Fat cows and bulls selling to £3000 at Kilrea Mart

A super entry of 330 calves and weanlings on Thursday 1st June met an outstanding trade for all types on offer.

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

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Kilrea Mart

Bull calves

Garvagh farmer, Fleckvieh £720; Desertmartin farmer, Limousin £660, £645; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £565, £345; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £565, £345; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £510, Fleckvieh £465; Dunloy farmer, Limousin £465; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £450, £320; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £435, Hereford £300, Aberdeen Angus £295, Hereford £265, Aberdeen Angus £240; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £420, £300, £270; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £415, £320, £275, £235; Portglenone farmer, Fleckvieh £400; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £395, £310; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £395; Rasharkin farmer, Simmental £395; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £385; Dungannon farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360, Fleckvieh £280, £220; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330, £220; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £320; Portglenone farmer, Simmental £310; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £305, Hereford £255; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £300; Bangor farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285, £230; Dervock farmer, Simmental £275; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270; Greyabbey farmer, Hereford £250, Belgian Blue £245, Hereford £220, £205; Rasharkin farmer, Hereford £235; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £210; Knockloughrim farmer, Aberdeen Angus £210 and Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200.

Heifer calves

Portglenone farmer, Charolais £640; Claudy farmer, Hereford £530, Belgian Blue £500, £450, £375; £335, £290; Eglinton farmer, Charolais £450; Garvagh farmer, Belgian Blue £445; Desertmartin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £440, £430; Kilrea farmer, Hereford £425, £375, Aberdeen Angus £340, Hereford £280, Aberdeen Angus £265, Hereford £225; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £420;Aghadowey farmer, Friesian £405, Belgian Blue £375; Bushmills farmer, Belgian Blue £400; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360, £330; Ballywalter farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360; Stewartstown farmer, Belgian Blue £360, Hereford £340; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £315; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £310, Belgian Blue £220; Dunloy farmer, Belgian Blue £300, £260, Aberdeen Angus £200; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290, £260, £220; Ahoghill farmer, Hereford £285, £200; Bangor farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285; Tobermore farmer, Hereford £280, Aberdeen Angus £260, Sal £220, £210; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £260; Dervock farmer, Simmental £250; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £240; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £230, Aberdeen Angus £205; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £220; Magherafelt farmer, Hereford £220 and Portglenone farmer, Simmental £215.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £195.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (50)

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 £1165 and 334 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A good entry of 650 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 5th June met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £6.36 per kg and to top of £145.

Fat ewes to £219.

Lambs

Ballyclare farmer, 22k £140 (636); Ballymena farmer, 22k £140 (636); Macosquin farmer, 21k £132 (629); Ballymoney farmer, 21.5k £135 (628), 22k £137 (623), 21.5k £131 (609), 24k £143 (596); Garvagh farmer, 21.5k £135 (628); Ballyclare farmer, 21k £131 (624); Antrim farmer, 22k £136.50 (621); Drumsurn farmer, 22.5k £139 (618); Rasharkin farmer, 22k £136 (618); Templepatrick farmer, 21k £129.50 (617); Ballyclare farmer, 23k £141 (613); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £128.50 (612); Bushmills farmer, 22.5k £137 (609); Coleraine farmer, 23k £140 (609); Garvagh farmer, 23k £140 (609); Macosquin farmer, 22k £134 (609); Portrush farmer, 21.5k £131 (609); Bendooragh farmer, 20.5k £124 (605); Carrickfergus farmer, 19k £115 (605); Moneymore farmer, 22k £133 (605); Macosquin farmer, 22.5k £136 (604); Aghadowey farmer, 22k £132.50 (602); Magherafelt farmer, 23k £138 (600) andPortglenone farmer, 23.5k £141 (600).

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

Good entry of ewes to £219.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of 45 dairy on Tuesday 6th June to a top price of £2160 for a second calver.

Ballyclare farmer, calved second calver to £2160, calved heifers to £1940, £1900; Dungannon farmer, batch of Fleckvieh in calf heifers to £1780, £1760, £1580, £1540 and Crumlin farmer, calved heifer to £1660.

More stock required weekly.

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

A good entry of 250 fat cow, suckler and store cattle on Wednesday 7th June at Kilrea, met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers selling to £1720 and heifers selling to £1460.

Fat cows and bulls selling to £3000.

Fat cows: 130 on offer, flying trade.

Macosquin farmer, 500k Charolais £1380 (276), 590k £1490 (253); Ballymoney farmer, 550k Shorthorn beef £1430 (260), 630k Fleckvieh £1620 (257), 570k £1340 (235), 530k Shorthorn beef £1240 (234); Garvagh farmer, 500k Limousin £1250 (250); Kilrea farmer, 600k Aberdeen Angus £1500 (250), 540k Fleckvieh £1240 (230); Portglenone farmer, 690k Aberdeen Angus £1720 (249), 530k Swiss Brown £1220 (230), 590k Friesian £1340 (227); Ahoghill farmer, 630k Aubrac £1540 (244), 680k £1640 (241); Dunloy farmer, 530k Fleckvieh £1280 (242); Portglenone farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1200 (240); Coleraine farmer, 460k Limousin £1090 (237), 520k Shorthorn £1180 (227); Kilrea farmer, 540k Aberdeen Angus £1280 (237), 400k £920 (230), 480k £1060 (221); Portglenone farmer, 450k Limousin £1050 (233), 630k £1320 (210); Ballymoney farmer, 700k Belgian Blue £1600 (229); Ballymoney farmer, 600k Holstein £1370 (228); Londonderry farmer, 330k Hereford £740 (224); Portglenone farmer, 710k Fleckvieh £1550 (218); Kilrea farmer, 530k Limousin £1150 (217); Claudy farmer, 470k Limousin £1010 (215); Ballymena farmer, 370k Blonde d'Aquitaine £790 (214), 420k Hereford £880 (210); Bushmills farmer, 950k Holstein £2020 (213); Coleraine farmer, 870k Aberdeen Angus £1850 (213); Aghadowey farmer, 660k Holstein £1390 (211) and Ballyclare farmer, 700k Limousin £1470 (210).

Suckler

Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus bull to £3000; Bendooragh farmer, Aberdeen Angus bull to £2850 and Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus heifer with Aberdeen Angus bull calf at foot to £1480.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Bushmills farmer, 430k Limousin £1300 (302); Coleraine farmer, 500k Limousin £1460 (292), 490k £1380 (282), 490k £1370 (280); 450k £1130 (251); Garvagh farmer, 390k Limousin £1120 (287); Kilrea farmer, 400k Charolais £1130 (283), 390k £1100 (282), 350k £930 (266), 360k Limousin £930 (258), 370k Charolais £900 (243); Draperstown farmer, 350k Limousin £940 (269); Portglenone farmer, 500k Limousin £260), 500k Aberdeen Angus £1300 (260); Templepatrick farmer, 420k Limousin £1090 (260), 400k £1000 (250), 490k £1200 (245), 430k £1030 (240), 380k £880 (232); Portglenone farmer, 250k Charolais £630 (252); Ballymoney farmer, 530k Aberdeen Angus £1320 (249); Ballymoney farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1230 (246), 500k £1150 (230); Claudy farmer, 310k Charolais £750 (242); Toomebridge farmer, 480k Aberdeen Angus £1130 (235) and Castlerock farmer, 430k Limousin £990 (230).

Steers

Randalstown farmer, 310k Simmental £1040 (336); Rasharkin farmer, 320k Charolais £1040 (325), 320k £940 (294), 620k Limousin £1720 (277); Bushmills farmer, 470k Limousin £1500 (319), 420k £1280 (305), 310k £940 (303), 420k £1270 (302), 480k £1380 (288), 540k £1550 (287), 570k £1620 (284), 380k £1060 (279), 520k £1390 (267), 510k £1350 (265), 370k Belgian Blue £880 (238), 340k Limousin £800 (235), 490k £1130 (231); Randalstown farmer, 350k Limousin £1060 (303); Coleraine farmer, 480k Limousin £1430 (298); Magherafelt farmer, 330k Limousin £960 (291), 340k £960 (282); Maghera farmer, 360k Limousin £1000 (278); Macosquin farmer, 330k Limousin £910 (276); Draperstown farmer, 360k Aberdeen Angus £980 (272), 360k £880 (244), 410k £960 (234); Toomebridge farmer, 540k Limousin £1470 (272), 510k Charolais £1360 (267), 640k Belgian Blue £1570 (245); Ballycastle farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1260 (268), 540k £1350 (250); Ballymoney farmer, 560k Aberdeen Angus £1450 (259), 610k £1550 (254), 580k £1470 (253), 510k £1260 (247), 570k Friesian £1330 (233); Claudy farmer, 340k Charolais £880 (259), 300k £750 (250); Toomebridge farmer, 530k Hereford £1260 (238) and Maghera farmer, 440k Belgian Blue £1030 (234).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.

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