Great entry of dairy at Kilrea, top price of £3660 paid for calved heifer

A super entry of 390 calves and weanlings on Thursday 1st December 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

Coagh farmer, Fleckvieh £485, £470, £410; Strabane farmer, Fleckvieh £485, £455, £420, £300; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £455, £400, Fleckvieh £385; Dervock farmer, Hereford £420, £345, Aberdeen Angus £335; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £400, Aberdeen Angus £360; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £395, Limousin £255; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £395, £295; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £370; Desertmartin farmer, Fleckvieh £365, £330, £245; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360, £350, £240; Maghera farmer, Belgian Blue £355; Ballycastle farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350, Belgian Blue £340; Ballymoney farmer, Shorthorn £335; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £335; £260; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £330; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £310; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £305, £240; Drumahoe farmer, Aberdeen Angus £305; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £295, £275; Moneymore farmer, Fleckvieh £295, Aberdeen Angus £275, Fleckvieh £245, £200; Upperlands farmer, Holstein £295; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285, £255, £250; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £265; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £260; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £255; Maghera farmer, Friesian £250; Portglenone farmer, Limousin £245, £220; Randalstown farmer, Shorthorn £235; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £230; Glarryford farmer, Belgian Blue £220, £215, Hereford £200; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £205 and Glarryford farmer, Montbeliarde £200.

Heifer calves

Castlerock farmer, Simmental £600; Coagh farmer, Fleckvieh £485; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £425; Strabane farmer, Belgian Blue £390, Charolais £370, £270, Limousin £225; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £370, £320; Maghera farmer, Belgian Blue £365, £340, £295; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £365; Ballycastle farmer, Charolais £355, Belgian Blue £305; Randalstown farmer, Simmental £355; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £355; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285; Ballyronan farmer, Belgian Blue £275, Aberdeen Angus £200; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £275; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £265, £230; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £260; Claudy farmer, Belgian Blue £250; Cloughmills farmer, Belgian Blue £240 and Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £215.

Friesian calves super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £250. Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (90)

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 £850 and 300 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 900 on Monday 5th December met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £5.21 per kg and to top of £120.

Fat ewes to £145.

Rams to £146.

Lambs (800)

Ballymoney farmer, 19k £99 (521); Cullybackey farmer, 20k £102.50 (513), 24k £113.50 (473), 23.5k £111 (472); Limavady farmer, 19k £97 (511), 21.5k £107.50 (500), 23.5k £115 (489); Garvagh farmer, 20k £100 (500), 16.5k £80 (485); Aghadowey farmer, 23.5k £116 (494), 23k £113 (491); Castlerock farmer, 20k £98.50 (493); Broughshane farmer, 21.5k £105.50 (491); Rasharkin farmer, 21.5k £104.50 (486); Feeney farmer, 21.5k £104 (484), 24.5k £116 (474); Kilrea farmer, 21.5k £104 (484); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £106 (482); Dunloy farmer, 24k £115.50 (481); Portglenone farmer, 21k £101 (481); Rasharkinfarmer, 21k £101 (481); Kilrea farmer, 22.5k £108 (480); Limavady farmer, 22.5k £108 (480); Ballymena farmer, 18k £86 (478); Limavady farmer, 20k £95.50 (478), 21.5k £101 (470); Ringsend farmer, 23k £110 (478); Garvagh farmer, 23.5k £112 (477); Ballymoney farmer, 16.5k £78.50 (476); Draperstown farmer, 21k £100 (476); Randalstown farmer, 21k £100 (476); Rasharkin farmer, 24k £114 (475); Ballymoney farmer, 21.5k £102 (474); Coleraine farmer, 24k £113.50 (473); Limavady farmer, 23.5k £111 (472); Macosquin farmer, 20.5k £97 (473); Ballycastle farmer, 24.5k £115.50 (471) and Garvagh farmer, 24.5k £115.50 (471).

Fat ewes (100) on offer met a super trade for all types on offer including grazing types.

Good entry of ewes to £145.

More ewes needed.

A great entry of 45 dairy on Tuesday 6th December to a top price of £3660 for a calved heifer.

Portstewart farmer, batch of calved heifers to £3660, £3560, £3520, £3500, £3420; Coleraine farmer, batch of calved heifers to £3340, £3320, £3160; Randalstown farmer, calved heifer to £2580; Ballymoney farmer, calved heifers to £2460, £2080 and Toomebridge farmer, springing heifer to £1880.

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

A good entry of 250 on Wednesday 7th December at Kilrea, met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £1780 and heifers to £1650.

Fat cows and bulls to £2210.

Fat cows: 90 on offer, flying trade Claudy farmer, 640k Limousin £1630 (255), 670k £1660 (248); Kilrea farmer, 1070k Limousin £2210 (207); Randalstown farmer, 670k Simmental £1350 (202); Coleraine farmer, 640k Friesian £1260 (197), 650k Ayrshire £1020 (157), 520k £710 (137), 570k £770 (135); Glarryford farmer, 800k Belgian Blue £1520 (190); Londonderry farmer, 820k Shorthorn beef £1510 (184); Knockloughrim farmer, 880k Holstein £1550 (176); Castlerock farmer, 600k Belgian Blue £1020 (170); Toomebridge farmer, 530k Hereford £900 (170), 680k £1070 (157); Bushmills farmer, 800k Montbeliarde £1350 (169), 640k Norwegian Red £1040 (163), 720k Friesian £1140 (158), 760k £1190 (157), 660k Montbeliarde £970 (147), 630k Friesian £860 (137); Cullybackey farmer, 440k Friesian £740 (168), 400k £570 (143); Portglenone farmer, 470k Friesian £790 (168); Ballymoney farmer, 670k Shorthorn £1120 (167); Aghadowey farmer, 1150k Holstein £1900 (165); Kilrea farmer, 490k Shorthorn £780 (159), 510k SBR £680 (133); Randalstown farmer, 600k Montbeliarde £940 (157), 370k £560 (151); Feeny farmer, 580k Limousin £900 (155); Bushmills farmer, 610k Friesian £940 (154), 580k $860 (148), 670k £990 (148); Coleraine farmer, 690k Friesian £1060 (154); Ballycastle farmer, 640k Friesian £980 (153); Ballymoney farmer, 800k Holstein £1220 (153), 750k £1090 (145), 700k £1010 (144); Bellaghy farmer, 600k Friesian £890 (148); Maghera farmer, 820k Holstein £1200 (146); Portglenone farmer, 520k Friesian £750 (144); Antrim farmer, 600k Friesian £860 (143), 610k £830 (136); Cushendall farmer, 560k Limousin £800 (143); Dervock farmer, 450k Stabiliser £640 (142); Garvagh farmer, 630k Limousin £880 (140), 650k Aberdeen Angus £890 (137) and Dunloy farmer, 720k Holstein £1000 (139).

Suckler

All types of suckler stock required.

Ballymena farmer, springing cow to £1370.

Heifers

Macosquin farmer, 560k Limousin £1540 (275), 650k £1650 (254), 580k £1420 (245), 600k Belgian Blue £1440 (240), 640k Limousin £1470 (230); Bellaghy farmer, 310k Limousin £820 (265), 380k £990 (261), 310k £800 (258), 300k £760 (253), 400k £990 (248), 330k £810 (246), 410k £1010 (246), 400k £970 (243), 310k £750 (242), 320k £770 (241), 380k Simmental £910 (240), 380k Limousin £910 (240), 430k £1030 (240), 330k £790 (239), 400k £940 (235), 330k £770 (233), 370k £860 (232), 350k £810 (231), 330k £760 (230), 350k £800 (229), 430k Simmental £980 (228), 430k Limousin £950 (221), 400k Simmental £880 (220), 410k £890 (217); Claudy farmer, 500k Charolais £1300 (260), 520k £1340 (258), 530k £1320 (249), 510k £1260 (247), 560k £1370 (245); Kilrea farmer, 510k Charolais £1240 (243), 480k £1130 (235); Limavady farmer, 570k Aberdeen Angus £1330 (233), 540k £1230 (228), 510k Saler £1160 (228); Ballymoney farmer, 510k Aberdeen Angus £1180 (231), 500k £1130 (226), 460k £1020 (222), 540k £1170 (217); Dervock farmer, 650k Gal £1440 (222); Macosquin farmer, 380k Aberdeen Angus £820 (216), 400k £840 (210); Knockloughrim farmer, 380k Limousin £790 (208); Magherafelt farmer, 310k Limousin £640 (207), 300k £600 (200); Upperlands farmer, 360k Charolais £740 (206) and Magherafelt farmer, 310k Limousin £630 (203). Steers Knockloughrim farmer, 380k Aberdeen Angus £910 (240), 380k £810 (213), 430k £880 (205); Castlerock farmer, 700k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1670 (239), 750k £1780 (237), 680k £1500 (221); Portglenone farmer, 580k Simmental £1320 (228), 590k £1300 (220); Kilrea farmer, 290k Simmental £650 (224), 430k Shorthorn beef £920 (214); Garvagh farmer, 530k Aberdeen Angus £1180 (223), 600k Stabiliser £1300 (217), 550k £1150 (209); Knockloughrim farmer, 660k Friesian £1470 (223), 700k £1540 (220), 650k £1400 (215); Toomebridge farmer, 610k Belgian Blue £1360 (223), 580k Hereford £1240 (214); Upperlands farmer, 400k Aberdeen Angus £830 (208), 380k Belgian Blue £780 (205), 380k Simmental £760 (200); Toomebridge farmer, 410k Belgian Blue £850 (207); Dervock farmer, 470k Stabiliser £940 (200) and Portglenone farmer, 560k Aberdeen Angus £1120 (200).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.