Good entry of dairy stock at Kilrea Mart, top price of £2200 paid for a second calver

All types of calves required to satisfy demand. Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Ballymoney farmer, Charolais £670, Belgian Blue £440; Eglinton farmer, Simmental £560, Charolais £540, Limousin £530, Simmental £290, £270; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £530, Belgian Blue £500, £475; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £490, £265; Lurgan farmer, Aberdeen Angus £490, Limousin £470, Hereford £460, Limousin £440, Aberdeen Angus £370; Bendooragh farmer, Belgian Blue £470, Aberdeen Angus £360, Friesian £210; Drumahoe farmer, Aberdeen Angus £465, £450, £330; Finvoy farmer, Saler £445; Bushmills farmer, Hereford £425, £280, £200; Ballymena farmer, Belgian Blue £410, £375, £285; Kilrea farmer, Limousin £410; Strabane farmer, Simmental £410, Aberdeen Angus £390, Simmental £270; Limavady farmer, Charolais £395, £390, Belgian Blue £390, £345, £315, Aberdeen Angus £310, £250; Randalstown farmer, Belgian Blue £380, Aberdeen Angus £300, Belgian Blue £285; Bendooragh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £375, £335, £225, £200; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £365; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £365; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360; Strabane farmer, Belgian Blue £360, £350, £340, £280; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350, £240; Garvagh farmer, Belgian Blue £345, £255; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £325; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £325, £270; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £320, £200; Claudy farmer, Belgian Blue £315; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £310; Craigavon farmer, Holstein £310; Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £305; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300; Draperstown farmer, Limousin £300; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £295, £270, £205; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £295, £285; Clough farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290, Charolais £285; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £290; Culnady farmer, Belgian Blue £285; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280, Belgian Blue £250; Swatragh farmer, Montbeliarde £280; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £265; Ahoghill farmer, Belgian Blue £260, £210; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £255; Donemana farmer, Belgian Blue £250; Macosquin farmer, Belgian Blue £250; Tobermore farmer, Holstein £250; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £245;Glarryford farmer, Fleckvieh £210 and Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £205.

Heifer calves

Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £620, Belgian Blue £400; Eglinton farmer, Limousin £615, £560, Belgian Blue £380, Charolais £325, Simmental £310; Ballymena farmer, Belgian Blue £545, £395, Aberdeen Angus £380, Belgian Blue £260; Desertmartin farmer, Belgian Blue £480, Aberdeen Angus £400, £270; Drumahoe farmer, Aberdeen Angus £455, £385, £380; Bendooragh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £445, Limousin £435, Charolais £365, Aberdeen Angus £330, Limousin £330; Cookstown farmer, Belgian Blue £445, £410; Strabane farmer, Simmental £405, Aberdeen Angus £360; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £375; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £370, Montbeliarde £245; Bushmills farmer, Belgian Blue £340; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330, £300; Bendooragh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £325; Limavady farmer, Charolais £325, £310; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £320; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £310, Aberdeen Angus £275; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300, £265; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £295, £240; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £290, £210, £200; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £275; Donemana farmer, Belgian Blue £270; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £265; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £265, £260; Garvagh farmer, Shorthorn beef £260; Claudy farmer, Belgian Blue £250, Aberdeen Angus £215; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £245; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230; Limavady farmer, Holstein £230; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £210 and Dungiven farmer, Fleckvieh £205.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £310.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (130)

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 £1170 and 291 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 1400 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 23rd October met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £5.06 per kg and to top of £160.

Fat ewes to £156.

Lambs

Tobermore farmer, 24k £121.50 (506); Ballymoney farmer, 25k £126 (504), 24.5k £118 (482); Limavady farmer, 24.5k £123.50 (504); Upperlands farmer, 23.5k £117.50 (500); Limavady farmer, 24k £117.50 (490), 22k £107.50 (489); Ballymena farmer, 21k £102.50 (488); Ballymoney farmer, 21.5k £104.50 (486); Aghadowey farmer, 24k £116.50 (485); Garvagh farmer, 24k £116.50 (485); Coleraine farmer, 23.5k £113.50 (483); Upperlands farmer, 16.5k £79.50 (482); Culnady farmer, 18.5k £89 (481); Draperstown farmer, 23.5k £113 (481); Garvagh farmer, 21.5k £103.50 (481); Greysteel farmer, 16k £77 (481); Portglenone farmer, 22.5k £108 (480); Kilrea farmer, 21.5k £103 (479); Aghadowey farmer, 22k £105 (477); Islandmagee farmer, 22k £105 (477), 20k £95 (475); Macosquin farmer, 22k £105 (477); Maghera farmer, 23.5k £112 (477); Randalstown farmer, 24k £114.50 (477); Kilrea farmer, 19k £90.50 (476); Kilrea farmer, 23k £109.50 (476); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £104.50 (475) and Bellaghy farmer, 18k £85.50 (475).

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

Good entry of ewes to £156.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of dairy on Tuesday 24th October to a top price of £2200 for a second calver.

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

Coleraine farmer, calved heifers to £2200, £1940; Limavady farmer, calved heifer to £1900, third calver to £1660; Magherafelt farmer, calved heifer to £1750; Antrim farmer, batch of springing heifers to £1540 and Ballyclare farmer, second calver to £1540.

More stock required weekly.

A super entry of 350 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 25th October at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £1810, heifers to £1630 and fat cows and bulls to £2050.

Fat cows: 130 on offer, flying trade.

Upperlands farmer, 620k Charolais £1480 (239); Coleraine farmer, 510k Limousin £1140 (224); Aghadowey farmer, 550k Friesian £1150 (209), 570k £1160 (204), 540k £1100 (204); 540k £1060 (196); Limavady farmer, 510k Aberdeen Angus £1060 (208); Portstewart farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £1070 (206), 600k £1180 (197); Tobermore farmer, 470k Shorthorn beef £970 (206); Crumlin farmer, 460k Aberdeen Angus £940 (204); Randalstown farmer, 740k Parthenais £1490 (201) and Bendooragh farmer, 600k Fleckvieh £1180 (197).

Suckler

Coleraine farmer, Limousin cow with Limousin heifer calf at foot to £1800.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Castledawson farmer, 560k Limousin £1630 (291), 520k £1400 (269), 550k £1470 (267), 490k £1280 (261), 530k £1370 (259), 530k Charolais £1330 (251), 570k £1410 (247), 490k £1210 (247), 540k £1330 (246), 570k £1390 (244), 570k £1380 (242), 500k Limousin £1200 (240), 540k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1280 (237), 580k Charolais £1320 (236), 560k £1310 (234), 580k £1340 (231); Crumlin farmer, 500k Charolais £1280 (256), 500k Simmental £1230 (246), 520k £1230 (237), 590k £1370 (232); Toomebridge farmer, 470k Limousin £1160 (247), 520k Belgian Blue £1160 (223), 510k Limousin £1090 (214); Coleraine farmer, 570k Aberdeen Angus £1400 (246), 630k £1470 (233), 650k Belgian Blue £1500 (231), 650k Aberdeen Angus £1480 (228), 640k £1420 (222); Magherafelt farmer, 530k Aberdeen Angus £1280 (242), 500k £1170 (234); Greysteel farmer, 590k Aberdeen Angus £1420 (241), 550k £1280 (233), 560k £1300 (232), 560k Charolais £1250 (223), 680k Aberdeen Angus £1510 (222), 490k £1040 (212); Limavady farmer, 530k Limousin £1270 (240), 540k £1220 (226), 550k Belgian Blue £11200 (218); Moneymore farmer, 580k Limousin £1370 (236), 560k Belgian Blue £1310 (234), 490k £1090 (222); Ballymoney farmer, 330k Limousin £770 (233); Upperlands farmer, 440k Saler £980 (223); Dungiven farmer, 670k Aberdeen Angus £1490 (222); Macosquin farmer, 410k Aberdeen Angus £910 (222), 360k Hereford £750 (208); Portglenone farmer, 610k Aberdeen Angus £1340 (220), 490k £1080 (220); Desertmartin farmer, 410k Aberdeen Angus £890 (217), 380k £780 (205); Lisburn farmer, 430k Simmental £930 (216), 600k Shorthorn beef £1290 (215), 430k Simmental £920 (214) and Moneymore farmer, 410k Aberdeen Angus £870 (212).

Steers

Randalstown farmer, 330k Limousin £860 (261), 300k £720 (240); Castlerock farmer, 510k Charolais £1290 (253), 470k £1160 (247), 770k Simmental £1600 (208); Draperstown farmer, 510k Aberdeen Angus £1250 (245), 460k £1060 (230), 480k £1040 (217); Crumlin farmer, 530k Limousin £1300 (245); Kilrea farmer, 740k Limousin £1810 (245); Kilrea farmer, 650k Limousin £1560 (240); Kilrea farmer, 600k Limousin £1430 (238), 510k £1190 (233), 480k £1050 (219); Toomebridge farmer, 460k Aberdeen Angus £1070 (233), 460k Limousin £1040 (226), 450k Simmental £920 (204); Macosquin farmer, 570k Limousin £1320 (232), 600k Hereford £1340 (223), 600k Limousin £1320 (220), 640k £1400 (219), 610k £1280 (210); Moneymore farmer, 460k Belgian Blue £1060 (230); Crumlin farmer, 490k Aberdeen Angus £1110 (227), 440k £980 (223); Toomebridge farmer, 420k Aberdeen Angus £950 (226), 370k £830 (224); Maghera farmer, 660k Belgian Blue £1450 (220), 580k Aberdeen Angus £1220 (210), 640k Simmental £1320 (206), 600k Aberdeen Angus £1230 (205); Bushmills farmer, 310k Hereford £680 (219); Portglenone farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1030 (219); Ballymoney farmer, 300k Charolais £650 (217); Dunloy farmer, 550k Friesian £1170 (213), 580k £1230 (212), 500k £1050 (210), 520k £1070 (206) and Moneymore farmer, 335k Aberdeen Angus £700 (209).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.