, 330k Aberdeen Angus £1260 (382); Rasharkin farmer, 570k Limousin £2100 (368), 570k £2010 (353), 640k £2190 (342), 680k £2250 (331); Dungiven farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1790 (358), 500k Limousin £1780 (356), 510k £1790 (351), 440k £1540 (350); Kilrea farmer, 570k Charolais £2040 (358), 590k £2100 (356); Kilrea farmer, 460k Charolais £1600 (348),530k Limousin £1820 (343); Maghera farmer, 490k Belgian Blue £1700 (347), 500k Belgian Blue £1700 (340) and Moneymore farmer, 650k Belgian Blue £2180 (335). Limousin and Aberdeen Angus steers a flying trade with more required for strong demand.

Auctioneers: HA McIlrath and Sons Ltd.