Outstanding trade for cattle, fat cows and bulls to £2280 at Kilrea

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Garvagh farmer, Belgian Blue £710, Fleckvieh £640; Limavady farmer, Hereford £615; Armoy farmer, Belgian Blue £580, £455; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £555, £445; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £540; Portglenone farmer, Fleckvieh £530, £435, Aberdeen Angus £420; Moneymore farmer, Fleckvieh £455; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £450; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £450, £420, £325; Ahoghill farmer, Belgian Blue £440, £330; Randalstown farmer, Charolais £440, Aberdeen Angus £375; Crumlin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £410; Maghera farmer, Simmental £400, Montbeliarde £400; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £395, £335, £320; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £395, £250; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £390, £385; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £385, Holstein £200; Kilrea farmer, Friesian £395, £285; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £385, £300; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £375; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £365, £280, £245, £210; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £365, £250; Antrim farmer, Belgian Blue £340, Aberdeen Angus £320; Lisburn farmer, Aberdeen Angus £340, Belgian Blue £300; Tobermore farmer, Belgian Blue £330, £285; Macosquin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £325, Belgian Blue £270, Aberdeen Angus £250, Hereford £205; Bushmills farmer, Fleckvieh £320, £295, £270; Donemana farmer, Charolais £320, £235; Coagh farmer, Friesian £300, £260; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £295, £230; Dunloy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290, £230, £220; Garvagh farmer, Fleckvieh £285; Upperlands farmer, Friesian £260; Tobermore farmer, Belgian Blue £255 Charolais £250; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £240; Bendooragh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240, £210; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240, £220; Aghadowey farmer, Hereford £235; Cloughmills farmer, Belgian Blue £230; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £220; Randalstown farmer, Hereford £215; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £210 and Coleraine farmer, Friesian £200.

Heifer calves

Armoy farmer, Belgian Blue £465, £435; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £450, £260, £255, £200; Lisburn farmer, Belgian Blue £420, Aberdeen Angus £410; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £400, £205; Greysteel farmer, Aberdeen Angus £400, £325; Castlederg farmer, Aberdeen Angus £395; Dunloy farmer, Charolais £395; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £340, £280; Bushmills farmer, Belgian Blue £340, Hereford £320, Aberdeen Angus £310, £200; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £325, £250; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £320; Londonderry farmer, Hereford £305, £220; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300; Antrim farmer, Belgian Blue £290, £210; Donemana farmer, Charolais £265; Macosquin farmer, Hereford £265; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £265; Bushmills farmer, Limousin £250; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £240; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £235; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230; Crumlin farmer, Hereford £230; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £220; Ballymoney farmer, Holstein £215; Tobermore farmer, Belgian Blue £210 and Dunloy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £395.

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, Frisian cross types and Friesian and Holstein lumps.

Weanlings to top of £1140 and 357 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A good entry of 680 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 20th March met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £5.27 per kg and to top of £130.

Fat ewes to £171.

Breeding ewes to £220.

Lambs

Aghadowey farmer, 22k £116 (527), 24k £120 (500); Coleraine farmer, 24k £126 (525); Garvagh farmer, 23.5k £123 (523); Moneymore farmer, 21.5k £112 (521); Ahoghill farmer, 24k £124.50 (519); Limavady farmer, 21k £109 (519); Rasharkin farmer, 22k £113.50 (516); Coleraine farmer, 23k £118.50 (515); Limavady farmer, 24.5k £124.50 (508), 26k £130 (500); Portglenone farmer, 21k £106.50 (507), 24.5k £124 (506); Ballymoney farmer, 25k £126.50 (506); Kilrea farmer, 24.5k £124 (506);

Newtowncrommelin farmer, 24.5k £124 (506); Coleraine farmer, 20.5k £103 (502); Ahoghill farmer, 19k £95 (500); Garvagh farmer, 22.5k £111.50 (496); Kilrea farmer, 22k £109 (496); Coleraine farmer, 22.5k £111 (493) and Castlerock farmer, 25k £123 (492).

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

Good entry of ewes to £171.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of dairy on Tuesday 21st March to a top price of £2060 for a calved heifer.

Dungannon farmer, batch of calved heifers to £2060, £1980, £1880, £1760 and Ballyclare farmer, calved cow to £1800, calved heifer to £1700.

More stock required week.

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

A super entry of 320 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 22nd March at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers sold to £2100 and heifers to £1810.

Fat cows and bulls to £2280.

Fat cows: 70 on offer, flying trade.

Randalstown farmer, 590k Simmental £1530 (259), 690k Hereford £1390 (201); Ballymoney farmer, 550k Fleckvieh £1420 (258), 570k Shorthorn beef £1380 (242), 700k Fleckvieh £1590 (227); Randalstown farmer, 570k Aberdeen Angus £1460 (256); Claudy farmer, 570k Aberdeen Angus £1450 (254), 740k £1380 (187); Dunloy farmer, 670k Limousin £1640 (245), 660k Aberdeen Angus £1440 (218), 720k Simmental £1520 (211), 650k Limousin £1200 (185); Magherafelt farmer, 550k Limousin £1330 (242); Glarryford farmer, 720k Aberdeen Angus £1710 (238); Moneymore farmer, 580k Shorthorn £1340 (231); Ballymoney farmer, 600k Holstein £1360 (227), 540k £1050 (194), 630k £1140 (181), 610k £1080 (177); Drumahoe farmer, 470k Limousin £1060 (226); Coleraine farmer, 430k Friesian £970 (226), 440k £960 (218), 690k £1370 (199); Londonderry farmer, 500k Friesian £1120 (224); Rasharkin farmer, 680k Friesian £1510 (222); Magherafelt farmer, 1030 (2280 (221); Randalstown farmer, 650k Friesian £1410 (217); Upperlands farmer, 740k Limousin £1590 (215); Cookstown farmer, 720k Friesian £1530 (213); Garvagh farmer, 710k Simmental £1480 (209), 570k Hereford £1100 (193); Ballymoney farmer, 660k Montbeliarde £1280 (194); Desertmartin farmer, 500k Friesian £970 (194), 720k £1290 (179), 600k £1050 (175); Coleraine farmer, 760k Montbeliarde £1400 (184); Dervock farmer, 730k Holstein £1340 (184) and Rasharkin farmer, 780k Friesian £1360 (174).

Suckler

Crumlin farmer, Limousin bull to £1980, Simmental heifer with Limousin bull calf at foot to £1900 and Garvagh farmer, Hereford bull to £1720.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Crumlin farmer, 490k Simmental £1520 (310); Garvagh farmer, 600k Charolais £1810 (302), 530k ££1590 (300), 540k £1610 (298), 610k £1800 (295), 600k £1750 (292), 560k £1590 (284), 610k £1700 (279); Belfast farmer, 440k Limousin £1280 (291), 450k £1270 (282), 370k Charolais £1040 (281), 390k Sal £1060 (272), 390k £970 (249); Coleraine farmer, 560k Limousin £1620 (289), 570k Belgian Blue £1490 (261), 540k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1370 (254), 590k Belgian Blue £1450 (246); Ballymoney farmer, 500k Charolais £1420 (284), 570k Aberdeen Angus £1400 (246); Draperstown farmer, 290k Aberdeen Angus £820 (283), 300k Simmental £810 (270), 335k Aberdeen Angus £900 (269), 350k Simmental £930 (266), 370k £980 (265), 280k Aberdeen Angus £720 (257), 360k £900 (250), 330k £820 (249), 400k £930 (233); Ringsend farmer, 510k Limousin £1430 (280), 500k Charolais £1340 (268), 500k Limousin £1330 (266), 600k Aberdeen Angus £1420 (237); Ballymena farmer, 490k Belgian Blue £1360 (278), 430k Hereford £1020 (237); Macosquin farmer, 340k Limousin £940 (277), 350k £960 (274), 330k £900 (273), 390k £1060 (272), 420k Aberdeen Angus £1060 (252), 390k Limousin £980 (251); Ballymena farmer, 300k Limousin £810 (270), 410k £1090 (266); Limavady farmer, 490k Limousin £1310 (267); Garvagh farmer, 275k Belgian Blue £730 (266), 260k Hereford £680 (262), 320k Belgian Blue £830 (259), 330k Hereford £830 (252); Garvagh farmer, 275k Hereford £730 (266); Cookstown farmer, 460k Limousin £1200 (261), 430k £1080 (251), 380k £900 (237), 410k £970 (237); Coleraine farmer, 570k Limousin £1460 (256), 560k Aberdeen Angus £1290 (230); Randalstown farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1280 (256), 490k £1130 (231); Maghera farmer, 580k Limousin £1460 (252); Bendooragh farmer, 590k Aberdeen Angus £1480 (251), 600k Limousin £1450 (242), 560k Aberdeen Angus £1340 (239); Ballymoney farmer, 620k Belgian Blue £1540 (248); Bellarena farmer, 320k Simmental £780 (244), 410k Belgian Blue £990 (242); Rasharkin farmer, 560k Aberdeen Angus £1360 (243), 660k £1550 (235); Macosquin farmer, 320k Hereford £770 (241); Coleraine farmer, 380k Aberdeen Angus £910 (240), 500k £1150 (230) and Garvagh farmer, 500k Hereford £1180 (236).

Steers

Antrim farmer, 280k Limousin £960 (343), 340k £1130 (332), 340k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (318), 340k £1070 (315), 380k Limousin £1160 (305), 370k Aberdeen Angus £1120 (303), 400k Limousin £1200 (300), 370k £1100 (297), 340k Aberdeen Angus £1000 (294), 400k £1160 (290), 430k £1240 (288), 390k £1120 (287), 410k Limousin £1160 (283), 430k Aberdeen Angus £1200 (279), 430k £1170 (272), 450k Limousin £1210 (269), 430k Aberdeen Angus £1150 (267); Dunloy farmer, 350k Charolais £1190 (340), 350k £1170 (334), 390k £1260 (323), 360k £1150 (319), 400k £1240 (310), 400k £1220 (305), 350k Limousin £1050 (300), 420k Charolais £1250 (298), 440k £1290 (293), 380k £1100 (290), 440k £1260 (286), 420k £1120 (267); Ahoghill farmer, 540k Charolais £1690 (313); Portglenone farmer, 540k Charolais £1680 (311), 470k £1460 (311), 550k Limousin £1650 (300), 550k Simmental £1630 (296), 540k Charolais £1600 (296), 600k £1760 (293), 510k £1480 (290), 610k £1760 (289), 600k Sal £1720 (287), 620k Charolais £1770 (286), 540k Limousin £1540 (285), 600k Charolais £1700 (283), 520k Belgian Blue £1470 (283), 560k Limousin £1560 (279), 600k Charolais £1670 (278), 650k Belgian Blue £1800 (277), 530k £1450 (274), 560k Simmental £1530 (273), 510k Charolais £1380 (271), 540k Limousin £1460 (270), 510k Aberdeen Angus £1360 (267), 520k Charolais £1390 (267), 620k Simmental £1640 (265); Limavady farmer, 500k Limousin £1550 (310), 480k £1430 (298), 540k Simmental £1500 (278), 530k Limousin £1460 (276), 490k £1260 (257), 510k £1250 (245); Garvagh farmer, 600k Charolais £1850 (308); Ringsend farmer, 480k Charolais £1460 (304), 490k £1430 (292), 560k £1570 (280), 550k £1390 (253); Garvagh farmer, 530k Limousin £1590 (300), 550k £1630 (296), 600k £1760 (293); Magherafelt farmer, 690k Limousin £2070 (300), 670k Charolais £1940 (290), 670k £1880 (281), 740k £2080 (281), 700k Belgian Blue £1960 (280), 660k Limousin £1840 (279), 690k Charolais £1920 (278), 680k £1850 (272), 790k £2100 (266), 640k Limousin £1700 (266), 640k Simmental £1690 (264); Garvagh farmer, 220k Hereford £630 (286), 380k £780 (260), 290k £750 (259), 270k Belgian Blue £690 (256), 290k £740 (255), 330k £810 (246); Castlerock farmer, 600k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1650 (275); Macosquin farmer, 640k Limousin £1760 (275), 580k £1560 (269), 580k £1500 (259), 650k £1670 (257); Portglenone farmer, 570k Limousin £1570 (275), 560k £1530 (273), 570k £1510 (265), 600k £1580 (263), 610k £1520 (249); Upperlands farmer, 410k Charolais £1090 (266), 450k Limousin £1180 (262); Rasharkin farmer, 690k Aberdeen Angus £1780 (258), 630k £1540 (244); Rasharkin farmer, 540k Belgian Blue £1390 (257), 550k £1390 (253), 600k £1490 (248), 590k Aberdeen Angus £1460 (248) and Ballymoney farmer, 500k Belgian Blue £1250 (250), 390k £970 (249), 480k £1190 (248), 420k £1040 (248), 490k £1200 (245).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.