Super entry dairy stock at Kilrea Mart, top price of £1840 paid for a calved heifer

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Moneymore farmer, Limousin £680, £480, Fleckvieh £430; Moneymore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £625; Ballyronan farmer, Aberdeen Angus £585, £465, £435, £375; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £575, Holstein £460, Aberdeen Angus £440, Holstein £395, £255, £245; Macosquin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £575; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £570, £480; Strabane farmer, Charolais £540, £490, Hereford £335, £200; Strabane farmer, Belgian Blue £535, £450, Simmental £365, £355, £345, Aberdeen Angus £330; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £525, Belgian Blue £525, £290; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £525; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £495, £325; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £480, Hereford £400; Cloughmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £455; Randalstown farmer, Belgian Blue £410, Limousin £385, Aberdeen Angus £370, Belgian Blue £340, Aberdeen Angus £320, Limousin £265; Moneymore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £400; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £390; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £385, £350, £300; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £375; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £375, Aberdeen Angus £305, £300; Limavady farmer, Charolais £370, Belgian Blue £295; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £360; Bushmills farmer, Belgian Blue £360; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £360, Limousin £360, Belgian Blue £350, Aberdeen Angus £325, Belgian Blue £290, £285, Aberdeen Angus £275, Belgian Blue £220, Aberdeen Angus £215; Bendooragh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345; Stewartstown farmer, Hereford £345; Limavady farmer, Stabiliser £340; Ballycastle farmer, Aberdeen Angus £335, Shorthorn beef £235; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £305, Friesian £260; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £280, £250, £215; Bushmills farmer, Friesian £280; Ringsend farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280, £200; Ballyclare farmer, Simmental £275, £220; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £260; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £260; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240, £200;Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £210 and Tobermore farmer, Belgian Blue £200.

Heifer calves

Finvoy farmer, Limousin £645; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £565, £530, Belgian Blue £500; Macosquin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £535; Moneymore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £510; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £455, £395; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £425, £375, Belgian Blue £220; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £410; Armoy farmer, Hereford £400, Aberdeen Angus £385; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £390; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £390; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £385, £295, £275; Ballyronan farmer, Aberdeen Angus £380; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £375, £350; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £370; Strabane farmer, Aberdeen Angus £365, Charolais £345, Hereford £340, Belgian Blue £320; Limavady farmer, Charolais £360, £330; Portglenone farmer, Simmental £355, £340; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £355, £285, Aberdeen Angus £200; Ballycastle farmer, Shorthorn beef £350; Cloughmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350; Tobermore farmer, Belted Galloway £345, £240; Strabane farmer, Simmental £340, £335, £330; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £310, Aberdeen Angus £220, £200; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £300; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £295, Hereford £265; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £275; Stewartstown farmer, Hereford £275; Macosquin farmer, Hereford £260; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240; Ballyclare farmer, Fleckvieh £235; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £230; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £225 and Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200.

Friesian calves

Super Trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £280. Good demand for thick types. Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (50)

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 £1000 and 302 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 1150 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 11th March met a stronger trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £6.86 per kg and to top of £190.

Fat ewes to £343.

Lambs

Draperstown farmer, 24.5k £168 (686); Ballyclare farmer, 23k £156.50 (680), 21k £133 (633); Antrim farmer, 24.5k £165.50 (676), 25.5k £162.50 (637), 25.5k £162 (635), 22.5k £139.50 (620), 25k £154 (616), 27.5k £165 (600); Ballyclare farmer, 22k £147.50 (671); Garvagh farmer, 28k £186 (664); Draperstown farmer, 22k £145.50 (661), 25.5k £162.50 (637), 17k £105 (618); Kilrea farmer, 25.5k £168.50 (661), 24k £150 (625); Limavady farmer, 19k £125 (658), 26.5k £162 (611); Dunloy farmer, 21.5k £141 (656), 23.5k £150 (638); Portglenone farmer, 22.5k £147.50 (656), 26k £163.50 (629); Coleraine farmer, 29k £190 (655); Macosquin farmer, 23.5k £153.50 (653); Glarryford farmer, 23k £148.50 (646); Cloughmills farmer, 24.5k £156.50 (639); Desertmartin farmer, 23k £147 (639); Swatragh farmer, 25.5k £163 (639); Randalstown farmer, 27k £172 (637); Ballymena farmer, 22k £140 (636); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £133.50 (636); Ballymoney farmer, 23.5k £149.50 (636); Garvagh farmer, 22k £140 (636); Garvagh farmer, 22k £139.50 (634), 24.5k £155 (633), 27.5k £171.50 (624); Aghadowey farmer, 23k £147 (632), 24k £147.50 (615); Maghera farmer, 25k £158 (632), 24k £149.50 (623); Ballymoney farmer, 23k £145 (630), 22k £138 (627), 21.5k £129 (600); Dunloy farmer, 25k £157.50 (630), 24k £147 (613); Garvagh farmer, 21k £132 (629); Ballymoney farmer, 25k £157 (628), 24k £149 (621); Limavady farmer, 22.5k £141 (627); Crumlin farmer, 27k £169 (626), 30k £184 (613); Bellaghy farmer, 26k £162.50 (625); Maghera farmer, 22.5k £140.50 (624); Ballymoney farmer, 25.5k £158.50 (622); Ballymena farmer, 25.5k £158 (620); Ballymena farmer, 25.5k £158 (620), 26k £159.50 (614); Claudy farmer, 27k £167 (619); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £129 (614); Ringsend farmer, 24k £147 (613), 26.5k £161 (608); Magherafelt farmer, 20.5k £125 (610); Macosquin farmer, 23.5k £143 (609); Cloughmills farmer, 26.5k £161 (608); Garvagh farmer, 27k £164 (607); Cookstown farmer, 27k £163 (604); Maghera farmer, 24.5k £148 (604); Kilrea farmer, 25k £150.50 (602), 25.5k £153 (600) and Drumsurn farmer, 21.5k £129 (600).

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

Good entry of ewes to £343.

More ewes needed.

A super entry of 70 dairy on Tuesday 12th March to a top price of £1840 for a calved heifer.

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

Armagh farmer, calved heifers to £1840, £1700, £1580; Bangor farmer, calved heifers to £1800, £1780, £1700; Moneymore farmer, calved heifers to £1800, £1700;

Dromore farmer, calved heifer £1680 and Strabane farmer, calved cows to £1620, £1600, £1580, £1500, calved heifer to £1600.

More stock required weekly.

A good entry of 310 fat cow, suckler and store cattle on Wednesday 13th March at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £1690, heifers to £1720 and fat cows and bulls to £1720.

Fat cows: 100 on offer, sharp trade.

Tobermore farmer, 600k Limousin £1580 (263), 580k £1420 (245); Ballyclare farmer, 550k Limousin £1380 (251), 340k Aberdeen Angus £790 (232), 430k £940 (219), 470k Friesian £980 (209), 460k £850 (185); Randalstown farmer, 700k Charolais £1720 (246); Moneymore farmer, 520k Belgian Blue £1250 (240), 570k Holstein £1150 (202); Randalstown farmer, 620k Shorthorn beef £1440 (232), 500k Belgian Blue £1130 (226); Glarryford farmer, 660k Friesian £1370 (208), 540k £1070 (198); Claudy farmer, 720k Friesian £1470 (204), 730k £1400 (192); Randalstown farmer, 590k Montbelairde £1200 (203); Cookstown farmer, 590k Hereford £1180 (200); Portglenone farmer, 590k Aberdeen Angus £1180 (200); Maghera farmer, 650k Friesian £1280 (197) and Kilrea farmer, 750k Hereford £1430 (191).

Suckler

Portglenone farmer, Limousin cow with Charolais heifer calf at foot to £1500.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Garvagh farmer, 540k Simmental £1720 (319), 520k £1460 (281), 580k Charolais £1590 (274); Toomebridge farmer, 380k Limousin £1120 (295), 340k Charolais £1000 (294); Toomebridge farmer, 380k Charolais £1080 (284); Limavady farmer, 350k Limousin £990 (283); Glarryford farmer, 480k Charolais £1330 (277), 400k Limousin £1060 (265), 510k Charolais £1310 (257), 470k Limousin £1200 (255); Coleraine farmer, 450k Aberdeen Angus £1230 (273), 560k Belgian Blue £1490 (266), 480k £1260 (263), 500k £1300 (260), 440k £1080 (246), 370k £900 (243); Dunloy farmer, 410k Aberdeen Angus £1110 (271), 420k Belgian Blue £1110 (264), 420k Aberdeen Angus £1090 (260), 440k £1100 (250); Armoy farmer, 360k Hereford £960 (267), 345k £860 (249); Coleraine farmer, 430k Belgian Blue £1150 (267), 440k Limousin £1170 (266), 380k Aberdeen Angus £920 (256), 420k Limousin £1050 (250); Magherafelt farmer, 320k Limousin £840 (263); Garvagh farmer, 460k Belgian Blue £1190 (259), 490k £1260 (257), 450k £1120 (249), 460k £1140 (248), 520k £1280 (246), 490k £1180 (241), 550k £1320 (240); Portglenone farmer, 480k Hereford £1240 (258); Upperlands farmer, 290k Aberdeen Angus £740 (255), 290k Limousin £700 (241); Bellaghy farmer, 410k Limousin £1000 (244); Rasharkin farmer, 430k Hereford £1050 (244) and Cloughmills farmer, 560k Aberdeen Angus £1360 (243).

Steers

Dunloy farmer, 260k Limousin £880 (339), 270k £880 (326), 370k £1020 (276), 290k £700 (241); Toomebridge farmer, 380k Charolais £1270 (334), 320k £960 (300); Limavady farmer, 360k Limousin £1170 (325), 360k £1090 (303), 400k £1160 (290), 340k £940 (277), 370k £1000 (270); Bellaghy farmer, 460k Limousin £1460 (317), 490k £1500 (306), 400k Limousin £1190 (298); Kilrea farmer, 430k Charolais £1330 (309), 340k £950 (279); Ballymoney farmer, 310k Limousin £935 (302), 300k £880 (293), 240k £610 (254); Magherafelt farmer, 300k Limousin £890 (297), 260k £740 (285); Ballymoney farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1440 (288), 510k Limousin £1300 (255), 500k Aberdeen Angus £1270 (254), 430k Limousin £1050 (244); Coleraine farmer, 480k Belgian Blue £1330 (277); Ballymoney farmer, 520k Simmental £1410 (271), 610k £1640 (269); Cloughmills farmer, 530k Belgian Blue £1430 (270), 610k Aberdeen Angus £1610 (264), 610k £1580 (259), 580k £1500 (259), 560k £1430 (255), 640k £1630 (255), 570k £1450 (254), 580k £1410 (252); Upperlands farmer, 510k Aberdeen Angus £1350 (265); Magherafelt farmer, 510k Charolais £1340 (263), 620k Limousin £1610 (260), 620k Belgian Blue £1570 (253); Rasharkin farmer, 600k Limousin £1570 (262), 510k £1310 (257), 700k Aberdeen Angus £1690 (241); Antrim farmer, 590k Aberdeen Angus £1520 (258), 590k £1500 (254), 500k £1250 (250), 660k Hereford £1640 (249), 600k Aberdeen Angus £1480 (247), 550k £1320 (240); Portglenone farmer, 550k Belgian Blue £1400 (255), 490k £11230 (251), 510k Saler £1250 (245) and Toomebridge farmer, 400k Belgian Blue £990 (248).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.