Fat cows and bulls selling to £2740 at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Claudy farmer, Limousin £1115, £1020; Garvagh farmer, Belgian Blue £1020, Charolais £950; Castlerock farmer, Charolais £885, £725; Claudy farmer, Limousin £845; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £805, £625; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £785, Friesian £440; Millisle farmer, Belgian Blue £770, £725; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £765, £675, £570, £445; Magherafelt farmer, Hereford £730, £640; Desertmartin farmer, Belgian Blue £720, £605; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £720, Aberdeen Angus £550; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £695, £670, £565, £500; Kilraughts farmer, Aberdeen Angus £680, Fleckvieh £630; Doagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £675, Friesian £415; Maghera farmer, Belgian Blue £665, £555; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £660, Hereford £595, Simmental £485, £415; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £630, Hereford £575; Ahoghill farmer, Belgian Blue £620, Aberdeen Angus £385; Kilrea farnerm Friesian £600, £545; Aghadowey farmer, Holstein £590, £585, £465; Garvagh farmer, Limousin £585, Belgian Blue £565, Aberdeen Angus £535; Fermanagh farmer, Charolais £570; Bushmills farmer, Hereford £565, Shorthorn beef £535; Magherafelt farmer, Friesian £560, £545, £495, £485; Fermanagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £545; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £540, £490; Ballymena farmer, Friesian £530, £440, £380; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £525, £440; Ballymoney farmer, Simmental £520, £380; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £520, £500, £440, £390; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £495, £420; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £495, £450, £390; Rasharkin farmer, Simmental £490; Portglenone farmer, Galloway £470; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £455, £430; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £450, £390; Coleraine farmer, Fleckvieh £445; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £435, £390; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £410; Millisle farmer, Aberdeen Angus £410, £405; Tobermore farmer, Belted Galloway £400 and Kilraughts farmer, Aberdeen Angus £380.

Heifer calves

Claudy farmer, Charolais £1230, Limousin £995, £980, Charolais £900, Limousin £880; Aghadowey farmer, Charolais £1060; Limavady farmer, Shorthorn beef £940, £840, £670; Armoy farmer, Limousin £995, £890, Aberdeen Angus £740, Limousin £680; Portglenone farmer, Limousin £870, £820, £675; Bellaghy farmer, Belgian Blue £765, Aberdeen Angus £715, £575, £570, £460; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £755; Ahoghill farmer, Belgian Blue £680, £645, Aberdeen Angus £400; Clady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £680; Millisle farmer, Belgian Blue £680, £575; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £675, Aberdeen Angus £485; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £670, £500; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £665, £580, £550; Kilraughts farmer, Aberdeen Angus £640; Magherafelt farmer, Hereford £640, £620; Bushmills farmer, Hereford £565, Shorthorn beef £535, Hereford £525, £510, Shorthorn beef £500; Ahoghill farmer, Danish Red £525, Aberdeen Angus £440; Maghera farmer, Belgian Blue £485; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £480; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £480; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £465, £400; Ballymoney farmer, Charolais £455; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £425; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £425; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £425; Garvagh farmer, Belgian Blue £410;Portglenone farmer, Galloway £405; Rasharkin farmer, Simmental £395 and Portglenone farmer, Simmental £390, £380.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £530.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (120)

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 £1615 and 445 ppk.

A super entry of 1400 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 24th February at Kilrea Mart met with a sharper trade throughout this week with quality lambs in demand.

Lambs to £7.05 per kg and to top of £169.50.

Fat ewes to £232.

Lambs

Ballymena farmer, 21k £148 (705); Ballymena farmer, 21k £147 (700); Castledawson farmer, 23k £158.50 (689); Ballymena farmer, 22.5k £154.50 (687); Ballymoney farmer, 22.5k £154.50 (687), 23.5k £158 (672); Ballymena farmer, 21.5k £147.50 (686); Dungiven farmer, 23k £157.50 (685); Moneymore farmer, 22.5k £153.50 (682); Macosquin farmer, 23.5k £160 (681); Garvagh farmer, 22k £149.50 (680); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £149.50 (680); Limavady farmer, 23.5k £159.50 (679); Bendooragh farmer, 24.5k £166 (678); Portglenone farmer, 24.5k £165.50 (676); Kilrea farmer, 23.5k £158 (672); Coleraine farmer, 22k £147.50 (671), 21k £140 (667); Coleraine farmer, 23k £154 (670); Draperstown farmer, 25k £167.50 (670); Ballymena farmer, 24.5k £164 (669); Broughshane farmer, 24.5k £162.50 (663) and Castledawson farmer, 25.5k £168.50 (661).

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

Good entry of ewes to £232.

More ewes needed.

Dairy report - A good entry of dairy on Tuesday 25th February to a top price of £2700 for a second calver.

Lots of buyers in attendance looking all types of dairy stock.

Ballymena farmer, second calver to £2700, calved heifers to £1900, £1840 and Ballycastle farmer, batch of maiden heifers to £800.

More stock required weekly.

A super entry of 390 fat cows sucklers and store cattle at Kilrea Mart on Wednesday 26th February which met with an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £2530, heifers to £2540, fat cows and bulls to £2740.

Fat cows: 130 on offer, sharp trade.

Ballymena farmer, 300k Charolais £1310 (437), 330k £1370 (415), 370k £1520 (411), 300k £1230 (410), 320k £1270 (397), 310k £1190 (384), 360k £1380 (383), 390k £1440 (369), 440k £1400 (318); Bellaghy farmer, 460k Aberdeen Angus £1690 (367); Toomebridge farmer, 530k Charolais £1880 (355), 800k Hereford £2600 (325), 700k Shorthorn beef £2260 (323), 570k £1720 (302); Portglenone farmer, 330k Limousin £1140 (346), 330k Aberdeen Angus £1140 (346), 280k £940 (336), 300k Belgian Blue £1000 (333), 300k Aberdeen Angus £980 (327); Castledawson farmer, 510k Limousin £1620 (318), 560k £1720 (307); Macosquin farmer, 570k Saler £1810 (318) and Dungannon farmer, 510k Belgian Blue £1590 (312).

Friesian cows to 270 ppk

Suckler

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Ballymoney farmer, 300k Limousin £1270 (423), 330k Simmental £1240 (376), 300k £1030 (343), 330k £1070 (324); Limavady farmer, 570k Limousin £2290 (402), 560k £2240 (400), 570k £2220 (390), 580k £2240 (386); Portglenone farmer, 620k Limousin £2370 (382), 560k £1980 (354), 780k Belgian Blue £2540 (326); Kilrea farmer, 470k Limousin £1790 (381), 500k Charolais £1860 (372), 450k £1570 (349), 520k £1780 (342); Aghadowey farmer, 620k Limousin £2340 (377), 560k £1970 (352), 600k £1960 (327); Dunloy farmer, 360k Charolais £1330 (369), 390k £1270 (326), 420k £1350 (321); Rasharkin farmer, 490k Charolais £1740 (355); Kilrea farmer, 490k Limousin £1720 (351), 430k £1480 (344); Coleraine farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1840 (335); Kilrea farmer, 505k Aberdeen Angus £1680 (333); Templepatrick farmer, 530k Limousin £1750 (330), 420k £1370 (326), 420k Hereford £1350 (321); Garvagh farmer, 430k Aberdeen Angus £1400 (326); Crumlin farmer, 480k Aberdeen Angus £1560 (325); Cloughmills farmer, 490k Belgian Blue £1580 (322), 460k Simmental £1480 (322); Portglenone farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1770 (322; Portglenone farmer, 370k Belgian Blue £1190 (322); Strabane farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1510 (321) and Garvagh farmer, 410k Charolais £1310 (320).

Steers

Dunloy farmer, 320k Charolais £1370 (428), 400k £1600 (400), 370k £1450 (392), 400k £1560 (390), 380k £1480 (390), 360k £1310 (364), 410k £1490 (363), 410k £1480 (361), 450k £1600 (356); Crumlin farmer, 330k Limousin £1380 (418), 360k Aberdeen Angus £1460 (406), 340k Hereford £1330 (391); Portglenone farmer, 550k Limousin £2200 (400), 510k £1970 (386), 500k £1910 (382), 560k £2050 (366); Ballymena farmer, 490k Limousin £1870 (382), 540k £2050 (380), 580k £2160 (372), 580k £2140 (369), 520k £1890 (364), 490k £1780 (363), 540k £1950 (361), 510k £1830 (359), 610k £2180 (357), 540k £1880 (348), 500k £1740 (348), 600k £2070 (345), 570k Aberdeen Angus £1900 (333); Garvagh farmer, 480k Charolais £1810 (377); Garvagh farmer, 340k Aberdeen Angus £1280 (377), 430k Charolais £1580 (367); Aghadowey farmer, 420k Belgian Blue £1550 (369), 480k £1650 (344), 490k £1700 (347), 460k £1520 (330); Portglenone farmer, 420k Limousin £1550 (369), 460k Belgian Blue £1650 (359), 400k £1410 (353), 440k £2040 (352), 490k Limousin £1710 (349), 520k Belgian Blue £1790 (344), 390k £1340 (344), 400k £1370 (343), 410k Limousin £1380 (337), 390k Swiss Brown £1300 (333), 370k Aberdeen Angus £1220 (330); Rasharkin farmer, 570k Charolais £2100 (368); Randalstown farmer, 530k Limousin £1940 (366), 520k £1890 (364), 540k Charolais £1940 (359), 550k £1930 (351); Kilrea farmer, 630k Simmental £2280 (362), 620k Limousin £2240 (361), 650k £2340 (360), 630k Simmental £2180 (346), 610k Limousin £2100 (344), 680k Charolais £2340 (344), 640k Limousin £2170 (339), 750k Charolais £2530 (337); Kilrea farmer, 570k Limousin £2040 (358), 530k £1850 (349); Kilrea farmer, 610k Limousin £2160 (354); Moneymore farmer, 580k Belgian Blue £2040 (352), 560k £1960 (350), 550k £1870 (340), 530k £1760 (332), 600k £1990 (332), 550k £1820 (331); Upperlands farmer, 680k Limousin £2390 (352), 670k £2350 (351), 680k £2340 (344), 690k Aberdeen Angus £2290 (332); Kilrea farmer, 460k Hereford £1600 (348) and Toomebridge farmer, 490k Aberdeen Angus £1700 (347), 470k £1590 (338).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.