Fat cows and bulls selling to £2900 at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Bull calves

Dunloy farmer, Charolais £1320; Magherafelt farmer, Hereford £1300; Moneymore farmer, Belgian Blue £1280, Aberdeen Angus £1130, Belgian Blue £860, Aberdeen Angus £800; Rasharkin farmer, Hereford £1260, £1040; Lisburn farmer, Charolais £1140, Hereford £1010, Aberdeen Angus £970; Garvagh farmer, Charolais £1090, Belgian Blue £1060, Montbeliarde £890; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £980, £900, Fleckvieh £900; Strabane farmer, Belgian Blue £960, Aberdeen Angus £910, £880, Belgian Blue £870; Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £940, Belgian Blue £880; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £940; Magherafelt farmer, Charolais £940, Belgian Blue £900, £880; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £910; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £900, Belgian Blue £650; Mosside farmer, Limousin £900; Maghera farmer, Fleckvieh £890, £800; Ballymena farmer, Belgian Blue £880, £870, Aberdeen Angus £730, £710; Rasharkin farmer, Hereford £880, Belgian Blue £860; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £850, Simmental £690, Aberdeen Angus £610, £600; Ballyclare farmer, Limousin £830; Cookstown farmer, Belgian Blue £830; Moneymore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £830; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £810; Limavady farmer, Limousin £810, £750; Garvagh farmer, Limousin £800, Aberdeen Angus £630; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £790, Holstein £640; Dunloy farmer, Holstein £780, £630; Loughgiel farmer, Aberdeen Angus £760; Mosside farmer, Limousin £760, £620; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £750, Hereford £650; Randalstown farmer, Charolais £750, £640; Ballymena farmer, Limousin £700; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £690; Cookstown farmer, Charolais £640; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £640; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £600 and Magherafelt farmer, Belgian Blue £600.

Heifer calves

Moneymore farmer, Belgian Blue £1320, Hereford £1280; Garvagh farmer, Charolais £1170, Belgian Blue £890, Aberdeen Angus £820; Ballyclare farmer, Belgian Blue £1080; Mosside farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1080; Castlerock farmer, Holstein £1080, £1060, £1000, £940, Simmental £870; Lisburn farmer, Belgian Blue £960, Aberdeen Angus £920, Hereford £800; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £900; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £890, Limousin £820; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £880, Limousin £750, Charolais £730; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £860; Strabane farmer, Aberdeen Angus £860, Belgian Blue £840, Limousin £830, Aberdeen Angus £770; Kilrea farmer, Charolais £850, £780, Aberdeen Angus £620; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £800; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £800, Limousin £610; Dungiven farmer, Belgian Blue £760, £720; Aghadowey farmer, Hereford £700; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £700; Rasharkin farmer, Belgian Blue £700; Garvagh farmer, Limousin £680; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £670; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £660, £650; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £660; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £660; Desertmartin farmer, Fleckvieh £650; Loughgiel farmer, Belgian Blue £650, Aberdeen Angus £640; Randalstown farmer, Charolais £650, £620, £610; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £620; Mosside farmer, Limousin £620 and Moneymore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £610.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £640.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/sucklers calves (100)

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 £1840 and 5.19 ppk.

A good entry of 1100 sheep on Monday 25th May met a sharp trade for lambs with ewes on fire.

Spring lambs sold to a top of £209 and to a top of 942 pence per kg.

Ewes reached a top of £312.

More sheep needed weekly.

Spring lambs top prices

Randalstown farmer, 19k £179 (942); Desertmartin farmer, 20k £188 (940); Randalstown farmer, 21.5k £198.50 (923); Aghadowey farmer, 19.5k £180 (923); Dungiven farmer, 21k £193 (919); Tobermore farmer, 21.5k £197.50 (919); Desertmartin farmer, 20.5k £188 (917); Claudy farmer, 20k £183 (915); Dungiven farmer, 21k £191.50 (912); Kilrea farmer, 19k £173 (911); Dungiven farmer, 21.5k £195 (907); Aghadowey farmer, 19k £172 (905); Dunloy farmer, 20k £181 (905); Limavady farmer, 20k £181 (905); Moneymore farmer, 20.5k £184.50 (900); Aghadowey farmer, 20k £180 (900); Bellaghy farmer, 21k £188.50 (898); Macosquin farmer, 21.5k £192.50 (895); Kilrea farmer, 19.5k £174.50 (895); Kilrea farmer, 19.5k £174 (892); Tobermore farmer, 22k £196 (891); Randalstown farmer, 20k £178 (890); Limavady farmer, 22k £195.50 (889); Cookstown farmer, 20.5k £181.50 (885); Bellaghy farmer, 20.5k £181.50 (885) and Coagh farmer, 20k £177 (885).

A good entry of dairy stock on Tuesday 26th May met a sharp trade in Kilrea.

Prices reached £2100 for a calved heifer.

More dairy stock required weekly.

A smaller entry of 170 fat cow, suckler and store cattle on Wednesday 27th May at Kilrea, met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £2400 and heifers to £2600,.

Fat cows and bulls to £2900.

Fat cows: Sharp trade.

Upperlands farmer, 820k Belgian Blue £2900 (354); Dungiven farmer, 720k Blonde d'Aquitaine £2460 (342); Ahoghill farmer, 610k Belgian Blue £2000 (328); Limavady farmer, 610k Charolais £1950 (320); Claudy farmer, 420k Hereford £1340 (319); Ringsend farmer, 500k Limousin £1580 (316); Draperstown farmer, 640k Simmental £1900 (297); Ballycastle farmer, 460k Holstein £1360 (296); Bellaghy farmer, 560k Aberdeen Angus £1660 (296) and Limavady farmer, 810k Charolais £2400 (296).

Suckler section

Articlave farmer, Stabiliser bull to £3220; Newtownabbey farmer, Shorthorn beef Cows with Shorthorn beef bull calves at foot to £2800, £2740; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus heifer with Charolais heifer calf at foot to £2660 and Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue heifer with Limousin heifer calf at foot to £2660.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Upperlands farmer, 300k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1400 (467), 320k Charolais £1450 (453), 370k Aberdeen Angus £1410 (381), 320k £1200 (375), 280k £1030 (368), 390k £1410 (362), 390k Charolais £1350 (346); Cookstown farmer, 370k Charolais £1500 (405); Macosquin farmer, 380k Limousin £1540 (405), 410k £1580 (385), 350k £1250 (357); Magherafelt farmer, 570k Charolais £2300 (404), 440k £1730 (393), 470k Belgian Blue £1680 (357), 620k Charolais £2180 (352), 480k Hereford £1600 (333); Rasharkin farmer, 560k Charolais £2250 (402), 690k Limousin £2600 (377); Glarryford farmer, 250k Aberdeen Angus £1000 (400); Ballymoney farmer, 440k Limousin £1740 (396), 410k £1440 (351); Culnady farmer, 520k Charolais £2010 (387), 570k £2060 (361), 570k £1950 (342), 630k £2110 (335), 610k £2010 (330); Coleraine farmer, 380k Belgian Blue £1450 (382); Garvagh farmer, 580k Charolais £2060 (355), 600k £2000 (333); Ballymoney farmer, 450k Charolais £1580 (351); Ringsend farmer, 520k Limousin £1800 (346), 430k Charolais £1450 (337); Crumlin farmer, 600k Belgian Blue £2070 (345), 610k £2100 (344), 600k £1990 (332) and Randalstown farmer, 520k Charolais £1760 (339).

Steers

Cookstown farmer, 360k Charolais £1650 (458); Glarryford farmer, 300k Aberdeen Angus £1290 (430), 220k £930 (423); Macosquin farmer, 310k Aberdeen Angus £1170 (377); Castledawson farmer, 330k Aberdeen Angus £1220 (370), 560k £1950 (348); Ballintoy farmer, 420k Shorthorn £1540 (367), 330k £1100 (333); Londonderry farmer, 600k Charolais £2200 (367), 580k £2060 (355), 610k Limousin £2100 (344), 660k Charolais £2250 (341), 610k Simmental £2070 (339), 710k Charolais £2400 (338), 610k Limousin £2040 (334), 660k Charolais £2200 (333); Garvagh farmer, 490k Belgian Blue £1760 (359), 460k £1600 (348); Ringsend farmer, 440k Charolais £1570 (357); Maghera farmer, 580k Belgian Blue £1940 (335) and Rasharkin farmer, 660k Blonde d'Aquitaine £2190 (332).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.