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

Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £640, Aberdeen Angus £585; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £545, £425; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £525, £515, Aberdeen Angus £400, Belgian Blue £325, £250; Portglenone farmer, Montbeliarde £485, £425, Friesian £290; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £485; Drumahoe farmer, Belgian Blue £450, Holstein £325; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £440; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £435; Ballykelly farmer, Aberdeen Angus £375, £300, £255, £220; Dungannon farmer, Friesian £370, £200; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £355, £350, £255, Belgian Blue £245, Simmental £230, Aberdeen Angus £215; Claudy farmer, Simmental £350, £300, £270; Ballymena farmer, Belgian Blue £340, Aberdeen Angus £290; Donemana farmer, Belgian Blue £340, Shorthorn beef £200; Portglenone farmer, Hereford £315 Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £310, £305; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £305, £295; Aghadowey farmer, Hereford £300, Friesian £290; Stewartstown farmer, Hereford £295, Belgian Blue £290; Cookstown farmer, Friesian £285, Blonde d'Aquitaine £285; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £265, £220; Antrim farmer, Aberdeen Angus £260; Newtownards farmer, Hereford £260; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230; Donemana farmer, Belgian Blue £230; Ballymoney farmer, Stabiliser £225; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £225; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £215; Londonderry farmer, Friesian £210; Ballyclare farmer, Simmental £200; Ballymena farmer, Friesian £200 and Ballymoney farmer, Montbeliarde £200.

Heifer calves

Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £560; Castledawson farmer, Limousin £545; Claudy farmer, Limousin £500, Simmental £390, £290, £210; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £500; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £465; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £450; Ahoghill farmer, Charolais £405; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £400; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £380; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345, Hereford £210; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £335; Ballymoney farmer, Friesian £315, Montbeliarde £305, £275, £200, Holstein £200; Portglenone farmer, Hereford £315; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290, £285, £210; Portglenone farmer, Friesian £290; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £275, £220; Donemana farmer, Shorthorn beef £250; Newtownards farmer, Hereford £240; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £215; Dungannon farmer, Aberdeen Angus £210 and Ballykelly farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200.

Friesian calves

Super trade More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £370. 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 350 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 950 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 27th March met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs sold to £5.54 per kg and to top of £135.

Fat ewes to £191. Breeding ewes to £194.

Lambs

Ballymoney farmer, 24k £133 (554), 25k £133 (532), 20k £105 (525); Aghadowey farmer, 23k £125.50 (546); Cloughmills farmer, 19.5k £106 (544); Toomebridge farmer, 23k £124.50 (541); Maghera farmer, 24k £129 (538); Bellaghy farmer, 24k £128 (533); Kilrea farmer, 22k £117 (532); Kilrea farmer, 24k £127 (529); Ahoghill farmer, 20k £105 (525); Ballymoney farmer, 19k £99 (521), 23k £117 (509); Stewartstown farmer, 22.5k £117 (520); Randalstown farmer, 23k £119.50 (520); Bendooragh farmer, 26k £135 (519); Kilrea farmer, 22k £114 (518); Armoy farmer, 22.5k £116 (516), 24.5k £125 (510); Ballymoney farmer, 24.5k £126 (514); Coleraine farmer, 19.5k £100 (513); Ballymoney farmer, 25k £128 (512); Kilrea farmer, 24.5k £125.50 (512), 18k £91.50 (508); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £112 (509); Ballymoney farmer, 25k £127 (508); Limavady farmer, 25k £127 (508); Magherafelt farmer, 24k £122 (508) and Portglenone farmer, 24k £122 (508).

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

Good entry of ewes to £191.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of 35 dairy on Tuesday 28th March to a top price of £2400 for a calved heifer.

Coleraine farmer, batch of calved heifers to £2400, £2260, £1960, £1860; Aghadowey farmer, calved heifer to £2380; Dungannon farmer, calved heifers to £2020, £1720, £1700; Coleraine farmer, calved heifers to £2000, £1900, £1700; and Eglinton farmer, calved heifer to £1800, calved cow to £1720, £1700.

More stock required weekly.

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

A super entry of 300 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 29th March at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £1880 and heifers to £1950. Fat cows and bulls to £2260.

Fat cows: 80 on offer, flying trade.

Claudy farmer, 480k Charolais £1450 (302), 480k £1420 (296), 520k £1530 (294), 550k £1580 (287), 530k Simmental £1490 (281), 540k £1440 (267); Garvagh farmer, 580k Limousin £1700 (293), 420k £1080 (257); Ringsend farmer, 520k Shorthorn £1340 (258), 530k Simmental £1290 (243); Magherafelt farmer, 400k Simmental £1020 (255), 370k Limousin £890 (241), 410k Simmental £980 (239), 340k Aberdeen Angus £800 (235), 360k Simmental £810 (225), 350k Limousin £780 (223); Castledawson farmer, 600k Belgian Blue £1510 (252), 650k Limousin £1430 (220), 650k £1400 (215); Cookstown farmer, 550k Friesian £1360 (247), 710k £1400 (197); Ballycastle farmer, 680k Limousin £1660 (244); Rasharkin farmer, 800k Belgian Blue £1830 (229); Bushmills farmer, 610k Holstein £1390 (228), 580k £1280 (221); Ballymoney farmer, 580k Shorthorn beef £1300 (224), 700k £1290 (184); Moneymore farmer, 520k Friesian £1150 (221); Bellarena farmer, 630k Belgian Blue £1380 (219), 710k Limousin £1540 (217); Ballycastle farmer, 610k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1230 (202); Kilraughts farmer, 680k Fleckvieh £1360 (200); Randalstown farmer, 700k Friesian £1370 (196); Dungiven farmer, 630k Simmental £1200 (191); Aghadowey farmer, 600k Holstein £1140 (190), 660k £1210 (183); Bellaghy farmer, 730k Friesian £1380 (189); Limavady farmer, 650k Holstein £1200 (185); Glarryford farmer, 650k Fleckvieh £1190 (183) and Maghera farmer, 510k Aberdeen Angus £920 (180), 580k £1040 (179).

Suckler

Rasharkin farmer, Limousin heifer with Aberdeen Angus heifer calf at foot to £1700 and Moneymore farmer, Belgian Blue heifer with Hereford heifer calf at foot to £1680.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Garvagh farmer, 550k Charolais £1730 (315), 570k £1720 (302), 650k £1950 (300), 580k £1720 (297), 640k £1850 (289), 610k £1760 (289), 640k Limousin £1840 (288), 580k Charolais £1620 (279); Ballymoney farmer, 260k Charolais £810 (312); Upperlands farmer, 600k Limousin £1830 (305), 600k Aberdeen Angus £1710 (285); Antrim farmer, 380k Limousin £1140 (300), 370k £1090 (295), 330k £960 (291), 350k £950 (271), 360k £970 (269), 330k Aberdeen Angus £880 (267), 340k £900 (265), 370k Limousin £960 (260), 280k £630 (225); Ballycastle farmer, 400k Limousin £1200 (300), 390k £980 (251); Ballintoy farmer, 440k Charolais £1300 (296), 410k £1180 (288), 440k £1230 (280), 440k £1180 (268), 440k £1110 (252); Rasharkin farmer, 540k Limousin £1590 (294), 580k £1620 (279), 560k £1550 (277), 590k £1610 (273), 570k £1540 (270), 560k Charolais £1460 (261); Garvagh farmer, 350k Par £960 (274), 330k £900 (273), 360k £980 (272), 350k £890 (254), 390k £980 (251), 380k £940 (247); Portglenone farmer, 470k Limousin £1280 (272), 530k Aberdeen Angus £1350 (255); Magherafelt farmer, 560k Stabiliser £1500 (268), 590k £1500 (254), 580k £1470 (253), 500k £1160 (232), 510k £1180 (231); Garvagh farmer, 390k Charolais £1040 (267), 220k £570 (259), 450k £1000 (222); Ballymoney farmer, 520k Simmental £1360 (262); Moneymore farmer, 370k Limousin £970 (262), 320k £820 (256), 330k £830 (252), 380k £900 (237); Claudy farmer, 470k Charolais £1190 (253), 500k £1260 (252), 460k Limousin £1020 (222); Randalstown farmer, 320k Aberdeen Angus £800 (250), 320k Speckled Park £790 (247); Ringsend farmer, 600k Belgian Blue £1490 (248); Dunloy farmer, 470k Belgian Blue £1140 (243), 530k £1290 (243), 460k £1080 (235), 410k £930 (227), 400k £890 (223) and Bendooragh farmer, 540k Hereford £1260 (233).

Steers

Ballymoney farmer, 260k Charolais £880 (339), 230k Limousin £780 (339), 210k £670 (319); Randalstown farmer, 300k Charolais £960 (320), 370k Simmental £1180 (319), 360k Charolais £1090 (311), 360k £1090 (303), 310k Simmental £930 (300), 380k Charolais £1090 (287), 370k £980 (265), 340k Saler £870 (256), 360k £900 (250), 360k Limousin £900 (250); Garvagh farmer, 310k Charolais £980 (316), 320k £990 (309), 230k £670 (291), 320k £890 (278), 330k £860 (261); Antrim farmer, 450k Aberdeen Angus £1320 (293), 400k Belgian Blue £1120 (280); Portglenone farmer, 430k Simmental £1230 (286), 570k Simmental £1560 (274), 600k Aberdeen Angus £1490 (248); Moneymore farmer, 460k Limousin £1310 (285), 530k Simmental £1500 (283), 530k £1490 (281), 530k Hereford £1470 (277), 540k £1490 (276), 540k £1470 (272), 580k Simmental £1560 (269), 550k Aberdeen Angus £1480 (269), 500k Limousin £1290 (258), 520k £1300 (250), 510k Charolais £1270 (249); Ballymoney farmer, 320k Hereford £900 (281); Antrim farmer, 510k Limousin £1430 (280), 580k Simmental £1490 (257); Claudy farmer, 310k Charolais £850 (274), 360k Charolais £880 (244), 410k Aberdeen Angus £990 (242); Rasharkin farmer, 590k Belgian Blue £1590 (270), 630k Aberdeen Angus £1620 (257), 630k Saler £1600 (254), 540k Aberdeen Angus £1330 (246); Bellaghy farmer, 480k Limousin £1290 (269), 570k £1510 (265), 540k £1420 (263), 570k £1490 (261); Magherafelt farmer, 660k Aberdeen Angus £1690 (256), 710k £1790 (252); Coleraine farmer, 740k Aberdeen Angus £1880 (254), 670k £1680 (251); Garvagh farmer, 530k Hereford £1300 (245), 560k Aberdeen Angus £1370 (245), 580k £1400 (241), 540k £1300 (241) and Kilrea farmer, 290k Aberdeen Angus £690 (238).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.