Good entry of dairy stock at Kilrea Mart, top price of £1540 for a calved heifer

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A super entry of 290 calves and weanlings on Thursday 21st November at Kilrea which met with an outstanding trade for all types on offer.

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

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Bull calves

Knockloughrim farmer, Aberdeen Angus £990, £810; Toomebridge farmer, Aberdeen Angus £990, £860, £830; Draperstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £900, £720; Aghadowey farmer, Holstein £895, Belgian Blue £870, £865, Aberdeen Angus £840, Holstein £835, £615, £555; Coleraine farmer, Montbeliarde £890, £835; Coagh farmer, Charolais £890, £795, £685, £600; Portglenone farmer, Limousin £870, Charolais £870, £570; Ringsend farmer, Shorthorn beef £860, £825, £760; Ballymoney farmer, Friesian £830, £665, £565, £550; Craigavon farmer, Limousin £765; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £740, £625; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £705; Ballygowan farmer, Hereford £690, Aberdeen Angus £675; Desertmartin farmer, Fleckvieh £670; Dungannon farmer, Aberdeen Angus £665; Magherafelt farmer, Shorthorn beef £660; Portstewart farmer, Aberdeen Angus £660, Belgian Blue £580, Aberdeen Angus £515; Coleraine farmer, Galloway £600, Highland £595; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £540; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £530, £480; Moneymore farmer, Limousin £490, £440; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £455, £400, £395; Portglenone farmer, Simmental £440, £380; Glarryford farmer, Aberdeen Angus £430, £380; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £425; Stewartstown farmer, Belgian Blue £410, Aberdeen Angus £360, £305; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £400, Aberdeen Angus £390, Belgian Blue £350, Aberdeen Angus £330, Holstein £200; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £395, £270; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £380, £330, £270, Aberdeen Angus £200; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £350; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £325, Hereford £250, Aberdeen Angus £235; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £320, Holstein £265; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300, £275; Glarryford farmer, Limousin £290, Belgian Blue £250, Aberdeen Angus £220; Plumbridge farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285; Coleraine farmer, Fleckvieh £265, £230; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £260, £240, £200; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240 and Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200.

Heifer calves

Knpckloughrim farmer, Charolais £920, Simmental £850; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £870; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £870, Shorthorn £750; Coagh farmer, Charolais £840, £665, £615, Limousin £535; Stewartstown farmer, Shorthorn beef £840; Kilrea farmer, Hereford £795; Craigavon farmer, Charolais £750, £640, £520; Portglenone farmer, Charolais £740; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £710, £540, £505, Aberdeen Angus £425; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £645; Magherafelt farmer, Shorthorn beef £640; Toomebridge farmer, Aberdeen Angus £630; Ballygowan farmer, Hereford £600, £565; Draperstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £600; Portstewart farmer, Aberdeen Angus £550, £500; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £525; Dungannon farmer, Aberdeen Angus £520, £455; Limavady farmer, Charolais £490, Belgian Blue £450, Charolais £445, £425, Belgian Blue £410, £355, Aberdeen Angus £250; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £485, £380; Greyabbey farmer, Belgian Blue £485, Limousin £440, £430, Belgian Blue £415; Moneymore farmer, Limousin £470, £415; Glarryford farmer, Aberdeen Angus £405, £345; Portglenone farmer, Simmental £395; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £350; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £345, Aberdeen Angus £240; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £320, Aberdeen Angus £255, Belgian Blue £255, £225; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £310, Aberdeen Angus £305, Belgian Blue £225, £220; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £285; Articlave farmer, Shorthorn beef £280, Aberdeen Angus £280 and Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £260, £235, £205.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £265.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

A super entry of 1450 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 25th November at Kilrea Mart which met with a sharper trade throughout this week, with quality lambs in demand.

Lambs to £7.11 per kg and to top of £161.

Fat ewes to £212.

Lambs

Coleraine farmer, 18k £128 (711); Maghera farmer, 16k £111 (694); Coleraine farmer, 20k £138 (690), 15k £100 (667), 18.5k £123 (665), 22.5k £146.50 (651); Draperstown farmer, 17k £116.50 (685); Ballymena farmer, 19.5k £131.50 (674); Aghadowey farmer, 22.5k £151.50 (673); Limavady farmer, 18k £120 (667); Limavady farmer, 21k £139.50 (664); Limavady farmer, 23k £152.50 (663); Upperlands farmer, 23k £152 (661); Magherafelt farmer, 20k £132 (660), 16k £105 (656), 19k £120.50 (634), 22.5k £142.50 (633); Magherafelt farmer, 22k £145 (659); Ballymoney farmer, 20.5k £135 (659); Ballyclare farmer, 20.5k £134.50 (656); Maghera farmer, 19k £123.50 (650); Kilrea farmer, 16.5k £107 (648); Bendooragh farmer, 19.5k £126 (646); Draperstown farmer, 22k £142 (646), 22k £142 (645), 23k £147 (639), 22.5k £140.50 (624); Draperstown farmer, 23.5k £151.50 (645); Claudy farmer, 21.5k £138.50 (644); Limavady farmer, 24k £154.50 (644), 19k £121.50 (640), 22.5k £142.50 (633); Maghera farmer, 20.5k £132 (644), 24k £149 (621);Portglenone farmer, 20.5k £132 (644); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £135 (643); Swatragh farmer, 22k £141 (641); Kilrea farmer, 23.5k £150.50 (640); Aghadowey farmer, 22.5k £143.50 (638), 23k £146 (635), 22.5k £140.50 (624); Coleraine farmer, 24k £153 (638), 22k £139 (632), 24.5k £153 (625); Cookstown farmer, 24k £153 (638), 22.5k £143 (636); Ballymoney farmer, 21.5k £137 (637); Maghera farmer, 20k £127 (635); Maghera farmer, 24.5k £155.50 (635); Draperstown farmer, 23.5k £149 (634); Kilrea farmer, 22.5k £142.50 (633), 23.5k £144.50 (615); Limavady farmer, 24k £152 (633); Magherafelt farmer, 24k £152 (633); Claudy farmer, 22.5k £142.50 (633), 22k £135.50 (616); Draperstown farmer, 24k £152 (633); Upperlands farmer, 22k £139 (632); Coleraine farmer, 17.5k £110 (629); Rasharkin farmer, 24.5k £154 (629); Coleraine farmer, 20k £125.50 (628); Ballymoney farmer, 16.5k £116 (627); Draperstown farmer, 24.5k £153.50 (627); Dunloy farmer, 24k £150.50 (627); Limavady farmer, 19.5k £122 (626), 22.5k £139.50 (620); Limavady farmer, 23.5k £147 (626), 24k £149 (621); Dungiven farmer, 23.5k £146.50 (623); Bendooragh farmer, 23k £143 (622); Coleraine farmer, 23.5k £146 (621); Moneymore farmer, 24k £149 (621); Ballymoney farmer, 24.5k £152 (620), 22.5k £138 (613); Ballymoney farmer, 24k £148 (617); Draperstown farmer, 24.5k £151 (616) and Draperstown farmer, 25k £153 (612).

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

Good entry of ewes to £212.

More ewes needed.

Dairy report - A good entry of dairy on Tuesday 26th November to a top price of £1540 for a calved heifer.

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

Limavady farmer, calved heifer to £1540 and Ahoghill farmer, calved heifer to £1500.

More stock required weekly.

A good entry of 280 fat cow, suckler and store cattle on Wednesday 27th November at Kilrea Mart which met with an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £2160, heifers to £1950, fat cows and bulls to £1860.

Fat cows: 95 on offer, sharp trade.

Toomebridge farmer, 570k Limousin £1620 (284); Coleraine farmer, 600k Aberdeen Angus £1540 (257), 640k Limousin £1640 (256), 630k £1500 (238), 630k Aberdeen Angus £1480 (235), 590k £1350 (229); Castlerock farmer, 680k Belgian Blue £1690 (249), 600k Limousin £1320 (220); Londonderry farmer, 770k Hereford £1860 (242), 700k Charolais £1650 (236); Eglinton farmer, 470k Saler £1130 (240), 520k £1200 (231), 750k Aberdeen Angus £1590 (212); Maghera farmer, 570k Limousin £1360 (239), 740k £1660 (224), 590k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1280 (217), 680k Simmental £1450 (213), 570k £1160 (204); Coleraine farmer, 590k Limousin £1350 (229); Dervock farmer, 5560k Fleckvieh £1280 (229), 700k £1520 (217); Rasharkin farmer, 710k Aberdeen Angus £1620 (228); Greysteel farmer, 560k Simmental £1270 (227); Castlerock farmer, 690k Limousin £1550 (225); Garvagh farmer, 680k Limousin £1450 (213); Coleraine farmer, 660k Limousin £1390 (211), 750k Aberdeen Angus £1520 (203); Ballymoney farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1150 (209); Ballymoney farmer, 490k Holstein £1020 (208), 540k £1080 (200) and Limavady farmer, 620k Limousin £1260 (203).

Suckler

Larne farmer, Simmental second calver with Stabiliser bull calf at foot to £2060 and Simmental heifer with Stabiliser bull calf at foot to £1960.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Portglenone farmer, 300k Limousin £1140 (380), 310k £1060 (342), 270k £910 (337), 300k £1000 (333); Dunloy farmer, 440k Charolais £1540 (350), 480k £1650 (344), 340k £1140 (335), 410k £1370 (334), 530k £1670 (315), 410k £1210 (295); Carrickfergus farmer, 390k Saler £1320 (339), 400k Charolais £1310 (328), 480k £1530 (319), 410k £1270 (310), 370k £1110 (300), 390k £1170 (300), 400k £1100 (275), 430k Saler £1180 (274); Bushmills farmer, 490k Limousin £1640 (335), 480k £1580 (329), 520k £1620 (312), 450k £1390 (309), 490k £1450 (296), 490k £1440 (294), 510k £1410 (277), 530k £1460 (276), 510k £1400 (275), 550k £1500 (273), 570k £1540 (270), 490k Charolais £1290 (263), 490k Limousin £1260 (257); Portglenone farmer, 430k Charolais £1400 (326), 490k £1590 (325); Aghadowey farmer, 460k Limousin £1440 (313), 460k £1420 (309), 400k £1150 (288), 420k £1130 (269); Macosquin farmer, 470k Limousin £1450 (309); Rasharkin farmer, 480k Belgian Blue £1480 (308); Greysteel farmer, 520k Belgian Blue £1580 (304), 560k £1630 (291), 550k £1520 (276), 580k £1590 (274), 550k £1480 (269), 650k £1660 (255); 650k £1620 (249); Maghera farmer, 370k Charolais £1100 (297), 320k £850 (266), 340k Aberdeen Angus £860 (253); Garvagh farmer, 390k Simmental £1150 (295), 330k £960 (291), 440k £1190 (271), 350k Limousin £930 (266), 370k £970 (262), 340k Shorthorn beef £800 (235); Ballymoney farmer, 510k Charolais £1480 (290), 420k Limousin £1140 (271), 610k £1600 (262), 460k Simmental £1140 (248), 470k £1120 (238); Ballymoney farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1330 (283), 460k £1240 (270), 470k £1260 (268), 450k £1200 (267); Ballymena farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1400 (280), 490k £1250 (255), 380k Hereford £910 (240), 460k £1060 (230); Ballymoney farmer, 490k Aberdeen Angus £1330 (271), 460k £1000 (217); Antrim farmer, 550k Charolais £1480 (269); Coleraine farmer, 740k Limousin £1950 (264); Maghera farmer, 370k Aberdeen Angus £900 (243), 370k £850 (230), 380k Belgian Blue £860 (226); Glarryford farmer, 360k Aberdeen Angus £920 (256), 430k £1060 (247), 540k Charolais £1260 (233); Upperlands farmer, 450k Belgian Blue £1140 (253); Magherafelt farmer, 600k Hereford £1500 (250); Maghera farmer, 340k Aberdeen Angus £780 (229), 370k £840 (227), 360k £800 (222), 400k Holstein £830 (208); Culnady farmer, 360k Simmental £820 (228) and Toomebridge farmer, 420k Aberdeen Angus £930 (221).

Steers

Portglenone farmer, 350k Limousin £1290 (369), 310k £1140 (368), 370k £1350 (365), 380k £1380 (363), 490k £1630 (333), 420k £1350 (321), 470k £1500 (319), 420k £1330 (317), 460k £1460 (317), 320k Charolais £1010 (316); Carrickfergus farmer, 380k Charolais £1300 (342), 440k £1480 (336), 470k £1570 (334), 370k £1230 (332), 460k £1490 (324), 470k £1480 (315), 400k £1230 (308), 420k £1240 (295); Dunloy farmer, 490k Charolais £1640 (335), 470k £1500 (319), 490k £1550 (316), 530k £1670 (315), 520k £1600 (308), 400k £1170 (293); Toomebridge farmer, 430k Limousin £1420 (330), 370k Belgian Blue £940 (254); Aghadowey farmer, 430k Limousin £1320 (307); Rasharkin farmer, 480k Aberdeen Angus £1470 (306), 530k £1480 (279); Crumlin farmer, 470k Simmental £1420 (302), 350k Limousin £1040 (297), 420k Hereford £1040 (248); Portglenone farmer, 490k Aberdeen Angus £1460 (298); Bushmills farmer, 500k Limousin £1450 (290); Moneymore farmer, 370k Aberdeen Angus £1060 (287), 360k £1000 (278), 400k £1100 (275), 430k £1150 (267), 380k £1000 (263), 420k £1050 (250), 370k £920 (249); Ballymena farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1340 (285), 470k £1330 (283), 470k £1320 (281), 460k £1280 (278), 430k £1140 (265), 570k Hereford £1450 (254), 420k Aberdeen Angus £970 (231), 370k Hereford £820 (222); Bellaghy farmer, 420k Limousin £1190 (283), 470k £1310 (279), 380k £970 (255), 440k £1090 (248), 340k £840 (247); Ballymoney farmer, 600k Belgian Blue £1680 (280), 530k £1400 (264), 570k £1490 (261), 630k £1600 (254); Coleraine farmer, 770k Aberdeen Angus £2090 (271), 740k £2000 (270), 800k £2160 (270); Magherafelt farmer, 630k Belgian Blue £1700 (270), 600k Aberdeen Angus £1600 (267), 660k £1760 (267), 610k £1600 (262), 600k £1480 (247); Toomebridge farmer, 480k Belgian Blue £1230 (256), 410k £980 (239); Toomebridge farmer, 480k Belgian Blue £1220 (254), 500k £1260 (252), 470k Aberdeen Angus £1180 (251) and Strabane farmer, 510k Aberdeen Angus £1290 (253), 450k £1080 (240), 440k £1040 (236).

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

Auctioneers: HA McIlrath and Sons Ltd.

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