Second calvers selling to £2380 at Kilrea Mart
Thursday, December 31, 2021: A super entry of 265 calves and weanlings met an outstanding trade for all types on offer.
All types of calves required to satisfy demand. Good selection of weanlings on offer.
Dropped calves
Bull calves: Desertmartin farmer, Limousin £480, Simmental £415; Castledawson farmer, Limousin £555, £445, Holstein £420, £235, £205; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £430, Aberdeen Angus £420, Fleckvieh £420, £385, Aberdeen Angus £370, Fleckvieh £320; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £425, £350; Ballymena farmer, Limousin £420; Rasharkin farmer, Hereford £420, Aberdeen Angus £380; Coagh farmer, Charolais £415; Donemana farmer, Charolais £415, Belgian Blue £395, Aberdeen Angus £390, Belgian Blue £370, Aberdeen Angus £320, Belgian Blue £305, Aberdeen Angus £295, £280, Limousin £280; Limavady farmer, Charolais £415, Belgian Blue £380, Belgian Blue £360, £315, Aberdeen Angus £315, Belgian Blue £310; Ahoghill farmer, Belgian Blue £410; Swatragh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £395; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £390; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £380; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £355, Aberdeen Angus £350, Belgian Blue £280; Stranocum farmer, Montbeliarde £355, Aberdeen Angus £320; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345; Bellaghy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £340; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £320; Culnady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £280; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £265; Tobermore farmer, Belted Galloway £265 and Dervock farmer, Fleckvieh £230.
Heifer calves: Kilrea farmer, Shorthorn beef £430; Coagh farmer, Simmental £395, Limousin £385, Aberdeen Angus £365; Bellaghy farmer, Hereford £390, £260; Kilrea farmer, SH £390, £360; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £380; Draperstown farmer, Limousin £380, £290, £270; Kilrea farmer, Belgian Blue £375, Aberdeen Angus £360, £350; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £375, £355, £335, £330, 320, £310, £300, Aberdeen Angus £290, Belgian Blue £250, Aberdeen Angus £240, Belgian Blue £220; Donemana farmer, Charolais £365, Belgian Blue £360, Aberdeen Angus £310, £295; Swatragh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £355; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £300, Shorthorn beef £270; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285; Stranocum farmer, Montbeliarde £280, Hereford £235; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £275, Aberdeen Angus £260, Hereford £245; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £275; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £265, Hereford £245; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £265, Fleckvieh £230; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £250; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £245 and Culnady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £235.
Friesian calves: Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £420. Good demand for thick types. Young Friesian calves needed.
Weanlings/suckler calves (55): 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 £870 and 300ppk.
More required to satisfy demand.
Customers for cattle up to 18 months.
Monday, January 4, 2021: A super entry of 615 fat lambs and ewes met a sharp trade with lambs in strong demand as buyers keen for sheep.
Lambs sold to 4.97 per kg and to top of £116.
Fat ewes sold to £158.
Breeding ewes sold to £178.
Lambs: Swatragh farmer, 15.5k £77 (497), 13.5k £65 (482); Garvagh farmer, 20.5k £100 (488), 20k £94 (470); Portglenone farmer, 22k £105 (477), 21k £96 (457); Portglenone farmer, 22k £104.50 (475); Kilrea farmer, 20k £94.50 (473); Magherafelt farmer, 20.5k £95.50 (466); Ballymoney farmer, 23k £107 (465), 20.5k £94 (459); Ballymoney farmer, 21.5k £100 (465); Ballymoney farmer, 23.5k £109 (464); Ballintoy farmer, 23k £106 (461), 26k £112 (431); Macosquin farmer, 21.5k £99 (461); Dungiven farmer, 21k £96 (457); Garvagh farmer, 22k £100.50 (457); Moneymore farmer, 24k £109 (454); Ballymoney farmer, 23.5k £106.50 (453); Ballymoney farmer, 23k £103.50 (450); Ballyronan farmer, 16.5k £74 (449); Garvagh farmer, 25.5k £113.50 (445); Garvagh farmer, 25k £111 (444), 26k £113 (435); Kilrea farmer, 23.5k £104 (443); Articlave farmer, 24.5k £108 (441); Ballymoney farmer, 25k £109 (436); Rasharkin farmer, 25k £109 (436) and Dunloy farmer, 25.5k £111 (435).
Fat ewes on offer met a super trade for all types on offer including grazing types.
Small entry of ewes sold to £158.
Brisk demand for all types on offer.
Tuesday, January 5, 2021: A good entry of dairy stock met a super trade.
Dungannon farmer, second calver to £2380, calved heifers to £2320, £2160, £2000; Castlederg farmer, second calvers to £2000, £1860, £1620, fourth calver to £1600; Ballymoney farmer, calved heifer to £1900; Coleraine farmer, calved heifer to £1900 and Macosquin farmer, calved heifer to £1860.
More stock required weekly.
Wednesday, January 6, 2021: A great entry of 150 fat cow, suckler and store cattle met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.
Steers sold to £1280, heifers sold to £1410 and fat cows sold to £1740.
Fat cows: (80 on offer. Flying trade - more required)
Portglenone farmer, 930k Charolais £1740 (187); Portglenone farmer, 700k Limousin £1260 (180); Castlerock farmer, 640k Limousin £1060 (166), 700k Simmental £1140 (163), 680k Friesian £850 (125), 700k £820 (117); Limavady farmer, 600k Holstein £990 (165); Castlerock farmer, 690k Charolais £1080 (157); Coleraine farmer, 560k Holstein £880 (157); Upperlands farmer, 820k Limousin £1280 (156); Articlave farmer, 660k Limousin £990 (150), 840k Aberdeen Angus £1100 (131); Dunloy farmer, 660k Limousin £940 (142); Macosquin farmer, 600k Swedish Red £840 (140), 560k £750 (134), 660k Friesian £840 (127); Aghadowey farmer, 690k Friesian £950 (138); Kilrea farmer, 770k Limousin £1060 (138); Aghadowey farmer, 770k Friesian £1030 (134), 770k £1040 (135); Macosquin farmer, 610k Aberdeen Angus £800 (131), 660k £850 (129); Garvagh farmer, 520k Simmental £660 (127); Ballymoney farmer, 720k Friesian £910 (126), 590k £720 (122), 700k £830 (119); Limavady farmer, 790k Holstein £990 (125); Magherafelt farmer, 570k Friesian £710 (125), 560k Swiss Brown £690 (123); Toomebridge farmer, 710k Holstein £890 (125); Portglenone farmer, 500k Friesian £620 (124); Ballycastle farmer, 590k Friesian £720 (122), 690k £820 (119); Castlerock farmer, 680k Holstein £820 (121); Kilrea farmer, 610k Limousin £730 (120); Culnady farmer, 650k Friesian £770 (119); Ballymoney farmer, 600k Friesian £710 (118); Ballymoney farmer, 660k Fleckvieh £770 (117) and Swatragh farmer, 640k Aberdeen Angus £750 (117).
Fat bulls: Magherafelt farmer, 690k Holstein £1240 (180); Cookstown farmer, 840k Friesian £1130 (135) and Garvagh farmer, 980k Aberdeen Angus £1270 (130).
Heifers: Portglenone farmer, 250k Limousin £720 (288), 260k £690 (265), 260k £660 (254); Ballymena farmer, 310k Limousin £750 (242), 420k £870 (207); Cookstown farmer, 350k Charolais £820 (234), 380k Limousin £820 (216), 410k £870 (212), 350k £740 (211), 380k £760 (200); Garvagh farmer, 610k Charolais £1410 (231), 600k £1380 (230), 600k £1350 (225), 600k £1340 (223), 620k £1380 (223), 630k £1370 (218), 640k £1380 (216), 660k £1400 (212); Dunloy farmer, 410k Charolais £930 (227), 430k £940 (219); Rasharkin farmer, 470k Charolais £980 (209) and Portglenone farmer, 580k Charolais £1190 (205), 500k Limousin £1020 (204).
Steers: Cloughmills farmer, 240k Aberdeen Angus £670 (279); Dunloy farmer, 500k Charolais £1280 (256), 370k £910 (246), 480k £1070 (223), 530k £1130 (213), 400k Limousin £840 (210), 500k Limousin £1010 (202); Kilrea farmer, 450k Simmental £1080 (240), 440k Limousin £1050 (239), 430k £980 (228); Portglenone farmer, 350k Simmental £840 (240), 430k Limousin £950 (221); Claudy farmer, 480k Charolais £1140 (238), 480k Hereford £1080 (225), 460k Limousin £1010 (220), 480k Simmental £1040 (217), 490k £1060 (216), 490k Charolais £1040 (212), 490k £1000 (204), 540k Simmental £1080 (200); Dungiven farmer, 430k Limousin £1010 (235), 480k £1040 (217), 480k Sal £1020 (213), 510k £1080 (212), 560k Limousin £1180 (211), 500k £1050 (210), 510k £1070 (210) and Macosquin farmer, 380k Aberdeen Angus £820 (216).
Friesian and Aberdeen Angus steers a flying trade with more required for strong demand.
HA McIlrath and Sons Ltd.