Outstanding trade for calves and weanlings at Kilrea

A super entry of 440 Calves and Weanlings on Thursday 1st April, met an outstanding trade for all types on offer.
By The Newsroom
Published 8th Apr 2021, 10:36 BST

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

Bull Calves: Garvagh farmer, FKV £520; Ballymoney farmer, BB £490, AA £465, Fri £335, £275, £210; Eglinton farmer, AA £490; Ballymoney farmer, BB £465, Fri £400, BB £305, SH £295, BB £295, Lim £290, AYR £240, Fri £240; Ahoghill farmer, Her £440, ST £415; Armoy farmer, AA £425; Bellaghy farmer, CH £420, Sim £380, AA £340; Limavady farmer, FKV £415, Fri £275; Maghera farmer, BB £405; Ahoghill farmer, BB £355; Desertmartin farmer, Fri £335; Garvagh farmer, AA £335, £235; Portglenone farmer, BB £335, £290; Ballymoney farmer, AA £320, FKV £310; Aghadowey farmer, BB £315; Ballymoney farmer, MB £315, £260; Ballymoney farmer, AA £310; Bangor farmer, Her £310, AA £300, Her £240, AA £215;

Limavady farmer, AA £305; Ballymena farmer, AA £300, £290, £250; Dungiven farmer, BB £300, Her £225; Dungiven farmer, AA £300; Magherafelt farmer, AA £300, £275; Ballymena farmer, FKV £295; Dunloy farmer, FKV £290, £250; Armoy farmer, AA £285, Fri £225, AA £210; Ballymena farmer, AA £280, £245; Macosquin farmer, AA £265, £225; Maghera farmer, AA £265; Crumlin farmer, Her £260, MB £250; Aghadowey farmer, AA £250, £235; Ballymena farmer, AA £250, £235, £230; Maghera farmer, Hol £250, £235; R Gillespie, Ahoghill, BB £245; Ballymoney farmer, AA £240; Ballymoney farmer, FKV £215; Bellaghy farmer, Fri £210.

Heifer Calves: Bellaghy farmer, Lim £480; Ballymoney farmer, AA £455, BB £300; Eglinton farmer, BB £445, £390; Kilrea farmer, BB £445, £275; Draperstown farmer, Lim £425, DAQ £380, £375; Maghera farmer, BB £420, AA £365, BB £360; Ahoghill farmer, Her £400, BB £380; Ballymoney farmer, FKV £390, £380, £335; Bellaghy farmer, Lim £390, Sim £300, £250; Randalstown farmer, BB £390; Armoy farmer, AA £380, £375; Ballymoney farmer, Fri £315; Kilrea farmer, AA £315, £270; Dunloy farmer, FKV £290, £280, £260; Maghera farmer, BB £290; Ballymena farmer, Her £280, AA £260, Her £230; Magherafelt farmer, AA £275, £225; Ballymoney farmer, AA £270; Portglenone farmer, DAQ £270; Limavady farmer, AA £270; Ballymoney farmer, FKV £260; Ballyronan farmer, AA £250, £205; Macosquin farmer, BB £250; Ballymoney farmer, AA £250, £235; Maghera farmer, Her £235, AA £230; Ballymena farmer, AA £230; Garvagh farmer, AA £220; Ahoghill farmer, Lim £210.

Friesian Calves: Super trade! More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £335. Good demand for thick types! Young Friesian calves needed!

Weanlings/Suck Calves (130)

A great entry of weanlings met an outstanding trade for all types on offer, both for Continental Beef bred types, Fr x types and Friesian & Holstein Lumps. Weanlings to top of £1000 and 327 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.Customers for cattle up to 18 mths.

A super entry of 240 on Wednesday, 7th April at Kilrea, met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand. Steers to £1560, Heifers to £1450, Fat Cows and Bulls to £1540.

Fat Cows: (45 on offer - flying trade - more required): Macosquin farmer, 580k Lim £1200 (207); Bellarena farmer, 680k Lim £1180 (174), 830k £1340 (161), 730k BB £1090 (149); Rasharkin farmer, 640k Fri £1090 (170), 780k £1020 (131); Swatragh farmer, 620k Lim £1050 (169), 600k £1000 (167); Cookstown farmer, 550k Lim £860 (156), 620k £910 (147), 480k Sim £670 (140); Cookstown farmer, 770k Fri £1160 (151), 770k £1080 (140), 790k £1100 (139), 720k £960 (133); Portglenone farmer, 720k Fri £1060 (147); Dungiven farmer, 700k Fri £1000 (143), 660k £820 (124); Castlerock farmer, 780k Hol £1090 (140), 550k £700 (127); Ballymena farmer, 310k BGA £430 (139); Ballymoney farmer, 580k FKV £800 (138); Castlerock farmer, 500k FKV £690 (138), 700k Lim £940 (134); Kilrea farmer, 670k CH £900 (134); Maghera farmer, 560k Fri £730 (130); Aghadowey farmer, 710k Hol £900 (127); Coleraine farmer, 590k Hol £740 (125); Magherafelt farmer, 540k Fri £670 (124).

Fat Bulls: Ballymena farmer, 1120k SHB £1540 (138).

Suckler Stock: Strabane farmer, AA Springers in calf AA to £1160, £1130, £1100, £1090;

All types of Suckler stock required.

Heifers: Magherafelt farmer, 270k Sim £790 (293), 410k £980 (239); Dungiven farmer, 270k Lim £690 (256), 320k BB £670 (209); Ballycastle farmer, 330k CH £830 (252), 350k £810 (231), 380k £850 (224), 350k DAQ £780 (223), 340k CH £720 (212); Ballymoney farmer, 370k Lim £930 (251), 310k £700 (226), 390k £880 (226), 330k £680 (206); Cushendall farmer, 340k Sim £800 (235), 390k £890 (228), 400k £880 (220); Dunloy farmer, 500k CH £1150 (230), 540k Lim £1200 (222), 590k £1210 (205), 570k Lim £1170 (205), 580k CH £1190 (205); Portglenone farmer, 370k BB £850 (230), 480k £1100 (229), 330k £660 (200); Limavady farmer, 320k Lim £730 (228), 430k AA £960 (223); Castlerock farmer, 410k Sim £920 (224); Crumlin farmer, 460k Sim £1030 (224); Dungiven farmer, 420k BB £920 (219), 430k £910 (212), 420k £880 (210), 460k £950 (207); Kilrea farmer, 470k Lim £1030 (219);

Kilrea farmer, 600k AA £1300 (217), 620k £1280 (207); Upperlands farmer, 550k Lim £1190 (216); Ballymoney farmer, 560k AA £1180 (211), 560k £1170 (209), 550k £1140 (207); Castlerock farmer, 620k Sim £1310 (211); Portglenone farmer, 480k AA £1010 (210), 510k £1030 (202); Toomebridge farmer, 390k CH £810 (208); Ballymena farmer, 430k Lim £890 (207); Ballymoney farmer, 420k AA £870 (207), 420k £860 (205); Coleraine farmer, 560k AA £1160 (207); Ballymoney farmer, 560k AA £1130 (202), 670k £1340 (200); Ballymoney farmer, 600k FKV £1200 (200).

Steers: Magherafelt farmer, 260k Sim £690 (265), 430k £970 (226), 470k £1050 (223); Crumlin farmer, 310k CH £800 (258), 330k £840 (255), 310k £740 (239), 390k £930 (239), 350k £830 (237), 370k £830 (224), 380k £760 (200); 430k £870 (202); Kilrea farmer, 390k Lim £940 (241), 460k £1040 (226), 460k £1030 (224); Toomebridge farmer, 370k CH £850 (230), 400k £840 (210); Ballymoney farmer, 460k Lim £1040 (226), 470k CH £1040 (221), 550k £1170 (213); Portglenone farmer, 570k Lim £1270 (223), 570k £1250 (219), 590k CH £1260 (214), 540k Lim £1140 (211), 570k £1200 (211), 560k £1150 (205), 590k £1210 (205), 520k BB £1040 (200); Upperlands farmer, 630k AA £1400 (222), 670k BB £1460 (218), 680k Lim £1460 (215), 730k CH £1560 (214), 630k Lim £1340 (213), 660k Sim £1380 (209), 730k Her £1480 (203), 620k Lim £1240 (200); Aghadowey farmer, 350k AA £810 (231), 390k £810 (208); Moneymore farmer, 680k CH £1490 (219), 680k £1460 (215), 610k £1300 (213), 650k Lim £1380 (212), 690k CH £1440 (209); Upperlands farmer, 600k Lim £1300 (217), 670k £1440 (215), 600k SH £1260 (210); Ballymoney farmer, 610k AA £1310 (215); Garvagh farmer, 610k Lim £1290 (212); Ballymoney farmer, 520k AA £1080 (208), 550k £1110 (202), 510k £1020 (200); Upperlands farmer, 540k Lim £1120 (207); Coleraine farmer, 560k Her £1120 (200); Dungiven farmer, 310k Lim £620 (200).

Friesian & AA steers a flying trade with more required for strong demand.

HA McIlrath & Sons Ltd

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