Good entry of dairy cattle at Kilrea Mart, top price of £2040 paid for a calved heifer

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Portglenone farmer, Limousin £635; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £570, Belgian Blue £460; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £565; Draperstown farmer, Simmental £550, Limousin £315, £240; Rasharkin farmer, Stabiliser £500; Dungannon farmer, Simmental £470; Rasharkin farmer, Belgian Blue £455; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £400; Ballymena farmer, Belgian Blue £395, Aberdeen Angus £355, Stabiliser £245; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £395, £340, Fleckvieh £330; Glarryford farmer, Aberdeen Angus £390, £350; Magherafelt farmer, Simmental £370; Bangor farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345, Belgian Blue £340, Aberdeen Angus £200; Dundonald farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345; Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345, £300; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £335; Tobermore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330; Upperlands farmer, Hereford £290, Aberdeen Angus £280; Drumahoe farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270; Glarryford farmer, Fleckvieh £270; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £265; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £260; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £260; Bushmills farmer, Friesian £240, Shorthorn beef £215; Glarryford farmer, Fleckvieh £255; Bellaghy farmer, Charolais £235 and Articlave farmer, Aberdeen Angus £220.

Heifer calves

Toomebridge farmer, Aberdeen Angus £520; Dundonald farmer, Belgian Blue £470, Aberdeen Angus £325; Rasharkin farmer, Stabiliser £435, £310; Portglenone farmer, Charolais £430, Limousin £250, Charolais £230; Bellaghy farmer, Charolais £420; Dungannon farmer, Aberdeen Angus £390; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £320, £225; Eglinton farmer, Aberdeen Angus £315, £240; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £305, £235; Bushmills farmer, Shorthorn beef £300; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270; Magherafelt farmer, Simmental £260; Glarryford farmer, Aberdeen Angus £235; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £220; Ballymena farmer, Belgian Blue £210; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £210 and Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £240.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (110)

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 £975 and 328 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A good entry of 930 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 4th September met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs selling to £5.78 per kg and to top of £130.

Fat ewes selling to £150.

Lambs

Limavady farmer, 22.5k £130 (578), 21.5k £118 (549), 21.5k £110 (512); Maghera farmer, 18k £88 (489); Dungiven farmer, 21.5k £105 (488); Coleraine farmer, 22.5k £109.50 (487); Draperstown farmer, 18k £86.50 (481), 21.5k £102 (474); Garvagh farmer, 21.5k £103 (479); Kilrea farmer, 22k £105 (477); Antrim farmer, 20k £95 (475); Maghera farmer, 22k £104 (473); Rasharkin farmer, 22k £104 (473); Garvagh farmer, 19.5k £92 (472); Aghadowey farmer, 22k £103.50 (471); Garvagh farmer, 19k £89.50 (471); Ballymoney farmer, 20k £94 (470); Limavady farmer, 23k £108 (470); Aghadowey farmer, 22k £103 (468); Cushendall farmer, 23.5k £110 (468); Feeny farmer, 23.5k £110 (468); Ballymoney farmer, 22.5k £105 (467) and Dunloy farmer, 22.5k £105 (467).

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

Good entry of ewes to £150.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of 39 dairy on Tuesday 5th September to a top price of £2040 for a calved heifer.

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

Coleraine farmer, batch of calved heifers to £2040, £1960, £1900, £1880, £1860, £1700; Castlerock farmer, batch of pedigree calved heifers to £1980, £1900, £1600, £1500; Ballyclare farmer, second calver to £1550; Limavady farmer, second calvers to £1580, £1500 and Aghadowey farmer, maiden heifers to £880, £870.

More stock required weekly.

A super entry of 330 fat cow, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 6th September at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers selling to £1470, heifers to £1760, fat cows and bulls to £2400.

Fat cows: 90 on offer, flying trade.

Magherafelt farmer, 550k Limousin £1500 (273); Rasharkin farmer, 580k Limousin £1440 (248), 560k £1380 (246), 560k £1300 (232); Limavady farmer, 470k Limousin £1130 (240), 430k £1000 (233), 370k £850 (230); Toomebridge farmer, 500k Limousin £1180 (236), 670k £1500 (224); Ballymoney farmer, 560k Simmental £1300 (232), 500k Sal £1000 (200); Macosquin farmer, 480k Charolais £1020 (213); Ballyclare farmer, 460k Aberdeen Angus £920 (200); Randalstown farmer, 310k BGA £620 (200); Rasharkin farmer, 700k Simmental £1350 (193) and Castlerock farmer, 730k Simmental £1400 (192).

Suckler

Portglenone farmer, Limousin bull to £2400 and Portglenone farmer, Limousin second calver with Limousin bull calf at foot to £1660.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Culnady farmer, 480k Limousin £1510 (315), 500k Aberdeen Angus £1200 (240), 450k £1070 (238), 490k £1150 (235), 455k Hereford £1070 (235), 460k Aberdeen Angus £1070 (233), 450k £1050 (233), 470k £1100 (234), 460k £1050 (228); Toomebridge farmer, 470k Charolais £1430 (304), 570k Limousin £1670 (293), 610k Charolais £1760 (289), 590k £1700 (288), 520k £1400 (269); Cullybackey farmer, 480k Limousin £1440 (300), 580k £1520 (262), 510k £1250 (245), 670k Aberdeen Angus £1470 (219); Kilrea farmer, 480k Charolais £1440 (300), 480k Limousin £1300 (271), 470k £1260 (268), 520k £1330 (256), 510k Charolais £1300 (255), 430k Limousin £1090 (254), 480k £1160 (242), 460k Charolais £1110 (241), 460k Shorthorn beef £1100 (239), 490k Aberdeen Angus £1100 (225); Dunloy farmer, 300k Charolais £890 (297), 380k Charolais £1090 (287), 360k £1030 (286), 380k £1060 (279), 390k £1070 (274), 310k £840 (271), 280k £750 (268), 340k £900 (265), 380k £990 (261), 380k £950 (250), 400k £990 (248), 360k £890 (247), 310k £750 (242); Glarryford farmer, 540k Limousin £1560 (289), 460k £1270 (276); Castlerock farmer 390k Charolais £1110 (285), 370k £1050 (283), 400k £1110 (278), 410k £1020 (249), 390k £900 (231); Kilrea farmer, 510k Charolais £1320 (259), 530k £1360 (257); Claudy farmer, 600k Charolais £1540 (257), 520k Limousin £1240 (239), 490k Aberdeen Angus £1140 (233); Coleraine farmer, 270k Limousin £690 (256), 300k £740 (247), 320k £760 (238), 290k £680 (235); Portglenone farmer, 480k Charolais £1220 (254), 550k Belgian Blue £1280 (233); Claudy farmer, 510k Belgian Blue £1290 (253), 520k £1310 (252), 490k £1230 (251), 540k £1350 (250), 530k £1310 (247), 530k £1300 (245), 540k £1300 (241), 520k £1240 (239), 530k £1260 (238); Magherafelt farmer, 490k Aberdeen Angus £1170 (239), 480k £1100 (229), 450k £1020 (227); Armoy farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1350 (246), 520k £1200 (231), 550k £1240 (226); Limavady farmer, 460k Aberdeen Angus £1120 (244), 460k £1090 (237), 450k £1050 (233), 510k £1150 (226), 410k £900 (220); Castlerock farmer, 400k Belgian Blue £970 (243), 435k Aberdeen Angus £1020 (235), 440k £1020 (232), 430k £990 (230), 430k £980 (228), 500k £1130 (226), 420k Belgian Blue £940 (224), 480k Aberdeen Angus £1060 (221), 460k £990 (215), 410k Hereford £870 (212); Limavady farmer, 400k Limousin £960 (240), 370k Aberdeen Angus £875 (237), 310k £730 (236), 400k £930 (233), 360k £830 (231), 330k £760 (230), 420k £960 (229), 350k £790 (226), 360k £800 (222); Bellaghy farmer, 460k Aberdeen Angus £1100 (239), 460k £1090 (237); Dungiven farmer, 330k Belgian Blue £780 (236), 390k £890 (228), 440k Aberdeen Angus £940 (214), 380k Belgian Blue £800 (211); Glarryford farmer, 460k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (235), 370k £800 (216), 380k £810 (213); Claudy farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1100 (234); Maghera farmer, 330k Limousin £770 (233); Castlerock farmer, 450k Simmental £1040 (231), 370k Aberdeen Angus £810 (219), 410k Simmental £890 (217); Articlave farmer, 560k Stabiliser £1290 (230), 690k Aberdeen Angus £1560 (226), 610k £1370 (225); Ahoghill farmer, 720k Simmental £1640 (228); Cookstown farmer, 510k Aberdeen Angus £1160 (228), 470k Hereford £1040 (221), 420k £910 (217); Knockloughrim farmer, 320k Belgian Blue £720 (225), 340k £730 (215) and Moneymore farmer, 400k Aberdeen Angus £870 (218).

Steers

Castlerock farmer, 380k Aberdeen Angus £1060 (279), 430k Limousin £1180 (274), 380k Simmental £990 (261), 510k £1340 (263), 360k £940 (261), 410k Aberdeen Angus £1060 (259), 490k £1260 (257), 380k Belgian Blue £970 (255), 420k Aberdeen Angus £1050 (250), 430k Simmental £1010 (235); Portglenone farmer, 500k Limousin £1340 (268), 510k £1360 (267), 530k £1350 (255), 500k £1250 (250); Randalstown farmer, 380k Charolais £1020 (268), 420k £1100 (262), 430k Hereford £1070 (249); Articlave farmer, 570k Aberdeen Angus £1420 (249), 570k £1390 (244); Ballycastle farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1230 (246), 440k Belgian Blue £1010 (230), 480k Limousin £1090 (227); Toomebridge farmer, 600k Aberdeen Angus £1470 (245), 620k £1440 (232), 610k Hereford £1350 (221); Limavady farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1210 (242), 550k £1280 (233), 570k £1320 (232), 540k £1240 (230); Ahoghill farmer, 490k Hereford £1170 (239), 490k Friesian £1090 (222); Claudy farmer, 380k Limousin £900 (237), 480k Aubrac £1060 (221); Magherafelt farmer, 490k Aberdeen Angus £1120 (229); Cookstown farmer, 400k Hereford £910 (228); Claudy farmer, 530k Hereford £1200 (226), 440k Belgian Blue £985 (224); Kilrea farmer, 390k Belgian Blue £880 (226) and Knockloughrim farmer, 360k Limousin £800 (222).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.