Good entry of dairy stock at Kilrea Mart, top price of £2320 for a second calver

A super entry of 440 calves and weanlings on Thursday 9th November met an outstanding trade for all types on offer.
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All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

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Bull calves

Limavady farmer, Limousin £660, Hereford £385; Bushmills farmer, Simmental £590, Friesian £420, £405, £345, £285; Keady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £575; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £555, £455; Desertmartin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £520, £455, £430, £255, Friesian £255; Cookstown farmer, Belgian Blue £510, Holstein £275; Strancoum farmer, Hereford £500; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £475, Aberdeen Angus £465; Garvagh farmer, Limousin £455, £300; Strabane farmer, Aberdeen Angus £445; Keady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £435, £340; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £430, Belgian Blue £375; Garvagh farmer, Fleckvieh £410, Aberdeen Angus £405, Friesian £380, Fleckvieh £240; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £400; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £390; Draperstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £385, Friesian £345; Claudy farmer, Limousin £380, Fleckvieh £230; Ballymena farmer, Holstein £355, Aberdeen Angus £350; Rasharkin farmer, Belgian Blue £355; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350, £295; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £340, £295; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £310; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300, Limousin £300, £240, Montbeliarde £200; Rasharkin farmer, Simmental £295; Cloughmills farmer, Belgian Blue £290; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270, £250; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £265; Toomebridge farmer, Friesian £265; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £260; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £245 and Castledawson farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240, £230.

Heifer calves

Cookstown farmer, Belgian Blue £540, £440, £390, Limousin £370; Moneymore farmer, Belgian Blue £540; Strabane farmer, Belgian Blue £520, Aberdeen Angus £445, £410; Keady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £500; Limavady farmer, Charolais £490, Limousin £430, £410, £390, Hereford £385; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £465, Belgian Blue £360; Stranocum farmer, Aberdeen Angus £435, Hereford £390; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £430; Desertmartin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £420, £370, £270; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £415; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £400, £300; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £395; Moneymore farmer, Belgian Blue £390, £355; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £385, Belgian Blue £350, £260; Rasharkin farmer, Simmental £375; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £370, £340; Keady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £365, £300, £245; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £340; Culnady farmer, Belgian Blue £330; Drumahoe farmer, Belgian Blue £320, £285, £210; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £295, £290; Garvagh farmer, Limousin £290; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285, Belgian Blue £250; Randalstown farmer, Limousin £275, Belgian Blue £270; Bushmills farmer, Friesian £270; Stranocum farmer, Hereford £250, £200; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £235, £205; Claudy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £220; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £220 and Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £210, Shorthorn £205.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £420.

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 £970 and 322 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 1400 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 13th November met a stronger trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £5.09 per kg and to top of £126.

Fat ewes to £230.

Lambs

Ballymoney farmer, 17.5k £89 (509); Omagh farmer, 19k £96.50 (508), 18k £90 (500), 20k £98 (490); Dungiven farmer, 20k £101 (505); Cullybackey farmer, 21k £105 (500); Feeny farmer, 21k £104 (495), 21.5k £105 (488), 23.5k £112.50 (479); Claudy farmer, 24k £118.50 (494), 21.5k £105 (488); Dunloy farmer, 22k £108 (491);

Coleraine farmer, 20k £98 (490); Culnady farmer, 20k £98 (490); Limavady farmer, 24k £117 (488), 20k £96 (480); Macosquin farmer, 24k £117 (488); Templepatrick farmer, 21.5k £105 (488); Kilrea farmer, 23k £112 (487); Portglenone farmer, 23k £112 (487); Maghera farmer, 21k £102 (486); Maghera farmer, 23.5k £114 (485); Garvagh farmer, 22k £106.50 (484), 24k £115.50 (481); Ringsend farmer, 22k £106.50 (484); Aghadowey farmer, 24k £116 (483); Ahoghill farmer, 21k £101.50 (483); Kilrea farmer, 24k £116 (483); Swatragh farmer, 23k £111 (483); Stewartstown farmer, 20.5k £99 (483); Garvagh farmer, 22k £106 (482); Macosquin farmer, 22k £106 (482); Tobermore farmer, 22.5k £108 (480); Ballymoney farmer, 24k £115 (479); Tobermore farmer, 24k £115 (479); Ballymoney farmer, 24.5k £117 (478); Kilrea farmer, 20.5k £98 (478) and Rasharkin farmer, 23k £110 (478).

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

Good entry of ewes to £230.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of 25 dairy on Tuesday 14th November to a top price of £2320 for a second calver. Lots of buyers in attendance looking all types of dairy stock.

Antrim farmer, second calver to £2320, calved heifer to £2220.

More stock required weekly.

A good entry of 320 fat cow, suckler and store cattle on Wednesday 15th November at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers sold to £1400, heifers to £1940 and fat cows and bulls to £1590.

Fat cows: 160 on offer, sharp trade.

Maghera farmer, 620k Limousin £1520 (245); Ballymoney farmer, 560k Fleckvieh £1330 (238), 540k £1200 (222); Randalstown farmer, 660k Simmental £1450 (220), 640k £1350 (211), 770k Aberdeen Angus £1590 (207), 580k Simmental £1190 (205), 600k £1150 (192), 690k £1280 (186), 640k £1120 (175), 830k Aberdeen Angus £1410 (170), 690k Simmental £1150 (167); Dungiven farmer, 620k Fleckvieh £1300 (210), 580k £940 (162); Toomebridge farmer, 650k £1360 (209), 580k £1000 (172); Bellaghy farmer, 620k Simmental £1290 (208); Desertmartin farmer, 520k Holstein £1030 (198), 550k £1030 (187); Tobermore farmer, 570k Holstein £1080 (190); Portglenone farmer, 550k Limousin £1040 (189), 660k £1120 (170); Kilrea farmer, 780k Aberdeen Angus £1450 (186); Castlerock farmer, 560k Holstein £980 (175), 480k £830 (173); Ahoghill farmer, 890k Limousin £1500 (169); Coleraine farmer, 600k Swiss Brown £950 (158); Ringsend farmer, 560k Aberdeen Angus £880 (157) and Desertmartin farmer, 720k Friesian £1080 (150).

Suckler

Garvagh farmer, Blonde d'Aquitaine third calver with Limousin bull calf at foot to £1560.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Magherafelt farmer, 600k Limousin £1770 (295), 700k £1940 (277), 690k £1650 (239), 680k Aberdeen Angus £1590 (234), 650k Limousin £1500 (231); Portrush farmer, 420k Charolais £1140 (271), 410k £1080 (263), 370k £960 (260), 440k £1110 (252), 450k £1070 (238), 410k £910 (222), 430k Limousin £910 (212); Dungannon farmer, 440k Simmental £1160 (264), 470k £1060 (226); Bushmills farmer, 450k Aberdeen Angus £1090 (242), 410k Charolais £870 (212); Cullybackey farmer, 370k Aberdeen Angus £890 (241); Bushmills farmer, 480k Limousin £1150 (240), 480k £1110 (231), 490k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1130 (231), 500k Limousin £1110 (222); Castledawson farmer, 450k Limousin £1080 (240), 325k £730 (225), 320k £690 (216); Coleraine farmer, 570k Belgian Blue £1360 (239), 640k £1510 (236), 630k £1480 (235), 680k £1580 (232), 580k £1340 (231); Macosquin farmer, 420k Belgian Blue £990 (236), 470k £1030 (219), 460k £980 (213), 500k £1050 (210), 430k £890 (207); Castlerock farmer, 540k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1260 (233), 520k £1200 (231), 420k Belgian Blue £960 (229); Ballymoney farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1090 (232), 470k £1080 (230), 480k £1060 (221), 470k £1020 (217), 440k £940 (214); Kilrea farmer, 480k Aberdeen Angus £1120 (233), 390k Simmental £890 (228), 440k Limousin £960 (218), 480k Fleckvieh £1010 (210), 390k Stabiliser £810 (208), 440k Simmental £910 (207); Garvagh farmer, 390k Aberdeen Angus £900 (231), 390k Aberdeen Angus £890 (228), 420k £900 (214), 430k £910 (212), 390k Limousin £820 (210), 390k Aberdeen Angus £820 (210), 380k £790 (208), 430k £880 (205); Castledawson farmer, 460k Limousin £1000 (217), 370k £800 (216), 430k £920 (214); Bellaghy farmer, 410k Limousin £880 (215), 390k Aberdeen Angus £810 (208) and Cookstown farmer, 530k Hereford £1130 (213), 490k £1010 (206).

Steers

Magherafelt farmer, 310k Charolais £870 (281), 250k £690 (276), 320k £850 (266), 330k £870 (264), 340k £870 (256), 380k £960 (253); Cullybackey farmer, 420k Aberdeen Angus £1160 (276), 340k £900 (265); Castledawson farmer, 360k Limousin £940 (261), 370k £960 (260), 350k £900 (257), 410k £940 (229); Ballymoney farmer, 370k Charolais £950 (257); Dervock farmer, 520k Stabiliser £1320 (254), 520k £1300 (250), 380k £890 (234), 410k £960 (234), 430k £910 (212), 520k £1040 (200); Eglinton farmer, 540k Aberdeen Angus £1340 (248), 560k Hereford £1350 (241), 560k £1330 (238), 540k Friesian £1100 (204); Castledawson farmer, 480k Limousin £1140 (238), 470k £1060 (226), 400k £900 (225), 440k £990 (225), 470k £1030 (219), 410k £880 (215); Castledawson farmer, 390k Limousin £900 (231); Kilraughts farmer, 630k Friesian £1400 (222), 550k Fleckvieh £1160 (211), 530k £1120 (211), 510k Friesian £1040 (204); Limavady farmer, 340k Aberdeen Angus £750 (221); Upperlands farmer, 340k Belgian Blue £740 (218) and Cookstown farmer, 550k Hereford £1150 (209), 550k Saler £1100 (200).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.