Good entry of dairy at Kilrea Mart, top price of £2160 paid for a second calver

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £540; Claudy farmer, Limousin £510, £465; Cookstown farmer, Belgian Blue £505, £455, Limousin £360, Holstein £270; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £495, £370; Maghera farmer, Simmental £495; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £475; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £455; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £440; Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £435, Friesian £200; Armoy farmer, Limousin £400, Belgian Blue £345, Friesian £235; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £395; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £390; Strabane farmer, Charolais £370, Belgian Blue £340; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £355, £340, £325, £290; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330, £300; Maghera farmer, Limousin £320; Ballymoney farmer, Friesian £315; Ballyclare farmer, Simmental £295, Aberdeen Angus £230; Aghadowey farmer, Hereford £290; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £285; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £280, £220; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £265; Dervock farmer, Holstein £260; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £255; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £250; Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £245; Kilraughts farmer,Aberdeen Angus £235 and Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £220;

Heifer calves

Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £645; Limavady farmer, Limousin £550; Claudy farmer, Limousin £505; Londonderry farmer, Belgian Blue £485, £305, £210; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £480, £390; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £460, £315; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £455, £405, £300; Maghera farmer, Simmental £455, £370, £330; Cookstown farmer, Belgian Blue £430, £375, Limousin £375, Belgian Blue £335, £330, £325; Armoy farmer, Belgian Blue £380, Hereford £375, Limousin £360, Aberdeen Angus £335; Magherafelt farmer, Hereford £375, Aberdeen Angus £325; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £370; Maghera farmer, Limousin £365, £220; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £330, £320, £305, Aberdeen Angus £200; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300, Friesian £295; Glarryford farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £285; Claudy farmer, Belgian Blue £270, Aberdeen Angus £250; Macosquin farmer, Hereford £245; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £220; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £220; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £205; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £200 and Drumahoe farmer, Belgian Blue £200.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £195.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (40)

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 £875 and 293 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 1000 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 4th December met a stronger trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £5.42 per kg and to top of £127.50.

Fat ewes to £164.

Lambs

Ringsend farmer, 19k £103 (542), 23k £121 (526), 23.5k £113 (481); Limavady farmer, 22.5k £113 (502); Kilrea farmer, 21.5k £107.50 (500); Cullybackey farmer, 19k £94 (495); Macosquin farmer, 22.5k £111 (493); Rasharkin farmer, 24k £118 (492); Tobermore farmer, 19k £93.50 (492); Cookstown farmer, 26k £127.50 (490); Limavady farmer, 25k £122.50 (490); Garvagh farmer, 21.5k £105 (488); Limavady farmer, 23k £112 (487); Maghera farmer, 23k £112 (487); Coleraine farmer, 21.5k £104 (484); Portglenone farmer, 23k £111 (483); Swatragh farmer, 22k £106 (482); Aghadowey farmer, 23.5k £113 (481) and Ballymoney farmer, 26k £125 (481).

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

Good entry of ewes to £164.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of dairy on Tuesday 5th December to a top price of £2160 for a second calver.

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

Antrim farmer, second calver to £2160; Coleraine farmer, calved heifers to £1960, £1880, £1720 and Ballyclare farmer, calved cow to £1520.

More stock required weekly.

A super entry of 340 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 6th December at Kilrea which met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £1760, heifers to £1700 and fat cows and bulls to £2070.

Fat cows: 140 on offer, sharp trade.

Randalstown farmer, 610k Charolais £1550 (254), 740k £1760 (238), 630k Limousin £1440 (229), 660k £1450 (220), 670k £1210 (181); Crumlin farmer, 750k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1840 (245), 590k Limousin £970 (164), 680k £1040 (153); Crumlin farmer, 750k Charolais £1790 (239), 800k Hereford £1430 (179); Upperlands farmer, 840k Limousin £1970 (235), 600k Holstein £1160 (193); Dunloy farmer, 600k Montbeliarde £1390 (232); Randalstown farmer, 600k Belgian Blue £1380 (223), 520k £1100 (212); Bushmills farmer, 500k Friesian £1080 (216); Toomebridge farmer, 580k Holstein £1220 (210), 620k £1160 (187), 750k £1290 (172), 590k £940 (159); Ballintoy farmer, 590k Friesian £1230 (209), 560k £1150 (205), 440k £890 (202), 800k £1500 (188); Garvagh farmer, 1000k Aberdeen Angus £2070 (207); Randalstown farmer, 620k Stabiliser £1270 (205); Ballymoney farmer, 720k Holstein £1430 (199); Ballymoney farmer, 600k Aberdeen Angus £1170 (195); Portglenone farmer, 640k Charolais £1230 (192), 550k Limousin £880 (160); Pomeroy farmer, 520k Simmental £970 (187), 760k Belgian Blue £1330 (175), 690k Charolais £1200 (174), 560k Saler £950 (170), 520k Charolais £790 (152); Kilrea farmer, 680k Simmental £1270 (187), 600k Limousin £920 (153); Portglenone farmer, 670k Simmental £1250 (187); Bellarena farmer, 780k Limousin £1440 (185), 750k £1340 (179), 680k Belgian Blue £1170 (172); Dunloy farmer, 580k Charolais £1030 (178); Coleraine farmer, 470k Holstein £830 (177), 470k £780 (166); Randalstown farmer, 610k Simmental £1080 (177); Cloughmills farmer, 610k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (177); Randalstown farmer, 520k Charolais £900 (173); Garvagh farmer, 720k Limousin £1240 (172); Ballymena farmer, 660k Saler £1110 (168), 660k Simmental £1070 (162); Knockloughrim farmer, 800k Friesian £1340 (168); Upperlands farmer, 380k Aberdeen Angus £630 (166); Templepatrick farmer, 570k Limousin £940 (165); Macosquin farmer, 700k Aberdeen Angus £1140 (163); Magherafelt farmer, 750k Limousin £1210 (161), 1020k Charolais £1550 (152); Ballycastle farmer, 660k Belgian Blue £1020 (155); Ballymoney farmer, 800k Limousin £1240 (155); Macosquin farmer, 510k Simmental £780 (153) and Cloughmills farmer, 670k Friesian £1020 (152).

Suckler

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Draperstown farmer, 220k Saler £620 (282), 320k Charolais £730 (228); Garvagh farmer, 540k Limousin £1500 (278), 550k £1500 (273), 550k £1450 (264), 570k Charolais £1500 (263), 650k Limousin £1700 (262); Ballyclare farmer, 420k Simmental £1130 (269), 350k £800 (229), 300k Limousin £670 (223); Cullybackey farmer, 430k Limousin £1150 (267), 450k £1170 (260), 540k £1310 (243), 450k £1090 (242); Randalstown farmer, 380k Simmental £990 (261); Limavady farmer, 510k Charolais £1310 (257), 560k £1420 (254), 510k £1250 (245), 570k £1350 (237); Kilrea farmer, 550k Limousin £1390 (253), 540k Charolais £1330 (246); Coleraine farmer, 670k Aberdeen Angus £1680 (251), 620k £1550 (250), 590k £1450 (246); Ballymena farmer, 470k Limousin £1160 (247); Bushmills farmer, 440k Charolais £1080 (246), 480k £1170 (244); Macosquin farmer, 390k Limousin £960 (246), 370k £870 (235), 470k £1040 (221); Limavady farmer, 570k Limousin £1390 (244), 570k £1370 (240); Bellarena farmer, 580k Aberdeen Angus £1410 (243), 640k £1540 (241), 670k £1430 (213); Randalstown farmer, 420k Simmental £1020 (243); Knockloughrim farmer, 250k Limousin £600 (240); Castlerock farmer, 540k Belgian Blue £1290 (239), 440k Limousin £970 (221); Portglenone farmer, 610k Simmental £1450 (238); Randalstown farmer, 460k Belgian Blue £1090 (237), 480k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (225), 430k £930 (216), 470k £990 (211); Ballycastle farmer, 390k Limousin £920 (236), 360k £800 (222); Coleraine farmer, 360k Limousin £850 (236), 340k £800 (235), 270k £630 (233), 370k £860 (232), 390k £900 (231), 370k £850 (230), 300k £690 (230), 350k £800 (229); Portglenone farmer, 590k Charolais £1380 (234), 590k Limousin £1350 (229), 550k Charolais £1200 (218), 570k £1200 (211); Bushmills farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1160 (232), 520k £1130 (217); Castlerock farmer, 400k Simmental £910 (228), 350k £780 (223), 350k £760 (217); Macosquin farmer, 530k Limousin £1200 (226); Tobermore farmer, 580k Holstein £1280 (221); Antrim farmer, 460k Aberdeen Angus £1000 (217) and Garvagh farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £1120 (215), 440k £940 (214), 480k £1020 (213), 450k £950 (211).

Steers

Draperstown farmer, 260k Charolais £810 (312), 270k Saler £800 (296), 290k Charolais £760 (262); Bellarena farmer, 350k Aberdeen Angus £1070 (306), 450k £1340 (298), 410k £1220 (298), 450k £1330 (296), 450k £1330 (296), 340k £1000 (294), 310k £800 (258), 380k £940 (247); Macosquin farmer, 570k Limousin £1620 (284), 560k £1500 (268), 570k Charolais £1500 (263), 660k Limousin £1700 (258); Rasharkin farmer, 580k Limousin £1610 (278), 540k £1450 (269), 580k £1540 (266), 600k £1510 (252), 630k £1570 (249); Knockloughrim farmer, 290k Limousin £760 (262); Coleraine farmer, 330k Limousin £850 (258); Upperlands farmer, 540k Limousin £1390 (257), 500k £1250 (250); Knockloughrim farmer, 610k Belgian Blue £1560 (256), 530k Hereford £1120 (211); Claudy farmer, 500k Belgian Blue £1270 (254), 470k £1090 (232), 470k Limousin £1090 (232); Cloughmills farmer, 630k Limousin £1580 (251); Upperlands farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1180 (251), 460k £1050 (228), 470k £1070 (228), 410k £880 (215); Knockloughrim farmer, 240k Limousin £600 (250), 270k £640 (237); Portglenone farmer, 530k Belgian Blue £1280 (242), 630k £1330 (211); Coleraine farmer, 710k Aberdeen Angus £1700 (239), 620k Hereford £1470 (237); Cloughmills farmer, 640k Montbeliarde £1430 (223), 640k £1400 (219); Cullybackey farmer, 350k Aberdeen Angus £810 (231); Bushmills farmer, 530k Aberdeen Angus £1220 (230); Bendooragh farmer, 780k Hereford £1760 (226); Bellaghy farmer, 410k Stabiliser £900 (220), 420k £900 (214), 450k £960 (213), 400k £840 (210) and Toomebridge farmer, 570k Aberdeen Angus £1220 (214), 490k Limousin £1040 (212).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.