Marts: Good entry of dairy stock at Kilrea Mart, top price of £1800

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Limavady farmer, Charolais £680; Toomebridge farmer, Aberdeen Angus £615, £545, Limousin £545, £440; Mosside farmer, Aberdeen Angus £600, Hereford £400, £375; Ballycastle farmer, Belgian Blue £565, £465, £320; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £560; Moneymore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £530, £495; Magherafelt farmer, Belgian Blue £490, Friesian £290; Cookstown farmer, Fleckvieh £480; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £475, £415, Friesian £205, Fleckvieh £200; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £445; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £440, £370, £345, £215; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £435; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £385, £375, £340; Claudy farmer, Belgian Blue £380; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £380, Simmental £295, £225; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £370; Bangor farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350, £325, £280, £205; Cookstown farmer, Shorthorn £330; Rasharkin farmer, Simmental £330, £290; Bangor farmer, Aberdeen Angus £325; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £305; Claudy farmer, Fleckvieh £285, Shorthorn £230; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £255, £245, £215 and Cookstown farmer, Friesian £210.

Heifer calves

Portglenone farmer, Limousin £605, £505; Toomebridge farmer, Limousin £600; Limavady farmer, Simmental £520; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £510; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £500; Moneymore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £485; Ballycastle farmer, Belgian Blue £465, £320, £300; Mosside farmer, Aberdeen Angus £390, Hereford £385, Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £380, £320; Cookstown farmer, Shorthorn beef £350; Portglenone farmer, Simmental £350, £340, Aberdeen Angus £230, Simmental £215, £200; Bangor farmer, Belgian Blue £330, Aberdeen Angus £270; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £315, £255; Rasharkin farmer, Simmental £300; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290; Moneymore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £265; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £250, £240, Charolais £235; £200 and Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £200.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £290.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (70)

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 £885 and 292 ppk.

A super entry of 1450 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 5th August met a steady trade throughout this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £6.40 per kg and to top of £168.

Fat ewes to £275.

Spring lambs

Macosquin farmer, 25k £160 (640); Macosquin farmer, 24k £152 (633); Cookstown farmer, 24k £148.50 (619); Coleraine farmer, 23k £139 (604); Kilrea farmer, 21k £126.50 (602); Macosquin farmer, 24k £143 (596); Portglenone farmer, 18k £106 (589); Draperstown farmer, 24k £140.50 (585); Magherfelt farmer, 18k £105 (583); Garvagh farmer, 20.5k £119 (581); Mosside farmer, 21k £122 (581); Cookstown farmer, 20k £116 (580); Coleraine farmer, 23k £133 (578); Claudy farmer, 22k £127 (577); Cookstown farmer, 21.5k £123.50 (574); Draperstown farmer, 27k £155 (574);

Magherafelt farmer, 25k £143.50 (574); Rasharkin farmer, 19.5k £112 (574); Kilrea farmer, 22k £126 (573), 22.5k £128.50 (571); Omagh farmer, 22k £126 (573); Bushmills farmer, 23k £131 (570); Dungiven farmer, 23.5k £134 (570); Castlerock farmer, 22k £125 (568); Feeny farmer, 20.5k £116.50 (568); Macosquin farmer, 22k £125 (568); Swatragh farmer, 22k £125 (568); Ahoghill farmer, 18k £102 (567); Magherafelt farmer, 24k £136 (567); Ballymena farmer, 22k £124.50 (566); Larne farmer, 23.5k £133 (566); Ballycastle farmer, 18.5k £104.50 (565); Ballymena farmer, 23k £130 (565); Cookstown farmer, 21.5k £121.50 (565); Gortin farmer, 23k £130 (565); Mosside farmer, 23k £130 (565); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £118.50 (564);

Ballymoney farmer, 22.5k £127 (564); Garvagh farmer, 22.5k £127 (564); Macosquin farmer, 24k £135 (563); Ballymoney farmer, 22.5k £126.50 (562); Coleraine farmer, 22.5k £126.50 (562); Cookstown farmer, 23k £129 (561); Kilrea farmer, 23k £129 (561); Macosquin farmer, 23k £129 (561) and Maghera farmer, 20.5k £115 (561).

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

Good entry of ewes to £275.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of dairy on Tuesday 6th August to a top price of £1800 for a springing heifer.

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

Dungiven farmer, springing heifers to £1800, £1660.

More stock required weekly.

A super entry of 360 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 7th August at Kilrea met with an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £1770 and heifers to £1970.

Fat cows and bulls to £1900.

Fat cows: 125 on offer, sharp trade.

Glarryford farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1280 (256); Randalstown farmer, 580k Belgian Blue £1480 (255); Garvagh farmer, 440k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (246); Garvagh farmer, 610k Limousin £1490 (244), 670k Simmental £1570 (234); Magherafelt farmer, 730k Belgian Blue £1710 (234); Maghera farmer, 500k Friesian £1120 (224); Coleraine farmer, 660k Limousin £1470 (223); Garvagh farmer, 880k Limousin £1900 (216); Ballymoney farmer, 700k Holstein £1510 (216); Glarryford farmer, 860k Friesian £1850 (215); Portglenone farmer, 630k Belgian Blue £1350 (214); Garvagh farmer, 630k Charolais £1340 (213); Dunloy farmer, 800k Charolais £1680 (210); Ballycastle farmer, 830k Aberdeen Angus £1730 (208); Dunloy farmer, 670k Aberdeen Angus £1390 (208); Garvagh farmer, 600k Aberdeen Angus £1220 (203); Randalstown farmer, 700k Simmental £1420 (203); Ballycastle farmer, 590k Friesian £1180 (200); Macosquin farmer, 700k Limousin £1400 (200); Garvagh farmer, 600k Aberdeen Angus £1180 (197); Coleraine farmer, 710k Limousin £1390 (196); Dungannon farmer, 460k Friesian £900 (196); Londonderry farmer, 440k Galloway £860 (196); Dunloy farmer, 800k Aberdeen Angus £1550 (194); Macosquin farmer, 690k Simmental £1330 (193); Coleraine farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1060 (193); Londonderry farmer, 630k Galloway £1210 (192), 610k Shorthorn £1170 (192), 610k Galloway £1130 (185), 610k £1120 (184); Ballycastle farmer, 500k Friesian £960 (192); Dungannon farmer, 480k Friesian £920 (192); Magherafelt farmer, 590k Belgian Blue £1130 (192); Toomebridge farmer, 740k Aberdeen Angus £1410 (191); Randalstown farmer, 530k Aberdeen Angus £1000 (189); Ballymena farmer, 520k Holstein £970 (187); Macosquin farmer, 710k Limousin £1320 (186); Bellaghy farmer, 780k Shorthorn beef £1430 (183); Garvagh farmer, 610k Aberdeen Angus £1110 (182); Ballymoney farmer, 800k Friesian £1450 (181); Ballycastle farmer, 940k Friesian £1700 (181) and Randalstown farmer, 640k Simmental £1150 (180).

Suckler

Culnady farmer, Hereford bull to £2200; Claudy farmer, Limousin cow with Simmental heifer calf at foot to £1550 and Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus Heifer with Aberdeen Angus Bull calf at foot to £1500.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Toomebridge farmer, 510k Limousin £1970 (386), 450k £1670 (371), 520k Charolais £1720 (331), 480k £1580 (329), 530k £1620 (306), 570k £1700 (298), 550k £1520 (276); Templepatrick farmer, 330k Limousin £1200 (364), 270k £950 (352), 300k £980 (327), 280k £900 (321), 280k £800 (286), 270k £720 (267); Claudy farmer, 350k Charolais £1190 (340), 440k Limousin £1330 (302); Dunloy farmer, 440k Limousin £1440 (327), 480k £1160 (242); Ballymena farmer, 580k Limousin £1740 (300), 570k Simmental £1500 (263); Kilrea farmer, 340k Charolais £1020 (300), 320k £930 (291), 320k £870 (272); Limavady farmer, 450k Charolais £1350 (300), 500k £1460 (292), 360k Belgian Blue £940 (261), 390k Aberdeen Angus £930 (239); Macosquin farmer, 510k Limousin £1490 (292), 540k Charolais £1490 (276), 500k Limousin £1370 (274), 490k Sal £1330 (271), 500k £1300 (260); Aghadowey farmer, 610k Charolais £1750 (287), 620k £1760 (284), 660k £1800 (273), 690k £1760 (255); Claudy farmer, 380k Simmental £1090 (287), 420k Charolais £1150 (274), 430k Fleckvieh £1020 (237); Garvagh farmer, 460k Limousin £1260 (274), 430k £1100 (256), 570k £1460 (256), 470k £1180 (251), 450k £1110 (247), 400k £960 (240); Knockloughrim farmer, 290k Limousin £770 (266); Garvagh farmer, 430k Aberdeen Angus £1130 (263); Garvagh farmer, 510k Aberdeen Angus £1320 (259), 490k £1250 (255); Ballymoney farmer, 490k Aberdeen Angus £1260 (257), 480k £1200 (250); Ballymoney farmer, 580k Hereford £1480 (255), 490k Aberdeen Angus £1200 (245); Limavady farmer, 440k Fleckvieh £1110 (252), 450k Aberdeen Angus £1070 (238); Maghera farmer, 290k Charolais £730 (252), 360k Limousin £830 (231); Garvagh farmer, 540k Aberdeen Angus £1350 (250), 560k £1350 (241); Dunloy farmer, 380k Simmental £950 (250); Kilrea farmer, 360k Charolais £900 (250), 370k £890 (241); Omagh farmer, 380k Aberdeen Angus £950 (250), 350k Belgian Blue £840 (240), 370k £870 (235), 325k £760 (234); Ballymena farmer, 610k Aberdeen Angus £1500 (246), 570k £1340 (235); Maghera farmer, 440k Belgian Blue £1070 (243); Toomebridge farmer, 370k Aberdeen Angus £890 (241), 350k £840 (240) and Upperlands farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1190 (238), 470k £1110 (236).

Steers

Templepatrick farmer, 320k Limousin £1190 (372), 390k £1400 (359), 350k £1250 (357), 370k £1320 (357), 340k £1200 (353), 380k £1280 (337), 300k £920 (307); Castlerock farmer, 410k Limousin £1360 (332); Cullybackey farmer, 500k Limousin £1540 (308), 460k £1400 (304), 520k £1520 (292); Draperstown farmer, 450k Aberdeen Angus £1380 (307); Claudy farmer, 450k Charolais £1340 (298); Portglenone farmer, 180k Limousin £535 (297), 190k £540 (284); Glarryford farmer, 420k Aberdeen Angus £1230 (293), 430k £1240 (288), 410k £1180 (283), 390k £1080 (277); Ballymoney farmer, 580k Limousin £1650 (285); Dungiven farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1550 (282), 570k £1590 (279), 570k £1580 (277), 600k £1660 (277), 580k £1600 (276), 530k £1460 (276); Kilrea farmer, 590k Aberdeen Angus £1660 (281), 520k £1440 (277), 530k £1430 (270); Aghadowey farmer, 400k Aberdeen Angus £1120 (280); Ballymoney farmer, 620k Shorthorn beef £1730 (279), 680k Limousin £1770 (260); Draperstown farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £1420 (273); Macosquin farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £1410 (271); Kilrea farmer, 510k Aberdeen Angus £1380 (271) and Garvagh farmer, 560k Aberdeen Angus £1510 (270).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.