Fat cows and bulls selling to £3140 at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Bull calves

Claudy farmer, Simmental £1270, Charolais £900, Simmental £770, Charolais £700; Desertmartin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1250, £1160, Limousin £1160, Hereford £1090, Aberdeen Angus £1070, Limousin £1060, Aberdeen Angus £1060, Aberdeen Angus £1050, Belgian Blue £990, Aberdeen Angus £950 , Limousin £950, Belgian Blue £940, Limousin £940, Aberdeen Angus £930, Limousin £930, Shorthorn £900, Aberdeen Angus £890, £880, £780, Limousin £780; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1190, £980, Holstein £750; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1100; Rasharkin farmer, Stabiliser £1080; Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1050, £870; Crumlin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1030, Holstein £770; Cullybackey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1030, £790, £620, Newtownards farmer, Belgian Blue £1020, £970, Aberdeen Angus £970, Belgian Blue £950, Simmental £880, £740, £710; Garvagh farmer, Charolais £1010, £980, Aberdeen Angus £790; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £980, Belgian Blue £740, Limousin £600; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £980, Hereford £900; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £970, Aberdeen Angus £870; Cullybackey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £960, Holstein £720; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £940, Charolais £900; Bushmills farmer, Hereford £930, £630, £620; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £930, £760, £750; Coleraine farmer, Charolais £920, Aberdeen Angus £840, £740; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £880, Aberdeen Angus £780, Charolais £690, Belgian Blue £680; Castlerock farmer, Belgian Blue £880, Aberdeen Angus £810, £620, £600; Loughgiel farmer, Aberdeen Angus £870, £860, Hereford £740; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £840; Loughgiel farmer, Charolais £730, Aberdeen Angus £710, £640; Coleraine farmer, Charolais £690, £650; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £680; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £680, £650; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £640, £600; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £640; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £630; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £620, Hereford £600; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £600; Articlave farmer, Aberdeen Angus £600 and Tobermore farmer, Belgian Blue £600.

Heifer c­alves

Claudy farmer, Limousin £1200; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1160; Ballymoney farmer, Limousin £1060; Armoy farmer, Holstein £1020, £1000, £860, £700; Ballymena farmer, Montbeliarde £980, Friesian £980, Norwegian Red £980, Friesian £950, Friesian £920, Norwegian Red £900, Montbeliarde £900; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £950; Nutt's corner, Hereford £970, £930, Aberdeen Angus £910; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £960, Aberdeen Angus £740, £600; Portglenone farmer, Hereford £940, £900; Castlerock farmer, Belgian Blue £930, £910; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £910, £860; Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £880; Cullybackey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £870, £740, £640; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £850, £820; Bushmills farmer, Hereford £830, £640; Loughgiel farmer, Aberdeen Angus £810, Hereford £790; Upperlands farmer, Charolais £810, £800, Aberdeen Angus £760, £740, Charolais £710, £650, Aberdeen Angus £600; Cullybackey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £800; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £800, Belgian Blue £770, Aberdeen Angus £760, Belgian Blue £700, Aberdeen Angus £690; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £770, £700; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £740, Charolais £710, £640, Aberdeen Angus £600; Mosside farmer, Aberdeen Angus £740; Coleraine farmer, Charolais £730, Aberdeen Angus £710; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £710 and Loughgiel farmer, Aberdeen Angus £600.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £500.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suck calves (91)

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 £1830 and 5.66ppk.

An entry of 900 sheep on Monday 13th April met a sharp trade for lambs with ewes on fire.

Spring lambs sold to a top of £198 and to a top of 900 pence per kg

Hoggets sold to a top of £206.50 and to a top of 792 pence per kg.

Ewes reached a top of £358.

More sheep needed weekly.

Spring lambs top prices

Stranocum farmer, 19k £171 (900); Coleraine farmer, 22k £196.50 (893); Ballymoney farmer, 21.5k £192 (893); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £175 (833); Aghadowey farmer, 23.5k £193.50 (823) and Ballymoney farmer, 23k £189 (822).

Hogget top prices

Antrim farmer, 23.5k £ 23.5k £186 (792); Randalstown farmer, 24.5k £191 (780); Macosquin farmer, 25.5k £198 (777); Aghadowey farmer, 18k £138 (767); Macosquin farmer, 20k £149 (745); Ballymoney farmer, 23.5k £175 (745); Ballycastle farmer, 23k £170 (739); Portglenone farmer, 25k £182.50 (730); Ballymoney farmer, 27.5k £197 (716); Ballymoney farmer, 25.5k £181 (710); Garvagh farmer, 22k £155 (705) and Coleraine farmer, 24.5k £172 (702).

Heavier type lambs to £206.50, £201.50 £199, £198, £197 and £196.50.

A good entry of 310 fat cow, suckler and store cattle on Wednesday 15th April at Kilrea, met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £2940, heifers to £2650, fat cows and bulls to £3140.

Fat cows: Sharp trade.

Dungiven farmer, 350k Charolais £1350 (386), 420k £1530 (364), 350k Belgian Blue £1250 (357), 590k Limousin £1970 (334); Portglenone farmer, 640k Limousin £2210 (345); Dungiven farmer, 580k Charolais £1980 (341), 560k Aberdeen Angus £1830 (327), 540k £1750 (324); Rasharkin farmer, 640k Limousin £2160 (338), 630k Charolais £2120 (337), 640k £2120 (331), 610k Limousin £2000 (328), 670k Hereford £2160 (322), 530k Charolais £1660 (313); Kilrea farmer, 840k Aberdeen Angus £2760 (329), 740k Hereford £2400 (324), 970k Aberdeen Angus £3140 (324), 830k £2670 (322), 650k £2080 (320), 810k Hereford £2590 (320), 940k Aberdeen Angus £3000 (319), 800k Hereford £2480 (310); Rasharkin farmer, 660k Fleckvieh £2160 (327), 690k Hereford £2240 (325), 690k Fleckvieh £2230 (323), 730k Aberdeen Angus £2330 (319); Portglenone farmer, 800k Charolais £2520 (315); Dunloy farmer, 840k Aberdeen Angus £2640 (314) and Kilrea farmer, 770k Holstein £2420 (314).

Suckler section

Strabane farmer, Aberdeen Angus bull to £3400 and Garvagh farmer, springing Limousin cow to £2600.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Kilrea farmer, 420k Charolais £1950 (464), 440k £1980 (450); Dungannon farmer, 450k Limousin £2000 (444), 450k £1800 (400); Limavady farmer, 580k Limousin £2560 (441); Macosquin farmer, 400k Charolais £1750 (438), 480k £2080 (433), 410k £1760 (429), 470k £1830 (389); Rasharkin farmer, 450k Limousin £1960 (436), 400k £1720 (430), 350k £1420 (406), 370k £1480 (400); Ballycastle farmer, 490k Charolais £2100 (429), 510k £2040 (400), 530k £2060 (389), 540k £2080 (385); Coleraine farmer, 620k Limousin £2650 (427), 600k £2320 (387); Garvagh farmer, 410k Belgian Blue £1720 (420), 450k £1790 (398), 360k £1420 (394); Castlerock farmer, 340k Aberdeen Angus £1420 (418), 340k £1310 (385); Bellaghy farmer, 410k Belgian Blue £1710 (417); Limavady farmer, 420k Belgian Blue £1750 (417), 390k £1610 (413); Rasharkin farmer, 470k Charolais £1950 (415), 430k £1740 (405); Upperlands farmer, 400k Belgian Blue £1650 (413); Limavady farmer, 420k Belgian Blue £1700 (405); Kilrea farmer, 490k Belgian Blue £1980 (404); Coleraine farmer, 560k Belgian Blue £2200 (393); Maghera farmer, 360k Aberdeen Angus £1400 (389); Londonderry farmer, 410k Aberdeen Angus £1590 (388) and Pomeroy farmer, 570k Limousin £2200 (386).

Steers

Dunloy farmer, 420k Charolais £2130 (507), 430k £2140 (498), 490k £2340 (478), 480k £2180 (454), 380k £1700 (447), 420k £1850 (441), 450k £1940 (431), 400k £1720 (430), 480k £2060 (429), 470k Aberdeen Angus £2000 (426), 470k Charolais £1980 (421), 460k Aberdeen Angus £1930 (420), 460k Charolais £1920 (417), 440k £1820 (414), 530k £2160 (408), 510k Aberdeen Angus £2020 (396), 530k £2060 (389), 500k £1920 (384); Portglenone farmer, 350k Charolais £1600 (457); Portglenone farmer, 360k Charolais £1630 (453); Ballycastle farmer, 510k Charolais £2100 (412), 550k £2240 (407), 570k £2240 (393); Limavady farmer, 690k Limousin £2760 (400), 730k £2900 (397); Upperlands farmer, 480k Limousin £1910 (398), 490k £1860 (380); Antrim farmer, 510k Simmental £2020 (396); Limavady farmer, 460k Belgian Blue £1810 (394), 450k £1770 (393); Omagh farmer, 230k Limousin £880 (383) and Maghera farmer, 380k Aberdeen Angus £1450 (382).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.