Super entry of dairy cattle at Kilrea Mart, second calvers selling to a top price of £2020

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Draperstown farmer, Charolais £575, Simmental £405; Castlerock farmer, Stabiliser £500, Limousin £435, Stabiliser £395; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £480; Macosquin farmer, Fleckvieh £425, Limousin £365, Fleckvieh £315, £295; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £405, £330, Fleckvieh £230; Toomebridge farmer, Charolais £400, £350, Aberdeen Angus £310; Crumlin farmer, Simmental £380, £330; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £380; Ballykelly farmer, Aberdeen Angus £365; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345, £320; Coleraine farmer, Saler £340, Belgian Blue £325; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £340; Dervock farmer, Simmental £320, £295; Rasharkin farmer, Hereford £300, Limousin £300; Upperlands farmer, Friesian £295; Limavady farmer, Friesian £280; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280, £255, £215; Coleraine farmer, Hereford £275; Tobermore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £260, £250; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £240;

Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £225; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £220 and Glarryford farmer, Fleckvieh £205.

Heifer calves

Castlerock farmer, Charolais £555, £520; Aghadowey farmer, Swiss Red £490, £455, £390; Garvagh farmer, Holstein £460, £400; Ballykelly farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360, £240; Macosquin farmer, Hereford £310; Rasharkin farmer, Limousin £300; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £280, £205; Dunloy farmer, Charolais £275; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250; Portgtlenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £220, Belgian Blue £200; Ballymena farmer, Limousin £215; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £215; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £215; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £205; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £200 and Tobermore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £295.

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 £980 and 277 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 1450 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 21st August met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £5.04 per kg and to top of £146.

Fat ewes to £206.

Lambs

Coleraine farmer, 22.5k £113.50 (504); Desertmartin farmer, 24k £120.50 (502); Eglinton farmer, 24.5k £122.50 (500); Ballycastle farmer, 25k £124.50 (498); Swatragh farmer, 20k £99 (495), 23k £110 (478); Ballyclare farmer, 21k £103.50 (493), 21k £101.50 (483); Portglenone farmer, 21.5k £106 (493); Ahoghill farmer, 21k £103 (491); Bushmills farmer, 21k £103 (491); Dunloy farmer, 21k £103 (491); Kilrea farmer, 21k £103 (491); Garvagh farmer, 29k £142 (490); Ballymoney farmer, 21.5k £105 (488); Coleraine farmer, 21k £102.50 (488), 19.5k £94 (482); Dunloy farmer, 20.5k £100 (488); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £102 (486); Dungiven farmer, 21k £102 (486); Limavady farmer, 23.5k £114 (485); Randalstown farmer, 20k £97 (485);

Aghadowey farmer, 22.5k £109 (484); Antrim farmer, 22.5k £109 (484); Portglenone farmer, 20.5k £99 (483); Articlave farmer, 22k £106 (482); Rasharkin farmer, 22k £106 (482); Cookstown farmer, 23.5k £113 (481); Limavady farmer, 24k £115.50 (481); Maghera farmer, 21.5k £103.50 (481); Ballymoney farmer, 22.5k £108 (480); Garvagh farmer, 22.5k £108 (480); Magherafelt farmer, 24.5k £117.50 (480); Feeny farmer, 24k £115 (479); Glarryford farmer, 21.5k £103 (479); Macosquin farmer, 21.5k £103 (479); Ballymoney farmer, 20k £95.50 (478); Ballymoney farmer, 21.5k £102.50 (477); Garvagh farmer, 22k £105 (477); Feeny farmer, 22k £105 (477); Kilrea farmer, 22k £105 (477); Portrush farmer, 21.5k £102.50 (477); Coleraine farmer, 21k £100 (476); Cookstown farmer, 21k £100 (476) and Tobermore farmer, 22.5k £107 (476).

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

Good entry of ewes to £206.

More ewes needed.

A super entry of 70 dairy on Tuesday 22nd August to a top price of £2020 for a second calver.

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

Dungannon farmer, second calver to £2020, calved heifer to £1580; Ballyclare farmer, calved cow to £1760, calved heifer to £1660; Moneymore farmer, second calvers to £1755, £1555 and Coleraine farmer, calved heifers to £1720, £1620, springer to £1540.

More stock required weekly.

A super entry of 400 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 23rd August at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £1600, heifers to £1610, fat cows and bulls to £1860.

Fat cows: 140 on offer, flying trade.

Rasharkin farmer, 500k Limousin £1320 (264), 520k £1260 (242), 570k £1360 (239);

Ballymoney farmer, 480k Limousin £1220 (254); Tobermore farmer, 650k Simmental £1650 (254), 510k £1260 (247), 500k £1230 (246), 560k £1360 (243), 570k £1350 (237), 540k £1260 (233), 670k £1560 (233), 480k £1060 (221); Ballyronan farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1150 £245), 470k £1100 (234); Macosquin farmer, 600k Aberdeen Angus £1450 (242), 540k £1190 (220); Ballymoney farmer, 520k Fleckvieh £1230 (237); Glarryford farmer, 600k Fleckvieh £1420 (237); Upperlands farmer, 490k Aberdeen Angus £1160 (237); Maghera farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1300 (236), 490k £1000 (204); Coleraine farmer, 370k Limousin £850 (230); Limavady farmer, 540k Hereford £1230 (228), 590k £1320 (224), 640k Aberdeen Angus £1410 (220), 600k Hereford £1310 (218); Swatragh farmer, 520k Limousin £1170 (225); Moneymore farmer, 830k Friesian £1860 (224); Maghera farmer, 460k Friesian £1010 (220), 480k £1030 (215); Armoy farmer, 640k Limousin £1380 (216); Swatragh farmer, 620k Limousin £1340 (216); Pomeroy farmer, 580k Bazadaise £1240 (214); Crumlin farmer, 610k Limousin £1300 (213); Tobermore farmer, 700k Holstein £1460 (209); Ballymoney farmer, 570k Holstein £1180 (207); Rasharkin farmer, 570k Aberdeen Angus £1180 (207); Portglenone farmer, 570k Hereford £1170 (205) and Portglenone farmer, 480k Holstein £960 (200).

Suckler

Coleraine farmer, Charolais heifer with Charolais bull calf at foot to £1780.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Limavady farmer, 440k Limousin £1430 (325), 420k £1190 (283), 370k £960 (260), 470k £1200 (258); Local farmer, 440k Limousin £1340 (305), 380k £1160 (305), 470k £1400 (298), 520k £1480 (285), 410k £1140 (278), 290k £780 (269), 370k £990 (268), 420k £950 (226); Maghera farmer, 500k Charolais £1500 (300), 520k £1550 (298), 520k £1510 (290), 550k £1590 (289), 510k £1420 (278), 570k £1580 (277), 470k £1290 (275), 520k £1430 (275), 550k £1500 (273), 590k £1610 (273), 550k £1480 (269), 560k £1500 (268), 540k £1430 (265), 570k £1500 (263), 490k £1290 (263), 520k £1360 (262), 520k £1450 (279), 550k £1410 (256), 560k £1400 (250); Antrim farmer, 420k Charolais £1240 (295), 440k £1240 (282), 530k £1390 (262), 390k Limousin £1000 (256); Magherafelt farmer, 520k Limousin £1470 (283), 500k £1380 (276), 480k £1260 (263), 500k £1160 (232); Londonderry farmer, 470k Limousin £1330 (283), 540k £1500 (278), 510k £1420 (278), 550k Aberdeen Angus £1500 (273), 500k Limousin £1360 (272), 520k £1380 (265), 550k £1440 (262); Claudy farmer, 410k Charolais £1140 (278), 460k £1210 (263), 440k £1120 (255), 440k £1100 (250), 450k £1110 (247); Maghera farmer, 430k Limousin £1180 (274); Kilrea farmer, 330k Charolais £890 (270), 370k Limousin £950 (257), 380k Charolais £960 (253); Garvagh farmer, 390k Aberdeen Angus £1000 (256), 400k £920 (230), 330k Belgian Blue £750 (227); Glarryford farmer, 540k Charolais £1380 (256); Londonderry farmer, 320k Limousin £820 (256), 350k £810 (231), 400k £920 (230); Ballymoney farmer, 380k Simmental £960 (253), 430k Limousin £1060 (247), 460k £1120 (244), 390k £880 (226); Portstewart farmer, 500k Belgian Blue £1260 (252), 500k £1230 (246), 550k Aberdeen Angus £1310 (238); Ballymoney farmer, 490k Charolais £1210 (247), 380k Limousin £880 (232), 440k £970 (221); Ballymoney farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1360 (247), 540k £1330 (246), 590k £1410 (239), 570k £1360 (239); Ballycastle farmer, 450k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (240), 450k £1060 (236), 430k £940 (219); Portglenone farmer, 540k Hereford £1280 (237); Ballymoney farmer, 490k Friesian £1120 (229); Ballymoney farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1070 (228), 420k £880 (210); Londonderry farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1250 (227), 530k Hereford £1140 (215); Maghera farmer, 390k Aberdeen Angus £850 (218), 390k £830 (213), 430k £910 (212) and Coleraine farmer, 390k Hereford £830 (213).

Steers

Portglenone farmer, 390k Limousin £1280 (328), 360k £950 (264); Kilrea farmer, 270k Limousin £840 (311), 220k £630 (286), 380k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1000 (263), 320k Hereford £760 (238), 390k Blonde d'Aquitaine £920 (236); Ballymena farmer, 420k Limousin £1260 (300), 400k £1140 (285), 430k £1190 (277), 420k £1120 (267), 430k £1150 (267), 290k £770 (266), 430k £1140 (265), 380k £970 (255), 360k £800 (222); Kilrea farmer, 360k Charolais £1080 (300), 420k Aberdeen Angus £1050 (250); Glarryford farmer, 320k Simmental £900 (281); Kilrea farmer, 450k Aberdeen Angus £1260 (280), 440k Charolais £1220 (277), 500k Limousin £1370 (274), 390k Aberdeen Angus £1050 (269), 450k Simmental £1150 (256), 430k Limousin £1090 (254), 420k £1060 (252), 490k Charolais £1200 (245), 460k Aberdeen Angus £1120 (244), 460k £1100 (239); Coleraine farmer, 430k Limousin £1190 (277), 450k Aberdeen Angus £1160 (258), 530k £1340 (253), 570k £1440 (253), 460k Limousin £1160 (252), 510k £1280 (251); Rasharkin farmer, 310k Charolais £860 (277), 390k Belgian Blue £1070 (274); Garvagh farmer, 310k Charolais £840 (271), 340k Aberdeen Angus £830 (244); Magherafelt farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1460 (266), 590k Hereford £1550 (263), 600k Limousin £1550 (258), 590k £1520 (258); Ballymoney farmer, 450k Limousin £1190 (264), 500k Aberdeen Angus £1180 (236);

Portstewart farmer, 580k Belgian Blue £1500 (259), 520k £1340 (258), 640k £1600 (250), 490k Aberdeen Angus £1200 (245), 580k Belgian Blue £1410 (243), 590k £1430 (242), 580k Aberdeen Angus £1380 (238), 600k Belgian Blue £1410 (235), 480k £1120 (233); Kilraughts farmer, 560k Aberdeen Angus £1440 (257), 590k Hereford £1440 (244), 580k Aberdeen Angus £1380 (238), 510k Friesian £1170 (229), 510k Aberdeen Angus £1150 (226); Kilrea farmer, 590k Aberdeen Angus £1470 (249), 570k Hereford £1380 (242), 490k Friesian £1180 (241), 530k Aberdeen Angus £1270 (240), 610k £1440 (236), 560k £1270 (227), 530k £1200 (226), 530k Hereford £1190 (225); Newtownabbey farmer, 350k Shorthorn beef £860 (246), 340k £830 (244); Portstewart farmer, 490k Belgian Blue £1200 (245); Bellaghy farmer, 530k Stabiliser £1290 (243), 590k Aberdeen Angus £1400 (237), 520k Shorthorn beef £1150 (221); Bellarena farmer, 400k Simmental £970 (243), 370k Hereford £880 (238); Magherafelt farmer, 500k Simmental £1190 (238), 590k £1390 (236), 570k £1320 (232), 480k Belgian Blue £1100 (229); Randalstown farmer, 510k Simmental £1190 (233), 450k Shorthorn beef £1020 (227); Ballymoney farmer, 510k Aberdeen Angus £1160 (228) and Ballymoney farmer, 600k Aberdeen Angus £1360 (227).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.