Good entry of 60 dairy stock at Kilrea Mart, top price of £2520 for a calved heifer

A super entry of 400 calves and weanlings on Thursday 16th November met an outstanding trade for all types on offer.
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All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

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Bull calves

Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £645, Aberdeen Angus £460, Belgian Blue £445; Cookstown farmer, Belgian Blue £560, £535; Rasharkin farmer, Fleckvieh £560, £465; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £485; Bushmills farmer, Limousin £465, £430; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £445, £395, £340; Limavady farmer, Charolais £440, £375, Belgian Blue £325, Aberdeen Angus £250; Ballymena farmer, Belgian Blue £420, Aberdeen Angus £400, £370, Friesian £365, Belgian Blue £365; Claudy farmer, Fleckvieh £410, Belted Galloway £300; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £385, £235; Limavady farmer, Shorthorn beef £380, Stabiliser £315; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £370, £315; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £370, Aberdeen Angus £290; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £365, £350, £330, £240; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £365, £320, Aberdeen Angus £220; Claudy farmer, Holstein £355; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £355, £325, Holstein £240; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £345; Randalstown farmer, Belgian Blue £345, Aberdeen Angus £320, £285; Moneymore farmer, Simmental £335; Macosquin farmer, Belgian Blue £325; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £320, Aberdeen Angus £270; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £300; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £295, £220; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £255; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £235; Macosquin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £235; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £230; Magherafelt farmer, Friesian £230 and Dungiven farmer, Hereford £220.

Heifer calves

Cookstown farmer, Belgian Blue £515, £425; Limavady farmer, Limousin £495, £425; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £465; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £450, £365; Tobermore farmer, Limousin £405, Aberdeen Angus £325, Belgian Blue £285, Hereford £270; Limavady farmer, Charolais £400, £390, Aberdeen Angus £250; Bushmills farmer, Limousin £390, £335; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £385, £275, Belgian Blue £230; Aghadowey farmer, Limousin £380, Aberdeen Angus £210; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £360, Limousin £245, Aberdeen Angus £245; Moneymore farmer, Simmental £340, £280; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £330; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £320, £315; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £320; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £310, Hereford £305; Claudy farmer, Belted Galloway £310; Bushmills farmer, Belgian Blue £290; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270; Randalstown farmer, Limousin £270; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £260; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £260; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £255; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £245, Fleckvieh £240 and Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £220.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £365.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (140)

A great 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 £1055 and 332 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 1250 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 20th November met a stronger trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £5.10 per kg and to top of £128.00.

Fat ewes to £153.

Lambs

Kilrea farmer, 20k £102 (510), 24k £120.50 (502); Limavady farmer, 23k £116 (504), 21.5k £108 (502); Kilrea farmer, 24k £120.50 (502); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £110 (500), 19k £94.50 (497); Kilrea farmer, 22k £109.50 (498); Ballymena farmer, 18.5k £92 (497); Coleraine farmer, 19.5k £97 (497), 20k £97 (485); Aghadowey farmer, 24k £119 (496); Claudy farmer, 22k £109 (496); Maghera farmer, 24k £119 (496), 21k £103 (491); Dungiven farmer, 19k £94 (495); Limavady farmer, 21.5k £106.50 (495), 22.5k £108.50 (482); Rasharkin farmer, 23.5k £116 (494); Aghadowey farmer, 22k £108.50 (493); Bushmills farmer, 21.5k £106 (493); Coleraine farmer, 22.5k £111 (493); Tobermore farmer, 21.5k £106 (493); Bendooragh farmer, 24k £118 (492); Cloughmills farmer, 24k £118 (492); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £108 (491); Cullybackey farmer, 20k £98 (490); Draperstown farmer, 25.5k £125 (490); Ballymoney farmer, 23.5k £115 (489); Coleraine farmer, 23.5k £115 (489); Glarryford farmer, 23.5k £115 (489); Ringsend farmer, 23.5k £115 (489); Ahoghill farmer, 21.5k £105 (488); Limavady farmer, 23k £112 (487); Limavady farmer, 23.5k £114.50 (487); Ballymena farmer, 22k £107 (486); Portglenone farmer, 21k £102 (486); Articlave farmer, 24k £116 (483); Ballymena farmer, 24k £116 (483); Limavady farmer, 23k £111 (483); Maghera farmer, 23k £111 (483) and Kilrea farmer, 24.5k £118 (482).

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

Good entry of ewes to £153.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of 60 dairy on Tuesday 21st November to a top price of £2520 for a calved heifer.

Lots of buyers in attendance looking all types of dairy stock.

Bushmills farmer, calved heifers to £2520, £2500; Limavady farmer, calved heifer to £1820; Drumahoe farmer, batch of springing heifers to £1800, £1760, £1720, £1640; Ballyclare farmer, calved heifer to £1600, second calvers to £1520, £1500 and Bushmills farmer, batch of maiden heifers to £880, £840, £820.

More stock required weekly

A good entry of 290 fat cow, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 22nd November at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £1880, heifers to £1680 and fat cows and bulls to £1900.

Fat cows: 100 on offer, sharp trade.

Magherafelt farmer, 540k Charolais £1290 (239); Randalstown farmer, 690k Simmental £1640 (238); Bushmills farmer, 620k Aberdeen Angus £1410 (227); Cookstown farmer, 780k Limousin £1770 (227); Bushmills farmer, 570k Norwegian Red £1270 (223), 420k Aberdeen Angus £900 (214), 840k Montbeliarde £1320 (157), 720k Friesian £1090 (151); Coleraine farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1020 (217), 530k £1120 (211); Bellarena farmer, 770k Belgian Blue £1650 (214), 670k £1160 (173); Kilrea farmer, 650k Aberdeen Angus £1390 (214), 590k Limousin £1200 (203), 600k Aberdeen Angus £1130 (188); Bellaghy farmer, 530k Aberdeen Angus £1130 (213), 590k Fleckvieh £940 (159); Garvagh farmer, 690k Charolais £1450 (210), 630k Fleckvieh £1160 (184), 590k £950 (161); Tobermore farmer, 550k Holstein £1120 (204); Limavady farmer, 590k Holstein £1170 (198), 630k £1020 (162); Maghera farmer, 610k Limousin £1190 (195); Dunloy farmer, 680k Limousin £1280 (188), 810k Aberdeen Angus £1410 (174), 680k Simmental £1090 (160); Ballymoney farmer, 630k Limousin £1180 (187), 690k £1240 (180); Ballycastle farmer, 610k Limousin £1110 (182); Ballycastle farmer, 1050k Aberdeen Angus £1900 (181); Coleraine farmer, 610k Limousin £1100 (180); Ballymena farmer, 710k Simmental £1240 (175); Macosquin farmer, 700k Limousin £1220 (174); Portglenone farmer, 470k Hereford £800 (170); Dungiven farmer, 510k Simmental £860 (169); Rasharkin farmer, 720k Stabiliser £1180 (164); Kilrea farmer, 720k Limousin £1140 (158), 600k Simmental £910 (152); Randalstown farmer, 550k Hereford £870 (158); Upperlands farmer, 740k Holstein £1150 (155) and Glarryford farmer, 780k Fleckvieh £1180 (151).

Suckler

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Dunloy farmer, 540k Charolais £1500 (278), 620k £1610 (260), 580k £1500 (259), 630k £1550 (246); Rasharkin farmer, 550k Limousin £1450 (264), 600k £1470 (245), 610k £1480 (243); Knockloughrim farmer, 360k Limousin £940 (261), 360k £920 (256), 370k £880 (238), 410k £960 (234), 430k £910 (212); Coleraine farmer, 390k Simmental £1000 (256), 310k £770 (248); Swatragh farmer, 580k Charolais £1470 (253), 490k £1200 (245), 530k Limousin £1280 (242), 530k Charolais £1280 (242), 520k Belgian Blue £1200 (231), 550k Limousin £1190 (216); Kilrea farmer, 590k Charolais £1480 (251), 610k £1490 (244); Ballycastle farmer, 410k Limousin £1030 (251), 420k Shorthorn £960 (229), 480k Limousin £1080 (225), 420k Aberdeen Angus £930 (221), 430k Limousin £940 (219); Randalstown farmer, 670k Simmental £1680 (251), 550k £1350 (246), 610k £1460 (239), 630k £1500 (238), 660k £1550 (235); Templepatrick farmer, 510k Charolais £1280 (251), 500k £1240 (248), 550k £1340 (244), 590k £1400 (237), 460k £1060 (230), 510k £1170 (229); Upperlands farmer, 500k Limousin £1250 (250), 460k £1140 (248); Coagh farmer, 310k Belgian Blue £760 (245), 340k £760 (224), 380k £840 (221), 320k £680 (213); Castlerock farmer, 320k Charolais £770 (241); Portglenone farmer, 610k Aberdeen Angus £1440 (236), 530k £1240 (234), 560k £1290 (230), 540k £1210 (224), 530k Belgian Blue £1170 (221); Kilrea farmer, 400k Limousin £940 (235); Kilrea farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1290 (235), 510k £1140 (224); Claudy farmer, 460k Simmental £1070 (233); Garvagh farmer, 400k Limousin £930 (233); Bellaghy farmer, 570k Aberdeen Angus £1320 (232), 470k Belgian Blue £1070 (228), 470k Hereford £1020 (217), 440k Aberdeen Angus £910 (207); Coleraine farmer, 380k Limousin £870 (229); Macosquin farmer, 410k Limousin £940 (229); Kilrea farmer, 620k Aberdeen Angus £1410 (227), 670k Limousin £1410 (210); Limavady farmer, 560k Belgian Blue £1270 (227), 540k Simmental £1190 (220) and Greysteel farmer, 465k Belgian Blue £1030 (222).

Steers

Cookstown farmer, 340k Belgian Blue £1260 (371); Dungannon farmer, 480k Limousin £1350 (281), 320k £710 (222), 320k Sal £710 (222); Upperlands farmer, 460k Limousin £1270 (276), 410k £1120 (273), 390k £950 (244), 410k £940 (229); Kilrea farmer, 320k Charolais £880 (275), 360k £930 (258), 380k Limousin £980 (258), 440k Charolais £1070 (243); Upperlands farmer, 530k Limousin £1410 (266), 530k £1400 (264), 450k £1130 (251), 500k £1210 (242); Dungannon farmer, 530k Charolais £1400 (264); Garvagh farmer, 420k Limousin £1110 (264), 450k £1150 (256); Randalstown farmer, 610k Simmental £1590 (261), 730k £1880 (258), 640k £1640 (256), 590k £1490 (253), 590k £1400 (237), 560k £1300 (232); Garvagh farmer, 440k Limousin £1080 (246), 510k Aberdeen Angus £1190 (233), 490k Fleckvieh £1090 (222), 510k Limousin £1110 (218); Coleraine farmer, 690k Aberdeen Angus £1640 (238), 630k £1490 (237), 740k £1680 (227); Macosquin farmer, 300k Belgian Blue £710 (237), 260k £570 (219); Ballymoney farmer, 440k Aberdeen Angus £1040 (236), 460k £1080 (235), 440k £1020 (232), 570k £1320 (232), 510k Fleckvieh £1170 (229); Ballymoney farmer, 710k Holstein £1660 (234), 500k Aberdeen Angus £1140 (228), 560k £1260 (225), 500k £1120 (224), 600k Hereford £1340 (223), 600k Holstein £1280 (213); Toomebridge farmer, 470k Friesian £1100 (234), 480k £1070 (223); Toomebridge farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1240 (225), 510k Limousin £1150 (225); Cookstown farmer, 340k Aberdeen Angus £750 (221), 440k £930 (211) and Garvagh farmer, 530k Simmental £1130 (213).

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

Auctioneers: HA McIlrath and Sons Ltd.