A good entry of 515 calves and weanlings on Thursday 15th October which met with an outstanding trade for all types on offer.

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Bull calves

Kilrea farmer, Limousin £1460, £1380, Simmental £1330, Belgian Blue £1320, Limousin £1300, £1200, Blonde d'Aquitaine £1030, Limousin £1000, £960, Aberdeen Angus £880, Shorthorn beef £850; Aghadowey farmer, Simmental £1400, Charolais £1300, Simmental £1200, £1140; Bellaghy farmer, Limousin £1400; Arboe farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1320, Charolais £1210, Friesian £960; Portglenone farmer, Simmental £1310, £900; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1280; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £1300, Limousin £900, Aberdeen Angus £900; Garvagh farmer, Limousin £1280; Kilrea farmer, Belgian Blue £1270; Clough farmer, Limousin £1250; Ballymoney farmer, Saler £1200, £1100; Strabane farmer, Irish Moile £1000; Loughgiel farmer, Aberdeen Angus £970; Limavady farmer, Fleckvieh £930, Limousin £640, Friesian £640; Dungannon farmer, Charolais £920; Articlave farmer, Aberdeen Angus £910; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £900; Magherafelt farmer, Charolais £900; Articlave farmer, Ayrshire £880; Desertmartin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £870; Portstewart farmer, Aberdeen Angus £860, £800; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £850; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £840; Castlereagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £810, £770; Dungiven farmer, Charolais £800, Belgian Blue £770, Aberdeen Angus £680; Desertmartin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £800; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £800, £750, Aberdeen Angus £700; Desertmartin farmer, Charolais £790; Castlerock farmer, Friesian £790; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £770; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £760; Toomebridge farmer, Belgian Blue £750, Shorthorn £680, Aberdeen Angus £680; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £750; Antrim farmer, Aberdeen Angus £740, Hereford £700; Bellaghy farmer, Belgian Blue £730; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £730; Loughgiel farmer, Aberdeen Angus £730; Ballyronan farmer, Aberdeen Angus £710, £690, £570; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £670, £650; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £660; Articlave farmer, Friesian £650, £630; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £640; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £630; Cookstown farmer, Friesian £620; Portglenone farmer, Hereford £610; Bellaghy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £600 and Newbuildings farmer, Hereford £600.

Heifer calves

Bellaghy farmer, Limousin £1520; Randalstown farmer, Charolais £1420, Belgian Blue £1260; Kilrea farmer, Limousin £1370, £1210, £1180, £940, Aberdeen Angus £940, £800, Limousin £800; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £1340; Garvagh farmer, Charolais £1300; Dungannon farmer, Charolais £1300; Portglenone farmer, Simmental £1270; Bellaghy farmer, Charolais £1270, Aberdeen Angus £1060, £910, £860, £630; Ballymoney farmer, Saler £1240, £830; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £1230; Ballymoney farmer, Charolais £1200, £1100; Dunloy farmer, Shorthorn beef £1170; Limavady farmer, Charolais £1060; Greysteel farmer, Belgian Blue £1050, Aberdeen Angus £840, £600; Kilrea farmer, Charolais £1020; Upperlands farmer, Charolais £1000; Desertmartin farmer, Charolais £940; Randalstown farmer, Charolais £920, Aberdeen Angus £800, £770; Donemana farmer, Irish Moile £920, £840; Coleraine farmer, Charolais £910, Hereford £870, Belgian Blue £870, Aberdeen Angus £870, £860, Belgian Blue £800, Aberdeen Angus £690; Desertmartin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £860, £850; Articlave farmer, Limousin £830, Aberdeen Angus £810, £680; Ballymoney farmer, Charolais £830, £780; Tobermore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £740, £700, Limousin £610; Toomebridge farmer, Aberdeen Angus £720, Belted Galloway £650; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £720; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £710, £620; Castlereagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £700; Portstewart farmer, Aberdeen Angus £700; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £680; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £660; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £650, £640, £620; Desertmartin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £640, £610; Limavady farmer, Charolais £630; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £620; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £620 and Antrim farmer, Hereford £610.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £620.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (130)

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 £1850 and 6.00ppk.

A great entry of 1550 sheep on Monday 19th October which met with a sharp trade for lambs with ewes on top.

Lambs sold to a top of £183 and to 706 pence per kg.

Ewes were on fire reaching a top of £310.

More sheep needed weekly.

Fat lamb (top prices)

Dungiven farmer, 17k £120 (706); Ballycastle farmer, 17.5k £118 (674); Ballymoney farmer, 18k £119.50 (664); Magherafelt farmer, 19.5k £128.50 (659); Kilrea farmer, 17.5k £114.50 (654); Randalstown farmer, 20k £130 (650); Coleraine farmer, 20k £129 (645); Ballymoney farmer, 23k £147 (639); Aghadowey farmer, 21k £133 (633); Coleraine farmer, 23k £145.50 (633); Rasharkin farmer, 24k £151.50 (631); Maghera farmer, 24k £150.50 (627); Draperstown farmer, 24k £150 (625); Draperstown farmer, 20k £125 (625); Garvagh farmer, 21.5k £134 (623); Draperstown farmer, 22.5k £140 (622); Macosquin farmer, 22.5k £140 (622); Draperstown farmer, 24k £149 (621); Cloughmills farmer, 22k £136.50 (621); Dunloy farmer, 23k £142.50 (620); Ballymena farmer, 23.5k £145.50 (619); Dungiven farmer, 21.5k £133 (619); Draperstown farmer, 24.5k £151.50 (618) and Kilrea farmer, 22k £136 (618).

An entry of 63 dairy stock on Tuesday 20th October which met with a sharp trade with top prices reaching £3740 for a calved heifer.

Bushmills farmer, calved heifers £3740, £3680. Batch of maiden heifers £2160, £2100, £1980, £1920, £1900. Macosquin farmer, calved heifers £3480, £3360, £3200, £3040. Coleraine farmer, calved heifers £3480, £3120. Maghera farmer, in calf heifers £2860, £2760, £2720, £2680. Batch of maiden heifers £2000, £1960, £1900, £1880.

More dairy stock required weekly.

A super entry of 450 fat cow, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 21st October at Kilrea which met with an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £2280 and heifers to £2290.

Fat cows and bulls to £2620.

Fat cows: Sharp trade.

Bellaghy farmer, 670k Charolais £2390 (357); Ballymoney farmer, 560k Aberdeen Angus £1950 (348), 490k Belgian Blue £1660 (339); Dungiven farmer, 590k Charolais £2040 (346); Claudy farmer, 500k Speckle Park £1700 (340); Coleraine farmer, 780k Charolais £2620 (336) and Garvagh farmer, 490k Hereford £1640 (335).

Suckler section

Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus heifer with Charolais bull calf at foot to £2880, Aberdeen Angus heifer with Charolais bull calf at foot to £2780 and Nutt's Corner farmer, Charolais heifer with Charolais calf at foot to £2680.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Bendooragh farmer, 320k Charolais £1440 (450), 330k £1390 (421), 380k £1500 (395); Coleraine farmer, 340k Charolais £1460 (429), 310k £1320 (426), 330k Limousin £1340 (406), 255k £1000 (392), 400k Simmental £1560 (390), 265k Limousin £1000 (377), 300k £1120 (373); Portglenone farmer, 460k Limousin £1940 (422), 540k £2040 (378); Macosquin farmer, 410k Limousin £1670 (407), 500k £2000 (400); Nutt's Corner, 360k Charolais £1440 (400); Ballymoney farmer, 470k Charolais £1870 (398), 390k Limousin £1550 (397); Aghadowey farmer, 355k Belgian Blue £1400 (394), 380k £1480 (390), 380k £1470 (387), 340k Charolais £1290 (379), 480k Belgian Blue £1780 (371), 500k Aberdeen Angus £1790 (358); Cullybackey farmer, 440k Limousin £1730 (393), 510k Charolais £1930 (378), 450k Limousin £1700 (378), 470k £1740 (370), 460k Charolais £1690 (367), 510k Limousin £1860 (365), 510k £1850 (363), 520k £1880 (362), 450k £1620 (360); Ballymoney farmer, 330k Limousin £1280 (388), 340k £1300 (382); Ballymoney farmer, 540k Belgian Blue £2070 (383), 580k £2210 (381), 405k £1480 (365), 530k £1920 (362); Limavady farmer, 385k Charolais £1470 (382), 420k Simmental £1560 (371), 530k Charolais £1860 (351); Ballymoney farmer, 405k Belgian Blue £1540 (380); Dungiven farmer, 410k Charolais £1550 (378), 440k £1550 (352); Bushmills farmer, 500k Limousin £1880 (376), 540k £1960 (363), 520k £1870 (360), 460k £1620 (352); Ballymoney farmer, 415k Limousin £1530 (369), 385k £1420 (369), 470k £1730 (368); Portglenone farmer, 510k Limousin £1880 (369); Stewartstown farmer, 525k Belgian Blue £1910 (364), 520k Charolais £1820 (350); Coleraine farmer, 410k Aberdeen Angus £1480 (361), 490k £1750 (357); Coleraine farmer, 640k Aberdeen Angus £2290 (358); Moneymore farmer, 400k Simmental £1430 (358); Ahoghill farmer, 560k Aberdeen Angus £1990 (355); Rasharkin farmer, 450k Aberdeen Angus £1590 (353); Magherafelt farmer, 495k Aberdeen Angus £1740 (352), 560k £1970 (352); Coleraine farmer, 510k Limousin £1790 (351), 520k Charolais £1820 (350) and Garvagh farmer, 600k Limousin £2100 (350).

Steers

Macosquin farmer, 480k Limousin £2100 (438), 540k £2250 (417), 530k £2200 (415); Garvagh farmer, 400k Limousin £1720 (430), 380k £1590 (418), 310k £1260 (407), 310k £1200 (387); Kilrea farmer, 450k Charolais £1880 (418), 490k £2020 (412), 400k £1600 (400), 490k £1940 (396), 480k £1860 (388); Ballymoney farmer, 390k Limousin £1610 (413); Antrim farmer, 420k Charolais £1680 (400); Ballymena farmer, 315k Shorthorn £1230 (391), 380k £1400 (368); Magherafelt farmer, 490k Aberdeen Angus £1910 (390), 490k £1820 (371), 500k £1780 (356); Maghera farmer, 580k Limousin £2250 (388), 580k £2090 (360), 600k £2100 (350); Dungiven farmer, 390k Charolais £1460 (374), 460k Parthenais £1550 (337); Bushmills farmer, 530k Aberdeen Angus £1980 (370) and Knockloughrim farmer, 590k Belgian Blue £2100 (366).

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

Auctioneers: HA McIlrath and Sons Ltd.