Super entry of dairy stock at Kilrea, top price of £2620 paid for calved heifer

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Dungannon farmer, Fleckvieh £655, £295, £200; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £545, Aberdeen Angus £390, £370, Fleckvieh £305; Lisburn farmer, Belgian Blue £530, Aberdeen Angus £500; Cookstown farmer, Belgian Blue £500, £435, Charolais £415; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £485; Armoy farmer, Belgian Blue £455, Hereford £445, Fleckvieh £435, Friesian £400; Strabane farmer, Belgian Blue £445, Fleckvieh £380, Limousin £370, Aberdeen Angus £200; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £440, Belgian Blue £435, Holstein £365, £345, £240; Armoy farmer, Belgian Blue £400, Limousin £390, £305, £285, £240; Limavady farmer, Charolais £400, £330, £300, Belgian Blue £275; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £380; Ahoghill farmer, Belgian Blue £360; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £360, £290; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £340, Aberdeen Angus £330, £325, Hereford £320, £315, £300, £295, £290, Aberdeen Angus £290, Hereford £275, Aberdeen Angus £260, Hereford £270, £250, £220; Ballykelly farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330, Saler £295, Aberdeen Angus £260, £220, £210; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £330; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £325, £300, £250; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £320; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300; Coleraine farmer, Friesian £280; Kilrea farmer, Belgian Blue £280; Aghadowey farmer, Hereford £275; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £275; Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £275, £200; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250; Maghera farmer, Limousin £235; Castlerock farmer, Belgian Blue £265;Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250 and Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200.

Heifer calves

Upperlands farmer, Hereford £625; Lisburn farmer, Aberdeen Angus £530; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £500; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £470; Armoy farmer, Belgian Blue £450, Hereford £425, £375, £365; Strabane farmer, Charolais £450, Aberdeen Angus £380; Cookstown farmer, Charolais £430, £250; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £385; Limavady farmer, Charolais £360, Belgian Blue £355; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360; Stranocum farmer, Belgian Blue £360; Dungiven farmer, Belgian Blue £350, £285, £235; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £320, Aberdeen Angus £275; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £315, Hereford £200; Ahoghill farmer, Belgian Blue £310, £270, £215; Ballymena farmer, Friesian £310, Belgian Blue £260; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300; Armoy farmer, Belgian Blue £275, Aberdeen Angus £270, Limousin £235, Aberdeen Angus £220; Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230, £225, £220, Hereford £210; Ballykelly farmer, Aberdeen Angus £220; Donemana farmer, Aberdeen Angus £215; Castlerock farmer, Belgian Blue £210; Antrim farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200 and Kilrea farmer, Belgian Blue £200.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £365.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (60)

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 £1100 and 333 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 810 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 13th March met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £5.24 per kg and to top of £128.

Fat ewes to £194.

Breeding ewes to £228.

Lambs

Portglenone farmer, 23k £120.50 (524); Templepatrick farmer, 21.5k £112 (521); Kilrea farmer, 22.5k £117 (520); Aghadowey farmer, 23.5k £122 (519); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £114 (518), 24k £120.50 (502), 23.5k £116 (494); Maghera farmer, 24k £124 (517); Ringsend farmer, 22.5k £116 (516), 22.5k £115 (511), 25k £124 (496); Dungiven farmer, 23.5k £121 (515); Greyabbey farmer, 24k £515), 24.5k £124 (506);

Limavady farmer, 22k £113 (514); Antrim farmer, 20.5k £105 (512); Dunloy farmer, 21k £107 (510); Garvagh farmer, 23k £117 (509); Kilrea farmer, 24k £122 (508); Limavady farmer, 24.5k £124 (506); Macosquin farmer, 24.5k £124 (506); Maghera farmer, 24.5k £124 (506); Tobermore farmer, 23.5k £118.50 (504); Aghadowey farmer, 23.5k £118 (502); Swatragh farmer, 24.5k £123 (502); Ballymoney farmer, 24k £120 (500); Bendooragh farmer, 23k £115 (500); Coleraine farmer, 20k £100 (500); Macosquin farmer, 24k £119 (496) and Ringsend farmer, 25k £123 (492).

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

Good entry of ewes to £194.

More ewes needed.

A super entry of 135 dairy on Tuesday 14th March to a top price of £2620 for a calved heifer.

Caledon farmer, batch of top quality calved heifers and young cows to £2620, £2500, £2480, £2380, £2320, £2300, £2280, £2260, £2180, £2100, £2080, £2060, £2000, £1960, £1940, £1900, £1880, £1860, £1800; Castlederg farmer, second calvers to £2420, £2340, £2300, £2000 and Coleraine farmer, calved heifers to £2300, £2040, third calver to £1760.

More stock required weekly.

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

A super entry of 400 fat cow, suckler and store cattle on Wednesday 15th March at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £1770 and heifers to £1890.

Fat cows and bulls to £2340.

Fat cows: 135 on offer, flying trade.

Claudy farmer, 660k Limousin £1670 (253), 770k £1800 (234), 700k £1640 (234), 780k ST £1600 (205); Ballymoney farmer, 530k Fleckvieh £1320 (249), 530k £1250 (236), 550k £1300 (236), 550k £1230 (224), 570k £1220 (214); Garvagh farmer, 750k Friesian £1760 (235), 800k Fleckvieh £1760 (220), 720k £1450 (201), 700k £1400 (200); Crumlin farmer, 730k Limousin £1710 (234); Ballymoney farmer, 570k Fleckvieh £1310 (230); Toomebridge farmer, 700k Limousin £1610 (230); Magherafelt farmer, 420k Hereford £960 (229), 400k Limousin £900 (225); Ballymoney farmer, 540k Friesian £1230 (228), 810k Montbeliarde £1550 (191); Clough farmer, 710k Simmental £1580 (223), 520k Belgian Blue £1020 (196); Bushmills farmer, 690k Limousin £1490 (216); Cullybackey farmer, 460k Holstein £980 (213); Ballintoy farmer, 460k Friesian £970 (211), 660k £1190 (180); Macosquin farmer, 710k Limousin £1500 (211), 1200k Hereford £2340 (195); Maghera farmer, 700k Charolais £1480 (211); Magherafelt farmer, 560k Holstein £1180 (211); Ballymoney farmer, 890k Holstein £1870 (210); Portglenone farmer, 630k Friesian £1320 (210), 710k £1380 (194), 480k Norwegian Red £920 (192), 610k Friesian £1120 (184), 610k £1090 (179), 630k £1130 (179), 740k Fleckvieh £1300 (176); Cullybackey farmer, 690k Charolais £1440 (209); Kilrea farmer, 1060k Limousin £2220 (209); Ballymena farmer, 500k Limousin £1040 (208), 530k £1060 (200), 620k Simmental £1240 (200), 500k £900 (180), 510k Limousin £900 (177), 500k Aberdeen Angus £850 (170); Magherafelt farmer, 640k Holstein £1330 (208); Macosquin farmer, 670k Aberdeen Angus £1390 (208); Glarryford farmer, 660k Montbeliarde £1360 (206); Glenariff farmer, 600k Limousin £1230 (205); Aghadowey farmer, 650k Friesian £1320 (203), 640k £1230 (192), 680k £1290 (190), 770k £1440 (187), 640k £1140 (178); Ballymoney farmer, 580k Belgian Blue £1180 (203); Castlerock farmer, 660k Simmental £1340 (203); Glarryford farmer, 580k Montbeliarde £1180 (203), 660k Fleckvieh £1290 (196); Bushmills farmer, 770k Montbeliarde £1540 (200), 750k £1460 (195), 730k Friesian £1310 (180); Toomebridge farmer, 540k Holstein £1080 (200), 480k £930 (194); Antrim farmer, 750k Holstein £1490 (199), 590k Ayrshire £1060 (180), 720k Holstein £1370 (190); Portglenone farmer, 660k Belgian Blue £1300 (197), 960k Fleckvieh £1890 (197); Magherafelt farmer, 350k Friesian £680 (194), 400k £740 (185), 380k £680 (179); Maghera farmer, 700k Holstein £1330 (190); Kilrea farmer, 400k Aberdeen Angus £740 (185); Glarryford farmer, 730k Friesian £1340 (184); Dunloy farmer, 650k Limousin £1160 (179); Portglenone farmer, 600k Belgian Blue £1040 (173) and Ballymoney farmer, 460k Holstein £790 (172).

Suckler

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Randalstown farmer, 280k Saler £990 (354), 285k £850 (298), 320k £920 (288), 250k £690 (276), 330k £870 (264); Portglenone farmer, 540k Charolais £1750 (324), 610k £1890 (310), 610k £1860 (305), 590k £1730 (293), 640k £1810 (283), 630k £1760 (279); Dunloy farmer, 390k Charolais £1240 (318), 450k £1400 (311), 360k £1110 (308), 410k £1250 (305), 450k Limousin £1370 (304), 350k Charolais £1050 (300), 440k £1260 (286), 430k £1210 (281), 450k £1260 (280), 390k £1010 (259), 450k £1110 (247), 470k Limousin £1140 (243), 370k Charolais £890 (241); Macosquin farmer, 300k Limousin £950 (317), 340k £1070 (315), 350k £1070 (306), 310k £870 (281), 320k £890 (278), 330k £890 (270), 340k £910 (268), 340k £900 (265), 330k £820 (249); Crumlin farmer, 460k Limousin £1440 (313), 410k £1220 (298), 420k £1240 (295), 400k £1160 (290), 430k £1240 (288); Magherafelt farmer, 430k Limousin £1300 (302), 440k £1300 (296), 500k £1420 (284), 460k £1300 (283), 480k £1350 (281), 480k £1310 (273), 460k £1240 (270), 570k £1350 (237); Toomebridge farmer, 290k Limousin £870 (300); Kilrea farmer, 280k Simmental £820 (293), 270k Hereford £760 (282), 330k £800 (242); Randalstown farmer, 420k Simmental £1230 (293); Dunloy farmer, 560k Charolais £1570 (280); Dunloy farmer, 520k Charolais £1450 (279), 500k £1380 (276), 560k £1540 (275), 530k £1430 (270), 520k £1270 (244); Bellaghy farmer, 570k Belgian Blue £1560 (274), 500k Hereford £1230 (246); Magherafelt farmer, 440k Limousin £1180 (268); Ballymena farmer, 410k Aberdeen Angus £1090 (266), 450k Charolais £1190 (264);Dunloy farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £1320 (254), 480k £1180 (246), 470k £1120 (238); Coleraine farmer, 450k Belgian Blue £1120 (249), 490k £1180 (241); Garvagh farmer, 370k Aberdeen Angus £920 (249), 320k £780 (244); Ballymena farmer, 370k Limousin £910 (246); Ballymoney farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £1240 (239); Bendooragh farmer, 660k Aberdeen Angus £1560 (236); Ballymoney farmer, 510k Belgian Blue £1200 (235); Glarryford farmer, 460k Friesian £1070 (233); Maghera farmer, 330k Aberdeen Angus £760 (230) and Portglenone farmer, 435k Hereford £1000 (230).

Steers

Dungiven farmer, 360k Charolais £1360 (378), 340k Limousin £1250 (368), 360k £1320 (367), 320k £1110 (347), 320k £1100 (344), 320k £1090 (341), 330k £1120 (339), 360k Limousin £1200 (333), 350k £1150 (329), 320k Charolais £1040 (325), 360k Limousin £1150 (319), 340k Limousin £1080 (318), 370k £1160 (314), 350k Charolais £1100 (314), 340k £1060 (312), 360k Saler £1120 (311), 320k Limousin £970 (303), 370k £1120 (303), 320k Saler £970 (303), 330k Limousin £950 (288), 410k Charolais £1100 (268), 390k £1040 (267), 440k £1060 (241); Kilrea farmer, 290k Limousin £970 (335), 320k Aberdeen Angus £910 (284), 360k Limousin £1020 (283), 370k Charolais £900 (243), 330k Simmental £800 (242); Belfast farmer, 300k Charolais £1000 (333), 300k Limousin £990 (330), 370k Charolais £1180 (319), 310k Limousin £980 (316), 330k £1010 (306), 350k £990 (283); Kilrea farmer, 280k Hereford £880 (314); Draperstown farmer, 360k Aberdeen Angus £1090 (303), 300k £900 (300), 340k £980 (288), 360k £1030 (286), 350k £1000 (286), 350k £980 (280), 420k £1150 (274), 360k £980 (272), 380k £1030 (271), 290k £770 (266), 420k Simmental £1090 (260), 330k Aberdeen Angus £800 (242); Macosquin farmer, 330k Limousin £1000 (303), 340k £1000 (294), 350k £990 (283), 340k £920 (271), 330k £890 (270), 350k £930 (266), 310k £800 (258), 350k £900 (257); Portglenone farmer, 480k Limousin £1450 (302), 480k £1330 (277); Kilrea farmer, 490k Charolais £1470 (300), 440k Limousin £1240 (282), 540k Charolais £1500 (278), 480k Limousin £1330 (277), 570k Saler £1570 (275), 610k Aberdeen Angus £1570 (257), 610k £1490 (244); Antrim farmer, 550k Simmental £1620 (295), 560k Limousin £1600 (286); Kilrea farmer, 460k Limousin £1340 (291), 450k £1260 (280), 540k £1430 (265); Ballymena farmer, 410k Aberdeen Angus £1190 (290); Randalstown farmer, 350k Aberdeen Angus £1010 (289), 340k £980 (288), 350k £1000 (286), 340k Simmental £970 (285), 500k Aberdeen Angus £1390 (278), 390k Simmental £1080 (277), 420k £1140 (271), 460k Aberdeen Angus £1210 (263), 530k Simmental £1370 (259), 350k £910 (260); Ballymena farmer, 480k Simmental £1380 (288), 400k £1120 (280), 420k Limousin £1130 (269), 560k Simmental £1480 (264); Templepatrick farmer, 450k Limousin £1250 (278), 440k £11790 (266), 430k £1070 (249), 380k £940 (247); Randalstown farmer, 620k Limousin £1690 (273), 630k £1670 (265), 660k Aberdeen Angus £1700 (258), 640k £1600 (250), 710k Hereford £1770 (249), 660k £1600 (242), 670k Belgian Blue £1620 (242); Desertmartin farmer, 360k Aberdeen Angus £980 (272), 360k £950 (264), 360k £940 (261), 380k £970 (255), 360k £910 (253), 400k £1000 (250); Portglenone farmer, 510k Limousin £1370 (269); Coleraine farmer, 410k Charolais £1100 (268), 410k Belgian Blue £1030 (251) and Cullybackey farmer, 460k Limousin £1120 (244).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.