Good entry of dairy stock at Kilrea Mart, top price of £2160 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, Aberdeen Angus £460; Ballymoney farmer, Limousin £450, Saler £430; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £420, £395; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £365; Doagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360, £290, Friesian £280; Macosquin farmer, Limousin £315, Aberdeen Angus £250, Limousin £200; Articlave farmer, BGA £300, £280, £240; Dungannon farmer, Fleckvieh £230, £200 and Claudy farmer, Friesian £200.

Heifer calves

Glarryford farmer, Fleckvieh £500, Aberdeen Angus £455, £375; Ballymoney farmer, Charolais £370; Dungannon farmer, Fleckvieh £365, £300, £255, £250; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £320; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £295; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £260; Claudy farmer, Hereford £255; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £245, Belgian Blue £245, Limousin £200 and Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £220.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £280.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler 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 £930 and 309 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A good entry of 1180 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 11th September met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs selling to £5.03 per kg and to top of £146.

Fat ewes selling to £187.

Lambs

Maghera farmer, 17.5k £88 (503); Tobermore farmer, 17k £84 (494); Armoy farmer, 19k £93.50 (492); Ballymena farmer, 17k £83 (488), 20k £95.50 (478); Drumsurn farmer, 30k £146 (487), 22k £103 (468); Garvagh farmer, 20k £97 (485); Knockloughrim farmer, 22k £105 (477); Bendooragh farmer, 21k £100 (476); Finvoy farmer, 20.5k £97 (473); Feeny farmer, 23k £108.50 (472); Coleraine farmer, 21k £99 (471); Garvagh farmer, 21k £99 (471); Swatragh farmer, 21k £99 (471); Ballymoney farmer, 21.5k £101 (470); Kilrea farmer, 21.5k £101 (470); Aghadowey farmer, 23.5k £110 (468); Kilrea farmer, 23.5k £110 (468); Omagh farmer, 20k £93.50 (468); Ballymena farmer, 22.5k £105 (467); Coleraine farmer, 21k £98 (467) andDungiven farmer, 21k £98 (467).

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

Good entry of ewes to £187.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of 35 dairy on Tuesday 12th September to a top price of £2160 for a calved heifer.

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

Coleraine farmer, calved heifers to £2160, £1600; Randalstown farmer, calved heifer to £1780; Coleraine farmer, springing heifer to £1640 and Londonderry farmer, maiden heifer to £880.

More stock required weekly.

A super entry of 350 fat cow, suckler and store cattle on Wednesday 13th September at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £1770, heifers to £1910 and fat cows and bulls to £1790.

Fat cows: 100 on offer, flying trade.

Rasharkin farmer, 540k Aberdeen Angus £1300 (241), 580k Limousin £1390 (240), 510k £1190 (233); Ballymena farmer, 700k Simmental £1640 (234); Limavady farmer, 670k Charolais £1540 (230), 600k £1370 (228); Dungiven farmer, 800k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1790 (224); Magherafelt farmer, 600k Holstein £1330 (222), 560k £1160 (207); Magherafelt farmer, 690k Simmental £1530 (222); Coleraine farmer, 640k Friesian £1370 (214); Rasharkin farmer, 680k Friesian £1420 (209), 570k Hereford £1180 (207); Ballymena farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1130 (206); Cookstown farmer, 540k Belgian Blue £1070 (198); Maghera farmer, 460k Friesian £900 (196); Ballycastle farmer, 690k Aberdeen Angus £1340 (194) and Coleraine farmer, 530k Saler £1030 (194).

Suckler

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Castlerock farmer, 280k Charolais £870 (311), 380k £1120 (295), 350k £1030 (294), 300k £870 (290), 340k £980 (288), 370k £1060 (287), 330k Limousin £940 (285), 340k Charolais £960 (282), 420k Limousin £1180 (281), 390k Charolais £1090 (280), 380k £1040 (274), 280k £750 (268), 480k £1260 (263), 320k Limousin £820 (256), 460k £1150 (250), 340k Charolais £830 (244); Dunloy farmer, 630k Charolais £1860 (295), 550k £1630 (296), 650k £1910 (294), 550k £1600 (291), 620k £1800 (290), 590k £1710 (290), 580k £1630 (281), 560k £1570 (280), 560k £1560 (279), 530k £1480 (279), 570k £1580 (277), 570k £1560 (274), 540k £1470 (272), 550k £1460 (266); Maghera farmer, 410k Limousin £1210 (295), 470k £1350 (287), 470k £1320 (281); Cullybackey farmer, 500k Charolais £1440 (288), 450k £1200 (267), 500k £1310 (262), 510k Aberdeen Angus £1290 (253), 500k Charolais £1250 (250), 460k £1150 (250), 550k £1320 (240), 470k £1120 (238), 530k £1230 (232), 470k Limousin £1080 (230), 590k Aberdeen Angus £1340 (227); Dunloy farmer, 360k Limousin £1030 (286), 410k £1160 (283), 430k £1140 (265), 400k £1000 (250), 440k £1070 (243), 390k £940 (241); Coleraine farmer, 470k Charolais £1340 (285), 540k Belgian Blue £1300 (241); Dungiven farmer, 500k Limousin £1420 (284), 390k Aberdeen Angus £980 (251), 470k Charolais £1170 (249), 380k Hereford £890 (234), 450k Aberdeen Angus £970 (216); Toomebridge farmer, 450k Limousin £1260 (280), 400k £1110 (278), 490k £1320 (269), 490k £1300 (265), 420k £1110 (264), 380k £1000 (263), 460k £1200 (261), 430k £1100 (256), 440k £1120 (255); Aghadowey farmer, 510k Charolais £1410 (277), 510k Limousin £1320 (259), 630k Simmental £1490 (237); Rasharkin farmer, 430k Simmental £1170 (272), 460k Limousin £1160 (252), 420k Charolais £980 (233); Claudy farmer, 460k Limousin £1230 (267), 570k Aberdeen Angus £1380 (242), 500k Belted Galloway £1160 (232), 590k Aberdeen Angus £1370 (232), 490k £1090 (222); Ballymoney farmer, 560k Stabiliser £1480 (264), 520k Limousin £1350 (260), 560k £1430 (255), 580k Simmental £1450 (250), 520k Limousin £1300 (250), 580k £1430 (247), 530k Saler £1300 (245), 610k Shorthorn £1460 (239); Randalstown farmer, 440k Aberdeen Angus £1160 (264), 400k £940 (235), 380k £890 (234), 370k £840 (227), 410k £890 (217), 400k £860 (215); Dunloy farmer, 420k Simmental £1100 (262); Bushmills farmer, 570k Limousin £1480 (260), 550k £1380 (251), 540k £1350 (250); Articlave farmer, 490k Aberdeen Angus £1190 (243), 550k Stabiliser £1240 (226), 530k £1190 (225), 530k Aberdeen Angus £1170 (221), 490k £1080 (220), 540k £1140 (211); Toomebridge farmer, 480k Simmental £1150 (240), 490k £1170 (239), 470k £1030 (219); Ballymoney farmer, 560k Belgian Blue £1340 (239); Magherafelt farmer, 560k Aberdeen Angus £1340 (239), 550k £1300 (236), 480k £1100 (229), 550k Limousin £1260 (229), 530k Aberdeen Angus £1190 (225); Tobermore farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £1240 (239); Dungiven farmer, 410k Aberdeen Angus £970 (237), 480k £1130 (235), 520k £1220 (235), 370k £870 (235), 370k £850 (230), 370k Hereford £830 (224), 440k Aberdeen Angus £980 (223), 410k £910 (222), 400k £880 (220), 430k £940 (219), 420k £910 (217), 420k £890 (212); Maghera farmer, 390k Aberdeen Angus £920 (236), 410k Belgian Blue £930 (227), 410k Hereford £910 (222); Armoy farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £1220 (235), 520k £1180 (227) and Kilrea farmer, 530k Hereford £1230 (232).

Steers

Kilrea farmer, 530k Limousin £1520 (287), 500k £1390 (278), 520k £1360 (262), 480k £1240 (258), 530k £1340 (253); Claudy farmer, 510k Limousin £1440 (282), 530k Charolais £1490 (281), 390k Belgian Blue £1090 (280), 500k Limousin £1390 (278), 480k Simmental £1290 (269), 540k Charolais £1420 (263), 550k Limousin £1410 (256), 460k £1140 (248), 530k Simmental £1260 (238); Garvagh farmer, 490k Simmental £1380 (282), 510k Limousin £1350 (265), 570k £1480 (260); Garvagh farmer, 430k Aberdeen Angus £1200 (279), 310k £860 (277), 370k £1010 (273); Kilrea farmer, 590k Charolais £1630 (276), 640k Simmental £1650 (258), 620k Limousin £1580 (255), 610k Simmental £1550 (254); Dunloy farmer, 330k Simmental £900 (273), 450k £1100 (244), 440k £1000 (227); Kilrea farmer, 600k Aberdeen Angus £1640 (273), 510k Hereford £1160 (228); Ballymoney farmer, 400k Limousin £1080 (270), 450k Charolais £1190 (264), 510k £1210 (237); Ballymena farmer, 400k Belgian Blue £1050 (263), 360k £930 (258); Coleraine farmer, 400k Aberdeen Angus £1050 (263), 410k £1070 (261), 500k £1210 (242);Kilrea farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1190 (253), 640k £1560 (244), 570k Shorthorn £1380 (242), 620k Belgian Blue £1500 (242), 640k Hereford £1520 (238), 620k Aberdeen Angus £1410 (227), 510k Friesian £1100 (216); Kilrea farmer, 700k Aberdeen Angus £1770 (253), 440k Hereford £1110 (252), 470k £1180 (251), 580k £1450 (250), 490k £1220 (249), 550k Aberdeen Angus £1350 (246), 590k £1450 (246), 460k Fleckvieh £1110 (241), 550k £1280 (233); Ballymoney farmer, 630k Belgian Blue £1530 (243), 560k Shorthorn £1360 (243), 540k Belgian Blue £1290 (239), 580k £1350 (233), 620k Aberdeen Angus £1440 (232), 580k Belgian Blue £1320 (228), 660k Aberdeen Angus £1480 (224), 630k £1400 (222), 540k £1200 (222); Cullybackey farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £1260 (242), 540k Simmental £1290 (239), 530k Belgian Blue £1250 (236); Kilrea farmer, 600k Hereford £1450 (242); Coleraine farmer, 580k Belgian Blue £1380 (238), 520k Shorthorn beef £1180 (227), 510k Friesian £1080 (212) and Moneymore farmer, 580k Fleckvieh £1300 (224).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.