Good entry of cattle at Kilrea Mart, fat cows and bulls selling to £2550

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £550, £520, £500, £490, £485, £470; Portstewart farmer, Belgian Blue £530, £410, Aberdeen Angus £320, £270, Holstein £230; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £460, £405, £400; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £460; Maghera farmer, Shorthorn beef £455; Claudy farmer, Shorthorn beef £445, £300, Holstein £280; Randalstown farmer, Simmental £410; Maghera farmer, Friesian £405, £245; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £375, £330; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £365, £310, £290; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350; Upperlands farmer, Simmental £340, Aberdeen Angus £330, £270; Newtownards farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330, £295, £280, £260, £250, £240, Aubrac £240; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £320; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £305; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £305; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300; Portglenone farmer, Fleckvieh £295, £245; Dungannon farmer, Friesian £285; Magherafelt farmer, Friesian £285; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £275; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £265; Bangor farmer, Aberdeen Angus £260, £240; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £255; Dervock farmer, Hereford £250, £200; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240 and Culnady farmer, Friesian £230.

Heifer calves

Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £485, £455, £450, £420; Portglenone farmer, Fleckvieh £475; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £390, £325; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £325, £300, Hereford £200; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £310, £270; Toomebridge farmer, Belgian Blue £310, £270, Limousin £225; Portstewart farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300, £255; Claudy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285, Hereford £240; Newtownards farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280, £260, Aubrac £255, Aberdeen Angus £225, Friesian £215; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £275; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £260; Kilraughts farmer, Aberdeen Angus £255; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £225; Ballywalter farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200 and Bangor farmer, Aberdeen Angus £205, £200.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £405.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (90)

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 £1400 and 359 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 800 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 19th June met a steady trade with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £6.30 per kg and to top of £148. Fat ewes to £170.

Lambs

Magherafelt farmer, 23.5k £148 (630), 21k £126 (600); Coleraine farmer, 20.5k £126 (615); Kilrea farmer, 20k £123 (615); Tobermore farmer, 22.5k £138 (613); Coleraine farmer, 21.5k £131 (609), 22.5k £136 (604); Portglenone farmer, 23k £140 (609), 22k £128 (582); Kilrea farmer, 21k £127 (605); Macosquin farmer, 20.5k £124 (605), 22.5k £134 (596); Randalstown farmer, 21k £127 (605); Ahoghill farmer, 21k £126 (600); Swatragh farmer, 21k £126 (600), 21k £124 (591); Kilrea farmer, 23k £137 (596); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £124 (591); Drumsurn farmer, 22.5k £133 (591); Randalstown farmer, 20k £118 (590);Ballymoney farmer, 20.5k £120.50 (588), 22k £128 (582), 20.5k £119 (581); Garvagh farmer, 22.5k £132 (587); Moneymore farmer, 22.5k £132 (587); Garvagh farmer, 21.5k £126 (586); Macosquin farmer, 21k £123 (586); Tobermore farmer, 21k £123 (586); Ballyclare farmer, 23k £134 (583) and Cookstown farmer, 23.5k £137 (583).

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

Good entry of ewes to £170.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of dairy on Tuesday 20th June to a top price of £2100 for a calved heifer.

Coleraine farmer, calved heifers to £2100, £2080, £2040 and Ballymoney farmer, springing heifer to £1420.

More stock required weekly.

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

A good entry of 270 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 21st June at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £1840, heifers to £1830. Fat cows and bulls to £2550.

Fat cows: 110 on offer, flying trade.

Toomebridge farmer, 670k Limousin £1660 (248); Randalstown farmer, 500k Simmental £1200 (240); Articlave farmer, 610k Limousin £1460 (239), 500k £1100 (220); Tobermore farmer, 620k Charolais £1400 (226), 550k Limousin £1200 (218), 560k Charolais £1200 (214); Portglenone farmer, 750k Charolais £1690 (225); Coleraine farmer, 530k Friesian £1180 (223); Castlerock farmer, 750k Limousin £1650 (220), 660k Aubrac £1410 (214); Maghera farmer, 440k Aberdeen Angus £960 (218); Stranocum farmer, 590k Holstein £1280 (217), 570k £1180 (207), 390k Aberdeen Angus £800 (205); Macosquin farmer, 680k Simmental £1460 (215), 640k Limousin £1350 (211); Dungiven farmer, 780k Hereford £1660 (213); Magherafelt farmer, 620k Limousin £1320 (213); Toomebridge farmer, 620k Limousin £1320 (213); Antrim farmer, 510k Holstein £1080 (212); Swatragh farmer, 570k Aberdeen Angus £1190 (209), 710k £1460 (206); Glarryford farmer, 660k Holstein £1360 (206); Coleraine farmer, 780k Holstein £1600 (205); Ballymoney farmer, 580k Fleckvieh £1180 (203); Ballymoney farmer, 590k Stabiliser £1200 (203), 540k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (200); Portglenone farmer, 810k Charolais £1640 (203); Ballycastle farmer, 700k Limousin £1400 (200) and Dungiven farmer, 1050k Limousin £2100 (200).

Suckler

Bushmills farmer, Charolais bulls to £2550, £2140; Kilrea farmer, Charolais cow with Limousin heifer calf at foot to £2490, Limousin cow with Charolais bull calf at foot to £2450, Charolais second calver with Belgian Blue heifer calf at foot to £2230, Charolais cow with Charolais bull calf at foot to £2070, Shorthorn cow with Charolais bull calf at foot to £1970, Aberdeen Angus cow with Charolais bull calf at foot to £1930, Limousin cow with Charolais bull calf at foot to £1710 and Articlave farmer, Limousin heifer with Limousin heifer calf at foot to £1940.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Maghera farmer, 340k Limousin £1200 (353), 260k Charolais £810 (312), 320k Limousin £960 (300), 390k Limousin £1110 (285), 390k Charolais £940 (241); Glenarm farmer, 230k Charolais £750 (326), 300k £700 (233); Ballyclare farmer, 590k Limousin £1830 (310), 560k £1520 (271), 570k £1440 (253); Londonderry farmer, 570k Limousin £1750 (307), 580k £1740 (300); Belfast farmer, 440k Simmental £1280 (291), 460k Limousin £1250 (272), 480k £1300 (271), 430k £1140 (265), 430k Hereford £970 (226); Rasharkin farmer, 470k Charolais £1310 (279), 490k £1300 (265), 450k £1180 (262), 530k Simmental £1350 (255); Tobermore farmer, 540k Limousin £1470 (272), 520k Charolais £1370 (264), 540k Simmental £1410 (261), 590k £1450 (246); Kilrea farmer, 520k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1400 (269); Cookstown farmer, 570k Simmental £1530 (268); Draperstown farmer, 300k Simmental £790 (263), 290k £760 (262), 300k £750 (250), 330k Aberdeen Angus £790 (239), 340k £810 (238); Glarryford farmer, 540k Charolais £1420 (263); Ballymoney farmer, 530k Aberdeen Angus £1390 (262); Coleraine farmer, 540k Aberdeen Angus £1410 (261), 480k £1240 (258), 560k £1390 (248); Toomebridge farmer, 420k Limousin £1080 (257); Ballymoney farmer, 610k Aberdeen Angus £1550 (254), 570k Limousin £1310 (230); Magherafelt farmer, 300k Limousin £750 (250); Portglenone farmer, 330k Limousin £820 (249), 390k £950 (244), 320k Fleckvieh £700 (219); Limavady farmer, 480k Limousin £1190 (248); Limavady farmer, 380k Limousin £890 (234); Rasharkin farmer, 420k Belgian Blue £970 (231), 330k £750 (227) and Maghera farmer, 320k Aberdeen Angus £700 (219).

Steers

Kilrea farmer, 360k Limousin £1210 (336), 380k £1210 (318), 370k £1140 (308), 370k £1040 (281); Kilrea farmer, 380k Charolais £1250 (329), 370k £1140 (308), 390k Aberdeen Angus £1040 (267); Kilrea farmer, 380k Limousin £1220 (321), 430k Charolais £1250 (291), 380k £1100 (290), 420k £1210 (288), 400k Limousin £1150 (288), 410k Hereford £1040 (254), 420k Charolais £1060 (252); Toomebridge farmer, 390k Limousin £1160 (297), 510k Friesian £1170 (229); Maghera farmer, 410k Limousin £1190 (290), 510k Simmental £1360 (267), 410k Belgian Blue £1040 (254), 480k Limousin £1110 (231); Dunloy farmer, 310k Parthenais £890 (287); Glarryford farmer, 500k Charolais £1370 (274); Upperlands farmer, 430k Limousin £1160 (270), 380k £1020 (268), 580k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1490 (257), 440k Limousin £1010 (230); Ballyclare farmer, 590k Limousin £1570 (266); Bellaghy farmer, 600k Belgian Blue £1590 (265), 700k £1840 (263), 700k £1690 (241); Limavady farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £1370 (264), 540k £1330 (246), 490k £1160 (237), 530k £1190 (225); Toomebridge farmer, 630k Saler £1650 (262), 610k Hereford £1580 (259); Kilrea farmer, 450k Hereford £1160 (258), 480k £1220 (254), 470k £1190 (253), 470k Aberdeen Angus £1170 (249), 460k £1130 (246); Maghera farmer, 480k Aberdeen Angus £1190 (248), 460k Belgian Blue £1130 (246), 440k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (246), 430k £1030 (240), 430k Simmental £980 (228), 370k Aberdeen Angus £840 (227) and Magherafelt farmer, 410k Aberdeen Angus £970 (237) and Upperlands farmer, 440k Aberdeen Angus £990 (225).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.