Marts: Good entry of sucklers at Kilrea Mart, top price of £3300 paid for Charolais bull

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings of offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £805, £780, £595, £565, Aberdeen Angus £500; Rasharkin farmer, Fleckvieh £785, £640; Portglenone farmer, Simmental £770, £455, £340; Cushendun farmer, Charolais £680, £650; Bushmills farmer, Belgian Blue £670; Maghera farmer, Belgian Blue £620, Aberdeen Angus £415, Belgian Blue £320, Aberdeen Angus £280; Bushmills farmer, Belgian Blue £610, £600, £535, £480; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £570; Donaghadee farmer, Aberdeen Angus £565, £500, £385, Holstein £200; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £565; Ballyclare farmer, Aberdeen Angus £535, Holstein £470, £265; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £520, £470, Friesian £375; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £460; Ballyronan farmer, Aberdeen Angus £450, Friesian £345; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £430, Fleckvieh £360; Armoy farmer, Belgian Blue £415, Aberdeen Angus £370, Belgian Blue £345, Aberdeen Angus £270; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £385; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £385; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360, £260; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £355; Newtownards farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345, £295, £255, £220, £205; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £330; Ballymoney farmer, Montbeliarde £330, £250; Loughgiel farmer, Aberdeen Angus £325, £300; Glarryford farmer, Fleckvieh £310, £215; Bangor farmer, Holstein £300; Antrim farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270, Friesian £2230; Claudy farmer, Limousin £255; Culnady farmer, Hereford £255; Aghadowey farmer, Hereford £250 and Antrim farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240.

Heifer calves

Rasharkin farmer, Belgian Blue £730, Fleckvieh £635; Bangor farmer, Aberdeen Angus £715, Belgian Blue £610, Aberdeen Angus £605, £540; Cookstown farmer, Simmental £700, £595, Charolais £530, £480, £400; Bushmills farmer, Belgian Blue £600, £375; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £575, £545, £450; Rasharkin farmer, Hereford £560, Belgian Blue £425, £360, Aberdeen Angus £360, Hereford £330, £265, Aberdeen Angus £250; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £530; Desertmartin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £525, Stabiliser £495, Aberdeen Angus £495, £440; Donaghadee farmer, Aberdeen Angus £490, £415, £200; Maghera farmer, Belgian Blue £460, Aberdeen Angus £390, £225; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £455; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £450, Aberdeen Angus £210; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £445, £435; Antrim farmer, Aberdeen Angus £395, Belgian Blue £250, Hereford £215; Ballymoney farmer, Limousin £365; Castlerock farmer, Belgian Blue £365; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £355, Hereford £340; Portglenone farmer, Simmental £350, £290, £270, £265; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £345; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £340, Belgian Blue £300, Aberdeen Angus £240; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £305; Bangor farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290, Shorthorn beef £275, Aberdeen Angus £200; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £260; Newtownards farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250, £230; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £235; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230; Loughgiel farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230; Claudy farmer, Shorthorn beef £225, Aberdeen Angus £225; Upperlands farmer, Hereford £215 and Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £205.

Friesan calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £300.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suck calves (50)

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 £1235 and 326 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A good entry of 1400 on Monday 10th June met a steady trade throughout this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Spring lambs to £8.20 per kg and to top of £185.50.

Fat ewes to £270. Breeders to £305.

Spring lambs

Ballymena farmer, 22.5k £184.50 (820), 22k £178.50 (811); Portglenone farmer, 22k £178.50 (811); Desertmartin farmer, 22k £175 (796); Kilrea farmer, 22k £174.50 (793); Cookstown farmer, 21.5k £170.50 (793); Aghadowey farmer, 22k £174 (791);

Coleraine farmer, 22.5k £177 (787); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £165 (786); Draperstown farmer, 22k £172.50 (784), 22k £171 (777); Randalstown farmer, 21.5k £168.50 (784), 20k £156 (780), 24k £185.50 (773); Kilrea farmer, 19k £148 (779), 21k £162 (771); Cloughmills farmer, 22.5k £175 (778); Ballymoney farmer, 23k £178 (774); Kilrea farmer, 22k £170 (773); Limavady farmer, 22.5k £174 (773); Tobermore farmer, 24k £185 (771); Macosquin farmer, 20.5k £158 (771); Eglinton farmer, 20k £154 (770); Coleraine farmer, 20.5k £157 (766); Coagh farmer, 21.5k £164.50 (765); Dungiven farmer, 20k £153 (765); Draperstown farmer, 21k £160.50 (764); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £168 (764) and Coleraine farmer, 23.5k £179.50 (764).

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

Good entry of ewes to £270.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of 85 dairy on Tuesday 11th June to a top price of £2000 for calved heifer.

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

Moneymore farmer, calved heifers to £2000, £1680 and Armoy farmer, Friesian bull to £1920, calved heifers to £1800, £1720, £1680, £1620, third calver to £1680, fourth calver to £1600 and second calvers to £1600, £1580, £1560.

More stock required weekly.

A good entry of 280 fat cow, suckler and store cattle on Wednesday 12th June at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers sold to £1580 and heifers to £1790.

Fat cows and bulls sold to £1940.

Fat cows: 80 on offer, sharp trade.

Dungannon farmer, 640k Limousin £1930 (302), 640k £1890 (295), 680k £1940 (285), 560k £1590 (284), 630k £1750 (278); Kilrea farmer, 470k Par £1160 (247), 410k Limousin £900 (220), 440k Belgian Blue £900 (205); Rasharkin farmer, 610k Fleckvieh £1500 (246), 620k Aberdeen Angus £1510 (244), 590k Fleckvieh £1400 (237); Macosquin farmer, 640k Shorthorn beef £1560 (244); Portglenone farmer, 590k Holstein £1320 (224); Randalstown farmer, 580k Stabiliser £1290 (222); Armoy farmer, 480k Friesian £1060 (221), 390k £780 (200), 430k £860 (200); Aghadowey farmer, 590k Holstein £1270 (215); Bellaghy farmer, 680k Stabiliser £1430 (210); Portglenone farmer, 660k Saler £1330 (202), 680k £1360 (200); Ballymoney farmer, 680k Norwegian Red £1360 (200); Crumlin farmer, 490k Fleckvieh £970 (198) and Ballymoney farmer, 680k Belgian Blue £1340 (197).

Sucklers

Limavady farmer, Charolais bull to £3300; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus bull to £1680; Portglenone farmer, Saler cow with Limousin bull calf at foot to £1600 and Ahoghill farmer, Aubrac cow with Charolais heifer calf at foot to £1580.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Kilrea farmer, 350k Limousin £1170 (334), 370k £1130 (305), 380k £1130 (297), 390k £1160 (297), 420k Charolais £1220 (291), 340k Limousin £980 (288), 420k £1200 (286), 430k £1210 (281), 430k £1190 (277); Ballymoney farmer, 390k Limousin £1150 (295), 370k £1070 (289), 370k £1020 (276), 430k £1160 (270), 410k Friesian £1100 (268), 390k Limousin £1010 (259), 430k Aberdeen Angus £1090 (254), 350k Limousin £890 (254), 370k £940 (254), 460k £1140 (248), 400k Aberdeen Angus £980 (245), 460k £1120 (244), 410k £1000 (244), 450k £1100 (244); Randalstown farmer, 340k Simmental £990 (291), 330k £950 (288); Randalstown farmer, 450k Charolais £1290 (287); Ballymoney farmer, 380k Belgian Blue £1070 (282), 490k £1340 (274), 440k £1190 (271), 510k £1380 (271), 450k £1140 (253), 440k £1090 (248), 510k Aberdeen Angus £1260 (247), 440k £1070 (243); Glenarm farmer, 430k Limousin £1200 (279), 450k £1160 (258); Glarryford farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1520 (276), 550k £1460 (266), 550k £1400 (255), 640k £1610 (252); Finvoy farmer, 360k Belgian Blue £990 (275), 390k £1070 (274), 420k £1140 (271), 400k £1060 (265), 350k £920 (263), 320k £830 (259); Rasharkin farmer, 670k Charolais £1790 (267); Ballymoney farmer, 510k Belgian Blue £1340 (263), 470k £1160 (247), 550k Friesian £1340 (244); Coleraine farmer, 540k Hereford £1390 (257), 530k £1360 (257), 570k Aberdeen Angus £1460 (256), 590k Hereford £1500 (254), 580k Aberdeen Angus £1470 (253), 570k £1440 (253), 570k Belgian Blue £1440 (253), 600k Hereford £1450 (242); Moneymore farmer, 450k Belgian Blue £1170 (260), 500k £1250 (250), 460k £1100 (239); Bellarena farmer, 440k Aberdeen Angus £1140 (259), 440k £1090 (248); Ballymoney farmer, 320k Aberdeen Angus £810 (253); Macosquin farmer, 490k Aberdeen Angus £1230 (251), 480k £1180 (246); Macosquin farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £1300 (250) and Bushmills farmer, 440k Belgian Blue £1080 (246).

Steers

Portglenone farmer, 390k Charolais £1260 (323), 360k £1080 (300); Kilrea farmer, 420k Limousin £1280 (305), 470k £1330 (283), 400k £1100 (275), 500k £1340 (268); Randalstown farmer, 420k Charolais £1230 (293), 370k £950 (257); Maghera farmer, 420k Limousin £1220 (291), 340k Belgian Blue £820 (241); Macosquin farmer, 480k Aberdeen Angus £1360 (283), 510k £1390 (273), 460k £1240 (270), 470k £1210 (257), 410k £1040 (254), 490k Stabiliser £1240 (253), 490k Aberdeen Angus £1200 (245); Glarryford farmer, 510k Aberdeen Angus £1410 (277), 530k £1400 (264), 590k £1540 (261); Portglenone farmer, 490k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1350 (276), 450k Simmental £1165 (259), 500k £1240 (248); Ballymoney farmer, 360k Limousin £980 (272), 320k £850 (266), 260k £690 (265), 310k £800 (258), 240k £620 (258), 400k £1010 (253), 280k £700 (250), 290k £700 (241); Aghadowey farmer, 590k Belgian Blue £1580 (268), 580k £1440 (248), 570k £1390 (244); Ballymoney farmer, 490k Belgian Blue £1260 (257), 580k £1470 (253), 500k £1240 (248), 600k £1470 (245), 430k £1060 (247), 530k £1300 (245), 510k £1240 (243); Limavady farmer, 320k Limousin £800 (250), 360k £880 (244), 410k £1000 (244) and Coleraine farmer, 450k Belgian Blue £1090 (242).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.