Fat cows and bulls selling to £3100 at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Bull calves

Randalstown farmer, Hereford £1340, £1280, £1070; Desertmartin farmer, Fleckvieh £1200, Aberdeen Angus £900; Kilrea farmer, Simmental £1170, £1020; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1060, Hereford £1000; Coleraine farmer, Charolais £970, Belgian Blue £900, Charolais £780, Hereford £680, Aberdeen Angus £650, £640; Loughgiel farmer, Hereford £960, £780, £760; Cloughmills farmer, Belgian Blue £940, £930, Holstein £710, £570; Rasharkin farmer, Simmental £900, Belted Galloway £680; Ballymena farmer, Limousin £880; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £880; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £850; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £810, £630; Macosquin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £810; Cookstown farmer, Holstein £780, £740; Magherafelt farmer, Belgian Blue £780, £670; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £760, Holstein £640; Articlave farmer, Charolais £740; Randalstown farmer, Charolais £740, £710, Charolais £650, Aberdeen Angus £640; Magherafelt farmer, Hereford £710; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £700; Maghera farmer, Shorthorn £690, Blonde Aquitaine £610, Friesian £610, Simmental £590; Maghera farmer, Holstein £660; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £610; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £590; Cullybackey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £590, £550; Ballyclare farmer, Limousin £580, £540; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £530, Hereford £500 and Glarryford farmer, Aberdeen Angus £530.

Heifer calves

Ballymena farmer, Limousin £1290; Garvagh farmer, Limousin £1240, Charolais £1170, Hereford £1060, Belgian Blue £1020, Aberdeen Angus £950; Desertmartin farmer, Charolais £1210, Aberdeen Angus £960; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1200; Coleraine farmer, Charolais £1140, £690; Cookstown farmer, Shorthorn beef £1140, Belgian Blue £1090, £1050, £1000; Kilrea farmer, Belgian Blue £1100; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1040; Clough farmer, Aberdeen Angus £950, £900, £790; Rasharkin farmer, Simmental £940, Belgian Blue £850; Cloughmills farmer, Belgian Blue £920; Crumlin farmer, Hereford £880; Desertmartin farmer, Belgian Blue £840, £660; Magherafelt farmer, Galloway £830, Belgian Blue £820; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £780; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £760, Limousin £670; Draperstown farmer, Limousin £720; Kilraughts farmer, Charolais £720; Macosquin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £700, £590; Randalstown farmer, Charolais £690, £640, £570, £560, Aberdeen Angus £520; Loughgiel farmer, Hereford £670; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £640; Ballyclare farmer, Limousin £580, Aberdeen Angus £540; Articlave farmer, Aberdeen Angus £540; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £520 and Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £520;

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £710.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/sucklers calves (70)

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 £1680 and 3.77ppk.

An entry of 1400 sheep on Monday 21st September met a sharp trade for lambs with ewes on top.

Lambs sold to a top of £177 and to 686 pence per kg.

Ewes were a great trade reaching a top of £254.

More sheep needed weekly.

Fat lamb (top prices)

Ballymoney farmer, 23k £157 (683); Ringsend farmer, 22.5k £153.50 (682); Garvagh farmer, 22k £148 (673); Cookstown farmer, 18.5k £124 (670); Draperstown farmer, 19k £126.50 (666); Aghadowey farmer, 23.5k £156 (664); Garvagh farmer, 21.5k £142.50 (663); Ballymoney farmer, 20k £132 (660); Aghadowey farmer, 24k £157.50 (656); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £144 (655); Limavady farmer, 22k £144 (655); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £137 (652); Ballymena farmer, 23.5k £153 (651); Garvagh farmer, 20k £130 (650); Ballymena farmer, 22.5k £146 (649); Dungiven farmer, 24k £155.50 (648); Aghadowey farmer, 22k £142.50 (648); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £136 (648); Maghera farmer, 21k £136 (648); Ringsend farmer, 25.5k £165 (647); Macosquin farmer, 24k £155 (646); Maghera farmer, 24k £155 (646); Moneymore farmer, 19.5k £125.50 (644); Rasharkin farmer, 24.5k £157.50 (643); Cookstown farmer, 23k £147 (639); Dungiven farmer, 20.5k £130 (634); Maghera farmer, 21k £133 (633); Garvagh farmer, 21.5k £136 (633); Limavady farmer, 21.5k £136 (633); Maghera farmer, 23.5k £148.50 (632); Dungiven farmer, 23k £145 (630); Garvagh farmer, 23k £145 (630); Bushmills farmer, 21.5k £135 (628); Garvagh farmer, 20k £125.50 (628); Coleraine farmer, 23k £144 (626); Omagh farmer, 23k £144 (626) and Bushmills farmer, 23k £144 (626).

A good entry of 310 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 23rd September at Kilrea which met with an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £2430 and heifers to £2740.

Fat cows and bulls to £3100.

Fat cows: Sharp trade.

Kilrea farmer, 730k Charolais £2480 (340), 670k Limousin £2300 (343); Rasharkin farmer, 560k Limousin £1830 (327); Moneymore farmer, 620k Simmental £1930 (311), 690k Shorthorn beef £2110 (306), 680k £2040 (300), 690k Aberdeen Angus£2010 (291); Dungiven farmer, 700k Saler £2140 (306), 630k Shorthorn beef £1650 (262); Dunloy farmer, 690k Limousin £1880 (273); Coleraine farmer, 790k Fleckvieh £2080 (263) and Ballymoney farmer, 790k Charolais £2040 (258).

Suckler section

Antrim farmer, Shorthorn cow with Limousin bull calf at foot to £2460.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Ballycastle farmer, 490k Charolais £2240 (457), 440k £1870 (425), 500k £2100 (420), 520k £2130 (410), 540k £2100 (389), 490k £1870 (362); Dungiven farmer, 460k Limousin £2100 (457), 420k £1760 (419), 355k £1450 (409), 520k £2100 (404), 380k £1520 (400), 380k £1510 (397), 460k £1790 (389), 450k £1750 (389), 410k £1590 (388), 460k £1720 (374), 440k £1630 (371), 460k £1640 (357), 480k £1700 (354), 520k £1730 (333), 470k Belgian Blue £1550 (330); Magherafelt farmer, 340k Blonde Aquitaine £1540 (453), 350k Limousin £1410 (403), 450k Belgian Blue £1540 (342), 500k £1660 (332); Ballymoney farmer, 430k Limousin £1760 (409), 500k Aberdeen Angus £1900 (380), 460k Charolais £1700 (370), 450k Limousin £1640 (364), 450k Aberdeen Angus £1580 (351), 610k £2040 (334); Macosquin farmer, 330k Charolais £1350 (409), 540k £2100 (389), 420k £1610 (383), 430k £1580 (367), 490k £1760 (359), 450k £1610 (358); Macosquin farmer, 520k Limousin £2060 (396), 510k £1860 (365); Garvagh farmer, 700k Charolais £2740 (391), 610k £2290 (375), 610k £2240 (367), 630k £2290 (364), 680k £2320 (341); Pomeroy farmer, 560k Charolais £2180 (389); Ballymoney farmer, 420k Charolais £1630 (388), 430k £1540 (358), 510k £1820 (357), 590k Belgian Blue £2060 (349); Dungiven farmer, 360k Limousin £1360 (378), 600k Saler £2060 (343), 480k £1550 (323), 430k Limousin £1380 (321), 460k £1470 (320); Kilraughts farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1890 (378), 520k £1940 (373), 510k £1890 (371), 520k £1890 (364), 510k £1830 (359), 610k £2100 (344), 620k £2130 (344), 620k £2120 (342), 520k £1780 (342); Portglenone farmer, 600k Charolais £2230 (372), 570k Limousin £2090 (367), 580k Charolais £2110 (364), 530k £1890 (357), 550k Limousin £1950 (356), 610k Charolais £2170 (356), 500k £1760 (352), 620k Limousin £2160 (348), 560k Charolais £1950 (348), 570k £1880 (330), 540k Limousin £1760 (326); Moneymore farmer, 620k Charolais £2280 (368); Limavady farmer, 560k Limousin £2040 (364); Cullybackey farmer, 480k Fleckvieh £1690 (352), 540k Holstein £1750 (324); Ballymoney farmer, 530k Aberdeen Angus £1860 (351), 525k £1780 (339); Macosquin farmer, 430k Aberdeen Angus £1510 (351), 450k £1520 (338), 385k £1270 (330); Garvagh farmer, 460k Aberdeen Angus £1610 (350); Strabane farmer, 510k Aberdeen Angus £1770 (347), 485k £1680 (346), 435k £1480 (340), 500k £1680 (336), 450k £1480 (329), 430k £1410 (328), 450k £1470 (327), 460k £1490 (324); Coleraine farmer, 490k Aberdeen Angus £1680 (343), 450k £1520 (338), 450k £1480 (329); Maghera farmer, 510k Charolais £1750 (343), 470k Aberdeen Angus £1580 (336); Ballymoney farmer, 450k Belgian Blue £1540 (342); Macosquin farmer, 530k Aberdeen Angus £1800 (340), 500k £1670 (334), 500k £1640 (328), 480k £1540 (321); Dungiven farmer, 460k Shorthorn £1550 (337), 480k £1590 (331); Garvagh farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £1740 (335), 510k £1660 (326); Londonderry farmer, 510k Simmental £1700 (333), 450k £1450 (322); Cloughmills farmer, 540k Belgian Blue £1790 (332); Ballintoy farmer, 450k Shorthorn £1480 (329) and Maghera farmer, 580k Charolais £1880 (324).

Steers

Coleraine farmer, 530k Charolais £2360 (445), 530k Limousin £2350 (443), 530k Charolais £2340 (442), 550k £2390 (435), 560k £2430 (434), 510k £2210 (433), 510k £2200 (431), 550k £2350 (427), 530k Simmental £2250 (425), 530k Limousin £2240 (423), 460k £1930 (420), 500k Belgian Blue £2090 (418), 540k Limousin £2230 (413), 570k £2230 (391); Bellaghy farmer, 350k Limousin £1520 (434), 370k Hereford £1520 (411), 390k Aberdeen Angus £1480 (380); Limavady farmer, 490k Charolais £2090 (427), 490k Aberdeen Angus £2080 (425), 400k Charolais £1640 (410); Ballymoney farmer, 510k Charolais £2190 (429), 570k £2010 (353); Ballymoney farmer, 410k Limousin £1640 (400), 480k £1860 (388), 400k Belgian Blue £1540 (385), 460k £1750 (380), 400k £1440 (360), 420k Hereford £1490 (355), 420k Aberdeen Angus £1480 (352); Ballintoy farmer, 320k Aberdeen Angus £1240 (388); Garvagh farmer, 440k Aberdeen Angus £1700 (386); Coleraine farmer, 580k Aberdeen Angus £2210 (381), 500k £1780 (356), 480k £1650 (344), 560k £1900 (339), 510k £1640 (322); Limavady farmer, 600k Simmental £2270 (378), 590k Charolais £2190 (371), 560k Simmental £2000 (357); Castlerock farmer, 450k Limousin £1690 (376), 520k Simmental £1930 (371), 500k Belgian Blue £1830 (366), 440k Simmental £1590 (361), 430k Limousin £1510 (351), 425k Aberdeen Angus £1470 (346), 500k Simmental £1700 (340); Dungiven farmer, 545k Limousin £2000 (367), 540k £1840 (341), 590k £1970 (334); Coleraine farmer, 420k Hereford £1470 (350); Rasharkin farmer, 485k Aberdeen Angus £1670 (344), 490k £1660 (339), 630k £2050 (325); Articlave farmer, 480k Limousin £1570 (327), 455k Aberdeen Angus £1470 (323), 480k £1550 (323); Cloughmills farmer, 560k Limousin £1800 (321) and Cullybackey farmer. 500k Aberdeen Angus £1700 (321).

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

Auctioneers: HA McIlrath and Sons Ltd.