Marts: Steers selling to £2100 at Kilrea Mart, fat cows and bulls to £1990

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £780, £720, Aberdeen Angus £640; Londonderry farmer, Charolais £735, £675, £575, Aberdeen Angus £570, £450, Hereford £440, Aberdeen Angus £375, £300; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £670, £600, £495, £490; Cloughmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £595; Garvagh farmer, Limousin £590, Holstein £285; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £575, Hereford £440; Swatragh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £555, Holstein £360; Ahoghill farmer, Belgian Blue £540; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £525, Friesian £240; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £520, £510, £440, £410; Maghera farmer, Friesian £475, £335; Strabane farmer, Aberdeen Angus £465, £380, £245; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £460; Ballymoney farmer, Friesian £425, £390, £290; Claudy farmer, Fleckvieh £420, Charolais £345; Coleraine farmer, Hereford £420, Aberdeen Angus £335, Hereford £305; Articlave farmer, Aberdeen Angus £410, Holstein £240; Macosquin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £405; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £395, £350, £340, £330, £300; Aghadowey farmer, Hereford £380, Aberdeen Angus £310, £280; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £365, Belgian Blue £245; Maghera farmer, Belgian Blue £350, Aberdeen Angus £330, Belgian Blue £320, £275, Simmental £270; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £335, £305; Dervock farmer, Hereford £325; Clough farmer, Belgian Blue £345, £250; Bangor farmer, Aberdeen Angus £295; Clough farmer, Friesian £265 and Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240.

Heifer calves

Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £605, £555, Aberdeen Angus £500; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £575, £485, £475; Londonderry farmer, Charolais £555, Aberdeen Angus £520, £445, £440, £430, £410, £260; Ahoghill farmer, Charolais £495, Belgian Blue £395; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £495; Bangor farmer, Belgian Blue £480, Aberdeen Angus £445, £290; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £480, Limousin £435, Aberdeen Angus £385, Limousin £320; Cloughmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £465; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £460, Hereford £445; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £440, £330; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £435, £410, £380, £335; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £430; Garvagh farmer, Limousin £420; Swatragh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £415, £375; Garvagh farmer, Belgian Blue £395; Coleraine farmer, Hereford £390, Aberdeen Angus £335, Hereford £245; Strabane farmer, Aberdeen Angus £335, £310, £250; Cullybackey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £320, £200; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £315; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300, £260; Maghera farmer, Belgian Blue £300, £270, £255; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270, £260; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240, Belgian Blue £215, £205; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £240, ST £220; Macosquin farmer, Limousin £240; Dervock farmer, Hereford £235; Londonderry farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230; Clough farmer, Belgian Blue £220; Dervock farmer, Hereford £210 and Rasharkin farmer, Belgian Blue £210.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £360.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler 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 £1380 and 340 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A good entry of 950 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 17th June met a steady trade throughout with quality lambs in good demand.

Spring lambs to £6.43 per kg and to top of £178. Fat ewes to £194. Breeders to £296.

Spring lambs

Glarryford farmer, 22k £141.50 (643); Bushmills farmer, 22k £141 (641); Garvagh farmer, 21.5k £137 (637); Kilrea farmer, 22.5k £142 (631); Cookstown farmer, 21k £132 (629); Dungiven farmer, 21.5k £135 (628); Desertmartin farmer 22k £138 (627);

Moneymore farmer, 20k £125 (625); Kilrea farmer, 20.5k £128 (624); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £130 (619); Antrim farmer, 21.5k £133 (618); Ballymoney farmer, 20k £123 (615); Rasharkin farmer, 20k £122.50 (613); Magherafelt farmer, 22k £134.50 (611); Desertmartin farmer, 20k £122 (610); Garvagh farmer, 22k £134 (609) and Magherafelt farmer, 20k £121.50 (608).

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

Good entry of ewes to £194.

More ewes needed.

A small entry of dairy on Tuesday 18th June to a top price of £960 for a batch of maiden heifers.

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

More stock required weekly.

A good entry of 240 fat cow, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 19th June at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £2100 and heifers to £1660.

Fat cows and bulls to £1990.

Fat cows: 110 on offer, sharp trade.

Cookstown farmer, 570k Limousin £1580 (277), 780k £1990 (255), 750k £1830 (244), 770k £1680 (218), 820k £1760 (215); Ballycastle farmer, 590k Charolais £1630 (276), 670k Limousin £1630 (243); Dungiven farmer, 670k Simmental £1760 (263), 620k Hereford £1550 (250), 900k £1970 (219), 620k £1260 (203); Randalstown farmer, 740k Belgian Blue £1850 (250); Randalstown farmer, 610k Simmental £1490 (244); Greysteel farmer, 510k Shorthorn beef £1200 (235); Garvagh farmer, 390k Belgian Blue £910 (233), 720k Charolais £1610 (224); Coleraine farmer, 830k Charolais £1910 (230); Dungiven farmer, 770k Holstein £1680 (218), 680k Friesian £1360 (200); Rasharkin farmer, 720k Friesian £1560 (217); Claudy farmer, 600k Holstein £1280 (213); Castlerock farmer, 660k Hereford £1390 (211); Ballymoney farmer, 650k Limousin £1360 (209), 690k £1420 (206), 630k ST £1240 (197); Kilrea farmer, 600k Charolais £1250 (208); Kilrea farmer, 650k Aberdeen Angus £1350 (208); Portglenone farmer, 710k Limousin £1450 (204); Garvagh farmer, 970k Hereford £1960 (202); Articlave farmer, 420k Limousin £820 (195) and Upperlands farmer, 570k Limousin £1110 (195).

Suckler

Castlerock farmer, Limousin heifer with Limousin heifer calf at foot to £2140; Ballymoney farmer, Limousin heifer with Limousin heifer calf at foot to £1820; Kilrea farmer, Limousin cow with Charolais bull calf at foot to £1780, Aberdeen Angus heifer with Charolais bull calf at foot to £1760; Claudy farmer, Limousin heifer with Aberdeen Angus heifer calf at foot to £1680 and Ballymoney farmer, Charolais heifer with Charolais bull at foot to £1570.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Kilrea farmer, 380k Charolais £1160 (305), 350k Limousin £1040 (297), 350k Charolais £900 (257); Garvagh farmer, 420k Charolais £1160 (276); Portglenone farmer, 520k Limousin £1420 (273), 430k £1160 (270), 590k £1520 (258), 450k £1150 (256); Claudy farmer, 600k Aberdeen Angus £1630 (272), 570k £1440 (253), 610k £1500 (246), 630k £1540 (244), 550k Shorthorn beef £1340 (244); Glarryford farmer, 480k Aberdeen Angus £1290 (269); Portglenone farmer, 570k Aberdeen Angus £1530 (268), 540k £1420 (263), 640k £1660 (259), 620k £1520 (245); Glarryford farmer, 530k Charolais £1410 (266); Ballymoney farmer, 480k Belgian Blue £1240 (258); Glarryford farmer, 490k Aberdeen Angus £1260 (257); Kilrea farmer, 460k Belgian Blue £1180 (257), 430k £1080 (251), 440k £1060 (241), 460k £1100 (239); Ballymoney farmer, 410k Aberdeen Angus £1050 (256); Portglenone farmer, 430k Hereford £1080 (251); Castlerock farmer, 380k Simmental £950 (250); Eglinton farmer, 430k Sal £1070 (249); Maghera farmer, 380k Aberdeen Angus £900 (237) and Rasharkin farmer, 360k Aberdeen Angus £830 (231).

Steers

Kilrea farmer, 440k Charolais £1310 (298), 410k Simmental £1200 (293), 510k Limousin £1475 (289), 420k Simmental £1200 (286), 460k Charolais £1270 (276), 470k Limousin £1280 (272); Limavady farmer, 490k Charolais £1430 (292); Kilrea farmer, 730k Blonde d'Aquitaine £2100 (288), 680k £1930 (284), 740k Simmental £2100 (284), 620k Charolais £1700 (274), 570k Hereford £1340 (235), 610k £1420 (233); Glarryford farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £1390 (267), 550k £1360 (247), 480k £1180 (246); Limavady farmer, 570k Aberdeen Angus £1470 (258), 560k £1400 (250), 570k £1410 (247), 540k £1330 (246), 550k £1340 (244), 540k £1300 (241); Coleraine farmer, 440k Belgian Blue £1120 (255), 490k £1240 (253), 480k £1210 (252), 430k £1040 (242), 530k £1275 (241), 460k £1060 (230); Garvagh farmer, 600k Hereford £1465 (244); Coleraine farmer, 370k Aberdeen Angus £900 (243); Maghera farmer, 350k Aberdeen Angus £840 (240), 430k £1000 (233), 330k Charolais £760 (230) and Ballymoney farmer, 330k Aberdeen Angus £760 (230).

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

Auctioneers: HA McIlrath and Sons Ltd.