Marts: Fat cows and bulls selling to £1970 at Kilrea Mart

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A super entry of 440 calves and weanlings on Thursday 25th July met an outstanding trade for all types on offer.

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

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Bull calves

Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £885, Holstein £630; Londonderry farmer, Aberdeen Angus £760; Garvagh farmer, Fleckvieh £720; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £690, £630; Strabane farmer, Belgian Blue £660; Randalstown farmer, Belgian Blue £650, £500; Ballymoney farmer, Simmental £630, Holstein £585, £495; Coleraine farmer, Holstein £630; Randalstown farmer, Charolais £555; Kilrea farmer, Belgian Blue £545, £500; Limavady farmer, Limousin £540; Ballymena farmer, Belgian Blue £530 and Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £520.

Heifer calves

Castlerock farmer, Limousin £625; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £520; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £515, £500, £465, £440, Fleckvieh £430; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £495, £445; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £470, £440, £435, £430, £425; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £465; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £465; Rasharkin farmer, Belgian Blue £465; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £455; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £430; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £425 and Strabane farmer, Belgian Blue £420.

Friesian calves

Super Trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £390.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (50)

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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 £1280 and 358 ppk.

A super entry of 1300 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 29th July met a steady trade throughout this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Spring lambs to £5.98 per kg and to top of £156.00

Fat ewes selling to £212.

Spring lambs

Limavady farmer, 23k £137.50 (598); Garvagh farmer, 16k £94.50 (591); Limavady farmer, 26k £150 (577); Aghadowey farmer, 26k £149.50 (575); Claudy farmer, 23.5k £134.50 (572); Tobermore farmer, 23.5k £134.50 (572); Garvagh farmer, 23k £131 (570); Coleraine farmer, 24k £136.50 (569); Ballymoney farmer, 23k £130.50 (567); Aghadowey farmer, 23k £130 (565); Antrim farmer, 22k £124 (564); Dunloy farmer, 18k £101.50 (564); Garvagh farmer, 24k £135 (563); Tobermore farmer, 23k £129.50 (563); Aghadowey farmer, 23k £129 (561); Finvoy farmer, 23k £129 (561); Glarryford farmer, 22k £123.50 (561); Kilrea farmer, 21.5k £120.50 (561); Aghadowey farmer, 19.5k £109 (559); Limavady farmer, 21.5k £120 (558); Aghadowey farmer, 21k £117 (557); Aghadowey farmer, 18.5k £103 (557); Limavady farmer, 23k £128 (557); Upperlands farmer, 20.5k £114 (556); Cushendall farmer, 21k £116.50 (555); Kilrea farmer, 22k £122 (555); Portglenone farmer, 20k £111 (555); Aghadowey farmer, 21.5k £119 (554); Aghadowey farmer, 19k £105 (553); Bendooragh farmer, 22.5k £124.50 (553); Claudy farmer, 19k £105 (553); Garvagh farmer, 23.5k £130 (553); Aghadowey farmer, 23k £127 (552); Bellaghy farmer, 21k £118 (552); Limavady farmer, 23.5k £129.50 (551); Bendooragh farmer, 21k £115.50 (550); Bushmills farmer, 20k £110 (550); Desertmartin farmer, 20k £110 (550); Kilrea farmer, 20k £110 (550); Macosquin farmer, 20k £110 (550); Ballyclare farmer, 21.5k £118 (549); Dungiven farmer, 22k £120.50 (548); Ballymoney farmer, 19k £104 (547); Limavady farmer, 28.5k £156 (547); Garvagh farmer, 24.5k £134 (547); Toomebridge farmer, 22.5k £123 (547); Dungiven farmer, 24k £131 (546); Kilrea farmer, 22k £120 (546); Coleraine farmer, 20k £109 (545); Garvagh farmer, 20k £109 (545); Ballyclare farmer, 22.5k £122.50 (544); Garvagh farmer, 21k £114 (543); Portglenone farmer, 23.5k £127.50 (543); Ballymoney farmer, 25k £135.50 (542) and Swatragh farmer, 22.5k £122 (542).

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

Good entry of ewes to £212.

More ewes needed.

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A good entry of dairy on Tuesday 30th July to a top price of £1520 for a springing heifer.

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

Dungiven farmer, batch of springing heifers to £1520, £1480.

More stock required weekly.

A good entry of 300 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 31st July at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers selling to £1800 and heifers selling to £1660.

Fat cows and bulls selling to £1970.

Fat cows: 60 on offer, sharp trade.

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Swatragh farmer, 630k Shorthorn £1650 (262), 550k £1420 (258), 770k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1970 (256); Ballymoney farmer, 520k Fleckvieh £1220 (235); Ringsend farmer, 640k Shorthorn £1480 (231); Castledawson farmer, 430k Friesian £940 (219); Claudy farmer, 670k Danish Red £1460 (218); Macosquin farmer, 700k Limousin £1510 (216); Toomebridge farmer, 700k Belgian Blue £1450 (207); Antrim farmer, 660k Charolais £1290 (196); Rasharkin farmer, 810k Aberdeen Angus £1560 (193); Cloughmills farmer, 1000k Hereford £1920(192); Dungiven farmer, 420k Fleckvieh £800 (191); Castlerock farmer, 860k Friesian £1630 (190); Rasharkin farmer, 580k Aberdeen Angus £1090 (188); Dungannon farmer, 470k Friesian £880 (187); Limavady farmer, 670k Hereford £1240 (185) and Garvagh farmer, 820k Fleckvieh £1500 (183).

Suckler

Antrim farmer, Limousin heifer with Limousin bull calf at foot to £2580, Limousin cow with Simmental heifer calf at foot to £2420, Stabiliser cow with Simmental heifer calf at foot to £2320, Limousin heifer with Simmental heifer calf at foot to £2080; Toomebridge farmer, Limousin cow with Charolais bull calf at foot to £1960 and Coleraine farmer, Limousin cow with Limousin heifer calf at foot to £1590.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Kilrea farmer, 510k Charolais £1660 (326), 460k £1230 (267), 560k £1490 (266); Macosquin farmer, 390k Charolais £1200 (308), 420k £1280 (305), 410k £1240 (302), 450k £1350 (300), 410k £1200 (293), 490k £1410 (288), 420k £1200 (286), 490k £1380 (282), 470k £1320 (281), 480k £1320 (275), 450k £1180 (262), 430k £1120 (261), 440k £1100 (250); Coleraine farmer, 520k Limousin £1590 (306); Portglenone farmer, 410k Limousin £1150 (281), 470k £1310 (279); Coleraine farmer, 590k Aberdeen Angus £1630 (276), 610k £1630 (267), 580k Hereford £1410 (243), 570k Aberdeen Angus £1380 (242); Ballymoney farmer, 340k Limousin £920 (271), 350k £940 (269), 290k Sal £740 (255), 380k Limousin £950 (250), 450k Charolais £1070 (238), 370k £860 (232); Londonderry farmer, 370k Limousin £970 (262), 460k £1120 (244), 310k £730 (236); Randalstown farmer, 430k Limousin £1120 (261); Macosquin farmer, 430k Limousin £1110 (258); Ballymena farmer, 440k Aberdeen Angus £1130 (257), 440k Belted Galloway £1080 (246), 390k Aberdeen Angus £960 (246), 400k £960 (240), 430k Belted Galloway £1030 (240), 440k £1050 (239), 440k £1040 (236), 450k Aberdeen Angus £1040 (231); Bellaghy farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1280 (256), 500k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1280 (256); Macosquin farmer, 370k Hereford £930 (251), 440k Aberdeen Angus £1070 (243), 380k Hereford £910 (240), 360k £860 (239); Coleraine farmer, 500k Limousin £1250 (250), 540k Belgian Blue £1290 (239), 590k Hereford £1370 (232); Ballymoney farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1160 (247), 430k £1040 (242); Aghadowey farmer, 350k Aberdeen Angus £860 (246), 330k £800 (242), 400k £960 (240), 430k £1010 (235), 400k £930 (233); Claudy farmer, 390k Belgian Blue £960 (246), 440k Simmental £1080 (246), 350k £820 (234); Upperlands farmer, 430k Belgian Blue £1040 (242), 490k £1150 (235); Tyrone farmer, 390k Aberdeen Angus £940 (241), 430k £990 (230); Garvagh farmer, 540k Aberdeen Angus £1290 (239), 580k £1380 (238), 550k £1290 (235), 520k £1210 (233);Bendooragh farmer, 510k Hereford £1200 (235), 350k £810 (231), 470km £1080 (230) and Rasharkin farmer, 550k Fleckvieh £1270 (231).

Steers

Portglenone farmer, 280k Charolais £960 (343), 630k Simmental £1800 (286), 420k Charolais £1100 (262); Coleraine farmer, 260k Belgian Blue £770 (296), 280k £790 (282), 400k £1090 (273), 350k £930 (266), 320k £850 (266), 300k £780 (260), 370k £940 (254), 360k £890 (247), 380k £930 (245), 330k £790 (239); Aghadowey farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1400 (280), 440k £1200 (273), 500k £1360 (272), 460k £1240 (270), 450k £1210 (269), 500k £1340 (268), 520k £1310 (267), 520k £1390 (267), 460k £1220 (265), 480k £1260 (263), 500k £1300 (260), 530k £1370 (259), 460k £1190 (259), 480k £1240 (258), 500k £1280 (256), 480k £1210 (252), 520k £1310 (252), 480k £1200 (250), 480k £1350 (250), 470k £1170 (249), 610k £1490 (244); 460k £1070 (233); Coleraine farmer, 590k Limousin £1650 (280), 570k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1570 (275), 600k £1560 (260); Coleraine farmer, 570k Belgian Blue £1570 (275), 610k Aberdeen Angus £1640 (269), 680k Hereford £1750 (257), 590k £1510 (256), 650k Aberdeen Angus £1610 (248), 650k Hereford £1600 (246); Dunloy farmer, 380k Simmental £1050 (276), 360k £980 (272), 370k £960 (260); Ahoghill farmer, 660k Hereford £1780 (270); Bendooragh farmer, 270k Hereford £700 (259), 380k £920 (242); Ballymoney farmer, 470k Galloway £1180 (251), 320k Aberdeen Angus £750 (234); Bellarena farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £1290 (248), 450k Shorthorn beef £1090 (242), 530k Simmental £1270 (240); Tyrone farmer, 400k Simmental £990 (248); Claudy farmer, 350k Limousin £830 (237); Ballymoney farmer, 530k Aberdeen Angus £1250 (236); Garvagh farmer, 550k Fleckvieh £1290 (235) and Castledawson farmer, 440k Friesian £1010 (230).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.

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