Suckler stock selling to £1690 at Kilrea Mart

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

Dropped calves (190)

Bull calves: Garvagh farmer, Fleckvieh £515; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £480, £460, Montbeliarde £325, Aberdeen Angus £320, Montbeliarde £315; Maghera farmer, Fleckvieh £460, Montbeliarde £370; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £410, Aberdeen Angus £300; Aghadowey farmer, Fleckvieh £388; Ballymena farmer, Blonde d'Aquitaine £370, Aberdeen Angus £310; Kilraughts farmer, Aberdeen Angus £355; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £350; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350; Greysteel farmer, Belgian Blue £340; Ballycastle farmer, Limousin £320; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £315; Magherafelt farmer, Hereford £315, £280; Bendooragh farmer, Hereford £310, Limousin £310, Hereford £265; Moneymore farmer, Hereford £310; Portglenone farmer, Limousin £310; Ballyronan farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300; Kilrea farmer, Belgian Blue £300; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £295; Ballymoney farmer, Montbeliarde £290; Ballymoney farmer, Shorthorn £285, £270; Cloughmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270, Fleckvieh £245; Moneymore farmer, Hereford £270, Aberdeen Angus £245; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £255, £230; Limavady farmer, Friesian £255; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £245; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £245, Belgian Blue £235; Toomebridge farmer, Holstein £242 and Cookstown farmer, Holstein £230.

heifer calves: Ahoghill farmer, Belgian Blue £550, Charolais £450; Randalstown farmer, Belgian Blue £445; Greysteel farmer, Belgian Blue £410; Maghera farmer, Limousin £400; Kilrea farmer, Shorthorn beef £400, Simmental £230; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £400, Aberdeen Angus £340, Belgian Blue £305; Ballyronan farmer, Aberdeen Angus £380, £315; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £325; Kilrea farmer, Belgian Blue £315; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £310, £235; Knockloughrim farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300, Limousin £300; Magherafelt farmer, Belgian Blue £300, Hereford £230; Limavady farmer, Limousin £290, Aberdeen Angus £275; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £270; Magherafelt farmer, Hereford £265; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £230 and Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £225.

Friesian calves: Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £255. Good demand for thick types. Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckle calves (160): 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 selling to top of £770 and 278ppk.

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

Monday, August 31, 2020: A great entry of fat lambs and ewes met a sharp trade with lambs in strong demand as buyers keen for sheep. Lambs to 4.30 per kg and to top of £98.

Fat rams and ewes to £150.

Lambs: Limavady farmer, 19.5k £83.80 (430); Ballymoney farmer, 20k £85.50 (428); Coleraine farmer, 21.5k £92 (428); Coleraine farmer, 20.5k £87.50 (427); Ballymoney farmer, 20.5k £86 (420); Macosquin farmer, 20.5k £86 (420), 22.5k £91.70 (408); Randalstown farmer, 22.5k £94 (418); Ballymoney farmer, 23k £95.60 (416); Limavady farmer, 20.5k £85.20 (416); Aghadowey farmer, 21.5k £89 (414); Garvagh farmer, 21.5k £89 (414); Maghera farmer, 21.5k £88.60 (412); Cullybackey farmer, 22k £90.50 (411); Macosquin farmer, 20k £82 (410); Kilrea farmer, 21.5k £88 (409); Kilrea farmer, 22.5k £92 (409); Portglenone farmer, 21.5k £87.80 (408); Limavady farmer, 23k £93.50 (407); Articlave farmer, 22.5k £91.40 (406); Ballycastle farmer, 23.5k £95.20 (405) and Desertmartin farmer, 23.5k £95 (404).

Fat ewes on offer met a super trade for all types on offer including grazing types. Ewes to £126. Rams to £150. Brisk demand for all types on offer.

Tuesday, September 1, 2020: A good entry of 60 dairy stock met a super trade

Ballyclare farmer, calved cows to £1870, £1600, £1480 and Magherafelt farmer, Batch of Norwegian Red maiden heifers to £1190, £1180, £1160, £1150, £1120, £1110, £1100.

More stock required weekly.

Wednesday, September 2, 2020: A super entry of 380 fat cows, sucklers and stores at Kilrea, met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers sold to £1550, heifers sold to £1395, fat cows sold to £1090 and suckler stock sold to £1690.

Fat Cows: (60 on offer. Flying trade - more required)

Ringsend farmer, 620k Charolais £1030 (166); Ballymoney farmer, 590k Holstein £900 (153); Limavady farmer, 750k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1060 (141), 820k Aberdeen Angus £1090 (133), 640k Simmental £810 (127); Portglenone farmer, 570k Holstein £720 (126); Rasharkin farmer, 810k Limousin £1030 (126); Newtownabbey farmer, 640k Belted Galloway £800 (125), 660k Blonde d'Aquitaine £820 (124); Ballycastle farmer, 630k Fleckvieh £780 (124) and Moneymore farmer, 670k Fleckvieh £830 (124).

Fat bulls: Ringsend farmer, 900k Limousin £1240 (138); Aghadowey farmer, 920k Shorthorn £1180 (128) and Kilrea farmer, 930k Shorthorn £1190 (128).

Suckler stock: Coleraine farmer, Blonde d'Aquitaine heifer with Limousin heifer calf at foot to £1690, Simmental heifer with Limousin bull calf at foot to £1620, Limousin heifer with Parthenais heifer calf at foot to £1580, Limousin heifer with Limousin bull calf at foot to £1400, Simmental heifer with Limousin bull calf at foot to £1400.

Heifers: Bellaghy farmer, 220k Limousin £560 (255); Portglenone farmer, 280k Limousin £660 (236);

Upperlands farmer, 370k Aberdeen Angus £870 (235), 410k £965 (235), 430k £985 (229), 450k £1020 (227), 410k £890 (217), 420k £910 (217); Limavady farmer, 380k Blonde d'Aquitaine £875 (230), 410k £850 (207), 520k Charolais £1045 (201); Ballyclare farmer, 410k Simmental £915 (223), 400k £830 (208), 410k Limousin £830 (202), 370k £740 (200); Culnady farmer, 390k Limousin £870 (223); Garvagh farmer, 300k Limousin £670 (223), 310k £670 (216), 310k £665 (215); Portglenone farmer, 460k Charolais £1020 (222), 500k £1055 (211), 520k Limousin £1050 (202); Garvagh farmer, 630k Charolais £1345 (214), 650k Limousin £1370 (211), 610k Charolais £1260 (207), 610k £1245 (204), 680k £1385 (204); Limavady farmer, 430k Limousin £920 (214), 420k Aberdeen Angus £850 (202); Castledawson farmer, 610k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1280 (210), 620k Limousin £1300 (210), 550k £1145 (208), 600k Charolais £1230 (205), 690k Belgian Blue £1395 (202), 550k Charolais £1100 (200); Kilrea farmer, 580k Charolais £1210 (209), 580k £1200 (207), 560k £1140 (204); Aghadowey farmer, 460k Charolais £950 (207), 470k £940 (200) and Desertmartin farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1000 (200).

Steers: Macosquin farmer, 370k Limousin £965 (261), 440k £1010 (230), 450k £1015 (226); Randalstown farmer, 380k Charolais £990 (261), 540k £1080 (200); Castlerock farmer, 400k Charolais £1005 (251), 400k £1000 (250), 390k £975 (250), 410k £990 (242), 420k £1010 (241), 400k £935 (234), 430k £1005 (234), 430k £965 (224), 450k £1000 (222), 510k £1105 (217), 490k £1040 (212), 520k £1100 (212), 380k Limousin £800 (211), 520k Charolais £1080 (208), 540k £1125 (208); Magherafelt farmer, 410k Limousin £985 (240), 420k £840 (200); Portglenone farmer, 310k Limousin £695 (224); Coleraine farmer, 580k Limousin £1255 (216); Toomebridge farmer, 380k Limousin £805 (212), 370k £780 (211), 420k £850 (202); Limavady farmer, 710k Limousin £1480 (209), 640k Belgian Blue £1320 (206), 700k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1400 (200); Glarryford farmer, 540k Limousin £1120 (207), 560k £1150 (205); Garvagh farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £1065 (205); Moneymore farmer, 610k Limousin £1240 (203), 570k Simmental £1150 (202); Ballymoney farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £1040 (200) and Randalstown farmer, 470k Limousin £940 (200).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.