Fat ewes selling to £200 at Kilrea

A good entry of over 700 on Monday 28th February met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.
By Darryl Armitage
Published 3rd Mar 2022, 13:57 BST
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Lambs to £5.16 per kg and to top of £134. Fat ewes to £200.

Lambs (580)

Rasharkin farmer, 22.5k £116 (516); Kilrea farmer, 21.5k £111 (516), 21.5k £110 (512), 19k £95 (500); Garvagh farmer, 22.5k £114 (507); Ringsend farmer, 23k £116 (504); Ballymoney farmer, 24k £120 (500); Garvagh farmer, 23.5k £117.50 (500) and

Kilrea farmer, 22k £110 (500).

Fat ewes (120) on offer met a super trade for all types on offer including grazing types.

Good entry of ewes and rams to £200.

More ewes needed.

A super entry of 40 dairy on Tuesday 1st March met a super trade with more quality lots required.

Coleraine farmer, calved heifers to £2980, £2300, £1700, £1670; Coleraine farmer, calved heifer to £1600; Rasharkin farmer, calved heifer to £1500; Rasharkin farmer, calved Fleckvieh heifer to £1500 and Dungannon farmer, calved heifer to £1480.

More stock required weekly.

A good entry of 320 on Wednesday 2nd March at Kilrea, met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers selling to £1580, heifers to £1530. Fat cows and bulls to £1410.

Fat cows: 100 on offer. Flying trade.

Moneymore farmer, 570k Hereford £1220 (214), 590k Friesian £740 (125); Dunloy farmer, 680k Limousin £1340 (197), 670k £1090 (163), 710k £1140 (161); Toomebridge farmer, 630k Belgian Blue £1230 (195); Kilrea farmer, 610k Limousin £1170 (192), 600k Hereford £1130 (188), 600k Limousin £1090 (182); Limavady farmer, 710k Friesian £1340 (189), 750k £1410 (188);

Coleraine farmer, 680k Limousin £1280 (188), 610k £900 (148); Dungiven farmer, 550k Friesian £1030 (187); Toomebridge farmer, 630k Friesian £1060 (184), 610k £1110 (182);

Ballymoney farmer, 620k Holstein £1140 (184), 540k £890 (165); Cookstown farmer, 720k Limousin £1290 (179); Macosquin farmer, 680k Limousin £1190 (175), 790k Hereford £1290 (163); Dungiven farmer, 670k Limousin £1170 (175); Garvagh farmer, 680k Friesian £1190 (175); Toome farmer 690k Limousin £1190 (172), 530k £870 (164); Macosquin farmer, 700k Limousin £1190 (170), 700k £1160 (166); Finvoy farmer, 790k Montbeliarde £1310 (166), 760k Hol £1180 (155), 790k £1190 (151); Castlerock farmer, 650k Friesian £1080 (166), 660k £1090 (165); Ringsend farmer, 700k Friesian £1140 (163); Ballymoney farmer, 790k Friesian £1260 (159), 600k £850 (142), 680k £930 (137), 540k £740 (137); Ballymena farmer, 700k Friesian £1100 (157), 740k £1080 (146), 620k £870 (140), 830k £1130 (136); Stewartstown farmer, 440k Friesian £690 (157), 680k £900 (132); Upperlands farmer, 720k Friesian £1110 (154); Ballymoney farmer, 790k Friesian £1220 (154); Toome farmer, 510k Hereford £780 (153); Coleraine farmer, 770k Friesian £1170 (152), 760k £1040 (137); Toome farmer, 770k Friesian £1160 (151); Maghera farmer, 650k Friesian £970 (149); Drumahoe farmer, 640k Simmental £940 (147), 770k £1110 (144); Ballyclare farmer, 650k Friesian £930 (143) and Maghera farmer, 720k Friesian £1020 (142).

Suckler Ssock: Draperstown farmer, Limousin heifer with Aberdeen Angus calf at foot to £1660 and Ballymoney farmer, Limousin cow with Shorthorn calf at foot to £1400.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Limavady farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1340 (285), 420k £990 (236), 340k £780 (229), 350k £800 (229); Drumahoe farmer, 540k Limousin £1530 (283); Ballycastle farmer, 430k Charolais £1160 (270), 500k £1280 (256), 440k £1100 (250), 400k £960 (240), 440k £1010 (230); Garvagh farmer, 500k Charolais £1340 (268), 580k £1520 (262), 560k £1450 (259), 510k £1300 (255), 590k £1490 (253), 560k £1410 (252), 560k £1400 (250), 520k £1300 (250), 560k £1390 (248), 540k £1330 (246); Coleraine farmer, 480k Limousin £1250 (260), 450k £1110 (247), 540k £1330 (246), 540k £1330 (246), 530k £1300 (245), 420k £1010 (241); Kells farmer, 490k Charolais £11270 (259), 490k £1180 (241), 480k £1150 (240), 510k £1220 (239), 470k £1100 (234), 470k £1090 (232), 410k £930 (227); Ballymoney farmer, 320k Shorthorn £780 (244), 370k £900 (243), 310k £710 (229); Kilrea farmer, 4450k Charolais £1080 (240), 490k £1090 (222); Ballymena farmer, 440k Aberdeen Angus £1030 (234), 430k £950 (221); Kilrea farmer, 560k Shorthorn £1300 (232); Maghera farmer, 460k Charolais £1040 (226), 420k £940 (224); Ballymena farmer, 420k Limousin £940 (224), 440k £960 (218); Rasharkin farmer, 500k Limousin £1120 (224); Coleraine farmer, 420k Aberdeen Angus £890 (212) and Garvagh farmer, 600k Charolais £1380 (230), 540k £1180 (219).

Steers

Macosquin farmer, 330k Charolais £1000 (303), 350k £1020 (291), 420k £1190 (283), 390k £1070 (274), 420k £1150 (274), 390k £1040 (267); Ballycastle farmer 430k Charolais £1240 (288), 450k £1240 (276), 4450k £1230 (273), 430k £1170 (272), 440k £1160 (264), 430k £1130 (263), 440k £1130 (257), 470k £1120 (238); Ballycastle farmer, 400k Charolais £1100 (275), 490k £1290 (263), 500k £1260 (252), 410k £1010 (246), 450k Aberdeen Angus £1040 (231); Kilrea farmer, 470k Limousin £1230 (262), 490k £1270 (259), 520k £1260 (242); Randalstown farmer, 620k Belgian Blue £1450 (234), 640k £1470 (230), 690k Aberdeen Angus £1580 (229), 710k £1570 (221), 670k £1480 (221), 610k Belgian Blue £1340 (220), 670k Aberdeen Angus £1450 (216); Portglenone farmer 480k Limousin £1120 (233), 630k £1400 (222), 570k £1250 (219); Portglenone farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £1200 (231), 530k £1140 (215); Maghera farmer, 500k Simmental £1150 (230); Ballymena farmer, 520k Simmental £1190 (229) and Rasharkin farmer, 460k Aberdeen Angus £1010 (220).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.

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