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

Armagh farmer, Hereford £1480, £1220; Randalstown farmer, Limousin £1180, £1160, £1000, £900, Stabiliser £890, Limousin £830; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1130, £1040, £930, £890, £840, £790, Holstein £650, Aberdeen Angus £510; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1060, Hereford £540; Ballymena farmer, Limousin £1050, £890; Moneymore farmer, Belgian Blue £970, Aberdeen Angus £930, Simmental £840, Belgian Blue £780; Desertmartin farmer, Belgian Blue £900, Danish Red £700, Montbeliarde £700, Aberdeen Angus £630, Danish Red £550; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £890, Hereford £760, Friesian £560; Bushmills farmer, Hereford £890, £740; Ballywalter farmer, Aberdeen Angus £840, £650, £580; Glarryford farmer, Aberdeen Angus £840; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £830, £620; Bendooragh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £810, £800, Simmental £590, Aberdeen Angus £540; Cookstown farmer, Friesian £810; Ballymoney farmer, Limousin £800, Belgian Blue £770, £540; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £730; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £680; Ballywalter farmer, Aberdeen Angus £650; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £640, £570; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £630; Castledawson farmer, Aberdeen Angus £610; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £590; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £500 and Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £500.

Heifer calves

Cullybackey farmer, Fleckvieh £1280, Friesian £1140, £1080, £1060, £980, Fleckvieh £940, Friesian £780, £680, £660, £540, Fleckvieh £540; Ballymena farmer, Limousin £1160; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £1080; Desertmartin farmer, Friesian £1020, £1000, £700; Castlerock farmer, Holstein £1000, £980, £960, £940, £920; Moneymore farmer, Belgian Blue £960, £940, Simmental £870, Belgian Blue £770; Randalstown farmer, Limousin £940, Charolais £910, Limousin £860; Bendooragh farmer, Simmental £880; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £840, £610, Limousin £510, Belgian Blue £500; Magherafelt farmer, Belgian Blue £840, Charolais £820, Aberdeen Angus £740; Bendooragh farmer, Simmental £740, £720, £560; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £720; Glarryford farmer, Aberdeen Angus £720; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £700; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £690; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £680, £610, £560, £510; Limavady farmer, Charolais £670; Toomebridge farmer, Limousin £670, £600; Ballymena farmer, Belgian Blue £640, £600, £560; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £610, £550; Casttledawson farmer, Aberdeen Angus £610; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £610 and Bushmills farmer, Hereford £540.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £650.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suck calves (60)

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 £1770 and 5.54 ppk.

An entry of 900 sheep on Monday 29th June met a steady trade for lambs with ewes on fire.

Spring lambs sold to a top of £204.50 and to 815 pence per kg.

Ewes reached a top of £234.

More sheep needed weekly.

Spring lambs top prices

Dungiven farmer, 24k £195.50 (815); Coleraine farmer, 26k £204 (785); Dungiven farmer, 26.5k £204.50 (772); Magherafelt farmer, 22k £167.50 (761); Kilrea farmer, 25.5k £192.50 (755); Limavady farmer, 22k £165 (750); Coleraine farmer, 22k £162.50 (739); Desertmartin farmer, 21k £152 (724); Desertmartin farmer, 21.5k £155 (721); Macosquin farmer, 21.5k £154 (716); Feeny farmer, 22k £157.50 (716); Magherafelt farmer, 21k £150 (714); Randalstown farmer, 21k £150 (714); Maghera farmer, 19k £134.50 (708); Cookstown farmer, 20k £141.50 (708); Swatragh farmer, 22k £155 (705); Aghadowey farmer, 23k £162 (704); Maghera farmer, 20k £140.50 (703); Ballymoney farmer, 20.5k £144 (702); Rasharkin farmer, 22k £154.50 (702) and Kilrea farmer, 22.5k £158 (702).

A good entry of 260 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 1st July at Kilrea, met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £2400 and heifers to £2180.

Fat cows and bulls to £3400.

Fat cows: Sharp trade.

Randalstown farmer, 680k Simmental £2580 (379); Toomebridge farmer, 470k Limousin £1760 (375); Toomebridge farmer, 600k Aberdeen Angus £2150 (358), 740k £305), 720k £2180 (303); Castledawson farmer, 480k Limousin £1690 (352); Finvoy farmer, 630k Belgian Blue £2150 (341), 670k £2260 (337), 520k Hereford £1610 (310), 640k Aberdeen Angus £1970 (308); Ballycastle farmer, 390k Shorthorn beef £1310 (336); Rasharkin farmer, 690k Fleckvieh £2270 (329); Dunloy farmer, 780k Simmental £2450 (314), 690k £2040 (296); Cloughmills farmer, 510k Charolais £1590 (312); Killaloo farmer, 700k Simmental £2150 (307); Portglenone farmer, 780k Charolais £2390 (306); Rasharkin farmer, 690k Fleckvieh £2110 (306), 780k £2320 (297), 570k Shorthorn dairy £1690 (297); Upperlands farmer, 770k Belgian Blue £2290 (297); Maghera farmer, 540k Friesian £1640 (304), 480k £1450 (302); Limavady farmer, 560k Hereford £1660 (296); Cookstown farmer, 620k Friesian £1820 (294), 560k £1620 (289); Bellarena farmer, 660k Aberdeen Angus £1900 (288); Cookstown farmer, 760k Friesian £2190 (288) and Rasharkin farmer, 1190 Stabiliser £3400 (286).

Suckler section

Ballyronan farmer, Aberdeen Angus bull to £4400; Newtownabbey farmer, Belgian Blue cow with Blonde d'Aquitaine heifer calf at foot to £2650 and Castlerock farmer, Limousin cow with Limousin heifer calf at foot to £2580.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Toomebridge farmer, 345k Limousin £1620 (470); Randalstown farmer, 400k Simmental £1710 (428); Rasharkin farmer, 320k Aberdeen Angus £1360 (425), 290k £1130 (390), 400k £1470 (368); Randalstown farmer, 340k Hereford £1400 (412), 340k £1380 (406), 320k Belgian Blue £1290 (403); Ballinderry farmer, 480k Charolais £1950 (406); Rasharkin farmer, 500k Charolais £2000 (400); Dunloy farmer, 410k Aberdeen Angus £1600 (390), 440k £1590 (361), 450k Limousin £1610 (358), 420k £1480 (352), 430k Aberdeen Angus £1470 (342); Maghera farmer, 310k Aberdeen Angus £1200 (387), 370k £1390 (376), 340k £1270 (374); Crumlin farmer, 400k Aberdeen Angus £1520 (380), 410k Hereford £1470 (359); Cullybackey farmer, 500k Charolais £1880 (376), 470k £1750 (372), 530k £1910 (360); Cullybackey farmer, 400k Limousin £1490 (373), 390k £1440 (369), 380k £1400 (368), 420k Charolais £1490 (355), 410k £1370 (334), 390k £1300 (333); Londonderry farmer, 450k Belgian Blue £1670 (371), 460k Limousin £1690 (367), 470k Aberdeen Angus £1660 (353), 450k Limousin £1540 (342), 440k £1460 (332), 450k Belgian Blue £1490 (331); Macosquin farmer, 420k Aberdeen Angus £1560 (371), 440k £1570 (357), 430k £1520 (354), 510k £1690 (331), 500k £1640 (328), 460k £1470 (320); Ballymoney farmer, 370k Simmental £1360 (368); Upperlands farmer, 440k Aberdeen Angus £1620 (368); Armagh farmer, 520k Charolais £1870 (360), 620k Limousin £2150 (347), 590k Aberdeen Angus £2000 (339), 520k Limousin £1700 (327); Knockloughrim farmer, 520k Charolais £1830 (352), 600k Limousin £2060 (343), 530k Charolais £1810 (342), 620k Belgian Blue £2080 (336), 510k £1650 (324); Cookstown farmer, 610k Limousin £2130 (349), 630k £2130 (338); Coagh farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1870 (340), 550k £1780 (324); Ballymoney farmer, 620k Aberdeen Angus £2060 (332), 580k £1900 (328); Garvagh farmer, 540k Aberdeen Angus £1790 (332), 480k £1560 (325), 540k Hereford £1740 (322); Ballymoney farmer, 450k Aberdeen Angus £1490 (331) and Magherafelt farmer, 670k Aberdeen Angus £2180 (325).

Steers

Maghera farmer, 290k Aberdeen Angus £1340 (462), 310k £1200 (387); Lisburn farmer, 270k Hereford £1210 (448), 350k £1320 (377); Macosquin farmer, 470k Charolais £2090 (445), 480k £2050 (427), 480k £1980 (413), 510k £2070 (406), 420k Charolais £1700 (395), 510k Aberdeen Angus £2000 (392); Upperlands farmer, 340k Belgian Blue £1400 (412); Ahoghill farmer, 300k Aberdeen Angus £1210 (403); Ballymoney farmer, 500k Charolais £2010 (402), 310k Simmental £1110 (358), 420k Gal £1470 (350), 570k Stabiliser £1960 (344), 520k Hereford £1720 (331); Londonderry farmer, 430k Limousin £1710 (398), 470k £1800 (383), 500k £1770 (354), 530k £1870 (353), 510k £1780 (349); Upperlands farmer, 440k Aberdeen Angus £1700 (386), 340k £1290 (379); Ahoghill farmer, 440k Aberdeen Angus £1640 (373), 560k £1970 (352), 450k Limousin £1490 (331), 520k Aberdeen Angus £1640 (315); Cullybackey farmer, 560k Simmental £2090 (373); Ballymoney farmer, 480k Limousin £1770 (369), 465k £1630 (351); Knockloughrim farmer, 560k Charolais £2040 (364), 630k Aberdeen Angus £2050 (325); Crumlin farmer, 430k Hereford £1510 (351), 500k Fleckvieh £1710 (342); Glarryford farmer, 640k Aberdeen Angus £2180 (341), 680k £2240 (329), 690k £2220 (322); Portglenone farmer, 590k Gal £2010 (341); Knockloughrim farmer, 500k Limousin £1650 (330) and Moneymore farmer, 740k Limousin £2400 (324).

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

Auctioneers: HA McIlrath and Sons Ltd.