Steers selling to £1930 at Kilrea

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Kilrea farmer, Charolais £670, £640; Rasharkin farmer, Belgian Blue £555, £340, £300, £240, £230; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £545, £400; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £515, £330, £320, £310; Dunloy farmer, Belgian Blue £450, £270; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £445, Limousin £350, £290, £245; Rasharkin farmer, Belgian Blue £445, Hereford £420, Aberdeen Angus £370, Hereford £310; Toomebridge farmer, Limousin £435, £285; Desertmartin farmer, Fleckvieh £405, £375, £320; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £390; Maghera farmer, Belgian Blue £390; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £385, £340; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £385; Ballymena farmer, Limousin £350, £320, Fleckvieh £300, £220; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £350, £335, £200; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £345; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £325, £320, Belgian Blue £240; Ballymoney farmer, Simmental £315, Saler £305, Fleckvieh £240; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £310, £265; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300, £240; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £300; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300; Upperlands farmer, Friesian £300; Kilrea farmer, Belgian Blue £295; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £295; Bushmills farmer, Saler £265, £235; Eglinton farmer, Friesian £260; Kilrea farmer, Fleckvieh £260; Strabane farmer, Aberdeen Angus £255; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £250 and Moneymore farmer, Simmental £220.

Heifer calves

Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £470, £320; Macosquin farmer, Limousin £455; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £440; Kilrea farmer, Charolais £420; Toomebridge farmer, Limousin £400; Dunloy farmer, Hereford £335; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £325; Maghera farmer, Simmental £320; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £320; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £305, £265, £230; Maghera farmer, Belgian Blue £305, Aberdeen Angus £300; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £255, £220; Bushmills farmer, Saler £255, £240; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £250;Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240, Belgian Blue £215; Ballyclare farmer, Belted Galloway £240 and Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £220.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £300. Good demand for thick types. Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (100)

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 £940 and 241 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 750 on Monday 8th August met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs selling to £4.81 per kg and to top of £120.

Fat ewes selling to £174.

Lambs (630)

Eglinton farmer, 21.5k £103.50 (481); Ballycastle farmer, 20.5k £97.50 (476); Coleraine farmer, 21k £100 (476), 22k £104.50 (475); Cullybackey farmer, 22k £103.50 (471); Upperlands farmer, 16.5k £77 (467); Cookstown farmer, 22k £102.50 (466); Limavady farmer, 22k £102.50 (456), 30k £134 (447); Tobermore farmer, 22k £102.50 (466); Ballymoney farmer, 23k £107 (465); Kilrea farmer, 20k £93 (465), 23.5k £103.50 (440); Macosquin farmer, 19k £87.50 (461); Portrush farmer, 22.5k £103 (458); Garvagh farmer, 23k £105 (457); Kilrea farmer, 22.5k £102 (453); Coleraine farmer, 23k £104 (452); Finvoy farmer, 21k £95 (452); Garvagh farmer, 21k £94.50 (450); Limavady farmer, 20k £90 (450); Tobermore farmer, 24k £108 (450); Bendooragh farmer, 23.5k £105.50 (449), 21.5k £96 (447); Macosquin farmer, 24.5k £110 (449); Toomebridge farmer, 21.5k £96.50 (449); Clough farmer, 23k £103 (448); Draperstown farmer, 22k £98.50 (448); Glarryford farmer, 23k £103 (448); Kilrea farmer, 23k £103 (448); Bushmills farmer, 23.5k £105 (447); Ahoghill farmer, 24k £107 (446); Coleraine farmer, 22k £98 (446); Eglinton farmer, 21k £93.50 (445), 25k £110 (440); Ballymena farmer, 21k £93 (443); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £97.50 (443); Rasharkin farmer, 23.5k £104 (443); Rasharkin farmer, 23.5k £104 (443); Dunloy farmer, 21k £93 (443), 21.5k £95 (442); Aghadowey farmer, 22.5k £99.50 (442); Magherafelt farmer, 24.5k £108 (441); Bushmills farmer, 23.5k £103.50 (440); Bushmills farmer, 23.5k £103.50 (440) and Limavady farmer, 20k £88 (440).

Fat ewes (120) on offer met a super trade for all types on offer including grazing types.

Good entry of ewes to £174.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of dairy on Tuesday 9th August to a top price of £1800 for a second calver.

Magherafelt farmer, second calver to £1800; Ballyclare farmer, calved cows to £1760, £1500 and Castlederg farmer, Montbeliarde cow to £1560.

More stock required weekly

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

A super entry of 280 on Wednesday 10th August at Kilrea, met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers sold to £1930, heifers sold to £1480.

Fat cows and bulls sold to £1750.

Fat cows: 80 on offer, flying trade.

Dunloy farmer, 650k Shorthorn beef £1420 (219), 640k Aberdeen Angus £1190 (186); Coleraine farmer, 740k Simmental £1600 (216), 480k Belgian Blue £880 (183), 520k £940 (181); Kilrea farmer, 570k Charolais £1200 (211); Moneymore farmer, 650k Friesian £1310 (202), 600k £1150 (192), 620k £1160 (187), 580k £1070 (185), 580k £1060 (183), 600k £1090 (182); Templepatrick farmer, Limousin Bull £1750 (201) and Upperlands farmer, 620k Friesian £1100 (177).

Suckler stock

Magherafelt farmer, Hereford cow with Saler bull calf at foot to £1720 and Portglenone farmer, Charolais heifer with Charolais bull calf at foot to £1500.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Ballymoney farmer, 400k Charolais £1080 (270), 450k Limousin £1140 (253), 360k £800 (222), 380k Charolais £840 (221), 410k £880 (215), 370k £780 (210), 500k Hereford £1040 (208); Kilrea farmer, 460k Limousin £1190 (259), 630k £1320 (210); Bushmills farmer, 490k Limousin £1200 (245), 510k £1240 (243); Randalstown farmer, 500k Simmental £1210 (242), 410k £960 (234); Kilrea farmer, 530k Charolais £1260 (238), 500k £1140 (228), 490k Belgian Blue £1090 (222), 490k Charolais £1000 (204); Bellaghy farmer, 455k Aberdeen Angus £1070 (235);Limavady farmer, 600k Belgian Blue £1410 (235), 640k Aberdeen Angus £1480 (231), 580k Belgian Blue £1250 (216); Coleraine farmer, 350k Limousin £820 (234), 500k Aberdeen Angus £1150 (230), 530k Limousin £1200 (226), 455k £1010 (222), 460k £990 (215), 450k £940 (209); Kilrea farmer, 470k Limousin £1100 (234); Dunloy farmer, 370k SH £850 (230); Ballymoney farmer, 460k Aberdeen Angus £1060 (228), 470k £1030 (219), 480k £1050 (219), 450k £960 (213), 510k £1030 (202); Ballymoney farmer, 490k Limousin £1100 (225), 360k Shorthorn beef £760 (211), 380k Limousin £790 (208); Claudy farmer 510k Belgian Blue £1140 (224), 580k Limousin £1290 (222); Finvoy farmer, 260k Limousin £580 (223); Magherafelt farmer, 480k Simmental £1070 (223), 390k Charolais £850 (218), 440k Limousin £930 (211), 470k Aberdeen Angus £960 (204), 480k Limousin £980 (204), 490k Simmental £1000 (204); Kilrea farmer, 360k Charolais £800 (222), 340k Limousin £750 (221), 390k Charolais £840 (215); Magherafelt farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1020 (217), 440k £910 (207), 520k Limousin £1070 (206), 470k Aberdeen Angus £950 (202); Castlerock farmer, 540k Belgian Blue £1160 (215); L’Derry farmer, 370k Limousin £800 (216), 340k £730 (215); Upperlands farmer, 460k Limousin £990 (215), 370k £770 (208); Cookstown farmer, 440k Aberdeen Angus £890 (202) and Bellaghy farmer 530k Simmental £1130 (213), 640k Belgian Blue £1300 (203).

Steers

Kilrea farmer, 640k Limousin £1650 (258), 750k £1930 (257), 640k £1580 (247), 670k £1640 (245), 780k Charolais £1880 (241), 700k Limousin £1680 (240), 630k £1480 (235), 650k £1520 (234); Kilrea farmer, 580k Limousin £1450 (250), 650k £1550 (239); Coleraine farmer, 350k Limousin £850 (243), 530k £1130 (213); Aghadowey farmer, 370k Limousin £880 (238), 500k £1170 (234), 500k Belgian Blue £1030 (206); Upperlands farmer, 370k Limousin £870 (235), 470k £1060 (226); Claudy farmer, 690k Aberdeen Angus £1600 (232), 650k £1400 (215), 760k £1620 (213), 770k £1630 (212), 690k £1430 (207); Cookstown farmer, 620k Charolais £1420 (229), 560k £1260 (225), 570k £1240 (218), 540k SH £1130 (209), 530k Aberdeen Angus £1100 (208); Finvoy farmer, 350k Limousin £800 (229); Bellaghy farmer, 570k ST £1280 (225), 580k £1270 (219), 600k £1310 (218), 570k £1140 (200); Garvagh farmer, 510k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (212), 530k £1080 (204); Dunloy farmer, 450k Aberdeen Angus £900 (200), 390k £780 (200) and Randalstown farmer, 420k Belgian Blue £840 (200).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.