Limousin cow with bull calf at foot sells for £2960 at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Bull calves

Portglenone farmer, Simmental £1360, £1350, Charolais £1200; Donemana farmer, Belgian Blue £1270, £690; Upperlands farmer, Shorthorn beef £1230; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £1160; Finvoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1190, £1090; Dunloy farmer, Belgian Blue £1130, Montbeliarde £980, £710; Ahoghill farmer, Hereford £1050, £900; Randalstown farmer, Belgian Blue £1000, Aberdeen Angus £950, Belgian Blue £800; Desertmartin farmer, Belgian Blue £970, Danish Red £740, £730, £690, £650, £620, £610; Desertmartin farmer, Limousin £950, £740, £710; Mosside farmer, Hereford £940; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £900; Bushmills farmer, Charolais £890, Aberdeen Angus £750, Holstein £600; Finvoy farmer, Friesian £890; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £880; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £850, £640, Aberdeen Angus £630, Belgian Blue £600; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £840; Limavady farmer, Charolais £820, £730, £700; Loughgiel farmer, Aberdeen Angus £820, Hereford £810, Aberdeen Angus £620; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £810, £760, £710, £680, £660, £620, £600; Toomebridge farmer, Friesian £810; Mosside farmer, Aberdeen Angus £800; Magherafelt farmer, Charolais £800; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £770, £660; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £760; Ballymoney farmer, Holstein £750, £640; Aghadowey farmer, Hereford £740; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £720, £690, Aberdeen Angus £600; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £700, £650, £620, Belgian Blue £610; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £690; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £690, Charolais £650;Antrim farmer, Limousin £660, £600; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £660, £630; Castledawson farmer, Limousin £640; Cloughmills farmer, Limousin £640; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £630; Ballymoney farmer, Friesian £630; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £620, Hereford £610; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £610, £600; Kilraughts farmer, Aberdeen Angus £600 and Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £600.

Heifer calves

Portglenone farmer, Limousin £1440, Charolais £1400, Simmental £1320; Finvoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1350; Upperlands farmer, Charolais £1290; Finvoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £940; Desertmartin farmer, Belgian Blue £900; Ahoghill farmer, Hereford £890, £740, £660; Dunloy farmer, Montbeliarde £890; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £890; Loughgiel farmer, Hereford £870, Aberdeen Angus £730, Hereford £680; Limavady farmer, Charolais £840, £600; Rasharkin farmer, Belgian Blue £840, £810; Ballymoney farmer, Holstein £820, £600; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £820; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £810, £710; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £810; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £780, £720; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £750; Coleraine farmer, Charolais £740, Belgian Blue £650, Charolais £640; Mosside farmer, Aberdeen Angus £720; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £710, Charolais £700; Castledawson farmer, Limousin £680; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £650; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £640 and Castlerock farmer, Belgian Blue £600.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £630.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (100)

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 £2100 and 5.34 ppk.

An entry of 1300 sheep on Monday 23rd March met a super trade for lambs with ewes on fire.

Lambs sold to top of £211 and to top of 824 pence per kg.

Ewes reached a top of £290.

More sheep needed weekly.

Lambs top prices

Kilrea farmer, 22.5k £185.50 (824); Ballymoney farmer, 21.5k £177 (823); Cookstown farmer, 22.5k £181 (804); Pomeroy farmer, 22k £176 (800); Coleraine farmer, 21k £166 (791); Cookstown farmer, 22.5k £176 (782); Cookstown farmer, 21.5k £165 (767); Coleraine farmer, 25.5k £195.50 (767); Cookstown farmer, 23k £174.50 (759); Ballymoney farmer, 24k £180 (750); Garvagh farmer, 24k £178 (742); Stewartstown farmer, 23.5k £173 (736); Coleraine farmer, 27k £197.50 (732); Ballymoney farmer, 24k £174 (725); Aghadowey farmer, 23k £165 (717); Desertmartin farmer, 23.5k £168 (715); Cookstown farmer, 22.5k £160 (711); Aghadowey farmer, 23.5k £167 (711); Garvagh farmer, 21k £149 (710); Ballymoney farmer, 23k £163 (709); Newtownabbey farmer, 23.5k £165.50 (704) and Ballymoney farmer, 22.5k £158 (702).

Heavier type lambs to £211, £202, £200, £198, £197.50 and £195.50.

A good entry of 50 dairy stock on Tuesday 24th March met a sharp trade with prices reaching £2580 for a third calved cow.

More dairy stock required weekly.

A good entry of 200 fat cow, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 25th March at Kilrea, met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £2400, heifers to £2720 and fat cows and bulls to £2840.

Fat cows: Sharp trade.

Rasharkin farmer, 570k Aberdeen Angus £2040 (358); Dungiven farmer, 640k Charolais £2240 (350), 750k Aberdeen Angus £2370 (316); Cookstown farmer, Limousin £2080 (347), 630k Limousin £2180 (346), 700k Charolais £2380 (340), 690k Charolais £2250 (326); Portglenone farmer, 600k Charolais £2080 (347); Magherafelt farmer, 520k Limousin £1770 (340); 630k Charolais £2050 (325); Ballymoney farmer, 650k Limousin £2150 (331); Portglenone farmer, 620k Limousin £2030 (327); Upperlands farmer, 760k Aberdeen Angus £2240 (321); Nutt's corner farmer, 690k Limousin £2140 (310), 700k Limousin £2060 (294); Kilrea farmer, 770k Shorthorn £2370 (308); Toomebridge farmer, 730k Friesian £2240 (307); Ballymoney farmer, 440k Friesian £1300 (296); Ballymoney farmer, 740k Belgian Blue £2150 (291), 640k Limousin £1860 (291); Ballymoney farmer, 530k Holstein £1450 (274); Dervock farmer, 730k Montbeliarde £1920 (263); Randalstown farmer, 760k Charolais £1970 (259) and Castlerock farmer, 820k Simmental £2100 (256).

Suckler section

A good selection of suckler stock with prices reaching £2960 for a Limousin cow with bull calf at foot.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Randalstown farmer, 510k Belgian Blue £2490 (488), 520k Belgian Blue £2450 (471); Coleraine farmer, 500k Limousin £2360 (472), 580k Limousin £2720 (469), 560k Charolais £2440 (436), 470k Limousin £1980 (421), 570k Charolais £2380 (418); Castledawson farmer, 540k Limousin £2360 (437), 560k Limousin £2370 (423), 570k Charolais £2260 (397), 600k Charolais £2350 (392); Bellaghy farmer, 470k Limousin £2010 (428), 470k Limousin £2000 (426), 480k Limousin £1900 (396), 460k Limousin £1800 (391); Ballycastle farmer, 350k Limousin £1480 (423), 310k Limousin £1280 (413); 330k Limousin £1290 (391), 340k Limousin £1320 (388); Ahoghill farmer, 460k Aberdeen Angus £1870 (407); Ballycastle farmer, 410k Aberdeen Angus £1600 (390), 480k Aberdeen Angus £1820 (379) and Randalstown farmer, 550k Belgian Blue £2020 (367).

Steers

Garvagh farmer, 350k Aberdeen Angus £1610 (460), 350k Simmental £1590 (454), 330k Belgian Blue £1340 (406); Kilrea farmer, 430k Charolais £1920 (447), 520k Charolais £2080 (400); Kilrea farmer, 490k Aberdeen Angus £1940 (396); Bushmills farmer, 450k Aberdeen Angus £1780 (396); Kilrea farmer, 590k Belgian Blue £2270 (385), 560k Belgian Blue £2130 (380); Ballymoney farmer, 600k Limousin £2270 (378), 590k Limousin £2180 (370), 600k Limousin £2180 (363); Magherafelt farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1760 (375) and Randalstown farmer, 620k Charolais £2250 (363).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.