Good entry of dairy stock at Kilrea Mart, top price of £1960 paid for calved heifer

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Castlerock farmer, Belgian Blue £650, Aberdeen Angus £590, Charolais £580, Belgian Blue £355; Ballymena farmer, Belgian Blue £580, £550; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £555; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £535, £500, £455; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £485; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £470; Tobermore farmer, Belgian Blue £460, £310, £305, Belted Galloway £255; Ballycastle farmer, Aberdeen Angus £445, £425, Friesian £315; Moneymore farmer, Fleckvieh £445; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £435, £420, £415, £400, £390, £380, £365, £360, £355, £350; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £430, £370, £295; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £415, £400; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £405; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £405, £335; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £390; Stewartstown farmer, Hereford £390, £285; Maghera farmer, Friesian £360; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £355, £320, £305, £290, £235, £220; Desertmartin farmer, Limousin £350, £345, Fleckvieh £250; Limavady farmer, Hereford £350, £245; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £340; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330, £325; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £325, £275; Upperlands farmer, Danish Red £320; Kilrea farmer, Friesian £305, Aberdeen Angus £220; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300; Culnady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285; Randalstown farmer, Saler £280, Belted Galloway £235, Saler £200; Newtownards farmer, Holstein £260 and Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200.

Heifer calves

Castlerock farmer Belgian Blue £700; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £540, £325; Ballymena farmer, Belgian Blue £505; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £480, Belgian Blue £405; Moneymore farmer, Limousin £475; Randalstown farmer, Limousin £450; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £440; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £425, £395, £390, £385, £375, £360, £315; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £410; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £380, £280, £260, £220, £210; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £380, £270; Ballycastle farmer, Aberdeen Angus £370; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £365, £335; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360, £345, £245; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £335, £255; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £305; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £300, Hereford £240; Garvagh farmer, Belgian Blue £295; Ballycastle farmer, Aberdeen Angus £275; Limavady farmer, Hereford £275; Ballywalter farmer, Friesian £265; Stewartstown farmer, Hereford £250, £230; Randalstown farmer, Belted Galloway £230; Bendooragh farmer, Fleckvieh £215; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £205 and Culnady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £230.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suck calves (80)

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 £1180 and 414 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 1250 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 19th February met a stronger trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £6.65 per kg and to top of £175.

Fat ewes to £250.

Lambs

Bendooragh farmer, 20k £133 (665), 23k £152 (661), 23k £149.50 (650); Draperstown farmer, 26k £170 (654), 25.5k £155 (608), 22k £130.50 (593), 20k £116.50 (583); Limavady farmer, 27k £175 (648); Ballymoney farmer, 21.5k £139 (647), 23.5k £140 (596), 23.5k £138.50 (589), 25.5k £148.50 (582); Kilrea farmer, 23k £148.50 (646), 24.5k £142 (580); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £139.50 (634); Kilrea farmer, 23k £145.50 (633); Larne farmer, 20.5k £129.50 (632), 22.5k £139.50 (620); Maghera farmer, 23k £144.50 (628); Ballyclare farmer, 24.5k £153.50 (627); Draperstown farmer, 25.5k £159 (624), 25k £156 (624); Randalstown farmer, 19k £118 (621); Cullybackey farmer, 25k £155 (620); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £130 (619); Castledawson farmer, 25.5k £156.50 (614), 28k £168 (600); Randalstown farmer, 21k £129 (614); Kilrea farmer, 21k £128 (610), 29k £175 (603); Coleraine farmer, 25k £152 (608), 19k £112 (590); Garvagh farmer, 26k £158 (608); Coleraine farmer, 25.5k £154.50 (606); Portglenone farmer, 24k £145.50 (606), 23.5k £139.50 (594); Magherafelt farmer, 26.5k £160 (604), 23k £136.50 (594); Tobermore farmer, 25.5k £154 (604), 20.5k £122.50 (598); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £126.50 (602); Castlerock farmer, 23k £138.50 (602); Coleraine farmer, 22k £132.50 (602); Dunloy farmer, 23.5k £141.50 (602); Finvoy farmer, 23k £138.50 (602); Limavady farmer, 19.5k £117 (600), 22k £127.50 (580); Portglenone farmer, 22.5k £135 (600); Bushmills farmer, 25k £149.50 (598); Aghadowey farmer, 24.5k £146 (596); Macosquin farmer, 22.5k £134 (596); Coleraine farmer, 20k £118.50 (593); Stewartstown farmer, 21k £124.50 (593); Aghadowey farmer, 24k £142 (592), 24k £141 (588); Dunloy farmer, 22k £130 (591); Portglenone farmer, 26k £153.50 (590); Kilrea farmer, 21k £123.50 (588); Ringsend farmer, 21k £123 (586) and Garvagh farmer, 24k £139.50 (581);

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

Good entry of ewes to £250.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of 45 dairy on Tuesday 20th February to a top price of £1960 for a calved heifer.

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

Moneymore farmer, calved heifers to £1960, £1920; Eglinton farmer, batch of springing heifers to £1920, £1840, £1700, £1560; Coleraine farmer, Calved heifers to £1900, £1820; Portglenone farmer, calved heifer to £1880 and Desertmartin farmer, calved heifer to £1700.

More stock required weekly.

A super entry of 400 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 21st February at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £1850, heifers to £1820 and fat cows and bulls to £2060.

Fat cows: 110 on offer, sharp trade.

Randalstown farmer, 550k Limousin £1530 (278); Dunloy farmer, 520k Limousin £1390 (267), 460k Parthenais £1000 (217), 460k £950 (207); Bellaghy farmer, 510k Limousin £1280 (251); Macosquin farmer, 820k Charolais £2060 (251), 800k £1770 (221); Maghera farmer, 640k Limousin £1570 (245); Ballymoney farmer, 700k Limousin £1470 (210); Randalstown farmer, 580k Aberdeen Angus £1220 (210); Aghadowey farmer, 480k Simmental £980 (204); Portglenone farmer, 620k Friesian £1220 (197); Randalstown farmer, 680k Aberdeen Angus £1340 (197), 720k Stabiliser £1380 (192) and Kilrea farmer, 690k Limousin £1310 (190).

Suckler

Local farmer, batch of springing Limousin heifers to £1620.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Dunloy farmer, 450k Charolais £1460 (324), 490k £1480 (302), 490k £1350 (276), 440k £1200 (273); Garvagh farmer, 530k Limousin £1610 (304), 500k £1500 (300), 510k £1480 (290), 510k £1470 (288), 560k Charolais £1540 (275); Kilrea farmer, 600k Charolais £1820 (303), 590k £1600 (271); Ballintoy farmer, 420k Charolais £1270 (302), 390k £1150 (295), 420k £1220 (291); Bushmills farmer, 580k Charolais £1690 (291); Rasharkin farmer, 360k Limousin £1020 (283); Ballymoney farmer, 440k Aberdeen Angus £1240 (282); Kilrea farmer, 510k Limousin £1400 (275); Randalstown farmer, 390k Charolais £1070 (274); Armoy farmer, 400k Aberdeen Angus £1090 (273); Killaloo farmer, 480k Simmental £1310 (273) and Portglenone farmer, 430k Limousin £1160 (270).

Steers

Ballintoy farmer, 410k Charolais £1440 (351), 380k £1260 (332), 480k £1500 (313), 470k £1460 (311), 480k £1400 (292); Dunloy farmer, 470k Charolais £1480 (315), 460k £1420 (309), 530k £1570 (296), 490k £1410 (288), 520k £1470 (283), 560k Aberdeen Angus £1540 (275), 500k Charolais £1350 (270); Ballymena farmer, 570k Charolais £1780 (312), 550k £1610 (293), 620k £1800 (290), 550k £1570 (286), 670k £1850 (276), 590k £1630 (276), 660k £1810 (274); Desertmartin farmer, 490k Belgian Blue £1500 (306), 490k Aberdeen Angus £1340 (274); Portglenone farmer, 500k Limousin £1530 (306), 500k £1460 (292), 540k £1570 (291), 560k £1610 (288), 560k £1600 (286); Portglenone farmer, 540k Limousin £1600 (296), 530k £1550 (293); Ballymena farmer, 360k Aberdeen Angus £1060 (294); Bellaghy farmer, 470k Limousin £1380 (294); Dungiven farmer, 410k Limousin £1190 (290), 390k £1070 (274); Ballyclare farmer, 500k Limousin £1420 (284); Castledawson farmer, 540k Charolais £1500 (278); Antrim farmer, 500k Belgian Blue £1380 (276), 610k £1670 (274), 520k £1390 (267); Toomebridge farmer, 430k Hereford £1180 (274); Ahoghill farmer, 610k Belgian Blue £1660 (272) and Ballymena farmer, 590k Limousin £1580 (268).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.