Steers selling to £2480 and heifers to £2160 at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Bull calves

Ballymoney farmer, Simmental £1080, £1010, £1000, £980, £890, £870, £770, £750, £700; Ballyronan farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1070, £990, £940, £880, £750, £510; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1070, £1050, £1000, £950, £800; Cullybackey farmer, Fleckvieh £1060, Belgian Blue £1020, Aberdeen Angus £960; Ballymoney farmer, Charolais £1020; Moneymore farmer, Belgian Blue £1030, Simmental £1020, £960; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1020, £990, £850, £810, £750, £650, £630, Holstein £630, Aberdeen Angus £590, Holstein £550; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £940, Simmental £930, Aberdeen Angus £850; Ballymoney farmer, Fri £900; Magherafelt farmer, Belgian Blue £890; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £870, £690, £650; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £850, £750; Cullybackey farmer, Hereford £840, £640; Maghera farmer, Hereford £800; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £740; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £710, £650; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £680, £650, £600, £580; Garvagh farmer, Shorthorn beef £680; Newtownards farmer, Belgian Blue £670, Charolais £670, Aberdeen Angus £600, Charolais £520; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £660; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £620; Cookstown farmer, Belgian Blue £580, Simmental £500;Ballyronan farmer, Fleckvieh £550; Mosside farmer, Aberdeen Angus £540, £520; Magherafelt farmer, Holstein £510 and Tobermore farmer, Belgian Blue £500.

Heifer calves

Bendooragh farmer, Simmental £1120, £980, £910, £870, £780, £770, £760, Aberdeen Angus £650, Simmental £540; Moneymore farmer, Simmental £1100, Belgian Blue £1030, Simmental £940; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £1050, £880, £870, £840, £820, £720, £570; Magherafelt farmer, Charolais £980, £940, Belgian Blue £810, Aberdeen Angus £780; Ballymoney farmer, Shorthorn dairy £920; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £870, £760, Holstein £720, Aberdeen Angus £660, £650, £630, £620; Armoy farmer, Belgian Blue £820, Aberdeen Angus £740; Ballyronan farmer, Aberdeen Angus £890, £860, £810, £720; Kilrea farmer, Simmental £800, £500; Garvagh farmer, Shorthorn beef £790, Limousin £540, Shorthorn beef £520, £500; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £780, Shorthorn beef £670; Cullybackey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £750; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £720; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £700; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £690; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £680, £600; Newtownards farmer, Charolais £670, £580, £520; Ballyclare farmer, Limousin £650; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £630, £580; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £600, £580; Mosside farmer, Aberdeen Angus £570 and Cullybackey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £560, Hereford £530.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £630.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (60)

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 £1680 and 4.78 ppk.

An entry of 900 sheep on Monday 22nd June met a steady trade for lambs with ewes on fire.

Spring lambs sold to a top of £208 and to 824 pence per kg.

Ewes reached a top of £214.

More sheep needed weekly.

Spring lambs top prices

Portglenone farmer, 22.5k £185.50 (824); Coleraine farmer, 22.5k £184 (818); Portglenone farmer,25.5k £208 (816); Garvagh farmer, 22.5k £183.50 (816); Rasharkin farmer, 22k £178 (809); Limavady farmer, 21k £167 (795); Swatragh farmer, 26k £206.50 (794); Drumsurn farmer, 22k £173 (786); Feeny farmer, 23.5k £184.50 (785); Limavady farmer, 23k £180 (783); Cookstown farmer, 22.5k £175 (778); Coleraine farmer, 23k £178 (774); Cookstown farmer, 19k £147 (774); Ballymena farmer, 22k £170 (773); Kilrea farmer, 21.5k £166 (772); Maghera farmer, 23k £177 (770); Magherafelt farmer, 22.5k £172 (764); Cookstown farmer, 27k £206 (763); Ballymoney farmer, 21.5k £164 (763); Cookstown farmer, 21.5k £164 (763); Ahoghill farmer, 21.5k £164 (763); Macosquin farmer, 23.5k £179 (762) and Dungiven farmer, 20.5k £156 (761).

Heavy lambs to £208, £206.50, £206, £205 and £203.50.

A good entry of 55 dairy stock on Tuesday 23rd June met a sharp trade in Kilrea.

Prices reached £2420 for a calved heifer.

Ballynure farmer, calved heifers to £2420 and £2100 and Castlerock farmer, batch of calved heifers to £1960.

Batch of calved cows £1800, £1780, £1760 and Castlerock farmer, batch of maiden heifers £1640, £1580, £1560, £1500.

More dairy stock required weekly.

A good entry of 165 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 24th June at Kilrea, met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand

Steers to £2480 and heifers to £2160.

Fat cows and bulls to £2290.

Fat cows: Sharp trade.

Ballycastle farmer, 570k Limousin £2100 (368), 560k £1950 (348), 690k £2290 (332); Eglinton farmer, 460k Aberdeen Angus £1660 (361); Cloughmills farmer, 680k Saler £2200 (324), 600k £1880 (313), 570k £1760 (309); Bendooragh farmer, 580k Limousin £1840 (317), 550k Charolais £1680 (306), 640k £1980 (309) and Ballintoy farmer, 630k Aberdeen Angus £1900 (302).

Suckler section

Pomeroy farmer, Charolais bull to £4400; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford bull to £3140 and Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus heifer with Aberdeen Angus bull calf at foot to £2360.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Castledawson farmer, 400k Belgian Blue £1730 (433), 480k £1960 (408), 400k £1560 (390); Ballycastle farmer, 370k Aberdeen Angus £1570 (424), 370k £1550 (419), 430k Limousin £1600 (372), 480k Aberdeen Angus £1600 (333); Limavady farmer, 430k Charolais £1800 (419), 460k £1820 (396), 490k £1830 (374); Crumlin farmer 420k Charolais £1730 (412), 410k Charolais £1700 (415); Maghera farmer, 380k Aberdeen Angus £1560 (411); Cloughmills farmer, 500k £1980 (396), 380k Saler £1270 (334); Ballintoy farmer, 420k Shorthorn £1600 (381), 370k £1350 (365); Maghereafelt farmer, 420k Galloway £1550 (369); Pomeroy farmer, 590k Limousin £2160 (366); Bellaghy farmer, 520k Hereford £1900 (365); Ballymoney farmer, 600k Limousin £2020 (337), 580k Aberdeen Angus £1900 (328), 560k £1830 (327); Aghadowey farmer, 560k Charolais £1660 (332); Portglenone farmer, 610k Belgian Blue £1970 (323), 560k Belgian Blue £1790 (320) and Limavady farmer, 560k Belgian Blue £1800 (321).

Steers

Maghera farmer, 450k Limousin £1850 (411), 380k Fleckvieh £1430 (376), 440k £1590 (361), 420k Aberdeen Angus £1350 (321); Templepatrick farmer, 480k Aberdeen Angus £1860 (388), 480k £1780 (371), 510k £1870 (367), 440k Charolais £1590 (361), 460k Aberdeen Angus £1650 (359), 480k £1690 (352), 440k Charolais £1540 (350), 470k £1640 (349), 480k Aberdeen Angus £1670 (348), 500k Charolais £1740 (348), 440k Charolais £1530 (348), 500k £1730 (346), 490k Aberdeen Angus £1690 (345), 520k Charolais £1790 (344), 500k £1710 (342), 470k £1600 (340), 480k Aberdeen Angus £1620 (338), 490k £1650 (337), 500k £1670 (334), 500k £1660 (332), 510k Charolais £1680 (329), 520k £1700 (327), 530k £1710 (323), 520k Charolais £1650 (317); Crumlin farmer, 480k Charolais £1840 (383), 520k £1940 (373), 510k £1880 (369); Dunloy farmer, 420k Limousin £1580 (376), 540k £1960 (363), 490k £1680 (343), 560k £1880 (342); Bellaghy farmer, 340k Hereford £1240 (365); Dungiven farmer, 570k Limousin £2070 (363), 530k £1900 (359), 560k Simmental £2000 (357), 410k Charolais £1280 (312); Ballymoney farmer, 670k Charolais £2400 (358), 710k Limousin £2480 (349), 680k Charolais £2370 (349); Garvagh farmer, 560k Parthenais £1980 (354), 550k £1880 (342), 580k £1930 (333); Upperlands farmer, 470k Limousin £1630 (347); Limavady farmer, 580k Aberdeen Angus £1990 (343); Ballyclare farmer, 400k Aberdeen Angus £1360 (340), 390k Charolais £1300 (333), 540k Aberdeen Angus £1710 (317), 490k Charolais £1580 (322) and Portglenone farmer, 620k Belgian Blue £2100 (339), 670k Simmental £2270 (339) and Ahoghill farmer, 610k Aberdeen Angus £1980 (325), 550k £1780 (324).

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

H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.