Fat cows and bulls selling to £3340 at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Bull calves

Kilrea farmer, Charolais £1580; Limavady farmer, Limousin £1400; Randalstown farmer, Belgian Blue £1300, Aberdeen Angus £1100, Belgian Blue £960, Holstein £780; Ballymena farmer, Limousin £1240; Cullybackey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1090; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1080, £890; Bendooragh farmer, Charolais £1080, Fleckvieh £680, £670, £580; Ballymoney farmer, Charolais £1050; Cloughmills farmer, Charolais £1030, Belgian Blue £980, Aberdeen Angus £960, Belgian Blue £790; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £980; Larne farmer, Limousin £970, £860, £750; Bushmills farmer, Hereford £950, Friesian £660; Ballymena farmer, Saler £930, £830, Saler £760, £750, £700, £550; Portglenone farmer, Fleckvieh £930, Aberdeen Angus £920, £840; Armoy farmer, Belgian Blue £920, Aberdeen Angus £870, £640, Belgian Blue £610, £510; Randalstown farmer, Belgian Blue £910, Stabiliser £750, Belgian Blue £700, Aberdeen Angus £680, Limousin £680; Aghadowey farmer, Friesian £860; Claudy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £860; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £850, Hereford £840, Aberdeen Angus £820; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £840; Ballymena farmer, Friesian £830, £680; Cookstown farmer, Friesian £830; Portstewart farmer, Aberdeen Angus £830; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £800, £720, Holstein £570; Newtownards farmer, Belgian Blue £780, Charolais £650; Clough farmer, Belgian Blue £770, £610; Cookstown farmer, Belgian Blue £750; Antrim farmer, Limousin £740, £640, £630, £500; Aghadowey farmer, Charolais £720, Belgian Blue £650; Aghadowey farmer, Hereford £700, Aberdeen Angus £500; Garvagh farner, Shorthorn beef £690; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £690; Aghadowey farmer, Hereford £670; Londonderry farmer, Aberdeen Angus £650, £640, £520; Tobermore farmer, Belted Galloway £650, £590; Bellaghy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £640, Belgian Blue £560, £550; Drumahoe farmer, Aberdeen Angus £640; Finvoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £630; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £590; Cookstown farmer, Friesian £570; Kilraughts farmer, Aberdeen Angus £570; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £520; Dunloy farmer, Galloway £520; Nutt's Corner, Aberdeen Angus £520; Articlave farmer, Aberdeen Angus £510 and Aghadowey farmer, Hereford £500.

Heifer calves

Randalstown farmer, Belgian Blue £1200, £840; Cullybackey farmer, Fleckvieh £1150, Friesian £1110, £1100, Fleckvieh £940, Friesian £920, £900, £890, £800, £750, £580; Cloughmills farmer, Charolais £1000, Aberdeen Angus £770; Limavady farmer, Limousin £1000, £960, Charolais £840; Clough farmer, Belgian Blue £920; Bendooragh farmer, Charolais £890, Fleckvieh £680, £600; Randalstown farmer, Limousin £830, £770, £710, £610; Ballymena farmer, Saler £780, £760, £730, £560; Garvagh farmer, Shorthorn beef £780; Aghadowey farmer, Hereford £770, £560; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £760, £580; Armoy farmer, Belgian Blue £750, Aberdeen Angus £720, Belgian Blue £690; Larne farmer, Limousin £750, Aberdeen Angus £740; Claudy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £740; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £740, £720; Rasharkin farmer, Hereford £740; Tobermore farmer, Speckle Park £740, Hereford £730, Simmental £650, Stabiliser £550, Speckle Park £550; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £730; Newtownards farmer, Aberdeen Angus £690, Charolais £530; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £650, £580, £500; Clough farmer, Aberdeen Angus £650; Antrim farmer, Limousin £620, £500; Maghera farmer, Belgian Blue £610; Finvoy farmer, Belgian Blue £600; Portstewart farmer, Aberdeen Angus £600; Drumahoe farmer, Aberdeen Angus £570; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £560; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £560; Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £550; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £520 and Ballyclare farmer, Belted Galloway £510, Limousin £500.

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 (110)

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 £1740 and 5.12 ppk.

An entry of 1050 sheep on Monday 6th July met a steady trade for lambs with ewes on fire.

Spring lambs sold to a top of £220 and to 742 pence per kg.

Ewes reached a top of £330.

More sheep needed weekly.

Spring lambs top prices

Portglenone farmer, 18k £133.50 (742); Portglenone farmer,19k £137 (721); Coleraine farmer, 22k £158.50 (721); Stewartstown farmer, 17k £121 (712); Coleraine farmer, 23.5k £167 (711); Upperlands farmer, 31k £220 (710); Coagh farmer, 18k £127 (706); Moneymore farmer, 20k £140 (700); Coleraine farmer, 21.5k £150.50 (700); Garvagh farmer, 22.5k £157 (698); Ballymena farmer, 21.5k £150 (698); Rasharkin farmer, 20.5k £143 (698); Desertmartin farmer, 20k £139.50 (698); Ballyclare farmer, 23k £160 (696); Aghadowey farmer, 21k £146 (695); Desertmartin farmer, 21k £145.50 (693) and Omagh farmer, 20.5k £142 (693); Maghera farmer, 20k £138 (690).

Heavy type lambs to £220 and £200.

A good entry of 230 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 8th July at Kilrea, met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £2500 and heifers to £2240.

Fat cows and bulls to £3340.

Fat cows: Sharp trade.

Garvagh farmer, 800k Belgian Blue £3230 (404), 720k Charolais £2740 (381); Eglinton farmer, 650k Charolais £2600 (400), 640k £2460 (384), 610k Aubrac £2310 (379), 730k Charolais £2600 (356), 780k Aberdeen Angus £2750 (353), 730k Charolais £2540 (348), 730k £2500 (343); Rasharkin farmer, 435k Charolais £1660 (382), 540k £1800 (333), 410k Aberdeen Angus £1340 (327), 475k Friesian £1490 (314); Portglenone farmer, 600k Blonde d'Aquitaine £2200 (367); Ballymoney farmer, 460k Limousin £1680 (365), 490k £1740 (355), 510k £1770 (347), 560k £1860 (332), 640k £2190 (342); Maghera farmer, 700k Limousin £2540 (363); Dungiven farmer, 590k £2100 (356); Toomebridge farmer, 770k Limousin £2740 (356), 580k £2050 (353), 800k £2730 (341); Garvagh farmer, 510k Parthenais £1800 (353); Portglenone farmer, 660k Limousin £2300 (349), 730k £2360 (323), 730k £2360 (323), 760k £2410 (317); Londonderry farmer, 500k Charolais £1700 (340); Cloughmills farmer, 670k Aberdeen Angus £2220 (331), 750k Holstein £2300 (307); Randalstown farmer, 690k Simmental £2280 (330); Rasharkin farmer, 610k Limousin £2000 (328), 600k Fleckvieh £1930 (322), 680k £2120 (312); Drumsurn farmer, 600k Charolais £1960 (327); Cloughmills farmer, 490k Charolais £1590 (325); Ballymena farmer, 740k Belgian Blue £2400 (324); Magherafelt farmer, 580k Friesian £1820 (314); Cookstown farmer, 570k Friesian £1780 (312); Portglenone farmer, 710k Belgian Blue £2210 (311); Maghera farmer, 740k Limousin £2290 (310); Ballymena farmer, 650k Limousin £1980 (305) and Dervock farmer, 1100k Aberdeen Angus £3340 (304).

Suckler section

Randalstown farmer, Limousin heifer with Limousin bull calf at foot to £4020; Ballymoney farmer, Limousin heifer with Limousin bull calf at foot to £3280 and Castledawson farmer, Aberdeen Angus heifers with Aberdeen Angus heifer calves at foot to £2780, £2720.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Dungiven farmer, 320k Limousin £1550 (484), 350k Aberdeen Angus £1430 (409), 380k £1420 (374); Castledawson farmer, 340k Simmental £1620 (477), 400k £1890 (473), 330k £1430 (433), 450k £1930 (429); Kilrea farmer, 270k Belgian Blue £1210 (448), 300k Simmental £1280 (427), 350k Aberdeen Angus £1290 (369); Dungiven farmer, 340k Aberdeen Angus £1440 (424), 360k £1480 (411), 330k £1350 (409), 340k £1290 (379); Upperlands farmer, 450k Charolais £1910 (424), 490k Limousin £1640 (335), 530k £1760 (332), 490k £1600 (327); Cookstown farmer, 350k Limousin £1460 (417), 420k Simmental £1730 (412), 350k Limousin £1320 (377), 450k Aberdeen Angus £1660 (369), 400k £1470 (368), 470k £1700 (362), 390k £1380 (354), 430k £1500 (349), 500k £1650 (330); Portglenone farmer, 460k Charolais £1920 (417), 430k £1760 (409), 510k £1970 (386), 560k £2100 (375); Carrickfergus farmer, 430k Aberdeen Angus £1760 (409), 510k Hereford £1780 (349), 460k £1600 (348), 425k £1470 (346), 420k £1440 (343), 500k £1690 (338), 460k £1550 (337), 440k £1470 (334); Crumlin farmer, 460k Charolais £1880 (409); Antrim farmer, 510k Charolais £2040 (400); Claudy farmer, 440k Belgian Blue £1760 (400), 450k Aberdeen Angus £1760 (391), 490k £1880 (384), 470k £1600 (340); Pomeroy farmer, 510k Limousin £2040 (400); Londonderry farmer, 480k Belgian Blue £1830 (381), 430k Charolais £1470 (342); Ballymoney farmer, 450k Aberdeen Angus £1710 (380), 440k £1650 (375), 460k £1700 (370), 480k £1690 (352), 470k £1610 (343); Cullybackey farmer, 390k Aberdeen Angus £1480 (380); Claudy farmer, 490k Belgian Blue £1810 (369), 550k £1990 (362), 410k £1420 (346); Bushmills farmer, 590k Limousin £2180 (370), 580k £2090 (360), 650k £2240 (345); Knockloughrim farmer, 530k Charolais £1910 (360), 540k £1890 (350), 540k £1850 (343), 520k £1720 (331), 540k £1780 (330) and Magherafelt farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1830 (333).

Steers

Kilrea farmer, 325k Aberdeen Angus £1500 (462), 325k £1310 (403); Crumlin farmer, 480k Charolais £2130 (444), 430k £1810 (421); Dungiven farmer, 410k Limousin £1800 (439), 450k £1840 (409), 590k £2100 (356); Cullybackey farmer, 355k Aberdeen Angus £1490 (420), 380k £1500 (395), 440k £1690 (384); Dungiven farmer, 410k Aberdeen Angus £1660 (405); Maghera farmer, 285k Aberdeen Angus £1140 (400), 250k Belgian Blue £930 (372); Ballymoney farmer, 570k Charolais £2260 (397), 680k Limousin £2500 (368), 680k £2370 (349); Claudy farmer, 510k Limousin £1850 (363), 500k £1750 (352), 470k £1640 (349) and Clough farmer, 600k Aberdeen Angus £2000 (333).

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

Auctioneer: HA McIlrath and Sons Ltd.