Good entry of dairy at Kilrea Mart with a top price of £2320

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Coleraine farmer, Stabiliser £810, £675, £505, £355, £200; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £685, £675, £620, £600, £445, £400, £370, £360, £340, £320 Friesian £290, Belgian Blue £240; Castlerock farmer, Limousin £590; Desertmartin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £585, £430, Holstein £405; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £580, Friesian £410, Aberdeen Angus £320, Holstein £250; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £570; Coleraine farmer, Hereford £530, £400, Aberdeen Angus £400, Jersey £245; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £525, Hereford £485, £445; Ballymena farmer, Belgian Blue £500, £360, £250; Strabane farmer, Hereford £485, Limousin £455, Belgian Blue £425; Portglenone farmer, Friesian £445, £430, Montbeliarde £375, £345; Magherafelt farmer, Norwegian Red £425, £395, £345, Friesian £345; Limavady farmer, Limousin £400, £285, £210, £200; Upperlands farmer, Friesian £385; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £380, £335, £315; Ballymena farmer, Belgian Blue £375; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £370, Simmental £210; Ringsend farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360, Hereford £275; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £355, £335, £300; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350, Hereford £220; Maghera farmer, Holstein £340, £250; Portglenone farmer, Friesian £335; Castlederg farmer, Friesian £330; Moneymore farmer, Friesian £330; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £330, £275; Moneymore farmer, Belgian Blue £330, £280, Aberdeen Angus £275, Belgian Blue £200; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £325, Hereford £305, Belgian Blue £290, Aberdeen Angus £280, £200; Toomebridge farmer, Friesian £325; Desertmartin farmer, Fleckvieh £315, £250; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £290, £200; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290, Belgian Blue £245, Aberdeen Angus £210; Glarryford farmer, Fleckvieh £265; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £250; Macosquin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240, £230; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230; Londonderry farmer, Hereford £225; Portglenone farmer, Friesian £225; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £220; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £210; Donemana farmer, Limousin £200 and Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £200.

Heifer calves

Castlerock farmer, Holstein £640, £580, £510, £480; £400; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £560; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £525, £485, £460, £315, £290, £280, £230, £215; Coleraine farmer, Stabiliser £490; Castlederg farmer, Holstein £460, £440, £380, £330; Coleraine farmer, Hereford £445, Aberdeen Angus £330; Ballymena farmer, Belgian Blue £430, £405, £290, £280, £260; Lisburn farmer, Belgian Blue £420, Aberdeen Angus £400; Portglenone farmer, Simmental £420; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £410; Armoy farmer, Hereford £395, £385 and Ballymena farmer, Belgian Blue £385, Aberdeen Angus £315; Limavady farmer, Charolais £365, Belgian Blue £215; Strabane farmer, Hereford £340; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £335, £320, £255; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £325; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £315; Limavady farmer, Limousin £290; Moneymore farmer, Belgian Blue £260, £220; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £250; Ballymena farmer, Limousin £230, £220 and Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £215.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £445. 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 £1085 and 336 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 1000 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 3rd April met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £6.36 per kg and to top of £148.

Fat ewes to £202.

Breeding ewes to £220.

Spring lambs

Kilrea farmer, 22k £140 (636), 21k £128 (610); Balymoney farmer, 23k £145.50 (633); Kilrea farmer, 22.5k £140 (622); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £130 (619) and Ballyclare farmer, 24.5k £148 (604).

Hoggets

Macosquin farmer, 22k £125 (568); Ballymoney farmer, 27k £146 (541); Glarryford farmer, 23k £122.50 (533); Bellaghy farmer, 24.5k £130 (531); Bellaghy farmer, 23k £122 (530); Antrim farmer, 20.5k £108 (527), 27.5k £134 (487); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £116 (527); Limavady farmer, 24k £126 (525), 25k £127 (508); Kilrea farmer, 24.5k £127.50 (520); Garvagh farmer, 24k £124 (517); Ballymena farmer, 22.5k £116 (516); Dungiven farmer, 22.5k £116 (516), 26k £132 (508); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £112.50 (511); Magherafelt farmer, 26k £132.50 (510); 26.5k £129 (487) 27k £128 (474);Ballymoney farmer, 25k £127 (508), 26k £129 (496); Draperstown farmer, 25k £127 (508); Glarryford farmer, 25.5k £127.50 (500) and Magherafelt farmer, 26k £130 (500).

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

Good entry of ewes to £202.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of dairy on Tuesday 4th April to a top price of £2320 for a second calver.

Aghadowey farmer, second calvers to £2320, £2000 and Coleraine farmer, springing heifer to £1860.

More stock required weekly.

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

A super entry of 380 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 5th April at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £1870, heifers to £1850. Fat cows and bulls to £2280.

Fat cows: 110 on offer, flying trade.

Claudy farmer, 450k Charolais £1420 (316), 450k Limousin £1390 (309), 470k £1420 (302), 460k Charolais £1390 (302), 450k £1350 (300), 450k Limousin £1340 (298), 440k Charolais £1310 (298), 490k £1430 (292), 520k Limousin £1520 (292), 520k Simmental £1490 (287), 410k Charolais £1150 (281); Claudy farmer, 600k Limousin £1680 (280); Cookstown farmer, 550k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1500 (273), 540k £1470 (272), 460k £1200 (261); Ballymoney farmer, 540k Limousin £1400 (259), 470k £1140 (243); Ballymoney farmer, 580k Fleckvieh £1480 (255), 540k £1350 (250), 640k £1560 (244), 610k Shorthorn beef £1440 (236); Portglenone farmer, 510k Fleckvieh £1280 (251), 560k £1380 (246), 270k £600 (222), 620k £1200 (194); Maghera farmer, 580k Aberdeen Angus £1420 (245), 600k £1360 (227), 670k Limousin £1420 (212); Magherafelt farmer, 730k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1780 (244), 620k Charolais £1240 (200); Dervock farmer, 640k Stabiliser £1550 (242), 550k £1160 (211); Local farmer, 460k Limousin £1100 (239); Claudy farmer, 700k Fleckvieh £1650 (236); Ringsend farmer, 550k Hereford £1300 (236); Bellaghy farmer, 700k Limousin £1640 (234), 790k £1800 (228), 590k £1290 (219); Kilrea farmer, 490k Charolais £1140 (233); Draperstown farmer, 690k Simmental £1600 (232), 350k Limousin £780 (223); Ballymena farmer, 590k Simmental £1360 (231), 600k £1380 (230), 600k £1340 (223), 720k Hereford £1350 (188); Dungiven farmer, 560k Limousin £1280 (229), 600k Shorthorn £1280 (213); Magherafelt farmer, 690k Limousin £1520 (220), 680k Friesian £1460 (215); Dunloy farmer, 640k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1400 (219); Claudy farmer, 680k Charolais £1480 (218); Portglenone farmer, 620k Limousin £1350 (218), 620k £1250 (202), 520k £950 (183); Macosquin farmer, 730k Fleckvieh £1560 (214), 780k Friesian £1430 (183); Ballymena farmer, 810k Charolais £1700 (210); Kilrea farmer, 470k Friesian £960 (204); Aghadowey farmer, 590k Friesian £1160 (197); Coagh farmer, 490k Friesian £960 (196), 450k £850 (189); Cloughmills farmer, 720k Fleckvieh £1380 (192), 750k £1420 (189); Rasharkin farmer, 830k Friesian £1590 (192), 750k £1410 (188), 790k £1420 (180); Maghera farmer, 730k Holstein £1360 (186) and Dunloy farmer, 820k Friesian £1510 (184), 780k £1430 (183).

Suckler

Claudy farmer, Limousin cow with Limousin bull calf at foot to £2360; Garvagh farmer, Parthenais cow with Parthenais heifer calf at foot to £2160, Parthenais cows with Parthenais bull calves at foot to £2100, £1980, Parthenais cow with Parthenais heifer calf at foot to £1900, Claudy farmer, Simmental cow with Charolais heifer calf at foot to £1970, Limousin cow with Charolais heifer calf at foot to £1780 and Claudy farmer, Aberdeen Angus bull to £2280.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Ballyintoy farmer, 400k Charolais £1310 (328), 400k £1280 (320), 390k £1210 (310), 410k £1260 (307), 420k £1250 (298), 420k £1140 (271); Dungiven farmer, 480k Charolais £1560 (325), 480k £1490 (310), 570k £1600 (281), 570k £1590 (279), 550k £1300 (236); Ballycastle farmer, 420k Limousin £1290 (307), 420k £1160 (276), 420k £1140 (271), 350k Simmental £940 (269), 380k Limousin £1000 (263), 410k £1070 (261), 430k £1120 (261), 350k Aberdeen Angus £900 (257), 410k Limousin £1000 (244), 350k £830 (237), 450k Charolais £1050 (233); Cookstown farmer, 420k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1240 (295), 420k £1180 (281), 410k £1070 (261), 400k £1030 (258), 380k Limousin £900 (237); Garvagh farmer, 600k Charolais £1760 (293), 640k £1790 (280), 640k £1770 (277), 670k £1850 (276), 600k £1600 (267), 560k £1390 (248), 660k £1620 (246); Dervock farmer, 480k Stabiliser £1380 (288), 500k £1190 (238); Maghera farmer, 470k Belgian Blue £1350 (287), 620k Aberdeen Angus £1570 (253); Ballymoney farmer, 530k Limousin £1500 (283), 440k Parthenais £1120 (255), 500k Limousin £1270 (254), 510k Parthenais £1290 (253), 570k Charolais £1390 (244); Cullybackey farmer, 450k Limousin £1250 (278), 660k £1800 (273), 390k £980 (251); Knockloughrim farmer, 510k Simmental £1410 (277), 510k Charolais £1330 (261), 590k Limousin £1530 (259), 530k £1350 (255), 570k £1420 (249), 510k £1240 (243); Portglenone farmer, 300k Limousin £820 (273), 330k £900 (273), 370k £880 (238); Upperlands farmer, 510k Aberdeen Angus £1390 (273), 320k £790 (247); Bellaghy farmer, 390k Simmental £1060 (272), 330k Sal £890 (270), 320k £860 (269), 390k Belgian Blue £960 (246), 380k Simmental £910 (240), 470k Belgian Blue £1130 (240); Portglenone farmer, 280k Belgian Blue £760 (271), 270k £690 (256), 330k £830 (252); Ballymoney farmer, 510k Limousin £1360 (267); Rasharkin farmer, 520k Hereford £1360 (262); Ballymena farmer, 460k Aberdeen Angus £1200 (261); Maghera farmer, 570k Limousin £1480 (260); Portglenone farmer, 470k Charolais £1200 (255), 360k Belgian Blue £840 (233); Upperlands farmer, 440k Limousin £1100 (250); Cookstown farmer, 450k Limousin £1110 (247), 390k £920 (236), 340k £790 (232); Macosquin farmer, 480k Aberdeen Angus £1180 (246), 370k Hereford £900 (243), 550k Aberdeen Angus £1310 (238), 430k Hereford £1010 (235); Ringsend farmer, 610k Limousin £1490 (244); Randalstown farmer, 570k Stabiliser £1380 (242); Randalstown farmer, 530k Hereford £1260 (238), 550k Limousin £1270 (231); Limavady farmer, 390k Simmental £920 (236), 460k Charolais £1070 (233), 390k Simmental £900 (231), 420k £970 (231); Maghera farmer, 500k Simmental £1180 (236), 520k £1220 (235), 520k Shorthorn beef £1210 (233); Dungiven farmer, 580k Fleckvieh £1360 (235), 530k £1240 (234); Magherafelt farmer, 330k Limousin £770 (233), 460k £1060 (230) and Upperlands farmer, 450k Limousin £1040 (231).

Steers

Portglenone farmer, 280k Limousin £900 (321), 300k £930 (310); Ballymena farmer, 400k Charolais £1270 (318), 420k £1220 (291); Rasharkin farmer, 290k Simmental £920 (317), 350k £1110 (317); Garvagh farmer, 360k Limousin £1120 (311), 330k £1000 (303); Dungiven farmer, 310k Limousin £960 (310), 370k Simmental £990 (268), 410k £1010 (246); Randalstown farmer 410k Charolais £1260 (307), 410k £1230 (300), 410k Limousin £1150 (281), 400k Charolais £1120 (280), 390k £1060 (272), 340k Hereford £850 (250), 400k Limousin £950 (238); Limavady farmer, 460k Charolais £1390 (302), 510k £1510 (296), 600k £1760 (293), 580k £1690 (291), 590k £1710 (290), 590k £1680 (285), 680k Limousin £1870 (275); Ringsend farmer, 480k Limousin £1440 (300), 480k £1410 (294), 550k Charolais £1590 (289), 520k Limousin £1490 (287), 480k £1350 (281), 520k £1440 (277), 480k £1220 (254), 560k Aberdeen Angus £1330 (238); Kilrea farmer, 480k Limousin £1430 (298), 510k £1510 (296), 430k £1250 (291); Upperlands farmer, 400k Limousin £1160 (290), 390k £1120 (287), 500k £1420 (284), 340k £950 (279); Garvagh farmer, 450k Limousin £1300 (289), 510k Aberdeen Angus £1400 (275), 450k £1170 (260); Rasharkin farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1560 (284), 600k Belgian Blue £1650 (275), 570k Hereford £1450 (254); Magherafelt farmer, 470k Limousin £1330 (283), 520k £1320 (254), 450k £1140 (253); Coagh farmer, 380k Aberdeen Angus £1070 (282), 430k £1120 (261); Portglenone farmer, 370k Belgian Blue £1030 (278), 510k Limousin £1190 (233); Bellaghy farmer, 350k Sal £970 (277); Local farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £1420 (273), 530k £1430 (270), 480k £1290 (269), 570k Hereford £1520 (267), 500k Aberdeen Angus £1330 (266), 450k Belgian Blue £1160 (258), 490k £1200 (245), 490k Aberdeen Angus £1190 (243), 400k Belted Galloway £960 (240); Portglenone farmer, 290k Belgian Blue £790 (272), 340k £870 (256); Kilrea farmer, 540k Aberdeen Angus £1440 (267), 570k £1490 (261); Randalstown farmer, 680k Simmental £1810 (266), 570k Charolais £1500 (263), 700k Hereford £1800 (257), 580k £1450 (250), 610k Belgian Blue £1500 (246), 710k Fleckvieh £1730 (244); Rasharkin farmer, 560k Limousin £1480 (264), 590k Aberdeen Angus £1510 (256); Ballymoney farmer, 640k Shorthorn £1680 (263), 650k £1660 (255); Glarryford farmer, 670k Hereford £1760 (263), 650k £1690 (260); Magherafelt farmer, 690k Charolais £1790 (259), 660k Limousin £1680 (255), 680k Charolais £1700 (250), 680k Limousin £1680 (247); Limavady farmer, 380k Simmental £980 (258), 370k £900 (243), 460k £1090 (237); Cullybackey farmer, 390k Limousin £980 (251) and Upperlands farmer, 410k Shorthorn beef £1010 (246).

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

Auctioneer: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.