Limousin heifer with heifer calf at foot sells for £2920 at Kilrea

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Toomebridge farmer, Limousin £585, Friesian £355; Dervock farmer, Charolais £540, £235; Limavady farmer, Limousin £525, £480; Greysteel farmer, Limousin £450; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £400; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £400, £260; Armoy farmer, Belgian Blue £385, Hereford £320; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £380, Friesian £200; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £340, £240; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £325, £310; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £310, £240; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £305; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £295; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £255; Moneymore farmer, Belgian Blue £240; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £225; Maghera farmer, Holstein £225; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £210; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £210; Glarryford farmer, Aberdeen Angus £210; Kilrea farmer, Belgian Blue £205; Bellaghy farmer, Limousin £200 and Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200.

Heifer calves

Greysteel farmer, Limousin £555, £495; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £480; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £430, £380, £350, Belgian Blue £345; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £365; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350; Ballymena farmer, Charolais £330; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330, Hereford £320;

Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330; Randalstown farmer, Belgian Blue £325; Cloughmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300, Belgian Blue £200; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £255; Dungiven farmer, Friesian £250, Shorthorn beef £205; Kilrea farmer, Belgian Blue £230 and Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £200.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £200. Good demand for thick types. Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (80)

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 £950 and 298 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 960 on Monday 9th January met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £4.88 per kg and to top of £122.

Fat ewes to £246.

Breeding sheep to £258.

Lambs

Ballymena farmer, 21.5k £105 (488), 18k £84 (467); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £102 (486); Broughshane farmer, 21k £100 (476); Limavady farmer, 22k £103.50 (471); Ballymena farmer, 23k £108 (470); Claudy farmer, 21.5k £101 (470); Randalstown farmer, 22.5k £105.50 (469); Ballymoney farmer, 23.5k £110 (468), 22.5k £104 (462); Rasharkin farmer, 22k £103 (468); Garvagh farmer, 16.5k £77 (467); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £97 (462); Kilrea farmer, 22.5k £104 (462); Limavady farmer, 21k £97 (462); Bushmills farmer, 22k £101.50 (461); Clough farmer, 21.5k £99 (461); Cullybackey farmer, 22k £101.50 (461); Garvagh farmer, 22k £101 (459);

Garvagh farmer, 24k £110 (458), 23k £104 (452); Aghadowey farmer, 21k £96 (457);

Cullybackey farmer, 14k £64 (457); Aghadowey farmer, 20.5k £93.50 (456); Randalstown farmer, 25k £114 (456); Dungiven farmer, 22k £100 (455); Cookstown farmer, 20k £91 (455); Ballymena farmer, 24k £109 (454), 24k £108.50 (452); Garvagh farmer, 21k £95 (452) and Macosquin farmer, 24k £108.50 (452).

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

Good entry of ewes to £246.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of dairy on Tuesday 10th January to a top price of £2700 for a calved heifers.

Dungannon farmer, calved heifers to £2700, £2640; Desertmartin farmer, calved heifer to £2280 and Coleraine farmer, Friesian bull to £2100.

More stock required weekly.

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

A super entry of 350 on Wednesday 11th January at Kilrea, met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £1680 and heifers to £1800.

Fat cows and bulls to £2480.

Fat cows: 120 on offer, flying trade.

Coleraine farmer, 690k Limousin £1790 (259), 630k £1630 (259), 640k £1570 (245), 570k £1050 (184); Ballycastle farmer, 680k Limousin £1710 (252); Donemana farmer, 710k Hereford £1710 (241); Magherafelt farmer, 630k Aberdeen Angus £1520 (241), 660k Limousin £1590 (241), 670k Aberdeen Angus £1560 (233), 610k £1350 (221), 640k Friesian £1350 (211), 640k £1290 (202); Ballymoney farmer, 620k Limousin £1420 (229), 590k Friesian £1280 (217); Ahoghill farmer, 570k Friesian £1290 (226), 560k £1210 (216), 570k £1220 (214), 550k £1140 (207); Ballymoney farmer, 560k Shorthorn beef £1260 (225), 690k Irish Moilie £1440 (209); Randalstown farmer, 680k Charolais £1530 (225); Glarryford farmer, 540k Friesian £1170 (217), 680k £1450 (213), 630k £1330 (211), 740k £1510 (204); Macosquin farmer, 540k Fleckvieh £1170 (217), 550k Friesian £1130 (206), 880k Aberdeen Angus £1790 (203), 630k Friesian £1100 (175); Garvagh farmer, 700k Fleckvieh £1480 (211); Garvagh farmer, 590k Limousin £1230 (209); Garvagh farmer, 530k Charolais £1100 (208); Bushmills farmer, 690k Friesian £1430 (207), 530k Montbeliarde £1090 (206); Coleraine farmer, 570k Aberdeen Angus £1180 (207), 480k £900 (188), 390k Montbeliarde £680 (174), 430k Friesian £740 (172); Randalstown farmer, 1200k Hereford £2480 (207); Ballintoy farmer, 570k Holstein £1160 (204); Crumlin farmer, 720k Belgian Blue £1450 (201); Randalstown farmer, 650k Limousin £1290 (199), 670k £1310 (196), 730k £1270 (174); Glarryford farmer, 800k Simmental £1560 (195); Ballymoney farmer, 470k Friesian £910 (194); Garvagh farmer, 550k Belgian Blue £1060 (193); Dervock farmer, 720k Saler £1360 (189), 600k £1020 (170); Dungiven farmer, 1050k Hereford £1920 (183); Glarryford farmer, 860k Hereford £1550 (180); Aghadowey farmer, 750k Friesian £1340 (179), 820k £1420 (173); Desertmartin farmer, 760k Friesian £1360 (179); Upperlands farmer, 500k Hereford £890 (178); Magherafelt farmer, 710k Holstein £1240 (175); Portglenone farmer, 580k Saler £1000 (172); Ballymoney farmer, 770k Friesian £1320 (171) and Bushmills farmer, 700k Holstein £1200 (171).

Suckler

All types of suckler stock required.

Claudy farmer, Limousin heifer with Limousin heifer calf at foot to £2920, Limousin second calver with Limousin Bull calf at foot to £2460, Belgian Blue heifer with Limousin heifer calf at foot to £2360, Limousin heifer with Limousin heifer calf at foot to £2200, Limousin heifer with Limousin Bull calf at foot to £2000 and Limousin second calver with Limousin Bull calf at foot to £1880.

Heifers

Macosquin farmer, 590k Limousin £1800 (305), 650k £1630 (251), 600k Aberdeen Angus £1450 (242), 580k Limousin £1400 (241), 560k £1300 (232); Coleraine farmer, 410k Limousin £1190 (290), 440k Belgian Blue £1210 (275), 450k £1210 (269), 480k Limousin £1280 (267), 420k Belgian Blue £1110 (264), 400k Limousin £1050 (263), 470k Limousin £1230 (262), 420k Charolais £1100 (262), 460k Simmental £1190 (259), 500k Belgian Blue £1280 (256), 400k Limousin £1020 (255), 440k Belgian Blue £1100 (250), 400k Limousin £990 (248), 380k £920 (242), 460k Belgian Blue £1110 (241); Ballymena farmer, 460k Charolais £1260 (274), 520k £1380 (265), 520k £1370 (264), 490k £1290 (263), 540k £1390 (257), 430k £1080 (251); Toomebridge farmer, 630k Charolais £1720 (273), 680k £1690 (249), 530k Limousin £1220 (230); Ballycastle farmer, 530k Charolais £1440 (272), 460k £1240 (270), 520k £1380 (265), 490k £1290 (263), 410k £1070 (261), 470k £1220 (260), 490k £1240 (253), 530k £1340 (253), 520k £1290 (248), 490k £1200 (245); Bellarena farmer, 390k Aberdeen Angus £1060 (272), 420k £1070 (255), 450k £1110 (247), 620k £1470 (237), 410k £970 (237), 420k £990 (236); Ballymena farmer, 400k Charolais £1060 (265); Castledawson farmer, 400k Limousin £1060 (265), 340k £860 (253), 410k £1000 (244), 370k £900 (243), 450k £1060 (236); Garvagh farmer, 530k Limousin £1380 (260), 490k Charolais £1250 (255); Ballymoney farmer, 490k Limousin £1250 (255); Portglenone farmer, 510k Charolais £1300 (255), 520k Simmental £1310 (252), 550k Simmental £1350 (246), 530k £1260 (238); Swatragh farmer, 510k Charolais £1280 (251), 490k £1230 (251); Limavady farmer, 430k Belgian Blue £1060 (247), 440k £1080 (246), 390k £950 (244), 390k £940 (241), 440k £1040 (236); Knockloughrim farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £1270 (244), 530k £1280 (242); Maghera farmer, 470k Limousin £1140 (243), 480k £1140 (238), 490k Saler £1160 (237), 450k Limousin £1050 (233); Bellaghy farmer, 540k Aberdeen Angus £1290 (239), 530k £1230 (232); Maghera farmer, 460k Hereford £1080 (235), 500k Aberdeen Angus £1170 (234); Garvagh farmer, 630k Aberdeen Angus £1470 (233), 640k £1480 (231); Limavady farmer, 500k Stabiliser £1160 (232); Coleraine farmer, 700k Stabiliser £1610 (230) and Garvagh farmer, 460k Aberdeen Angus £1060 (230).

Steers

Crumlin farmer, 300k Limousin £880 (293), 240k Simmental £700 (292), 230k £650 (283), 320k Limousin £900 (281), 290k Simmental £750 (259); Castledawson farmer, 360k Limousin £1050 (292); Ballintoy farmer, 580k Charolais £1650 (285), 590k £1680 (285), 590k £1640 (278), 550k £1510 (275), 540k £1470 (272), 560k £1470 (263), 610k £1590 (261), 600k £1550 (258); Bellarena farmer, 420k Aberdeen Angus £1190 (283), 390k £1100 (282), 490k £1320 (269), 490k £1300 (265), 400k £1060 (265), 400k £1050 (263), 500k £1300 (260); Ballymoney farmer, 490k Limousin £1350 (276), 490k £1300 (265), 430k £1070 (249); Castlerock farmer, 380k Aberdeen Angus £980 (258), 390k Charolais £970 (249); 440k Belgian Blue £1050 (239), 420k £920 (219); Randalstown farmer, 480k Charolais £1270 (265), 480k £1230 (256); Desertmartin farmer, 430k Aberdeen Angus £1100 (256); Ballymoney farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1400 (255), 530k £1300 (245), 510k £1250 (245), 530k £1240 (234), 570k £1290 (226), 590k Fleckvieh £1300 (220); Kilrea farmer, 500k Charolais £1270 (254); Portglenone farmer, 370k Aberdeen Angus £930 (251); Ahoghill farmer, 590k Charolais £1420 (241), 690k £1650 (239), 620k Aberdeen Angus £1460 (236), 610k £1440 (236), 650k £1530 (235), 640k £1490 (233), 630k £1460 (232), 600k £1370 (228) and Toomebridge farmer, 600k Limousin £1430 (238), 600k Belgian Blue £1400 (233).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.