Good entry of dairy stock at Kilrea, top price of £2300 for calved heifer

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A super entry of 500 calves and weanlings on Thursday 4th January met 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

Ahoghill farmer, Limousin £690, £640, £625, Belted Galloway £365; Garvagh farmer, Charolais £685; Aghadowey farmer, Hereford £590; Macosquin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £570, Limousin £445, £385; Ballymoney farmer, Shorthorn beef £550; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £550, £350, Hereford £300; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £505; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £505, £480, £465, Aberdeen Angus £415, Hereford £355; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £455; Rasharkin farmer, Fleckvieh £455; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £445, Aberdeen Angus £435; Desertmartin farmer, Belgian Blue £445; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £420, Belgian Blue £220; Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £400, Friesian £235; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £395, Aberdeen Angus £310, £290; Moneymore farmer, Limousin £395, Fleckvieh £330; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £390, Charolais £385, Belgian Blue £350, £310, £305, £290, Charolais £265, Belgian Blue £260; Maghera farmer, Limousin £385, Holstein £215; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £380, Aberdeen Angus £325, Belgian Blue £290, £270; Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £375; Strabane farmer, Charolais £375, £370, £360, £335; Desertmartin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £370; Ballycastle farmer, Belgian Blue £365; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £365, £360; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £360, £265; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £355, £290; Doagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345, £250; Strabane farmer, Aberdeen Angus £315, Belgian Blue £250; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £305; Desertmartin farmer, Fleckvieh £305, £290, £225; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £295; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £290, £235, Aberdeen Angus £220; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £290, Aberdeen Angus £260; Macosquin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290; Rasharkin farmer, Simmental £290; Ballykelly farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £280, £250, £245; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £240, £230;Moneymore farmer, Charolais £240; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £225; Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £220 and Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200.

Heifer calves

Garvagh farmer, Charolais £640; Ahoghill farmer, Limousin £600, £590; Limavady farmer, Hereford £525; Desertmartin farmer, Limousin £480, Simmental £465, Aberdeen Angus £355, Belgian Blue £315; Macosquin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £425, £295, Limousin £295, £210, Aberdeen Angus £210; Rasharkin farmer, Belgian Blue £400; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £385, Aberdeen Angus £235, £205; Limavady farmer, Charolais £375, £365, Belgian Blue £320, £290, £245; Strabane farmer, Belgian Blue £375, £320, £300, £225, £200; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £355, Belgian Blue £345; Strabane farmer, Charolais £350, £325; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £340, £330, Aberdeen Angus £315, Hereford £305; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £330; Dungiven farmer, Fleckvieh £325, Aberdeen Angus £315, Limousin £295; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £310, Hereford £285; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £310, £250; Desertmartin farmer, Hereford £300, Aberdeen Angus £260; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270; Portglenone farmer, Hereford £270, Aberdeen Angus £230; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £265; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £260; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £260; Rasharkin farmer, Simmental £255; Ballykelly farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £245; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £235; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £215; Ballyclare farmer, Aberdeen Angus £210; Londonderry farmer, Aberdeen Angus £205 and Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £215.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (60)

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 5.36 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 1020 on Monday 8th January met a stronger trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £5.27 per kg and to top of £135.

Fat ewes to £176.

Lambs

Aghadowey farmer, 22k £116 (527), 21.5k £111 (516); Tobermore farmer, 23k £119 (517); Maghera farmer, 22k £113.50 (516); Portrush farmer, 23.5k £121 (515); Coleraine farmer, 21k £108 (514); Moneymore farmer, 24k £123 (513); Garvagh farmer, 24.5k £125 (510); Stewartstown farmer, 21.5k £109.50 (509); Aghadowey farmer, 24k £122 (508); Garvagh farmer, 25k £127 (508); Rasharkin farmer, 24k £122 (508); Limavady farmer, 22.5k £114 (507); Coleraine farmer, 24.5k £123.50 (504), 22k £109 (496); Ballymoney farmer, 23k £116 (504); Coleraine farmer, 22.5k £113 (502); Garvagh farmer, 24k £120.50 (502); Kilrea farmer, 25.5k £128 (502); Coleraine farmer, 25.5k £127.50 (500); Coleraine farmer, 22.5k £112 (498); Garvagh farmer, 23.5k £117 (498); Kilrea farmer, 24.5k £122 (498); Ballymoney farmer, 22.5k £111.50 (496); Ballymoney farmer, 24k £119 (496); Rasharkin farmer, 26.5k £131.50 (496) and Rasharkin farmer, 24k £118.50 (494).

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

Good entry of ewes to £176.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of 30 dairy on Tuesday 9th January to a top price of £2300 for a calved heifer.

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

Portstewart farmer, batch of calved heifers to £2300, £2280, £2100, £2000, £1920; Coleraine farmer, calved Holstein heifer to £2040, £2000, Fleckvieh heifer to £2000, Montbeliarde heifer £1800; Ringsend farmer, calved heifer to £1950; Limavady farmer, calved heifers to £1720, £1660 and Ballyclare farmer, second calver to £1660.

More stock required weekly

A super entry of 380 on Wednesday 10th January at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £2050, heifers to £1780 and fat cows and bulls to £1770.

Fat cows: 125 on offer, sharp trade.

Garvagh farmer, 670k Limousin £1770 (264); Ballymoney farmer, 670k Parthenais £1720 (257); Magherafelt farmer, 600k Charolais £1520 (253), 600k Limousin £1380 (230), 590k £1340 (227); Ballymoney farmer, 540k Fleckvieh £1320 (244), 640k £1480 (231), 550k £1250 (227), 640k £1410 (220); Moneymore farmer, 520k Fleckvieh £1250 (240); Glarryford farmer, 810k Friesian £1850 (228), 510k £970 (190); Portglenone farmer, 670k Parthenais £1440 (215); Coleraine farmer, 630k Belgian Blue £1350 (214); Limavady farmer, 510k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (212); Aghadowey farmer, 520k Charolais £1090 (210); Randalstown farmer, 500k Shorthorn £1050 (210), 520k Fleckvieh £1090 (210); Bellaghy farmer, 480k Friesian £1000 (208); Kilrea farmer, 470k Belgian Blue £950 (202), 600k Simmental £1070 (178); Garvagh farmer, 510k Limousin £1010 (198), 510k £1000 (196); Ballymoney farmer, 530k Norwegian Red £1010 (191), 550k £1040 (189), 580k Holstein £1000 (172); Glarryford farmer, 670k Friesian £1250 (187), 560k £980 (175), 1140k Fleckvieh £1960 (172); Macosquin farmer, 450k Friesian £840 (187), 840k £1380 (164), 720k £1150 (160), 440k £700 (159), 620k £950 (153), 660k Swiss Red £1000 (152); Randalstown farmer, 580k Holstein £1060 (183); Macosquin farmer, 650k Aberdeen Angus £1180 (182); Macosquin farmer, 510k Limousin £920 (180), 610k Aberdeen Angus £1020 (167); Garvagh farmer, 710k Charolais £1250 (176); Magherafelt farmer, 670k Friesian £1170 (175); Kilrea farmer, 580k Shorthorn £1000 (172); Limavady farmer, 440k Friesian £750 (171); Ballycastle farmer, 640k Hereford £1050 (164); Randalstown farmer, 700k Hereford £1150 (164), 710k £1150 (162); Templepatrick farmer, 540k Limousin £880 (163); Bushmills farmer, 630k Norwegian Red £1010 (160), 740k Friesian £1140 (154), 700k £1060 (151); Kilrea farmer, 600k Hereford £940 (157); Bushmills farmer, 730k Friesian £1140 (156); Kilrea farmer, 470k Shorthorn dairy £730 (155); Dunloy farmer, 620k Friesian £940 (152) and Bendooragh farmer, 700k Simmental £1060 (151).

Suckler

Maghera farmer, Simmental cow with Limousin bull and heifer calves at foot to £1640.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Rasharkin farmer, 480k Charolais £1570 (327), 490k Limousin £1370 (280), 480k £1320 (275), 400k £1080 (270); Kilrea farmer, 430k Limousin £1310 (305), 460k £1390 (302); Castledawson farmer, 580k Limousin £1730 (298), 600k £1780 (297), 590k £1660 (281), 560k £1560 (279), 600k Charolais £1660 (277), 580k Limousin £1550 (267), 610k Charolais £1630 (267), 570k Limousin £1520 (267), 590k Charolais £1500 (254), 620k £1560 (252), 550k £1350 (246), 660k Aberdeen Angus £1580 (239), 590k Limousin £1400 (237); Ballycastle farmer, 460k Aberdeen Angus £1350 (294), 480k £1190 (248); Templepatrick farmer, 470k Limousin £1380 (294), 460k £1350 (294), 460k £1440 (291), 460k £1320 (287), 490k £1380 (282), 380k £1070 (282), 460k £1260 (274), 540k £1440 (267); Garvagh farmer, 560k Charolais £1640 (293), 580k £1690 (291), 530k £1540 (291), 550k £1590 (289); Bellaghy farmer, 390k Limousin £1130 (290), 410k £1160 (283), 410k £1130 (276), 410k £1100 (268); Crumlin farmer, 440k Charolais £1240 (282); Aghadowey farmer, 500k Simmental £1390 (278), 490k £1280 (261); Macosquin farmer, 460k Limousin £1280 (278), 410k £1060 (259), 440k Simmental £1130 (257), 480k Hereford £1130 (235), 460k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (235), 490k £1140 (233); Limavady farmer, 480k Charolais £1300 (271); Garvagh farmer, 500k Belgian Blue £1340 (268), 510k £1270 (249), 520k £1270 (244); Coleraine farmer, 550k Simmental £1470 (267), 520k Aberdeen Angus £1340 (258); Magherafelt farmer, 470k Limousin £1250 (266), 500k Aberdeen Angus £1290 (258), 520k £1320 (254), 540k £1350 (250); Toome farmer, 460k Simmental £1190 (259), 500k £1290 (258), 540k £1320 (244); Ballycastle farmer, 500k Belgian Blue £1290 (258), 510k £1310 (257), 500k £1270 (254), 550k £1370 (249); Coleraine farmer, 490k Belgian Blue £1240 (253), 450k Aberdeen Angus £1140 (253); Macosquin farmer, 510k Aberdeen Angus £1280 (251), 560k £1360 (243), 470k £1140 (243), 440k £1060 (241), 450k £1050 (233); Ballycastle farmer, 450k Limousin £1100 (244); Kilrea farmer, 450k Belgian Blue £1100 (244), 460k £1120 (244), 500k £1210 (242); Cloughmills farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1310 (238); Bellaghy farmer, 460k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (235) and Garvagh farmer, 500k Fleckvieh £1190 (238).

Steers

Coleraine farmer, 390k Limousin £1250 (321), 410k £1300 (317), 415k £1280 (308), 370k £1140 (308), 430k £1310 (305), 430k £1280 (298); Kilrea farmer, 540k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1630 (302), 480k £1430 (298), 470k Limousin £1390 (296), 530k £1550 (293), 540k £1530 (283), 540k £1510 (280); Portglenone farmer, 490k Simmental £1370 (280), 540k £1490 (276), 520k £1430 (275), 690k £1890 (274); Coleraine farmer, 770k Aberdeen Angus £2050 (266), 710k Belgian Blue £1800 (254), 730k Aberdeen Angus £1820 (249); Ballymoney farmer, 510k Limousin £1340 (263), 450k £1160 (258), 440k £1120 (255), 440k £1090 (248); Moneymore farmer, 490k Aberdeen Angus £1280 (261), 500k £1280 (256); Maghera farmer, 490k Aberdeen Angus £1270 (259); Garvagh farmer, 640k Aberdeen Angus £1630 (255), 650k £1590 (245); Magherafelt farmer, 620k Aberdeen Angus £1570 (253) and Magherafelt farmer, 630k Hereford £1540 (244);

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.

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