Good entry of dairy stock at Kilrea, top price of £2400 paid for a calved heifer

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

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Draperstown farmer, Simmental £610, £500; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £600; Garvagh farmer, Belgian Blue £580, Fleckvieh £555, £525; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £495, Montbeliarde £330; Cookstown farmer, Charolais £485, Belgian Blue £370; Ballymoney farmer, Montbeliarde £460, £330, £218; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £455, £270; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £450; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £425; Moneymore farmer, Charolais £420, Simmental £360, £350, Aberdeen Angus £330, £280; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £380, £325, £305, Aberdeen Angus £265; Kilraughts farmer, Aberdeen Angus £355, Fleckvieh £315, Aberdeen Angus £265; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £355; Ahoghill farmer, Belgian Blue £350, Aberdeen Angus £255; Limavady farmer, Charolais £350, Aberdeen Angus £265, Belgian Blue £260; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £345; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £340; Maghera farmer, Hereford £340; Portglenone farmer, Simmental £335, £255; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £310, Aberdeen Angus £300; Ballykelly farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300, £265; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290, £250, Friesian £240; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270, Hereford £270; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £270; Moneymore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £265; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250, £225; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £245; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £235; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £230; Glarryford farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230; Ballyclare farmer, Aberdeen Angus £225; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £225; Castlerock farmer, Belgian Blue £210 and Dunloy farmer, Fleckvieh £210.

Heifer calves

Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £455, £345; Ballymena farmer, Belgian Blue £385, £310; Cookstown farmer, Belgian Blue £380, £340, £335; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £375; Greysteel farmer, Hereford £340, Aberdeen Angus £280, £240; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £335; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £335, £220; Maghera farmer, Belgian Blue £330, Aberdeen Angus £270; Moneymore farmer, Belgian Blue £320, £290, Hereford £285, Aberdeen Angus £280, Hereford £265, Aberdeen Angus £245; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £315; Limavady farmer, Hereford £315, Aberdeen Angus £250; Limavady farmer, Charolais £310; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £300, Aberdeen Angus £210; Ballymena farmer, Friesian £300; Kilraughts farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300; Portglenone farmer, DAQ £300; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £275; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £245; Limavady farmer, Charolais £245; Randalstown farmer, Belgian Blue £245; Ahoghill farmer, Belgian Blue £230 and Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £205.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £240. 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 £980 and 320 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A good entry of 580 on Monday 16th January met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £5.00 per kg and to top of £118.

Fat ewes to £150.

Lambs

Stranocum farmer, 22k £110 (500); Garvagh farmer, 18.5k £89 (481), 18k £82 (456), 25k £113 (452); Ballymoney farmer, 19.5k £92 (472), 22k £100 (455); Ahoghill farmer, 24k £112.50 (469); Coleraine farmer, 22k £103 (468); Ballymoney farmer, 25k £116 (464); Ballymoney farmer, 22.5k £104.50 (464), 23k £102 (444); Cloughmills farmer, 20.5k £95 (463); Aghadowey farmer, 22k £101.50 (461), 20k £90 (450); Portglenone farmer, 22k £100 (455) and Rasharkin farmer, 22k £100 (455).

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

Good entry of ewes to £150.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of 55 dairy on Tuesday 17th January to a top price of £2400 for a calved heifer.

Castlerock farmer, batch of calved heifers to £2400, £2260, £2000, £1900, £1840, £1720, £1700; Dungannon farmer, batch of calved heifers to £2340, £2320, £2300, £2240, £2220, £2180, £1980, £1880, £1800, £1720, batch of springing heifers to £1980, £1800, £1760, £1680, £1640 and Coleraine farmer, springing heifer to £2120.

More stock required weekly.

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

A good entry of 130 on Wednesday 18th January at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers sold to £1720 and heifers to £1290.

Fat cows and bulls to £1810.

Fat cows: 50 on offer, flying trade.

Coleraine farmer, 660k Aberdeen Angus £1650 (250), 710k Holstein £1260 (178); Moneymore farmer, 540k Limousin £1210 (224), 480k £1060 (221), 510k £920 (180); Bushmills farmer, 690k Limousin £1520 (220), 640k Belgian Blue £1290 (202); Moneymore farmer, 620k Friesian £1330 (215); Aghadowey farmer, 730k Friesian £1560 (214), 830k £1690 (204), 760k £1260 (166); Magherafelt farmer, 450k Aberdeen Angus £940 (209), 610k Simmental £1040 (171), 530k £800 (151); Macosquin farmer, 600k Limousin £1220 (203); Ballymoney farmer, 790k Holstein £1560 (198), 760k £1240 (163); Magherafelt farmer, 940k Charolais £1810 (193); Macosquin farmer, 460k Friesian £870 (189), 420k £790 (188), 460k £790 (172), 600k £1020 (170), 640k £1030 (161), 620k £1000 (161); Armoy farmer, 670k Friesian £1260 (188), 710k £1280 (180); Tobermore farmer, 750k Holstein £1340 (179); Garvagh farmer, 620k Limousin £1080 (174); Magherafelt farmer, 680k Simmental £1120 (165); Magherafelt farmer, 520k Hereford £860 (165) and Portglenone farmer, 580k Holstein £930 (160).

Suckler

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Magherafelt farmer, 310k Limousin £900 (290), 340k £950 (279); Macosquin farmer, 430k Simmental £1100 (256), 460k £1170 (254), 400k £1000 (250), 380k Belgian Blue £930 (245), 400k Saler £920 (230), 410k £930 (227); Ahoghill farmer, 530k Belgian Blue £1290 (243), 520k £1240 (239), 440k Limousin £1080 (239), 500k Saler £1190 (238) and Maghera farmer, 390k Aberdeen Angus £860 (221), 340k Hereford £710 (209), 460k Aberdeen Angus £950 (207), 390k £790 (203).

Steers

Magherafelt farmer, 330k Limousin £1000 (303), 380k £1120 (295), 360k £1040 (289), 370k £1040 (281); Randalstown farmer, 360k Simmental £1060 (294), 380k £1110 (292), 400k £1110 (278), 410k £1100 (268), 410k £1090 (266), 390k £1030 (264), 380k £990 (261), 380k £980 (258); Macosquin farmer, 570k Limousin £1560 (274), 550k £1500 (273), 630k £1720 (273), 560k £1450 (259), 650k Aberdeen Angus £1650 (254), 560k Limousin £1400 (250); Ballymoney farmer, 450k Limousin £1140 (253), 510k £1290 (253); Macosquin farmer, 470k Shorthorn beef £1170 (249), 450k Limousin £1100 (244), 460k Aberdeen Angus £1100 (239), 540k Limousin £1250 (232), 520k Aberdeen Angus £1200 (231), 540k Simmental £1240 (230), 530k £1210 (228), 490k Hereford £1100 (225), 490k Limousin £1100 (224), 550k Hereford £1180 (215), 460k Belgian Blue £970 (211); Ahoghill farmer, 570k Belgian Blue £1340 (235) and Moneymore farmer, 540k Friesian £1160 (215), 460k Friesian £930 (202).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.