Marts: Excellent prices for dairy stock at Kilrea Mart, top price of £2000 for calved heifer

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Toomebridge farmer, Limousin £790, £755, £660; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £760, Belgian Blue £670, Aberdeen Angus £550, Shorthorn beef £540, Hereford £440; Garvagh farmer, Fleckvieh £665; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £640, £625; Ringsend farmer, Simmental £630, Friesian £340; Killaloo farmer, Aberdeen Angus £615; Castlederg farmer, Aberdeen Angus £585, £470, £455, Shorthorn £320; Newtownards farmer, Aberdeen Angus £585, Hereford £585, Belgian Blue £495, Charolais £490, Hereford £480, Belgian Blue £475; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £580, £470; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £555; Donemana farmer, Charolais £540; Magherafelt farmer, Belgian Blue £535; Toomebridge farmer, Belgian Blue £530, £465; Ballymoeny farmer, Sal £500; Ballymoney farmer, Sal £475, Friesian £300; Ballykelly farmer, Belgian Blue £455, £300; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £455; Glarryford farmer, Aberdeen Angus £430; Portglenone farmer, Simmental £425, £400, £390; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £410, Belgian Blue £365; Portglenone farmer, Fleckvieh £405, £330, £315, £310; Coleraine farmer, Friesian £390, £290; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £385; Articlave farmer, Aberdeen Angus £370, £265; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £360, £265; Antrim farmer, Limousin £350, £325; Aghadowey farmer, Charolais £350, Belgian Blue £340; Maghera farmer, Friesian £340; Strabane farmer, Belgian Blue £335, £330, £280, £260; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330; Stranocum farmer, Montbeliarde £330; Claudy farmer, Fleckvieh £325; Ballycastle farmer, Aberdeen Angus £275 and Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £255.

Heifer calves

Coleraine farmer, Limousin £800; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £750; Randalstown farmer, Limousin £740, £725, £490; Ballymoney farmer, Charolais £620, Belgian Blue £585; Killaloo farmer, Aberdeen Angus £570, £465; Ballymoney farmer, Charolais £550, Belgian Blue £480, £405, Aberdeen Angus £380, £310, Belgian Blue £285; Coleraine farmer, Charolais £550; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £535, £405, £355; Maghera farmer, Hereford £510, Aberdeen Angus £485, £470; Claudy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £480, Belgian Blue £460, Aberdeen Angus £435, Hereford £390; Kilrea farmer, Hereford £460, £455, Belgian Blue £445, Hereford £395, Aberdeen Angus £390, Hereford £270; Ringsend farmer, Shorthorn £445, Simmental £440; Kilrea farmer, Charolais £440, Aberdeen Angus £340; Portglenone farmer, Simmental £430, £365; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £420; Antrim farmer, Limousin £400, Belgian Blue £315; Stranocum farmer, Hereford £390, £365; Toomebridge farmer, Belgian Blue £380; Ballykelly farmer, Belgian Blue £365; Magherafelt farmer, Belted Galloway £325; Eglinton farmer, Aberdeen Angus £320; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £315; Articlave farmer, Aberdeen Angus £310, £265; Strabane farmer, Belgian Blue £305, £285, £270, £245; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £295; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280, £230; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £280; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £275; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £270; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £260; Portglenone farmer, Fleckvieh £250; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240 and Glarryford farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £215.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (120)

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 £1240 and 318 ppk.

A super entry of 1500 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 16th September met a sharper trade throughout this week with quality lambs in demand.

Lambs to £6.18 per kg and to top of £158.

Fat ewes selling to £168.

Lambs

Randalstown farmer, 22k £136 (618); Limavady farmer, 22k £132 (600), 21.5k £127 (591), 22.5k £132.50 (589), 23k £134 (583); Tobermore farmer, 23k £135 (587); Randalstown farmer, 22.5k £129 (573); Kilrea farmer, 18k £103 (572); Eglinton farmer, 17.5k £100 (571); Omagh farmer, 19k £108.50 (571); Ballymena farmer, 20k £113.50 (568); Coleraine farmer, 22.5k £127.50 (567); Greysteel farmer, 18.5k £104.50 (565); Maghera farmer, 21k £118 (562); Limavady farmer, 21.5k £120.50 (561); Aghadowey farmer, 24k £134 (558); Garvagh farmer, 20k £111.50 (558); Tobermore farmer, 22.5k £125.50 (558); Aghadowey farmer, 23k £128 (557); Kilrea farmer, 22k £122.50 (557); Claudy farmer, 20k £111 (555);Coagh farmer, 19.5k £108 (554); Kilrea farmer, 23k £127.50 (554); Limavady farmer, 23k £127.50 (554); Draperstown farmer, 20k £110.50 (553); Coleraine farmer, 23.5k £129.50 (551); Coleraine farmer, 22.5k £124 (551); Rasharkin farmer, 24.5k £135 (551); Swatragh farmer, 23k £126 (548); Tobermore farmer, 24k £131.50 (548); Kilrea farmer, 19k £104 (547); Glarryford farmer, 23k £125.50 (546); Portglenone farmer, 17.5k £95.50 (546); Upperlands farmer, 24k £131 (546); Garvagh farmer, 24k £130.50 (544); Portglenone farmer, 19k £103 (542); Maghera farmer, 19k £103 (542); Ballymoney farmer, 20.5k £111 (542); Castlerock farmer, 17k £92 (541); Dungiven farmer, 23k £124.50 (541); Garvagh farmer, 21k £113.50 (541); Tobermore farmer, 21k £113.50 (541), 21.5k £116 (540) and Cookstown farmer, 20k £108 (540).

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

Good entry of ewes to £168.

More ewes needed.

Dairy report: A super entry of 30 dairy on Tuesday 17th September to a top price of £2000 for a calved heifer.

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

Magherafelt farmer, calved heifer to £2000; Claudy farmer, batch of springing heifers to £1840, £1820, £1720, £1560 and Lisburn farmer springing heifer Fleckvieh to £1580.

More stock required weekly.

A good entry of 340 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 18th September at Kilrea Mart which met with an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £1950, heifers to £1800 and fat cows and bulls to £2080.

Fat cows: 110 on offer, sharp trade.

Dungannon farmer, 470k Charolais £1390 (296), 500k £1370 (274), 450k £1180 (262), 460k Belgian Blue £1200 (261), 500k Charolais £1300 (260), 450k Simmental £1100 (244), 460k Charolais £1090 (237), 500k Fleckvieh £1100 (220); Portglenone farmer, 620k Limousin £1740 (281), 760k £2080 (274), 560k £1490 (266); Coleraine farmer, 710k Limousin £1750 (247), 640k Charolais £1540 (241), 740k Limousin £1600 (216), 840k Friesian £1690 (201); Portglenone farmer, 600k Belgian Blue £1460 (243); Antrim farmer, 700k Belgian Blue £1700 (243); Garvagh farmer, 720k Fleckvieh £1630 (226); Bushmills farmer, 570k Holstein £1270 (223), 440k £960 (218); Strabane farmer, 820k Simmental £1830 (223); Ballymena farmer, 760k Limousin £1690 (222); Portglenone farmer, 490k Friesian £1060 (216); Dungannon farmer, 500k Holstein £1080 (216), 560k £1160 (207); Upperlands farmer, 570k Limousin £1230 (216), 600k £1270 (212); Dunloy farmer, 810k Charolais £1690 (209) and Portglenone farmer, 760k Belgian Blue £1550 (204).

Suckler

Templepatrick farmer, Hereford cow with Hereford bull calf and Hereford heifer calf at foot to £2320, Limousin cow with Hereford heifer calf at foot to £2280 and Belgian Blue cow with Hereford bull calf at foot to £1960.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Limavady farmer, 460k Charolais £1460 (317), 440k £1380 (314), 520k £1590 (306), 500k £1500 (300), 540k £1620 (300), 460k £1360 (296), 520k £1500 (289), 520k £1470 (283), 500k £1400 (280), 480k £1340 (279); Aghadowey farmer, 610k Limousin £1800 (295), 560k £1560 (279), 640k Charolais £1670 (261), 570k £1490 (261); Coleraine farmer, 520k Limousin £1490 (287), 520k £1460 (281); Maghera farmer, 500k Charolais £1420 (284), 520k £1460 (281), 510k £1430 (280), 560k £1560 (279), 550k £1500 (273), 540k £1470 (272), 570k £1540 (270), 530k £1430 (270); Limavady farmer, 520k Charolais £1450 (279); Moneymore farmer, 500k Belgian Blue £1380 (276), 520k Limousin £1390 (267); Glarryford farmer, 370k Limousin £1020 (276), 350k £950 (271), 380k £1020 (268), 340k Aberdeen Angus £900 (265), 370k £960 (260); Ballymoney farmer, 540k Charolais £1470 (272), 570k Limousin £1490 (261); Dungiven farmer, 540k Aberdeen Angus £1450 (269), 520k £1390 (267); Macosquin farmer, 630k Aberdeen Angus £1660 (264); Ballymoney farmer, 490k Aberdeen Angus £1290 (263), 520k £1350 (260); Ahoghill farmer, 450k Par £1180 (262); Ahoghill farmer, 520k Limousin £1350 (260) and Ballymoney farmer, 600k Limousin £1560 (260).

Steers

Coleraine farmer, 480k Limousin £1490 (310), 550k £1670 (304), 560k £1650 (295), 610k £1790 (293), 570k £1660 (291), 600k £1710 (285), 580k £1640 (283), 620k £1730 (279), 570k Charolais £1590 (279), 520k Limousin £1400 (269), 700k Charolais £1850 (264), 560k Limousin £1470 (263); Macosquin farmer, 400k Simmental £1190 (298), 450k £1280 (284), 570k £1590 (279), 610k £1690 (277), 550k £1440 (262), 520k £1360 (262), 600k £1550 (258); Templepatrick farmer, 390k Limousin £1130 (290), 400k £1130 (283), 440k £1240 (282), 420k Charolais £1180 (281), 400k Limousin £1100 (275), 470k £1260 (268); Glarryford farmer, 400k Aberdeen Angus £1150 (288), 340k Limousin £970 (285); Dungiven farmer, 580k Aberdeen Angus £1590 (274), 450k £1160 (258); Kilrea farmer, 680k Limousin £1780 (262), 670k £1700 (254); Macosquin farmer, 490k Aberdeen Angus £1310 (267), 470k £1210 (257), 440k £1120 (255); Ballymoney farmer, 750k Limousin £1950 (260); Coleraine farmer, 490k Aberdeen Angus £1240 (253), 480k £1210 (252), 460k £1150 (250) and Castledawson farmer, 460k Belgian Blue £1160 (252).

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

Auctioneer: HA McIlrath and Sons Ltd.