Marts: Top price of £2500 paid for a calved heifer at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Coleraine farmer, Limousin £700; Garvagh farmer, Fleckvieh £635, £605, Belgian Blue £570; Armoy farmer, Limousin £600, £525; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £595, Belgian Blue £580, Montbeliarde £580, Aberdeen Angus £530; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £560, £555, Montbeliarde £540, Aberdeen Angus £535, £470, Swiss Brown £390; Upperlands farmer, Shorthorn £560; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £540, £485; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £505; Ballyclare farmer, Simmental £470, Aberdeen Angus £395, Belted Galloway £355, Simmental £355, £280, £270, £255, £220; Claudy farmer, Montbeliarde £465, Limousin £455; Castlederg farmer, Aberdeen Angus £450, Simmental £280; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £450, Belgian Blue £410, Aberdeen Angus £250, £245, Hereford £230; Fermanagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £450, Belgian Blue £270; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £410, Hereford £390; Londonderry farmer, Belgian Blue £395; Magherafelt farmer, Belgian Blue £360; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345; Articlave farmer, Aberdeen Angus £340; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £340, Aberdeen Angus £285, Belgian Blue £270, Aberdeen Angus £225; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £340; Killaloo farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330, £290; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £305; Ballyronan farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300, £260; Rasharkin farmer, Fleckvieh £300; Antrim farmer, Limousin £290; Bushmills farmer, Friesian £290; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £275, £250; Cullybackey farmer, Simmental £250, Aberdeen Angus £240; Macosquin farmer, Hereford £245, Aberdeen Angus £210; Coleraine farmer, Fleckvieh £240; Portstewart farmer, Saler £215 and Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £210.

Heifer calves

Coleraine farmer, Limousin £700, Aberdeen Angus £570, Simmental £520; Maghera farmer, Friesian £665, £635; Ballymena farmer, Belgian Blue £590, £560, £550, Aberdeen Angus £540, Belgian Blue £515, Aberdeen Angus £495, Belgian Blue £440, Aberdeen Angus £420; Ahoghill farmer, Charolais £555, Aberdeen Angus £375, Charolais £350, Belgian Blue £290, Aberdeen Angus £270, Charolais £250, Aberdeen Angus £220, Belgian Blue £205; Bushmills farmer, Charolais £550, Belgian Blue £455; Broughshane farmer, Belgian Blue £500, £460, £395, £260; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £500, £485; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £490, Belgian Blue £440, Hereford £330, Belgian Blue £290; Aghadowey farmer, Limousin £485; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £470; Dunloy farmer, Shorthorn £450; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £445, £395, £385, £340; Ballyclare farmer, Hereford £420, Simmental £375, Belted Galloway £360, Simmental £285, Belted Galloway £250, Simmental £200; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £420, £305, Aberdeen Angus £275, £215, £210, £200; Garvagh farmer, Belgian Blue £405, Charolais £360; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £395; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345; Articlave farmer, Shorthorn beef £320, Aberdeen Angus £245; Portstewart farmer, Saler £320, £210; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £315, £200; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300, £220; Kilaloo farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290, £205; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285, Aberdeen Angus £285; Claudy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £265; Glarryford farmer, Belgian Blue £250; Clough farmer, Hereford £230; Coleraine farmer, Limousin £230; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230; Macosquin farmer, Hereford £215; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200 and Cullybackey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200.

Friesian calves

Super Trade. More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £155.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (100)

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 385ppk.

A good entry of 230 calves on Friday 4th October which met with a flying trade for all types on offer.

Heifer calves to £1440 and steer calves to £1520.

Bull calves

Macosquin farmer, 260k Limousin £1050 (404), 250k Charolais £880 (352); Maghera farmer, 260k Limousin £1050 (404), 360k £1390 (386), 265k £1010 (381), 270k £990 (367), 370k £1260 (341); Claudy farmer, 230k Charolais £920 (400), 230k £900 (391), 330k £1210 (367), 220k Limousin £800 (364), 260k Charolais £940 (362), 310k £1110 (358), 380k £1250 (329), 300k £970 (323); Kilrea farmer, 350k Limousin £1360 (389), 380k £1410 (371); Limavady farmer, 350k Limousin £1360 (389); Magherafelt farmer, 360k Limousin £1390 (386), 270k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1010 (374); Limavady farmer, 295k Limousin £1090 (370), 350k £1280 (366), 310k £1120 (361), 320k £1150 (359); Magherafelt farmer, 270k Limousin £990 (367), 270k £870 (322); Garvagh farmer, 290k Charolais £1060 (366), 310k £1080 (348), 240k £780 (325), 260k £840 (323), 300k £970 (323); Toomebridge farmer, 320k Charolais £1170 (366); Ballymena farmer, 320k Charolais £1180 (363); Ballykelly farmer, 290k Charolais £1040 (359); Dunloy farmer, 330k Charolais £1180 (358), 290k £1010 (348), 320k £1110 (347), 400k £1380 (345), 460k £1520 (330); Ballycastle farmer, 330k Limousin £1170 (355); Garvagh farmer, 280k Limousin £990 (354); Limavady farmer, 340k Limousin £1190 (350), 320k £1110 (347), 350k Simmental £1210 (346), 320k Limousin £1100 (344), 290k £960 (331), 320k £1060 (331), 330k Simmental £1090 (330), 350k Limousin £1150 (329), 320k £1050 (328), 340k £1090 (321); Coleraine farmer, 260k Blonde d'Aquitaine £900 (346), 300k £1020 (340), 260k Limousin £880 (339); Clough farmer, 360k Limousin £1200 (333), 350k Simmental £1160 (331), 360k £1180 (328); Knockloughrim farmer, 310k Charolais £1060 (342); Castlerock farmer, 340k Charolais £1140 (335); Portglenone farmer, 290k Simmental £970 (335) and Castlerock farmer, 350k Charolais £1160 (331).

Heifer calves

Greysteel farmer, 290k Limousin £1440 (497), 310k £1240 (400), 330k £1260 (382), 340k £1240 (365), 300k £1070 (357); Macosquin farmer, 280k Charolais £1040 (371); Magherafelt farmer, 310k Limousin £1120 (361), 370k Charolais £1200 (324); Maghera farmer, 270k Limousin £940 (348), 340k £1100 (324); Claudy farmer, 260k Charolais £900 (346), 290k Limousin £1000 (345), 260k Charolais £880 (339), 270k £890 (330), 310k £980 (316); Garvagh farmer, 210k Charolais £710 (338), 250k £840 (336), 240k £780 (325), 250k £810 (324), 220k £690 (314); Macosquin farmer, 210k Limousin £700 (333); Garvagh farmer, 250k Limousin £820 (328); Ballymoney farmer, 370k Limousin £1210 (327); Limavady farmer, 310k Limousin £1000 (323); Limavady farmer, 250k Limousin £800 (320); Garvagh farmer, 300k Charolais £950 (317) and Ballymena farmer, 360k Simmental £1130 (314).

A super entry of 1500 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 7th October which met with a sharper trade throughout this week with quality lambs in demand.

Lambs to £6.17 per kg and to top of £174.

Fat ewes to £224.

Lambs

Coleraine farmer, 17.5k £108 (617); Rasharkin farmer, 18k £110 (611); Broughshane farmer, 19k £115 (605), 17k £102.50 (603), 20.5k £119.50 (583), 15.5k £89 (574); Ringsend farmer, 23.5k £139 (592); Limavady farmer, 24.5k £143.50 (586); Ballymoney farmer, 20.5k £120 (585), 22k £123 (559); Macosquin farmer, 24k £140 (583); Upperlands farmer, 19.5k £113.50 (582); Cookstown farmer, 19.5k £113.50 (582); Draperstown farmer, 23.5k £136.50 (581); Armoy farmer, 23k £133 (578); Garvagh farmer, 23k £132.50 (576); Finvoy farmer, 20k £115 (575); Magherafelt farmer, 24.5k £140 (571); Ballymena farmer, 21k £120 (571); Portglenone farmer, 22.5k £128.50 (571); Maghera farmer, 22.5k £128.50 (571); Macosquin farmer, 24k £137 (571); Garvagh farmer, 20k £114 (570); Rasharkin farmer, 23k £131 (570); Maghera farmer, 23k £131 (570); Ballycastle farmer, 24.5k £139.50 (569); Swatragh farmer, 22k £125 (568); Garvagh farmer, 23.5k £133.50 (568); Draperstown farmer, 25k £142 (5568); Coleraine farmer, 23k £130.50 (567); Tobermore farmer, 21k £119 (567); Limavady farmer, 24.5k £138 (563); Dungiven farmer, 21k £118 (562); Draperstown farmer, 20.5k £114 (556); Ballyclare farmer, 22k £122 (555); Claudy farmer, 21k £116.50 (555); Finvoy farmer, 20k £111 (555); Limavady farmer, 23k £127 (552); Cookstown farmer, 24.5k £135 (551) and Claudy farmer, 30k £165 (550).

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

Good entry of ewes to £224.

More ewes needed.

Dairy report - A good entry of 40 dairy on Tuesday 8th October to a top price of £2500 for a calved heifer.

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

Culnady farmer, calved heifer to £2500, second calver to £2420, third calver to £2120, Calved heifers to £2100, £2000; Magherafelt farmer, second calver to £2200; Pomeroy farmer, second calvers to £2200, £1980, third calver to £2020, Moneymore farmer, second calvers to £1980, £1700, Calved heifer to £1940 and Claudy farmer, batch of maiden heifers to £980, £960, £940, £900, £880, £860, £840, £820 and £800.

More stock required weekly.

A good entry of 390 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 9th October at Kilrea which met with an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £1700, heifers to £1630, fat cows and bulls to £1920.

Fat cows: 165 on offer, sharp trade.

Dunloy farmer, 530k Simmental £1430 (270), 610k Simmental £1560 (256), 580k £1470 (253); Limavady farmer, 530k Limousin £1360 (257); Dungannon farmer, 470k Simmental £1200 (255); Garvagh farmer, 600k Limousin £1490 (248); Swatragh farmer, 560k Aberdeen Angus £1390 (248); Templepatrick farmer, 590k Simmental £1430 (242); Castlerock farmer, 700k Limousin £1680 (240), 750k Belgian Blue £1720 (229); Macosquin farmer, 530k Fleckvieh £1260 (238), 510k £1130 (222); Upperlands farmer, 440k Aberdeen Angus £1020 (232); Glarryford farmer, 530k Friesian £1220 (230); Castlerock farmer, 570k Holstein £1310 (230); Randalstown farmer, 730k Simmental £1670 (229), 440k £930 (211); Portglenone farmer, 600k Friesian £1360 (227), 600k £1340 (223), 480k £1000 (208), 540k £1100 (204); Limavady farmer, 660k Belgian Blue £1450 (220), 570k Limousin £1240 (218); Templepatrick farmer, 430k Charolais £940 (219); Bellaghy farmer, 770k Aberdeen Angus £1660 (216), 800k Simmental £1700 (213); Ballymoney farmer, 900k Aberdeen Angus £1920 (213); Garvagh farmer, 660k Limousin £1380 (209); Ballymoney farmer, 490k Holstein £1020 (208), 670k Stabiliser £1390 (208); Ballymoney farmer, 750k Aberdeen Angus £1560 (208); Dungiven farmer, 430k Friesian £880 (205); Ballymoney farmer, 510k Fleckvieh £1040 (204); Magherafelt farmer, 760k Shorthorn beef £1550 (204) and Ahoghill farmer, 590k Saler £1200 (203).

Suckler

Limavady farmer, Limousin heifer with Limousin heifer calf at foot to £2540, Limousin heifer with Limousin heifer calf at foot to £1900 and Cookstown farmer, Saler springing heifer to £1560.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Ballymoney farmer, 450k Limousin £1530 (340), 470k £1420 (302), 400k £1180 (295), 470k £1360 (289), 520k £1500 (289), 470k £1330 (283), 440k £1240 (282), 460k £1180 (257); Dunloy farmer, 390k Charolais £1230 (315), 450k £1390 (309), 410k £1170 (285), 470k £1340 (285); Limavady farmer, 500k Charolais £1540 (308), 480k Limousin £1460 (304), 510k Charolais £1520 (298), 540k £1540 (285), 510k £1440 (282), 550k £1540 (280), 510k £1370 (269), 540k £1440 (267); Castledawson farmer, 530k Limousin £1480 (279), 540k £1500 (278), 570k £1560 (274), 490k Charolais £1340 (274), 570k Limousin £1560 (273), 580k Charolais £1560 (269), 550k Limousin £1480 (269), 520k £1390 (267), 480k £1280 (267), 550k £1470 (267), 500k £1330 (266), 550k Charolais £1450 (264), 520k £1370 (264), 570k Limousin £1500 (263), 630k Stabiliser £1630 (259), 500k £1240 (248); Garvagh farmer, 550k Limousin £1520 (276); Tyrone farmer, 400k Limousin £1080 (270), 470k Aberdeen Angus £1260 (268); Macosquin farmer, 490k Aberdeen Angus £1300 (265); Garvagh farmer, 430k Shorthorn beef £1130 (263), 290k Simmental £700 (241); Coleraine farmer, 460k Aberdeen Angus £1170 (254), 560k £1380 (246), 470k £1140 (243); Garvagh farmer, 480k Aberdeen Angus £1220 (254); Portglenone farmer, 500k Belgian Blue £1270 (254), 580k £1460 (252), 570k Hereford £1380 (242), 490k Limousin £1180 (241), 470k Belgian Blue £1130 (240); Cullybackey farmer, 630k Simmental £1560 (248), 600k Limousin £1450 (242), 650k Simmental £1560 (240); Garvagh farmer, 480k Aberdeen Angus £1180 (246), 490k £1180 (241) and Maghera farmer, 500k Limousin £1230 (246).

Steers

Dunloy farmer, 430k Charolais £1360 (316), 420k £1290 (307), 510k £1490 (292), 560k £1540 (275); Randalstown farmer, 530k Charolais £1660 (313), 570k Limousin £1700 (298), 580k £1650 (285), 510k Belgian Blue £1300 (255); Londonderry farmer, 480k Limousin £1490 (310), 490k £1470 (300), 530k £1460 (276); Garvagh farmer, 480k Charolais £1470 (306), 500k £1400 (280), 570k £1540 (270), 580k £1530 (264); Cookstown farmer, 470k Limousin £1400 (298), 390k £1160 (297), 390k £1100 (282); Belfast farmer, 270k Belgian Blue £780 (289), 320k Hereford £850 (266), 270k Belgian Blue £670 (248), 310k £760 (245); Garvagh farmer, 570k Aberdeen Angus £1610 (283), 570k £1580 (277), 590k Shorthorn beef £1500 (254), 560k Aberdeen Angus £1400 (250), 550k £1330 (242); Ballymoney farmer, 480k Limousin £1320 (275), 420k £1130 (269), 460k £1190 (259), 510k £1260 (247); Rasharkin farmer, 310k Fleckvieh £850 (274), 390k Simmental £1040 (267), 310k Fleckvieh £810 (261), 440k Simmental £1090 (248), 440k Fleckvieh £1090 (248), 270k Fleckvieh £650 (241); Garvagh farmer, 340k Hereford £910 (268); Portglenone farmer, 400k Hereford £1030 (258), 450k £1090 (242); Cullybackey farmer, 560k Limousin £1420 (254); Ballymoney farmer, 510k Limousin £1280 (251), 570k Charolais £1420 (249); Cullybackey farmer, 540k Charolais £1350 (250), 550k Simmental £1370 (249); Maghera farmer, 460k Aberdeen Angus £1110 (241); Portglenone farmer, 580k Hereford £1400 (241) and Knockloughrim farmer, 540k Friesian £1300 (241).

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

Auctioneer: HA McIlrath and Sons Ltd.