Limousin bulls selling to £1780 at Kilrea

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Moneymore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £485, £380, Fleckvieh £350; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £475, Belgian Blue £455, £395, Hereford £350, Fleckvieh £325; Ballymoney farmer, Limousin £470, Shorthorn £200; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £440, Hereford £435, £390, Aberdeen Angus £365, £330, Hereford £325, Aberdeen Angus £320, £295, £240, £225, £210; Strabane farmer, Belgian Blue £425, £400; Londonderry farmer, Hereford £410; Limavady farmer, Charolais £405, Belgian Blue £365, Charolais £355, Belgian Blue £335, £310; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £405, £345, £340; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £400, Limousin £335, Fleckvieh £265; Articlave farmer, Aberdeen Angus £365, £355; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £365, £285, Belgian Blue £280; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360, Fleckvieh £350; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360, £340, £310; Desertmartin farmer, Limousin £345, £330; Glarryford farmer, Aberdeen Angus £335; Ballycastle farmer, Belgian Blue £330, £315; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £330, £310, £260, £240, £230, £210; Finvoy farmer, Belgian Blue £330, Montbeliarde £235; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £325, Friesian £275; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £320; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £295; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £285, Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285; Bushmills farmer, Friesian £255; Ballymoney farmer, Friesian £245, Belgian Blue £230; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240; Limavady farmer, Charolais £240, Aberdeen Angus £220; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230; Desertmartin farmer, Shorthorn beef £230; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £220; Rasharkin farmer, Hereford £220; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £215; Ballymena farmer, Fleckvieh £200; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200 and Dervock farmer, Montbeliarde £200.

Heifer calves

Randalstown farmer, Belgian Blue £455; Desertmartin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £430, £375; Aghadowey farmer, Hereford £395, £360, £290, Aberdeen Angus £255, Hereford £230, Aberdeen Angus £220, £200; Ballycastle farmer, Belgian Blue £395, £350, Aberdeen Angus £280, Belgian Blue £270, £240; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £375, £325, £300; Finvoy farmer, Belgian Blue £375, £300; Moneymore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350; Ballyronan farmer, Belgian Blue £345, Aberdeen Angus £275, £220; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £335, Belgian Blue £280; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £330, £305, £290, £285; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £325; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £315; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £310; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £300; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £300, £200; Strabane farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £290; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290, £210; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285; Dervock farmer, Belted Galloway £285; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £280, £265; Ballymoney farmer, Limousin £260, Shorthorn £260; Aghadowey farmer, Friesian £255; Rasharkin farmer, Limousin £255, Aberdeen Angus £235, Limousin £235; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £255; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250, Limousin £250; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £240; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230, £210 and Dungiven farmer, Hereford £205.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £275.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suck calves (100)

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 selling to atop of £970 and 420 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A good entry of over 550 on Monday 31st January met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £5.66 per kg and to top of £158.

Fat ewes to £164.

Lambs (400)

Dunloy farmer, 22k £124.50 (566); Drumsurn farmer, 23k £123.50 (537), 26k £130.50 (502); Garvagh farmer, 20.5k £109.50 (534), 22.5k £119 (529); Coleraine farmer, 22.5k £120 (533); Ballymoney farmer, 23.5k £124.50 (530); Portglenone farmer, 17k £90 (529), 20.5k £106.50 (520); Ballymoney farmer, 20.5k £108 (527), 26.5k £126 (476); Dunloy farmer, 23k £121 (526); Kilrea farmer, 18.5k £97 (524), 20.5k £107 (522), 20.5k £106 (517); Ballymoney farmer, 23.5k £123 (523); Antrim farmer, 22k £115 (523); Cullybackey farmer, 23.5k £122.50 (521); Limavady farmer, 21.5k £112 (521); Garvagh farmer, 23k £119.50 (520) and Kilrea farmer, 24.5k £126 (514).

Heavy lambs to £158, £133, £130.50, £130, £128.50, £126, £124.50 and £124.

Fat ewes (150) on offer met a super trade for all types on offer including grazing types.

Good entry of ewes and rams to £164.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of 60 dairy on Tuesday 1st February met a super trade with more quality lots required.

Cullybackey farmer, second calver to £1700; Dungannon farmer, second calvers to £1680 and £1540, calved heifer to £1580; Ballyclare farmer, calved cow to £1630; Pomeroy farmer, calved heifer to £1530; Stewartstown farmer, calved heifer to £1400; Aghadowey farmer, springing cows to £1240, £1220, £1100; Magherafelt farmer, in-calf heifers to £1360, £1300 and Magherafelt farmer, batch of maiden heifers to £900, £880, £860.

More stock required weekly.

A good entry of 370 on Wednesday 2nd February at Kilrea, met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers sold to £1570, heifers sold to £1440.

Fat cows and bulls to £1740.

Fat cows: 90 on offer, flying trade.

Coleraine farmer, 490K, Charolais, £1,150.00, (234.7); Bellaghy farmer, 760K, Belgian Blue, £1,630.00, (214.5); Ballymena farmer, 620K, Charolais, £1,300.00, (209.7), 580K, Limousin, £990.00, (170.7), 650K, Charolais, £980.00, (150.8); Toomebridge farmer, 670K, Belgian Blue, £1,400.00, (209), 760K, Aberdeen Angus, £1,450.00, (190.8); Coleraine farmer, 660K, Friesian, £1,300.00, (197), 660K, Friesian, £1,250.00, (189.4), 600K, Friesian, £1,040.00, (173.3); Ballymoney farmer, 620K, Holstein, £1,220.00, (196.8), 880K, Limousin, £1,340.00, (152.3), 740K, Holstein, £1,060.00, (143.2); Magherafelt farmer, 620K, Friesian, £1,210.00, (195.2), 630K, Friesian, £1,140.00, (181), 660K, Friesian, £1,170.00, (177.3); Coleraine farmer, 650K, Friesian, £1,200.00, (184.6), 600K, Friesian, £900.00, (150), 830K, Holstein, £1,150.00, (138.6), 640K, Holstein, £710.00, (110.9); Portrush farmer, 670K, Ayrshire, £1,230.00, (183.6), 600K, Montbeliarde, £1,090.00, (181.7), 720K, Holstein, £960.00, (133.3), 730K, Friesian, £830.00, (113.7); Magherafelt farmer, 720K, Limousin, £1,320.00, (183), 690K, Limousin, £1,200.00, (173.9); Garvagh farmer, 560K, Friesian, £990.00, (176.8); Ballymoney farmer, 430K, Simmental, £760.00, (176.7); Eglington farmer, 790K, Limousin, £1,300.00, (164.6), 590K, Hereford, £830.00, (140.7); Cookstown farmer, 560K, Friesian, £920.00, (164.3), 450K, Friesian, £660.00, (146.7), 440K, Friesian, £560.00, (127.3); Claudy farmer, 620K, Friesian, £1,000.00, (161.3);

Portglenone farmer, 750K, Limousin, £1,190.00, (158.7); Dunloy farmer, 570K, Hereford, £890.00, (156.1), 650K, Limousin, £870.00, (133.8); Castledawson farmer, 490K, Belgian Blue, £760.00, (155.1); Portrush farmer, 550K, Aberdeen Angus, £850.00, (154.5); Coleraine farmer, 810K, Hereford, £1,250.00, (154.3), 580K, Limousin, £880.00, (151.7), 580K, Aberdeen Angus, £760.00, (131); Rasharkin farmer, 1130K, Limousin, £1,740.00, (154); Portglenone farmer, 260K, Simmental, £400.00, (153.8); Ballymoney farmer, 630K, Charolais, £950.00, (150.8), 640K, Limousin, £840.00, (131.3); Magherafelt farmer, 660K, Aberdeen Angus, £980.00, (148.5), 740K, Aberdeen Angus, £1,090.00, (147.3), 610K, Aberdeen Angus, £790.00, (129.5); Ballycastle farmer, 420K, Simmental, £620.00, (147.6), 430K, Belgian Blue, £550.00, (127.9); Maghera farmer, 400K, Hereford, £590.00, (147.5), 400K, Hereford, £590.00, (147.5), 490K, Hereford, £640.00, (130.6); Macosquin farmer, 650k, Limousin, £920.00, (141.5), 640k, Aberdeen Angus, £860.00, (134.4); Kilrea farmer, 1040k, ST, £1,440.00, (138.5); Coleraine farmer, 680k, Aberdeen Angus, £860.00, (126.5); Swatragh farmer, 690k, Friesian, £870.00, (126.1) and Macosquin farmer, 760k, Holstein, £950.00, (125).

Suckler stock

Bellaghy farmer, second calver Limousin with Limousin heifer calf at foot to £1720; Claudy farmer, Simmental cow with Charolais bull calf at foot to £1670, second calver Limousin with Charolais heifer calf at foot to £1440; Randalstown farmer, springing Limousin cows to £1380, £1280 and Garvagh farmer Limousin bulls to £1780 and £1560.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Garvagh farmer, 510k Limousin £1350 (265), 480k £1130 (235); Ballymena farmer, 490k Charolais £1260 (257), 520k £1230 (237), 440k £1040 (236), 470k £1010 (215), 520k Aberdeen Angus £1090 (210), 530k Charolais £1090 (206); Finvoy farmer, 270k Limousin £690 (256), 280k Charolais £710 (254), 290k Limousin £650 (224); Garvagh farmer, 470k Charolais £1180 (251), 510k £1260 (247), 500k £1230 (246), 550k £1340 (244), 530k £1290 (243), 530k £1280 (242), 500k £1200 (240), 490k £1170 (239), 570k £1350 (237), 570k £1310 (230), 510k £1140 (224), 610k Simmental £1350 (221), 510k Charolais £1110 (218); Rasharkin farmer, 490k Limousin £1200 (245), 420k £950 (226), 440k £980 (223); Dunloy farmer, 580k Charolais £1420 (245), 540k £1320 (244), 490k £1190 (243), 580k £1360 (235), 510k £1160 (228), 550k £1240 (226), 450k £990 (220), 510k £1090 (214), 540k £1120 (207), 520k £1070 (206); Portglenone farmer, 530k Charolais £1250 (236), 440k Limousin £1010 (230), 470k Simmental £1040 (221), 530k £1130 (213); Coleraine farmer, 530k Aberdeen Angus £1180 (223); Drumsurn farmer, 540k Simmental £1200 (222), 560k Belgian Blue £1190 (213), 600k Simmental £1260 (210), 570k Belgian Blue £1190 (209), 600k Simmental £1200 (200); Kilrea farmer, 360k Aberdeen Angus £790 (219); Ballymoney farmer, 660k Aberdeen Angus £1440 (218), 640k £1340 (209); Ballymoney farmer, 460k Charolais £1000 (217), 470k £990 (211); Garvagh farmer, 510k Aberdeen Angus £1100 (216), 560k £1190 (213), 550k £1140 (207); Portglenone farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1000 (213), 380k £790 (208), 350k £710 (203), 360k £720 (200), 390k £780 (200); Dunloy farmer 420k Belgian Blue £890 (212), 530k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (204); Moneymore farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1150 (209), 540k £1100 (204), 570k £1150 (202), 560k £1120 (200); Limavady farmer, 570k Aberdeen Angus £1140 (200) and Ballymoney farmer, 450k Aberdeen Angus £900 (200).

Steers

Dunloy farmer, 470k Charolais £1270 (270), 440k £1100 (250), 440k £1090 (248), 480k Limousin £1170 (244), 460k Charolais £1110 (241), 560k £1340 (239), 510k £1220 (239), 550k £1280 (233), 500k £1140 (228), 590k £1320 (224), 470k Simmental £1050 (223); Templepatrick farmer, 410k Charolais £1060 (259), 460k £1170 (254), 460k £1160 (252), 400k Limousin £980 (245), 440k £1060 (241), 470k Charolais £1130 (240), 410k Limousin £970 (2237), 500k Charolais £1180 (236), 390k £880 (226), 470k £1050 (223), 400k Limousin £880 (220), 410k £890 (217), 380k £800 (211), 450k Charolais £920 (204), 410k Limousin £830 (202), 440k £880 (200); Kilrea farmer, 360k Charolais £890 (247), 380k £840 (221), 470k Hereford £980 (209); Dunloy farmer, 490k Charolais £1200 (245), 460k £1120 (244), 500k £1210 (242), 540k £1300 (241), 510k £1200 (235), 540k £1260 (233), 530k £1170 (221), 550k £1210 (220), 540k £1140 (211); Coleraine farmer, 580k Aberdeen Angus £1410 (243), 670k Shorthorn beef £1540 (230); Glarryford farmer, 610k Charolais £1480 (243), 630k £1520 (241), 490k £1170 (239), 580k Limousin £1380 (238), 560k Charolais £1310 (234), 530k £1180 (223), 550k £1220 (222), 520k £1150 (221), 550k £1200 (218); Ballymoney farmer, 480k Limousin £1160 (242), 490k Aberdeen Angus £980 (200); Dungiven farmer, 470k Limousin £1130 (240), 470k £1090 (232), 470k £1020 (217), 470k £1010 (215); Cookstown farmer, 450k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (240), 480k £1140 (238), 480k £1100 (229); Magherafelt farmer, 490k Belgian Blue £1160 (237); Garvagh farmer, 500k Limousin £1180 (236), 520k £1170 (225); Ballymoney farmer, 390k Hereford £920 (236), 380k Limousin £820 (216), 420k £900 (214); Kilrea farmer, 670k Belgian Blue £1570 (234), 580k Belgian Blue £1320 (228), 640k £1420 (222), 640k £1400 (219), 620k £1360 (219), 630k £1370 (218), 620k £1290 (208), 590k £1200 (203); Ahoghill farmer, 640k Limousin £1470 (230), 600k Limousin £1310 (218), 660k Belgian Blue £1420 (215), 650k Aberdeen Angus £1370 (211), 660k Limousin £1360 (206), 590k Aberdeen Angus £1180 (200); Toomebridge farmer, 680k Limousin £1560 (229), 710k Aberdeen Angus £1510 (213), 660k £1370 (208); Portglenone farmer, 440k Simmental £990 (225), 440k £960 (218), 600k £1290 (215); Armoy farmer, 470k Charolais £1070 (228), 480k £1070 (223); Upperlands farmer, 260k Aberdeen Angus £580 (223), Ballymoney farmer, 530k Aberdeen Angus £1120 (211); Coleraine farmer, 490k Aberdeen Angus £1030 (210); Templepatrick farmer, 410k Limousin £860 (210), 520k Hereford £1080 (208) and Kilrea farmer, 490k Friesian £980 (200).

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

Auctioneer: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.