Fat cows and bulls selling to £3320 at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Bull calves

Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1200; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1100, Belgian Blue £990, Hereford £890; Garvagh farmer, Belgian Blue £1030; Maghera farmer, Hereford £1020, Aberdeen Angus £800, Hereford £750, £660; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1000, Hereford £1000, £980, £940, Aberdeen Angus £870, Hereford £710; Dunloy farmer, Fleckvieh £960, £850; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £950, Charolais £900, Belgian Blue £880, Aberdeen Angus £830, £670; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £940, £860, £810, £780, Friesian £640; Glarryford farmer, Aberdeen Angus £930; Londonderry farmer, Aberdeen Angus £930; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £860, Fleckvieh £860, Belgian Blue £750; Randalstown farmer, Belgian Blue £860, Hereford £750, Aberdeen Angus £740, Belgian Blue £730; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £830; Castledawson farmer, Aberdeen Angus £820, Belgian Blue £790, Hereford £760; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £800, Charolais £790, Belgian Blue £720, Aberdeen Angus £660; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £770; Bushmills farmer, Hereford £760; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £750, Hereford £710, Aberdeen Angus £670; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £740; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £730, Hereford £640; Clough farmer, Hereford £720, £700; Ballyclare farmer, Friesian £710, Limousin £680; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £700; Stranocum farmer, Aberdeen Angus £700; Antrim farmer, Hereford £670, Aberdeen Angus £670, Belgian Blue £660; Ballykelly farmer, Saler £670; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £660; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £660, £630; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £660; Mosside farmer, Aberdeen Angus £650; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £640; Coleraine farmer, Hereford £640, Aberdeen Angus £620; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £620; Upperlands farmer, Friesian £610 and Rasharkin farmer, Hereford £600.

Heifer calves

Ballymena farmer, Holstein £1100, £1000, £980, £940, £920; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1060, Hereford £940, Aberdeen Angus £800; Dunloy farmer, Fleckvieh £1000, £790; Tobermore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £880; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £870, Hereford £810, £740; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £860, Hereford £830, £750, £690; Limavady farmer, Charolais £830, Belgian Blue £830, Aberdeen Angus £620; Magherafelt farmer, Hereford £830, Aberdeen Angus £820, £800, £750, £700, £660, £620; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £790; Castledawson farmer, Aberdeen Angus £780; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £780; Glarryford farmer, Aberdeen Angus £750; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £750; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £720; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £720; Mosside farmer, Aberdeen Angus £690, £560; Antrim farmer, Belgian Blue £670; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £670, £630; Castlederg farmer, Saler £660; Maghera farmer, Belgian Blue £650, Aberdeen Angus £580; Ballykelly farmer, Aberdeen Angus £630; Ballyclare farmer, Limousin £620, Hereford £570, Limousin £560; Maghera farmer, Belgian Blue £620, Aberdeen Angus £560; Maghera farmer, Belgian Blue £610, Aberdeen Angus £560; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £600; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £570, Friesian £520; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £560; Clough farmer, Hereford £560 and Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £550.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £610.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (30)

A great entry of weanlings met with 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 £1640 and 5.52 ppk.

A good entry of 1200 sheep on Monday 24th November met a steady trade for lambs with ewes on top.

Lambs sold to top of £160 and to top of 647 pence per kg.

Ewes were on fire reaching a top of £232.

More sheep needed weekly.

Lambs top prices

Eglinton farmer, 20k £129 (645); Ballymoney farmer, 23k £138 (600); Garvagh farmer, 23k £138 (600); Macosquin farmer, 23.5k £140.50 (598); Ballymoney farmer, 23k £137 (596); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £131 (595); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £131 (595); Garvagh farmer, 19.5k £116 (595); Eglinton farmer, 19k £112.50 (592); Ballymoney farmer, 23.5k £139 (592); Bushmills farmer, 18k £106 (589); Kilrea farmer, 17k £100 (588); Aghadowey farmer, 24k £141 (588); Garvagh farmer, 24k £141 (588); Dunloy farmer, 23k £135 (587) and Armoy farmer, 22.5k £132 (587).

Heavier type lambs to £160, £150, £148, £147 and £146.

Dairy report

A good entry of 20 dairy cattle on Tuesday 25th November met a sharp trade.

Lots of buyers in attendance looking all types of dairy stock.

Ringsend farmer, calved heifer to £3220; Coleraine farmer, calved heifers and cows to £3160, £2760, £2500; Caledon farmer, springers to £1900, £1780 and Magherafelt farmer, springer to £1680.

A batch of eight Jersey maiden heifers to prices of £1240.

A good entry of 210 on Wednesday 26th November at Kilrea which with met with an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £2450.

Heifers to £2430.

Fat cows and bulls to £3320.

Fat cows: 105 on offer, sharp trade.

Nutt's Corner, 740k Limousin £2920 (395), 780k £2960 (380); Moneymore farmer, 560k Belgian Blue £2110 (377), 620k Limousin £2240 (361); Dungiven farmer, 600k Charolais £2220 (370), 540k Simmental £1960 (363), 590k Limousin £2060 (349); Randalstown farmer, 830k Simmental £2980 (359); Dungiven farmer, 580k Limousin £2060 (355), 680k Belgian Blue £2330 (343), 580k Shorthorn £1900 (328), 690k Belgian Blue £2250 (326), 630k Aberdeen Angus £2000 (318); Ringsend farmer, 760k Belgian Blue £2620 (345); Bellaghy farmer, 690k Simmental £2290 (332); Magherafelt farmer, 680k Friesian £2240 (329); Bellaghy farmer, 1010k Aberdeen Angus £3320 (329); Garvagh farmer, 600k Limousin £1970 (328); Ahoghill farmer, 700k Aberdeen Angus £2290 (327); Portglenone farmer, 700k Belgian Blue £2280 (326); Crumlin farmer, 580k Friesian £1880 (324); Limavady farmer, 680k Limousin £2200 (324); Claudy farmer, 560k Belgian Blue £1760 (314); Bushmills farmer, 570k Montbeliarde £1780 (312); Ballymoney farmer, 520k Holstein £1620 (312) and Claudy farmer, 780k Aberdeen Angus £2420 (310).

Friesian cows to £2240.

Suckler section

Castledawson farmer, Limousin cow with Charolais heifer calf at foot to £3120, Charolais heifer with Charolais heifer calf at foot to £3100, Irish Moile cow with Charolais bull calf at foot to £3000 and Irish Moile cow with Charolais heifer calf at foot to £2660.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Templepatrick farmer, 390k Charolais £1790 (459), 400k Limousin £1690 (423), 400k £1680 (420), 360k £1460 (406), 370k £1480 (400), 280k £1100 (393), 340k £1330 (391), 400k £1560 (390); Bushmills farmer, 510k Limousin £2200 (431), 500k Charolais £2110 (422), 550k £2300 (418), 520k Limousin £2160 (415), 480k Charolais £1960 (408), 500k Limousin £1980 (396), 550k £2180 (396), 490k £1940 (396), 480k Charolais £1880 (392), 520k £1950 (375), 510k £1910 (375); Castledawson farmer, 420k Charolais £1800 (429); Pomeroy farmer, 520k Limousin £2150 (414); Carrickfergus farmer, 490k SPK £1990 (406), 490k £1880 (384); Finvoy farmer, 370k Belgian Blue £1450 (392), 370k £1400 (378); Moneymore farmer, 590k Limousin £2190 (371), 560k Blonde d'Aquitaine £2030 (363), 550k Limousin £1960 (356); Londonderry farmer, 590k Simmental £2180 (370); Moneymore farmer, 470k Shorthorn £1730 (368); Ballymoney farmer, 420k Belgian Blue £1540 (367), 440k £1580 (359), 460k Aberdeen Angus £1630 (354), 450k £1590 (353), 470k £1660 (353), 440k £1540 (350); Limavady farmer, 630k Belgian Blue £2310 (367), 680k £2430 (357), 650k £2310 (355), 660k £2340 (355), 630k £2210 (350); Bellaghy farmer, 500k Shorthorn beef £1830 (366); Kilrea farmer, 590k Charolais £2100 (356); Cloughmills farmer, 640k Aberdeen Angus £2240 (350) and Dungiven farmer, 480k Aberdeen Angus £1680 (350).

Steers

Dungiven farmer, 350k Simmental £1680 (480), 360k £1660 (461), 360k £1550 (431), 350k £1470 (420); Macosquin farmer, 390k Limousin £1640 (421), 400k £1670 (418), 430k £1760 (409), 370k £1400 (378), 350k £1250 (357), 430k £1510 (351); Coleraine farmer, 540k Aberdeen Angus £2040 (378), 620k £2220 (358), 600k £2100 (350), 620k £2160 (348), 540k Belgian Blue £1860 (344); Portglenone farmer, 560k Limousin £2040 (364), 560k Hereford £2000 (357), 600k Limousin £2120 (353); Cloughmills farmer, 640k Aberdeen Angus £2300 (359), 610k £2190 (359), 680k Stabiliser £2420 (356), 700k Aberdeen Angus £2450 (350), 520k £2160 (348), 610k Stabiliser £2090 (343), 640k Aberdeen Angus £2180 (341) and Cookstown farmer, 390k Aberdeen Angus £1400 (359).

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

Auctioneers: HA McIlrath and Sons Ltd.