Marts: Excellent prices for cattle at Kilrea Mart, fat cows and bulls to £2280

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings of offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £840, £810, £665; Cookstown farmer, Belgian Blue £780, Limousin £755, Belgian Blue £725, Hereford £640, Limousin £630, Belgian Blue £595, Hereford £580; Macosquin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £755, £740, £710, Limousin £680, Friesian £485; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £625, £545; Maghera farmer, Limousin £615, Aberdeen Angus £575; Toomebridge farmer, Aberdeen Angus £605, £550, Belgian Blue £540, Aberdeen Angus £455; Bangor farmer, Belgian Blue £590, £475, £305, Aberdeen Angus £280, £200; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £560, Aberdeen Angus £470, £295; Moneymore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £560; Mosside farmer, Aberdeen Angus £545; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £545, Hereford £515, Hereford £345; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £525, Holstein £270; Drumahoe farmer, Holstein £425; Kilrea farmer, Belgian Blue £410; Dungiven farmer, Belgian Blue £405, Aberdeen Angus £270, Shorthorn £245; Londonderry farmer, Aberdeen Angus £405, £330; Maghera farmer, Holstein £400; Cloughmills farmer, Fleckvieh £390; Glarryford farmer, Aberdeen Angus £385, Holstein £225; Maghera farmer, Fleckvieh £385; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £380; Dungannon farmer, Fleckvieh £360, £305; Rasharkin farmer, Holstein £355; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £355, Simmental £335, Aberdeen Angus £260, £225; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £335, £240; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330, £270; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330, Belgian Blue £295, Aberdeen Angus £270; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £325; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £325, Danish Red £275; Dunloy farmer, Limousin £310; Drumahoe farmer, Aberdeen Angus £295, Hereford £270; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £290; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £280, £230; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270, £220; Randalstown farmer, Limousin £255, Aberdeen Angus £215; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240; Stewartstown farmer, Hereford £235 and Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £220.

Heifer calves

Magherfelt farmer, Charolais £870, £770; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £750, £585; Randalstown farmer, Limousin £730, £605; Maghera farmer, Limousin £655, £290; Cookstown farmer, Belgian Blue £630, Hereford £575, Belgian Blue £530, Hereford £495; Macosquin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £590, £555, Limousin £490; Drumahoe farmer, Belgian Blue £495; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £470, Aberdeen Angus £445, £320; Coleraine farmer, Friesian £460; Upperlands farmer, Fleckvieh £450, Belgian Blue £420; Castlerock farmer, Fleckvieh £430, Holstein £420, £410, Holstein £300; Toomebridge farmer, Aberdeen Angus £425, Limousin £425; Magherafelt farmer, Shorthorn beef £420; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £415, £320; Portglenone farmer, Simmental £390, Aberdeen Angus £385; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £385, £345, Hereford £220; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £380, Belgian Blue £275, Simmental £265, Belgian Blue £235, Aberdeen Angus £220; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £350; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £320, £280; Bangor farmer, Aberdeen Angus £320, £260; Londonderry farmer, Aberdeen Angus £320, £240; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £310, Belgian Blue £310; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £310, £200; Stewartstown farmer, Hereford £300;

Kilrea farmer, Belgian Blue £280; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270; Randalstown farmer, Limousin £255, £250 and Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £220.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £355.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suck calves (60)

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 £1005 and 343 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A good entry of 1000 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 3rd June met a steady trade throughout this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Spring lambs to £7.75 per kg and to top of £180.

Fat ewes to £211.

Spring lambs

Macosquin farmer, 22k £170.50 (775), 23.5k £180 (766); Ballymena farmer, 21k £159.50 (760); Kilrea farmer, 22k £165 (750); Cookstown farmer, 22.5k £168 (747); Portglenone farmer, 22k £164 (746); Coleraine farmer, 21k £156.50 (745); Limavady farmer, 21k £156 (743); Ballymena farmer, 20k £148.50 (743); Randalstown farmer, 23.5k £174 (740); Feeny farmer, 20k £147.50 (738); Portglenone farmer, 22.5k £165.50 (736); Antrim farmer, 21.5k £158 (735); Tobermore farmer, 24k £176 (733);

Maghera farmer, 22.5k £164.50 (731); Aghadowey farmer, 21.5k £156 (726); Moneymore farmer, 23.5k £170.50 (726); Claudy farmer, 23.5k £169.50 (721), 20k £144 (720); Randalstown farmer, 23k £165.50 (720); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £158 (718); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £158 (718); Portglenone farmer, 22k £157 (714); Aghadowey farmer, 23k £164 (713); Feeny farmer, 23k £164 (713) and Maghera farmer, 24k £170.50 (710), 21k £149 (710).

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

Good entry of ewes to £211.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of dairy on Tuesday 4th June to a top price of £1860 for calved heifers.

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

Moneymore farmer, calved heifers to £1860.

More stock required weekly.

A good entry of 320 fat cow, suckler and store cattle on Wednesday 5th June at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £1610 and heifers to £1680.

Fat cows and bulls to £2280.

Fat cows: 90 on offer, sharp trade.

Coleraine farmer, 600k Limousin £1760 (293), 540k £1430 (265), 680k £1740 (256);

Limavady farmer, 780k Charolais £2000 (256); Ballycastle farmer, 660k Limousin £1550 (345), 630k Belgian Blue £1390 (221); Kilrea farmer, 560k Belgian Blue £1310 (234), 730k Belted Galloway £1450 (199), 690k Simmental £1330 (193), 630k Aberdeen Angus £1210 (192); Castlerock farmer, 480k Belgian Blue £1100 (229); Kilrea farmer, 1000k Charolais £2280 (228); Ballymoney farmer, 590k Limousin £1340 (227); Toomebridge farmer, 680k Charolais £1530 (225), 600k Belgian Blue £1300 (217); Maghera farmer, 570k Holstein £1250 (219); Garvagh farmer, 560k Holstein £1220 (218); Ringsend farmer, 960k Charolais £2000 (208); Portglenone farmer, 470k Holstein £970 (206), 470k £930 (198); Ballymoney farmer, 620k Hereford £1260 (203), 920k Aberdeen Angus £1840 (200); Garvagh farmer, 700k Limousin £1420 (203); Randalstown farmer, 650k Simmental £1310 (202); Rasharkin farmer, 680k Simmental £1330 (196), 650k £1260 (194); Tobermore farmer, 660k Simmental £1290 (196) and Moneymore farmer, 590k Holstein £1140 (193).

Suckler

Garvagh farmer, Limousin bull to £2650; Kilrea farmer, Belgian Blue cow with Charolais heifer calf at foot to £2240, Aberdeen Angus heifer with Charolais bull calf at foot to £2200, Charolais cow with Charolais bull calf at foot to £2160, Limousin heifer with Charolais bull calf at foot to £1920, Limousin heifer with Charolais heifer calf at foot to £1840 and Claudy farmer, Belgian Blue cow with Charolais heifer calf at foot to £2020, Hereford cow with Simmental bull calf at foot to £1820.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Ballymena farmer, 350k Charolais £1110 (317), 410k £1290 (315), 390k £1230 (315), 330k Limousin £1000 (303), 300k Charolais £910 (303), 430k £1290 (300), 390k £1160 (297), 470k £1330 (283), 450k £1250 (278), 300k £820 (273); Kilrea farmer, 370k Charolais £1130 (305), 310k Hereford £910 (294), 420k Aberdeen Angus £1160 (276), 360k Hereford £920 (256); Cookstown farmer, 290k Limousin £850 (293), 310k Charolais £810 (261); Londonderry farmer, 500k Charolais £1435 (287), 510k £1370 (269), 570k Aberdeen Angus £1520 (267), 520k Charolais £1380 (265), 590k £1550 (263), 550k Limousin £1400 (255), 580k Charolais £1470 (253); Garvagh farmer, 440k Limousin £1200 (273), 400k Simmental £1060 (265), 380k Limousin £1000 (263); Kilrea farmer, 460k Charolais £1250 (272), 520k Simmental £1350 (260); Kilrea farmer, 460k Charolais £1250 (272), 520k Simmental £1350 (260), 490k Charolais £1240 (253); Limavady farmer, 480k Charolais £1290 (269), 560k £1440 (257), 400k Belgian Blue £1000 (250); Greysteel farmer, 390k Belgian Blue £1040 (267); Ballymoney farmer, 480k Belgian Blue £1270 (265), 470k £1220 (260), 390k £1010 (259), 510k £1300 (255), 510k £1290 (253), 470k Aberdeen Angus £1180 (251), 450k £1120 (249), 400k Belgian Blue £990 (248), 440k Aberdeen Angus £1090 (248), 490k Belgian Blue £1210 (247), 450k Aberdeen Angus £1090 (242);Upperlands farmer, 480k Limousin £1250 (260), 540k £1330 (246), 530k £1290 (243), 400k £960 (240); Desertmartin farmer, 380k Friesian £980 (258); Tobermore farmer, 520k Limousin £1340 (258), 640k £1590 (248), 680k £1680 (247), 540k £1320 (244); 600k £1440 (240); Ballymoney farmer, 360k Belgian Blue £900 (250); Randalstown farmer, 260k Belgian Blue £1040 (250), 420k £1040 (248), 330k Charolais £810 (245); Ballymoney farmer, 430k Simmental £1060 (247) and Carrickfergus farmer, 370k Saler £900 (243).

Steers

Kilrea farmer, 360k Charolais £1240 (344), 310k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1050 (339), 400k Limousin £1240 (310); Upperlands farmer, 460k Limousin £1340 (291); Limavady farmer, 550k Charolais £1550 (282), 460k £1180 (257); Ballymoney farmer, 460k Belgian Blue £1280 (278), 545k £1510 (277), 510k £1360 (267), 470k £1250 (266), 515k £1360 (264), 490k £1280 (261), 560k £1460 (261), 550k £1430 (260), 570k £1480 (260), 490k Aberdeen Angus £1230 (251), 460k Belgian Blue £1150 (250), 460k Aberdeen Angus £1140 (248), 600k Belgian Blue £1490 (248), 520k Aberdeen Angus £1270 (244), 420k £1010 (241), 400k £960 (240); Bendooragh farmer, 320k Hereford £880 (275), 390k £1000 (256), 300k £760 (253), 420k £1060 (252); Rasharkin farmer, 520k Belgian Blue £1420 (273), 620k £1610 (260); Ballymoney farmer, 520k Limousin £1380 (265), 570k Aberdeen Angus £1440 (253), 630k £1575 (250), 640k £1570 (245), 570k £1370 (240); Limavady farmer, 570k Aberdeen Angus £1490 (261), 525k £1290 (246), 570k £1390 (244); Coleraine farmer, 490k Aberdeen Angus £1270 (259), 360k Belgian Blue £920 (256), 410k Aberdeen Angus £1040 (254), 470k Belgian Blue £1170 (249); Carrickfergus farmer, 560k Fleckvieh £1415 (253), 370k £925 (250), 410k Saler £1000 (244); Toomebridge farmer, 390k Aberdeen Angus £985 (253), 290k £730 (252), 330k £810 (246); Garvagh farmer, 540k Aberdeen Angus £1360 (252) and Kilrea farmer, 480k Fleckvieh £1180 (246), 510k Simmental £1240 (243);

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

Auctioneers: HA McIlrath and Sons Ltd.