A good entry of 440 calves and weanlings on Thursday 23rd April at Kilrea Mart which met with an outstanding trade for all types on offer.

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Bull calves

Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £1240, £1010; Desertmartin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1160; Cullybackey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1120, £1050, £980; Nutt's Corner, Hereford £1110, Aberdeen Angus £960; Donemana farmer, Belgian Blue £1100; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1030, Friesian £660; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £950, £740; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £930, £610; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £910, Friesian £660; Kilrea farmer, Belgian Blue £880, Simmental £860, £700; Magherafelt farmer, Simmental £880; Culnady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £850, Charolais £800, Aberdeen Angus £770, £700, £690; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £830, £700; Strabane farmer, Aberdeen Angus £810, £720, Charolais £650; Tobermore farmer, Belted Galloway £810; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £770; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £760; Cullybackey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £760; Glarryford farmer, Aberdeen Angus £750; Kilraughts farmer, Aberdeen Angus £750, £630, £610; Desertmartin farmer, Fleckvieh £740, £660; Moneymore farmer, Charolais £740; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £730, £690, £670; Clough farmer, Simmental £720; Portstewart farmer, Aberdeen Angus £710, £600; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £700; Dervock farmer, Charolais £700; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £700; Cookstown farmer, Hereford £680; Lisburn farmer, Limousin £660; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £650; Articlave farmer, Aberdeen Angus £630; Bangor farmer, Aberdeen Angus £630; Nutt's Corner farmer, Aberdeen Angus £620; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £610; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £600 and Randalstown farmer, Limousin £600.

Heifer calves

Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £1300, £1130, £1100, £960; Desertmartin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1260; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £1200; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £1200, Aberdeen Angus £810; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1180; Cullybackey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1110, £1070, £930, £860; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1040, Shorthorn beef £1040, Hereford £770; Culnady farmer, Belgian Blue £1030; Nutt's Corner farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1020, Hereford £930; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £920, £900, Aberdeen Angus £870; Culnady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £850, Charolais £820, Aberdeen Angus £640, £600; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £830, Aberdeen Angus £700; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £770; Dervock farmer, Charolais £770; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £750; Donemana farmer, Belgian Blue £750; Clough farmer, Simmental £730; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £720, £650; Glarryford farmer, Aberdeen Angus £700; Kilrea farmer, Simmental £680, Aberdeen Angus £660; Kilraughts farmer, Aberdeen Angus £660; Cullybackey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £640, £630; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £630; Randalstown farmer, Belgian Blue £620; Strabane farmer, Aberdeen Angus £620 and Knockloughrim farmer, Simmental £610.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £660.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (80)

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 £2110 and 5.56 ppk.

An entry of 750 sheep on Monday 27th April met a sharp trade for lambs with ewes on fire.

Spring lambs sold to a top of £198 and to a top of 843 pence per kg.

Ewes reached a top of £236.

More sheep needed weekly.

Spring lambs top prices

Ballycastle farmer, 21k £177 (843); Ballymena farmer, 22k £185 (841); Coleraine farmer, 21k £176.50 (841); Randalstown farmer, 20.5k £172 (839); Moneymore farmer, 21.5k £180 (837); Cookstown farmer, 19k £159 (837); Toomebridge farmer, 22k £184 (836); Portglenone farmer, 19.5k £163 (836); Stewartstown farmer, 21k £175 (833) and Portglenone farmer, 20k £166 (830).

Heavier spring lambs to £198, £186, £185 and £184.

An entry of 14 dairy stock on Tuesday 28th April met a sharp trade.

Dairy stock required weekly.

Ballyclare farmer, calved cow to £2000; Garvagh farmer, batch of maiden heifers to £1740; Ahoghill farmer, batch of in calf heifers to £1740 and Bushmills farmer, batch of in calf heifers to £1700.

A good entry of 350 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 29th April at Kilrea, met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £2410, heifers to £2360, fat cows and bulls to £3240.

Fat cows: Sharp trade.

Kilraughts farmer, 520k Belgian Blue £1850 (356), 650k £2050 (315), 600k Friesian £1850 (308); Draperstown farmer, 670k Charolais £2270 (339), 670k £2220 (331), 690k Limousin £2200 (319); Coleraine farmer, 560k Limousin £1880 (336), 700k £2200 (314); Dungiven farmer, 490k Simmental £1590 (325), 470k £1500 (319), 520k £1600 (308), 560k £1710 (305); Rasharkin farmer, 670k Limousin £2120 (316), 690k £2100 (304); Randalstown farmer, 800k Belgian Blue £2520 (315), 650k £2040 (314), 670k Hereford £2060 (308); Dungiven farmer, 460k Aberdeen Angus £1430 (311); Dungiven farmer, 450k Fleckvieh £1400 (311); Portglenone farmer, 630k Charolais £1950 (310), 600k Limousin £1850 (308); Rasharkin farmer, 640k Limousin £1990 (311); Mosside farmer, 470k Limousin £1450 (309) and Garvagh farmer, 1070k Aberdeen Angus £3240 (303).

Suckler section

Ballymoney farmer, Limousin bull to £3040.

All types of suckler stock required

Heifers

Garvagh farmer, 330k Limousin £1630 (494), 410k £1830 (446), 400k £1730 (433), 380k £1630 (429), 380k £1610 (424); Dungiven farmer, 410k Charolais £1990 (485), 330k Limousin £1580 (479), 420k Charolais £2030 (483), 420k £1990 (474), 340k Limousin £1550 (456), 340k Charolais £1500 (441), 350k £1470 (420), 410k £1660 (405); Bushmills farmer, 360k Charolais £1640 (456), 400k Limousin £1790 (448), 360k Charolais £1580 (439), 390k Limousin £1690 (433), 390k Charolais £1600 (410), 410k Limousin £1680 (410), 390k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1550 (397), 400k Charolais £1560 (390), 430k £1670 (388), 430k Limousin £1650 (384), 460k £1750 (380), 460k £1620 (352); Dungiven farmer, 340k Limousin £1510 (444), 370k £1540 (416); Ballintoy farmer, 360k Charolais £1590 (442), 420k £1790 (426), 390k £1660 (426), 370k £1560 (422); Macosquin farmer, 350k Charolais £1540 (440), 400k £1740 (435), 410k £1680 (410), 330k £1350 (409), 400k £1620 (405), 350k £1400 (400); Kilrea farmer, 500k Limousin £2180 (436), 400k £1640 (410), 480k £1760 (367), 550k £1950 (355); Garvagh farmer, 460k Charolais £1990 (433), 540k £1980 (367), 490k £1780 (363), 570k £2070 (363); Dunloy farmer, 410k Charolais £1740 (424), 410k £1720 (420); Ballymoney farmer, 430k Charolais £1800 (419), 410k Limousin £1630 (398), 540k Belgian Blue £2140 (396), 430k £1690 (393); Toomebridge farmer, 530k Charolais £2190 (413); Limavady farmer, 430k Belgian Blue £1770 (412), 440k £1780 (405), 460k £1830 (398); Draperstown farmer, 370k Charolais £1520 (411), 430k £1760 (409), 500k £1790 (358); Kilrea farmer, 490k Charolais £2000 (408); Dungiven farmer, 370k Simmental £1440 (389), 430k Limousin £1620 (377); Garvagh farmer, 430k Belgian Blue £1630 (379); Kilrea farmer, 440k Charolais £1760 (400), 490k £1830 (374); Knockloughrim farmer, 460k Limousin £1750 (380); Dungiven farmer, 430k Simmental £1610 (374); Pomeroy farmer, 540k Limousin £2010 (372); Limavady farmer, 640k Limousin £2360 (369), 660k £2330 (353), 680k £2320 (341); Randalstown farmer, 510k Belgian Blue £1860 (365); Dunloy farmer, 390k Aberdeen Angus £1390 (356), 400k £1360 (340) and Ballymoney farmer, 480k Aberdeen Angus £1690 (352).

Steers

Draperstown farmer, 410k Charolais £1980 (483), 380k Belgian Blue £1700 (447), 420k Charolais £1810 (431), 440k £1810 (411), 410k Aberdeen Angus £1580 (385); Dunloy farmer, 460k Charolais £1990 (433), 460k £1930 (420), 450k £1860 (413), 440k £1810 (411), 510k £1970 (386), 460k £1640 (357); Portglenone farmer, 480k Charolais £2060 (429), 410k £1740 (424), 380k £1580 (416), 450k Limousin £1850 (411), 500k Charolais £2040 (408), 500k £1970 (394), 490k £1870 (382), 490k £1800 (367); Kilrea farmer, 570k Limousin £2370 (416), 570k £2160 (379), 660k £2410 (365), 550k Charolais £2000 (364); Macosquin farmer, 450k Charolais £1840 (409), 480k £1950 (406), 500k Aberdeen Angus £1980 (396), 510k Charolais £2020 (396), 470k £1840 (392); Dunloy farmer, 430k Charolais £1700 (395); Dungiven farmer, 530k Charolais £1990 (376), 520k £1920 (369), 540k £1960 (363), 550k £1950 (355); Articlave farmer, 570k Belgian Blue £2050 (360); Maghera farmer, 510k Aberdeen Angus £1820 (357); Claudy farmer, 550k Belgian Blue £1950 (355) and Rasharkin farmer, 550k Simmental £1940 (353).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.