Marts: Dairy stock selling to a top price of £1700 for a second calver at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Armoy farmer, Belgian Blue £770, Aberdeen Angus £685, Belgian Blue £675, Aberdeen Angus £660, Belgian Blue £650, £645, £560, £500, £460, Aberdeen Angus £410, Fleckvieh £395, Aberdeen Angus £370, £355, Fleckvieh £320; Dunloy farmer, Shorthorn beef £755, £645, £560, £505; Eglinton farmer, Simmental £710; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £700, £520; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £700, £525; Ringsend farmer, Aberdeen Angus £690, Belgian Blue £435; Knockloughrim farmer, Simmental £655, £375; Randalstown farmer, Limousin £645; Magherafelt farmer, Charolais £590; Moneymore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £580; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £570; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £555, £505, Fleckvieh £400; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £480, £275; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £475; Greysteel farmer, Fleckvieh £460; Portglenone farmer, Simmental £460, £420; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £450, £250; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £440; Magherafelt farmer, Shorthorn beef £430; Moneymore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £425; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £400; Articlave farmer, Aberdeen Angus £395, £270; Ahoghill farmer, Limousin £395; Ballymena farmer, Charolais £375, £360, Belgian Blue £360, Aberdeen Angus £350, £340, £265; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £365, £345; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360; Cullybackey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £340; Armoy farmer, Belgian Blue £355, £320. £300, £290, £270; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330; Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £320, Hereford £300, £280; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £305; Toomebridge farmer, Friesian £275 and Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £260.

Heifer calves

Eglinton farmer, Charolais £790, £700; Ringsend farmer, Belgian Blue £700; Armoy farmer, Belgian Blue £605, £570, £565, £560, Aberdeen Angus £555, £545, Belgian Blue £530, Aberdeen Angus £515, £495,£435, Fleckvieh £360; Ballymoney farmer, Charolais £570, Aberdeen Angus £545, £510; Dunloy farmer, Limousin £505; Randalstown farmer, Limousin £500; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £495, Limousin £460; Moneymore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £480, £455; Ballymena farmer, Belgian Blue £470; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £465, £445, Limousin £440, Hereford £435, Limousin £335; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £460, £450, £430, £415; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £435; Claudy farmer, Charolais £425; Coleraine farmer, Limousin £420; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £420, £410; Portglenone farmer, Simmental £405, £395, £365; Randalstown farmer, Limousin £400; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £380; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £380, £340; Moneymore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £375; Antrim farmer, Belgian Blue £360; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £340; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £330, £255; Upperlands farmer, Charolais £320; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £310; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £305, £300; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300 and Glarryford farmer, Belgian Blue £280; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £270.

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 (150)

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 £1105 and 347 ppk.

A good entry of 120 calves on Friday 11th October which met with a flying trade for all types on offer.

Heifer calves to £1200 and steer calves to £1460.

Bull calves

Tyrone farmer, 170k Charolais £720 (424); Randalstown farmer, 310k Charolais £1180 (374), 220k £760 (346), 320k £1090 (341); Dunloy farmer, 370k Limousin £1310 (354), 290k £920 (317), 430k £1340 (312); Greysteel farmer, 260k Simmental £920 (354), 270k £940 (348), 240k £730 (304), 310k £930 (300); Garvagh farmer, 290k Charolais £1010 (348); Ballymoney farmer, 260k Charolais £900 (346), 280k Limousin £900 (321); Garvagh farmer, 180k Charolais £610 (339); Dunloy farmer, 360k Charolais £1210 (336); Ballymena farmer, 300k Limousin £990 (330); Claudy farmer, 210k Simmental £670 (319); Macosquin farmer, 230k Charolais £700 (304) and Rasharkin farmer, 390k Charolais £1170 (300).

Heifer calves

Randalstown farmer, 270k Charolais £1010 (374), 260k £910 (350), 240k £770 (321), 230k £690 (300); Garvagh farmer, 240k Limousin £840 (350), 240k £830 (346), 250k £850 (340), 230k £780 (339), 280k Simmental £890 (318), 230k £700 (304); Dunloy farmer, 320k Charolais £1090 (341), 390k £1200 (308); Garvagh farmer, 200k Charolais £650 (325); Greysteel farmer, 190k Simmental £580 (305); Ballymena farmer, 310k Charolais £930 (300) and Strabane farmer, 200k Charolais £600 (300).

A super entry of 1500 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 14th October met with a sharper trade throughout this week with quality lambs in demand.

Lambs to £6.33 per kg and to top of £154.50.

Fat ewes to £186.

Lambs

Limavady farmer, 23k £145.50 (633), 24.5k £150 (612), 22.5k £136.50 (607), 24.5k £147.50 (602), 24.5k £145 (592); Omagh farmer, 19.5k £120 (615); Cookstown farmer, 17.5k £106 (606), 20k £118 (590); Cullybackey farmer, 22.5k £133 (591); Maghera farmer, 23k £136 (591); Draperstown farmer, 25k £147.50 (590); Antrim farmer, 23k £135 (587); Garvagh farmer, 22.5k £132 (587); Limavady farmer, 23k £135 (587); Cookstown farmer, 24k £140.50 (585); Kilrea farmer, 22k £129 (586); Portglenone farmer, 19k £111 (584), 22.5k £131 (582); Coleraine farmer, 22k £128 (582); Garvagh farmer, 20.5k £119 (581); Tobermore farmer, 21k £122 (581); Aghadowey farmer, 17.5k £101.50 (580); Rasharkin farmer, 22.5k £130.50 (580); Desertmartin farmer, 23.5k £136 (579); Coleraine farmer, 22.5k £130 (578); Dungiven farmer, 23k £133 (578); Garvagh farmer, 20.5k £118.50 (578); Ballymena farmer, 21.5k £124 (577); Draperstown farmer, 24k £138.50 (577); Garvagh farmer, 20k £115 (575); Maghera farmer, 18k £103.50 (575); Ballymoney farmer, 22.5k £129 (573); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £126 (573); Culnady farmer, 22k £126 (573); Ballymena farmer, 20.5k £117 (571); Kilrea farmer, 22.5k £128.50 (571); Ballymoney farmer, 23.5k £134 (570); Draperstown farmer, 23k £131 (570); Crumlin farmer, 21k £119.50 (569); Kilrea farmer, 24k £136.50 (569); Limavady farmer, 25.5k £145 (569); Kilrea farmer, 22k £125 (568); Maghera farmer, 22k £125 (568); Maghera farmer, 20k £113.50 (568); Claudy farmer, 21.5k £122 (567); Cookstown farmer, 15k £85 (567); Cookstown farmer, 24.5k £139 (567); Rasharkin farmer, 23k £130.50 (567); Swatragh farmer, 21.5k £122 (567); Greysteel farmer, 20.5k £116 (566); Bushmills farmer, 23k £130 (565); Dungiven farmer, 26k £146.50 (564); Aghadowey farmer, 21.5k £121 (563); Ballycastle farmer, 25k £140.50 (562); Kilrea farmer, 23.5k £132 (562) and Swatragh farmer, 23.5k £132 (562).

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

Good entry of ewes to £186.

More ewes needed.

Dairy report - A super entry of 120 dairy on Tuesday 15th October to a top price of £1700 for a second calver.

Lots of buyers in attendance looking all types of dairy stock.

Stranocum farmer, second calver to £1700; Armoy farmer, batch of in calf heifers to £1600, £1540, £1500 and Limavady farmer, batch of maiden heifers to £840.

More stock required weekly.

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

Auctioneers: H A Mcilrath and Sons Ltd.