Outstanding trade for all types of cattle on offer at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand. Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Garvagh farmer, Belgian Blue £610, Aberdeen Angus £535; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £535, £455, £415, £240; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £500, £250; Magherafelt farmer, Charolais £455; Moneymore farmer, Limousin £455, Fleckvieh £420, Limousin £350, Fleckvieh £345; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £445, Shorthorn £380, Friesian £220; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £445; Randalstown farmer, Charolais £445, £345; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £425; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £420, Friesian £220, £205; Garvagh farmer, Hereford £415; Ahoghill farmer, Simmental £400, Belgian Blue £345; Broughshane farmer, Aberdeen Angus £380, £280; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £370; Portglenone farmer, Limousin £370, Aberdeen Angus £370, Fleckvieh £290; Swatragh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £355, £295; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £355, £335; Ballymoney farmer, Limousin £350; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £340, £330; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £335, Aberdeen Angus £270; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £335; Ahoghill farmer, Limousin £325; Ballyclare farmer, Aberdeen Angus £325; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £325, £280, £250; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £315; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £315, £275; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £305, £300; Castlerock farmer, Belgian Blue £305, £270; Draperstown farmer, Friesian £305; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £290, Hereford £250, £235, £225, £200; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £290, £255; Strabane farmer, Hereford £290; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280; Macosquin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £275, Hereford £240; Portglenone farmer, Blonde d’Aquitaine £270, £240; Ahoghill farmer, Hereford £260; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £255; Limavady farmer, Holstein £255, £220; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250; Dungiven farmer, Belgian Blue £350, £250, £240; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £245; Dunloy farmer, Montbeliarde £225; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £220; Moneymore farmer, Friesian £210 and Dungiven farmer, Holstein £205.

Heifer calves: Cookstown farmer, Charolais £525; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £470; Maghera farmer, Belgian Blue £380, Aberdeen Angus £295, Hereford £265, £220; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £370; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £360, £345; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360; Magherafelt farmer, Hereford £355, £255, £225; Dunloy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £340, £310, £290; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £340; Ballyclare farmer, Aberdeen Angus £335, £325, £320, £285, £255; Castlerock farmer, Belgian Blue £325, Aberdeen Angus £240; Portglenone farmer, Blonde d’Aquitaine £325, £280, £260; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £310, £220; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £305; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300, £235; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300, £260, £215; Ballykelly farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290, £250, Sal £220, Aberdeen Angus £220; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285, Belgian Blue £280; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £280; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £255, £250, £230; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £255, Aberdeen Angus £200; Dungiven farmer, Belgian Blue £250, Hereford £235; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240; Ahoghill farmer, Hereford £240; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £220; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £220 and Macosquin farmer, Belgian Blue £210.

Friesian calves: Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £305. Good demand for thick types. Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (120): 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 sold to a top of £940 and 388 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

Monday, February 22, 2021: A super 680 fat lambs and ewes met an improved trade with lambs in strong demand as buyers keen for sheep.

Lambs sold to £5.85 per kg and to top of £132.50. Fat ewes sold to £118.

Kilrea Mart are now selling breeding sheep every Monday, ewes and lambs to £250.

Lambs: Ballymena farmer, 13k £76 (585), 19k £100 (526); Kilrea farmer, 21k £120 (571); Garvagh farmer, 21k £119 (567); Macosquin farmer, 21k £117.50 (560), 23.5k £119 (506); Bushmills farmer, 23k £128.50 (559); Macosquin farmer, 21.5k £120 (558); Ballymoney farmer, 23k £128 (557); Rasharkin farmer, 22.5k £125 (556); Rasharkin farmer, 22k £122 (555), 22k £117 (532); Rasharkin farmer, 21k £116 (552); Portglenone farmer, 22k £121 (550); Portglenone farmer, 23.5k £129 (549); Aghadowey farmer, 21k £113.50 (541); Kilrea farmer, 23.5k £127 (540); Ballymoney farmer, 24k £129 (538); Maghera farmer, 24.5k £130.50 (533); Dungiven farmer, 24k £128.50 (535), 22k £116.50 (530); Limavady farmer, 20.5k £109 (532), 24k £127.50 (531); Bellaghy farmer, 24k £127 (529), 24.5k £127 (518), 25.5k £129 (506); Glarryford farmer, 24.5k £128 (522); Ballymoney farmer, 25k £130 (520); Coleraine farmer, 25k £130 (520) and Draperstown farmer, 25k £130 (520).

Heavy lambs: 30k £132.50, 27k £132.50, 31k £132, 26.5k £131.50, 29k £131, 25k £130 and 25.5k £130.

Ewes with lambs to £250.

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

Good entry of ewes sold to £118.

Brisk demand for all types on offer.

Tuesday, February 23, 20201: A super entry of 30 dairy cattle met a super trade with more quality lots required. Calved heifers sold to £2100.

Crumlin farmer, second calver Ayrshire to £2100, calved heifers to £1740, £1680; Coleraine farmer, calved heifers to £1980, £1700, £1500; Coleraine farmer, calved heifer to £1920, second calver to £1760; Ballyclare farmer, calved cow to £1880; Portrush farmer, third calver to £1880 and Ballyclare farmer, calved heifer to £1760.

More stock required weekly.

Wednesday, February 24, 2021: A super entry of 250 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers sold to £1230, 330k heifers sold to £2020 and fat cows and bulls to £1380.

Fat cows: (65 on offer. Flying trade - more required)

Crumlin farmer, 610k Limousin £1240 (203), 600k £1020 (170); Kilrea farmer, 550k Limousin £1060 (193), 570k £670 (118); Claudy farmer, 690k Simmental £1280 (186), 610k Limousin £1040 (171), 610k £890 (146); Randalstown farmer, 730k Charolais £1260 (173), 650k £970 (149); Macosquin farmer, 580k Holstein £1000 (172), 640k £800 (125); Coleraine farmer, 680k Holstein £1110 (163); Ahoghill farmer, 740k Fleckvieh £1180 (160), 760k Aberdeen Angus £1120 (147); Kilrea farmer, 690k Simmental £1090 (158), 640k Aberdeen Angus £940 (147), 640k Simmental £860 (134); Castlerock farmer, 680k Holstein £1070 (157), 520k £800 (154); Castlederg farmer, 610k Montbeliarde £950 (156), 750k Hereford £1010 (135), 690k Holstein £820 (119), 710k £840 (118); Bushmills farmer, 540k Montbeliarde £800 (148), 700k Friesian £900 (129), 690k Montbeliarde £880 (128), 720k £890 (124), 540k Friesian £630 (117), 670k £770 (115), 670k £750 (112); Ballymena farmer, 560k Belgian Blue £820 (146); Portglenone farmer, 470k Friesian £680 (145); Portglenone farmer, 690k Limousin £980 (142); Aghadowey farmer, 810k Friesian £1100 (136); Ballymoney farmer, 660k Friesian £880 (133), 740k £950 (128), 630k £790 (125); Coleraine farmer, 670k Holstein £890 (133), 560k £670 (120); Aghadowey farmer, 690k Holstein £890 (129), 720k £880 (122); Garvagh farmer, 620k Limousin £800 (129); Macosquin farmer, 560k Aberdeen Angus £720 (129), 590k £760 (129) and Ballymena farmer, 730k Friesian £880 (121).

Fat bulls: Dungiven farmer, 810k Aberdeen Angus £1320 (163); Garvagh farmer, 1010k Charolais £1380 (137) and Aghadowey farmer, 830k Simmental £1100 (133).

Suckler stock: Moneymore farmer, Fleckvieh heifer with Limousin heifer calf at foot to £1370 and Kilrea farmer, springing Belgian Blue heifer to £1320.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers: Ballymena farmer, 330k Limousin Heifer £2020 (612), 410k £980 (239); Limavady farmer, 360k Charolais £930 (258), 400k Simmental £950 (238), 430k Aberdeen Angus £960 (223);Ahoghill farmer, 520k Belgian Blue £1320 (254); Dunloy farmer, 520k Charolais £1300 (250), 550k £1300 (236), 560k £1270 (227), 500k £1100 (220), 570k £1180 (207); Claudy farmer, 360k Limousin £860 (239), 390k Belgian Blue £900 (231), 390k Charolais £840 (215); Limavady farmer, 410k Aberdeen Angus £980 (239), 450k £1000 (222), 450k £990 (220), 440k £960 (218), 400k £870 (218), 420k £880 (210), 410k £860 (210), 460k £960 (209), 420k £860 (205), 440k £880 (200); Upperlands farmer, 550k Limousin £1290 (235); Ballymoney farmer, 450k Limousin £1030 (229), 470k £950 (202); Rasharkin farmer, 400k Limousin £890 (223), 320k £660 (206), 380k Limousin £780 (205), 400k Limousin £810 (203); Garvagh farmer, 390k Aberdeen Angus £860 (221), 390k £850 (218), 440k £940 (214); Kilrea farmer, 380k Belgian Blue £830 (218), 440k £910 (207); Ballycastle farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £980 (209), 410k £850 (207), 460k £940 (204), 410k £820 (200); Maghera farmer, 460k Aberdeen Angus £960 (209), 430k £890 (207), 480k £990 (206); Castlederg farmer, 430k Montbeliarde £870 (202) and Castlerock farmer, 540k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (200).

Steers: Portglenone farmer, 300k Charolais £810 (270), 340k Limousin £880 (259), 430k £1100 (256), 290k Aberdeen Angus £730 (252), 360k Charolais £890 (247), 360k £890 (247), 350k SHB £840 (240), 340k Hereford £800 (235), 350k Aberdeen Angus £820 (234); Ballycastle farmer, 390k Charolais £1020 (262), 460k £1200 (261), 460k Limousin £1150 (250), 370k Limousin £920 (249), 450k £1070 (238), 430k Charolais £1020 (237), 460k £1080 (235), 430k Limousin £980 (228); Dunloy farmer, 400k Charolais £1040 (260), 410k £1020 (249), 400k £990 (248), 460k £1120 (244), 450k £1060 (236), 460k £1040 (226), 470k Aberdeen Angus £1020 (217), 460k Charolais £980 (213), 490k £1030 (210); Limavady farmer, 410k Aberdeen Angus £1050 (256), 365k £930 (255), 370k £890 (241), 420k £1010 (241), 370k £870 (235); Ringsend farmer, 500k Charolais £1230 (246), 540k Limousin £1190 (220), 540k Charolais £1100 (204); Portglenone farmer, 350k Hereford £830 (237), 260k Aberdeen Angus £600 (231), 290k £660 (228); Upperlands farmer, 490k Limousin £1100 (225); Ballycastle farmer, 390k Hereford £870 (223), 470k Aberdeen Angus £1040 (221), 400k £870 (218), 470k £1020 (217), 460k £1000 (217), 510k £1050 (206), 550k £1130 (206), 500k £1020 (204); Aghadowey farmer, 260k Aberdeen Angus £580 (223), 275k £570 (207), 315k £640 (203), 345k £700 (203); Castlerock farmer, 460k Limousin £980 (213), 430k Belgian Blue £900 (209); Moneymore farmer, 480k Limousin £1020 (213); Ballymoney farmer, 410k Limousin £860 (210) and Garvagh farmer, 500k Limousin £1000 (200).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.