Fat cows and bulls selling to £3400 at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Bull calves

Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1360; Ballymoney farmer, Limousin £1270; Greysteel farmer, Belgian Blue £1190, £1150, £1100, £1000; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £980, Flecvieh £850; Greysteel farmer, Belgian Blue £910; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £910; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £890; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £880; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £880; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £870, Hereford £840; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £870; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £860; Ballymena farmer, Charolais £840, £780, Aberdeen Angus £670; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £840, £680; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £840, Charolais £780, £750; Magherafelt farmer, Charolais £830, Belgian Blue £660; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £820; Coleraine farmer, Limousin £820, £730, £690; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £800; Maghera farmer, Belgian Blue £800, Aberdeen Angus £750; Toomebridge farmer, Aberdeen Angus £800, Hereford £710, Aberdeen Angus £670; Doagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £790, £700, £650; Cookstown farmer, Friesian £780, £750; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £770, £660; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £770; Portglenone farmer, Blonde d'Aquitaine £730; Kilraughts farmer, Aberdeen Angus £720, Flecvieh £700, Aberdeen Angus £640; Castlerock farmer, Belgian Blue £700, £680; Coleraine farmer, Simmental £690, £620, Aberdeen Angus £620, Simmental £600; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £680; Tobermore farmer, Belgian Blue £660; Portstewart farmer, Aberdeen Angus £620, £600; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £610; Coleraine farmer, Hereford £600 and Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £600.

Heifer calves

Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £1100; Tobermore farmer, Charolais £880, Belgian Blue £780, Aberdeen Angus £760; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £840, £670; Ballymoney farmer, Simmental £820, Aberdeen Angus £780, Hereford £660, Simmental £640; Ballycastle farmer, Simmental £800; Donemana farmer, Irish Moile £800, Aberdeen Angus £760, £660, £620; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £760; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £740, Hereford £700, Aberdeen Angus £700, £660; Limavady farmer, Charolais £740, £680, £660, £630; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £700; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £700; Larne farmer, Shorthorn beef £700; Cookstown farmer, Belgian Blue £690; Toomebridge farmer, Belgian Blue £690; Maghera farmer, Belgian Blue £680, Aberdeen Angus £670; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £680; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £670; Coleraine farmer, Limousin £670; Portstewart farmer, Aberdeen Angus £630; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £610; Knockloughrim farmer, Simmental £610 and Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £600.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £780.

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 £1590 and 5.22 ppk.

A great entry of 1400 sheep on Monday 16th March met a super trade for lambs with ewes on fire.

Lambs sold to top of £198.50 and to top of 791 pence per kg.

Ewes reached a top of £262.

More sheep needed weekly.

Lambs top prices

Ballymoney farmer, 23k £182 (791); Desertmartin farmer, 24.5k £193 (788); Draperstown farmer, 23.5k £183.50 (781); Ballymoney farmer, 25k £191.50 (766); Coleraine farmer, 24k £181 (754); Feeny farmer, 24.5k £183.50 (749); Kilrea farmer, 24.5k £183.50 (749); Moneymore farmer, 24k £179 (746); Feeny farmer, 22.5k £167.50 (744); Upperlands farmer, 20.5k £151 (737); Kilrea farmer, 25.5k £187 (733); Ballymoney farmer, 23k £168.50 (733); Upperlands farmer, 18k £131.50 (731); Antrim farmer, 25.5k £185.50 (728); Limavady farmer, 22.5k £162.50 (722); Antrim farmer, 25k £180 (720); Draperstown farmer, 25.5k £183.50 (720); Ballymoney farmer, 24.5k £175 (714); Claudy farmer, 18.5k £132 (714); Kilrea farmer, 25.5k £181 (710); Ballymoney farmer, 26k £184 (708); Garvagh farmer, 21.5k £152 (707); Portglenone farmer, 23.5k £166 (706); Ballymoney farmer, 19k £134 (705); Upperlands farmer, 24k £169 (704); Garvagh farmer, 21.5k £151 (702); Draperstown farmer, 21.5k £151 (702); Upperlands farmer, 24k £168.50 (702); Rasharkin farmer, 26k £182 (700); Portglenone farmer, 25k £175 (700) and Ballymoney farmer, 25k £175 (700).

Heavier type lambs to £198.50, £196, £194.50, £193, £191.50, £191 and £190.50.

A good entry of 10 dairy stock on Tuesday 17th March met a sharp trade with prices reaching a top of £3900.

Moneymore farmer, calved heifers £3900, £3860; Ballyclare farmer, calved heifers and cows to £2560; Ballymena farmer, calved heifer £2300 and Tobermore farmer, batch of in calf heifers £2200, £2100, £2000.

More dairy stock required weekly.

A good entry of 200 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 18th March at Kilrea which met with an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £2310, heifers to £2425 and fat cows and bulls to £3400.

Fat cows: 60 on offer, sharp trade.

Magherafelt farmer, 580k Limousin £2220 (383), 660k £2420 (367); Portglenone farmer, 410k Limousin £1550 (378); Dungannon farmer, 620k Limousin £2200 (355); Toomebridge farmer, 580k Belgian Blue £1990 (343), 530k £1790 (338), 610k £2040 (334); Rasharkin farmer, 660k Belgian Blue £2220 (336), 640k Hereford £2140 (334), 610k Belgian Blue £1960 (321), 610k Hereford £1950 (320), 640k Limousin £2010 (314), 620k Belgian Blue £1930 (311); Garvagh farmer, 600k Shorthorn £2000 (333); Upperlands farmer, 740k Charolais £2400 (324); Kilraughts farmer, 1090k Friesian £3400 (312); Glarryford farmer, 630k Friesian £1960 (311) and Randalstown farmer, 850k Hereford £2630 (309).

Suckler section

Clough farmer, Aberdeen Angus heifer with Aberdeen Angus heifer calf at foot to £2900.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Ballintoy farmer, 420k Charolais £1990 (474), 440k £2000 (455), 400k £1750 (438), 410k Limousin £1750 (427), 410k Charolais £1690 (412), 410k £1650 (402); Randalstown farmer, 570k Simmental £2340 (411); Kilrea farmer, 520k Simmental £2380 (458); Rasharkin farmer, 540k Limousin £2300 (426), 560k £2250 (402), 510k £1970 (386); Portglenone farmer, 530k Aberdeen Angus £2170 (409), 600k £2260 (377); Bellaghy farmer, 420k Limousin £1680 (400), 320k £1280 (400), 380k Hereford £1510 (397); Ballycastle farmer, 480k Simmental £1870 (490), 510k Aberdeen Angus £1910 (375); Pomeroy farmer, 590k Limousin £2280 (386) and Coleraine farmer, 640k Simmental £2425 (379).

Steers

Ballintoy farmer, 380k Charolais £1900 (500), 420k £2050 (488), 420k £2000 (476), 440k £1940 (441), 420k £1760 (419), 430k £1740 (405); Dunadry farmer, 360k Limousin £1800 (500), 370k £1830 (495), 370k Simmental £1770 (478), 370k £1520 (411); Garvagh farmer, 450k Charolais £2100 (467), 480k £2000 (417), 460k £1910 (415), 490k £2020 (412); Macosquin farmer, 460k Charolais £2050 (446), 450k £1970 (438), 340k £1460 (429), 450k £1900 (422), 460k £1820 (396); Garvagh farmer, 370k Charolais £1590 (430); Portglenone farmer, 470k Limousin £1990 (423), 600k £2260 (377); Crumlin farmer, 500k Limousin £2060 (412); Portglenone farmer, 390k Limousin £1600 (410), 480k £1950 (406), 540k £2170 (402), 560k £2120 (379), 610k £2310 (379), 470k £1770 (377); Upperlands farmer, 460k Aberdeen Angus £1840 (400), 460k £1770 (385); Garvagh farmer, 410k Aberdeen Angus £1600 (390), 320k £1200 (375); Ballycastle farmer, 390k Belgian Blue £1470 (377) and Cloughmills farmer, 520k Hereford £1950 (375).

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

Auctioneer: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.