Pedigree Charolais bull sells for £2600 at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £570; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £480, Limousin £460, Fleckvieh £385, Belgian Blue £345, Aberdeen Angus £340; Armoy farmer, Fleckvieh £470, £450; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £445, £435, £360, £330; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £435, £325, £270; Dungannon farmer, Fleckvieh £425, £420, £400, £385, £380, £315; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £420, Hereford £390, Aberdeen Angus £380; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £385, £275; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £385; Stranocum farmer, Montbeliarde £375; Limavady farmer, Limousin £365; Ballywalter farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360; Ballyclare farmer, Hereford £350, £255; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £345, £300, Limousin £300; Maghera farmer, Holstein £345, £270; Moneymore farmer, Belgian Blue £330, Aberdeen Angus £200; Garvagh farmer, Holstein £320; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £310; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £305, Belgian Blue £295, £250; Garvagh farmer, Friesian £305, £280, £270, £260; Tobermore farmer, Charolais £305; Glarryford farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285; Dervock farmer, Holstein £270; Tobermore farmer, Belgian Blue £265; Magherafelt farmer, Holstein £260; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £260, Holstein £260; Newtownards farmer, Holstein £255, £210; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240; Kilrea farmer, Belgian Blue £240; Garvagh farmer, Holstein £230; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £225; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £220; Ballyclare farmer, Simmental £215 and Bendooragh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £265, £245, £210.

Heifer calves

Ballymoney farmer, Friesian £610, £590; Londonderry farmer, Friesian £570, £480, £420, £390; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £540; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £450, £390; Randalstown farmer, Charolais £440, Limousin £345; Bushmills farmer, Belgian Blue £400, £390; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £400; Antrim farmer, Aberdeen Angus £385, £360; Armoy farmer, Hereford £385; Ballymoney farmer, Holstein £350, £255, £230; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350, £200; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £340, Hereford £275; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £325, £290, £230; Dungiven farmer, Belgian Blue £325, £265; Toomebridge farmer, Belgian Blue £325; Castlerock farmer, Belgian Blue £300, £200; Ballyclare farmer, Hereford £290, £215; Castlederg farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290; Moneymore farmer, Belgian Blue £290, £220; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285, £220; Loughgiel farmer, Belgian Blue £280; Dungiven farmer, Belgian Blue £265; Kilrea farmer, Belgian Blue £250; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240 and Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £220.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £345.

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 £875 and 313 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 720 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 27th February met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs sold to £5.11 per kg and to top of £120.

Fat ewes sold to £165.

Breeding ewes to £278.

Lambs

Ballymena farmer, 22k £112.50 (511); Portglenone farmer, 22.5k £114.50 (509); Ballyclare farmer, 23k £116 (504); Antrim farmer, 23.5k £118 (502); Antrim farmer, 21k £105 (500); Ballymena farmer, 23k £115 (500); Rasharkin farmer, 21k £105 (500); Ahoghill farmer, 23.5k £116.50 (496); Ringsend farmer, 22k £109 (495); Aghadowey farmer, 23.5k £116 (494); Bushmills farmer, 23k £113.50 (494); Stewartstown farmer, 23.5k £116 (494); Macosquin farmer, 21k £103.50 (493); Moneymore farmer, 22k £108 (491); Tobermore farmer, 22k £108 (491); Castlerock farmer, 24k £117 (488); Portglenone farmer, 23k £112 (487); Antrim Farmer, 23.5k £114 (485); Aghadowey farmer, 23.5k £113.50 (483) and Dunloy farmer, 24.5k £118 (482).

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

Good entry of ewes to £165.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of 20 dairy on Tuesday 28th February to a top price of £2300 for a second calver.

Castlederg farmer, second calvers to £2300, £2180, £2140, calved heifers to £2180, £2020, £2000, £1960 and Coleraine farmer, calved heifers to £2160, £2000.

More stock required weekly.

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

A super entry of 300 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 1st March at Kilrea, met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers sold to £1840 and heifers to £1780. Fat cows and bulls selling to £2090.

Fat cows: 80 on offer, flying trade.

Limavady farmer, 780k Belgian Blue £2090 (268), 610k Limousin £1460 (239), 520k Holstein £1110 (214); Desertmartin farmer, 700k Limousin £1830 (261), 660k £1650 (250); Ballymoney farmer, 630k Limousin £1560 (248), 580k Fleckvieh £1410 (243), 590k £1430 (242), 610k £1400 (230); Randalstown farmer, 800k Aberdeen Angus £1980 (248); Tobermore farmer, 600k Simmental £1490 (248), 700k Limousin £1720 (246), 700k £1700 (243), 580k SH £1380 (238), 570k Aberdeen Angus £1320 (232), 650k Hereford £1440 (222); Antrim farmer, 470k Limousin £1180 (251); Tobermore farmer, 520k Limousin £1200 (231), 500k £1100 (220); Coleraine farmer, 720k Hereford £1640 (228), 640k Aberdeen Angus £1410 (220), 650k Hereford £1390 (214), 810k £1700 (210); Dunloy farmer, 420k Aberdeen Angus £950 (226), 460k Belgian Blue £1030 (224), 450k Friesian £900 (200); Bushmills farmer, 690k Limousin £1540 (223); Eglinton farmer, 740k Limousin £1600 (216); Garvagh farmer, 650k Aberdeen Angus £1400 (215); Antrim farmer, 460k Hereford £980 (213); Dungiven farmer, 500k Friesian £1060 (212); Antrim farmer, 560k Charolais £1170 (209); Ballycastle farmer, 550k Charolais £1100 (200); Dungannon farmer, 590k Belgian Blue £1180 (200); Glarryford farmer, 670k Simmental £1320 (197); Randalstown farmer, 640k Friesian £1220 (191); Toomebridge farmer, 700k Holstein £1310 (187), 790k £1430 (181); Antrim farmer, 860k Hereford £1570 (183); Crumlin farmer, 710k Holstein £1300 (183) and Portglenone farmer, 1050k Hereford £1870 (178).

Suckler

Limavady farmer, Blonde d'Aquitaine Heifer with Limousin bull calf at foot to £2750, Limousin heifer with Limousin bull calf at foot to £2380, Limousin heifer with Limousin bull calf at foot to £2300, Limousin heifer with Limousin heifer at foot to £2060 and Ballymena farmer, pedigree Charolais bull to £2600.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Culnady farmer, 520k Charolais £1670 (321), 510k Limousin £1410 (277), 580k Charolais £1410 (243); Ballymena farmer, 400k Charolais £1280 (320), 370k £1100 (297), 420k £1230 (293), 430k £1230 (286), 400k £1140 (285), 430k £1210 (281), 460k £1200 (261); Garvagh farmer, 510k Charolais £1580 (310), 500k £1540 (308), 490k £1440 (294), 530k £1530 (289), 470k £1330 (283), 460k £1300 (283), 440k £1240 (282), 480k £1350 (281), 560k £1500 (268), 570k £1530 (268); Ballymena farmer, 470k Charolais £1450 (309), 490k £1490 (304), 450k £1250 (278), 470k £1290 (275), 490k £1310 (267), 460k Simmental £1130 (246), 440k £1060 (241); Antrim farmer, 600k Charolais £1780 (297), 580k £1520 (262); Macosquin farmer, 330k Limousin £980 (297), 400k £1070 (268), 480k £1220 (254), 590k £1480 (251), 390k £940 (241); Coleraine farmer, 490k Limousin £1450 (296), 590k Charolais £1700 (288), 570k Stabiliser £1570 (275), 600k Limousin £1440 (240); Ballycastle farmer, 480k Limousin £1400 (292), 420k Charolais £1190 (283), 470k £1300 (277); Kilrea farmer, 510k Charolais £1470 (288), 430k Hereford £1060 (247); Portglenone farmer, 550k Limousin £1580 (287), 550k £1540 (280), 570k £1590 (279), 570k £1550 (272), 560k £1500 (268); Portglenone farmer, 290k Par £800 (276); Ballymena farmer, 400k Saler £1070 (268), 370k Charolais £940 (254), 370k £910 (246); Glarryford farmer, 480k Simmental £1280 (267); Ahoghill farmer, 490k Simmental £1280 (261), 330k £800 (242); Magherafelt farmer, 400k Aberdeen Angus £1040 (260); Glarryford farmer, 640k Aberdeen Angus £1650 (258), 630k Hereford £1490 (237); Portglenone farmer, 530k Fleckvieh £1370 (259), 530k £1330 (251); Macosquin farmer, 400k Charolais £1010 (253), 460k £1140 (248); Bendooragh farmer, 610k Hereford £1510 (248), 530k Aberdeen Angus £1280 (242); Bellaghy farmer, 450k Belgian Blue £1100 (244), Newtownabbey farmer, 350k Shorthorn beef £850 (243) and Magherafelt farmer, 460k Aberdeen Angus £1110 (241), 520k £1190 (229), 480k £1070 (223).

Steers

Kilrea farmer, 550k Charolais £1680 (306), 610k Limousin £1820 (298), 540k £1600 (296), 660k Charolais £1800 (273); Claudy farmer, 480k Simmental £1420 (296), 480k Limousin £1370 (285), 460k £1220 (265); Dunloy farmer, 230k Charolais £670 (291), 310k £900 (290), 300k £860 (287); Dunloy farmer, 510k Charolais £1480 (290), 490k Simmental £1390 (284), 560k Charolais £1540 (275), 490k £1330 (271), 470k £1270 (270), 520k £1370 (264), 530k Aberdeen Angus £1370 (259), 480k Saler £1240 (258), 620k Charolais £1590 (257), 490k £1190 (243); Ballycastle farmer, 400k Charolais £1150 (288), 460k £1280 (278), 470k £1300 (277), 500k Hereford £1290 (258), 510k Charolais £1300 (255); Ballymena farmer, 450k Simmental £1290 (287), 480k Limousin £1280 (267), 490k Simmental £1300 (265), 490k £11260 (257), 540k Charolais £1360 (252); Newtownabbey farmer, 370k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1060 (287), 350k Shorthorn beef £920 (263); Aghadowey farmer, 530k Limousin £1510 (285), 440k £1250 (284), 510k £1430 (280), 660k £1840 (279), 590k £1640 (278), 660k £1800 (273), 550k Charolais £1480 (269), 570k Limousin £1480 (260), 690k £1790 (259); Randalstown farmer, 590k Simmental £1680 (285), 570k £1560 (274), 620k £1640 (265), 540k £1400 (259), 680k Aberdeen Angus £1750 (257); Ahoghill farmer, 480k Limousin £1350 (281), 600k Simmental £1640 (273), 610k Aberdeen Angus £1660 (272), 490k Simmental £1310 (267), 590k Limousin £1560 (264), 540k £1410 (261), 530k Belgian Blue £1350 (255), 590k £1450 (246), 530k £1300 (245), 560k £1360 (243); Aghadowey farmer, 380k Belgian Blue £1060 (279), 380k £1050 (276), 420k £1140 (271), 390k £1050 (269), 380k £1010 (266); Ahoghill farmer, 450k Simmental £1230 (273), 630k £1570 (249); Portglenone farmer, 390k Belgian Blue £1040 (267); Bellaghy farmer, 390k Belted Galloway £1030 (264), 400k £980 (245); Ballymoney farmer, 550k Belgian Blue £1440 (262), 480k £1240 (258), 490k £1260 (257), 490k £1250 (255), 470k £1200 (255), 540k £1360 (252), 570k £1420 (249), 510k £1260 (247); Magherafelt farmer, 620k Aberdeen Angus £1570 (253) and Ballymena farmer, 270k Limousin £660 (244).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.