Fat cows and bulls selling to £2850 at Kilrea Mart, excellent trade throughout

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Ballyclare farmer, Aberdeen Angus £605, £310; Coleraine farmer, Limousin £600; Kilrea farmer, Belgian Blue £585; Maghera farmer, Belgian Blue £570, Hereford £385; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £520, £305; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £510; Moneymore farmer, Hereford £485, £380; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £480, Aberdeen Angus £455, Belgian Blue £305; Newtownabbey farmer, Holstein £470; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £465, £230; Ahoghill farmer, Charolais £455; Claudy farmer, Belgian Blue £455; Eglinton farmer, Charolais £430; Toomebridge farmer, Aberdeen Angus £430; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £415, £315, £230; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £325; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £320; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £310; Bangor farmer, Aberdeen Angus £305; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300, £265; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £300, £280; Dungiven farmer, Holstein £300; Ballyclare farmer, Holstein £295; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £295; Toomebridge farmer, Aberdeen Angus £295, £290, £280, £220, £215, Holstein £200; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280; Maghera farmer, Holstein £280; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £275; Stranocum farmer, Hereford £265; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £245, Aberdeen Angus £200; Bendooragh farmer, Friesian £245; Garvagh farmer, Shorthorn beef £230; Kilrea farmer, Shorthorn £200 and Limavady farmer, Friesian £200.

Heifer calves

Toomebridge farmer, Belgian Blue £560, Aberdeen Angus £285; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £465, £400, Aberdeen Angus £385; Coleraine farmer, Limousin £460, £340; Glarryford farmer, Belgian Blue £445; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £425, £365, Aberdeen Angus £340; Maghera farmer, Belgian Blue £400, Aberdeen Angus £335, Belgian Blue £300; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £390, £370, £325, £300, £225; Moneymore farmer, Hereford £380, £200; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £365; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £350, £330; Eglinton farmer, Charolais £340; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £340; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £310; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £305, £245; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £295; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £295; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £270; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270; Toomebridge farmer, Hereford £270; Stranocum farmer, Hereford £240; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £230; Garvagh farmer, Shorthorn beef £215 and Ballymena farmer, Hereford £200.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £470.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (100)

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 £1060 and 350 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 850 fat lambs and ewers on Monday 3rd July met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs selling to £5.43 per kg and to top of £126.

Fat ewes selling to £163.

Lambs

Antrim farmer, 21k £114 (543); Dunloy farmer, 21k £114 (543); Ballymoney farmer, 20k £108 (540), 22k £118 (536), 20k £106 (530); Garvagh farmer, 21.5k £116 (540); Macosquin farmer, 21.5k £116 (540); Kilrea farmer, 23k £124 (539); Bushmills farmer, 22.5k £121 (538); Bellaghy farmer, 20k £107 (535); Cookstown farmer, 20k £107 (535); Aghadowey farmer, 21k £112 (533); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £112 (533); Ballymoney farmer, 22.5k £120 (533), 22k £117 (532); Eglinton farmer, 20k £106.50 (533); Claudy farmer, 20k £106 (530); Dunloy farmer, 21.5k £114 (530); Drumsurn farmer, 21k £111 (529), 22k £116 (527); Cookstown farmer, 22.5k £119 (529); Garvagh farmer, 21k £111 (529); Kilrea farmer, 20.5k £108.50 (529); Swatragh farmer, 21k £111 (529); Bendooragh farmer, 21.5k £113.50 (528), 21k £110 (524), 23k £120 (522); Kilrea farmer, 22k £116 (527), 21.5k £112 (521); Portglenone farmer, 22k £116 (527); Magherafelt farmer, 19k £100 (526); Rasharkin farmer, 21k £110.50 (526); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £110 (524); Desertmartin farmer, 21k £110 (524); Macosquin farmer, 21k £110 (524); Feeny farmer, 23.5k £123 (523); Limavady farmer, 23.5k £123 (523); Kilrea farmer, 22k £115 (523); Rasharkin farmer, 22k £114.50 (521) and Ballyclare farmer, 20k £104 (520);

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

Good entry of ewes to £163.

More ewes needed.

A small entry of dairy on Tuesday 4th July to a top price of £1720 for a calved heifer.

Portglenone farmer, calved heifer to £1720.

More stock required weekly.

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

A super entry of 330 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 5th July at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers selling to £1700 and heifers to £1860.

Fat cows and bulls selling to £2850.

Fat cows: 110 on offer, flying trade.

Ballymoney farmer, 550k Limousin £1440 (262), 580k £1420 (245), 630k £1310 (208), 480k £940 (196); Garvagh farmer, 450k Charolais £1080 (240), 500k Limousin £1000 (200); Dervock farmer, 560k Limousin £1340 (239); Garvagh farmer, 340k Limousin £810 (238); Kilrea farmer, 560k Aberdeen Angus £1330 (238), 660k Aberdeen Angus £1460 (221), 540k Simmental £1180 (219); Randalstown farmer, 550k Limousin £1300 (236); Ringsend farmer, 710k Charolais £1660 (234), 630k Limousin £1350 (214); Dunloy farmer, 650k Limousin £1510 (232), 650k £1500 (231); Rasharkin farmer, 680k Hereford £1560 (229), 610k £1350 (221); Macosquin farmer, 650k Limousin £1450 (223); Cullybackey farmer, 480k Holstein £1050 (219), 520k £1140 (219), 430k £890 (207), 430k £870 (202), 490k Belgian Blue £960 (196); Kells farmer, 610k Limousin £1320 (216); Bushmills farmer, 910k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1900 (209); Magherafelt farmer, 560k Holstein £1100 (196), 540k £1040 (193); Ballymena farmer, 840k Friesian £1630 (194) and Kilrea farmer, 660k Limousin £1280 (194).

Suckler

Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus bull to £2850; local farmer, Shorthorn heifer with Limousin heifer calf at foot to £1940; Cullybackey farmer, Parthenais second calver with Parthenais bull calf at foot to £1800 and Randalstown farmer, Shorthorn springing heifer to £1520.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Randalstown farmer, 350k Limousin £980 (280), 340k £920 (271), 350k Charolais £940 (269), 370k £910 (246), 390k Limousin £920 (236); Maghera farmer, 560k Limousin £1560 (279), 560k Charolais £1550 (277), 600k Limousin £1640 (273), 620k Charolais £1680 (271), 620k £1600 (258), 620k £1530 (247); Moneymore farmer, 540k Limousin £1400 (259), 510k £1210 (237); Ballymoney farmer, 580k Charolais £1490 (257), 610k £1550 (254), 590k Charolais £1350 (229), 650k Aberdeen Angus £1460 (225), 630k £1370 (218); Magherafelt farmer, 520k Hereford £1330 (256), 490k £1200 (245), 550k £1280 (233), 650k £1480 (228), 720k £1590 (221), 510k £1100 (216); Magherafelt farmer, 490k Limousin £1250 (255), 750k Charolais £1860 (248), 650k Limousin £1600 (246), 650k Aberdeen Angus £1540 (237), 520k Hereford £1110 (214), 580k Aberdeen Angus £1340 (231); Ballymoney farmer, 540k Aberdeen Angus £1360 (252), 520k Limousin £1210 (233), 480k Belgian Blue £1040 (217); Knockloughrim farmer 460k Limousin £1140 (248); 380k Belgian Blue £770 (203); Randalstown farmer, 630k Belgian Blue £1550 (246); Templepatrick farmer, 330k Limousin £810 (246); Ballycastle farmer, 480k Aberdeen Angus £1150 (240), 490k £1160 (237), 460k Hereford £980 (213); Bellaghy farmer, 530k Aberdeen Angus £1270 (240), 460k £1040 (226), 510k £1110 (218), 420k £890 (212), 500k £1040 (208), 400k £830 (208); Maghera farmer, 490k Belgian Blue £1170 (239), 510k Simmental £1190 (233), 500k Saler £1150 (230), 550k Simmental £1240 (226), 480k £1060 (221); Aghadowey farmer, 480k Belgian Blue £1130 (235), 480k £1050 (219), 440k £910 (207); Rasharkin farmer, 330k Aberdeen Angus £770 (233), 370k £860 (232), 310k £700 (226); Templepatrick farmer, 390k Belgian Blue £910 (233), 350k £800 (229), 400k £910 (228), 380k £830 (218), 320k £690 (216), 380k £820 (216); Garvagh farmer, 480k Belgian Blue £1080 (225), 480k Aberdeen Angus £1050 (219), 530k Hereford £1130 (213); Claudy farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1160 (232), 510k Limousin £1170 (229), 520k Aberdeen Angus £1190 (229); Cullybackey farmer, 560k Aberdeen Angus £1290 (230), 560k £1250 (223), 510k £1120 (220), 530k £1130 (213); Portglenone farmer, 500k Simmental £1100 (220); Portglenone farmer, 380k Limousin £830 (218), 390k Simmental £820 (210); Magherafelt farmer, 330k Simmental £710 (215); Coagh farmer, 480k Aberdeen Angus £1020 (213), 460k £970 (211), 410k £860 (210); Macosquin farmer, 480k Aberdeen Angus £1020 (213) and Ahoghill farmer, 415k Aberdeen Angus £880 (212).

Steers

Templepatrick farmer, 280k Limousin £860 (307), 290k Charolais £870 (300), 310k Limousin £890 (287), 370k £970 (262), 370k £1010 (273), 340k £880 (259), 430k £1000 (233); Castlerock farmer, 350k Simmental £1010 (289), 350k Charolais £990 (283), 290k Belgian Blue £780 (269), 370k Simmental £960 (260), 300k £770 (257), 250k Belgian Blue £600 (240), 280k £660 (236); Ballyclare farmer, 580k Limousin £1550 (267), 550k £1420 (258), 570k £1460 (256), 670k Charolais £1570 (234), 570k Aberdeen Angus £1250 (219); Coleraine farmer, 300k Blonde d'Aquitaine £800 (267); Kilrea farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1230 (262), 530k £1330 (251), 510k £1250 (245), 650k £1550 (239), 540k Belgian Blue £1250 (232), 530k Aberdeen Angus £1220 (230); Magherafelt farmer, 660k Charolais £1700 (258); Garvagh farmer, 300k Limousin £770 (257), 350k Aberdeen Angus £770 (220), 390k £850 (218); Randalstown farmer, 290k Limousin £740 (255), 440k Fleckvieh £960 (218); Toomebridge farmer, 590k Limousin £1500 (254), 560k Charolais £1350 (241), 550k Limousin £1300 (236); Limavady farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £1220 (235), 540k £1250 (232), 540k £1230 (228), 550k £1250 (227), 530k £1170 (221); Garvagh farmer, 560k Aberdeen Angus £1280 (229), 500k Shorthorn £1080 (216), 560k Hereford £1200 (214), 550k Aberdeen Angus £1150 (209); Moneymore farmer, 540k Aberdeen Angus £1200 (222); Ballymena farmer, 380k Aberdeen Angus £840 (221) and Rasharkin farmer, 590k Friesian £1280 (217).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.