Suckler cattle selling to £1950 for Limousin bulls at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £560, £300; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £540, £330, Friesian £270; Moneymore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £515, £355, £245; Londonderry farmer, Hereford £470, £460; Cloughmills farmer, Limousin £450, £360, Belgian Blue £310, Limousin £230, £210, Aberdeen Angus £210; Moneymore farmer, Limousin £450, £385; Rasharkin farmer, Hereford £450, Aberdeen Angus £410; Portglenone farmer, Charolais £440; Claudy farmer, Hereford £435, Belgian Blue £375, Limousin £230; Cookstown farmer, Hereford £430, Aberdeen Angus £360, Hereford £310; Dungiven farmer, Simmental £440, Belgian Blue £430, Hereford £425, £410, £370, Belgian Blue £275, £265, Charolais £260; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £390; Moneymore farmer, Limousin £390; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £380, £285; Claudy farmer, Simmental £375, £345, £240; Macosquin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £360, Friesian £225; Dungannon farmer, Belgian Blue £350, £345, £240; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £315; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £310, £285; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300, £205; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £290, £280, £275, £220; Bellaghy farmer, Friesian £285; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £275; Randalstown farmer, Friesian £255, £205; Coleraine farmer, Holstein £240 and Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £235.

Heifer calves

Moneymore farmer, Charolais £635, Limousin £465; Limavady farmer, Charolais £555, Belgian Blue £285, Aberdeen Angus £260; Coleraine farmer, Fleckvieh £450; Moneymore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £450, £375; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £420; Claudy farmer, Belgian Blue £420, Limousin £310, £270; Rasharkin farmer, Belgian Blue £415, Aberdeen Angus £210; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £405; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £375, Shorthorn £300; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £325; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £270; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £255, £235, £230, £225, £220; Tobermore farmer, Belgian Blue £250; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £245; Claudy farmer, Simmental £240; Macosquin farmer, Belgian Blue £240; Dungiven farmer, Belgian Blue £215; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £205; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £205 and Dungannon farmer, Hereford £200.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £285. Good demand for thick types. Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (140)

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 £1065 and 355 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 200 calves on Friday 6th October met a flying trade for all types on offer.

Bull calves

Portglenone farmer, 280k Limousin £1100 (393), 260k Charolais £990 (381), 280k £980 (350), 270k Limousin £940 (348), 270k £930 (344), 250k Charolais £860 (344), 240k £820 (342), 310k £1040 (336), 360k £1190 (331), 290k Limousin £960 (331), 340k Charolais £1100 (324), 300k Limousin £930 (310), 290k £880 (303), 280k Charolais £840 (300), 310k £910 (294), 250k £680 (272); Claudy farmer, 270k Charolais £1040 (385), 270k £950 (352), 290k £960 (331); Ballymoney farmer, 320k Charolais £1210 (376), 300k £1070 (357), 240k £1210 (356), 360k £1280 (356), 340k £1210 (356), 330k Charolais £1140 (346), 290k Simmental £800 (276); Portglenone farmer, 270k Charolais £1000 (370), 220k Limousin £810 (368), 280k £1000 (357), 260k £910 (350), 290k £970 (335), 310k £970 (313); Macosquin farmer, 280k Limousin £1030 (368), 280k Simmental £920 (329), 280k £870 (311), 290k Shorthorn beef £900 (310), 270k Simmental £800 (296), 280k Shorthorn beef £810 (289), 340k Simmental £890 (262); Ballymena farmer, 240k Limousin £880 (367), 220k £740 (336), 220k £730 (332), 220k £690 (314), 240k £730 (304), 220k £580 (264); Randalstown farmer, 260k Limousin £950 (365), 260k £840 (323), 280k £790 (282); Limavady farmer, 310k Limousin £980 (316), 330k £1030 (312), 320k £970 (303); Ballymoney farmer, 240k Simmental £680 (283), 400k £1130 (283), 330k Aberdeen Angus £930 (282), 340k Charolais £880 (259); Garvagh farmer, 290k Charolais £1000 (345), 350k £1190 (340), 300k £980 (327), 330k Belgian Blue £1070 (324), 320k Charolais £980 (306); Portglenone farmer, 320k Limousin £1100 (344), 400k £1340 (335); Claudy farmer, 230k Charolais £770 (335), 240k Limousin £760 (317), 260k £800 (308); Macosquin farmer, 280k Limousin £900 (321), 290k £900 (311), 290k £820 (290), 300k £790 (263), 330k £850 (258), 340k £860 (253); Castlerock farmer, 300k Simmental £920 (307), 260k £780 (300), 320k £870 (272), 300k £810 (270), 330k Limousin £850 (258), 310k Simmental £790 (255); Finvoy farmer, 310k Limousin £940 (303), 250k £640 (256); Castlerock farmer, 340k Charolais £1010 (297), 300k £800 (267); Ringsend farmer, 270k Limousin £800 (296), 270k £780 (289), 300k £830 (277), 310k £860 (277), 260k £680 (262); Limavady farmer, 320k Limousin £940 (294), 340k £980 (288), 300k £800 (267), 320k £850 (266), 280k £700 (250) and Garvagh farmer, 270k Charolais £770 (285).

Heifer calves

Portglenone farmer, 200k Charolais £740 (370); Garvagh farmer, 220k Charolais £780 (355), 200k £660 (330), 210k £580 (276); Claudy farmer, 230k Limousin £790 (344); Limavady farmer, 260k Limousin £870 (335), 290k £930 (321), 260k £830 (319), 280k £860 (307), 290k £850 (293), 280k £800 (286), 290k £800 (276); Macosquin farmer, 270k Charolais £880 (326), 220k Limousin £690 (314), 280k Charolais £870 (311); Randalstown farmer, 290k Limousin £920 (317), 220k £670 (305), 230k £630 (274), 220k £600 (273); Ringsend farmer, 280k Limousin £870 (311); Portglenone farmer, 240k Limousin £740 (308); Ballymoney farmer, 320k Charolais £980 (306); Claudy farmer, 260k Charolais £790 (304), 260k £750 (289); Castlerock farmer, 310k Charolais £920 (297); Macosquin farmer, 290k Limousin £850 (293), 240k £690 (288), 260k £720 (277), 290k £800 (276); Castlerock farmer, 320k Simmental £900 (281) and Garvagh farmer, 360k Charolais £1000 (278).

A super entry of 1250 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 9th October met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £5.33 per kg and to top of £129. Fat ewes to £186.

Lambs

Kilrea farmer, 16k £96 (533), 20.5k £97 (473); Aghadowey farmer, 24k £124 (517); Rasharkin farmer, 23k £118 (513); Limavady farmer, 24k £121 (504); Garvagh farmer, 21k £105 (500); Ballymena farmer, 23k £112.50 (489); Kilrea farmer, 22k £107.50 (489); Kilrea farmer, 21k £101.50 (483); Coleraine farmer, 21.5k £103.50 (481); Bushmills farmer, 23k £110 (478); Stewartstown farmer, 20k £95.50 (478); Ballymena farmer, 26k £124 (477); Garvagh farmer, 22k £105 (477); Coleraine farmer, 21k £100 (476); Maghera farmer, 21k £100 (476); Maghera farmer, 23k £109.50 (476); Ballymoney farmer, 17.5k £83 (474); Coleraine farmer, 23k £109 (474); Dungiven farmer, 20k £94.50 (473); Ballymoney farmer, 19.5k £92 (472); Feeny farmer, 23k £108.50 (472); Limavady farmer, 23.5k £111 (472); Eglinton farmer, 23.5k £111 (472); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £99 (471); Coleraine farmer, 25.5k £120 (471); Portglenone farmer, 21k £99 (471) and Rasharkin farmer, 22.5k £106 (471).

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

Good entry of ewes to £186.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of 40 dairy on Tuesday 10th October to a top price of £1780 for a calved heifer.

Lots of buyers in attendance looking all types of dairy stock.

Eglinton farmer, calved heifer to £1780, batch of springing heifers to £1380; Ballyclare farmer, calved cow to £1540 and Limavady farmer, calved heifers to £1500, £1480.

More stock required weekly.

A super entry of 490 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 11th October at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £1790, heifers to £1880, fat cows and bulls to £1950.

Fat cows: 190 on offer, flying trade.

Maghera farmer, 670k Limousin £1760 (263); Magherafelt farmer, 590k Limousin £1490 (253); Cookstown farmer, 430k Charolais £1030 (240); Dungiven farmer, 610k Simmental £1440 (236), 620k £1440 (232), 690k £1590 (230); Limavady farmer, 570k Simmental £1310 (230), 550k Aberdeen Angus £1210 (220); Maghera farmer, 720k Aberdeen Angus £1620 (225), 650k £1400 (215); Ballymoney farmer, 700k Hereford £1550 (221); Macosquin farmer, 410k Aberdeen Angus £900 (220); Rasharkin farmer, 520k Hereford £1140 (219); Toomebridge farmer, 530k Simmental £1140 (215); Coleraine farmer, 550k Holstein £1170 (213), 700k £1470 (210); Desertmartin farmer, 540k Danish Red £1150 (213) and Portglenone farmer, 520k Limousin £1100 (212).

Suckler

Garvagh farmer, Limousin bulls to £1950, £1800 and Ballymena farmer, Charolais bull to £1700.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Ballymoney farmer, 500k Charolais £1540 (308), 490k £1460 (298), 500k £1470 (294), 480k £1350 (281), 470k £1280 (272), 490k £1210 (247); Coleraine farmer, 490k Charolais £1460 (298), 470k £1390 (296), 480k Limousin £1360 (283), 470k £1290 (275), 450k £1160 (258), 490k Charolais £1230 (251), 460k £1110 (241), 450k £1080 (240), 520k Limousin £1240 (239), 450k £1040 (231), 480k Charolais £1110 (231), 400k Limousin £910 (228), 420k £940 (224); Garvagh farmer, 640k Charolais £1880 (294), 470k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1300 (277), 610k Limousin £1660 (272); Magherafelt farmer, 520k Limousin £1490 (287), 550k £1570 (286); Glarryford farmer, 550k Limousin £1560 (284), 580k £1640 (283), 550k £1240 (226); Ballymena farmer, 230k Limousin £630 (274), 200k £470 (235); Cookstown farmer, 330k Limousin £880 (267); Dungannon farmer, 400k Charolais £1060 (265); Macosquin farmer, 530k Simmental £1400 (264), 430k £1030 (240), 465k £1090 (234); Bellaghy farmer, 650k Charolais £1690 (260), 600k Belgian Blue £1520 (253), 720k £1790 (249), 610k Hereford £1430 (234); Ballymoney farmer, 480k Aberdeen Angus £1230 (256), 520k £1290 (248), 530k £1280 (242), 530k £1260 (238), 520k £1200 (231); Ballymoney farmer, 470k Limousin £1200 (255), 570k £1420 (249), 500k £1200 (240), 550k £1300 (236), 510k £1200 (235); Maghera farmer, 390k Charolais £990 (254), 340k £800 (235), 400k £880 (220); Dungiven farmer, 380k Aberdeen Angus £960 (253), 410k Belgian Blue £950 (232), 360k £810 (225); Finvoy farmer, 310k Belgian Blue £750 (242), 290k £690 (238), 320k £750 (234), 250k £570 (228), 320k £730 (228), 320k Montbelairde £730 (228), 350k Belgian Blue £790 (226); Claudy farmer, 430k Charolais £1030 (240); Coleraine farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1120 (238); Magherafelt farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1170 (234); Garvagh farmer, 490k Aberdeen Angus £1140 (233), 470k £1070 (228); Dungiven farmer, 530k Aberdeen Angus £1230 (232), 590k £1340 (227); Drumsurn farmer, 390k Aberdeen Angus £900 (231); Newtownabbey farmer, 360k Shorthorn beef £830 (231), 400k £880 (220); Randalstown farmer, 380k Belgian Blue £870 (229), 375k £840 (224); Bushmills farmer, 420k Aberdeen Angus £930 (221) and Portglenone farmer, 350k Limousin £770 (220).

Steers

Portglenone farmer, 460k Limousin £1470 (320), 470k Charolais £1440 (306), 450k Limousin £1190 (264), 490k £1200 (245); Portglenone farmer, 500k Charolais £1580 (316), 480k £1460 (304), 490k £1470 (300), 520k £1510 (290), 480k £1370 (285), 500k £1260 (252), 430k £1080 (251); Garvagh farmer, 550k Simmental £1600 (291), 590k £1500 (254); Macosquin farmer, 580k Simmental £1660 (286), 510k £1400 (275), 500k £1360 (272), 520k £1360 (262), 560k £1440 (257), 460k £1170 (254), 400k £1000 (250), 390k £950 (244), 420k £990 (236), 480k £1120 (233); Magherafelt farmer, 640k Limousin £1790 (280); Cullybackey farmer, 490k Limousin £1360 (278), 420k £1150 (274), 470k Charolais £1270 (270), 480k Limousin £1280 (267), 450k Aberdeen Angus £1140 (253); Cookstown farmer, 310k Limousin £840 (271); Toomebridge farmer, 440k Aberdeen Angus £1120 (255), 490k Simmental £1140 (233), 470k Aberdeen Angus £1090 (232); Bushmills farmer, 390k Aberdeen Angus £990 (254), 350k £880 (251), 340k £850 (250), 380k £930 (245); Crumlin farmer, 390k Aberdeen Angus £980 (251); Finvoy farmer, 280k Belgian Blue £700 (250); Kilrea farmer, 510k Belgian Blue £1240 (243), 560k Aberdeen Angus £1350 (241), 580k Belgian Blue £1390 (240), 540k Hereford £1280 (237), 630k Belgian Blue £1490 (237), 540k £1250 (232); Desertmartin farmer, 580k Aberdeen Angus £1360 (235), 530k £1240 (234); Upperlands farmer, 370k Limousin £870 (235), 500k £1170 (234); Portglenone farmer, 410k Aberdeen Angus £960 (234); Dungiven farmer, 400k Simmental £930 (233); Magherafelt farmer, 580k Aberdeen Angus £1350 (233); Dungiven farmer, 540k Aberdeen Angus £1250 (232); Ballymoney farmer, 390k Simmental £900 (231) and Macosquin farmer, 450k Limousin £1040 (231).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.