Heifers selling to £2980 at Kilrea Mart, steers to £2650

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Bull calves

Cloughmills farmer, Charolais £1250; Garvagh farmer, Belgian Blue £1230, Fleckvieh £990; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1180; Dunloy farmer, Charolais £1170, Friesian £800; Ballymena farmer, Charolais £1140, £950; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £1130, £1090, £970, Hereford £860, Belgian Blue £850, £830; Ahoghill farmer, Belgian Blue £1080, £780, Hereford £790, Belgian Blue £760; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £1060; Armoy farmer, Hereford £980, Aberdeen Angus £900, Hereford £870; Ahoghill farmer, Highland £970; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £970, £790; Mosside farmer, Aberdeen Angus £940, £930, £920, £810; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £930, £890, Limousin £790; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £930; Maghera farmer, Belgian Blue £900; Glenwherry farmer, Simmental £880; Ahoghill farmer, Belgian Blue £850, Aberdeen Angus £820; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £800; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £800, Limousin £720, £680; Kilraughts farmer, Fleckvieh £800; Articlave farmer, Aberdeen Angus £790, £760; Bushmills farmer, Friesian £750; Coleraine farmer, Holstein £740 and Stranocum farmer, Aberdeen Angus £710.

Heifer calves

Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £1290, £1260, £1190; Ahoghill farmer, SH £1210, £1120, £1010, £990; Garvagh farmer, Charolais £1200, £1100, Belgian Blue £1000, £960; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1060; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £970, Hereford £820, Aberdeen Angus £790; Ahoghill farmer, Hereford £970, Aberdeen Angus £960, Belgian Blue £920, Hereford £900, Belgian Blue £880, Hereford £800, £770, Belgian Blue £720, Hereford £710, £600, Belgian Blue £600; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £960; Armoy farmer, Belgian Blue £910, Aberdeen Angus £760; Maghera farmer, Belgian Blue £910, £720; Cloughmills farmer, Charolais £890, Aberdeen Angus £850, £770; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £870, Limousin £650; Magherafelt farmer, Simmental £870; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £860; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £850, £670; Glarryford farmer, Aberdeen Angus £810; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £780; Armoy farmer, Hereford £770, Aberdeen Angus £610; Mosside farmer, Aberdeen Angus £760, £740; Ariclave farmer, Aberdeen Angus £690; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £670, £630; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £670; Ballywalter farmer, Charolais £660; Kilraughts farmer, Aberdeen Angus £630; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £630 and Armoy farmer, Belgian Blue £610.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £800.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (90)

A good 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 £1790 and 5.92 ppk.

A good entry of 1100 sheep on Monday 2nd March met a sharp trade for lambs with ewes on top.

Lambs sold to top of £176.10 and to top of 696 pence per kg.

Ewes were on fire reaching a top of £276.

More sheep needed weekly.

Lambs top prices

Aghadowey farmer, 20.5k £138.50 (676); Cookstown farmer, 23.5k £155 (660); Kilrea farmer, 25k £164 (656); Portglenone farmer, 21.5k £141 (656); Limavady farmer, 21k £137 (652); Macosquin farmer, 21k £136 (648); Dungiven farmer, 24k £154.50 (644); Magherafelt farmer, 21k £135 (643); Claudy farmer, 22k £140.50 (639); Upperlands farmer, 24k £153 (638); Garvagh farmer, 26.5k £168.50 (636); Omagh farmer, 23.5k £149 (634); Upperlands farmer, 24k £152 (633); Ballymena farmer, 23.5k £148 (630); Draperstown farmer, 24k £151 (629); Draperstown farmer, 21k £132 (629); Cookstown farmer, 24.5k £154 (629); Randalstown farmer, 21.5k £133 (619); Portglenone farmer, 25k £154 (616); Ballykelly farmer, 22.5k £138.50 (616); Claudy farmer, 19.5k £120 (615); Kilrea farmer, 24k £147.50 (615); Limavady farmer, 22.5k £138 (613); Omagh farmer, 24k £147 (613); Coleraine farmer, 24.5k £150 (612) and Dungiven farmer, 25k £153 (612).

Heavier type lambs to £176.10, £174, £168.50, £167.50, £167, £166.50, £166, £165.50 and £164.

A good entry of 340 fat cow, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 4th March at Kilrea met with an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £2650, heifers to £2980, fat cows and bulls to £2660.

Fat cows: 105 on offer, sharp trade.

Garvagh farmer, 660k Limousin £2400 (364), 670k £2280 (340); Portglenone farmer, 520k Charolais £1870 (360); Toomebridge farmer, 530k Limousin £1910 (360), 530k Belgian Blue £1710 (323); Kilraughts farmer, 540k Belgian Blue £1900 (352), 640k Friesian £2150 (336); Bendooragh farmer, 640k Belgian Blue £2160 (338); Kilrea farmer, 680k Hereford £2290 (337), 760k £2430 (320), 820k £2620 (320), 720k £2300 (319); Dunloy farmer, 730k Simmental £2430 (333); Swatragh farmer, 750k Limousin £2490 (332); Dungiven farmer, 750k Aberdeen Angus £2420 (323); Eglinton farmer, 840k Blonde d'Aquitaine £2660 (317) and Garvagh farmer, 570k Belgian Blue £1800 (316).

Suckler section

Aghadowey farmer, batch of Charolais/Simmental Springing heifers to £2940.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Ballycastle farmer, 510k Limousin £2980 (584), 470k £2260 (481), 520k £2460 (473), 580k £2660 (459), 520k £2360 (454), 450k £2030 (451), 450k £2000 (444), 450k £1980 (440), 520k £2280 (439), 500k £2180 (436), 570k Charolais £2480 (435), 550k Limousin £2380 (433), 550k £2360 (429), 540k £2270 (420), 500k £2090 (418), 520k £2170 (417), 540k £2230 (413), 480k Charolais £1980 (413), 580k Blonde d'Aquitaine £2370 (409), 430k Limousin £1750 (407), 550k £2240 (407), 560k £2270 (405), 610k Charolais £2460 (403), 570k Limousin £2290 (402), 470k £1870 (398), 550k £2170 (395), 500k Charolais £1960 (392), 500k Limousin £1950 (390), 500k £1940 (388), 590k £2270 (385), 430k £1640 (381); Dungiven farmer, 380k Limousin £1880 (495), 420k £2000 (476), 420k £1760 (419), 490k Belgian Blue £1900 (388), 520k Limousin £1980 (381); Finvoy farmer, 390k Charolais £1700 (436), 360k £1480 (411), 390k Belgian Blue £1570 (403); Garvagh farmer, 560k Charolais £2440 (436), 550k Limousin £2350 (427), 580k Simmental £2440 (421), 570k Limousin £2310 (405), 590k Charolais £2390 (405), 530k £2120 (400), 650k £2550 (392), 610k Limousin £2380 (390); Bushmills farmer, 590k Limousin £2560 (434); Randalstown farmer, 480k Limousin £2050 (427), 510k £2160 (424); Kells farmer, 410k Charolais £1720 (420); Draperstown farmer, 540k Limousin £2260 (419), 580k £2420 (417); Magherafelt farmer, 330k Aberdeen Angus £1370 (415), 270k £1050 (393); Bellaghy farmer, 550k Limousin £2260 (411), 440k Simmental £1750 (398); Rasharkin farmer, 530k Belgian Blue £2170 (409); Dunloy farmer, 350k Belgian Blue £1420 (406), 430k £1730 (402), 360k Aberdeen Angus £1430 (397); Limavady farmer, 580k Charolais £2340 (403), 500k £2000 (400), 580k £2300 (397), 470k £1600 (383); Limavady farmer, 450k Aberdeen Angus £1810 (402), 390k £1510 (387), 460k £1760 (383); 410k £1570 (383); Upperlands farmer, 400k Belgian Blue £1600 (400); 420k Aberdeen Angus £1600 (381); Portglenone farmer, 470k Limousin £1880 (400), 490k £1940 (396), 470k £1840 (392), 520k £2000 (385) and Maghera farmer, 430k Limousin £1660 (386).

Steers

Glarryford farmer, 250k Simmental £1380 (552), 310k £1540 (497); Dungiven farmer, 360k Limousin £1640 (456), 430k £1800 (419), 350k £1450 (414), 420k £1680 (400); Bellaghy farmer, 490k Limousin £2100 (429); Kilrea farmer, 520k Charolais £2200 (423), 470k £1980 (421); Maghera farmer, 590k Limousin £2490 (422), 590k £2440 (414), 640k £2560 (400); Magherafelt farmer, 310k Aberdeen Angus £1300 (419), 430k £1800 (419), 370k £1470 (397); Ahoghill farmer, 590k Charolais £2460 (417), 620k £2540 (410), 630k £2560 (406), 630k £2480 (394); Greysteel farmer, 390k Charolais £1620 (415); Ballymena farmer, 310k Fleckvieh £1280 (413), 310k Shorthorn beef £1270 (410); Ahoghill farmer, 520k Limousin £2060 (396) and Bushmills farmer, 440k Aberdeen Angus £1740 (396).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.