Suckler stock sell to £2200 at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves: Strabane farmer, Limousin £520, £445; R Boyd, Garvagh, Aberdeen Angus £525, Belgian Blue £480; M Kelso, Portglenone, Aberdeen Angus £470, Hereford £460, Limousin £445; S and P McNaughton, Ballymena, Aberdeen Angus £440, £440, £435; A Wallace, Tobermore, Aberdeen Angus £440; Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £425, £340, £320; Coleraine farmer, Limousin £425; Moneymore farmer, Limousin £420, Hereford £305, Limousin £300; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £415; Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £410, £295; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £395, Aberdeen Angus £340; B Barr, Aghadowey, Belgian Blue £390, £285; Castlerock farmer, Belgian Blue £390; Ballymena farmer, Fleckvieh £385, £300; Ahoghill farmer, Belgian Blue £355, £345, £320; Magherafelt farmer Aberdeen Angus £355; I Wallace, Upperlands, Aberdeen Angus £340; Ballyclare farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £325, £295; T Brown, Magherafelt, Simmental £310, £305; P Brown, Ballymena, Limousin £300; Macosquin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £295; Ahoghill farmer, Limousin £290; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290; Ballymena farmer Aberdeen Angus £280 and Ballymoney farmer, Montbeliarde £255.

Heifer calves: M Kelso, Portglenone, Simmental £485; Castlerock farmer, Belgian Blue £475, £440, £385, £380; Strabane farmer, Limousin £470, £450, £400; R Boyd, Garvagh, Belgian Blue £450; Moneymore farmer, Limousin £445; Swatragh farmer, Hereford £450; Portglenone farmer, Limousin £355;; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350, £320; Ahoghill farmer, Belgian Blue £310; T Brown, Magherafelt, Simmental £295, £250; I Wallace, Upperlands, Aberdeen Angus £290; Ballymena farmer Aberdeen Angus £290, £275, £265; Ballyclare farmer, Limousin £270; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £265; Ahoghill farmer, Limousin £250; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240; Macosquin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230 and Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £210.

Friesian calves: Super trade met with more required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £175.

Good demand for thick types.

Weanlings/suckler calves

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.

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

Monday, June 15, 2020: A good entry of 500 fat lambs and ewes met a great trade.

More sheep needed every week

Lambs sold to £95.20 and to 4.33 per kg.

Lambs: Ballymoney farmer, 22k £95.20 (433); Kilrea farmer, 21k £88 (419); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £87.80 (418); Magherafelt farmer, 21k £87.50 (417); Portstewart farmer, 22k £91 (414); Rasharkin farmer, 21k £87 (414); Ballymoney farmer, 21.5k £88.60 (412); Kilrea farmer, 20.9k £86 (412); Bellaghy farmer, 21k £86 (410); Kilrea farmer, 21.5k £87.50 (407); Garvagh farmer, 22k £89 (405); Ballymena farmer, 21k £85 (405); Portglenone farmer, 20.5k £83 (405); Magherafelt farmer, 22k £89 (405); Portglenone farmer, 21k £84.60 (403); Portstewart farmer, 23k £92.50 (402); Aghadowey farmer, 22.5k £90.50 (402); Garvagh farmer, 22k £88 (400); Kilrea farmer, 23k £92 (400) and Coleraine farmer, 23k £92 (400).

Heavier lambs: 24.5k £95, 24k £94.

Fat ewes on offer met a super trade for all types on offer including grazing types. Ewes to £134 for Texels and £93 for crossbred types. Brisk demand for all types on offer.

Tuesday, June 16, 2020: A small entry of dairy stock met a super trade.

Milk stock selling to £1900, £1800 and £1720. More stock required weekly. Please note - change of sale day for July and August. Final Tuesday sale will be held on June 23 with milk stock being sold on a Wednesday from July 1 at 11.30am.

Wednesday, June 17, 2020: A good entry of 260 fat cow, suckler and store cattle met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand. Steers sold to £1420, heifers sold to £1345, fat cows sold to £1500 and suckler stock sold to £2200.

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

Moneymore farmer, 560k Fleckvieh £1050 (188), 570k £920 (161); Coleraine farmer, 730k Aberdeen Angus £1350 (185), £840k £1500 (179), 790k £1290 (163), 760k £1180 (155); Antrim farmer, 590k £1045 (177), 540k £880 (163); Portglenone farmer, 480k Parthenaise £840 (175); Ballymoney farmer, 600k Friesian £995 (166), 780k £965 (124); Portglenone farmer, 700k Friesian £1110 (159), 740k £980 (132), 830k £1040 (125); Ballymoney farmer, 730k Friesian £1100 (151); Limavady farmer, 550k Friesian £825 (150), 580k £770 (133), 540k £695 (129); Desertmartin farmer, 730k Friesian £1010 (138); Dunloy farmer, 810k Friesian £1120 (138); Aghadowey farmer, 730k £990 (136), 640k £805 (126); Coleraine farmer, 810k Friesian £1100 (136), 720k £920 (128); Coleraine farmer, 560k Friesian £750 (134); Antrim farmer, 600k Friesian £800 (133), 660k £810 (123); Coleraine farmer, 670k Friesian £875 (131); Tobermore farmer, 640k Friesian £835 (131), 570k £720 (126) and Dunloy farmer, 680k £850 (125).

Fat bulls: Coleraine farmer, 1080k Charolais £1520 (141) and Dungiven farmer, 1090k Charolais £1520 (139).

Suckler stock: A great entry of 30 cows and calves met a sharp trade to top of £2200, £2120, £2100, £2080, £2020, £2000, £1950, £1900, £1860, £1840 and £1820.

Heifers: Ahoghill farmer, 380k Limousin £905 (238), 400k £810 (203); Kilrea farmer, 370k Limousin £850 (230); Antrim farmer, 390k Limousin £865 (222), 450k £905 (201); Ballymoney farmer, 490k Limousin £1070 (218); Kilrea farmer, 530k Limousin £1145 (216); Coleraine farmer, 360k Stabiliser £765 (213); Garvagh farmer, 600k Aberdeen Angus £1270 (212), 610k £1285 (211), 620k £1300 (210), 560k £1165 (208), 620k £1260 (203); Maghera farmer, 640k Limousin £1345 (210), 520k £1060 (204); Kilrea farmer, 400k Limousin £830 (208); Magherafelt farmer, 410k Charolais £830 (202); Ballymoney farmer, 520k Belgian Blue £1050 (202) and Garvagh farmer, 510k Aberdeen Angus £1020 (200).

Steers: Ballymena farmer, 280k Limousin £740 (264), 430k £920 (214); Kilrea farmer, 390k Limousin £980 (251), 460k £1070 (233), 420k £920 (219); Magherafelt farmer, 340k Limousin £835 (246); Coleraine farmer, 370k Simmental £885 (239), 430k Charolais £965 (224), 440k £920 (209); Maghera farmer, 360k £840 (233), 390k Limousin £880 (226), 355k £790 (223); Coleraine farmer, 360k Aberdeen Angus £795 (221), 365k £800 (219); Kilrea farmer, 660k Limousin £1420 (215), 670k £1420 (212), 650k £1300 (200); Ballymena farmer, 580k Limousin £1220 (210), 570k £1145 (201); Ballymoney farmer, 560k Aberdeen Angus £1170 (209); Ballymoney farmer, 425k Aberdeen Angus £850 (200) and Portglenone farmer, 670k Limousin £1340 (200).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.