Fat cows and bulls selling to £3560 at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Bull calves

Drumsurn farmer, Charolais £1260; Doagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1250; Ballymena farmer, Charolais £1240; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £1200, Aberdeen Angus £1160, Hereford £1150, £1100, £1090, £1060, £1050, Aberdeen Angus £980, Hereford £980, £930, £900, £750; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1160, £1050, Fleckvieh £1000; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £1140; Bushmills farmer, Limousin £1080, £980, £890; Moneymore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1080, £1060, Friesian £630; Glarryford farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1000, £750; Moneymore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £980, Belgian Blue £970; Armoy farmer, Hereford £930, £740; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £910, £890; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £900, Hereford £810, £660, £600; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £890; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £820; Ballymoney farmer, Friesian £820; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £810; Stewartstown farmer, Belgian Blue £810, Aberdeen Angus £650; Bushmills farmer, Hereford £770; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £750, £700, £580, £560; Ballymena farmer, Limousin £710, Aberdeen Angus £600; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £700; Newtownards farmer, Charolais £660, Aberdeen Angus £620; Stranocum farmer, Aberdeen Angus £640; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £620; Castledawson farmer, Limousin £610; Doagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £600; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £600, £560; Magherfelt farmer, Holstein £560 and Magherafelt farmer, Shorthorn £540.

Heifer calves

Ballymena farmer, Fleckvieh £1580, £1500, £1400, £1320, £1240; Claudy farmer, Charolais £1330; Articlave farmer, Holstein £1320, £1260, £1220; Bushmills farmer, Charolais £1180, Limousin £910, £860; Desertmartin farmer, Friesian £1140, £1100; Moneymore farmer, Belgian Blue £1130, £1050, £1020, £870; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £1040, Aberdeen Angus £980, Hereford £970, £910, Aberdeen Angus £880, Hereford £800, £790, £670; Stewartstown farmer, Belgian Blue £880; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £860, £620, £580; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £860; Armoy farmer, Hereford £800, £760; Glarryford farmer, Belgian Blue £800, Hereford £760, Aberdeen Angus £680; Aghadowey farmer, Hereford £780, £740; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £780, £660, Aberdeen Angus £550; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £760; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £750; Moneymore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £740; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £720; Limavady farmer, Limousin £690; Stranocum farmer, Aberdeen Angus £690; Bushmills farmer, Hereford £670; Castledawson farmer, Limousin £650, £600, Aberdeen Angus £600; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £650, £560, £530, £520; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £620, Aberdeen Angus £510; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £600, £550; Myroe farmer, Hereford £590; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £560 and Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £540.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £560.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suck calves (70)

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 £1550 and 5.26 ppk.

A good entry of 900 sheep on Monday 15th June met a sharp trade for lambs with ewes on fire.

Spring lambs sold to a top of £189.50 and from 778 to a top of 860 pence per kg.

Ewes reached a top of £246.

More sheep needed weekly.

Spring lambs top prices

Bushmills farmer, 21.5k £185.00 (860); Desertmartin farmer, 21k £177.50 (845), 20k £165.00 (825); Aghadowey farmer, 21.5k £178.00 (828); Kilrea farmer, 21k £173.00 (824); Cookstown farmer, 21.5k £176.50 (821); Moneymore farmer, 21k £171.00 (814); Maghera farmer, 22k £178.00 (809); Coleraine farmer, 20.5k £164.50 (802); Draperstown farmer, 23k £183.50 (798) and Rasharkin farmer, 22k £175.50 (798).

A good entry of dairy stock on Tuesday 16th June met a sharp trade in Kilrea.

Prices reached £2400 for a calved heifer.

More dairy stock required weekly.

A good entry of 240 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 17th June at Kilrea, met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £2260 and heifers to £1950.

Fat cows and bulls to £3560.

Fat cows: Sharp trade.

Eglinton farmer, 480k Aberdeen Angus £1630 (340); Ringsend farmer, 780k Limousin £2490 (319), 740k £2140 (289); Portrush farmer, 830k Limousin £2580 (311), 660k £2030 (308); Ballycastle farmer, 900k Limousin £2790 (310); Ahoghill farmer, 900k Aberdeen Angus £2740 (304); Magherafelt farmer, 670k Simmental £2020 (302), 580k Aberdeen Angus £1700 (293); Upperlands farmer, 720k Limousin £2160 (300), 640k Aberdeen Angus £1830 (286); Maghera farmer, 790k Limousin £2350 (298); Kilraughts farmer, 680k Fleckvieh £2020 (297), 510k £1500 (294); Ballymoney farmer, 520k Shorthorn beef £1540 (296); Randalstown farmer, 990k Aberdeen Angus £2930 (296); Rasharkin farmer, 710k Limousin £2100 (296); Garvagh farmer, 1240k Stabiliser £3560 (287) and Bushmills farmer, 900k Hereford £2530 (281).

Suckler section

Cloughmills farmer, Saler cow with Limousin bull calf at foot to £2800, Hereford cow with Limousin bull calf at foot to £2460; Castledawson farmer, Aberdeen Angus cow with Aberdeen Angus heifer calf at foot to £2620, Aberdeen Angus cow with Aberdeen Angus heifer calf at foot to £2440 and Magherafelt farmer, Simmental heifer with Aberdeen Angus bull calf at foot to £2620.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Maghera farmer, 380k Limousin £1620 (426); Pomeroy farmer, 420k Limousin £1710 (407); Kilrea farmer, 360k Belgian Blue £1460 (406), 410k Aberdeen Angus £1470 (359); Dungiven farmer, 370k Aberdeen Angus £1380 (373), 400k £1460 (365); Crumlin farmer, 460k Charolais £1660 (361), 430k £1540 (358); Randalstown farmer, 390k Limousin £1360 (349), 460k Aberdeen Angus £1550 (337); Portglenone farmer, 530k Limousin £1760 (332); Maghera farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1550 (330), 460k Hereford £1500 (326), 450k £1400 (311) and Ballymoney farmer, 530k Aberdeen Angus £1660 (313).

Steers

Crumlin farmer, 430k Charolais £1860 (433), 400k £1730 (433); Dunloy farmer, 350k Belgian Blue £1450 (414), 280k £1140 (407), 320k Aberdeen Angus £1240 (388), 360k Belgian Blue £1380 (383); Kilrea farmer, 370k Aberdeen Angus £1500 (405); Kilrea farmer, 370k Aberdeen Angus £1500 (405), 380k £1530 (403); Dungiven farmer, 330k Charolais £1300 (394), 260k Aberdeen Angus £960 (369), 300k Belgian Blue £1100 (367), 350k Charolais £1280 (366), 280k Belgian Blue £1020 (364), 480k £1710 (356), 450k £1560 (347), 480k Par £1610 (335), 480k Belgian Blue £1600 (333), 420k Aberdeen Angus £1400 (333), 360k Charolais £1190 (331), 350k Aberdeen Angus £1140 (326), 520k £1680 (323), 550k Belgian Blue £1770 (322), 510k Charolais £1620 (318), 650k Shorthorn £2020 (311); Ballymoney farmer, 370k Shorthorn beef £1360 (368), 510k Limousin £1810 (355); Portglenone farmer, 570k Limousin £1980 (347), 660k £2260 (342) and Maghera farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1600 (340), 480k £1600 (333), 520k £1650 (317).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.