Prices in the suckler section at Kilrea Mart hit a high of £3760

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Bull calves

Ringsend farmer, Belgian Blue £1290, £1280, Norwegian Red £890; Portglenone farmer, Limousin £1230; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1190, Charolais £1130, Limousin £1090, £1060, Belgian Blue £1060; Craigavon farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1090, £750; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £1050, £1000; Garvagh farmer, Fleckvieh £1000; Fermanagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £980, £900, £830; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £970; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £940, £870, £720; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £940, £780; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £920, £750, £620; Randalstown farmer, Belgian Blue £900, Aberdeen Angus £830; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £900, £790; Dungannon farmer, Fr £890, £770; Ahoghill farmer, Belgian Blue £860, Aberdeen Angus £650; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £840; Aghadowey farmer, Charolais £850, £740, Belgian Blue £660, £600; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £780; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £760, Belgian Blue £740, £700, £690, £660; Desertmartin farmer, Fleckvieh £740, £730, £700; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £730, Belgian Blue £620, £610; Bangor farmer, Aberdeen Angus £680, £600; Cookstown farmer, Belgian Blue £680, £660, £610; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £640, £630, Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £640; Bushmills farmer, Belgian Blue £630; Portavogie farmer, Holstein £620 and Articlave farmer, Aberdeen Angus £600.

Heifer calves

Ringsend farmer, Belgian Blue £1330, Aberdeen Angus £1020, Shorthorn beef £900; Garvagh farmer, Charolais £1290, Belgian Blue £1280; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1140; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £1050, Limousin £950; Cookstown farmer, Charolais £1030, Belgian Blue £820; Craigavon farmer, Belgian Blue £1000, Aberdeen Angus £960; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £980; Fermanagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £870, Hereford £850, Aberdeen Angus £740; Castlederg farmer, Fleckvieh £860, £790; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £840, £640; Ringsend farmer, Belgian Blue £800, £780; Ahoghill farmer, Belgian Blue £790, Aberdeen Angus £650; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £790, Aberdeen Angus £640; Cookstown farmer, Belgian Blue £780; Randalstown farmer, Belgian Blue £770, Aberdeen Angus £660, Belgian Blue £640; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £750; Bangor farmer, Shorthorn beef £740, £610, Aberdeen Angus £600; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £740; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £720; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £670; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £660; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £660, Aberdeen Angus £640; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £630, £610; Portavogie farmer, Holstein £620 and Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £600.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £890.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/sucklers calves (100)

A good 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 £2000 and 611 ppk.

A good entry of 1300 sheep on Monday 9th February at Kilrea met with a sharp trade for lambs with ewes on top.

Lambs sold to top of £168 and to top of 667 pence per kg.

Ewes were a strong trade reaching a top of £248.

More sheep needed weekly.

Lambs top prices

Macosquin farmer, 19k £121 (637); Kilrea farmer, 23.5k £147 (626); Garvagh farmer, 20.5k £128 (624); Rasharkin farmer, 20k £124.50 (623); Aghadowey farmer, 22.5k £140 (622); Aghadowey farmer, 21k £130 (619); Bendooragh farmer, 23k £142 (617); Greysteel farmer, 19.5k £119.50 (613); Aghadowey farmer, 24k £146.50 (610); Maghera farmer, 20k £122 (610); Ballyclare farmer, 21k £128 (610); Ballymoney farmer, 23k £140 (609); Kilrea farmer, 24.5k £149 (608); Coleraine farmer, 21.5k £130 (605); Macosquin farmer, 24.5k £148 (604); Cookstown farmer, 24.5k £148 (604); Aghadowey farmer, 25k £151 (604); Macosquin farmer, 21k £126.50 (602); Draperstown farmer, 22k £132.50 (602); Glarryford farmer, 23k £138 (600); Ahoghill farmer, 22.5k £135 (600); Ballyclare farmer, 19.5k £117 (600) and Magherafelt farmer, 22k £132 (600).

Heavier type lambs to £168, £158, £157.50, £156.50 and £155.

A good entry of 22 dairy stock on Tuesday 10th February at Kilrea Mart met with a sharp trade with prices reaching a top of £2960.

Calved heifer prices:

Dungannon farmer, £2960, £2780, £2660, £2520, £2240, £2020, £2000; Coleraine farmer, £2860; Ballyclare farmer, £2400; Magherafelt farmer, £2360; Ballymoney farmer, £2080, £2000 and Aghadowey farmer, £2000.

A good entry of 300 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 11th February at Kilrea Mart met with an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £3100, heifers to £2620, fat cows and bulls to £2850.

Fat cows: 110 on offer, sharp trade.

Portglenone farmer, 500k Parthenais £2000 (400), 730k £2600 (356); Claudy farmer, 750k Charolais £2760 (368); Macosquin farmer, 610k Limousin £2140 (351), 600k £2080 (347); Garvagh farmer, 510k Charolais £1750 (343); Kilrea farmer, 740k Friesian £2520 (341), 730k Hereford £2450 (336), 770k Fleckvieh £2540 (330), 730k Hereford £2400 (329), 740k Friesian £2430 (328), 750k Hereford £2450 (327), 770k £2470 (321); Antrim farmer, 410k Aberdeen Angus £1380 (337); Garvagh farmer, 510k Limousin £1700 (333); Coleraine farmer, 650k Simmental £2130 (328); Glarryford farmer, 700k Fleckvieh £2230 (319); Garvagh farmer, 490k Charolais £1560 (318); Kilraughts farmer, 610k Friesian £1940 (318), 630k £2000 (318), 610k Fleckvieh £1920 (315), 600k Friesian £1880 (313), 660k £2040 (309); Portglenone farmer, 830k Aberdeen Angus £2600 (313) and Glarryford farmer, 930k Holstein £2850 (307).

Suckler section

Claudy farmer, Limousin second calver with Limousin heifer calf at foot to £3760, Limousin second calver with Limousin bull calf at foot to £3540 and Dungannon farmer, Limousin cow with Charolais heifer calf at foot to £3240.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Claudy farmer, 390k Limousin £1990 (510), 400k £1770 (443); Kilrea farmer, 480k Charolais £2360 (492), 500k £2180 (436), 510k £2130 (418), 490k £1930 (394), 530k Limousin £1970 (372); Stewartstown farmer, 440k Limousin £1960 (446), 400k Simmental £1710 (428), 390k Belgian Blue £1600 (410), 430k Simmental £1690 (393), 360k £1390 (386); Garvagh farmer, 570k Blonde d'Aquitaine £2510 (440), 580k Charolais £2420 (417), 600k £2430 (405), 600k £2420 (403), 600k £2380 (397), 640k £2520 (394), 650k £2470 (380), 630k Simmental £2290 (364); Ballymena farmer, 410k Charolais £1790 (437), 440k £1880 (427), 470k £1980 (421), 440k £1850 (421), 480k £1990 (415), 450k £1810 (402), 470k £1880 (400), 510k £2040 (400), 470k £1860 (396), 510k £1980 (388), 490k £1890 (386), 480k £1840 (383), 490k £1800 (367); Garvagh farmer, 570k Charolais £2350 (412), 530k Charolais £2180 (411), 540k £2140 (396), 540k £2090 (387); Coleraine farmer, 410k Aberdeen Angus £1660 (405); Maghera farmer, 550k Charolais £2200 (400), 560k £2200 (393); Maghera farmer, 340k Aberdeen Angus £1360 (400), 320k Friesian £1180 (369), 440k Aberdeen Angus £1600 (364); Finvoy farmer, 400k Limousin £1580 (395), 430k Aberdeen Angus £1650 (384), 410k Limousin £1540 (376); Garvagh farmer, 330k Belgian Blue £1300 (394), 350k £1330 (380); Portglenone farmer, 600k Limousin £2340 (390); Toomebridge farmer, 440k Hereford £1700 (386); Ballycastle farmer, 450k Aberdeen Angus £1720 (382); Garvagh farmer, 480k 480k Simmental £1830 (381); Kilrea farmer, 460k Belgian Blue £1740 (378), 470k Charolais £1730 (368); Bellaghy farmer, 560k Limousin £2050 (366); Portglenone farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £1930 (371); Ahoghill farmer, 430k Aberdeen Angus £1580 (367); Moneymore farmer, 650k Limousin £2380 (366), 520k Aberdeen Angus £1890 (364) and Maghera farmer, 380k Aberdeen Angus £1380 (363).

Steers

Dunloy farmer, 550k Limousin £2500 (455), 510k Stabiliser £2140 (420), 550k Limousin £2300 (418), 560k £2340 (418), 580k £2380 (410), 610k £2470 (405), 570k £2300 (404), 530k £2140 (404), 480k Stabiliser £1910 (398); Garvagh farmer, 430k Charolais £1910 (444), 520k Aberdeen Angus £2110 (406), 480k £1840 (383); Portglenone farmer, 510k Limousin £2070 (406), 470k £1880 (400); Magherafelt farmer, 430k Aberdeen Angus £1740 (405); Maghera farmer, 570k Charolais £2290 (402); Ahoghill farmer, 490k Aberdeen Angus £1920 (392), 470k £1830 (389), 460k £1750 (380), 500k £1870 (374); Portglenone farmer, 510k Aberdeen Angus £1940 (380); Portglenone farmer, 660k Charolais £2500 (379), 820k £3100 (378), 740k £2780 (376), 680k £2550 (375), 660k Limousin £2440 (370) and Coleraine farmer, 420k Belgian Blue £1560 (371).

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

Auctioneers: HA McIlrath and Sons Ltd.