Fat cows and bulls selling to £3600 at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Bull calves

Cloughmills farmer, Limousin £1260, Saler £1210, Charolais £1180, Limousin £1110, Saler £1090; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £1210; Londonderry farmer, Charolais £1080; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1050; Bellaghy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1000, £950, Charolais £930; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £980, Aberdeen Angus £710; Moneymore farmer, Charolais £970, Holstein £720; Strabane farmer, Charolais £950, £850, Aberdeen Angus £820; Ballymena farmer, Limousin £890; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £880, £870, Belgian Blue £800; Ahoghill farmer, Charolais £840, Aberdeen Angus £810, Hereford £800, £780; Moneymore farmer, Charolais £840, £700, Aberdeen Angus £620, £610, Holstein £570; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £820, Friesian £760, £630; Glarryford farmer, Aberdeen Angus £790, £630; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £790, Limousin £750, Aberdeen Angus £700, £680; Garvagh farmer, Belgian Blue £780, Aberdeen Angus £740; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £780; Portglenone farmer, Blonde d'Aquitaine £660, £630, £620; Bushmills farmer, Hereford £680; Maghera farmer, Holstein £680, £640; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £670, £580, £530; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £660, £540, £510; Cookstown farmer, Friesian £630; Larne farmer, Stabiliser £610; Greysteel farmer, Holstein £570, £530; Articlave farmer, Aberdeen Angus £560; Cullybackey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £530, £500 and Portaferry farmer, Aberdeen Angus £500.

Heifer calves

Desertmartin farmer, Fleckvieh £1290, £1130, £1100; Ballymena farmer, Limousin £1190; Kilrea farmer, Simmental £1140; Keady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1000, Simmental £950, Aberdeen Angus £840, £810, Limousin £810, Hereford £750, Aberdeen Angus £790, £730, £720, £630, Belgian Blue £630; Strabane farmer, Charolais £950, £940, £790; Dunloy farmer, Charolais £930, Aberdeen Angus £770, £730, Charolais £680; Drumahoe farmer, Belgian Blue £920, Aberdeen Angus £800, £750; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £890; Moneymore farmer, Charolais £870, £800; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £870, Aberdeen Angus £710; Ballymoney farmer, Holstein £860; Desertmartin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £840; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £790; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £760, £750; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £710; Ahoghill farmer, Hereford £700; Glarryford farmer, Aberdeen Angus £660, £560; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £660; Portglenone farmer, Blonde d'Aquitaine £660, Belgian Blue £650, Blonde d'Aquitaine £640, £610; Ballymoney farmer, Limousin £650; Magherafelt farmer, Belgian Blue £550, Aberdeen Angus £510; Articlave farmer, Aberdeen Angus £530; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £520 and Bushmills farmer, Hereford £500.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £760.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (130)

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 £1940 and 5.04 ppk.

A great entry of 1500 sheep on Monday 31st August met a steady trade for lambs with ewes on top.

Lambs sold to a top of £180 and to 682 pence per kg.

Ewes were on fire reaching a top of £210.

More sheep needed weekly.

Fat lamb (top prices)

Magherafelt farmer, 22k £150 (682); Limavady farmer, 23k £152.50 (663); Cookstown farmer, 20k £132 (660); Macosquin farmer, 21k £138.50 (660); Rasharkin farmer, 23k £148.50 (646); Ballymena farmer, 20k £129 (645); Aghadowey farmer, 23.5k £151.50 (645); Portglenone farmer, 18k £116 (644); Ballymoney farmer, 20k £128 (640); Limavady farmer, 24k £153.50 (640); Kilrea farmer, 23k £146.50 (637); Ballymena farmer, 27k £172 (637); Coleraine farmer, 22k £139.50 (634); Tobermore farmer, 22k £139.50 (634); Maghera farmer, 20k £126.50 (633); Magherafelt farmer, 22k £139 (632); Coleraine farmer, 22k £139 (632); Coleraine farmer, 24k £151.50 (631); Greysteel farmer, 21.5k £135 (628); Coleraine farmer, 23.5k £146.50 (623); Bendooragh farmer, 20k £124.50 (623); Garvagh farmer, 21.5k £133.50 (621); Rasharkin farmer, 22.5k £139.50 (620); Kilrea farmer, 20.5k £127 (620); Coagh farmer, 22.5k £139 (618); Ballymena farmer, 23k £142 (618); Maghera farmer, 21k £129.50 (617); Aghadowey farmer, 21k £129.50 (617); Ballyclare farmer, 22.5k £138.50 (616); Cookstown farmer, 19k £117 (616); Macosquin farmer, 20k £123 (615); Macosquin farmer, 21.5k £132 (614); Kilrea farmer, 18k £110 (611); Maghera farmer, 27k £165 (611); Broughshane farmer, 20k £122 (610); Tobermore farmer, 20.5k £125 (610); Tobermore farmer, 23.5k £142.50 (606); Cookstown farmer, 20.5k £124 (605); Draperstown farmer, 21k £127 (605); Tobermore farmer, 21.5k £130 (605); Maghera farmer, 24k £145 (604); Garvagh farmer, 26.5k £160 (604); Maghera farmer, 24k £144.50 (602); Garvagh farmer, 30k £180 (600); Macosquin farmer, 21k £126 (600); Ballymena farmer, 23k £138 (600); Kilrea farmer, 22.5k £135 (600); Ballymena farmer, 24k £144 (600) and Coleraine farmer, 22k £132 (600).

A good entry of 270 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 2nd September at Kilrea met with an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £2400 and heifers to £2200.

Fat cows and bulls to £3600.

Fat cows: Sharp trade.

Castlerock farmer, 490k Limousin £1600 (327); Rasharkin farmer, 1120k Limousin £3600 (321); Castlerock farmer, 620k Limousin £1950 (315); Rasharkin farmer, 750k Fleckvieh £2350 (313);Garvagh farmer, 1000k Charolais £3100 (310) and Magherafelt farmer, 490k Friesian £1480 (302).

Suckler section

Draperstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus cow with Aberdeen Angus heifer calf at foot to £2160 and Dungiven farmer, Galloway cow with Limousin bull calf at foot to £2120.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Rasharkin farmer, 480k Charolais £2050 (427), 490k £2010 (410), 500k £1980 (396), 490k £1900 (388), 560k £2150 (384), 500k £1890 (378), 520k £1950 (375); Limavady farmer, 450k Charolais £1910 (424), 520k £2120 (408), 490k £1970 (402), 470k £1880 (400), 530k £2110 (398), 500k £1960 (392), 540k £2080 (385), 510k £1920 (377), 540k £1990 (369), 570k £2100 (368); Limavady farmer, 540k Limousin £2200 (407), 540k £2180 (404), 520k £2030 (390), 460k £1790 (389), 550k £2110 (384), 490k £1800 (367); Kilrea farmer, 360k Charolais £1400 (389), 460k Simmental £1640 (357), 420k Limousin £1490 (355), 390k Aberdeen Angus £1260 (323); Dungiven farmer, 490k Limousin £1860 (380), 460k £1650 (359); Claudy farmer, 410k Belgian Blue £1500 (366), 460k £1590 (346), 430k £1460 (340), 470k Simmental £1500 (319); Londonderry farmer, 350k Belgian Blue £1280 (366); Upperlands farmer, 410k Limousin £1500 (366), 480k £1660 (346), 490k £1680 (433); Randalstown farmer, 520k Charolais £1900 (365); Rasharkin farmer, 370k Charolais £1340 (362), 370k £1290 (349), 390k £1350 (346); Knockloughrim farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1790 (358), 460k Charolais £1630 (354), 520k Belgian Blue £1750 (337), 500k Aberdeen Angus £1650 (330), 550k £1810 (329); Kilrea farmer, 520k Limousin £1860 (358), 570k £2000 (351); Glarryford farmer, 380k Aberdeen Angus £1340 (353), 460k £1430 (311); Coleraine farmer, 410k Speckle Park £1440 (351), 350k £1220 (349), 360k £1240 (344), 480k £1550 (323), 360k Aberdeen Angus £1150 (319), 400k £1270 (318), 550k Speckle Park £1700 (309), 460k Aberdeen Angus £1420 (309); Coleraine farmer, 430k Aberdeen Angus £1490 (347); Ballymoney farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1600 (340), 400k £1280 (320), 400k £1270 (318), 390k £1200 (308); Dunloy farmer, 440k Aberdeen Angus £1490 (339), 430k £1450 (337), 400k £1320 (330), 435k £1430 (329), 415k £1300 (313) and Portglenone farmer, 560k Limousin £1840 (329), 590k Aberdeen Angus £1900 (322).

Steers

Portglenone farmer, 490k Charolais £2180 (445), 450k £2000 (444), 490k £2140 (437), 500k £2180 (436), 520k £2260 (435), 460k £1970 (428), 510k £2110 (414), 550k £2270 (413), 480k £1820 (379); Limavady farmer, 420k Limousin £1800 (429), 510k £2060 (404), 470k £1900 (404), 510k £2000 (392), 570k £2230 (391), 520k £1980 (380); Bellaghy farmer, 460k Simmental £1960 (426), 500k £2100 (420), 460k £1900 (413), 470k £1930 (411), 500k Charolais £2040 (408), 430k Simmental £1740 (405), 430k £1700 (395), 540k Charolais £2000 (370); Garvagh farmer, 470k Charolais £2000 (426), 450k £1860 (413), 470k Charolais £1790 (381), 570k £2170 (381), 460k £1700 (370), 540k £1890 (350); Dungiven farmer, 480k Limousin £2040 (425), 520k £2100 (404), 480k £1850 (385), 510k £1740 (341), 450k £1480 (329), 550k Aberdeen Angus £1780 (324); Toomebridge farmer, 460k Charolais £1930 (420); Portglenone farmer, 330k Limousin £1380 (418), 450k Shorthorn £1630 (362), 450k £1590 (353); Rasharkin farmer, 510k Charolais £2110 (414), 510k £2100 (412), 540k £2100 (389); Kilrea farmer, 350k Aberdeen Angus £1390 (397); Upperlands farmer, 400k Aberdeen Angus £1580 (395), 350k £1300 (371), 300k £1080 (360); Rasharkin farmer, 360k Aberdeen Angus £1420 (394), 450k £1560 (347), 380k £1240 (326); Aghadowey farmer, 540k Limousin £2120 (393), 500k £1830 (366); Portglenone farmer, 590k Limousin £2280 (386), 440k Charolais £1480 (336); Kilrea farmer, 630k Limousin £2400 (381), 480k Charolais £1800 (375), 620k Limousin £2320 (374), 580k £2150 (371), 600k £2220 (370), 600k £2200 (367), 650k Gelbvieh £2300 (354), 680k Charolais £2400 (353), 550k Limousin £1900 (346), 570k £1950 (342), 700k £2370 (339), 560k Simmental £1800 (321); Londonderry farmer, 390k Belgian Blue £1470 (377); Randalstown farmer, 590k Charolais £2200 (373); Rasharkin farmer, 370k Charolais £1330 (360), 390k Aberdeen Angus £1390 (356), 380k £1310 (345), 440k Charolais £1510 (343), 360k £1220 (339), 320k Aberdeen Angus £1000 (313); Garvagh farmer, 520k Limousin £1860 (358), 530k Charolais £1860 (351), 520k Hereford £1810 (348), 540k Aberdeen Angus £1850 (343); Dungiven farmer, 480k Shorthorn £1690 (352), 570k £1910 (335); Ballymoney farmer, 530k Limousin £1860 (351); Newtownards farmer, 380k Aberdeen Angus £1290 (340), 350k £1180 (337), 325k £1080 (332), 340k £1120 (329); Coleraine farmer, 570k Aberdeen Angus £1930 (339), 530k £1690 (319), 520k £1600 (308); Aghadowey farmer, 550k Charolais £1860 (338); Bellaghy farmer, 580k Hereford £1900 (328) and Portglenone farmer, 610k Aberdeen Angus £1980 (325), 660k Montbeliarde £2070 (314).

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

Auctioneers: HA McIlrath and Sons Ltd.