Good entry of dairy stock at Kilrea, top price of £2720 paid for a calved heifer

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £650; Castlederg farmer, Aberdeen Angus £520, £420, Friesian £350; Garvagh farmer, Holstein £455; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £400, £375; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £385, £265; Strabane farmer, Hereford £375, £280; Ballymoney farmer, Simmental £370, Fleckvieh £270, £245; Desertmartin farmer, Fleckvieh £340; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300, £295; Swatragh farmer, Friesian £295, £285, £225; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £250, £220; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £220; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £205; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200 and Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200.

Heifer calves

Portglenone Belgian Blue £535, Belgian Blue £490, Aberdeen Angus £420, £315, £250; Strabane farmer, Charolais £425, Hereford £350, Charolais £3345, Limousin £315; Randalstown farmer, Hereford £380; Castlederg farmer, Aberdeen Angus £365, £265; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £350, £260, £240; Greysteel farmer, Aberdeen Angus £346, £250; Dungannon farmer, Shorthorn £340; Eglinton farmer, Hereford £320, £255; Upperlands farmer, Hereford £290, Aberdeen Angus £274, £205; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £245; Limavady farmer, Limousin £230, Saler £200; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £225, Aberdeen Angus £205; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £205 and Rasharkin farmer, Simmental £200.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £350. Good demand for thick types. Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (70)

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 £1065 and 310 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 760 on Monday 20th February met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £5.06 per kg and to top of £122.

Fat ewes to £144.

Breeding ewes to £230.

Lambs

Ballymoney farmer, 18k £91 (506), 20k £98.50 (493); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £106 (505), 22k £107 (486); Macosquin farmer, 19.5k £98 (503); Kilrea farmer, 22.5k £112 (500); Portrush farmer, 23k £114 (496); Claudy farmer, 19k £93.50 (492); Ballymoney farmer, 23k £113 (491); Dunloy farmer, 21.5k £105.50 (491); Portglenone farmer, 23k £112 (487); Articlave farmer, 23.5k £114 (485), 19k £92 (484); Ballymoney farmer, 20k £97 (485); Garvagh farmer, 24k £116.50 (485); Coleraine farmer, 20.5k £99 (483); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £106 (482); Clough farmer, 22k £106 (482) and Mosside farmer, 22k £106 482).

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

Good entry of ewes to £144.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of 21 dairy on Tuesday 21st February to a top price of £2720 for a calved heifer.

Garvagh farmer, calved heifers to £2720, £2680, £2140; Castlederg farmer, calved heifers to £2620, £2500, £2480, second calvers to £2560, £2500, £2300; Dungannon farmer, calved heifers to £2420, £2360, £2300 and Coleraine farmer, calved heifers to £2360, £2320.

More stock required weekly.

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

A super entry of 320 fat cow, suckler and store cattle on Wednesday 22nd February at Kilrea, met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers selling to £1850 and heifers selling to £1840.

Fat cows and bulls selling to £1740.

Fat cows: 80 on offer, flying trade.

Coleraine farmer, 660k Charolais £1710 (259), 510k Saler £1170 (229); Portglenone farmer, 610k Limousin £1560 (256), 480k £1200 (250), 710k £1700 (239), 420k £1000 (238); Ballymoney farmer, 600k Fleckvieh £1530 (255), 570k £1430 (251), 660k £1550 (235); Randalstown farmer, 660k Simmental £1660 (252); Limavady farmer, 560k Hereford £1360 (243); Portglenone farmer, 530k Belgian Blue £1280 (242); Ballymoney farmer, 450k Simmental £1080 (240), 490k £940 (192); Limavady farmer, 760k Limousin £1740 (229); Limavady farmer, 610k Aberdeen Angus £1370 (225), 440k £880 (200); Desertmartin farmer, 450k Aberdeen Angus £1000 (222); Ballintoy farmer, 700k Limousin £1540 (220), 810k Simmental £1620 (200); Garvagh farmer, 540k Aberdeen Angus £1190 (220); Toomebridge farmer, 500k Hereford £1080 (216); Ballymena farmer, 720k Holstein £1510 (210), 800k £1380 (173); Limavady farmer, 660k Holstein £1380 (209); Rasharkin farmer, 610k Aberdeen Angus £1250 (205); Ballymoney farmer, 450k Simmental £920 (204); Kilrea farmer, 720k Hereford £1470 (204), 710k Charolais £1390 (196); Desertmartin farmer, 530k Shorthorn beef £1060 (200); Macosquin farmer, 420k Ayrshire £780 (186), 430k Holstein £790 (184), 400k £730 (183), 400k £720 (180), 420k Ayrshire £750 (179), 420k Holstein £740 (176), 400k Ayrshire £690 (173); Dungiven farmer, 650k Simmental £1180 (182); Portglenone farmer, 710k Friesian £1280 (180), 670k £1200 (179), 840k £1440 (171); Ballycastle farmer, 590k Friesian £1050 (178); Moneymore farmer, 740k Holstein £1320 (178) and Dunloy farmer, 590k Holstein £1040 (176).

Suckler

Dungiven farmer, Simmental cow with Charolais heifer calf at foot to £1920, Belgian Blue cow with Charolais bull calf at foot to £1870.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Garvagh farmer, 480k Charolais £1580 (329), 500k £1570 (314), 550k £1660 (302), 490k £1470 (300), 520k £1560 (300), 490k £1460 (298), 500k Limousin £1490 (298), 510k Charolais £1510 (296), 470k Limousin £1370 (292), 460k Charolais £1300 (283), 480k £1290 (269); Castledawson farmer, 500k Charolais £1530 (306), 540k Limousin £1610 (298), 560k £1660 (296), 540k £1590 (294), 470k £1370 (292), 510k £1380 (271), 550k £1470 (267), 540k Charolais £1440 (267), 540k £1430 (265), 570k Limousin £1500 (263), 550k Charolais £1420 (258), 600k Limousin £1550 (258), 550k Stabiliser £1380 (251); Portglenone farmer, 560k Belgian Blue £1660 (296), 540k Fleckvieh £1300 (241); Randalstown farmer, 540k Simmental £1580 (293), 520k Aberdeen Angus £1500 (289), 530k Simmental £1480 (279), 560k Aberdeen Angus £1530 (273), 550k £1460 (266); Kilrea farmer, 650k Charolais £1840 (283), 570k £1500 (263), 570k £1440 (253); Garvagh farmer, 310k Aberdeen Angus £850 (274), 350k £870 (249); Rasharkin farmer, 480k Charolais £1310 (273), 540k £1400 (259), 450k £1120 (249), 570k £1400 (246); Swatragh farmer, 570k Limousin £1550 (272), 600k Aberdeen Angus £1490 (248), 520k Hereford £1270 (244); Macosquin farmer, 420k Limousin £1140 (271), 370k £990 (268); Garvagh farmer, 460k Aberdeen Angus £1240 (270); Glarryford farmer, 660k Aberdeen Angus £1720 (261), 700k £1740 (249); Bendooragh farmer, 400k Belgian Blue £990 (248), 250k Fleckvieh £620 (248); Ahoghill farmer, 530k Aberdeen Angus £1310 (247); Garvagh farmer, 540k Aberdeen Angus £1330 (246); Ballymoney farmer, 360k Limousin £880 (244); Toomebridge farmer, 380k Aberdeen Angus £920 (242); Bushmills farmer, 540k Limousin £1300 (241); Kilrea farmer, 640k Aberdeen Angus £1540 (241) and Ballymoney farmer, 430k Limousin £1030 (240).

Steers

Ballymoney farmer, 360k Charolais £1160 (322), 450k £1260 (280), 420k Aberdeen Angus £1140 (271), 330k Charolais £800 (242); Ballintoy farmer, 450k Charolais £1440 (320), 410k £1220 (298), 480k £1420 (296), 470k £1360 (289), 460k Limousin £1320 (287), 480k £1360 (283), 520k Charolais £1380 (265); Dunloy farmer, 570k Charolais £1790 (314), 520k £1530 (294), 510k £1460 (286), 620k £1740 (281), 570k £1600 (281), 540k £1480 (274), 620k Aberdeen Angus £1670 (269), 620k Charolais £1600 (258), 570k £1470 (258), 560k Aberdeen Angus £1440 (257); Portglenone farmer, 490k Limousin £1520 (310), 550k £1620 (295), 590k £1660 (281), 640k £1750 (273), 540k £1360 (252); Toomebridge farmer, 330k Charolais £1010 (306); Ballymena farmer, 630k Limousin £1800 (286), 660k £1850 (280), 510k Aberdeen Angus £1390 (273), 610k Limousin £1600 (262), 690k Aberdeen Angus £1800 (261), 560k Limousin £1450 (259), 510k Aberdeen Angus £1320 (259), 580k £1490 (257), 550k Limousin £1410 (256), 590k Aberdeen Angus £1480 (251), 580k Limousin £1440 (248); Aghadowey farmer, 600k Limousin £1650 (275), 620k £1650 (266), 610k £1500 (246); Swatragh farmer, 630k Limousin £1730 (275), 610k Hereford £1640 (269), 610k Limousin £1480 (243); Dunloy farmer, 275k Simmental £740 (269), 360k £870 (242); Portglenone farmer, 420k Belgian Blue £1130 (269), 450k £1160 (256); Garvagh farmer, 620k Limousin £1640 (265), 540k Belgian Blue £1360 (252); Maghera farmer, 590k Aberdeen Angus £1540 (261), 510k £1290 (253), 550k Belgian Blue £1360 (247), 580k Aberdeen Angus £1420 (245), 480k Belgian Blue £1170 (244); Castledawson farmer, 520k Limousin £1350 (260); Kilrea farmer, 450k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1170 (260), 460k Aberdeen Angus £1140 (248); Templepatrick farmer, 580k Belgian Blue £1480 (255), 560k £1410 (252), 540k Aberdeen Angus £1360 (252), 540k Limousin £1350 (250), 500k Hereford £1240 (248), 570k Belgian Blue £1410 (247), 640k £1570 (245), 510k £1250 (245), 490k £1200 (245), 500k Limousin £1220 (244), 550k Hereford £1340 (244), 500k Aberdeen Angus £1220 (244), 520k £1260 (242), 550k Belgian Blue £1330 (242), 530k £1280 (242); Glarryford farmer, 400k Belgian Blue £990 (248); Garvagh farmer, 290k Aberdeen Angus £710 (245); Ahoghill farmer, 700k Aberdeen Angus £1700 (243); Kilrea farmer, 440k Hereford £1070 (243) and Portglenone farmer, 370k Hereford £900 (243).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.