Steers selling to £1530 at Kilrea Mart

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

Dropped calves (150): Bull calves - Garvagh farmer, Belgian Blue £675, Fleckvieh £550, £485; Ballymoney farmer, Charolais £655, Aberdeen Angus £330, Belgian Blue £285, Hereford £270, Charolais £270, Belgian Blue £260, £240, Hereford £240, Belgian Blue £235, £230, Charolais £210; Draperstown farmer, Limousin £490, £345; Coleraine farmer, Hereford £480, Belted Galloway £305; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £440, £395, Limousin £355, Belgian Blue £340, Holstein £275; Castlederg farmer, Fleckvieh £435, £410, £365, £345, £325; Ballymoney farmer, Montbeliarde £430, Stabiliser £420; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £425, Aberdeen Angus £410, Belgian Blue £355, Hereford £310; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £370; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £355, £325, £255; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £350; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £332, £230; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330, £240, Fleckvieh £240; Bendooragh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £310, £300; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £305; Ahoghill farmer, Limousin £295, Friesian £205; Ballymoney farmer, Aubrac £270, Friesian £250 and Magherafelt farmer, Friesian £250.

Heifer calves: Armoy farmer, Limousin £485; Magherafelt farmer, Hereford £465, Aberdeen Angus £360; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £465; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £455; Ballymoney farmer, Stabiliser £415; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £400, £375; Desertmartin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £380; Coleraine farmer, Belted Galloway £360; Castlederg farmer, Fleckvieh £355, £315, £290; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £350, Limousin £320, Belgian Blue £245; Antrim farmer, Aberdeen Angus £335, Belgian Blue £328; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £335; Garvagh farmer, Hereford £330, £315, £280, £250; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £320;

Magherafelt farmer, Hereford £315; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £300, £280; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £255; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250 and Bendooragh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £210.

Friesian calves: Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £275. Good demand for thick types. Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (90): 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 sold to a top price of £770 and 350 ppk.

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

Monday, August 17, 2020: A great entry of fat lambs and ewes met a sharp trade with lambs in strong demand as buyers keen for sheep. Lambs sold to 4.33 per kg and to a top price of £97.

Lambs: Limavady farmer, 21.5k £93 (433); Ballymena farmer, 20.5k £88 (429); Coleraine farmer, 22k £93 (423); Ballymena farmer, 22.5k £93.50 (416); Kilrea farmer, 22.5k £93.50 (416); Limavady farmer, 21k £87.40 (416); Coleraine farmer, 22k £91.20 (415); Coleraine farmer, 21k £87 (414); Ballymena farmer, 22k £91 (414); Garvagh farmer, 22.5k £92.50 (411); Coleraine farmer, 22.5k £92.20 (410); Macosquin farmer, 21.5k £88.20 (410); Coleraine farmer, 22.5k £92 (409); Garvagh farmer, 22k £90 (409); Portglenone farmer, 21.5k £87.80 (408); Ballymoney farmer, 23k £93.50 (407); Kilrea farmer, 22.5k £91.50 (407) and Cookstown farmer, 23k £93.40 (406).

Fat ewes on offer met a super trade for all types on offer including grazing types. Ewes sold to £97. Brisk demand for all types on offer.

Wednesday, August 19, 2020: A good entry of dairy stock met a super trade. Batch of calved heifers to £2000, £1810, £1780, £1770 and bulling heifers to a top of £940.

More stock required weekly.

Wednesday, August 19, 2020: A super entry of 310 fat cow, suckler and store cattle at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers selling to £1530, heifers selling to £1420, fat cows selling to £1500 and suckler stock selling to £1500.

Fat cows: (70 on offer. Flying trade - more required)

Kilrea farmer, 800k Saler £1500 (188); Bellaghy farmer, 470k Stabiliser £810 (172); Magherafelt farmer, 700k Limousin £1140 (163), 720k Belgian Blue £1000 (139); Ballymena farmer, 610k Shorthorn beef £910 (149); Maghera farmer, 630k Friesian £940 (149); Knockloughrim farmer, 540k Blonde d'Aquitaine £770 (143), 560k Simmental £720 (129); Antrim farmer, 740k Holstein £980 (132); Castlerock farmer, 860k Simmental £1130 (131); Aghadowey farmer, 710k Friesian £920 (130); Ballymoney farmer, 700k Friesian £900 (129), 610k £770 (126); Mosside farmer, 600k Ayrshire £760 (127) and Coagh farmer, 580k Friesian £700 (125).

Fat bulls: Macosquin farmer, 690k Charolais £1420 (206), 900k £1480 (164); Portglenone farmer, 510k Simmental £820 (161); Aghadowey farmer, 1080k Aberdeen Angus £1500 (142); Kilrea farmer, 930k Friesian £1300 (140) and Castlerock farmer, 1170k Simmental £1620 (139).

Suckler stock: Moneymore farmer, Simmental cow with Shorthorn bull calf at foot to £1500.

Heifers: Dunloy farmer, 290k Shorthorn £800 (276); Portglenone farmer, 350k Charolais £940 (269), 390k £890 (228), 440k £960 (218), 460k £975 (212), 430k £910 (212), 510k £1050 (206), 420k £860 (205), 460k £945 (205); Portglenone farmer, 350k Limousin £820 (234), 460k £940 (204), 360k £730 (203); Dungiven farmer, 330k Simmental £770 (233), 350k £780 (223), 440k £895 (203), 370k £745 (201); Garvagh farmer, 630k Charolais £1410 (224), 670k Limousin £1400 (209), 690k £1420 (206), 690k Charolais £1390 (201); Bushmills farmer, 330k Limousin £735 (223), 310k £645 (208), 370k £765 (207), 380k £765 (201); Randalstown farmer, 450k Charolais £970 (216), 480k £1005 (209); Portglenone farmer, 540k Charolais £1160 (215), 520k £1090 (210), 530k £1110 (209), 500k £1040 (208), 540k £1080 (200); Upperlands farmer, 400k Limousin £850 (213); Garvagh farmer, 600k Limousin £1270 (212); Portglenone farmer, 420k Aberdeen Angus £890 (212), 410k Limousin £840 (205); Upperlands farmer, 520k Limousin £1100 (212); Dunloy farmer, 580k Limousin £1210 (209), 630k Charolais £1280 (203), 580k Limousin £1185 (201); Garvagh farmer, 410k Aberdeen Angus £850 (207); Macosquin farmer, 540k Charolais £1100 (204); Rasharkin farmer, 370k Aberdeen Angus £755 (204), 360k £730 (203); Maghera farmer, 450k Limousin £910 (202); Macosquin farmer, 580k Charolais £1125 (201) and Dungiven farmer, 440k Limousin £880 (200), 440k Belgian Blue £880 (200).

Steers: Macosquin farmer, 330k Charolais £895 (271), 330k £875 (265), 340k £900 (265), 330k £835 (253), 390k £940 (241), 360k Aberdeen Angus £820 (228), 430k £940 (219); Randalstown farmer, 410k Charolais £990 (242), 420k £960 (229); Portglenone farmer, 380k Limousin £895 (236), 310k £670 (216), 410k £840 (205), 460k £935 (203); Ballymena farmer, 310k Limousin £725 (234), 290k £675 (233), 360k £830 (231), 330k £705 (214), 400k £800 (200); Randalstown farmer, 320k Limousin £750 (234); Garvagh farmer, 470k Charolais £1070 (228), 500k £1120 (224), 490k £1050 (214), 520k £1090 (210), 490k £1025 (209); Dungiven farmer, 390k Saler £870 (223), 360k Limousin £795 (221), 410k Saler £900 (220), 330k £680 (206); Tobermore farmer, 510k Aberdeen Angus £1105 (217), 500k £1050 (210), 500k £1015 (203); Kilrea farmer, 620k Limousin £1330 (215), 590k £1200 (203); Garvagh farmer, 650k Belgian Blue £1400 (215); Moneymore farmer, 610k Limousin £1310 (215), 720k £1530 (213), 670k £1400 (209), 680k £1400 (206), 670k Charolais £1350 (202); Maghera farmer, 400k Charolais £835 (209), 680k £1400 (206); Upperlands farmer, 500k Limousin £1040 (208) and Garvagh farmer, 480k Limousin £980 (204).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.