Super entry of fat cows at Kilrea Mart, steers selling to £1750

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Randalstown farmer, Belgian Blue £580; Strabane farmer, Belgian Blue £500, £440; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £450; Glarryford farmer, Belgian Blue £435, Aberdeen Angus £405; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £425, £345; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £425, Friesian £405, £310; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £410, £375, £315; Desertmartin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £405; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £390, £265; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £385, £360, £270; Glarryford farmer, Fleckvieh £365, £315, £200; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £365; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £335; Strabane farmer, Belgian Blue £335, £295, £285; Ballyclare farmer, Aberdeen Angus £325; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £310, Limousin £270; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £300; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £265 and Dervock farmer, Friesian £245, £215.

Heifer calves

Randalstown farmer, Belgian Blue £560; Strabane farmer, Belgian Blue £480, £440, £380, £370; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £440, £250; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £430; Desertmartin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £355, £285; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £315, £255; Macosquin farmer, Stabiliser £295 Limousin £220, Fleckvieh £200; Culnady farmer, Holstein £285, Holstein £260; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280; Strabane farmer, Belgian Blue £275, £245, £240; Loughgiel farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270; Londonderry farmer, Friesian £250; Ballymoney farmer, Charolais £245; Ballyclare farmer, Belted Galloway £215 and Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £405.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (70)

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 £755 and 341 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A smaller entry of 850 on Monday 28th August met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs selling to £5.06 per kg and to top of £114.

Fat ewes selling to £224.

Lambs

Garvagh farmer, 17k £86 (506); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £101 (481); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £101 (481), 20.5k £98.50 (481); Bendooragh farmer, 21.5k £103.50 (481), 21.5k £101.50 (472); Cookstown farmer, 21k £101 (481); Garvagh farmer, 21k £100 (476); Tobermore farmer, 21k £100 (476); Ballymoney farmer, 19.5k £92.50 (474); Garvagh farmer, 21.5k £102 (474); Ballymoney farmer, 21.5k £101.50 (472); Coleraine farmer, 21.5k £101 (470); Tobermore farmer, 18.5k £67 (470); Tobermore farmer, 22k £103 (468); Coleraine farmer, 24k £112 (467); Cullybackey farmer, 21k £98 (467); Garvagh farmer, 21.5k £100.50 (467) and Garvagh farmer, 21k £98 (467).

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

Good entry of ewes to £224.

More ewes needed.

A small entry of dairy on Tuesday 29th August to a top price of £1640 for a calved heifer.

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

Coleraine farmer, calved heifer to £1640 and Ballyclare farmer, calved cow to £1580.

More stock required weekly.

A super entry of 470 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 30th August at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers selling to £1750.

Heifers selling to £1690.

Fat cows and bulls selling to £1600.

Fat cows: 120 on offer, flying trade.

Londonderry farmer, 560k Limousin £1460 (261); Dungiven farmer, 360k Belgian Blue £890 (247), 460k £1070 (233), 480k £1070 (223); Rasharkin farmer, 560k Limousin £1340 (239), 610k Hereford £1420 (233); Crumlin farmer, 560k Aberdeen Angus £1330 (238); Portglenone farmer, 600k Aberdeen Angus £1430 (238), 390k Blonde d'Aquitaine £870 (223); Ballymoney farmer, 530k Fleckvieh £1230 (232), 450k £1030 (229), 540k Shorthorn beef £1220 (226), 470k Fleckvieh £1060 (226), 550k £1180 (215); Pomeroy farmer, 380k Limousin £860 (226); Ballymena farmer, 600k Fleckvieh £1330 (222), 510k Parthenais £1130 (222); Kilrea farmer, 730k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1600 (219); Ahoghill farmer, 720k Aberdeen Angus £1540 (214); Maghera farmer, 480k Friesian £1020 (213) and Garvagh farmer, 660k Holstein £1390 (211).

Suckler

Garvagh farmer, Blonde d'Aquitaine cow with Limousin heifer calf at foot to £1520.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Castlerock farmer, 480k Limousin £1380 (288), 470k £1260 (268), 410k Belgian Blue £940 (229), 420k Simmental £900 (214); Macosquin farmer, 390k Charolais £1120 (287), 420k Limousin £1200 (286), 430k Charolais £1170 (272), 390k £1060 (272), 420k £1090 (260), 480k £1240 (258); Aghadowey farmer, 370k Limousin £1010 (273), 500k Limousin £1340 (268); Cullybackey farmer, 540k Charolais £1460 (270), 540k £1450 (269), 590k £1570 (268), 640k £1690 (264), 500k Limousin £1290 (258), 510k Charolais £1290 (253), 600k Limousin £1520 (253), 570k Charolais £1420 (249), 580k £1400 (241), 580k £1380 (238); 550k £1280 (233); Limavady farmer, 370k Charolais £990 (268), 380k Limousin £930 (245); Aghadowey farmer, 360k Limousin £960 (267); Randalstown farmer, 420k Charolais £1120 (267); Drumsurn farmer, 350k Limousin £930 (266), 320k £810 (253), 360k £840 (233), 410k £910 (222); Randalstown farmer, 450k Charolais £1190 (264), 460k Simmental £1160 (252), 410k Charolais £980 (239), 470k £1100 (234); Ballymoney farmer, 450k Charolais £1170 (260); Rasharkin farmer, 330k Limousin £850 (258), 320k £750 (234), 340k £790 (232), 380k £880 (232); Rasharkin farmer, 550k Limousin £1420 (258); Cullybackey farmer, 460k Limousin £1160 (252), 460k £1090 (237), 490k Simmental £1100 (225); Magherafelt farmer, 460k Simmental £1160 (252), 390k Blonde d'Aquitaine £960 (246), 440k Simmental £1010 (230), 470k £1080 (230), 480k Aberdeen Angus £1100 (229), 330k £730 (221), 350k Hereford £750 (214), 420k Aberdeen Angus £900 (214); Coleraine farmer, 580k Aberdeen Angus £1450 (250), 580k £1380 (238), 560k £1320 (236), 560k £1290 (230), 530k Hereford £1200 (226); Rasharkin farmer, 490k Charolais £1220 (249), 480k £1170 (244), 440k £1040 (236), 440k £1020 (232); Limavady farmer, 400k Limousin £980 (245), 360k £840 (233), 385k £890 (231), 380k £840 (221), 420k Aberdeen Angus £890 (212), 420k Stabiliser £890 (212); Ballymoney farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1200 (240), 550k £1310 (238), 530k £1250 (236), 540k £1270 (235), 530k £1210 (228); Glarryford farmer, 360k Aberdeen Angus £860 (239); Macosquin farmer, 530k Belgian Blue £1260 (238), 530k £1220 (230), 400k Hereford £910 (228), 440k Aberdeen Angus £1000 (227), 350k Hereford £790 (226), 430k Aberdeen Angus £930 (216); Portrush farmer, 450k Belgian Blue £1070 (238), 480k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (225), 450k Hereford £990 (220), 420k Aberdeen Angus £880 (210); Kilrea farmer, 300k Blonde d'Aquitaine £710 (237), 390k Belgian Blue £830 (213); Garvagh farmer, 530k Belgian Blue £1240 (234), 570k Hereford £1280 (225), 440k Belgian Blue £990 (225), 450k £1000 (222); Coleraine farmer, 300k Limousin £700 (233), 360k £820 (228), 450k Belgian Blue £1000 (222), 370k Limousin £820 (222), 390k Belgian Blue £860 (221), 400k £880 (220), 410k £900 (220), 360k Limousin £790 (219), 350k £760 (217); Aghadowey farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1160 (232), 500k £1060 (212); Garvagh farmer, 390k Aberdeen Angus £890 (228), 360k £760 (211); Swatragh farmer, 390k Charolais £890 (228), 360k Aberdeen Angus £810 (225); Macosquin farmer, 440k Aberdeen Angus £990 (225), 410k £920 (224), 440k £970 (221); Bushmills farmer, 540k Belgian Blue £1190 (220); Ballymoney farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1020 (217); Limavady farmer, 430k Aberdeen Angus £930 (216), 460k £990 (215), 470k £1010 (215), 470k Hereford £1000 (213); Macosquin farmer, 430k Aberdeen Angus £910 (212) and Claudy farmer, 440k Simmental £930 (211).

Steers

Ballymoney farmer, 480k Charolais £1390 (290), 530k £1450 (274), 570k £1390 (244), 540k £1300 (241); Portglenone farmer, 370k Limousin £1060 (287), 380k £1080 (284), 430k £1190 (277), 410k £1100 (268), 440k £1150 (261), 440k Fleckvieh £980 (223), Aghadowey farmer, 430k Simmental £1190 (277), 390k £1060 (272), 380k £1010 (266), 450k £1190 (264), 510k Aberdeen Angus £1320 (259), 390k £950 (244), 390k Simmental £940 (241), 530k Aberdeen Angus £1270 (240), 370k £880 (238), 380k Simmental £900 (237); Aghadowey farmer, 370k Limousin £1010 (273), 370k £850 (230); Portglenone farmer, 390k Charolais £1060 (272), 360k £920 (256); Portglenone farmer, 590k Charolais £1580 (268), 630k £1580 (251), 600k Limousin £1500 (250), 560k Hereford £1270 (227); Magherafelt farmer, 440k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1140 (259), 490k Simmental £1210 (247); Cullybackey farmer, 450k Limousin £1130 (251), 460k Aberdeen Angus £1110 (241), 460k Limousin £1110 (241), 460k Aberdeen Angus £1100 (239), 440k Stabiliser £1000 (227); Coleraine farmer, 640k Aberdeen Angus £1600 (250), 670k £1670 (249), 720k £1750 (243), 660k Hereford £1490 (226), 690k £1560 (226); Macosquin farmer, 410k Limousin £1020 (249); Kilrea farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1250 (250), 460k £1140 (248), 500k £1240 (248), 480k £1180 (246), 500k Hereford £1200 (240), 620k Aberdeen Angus £1480 (239), 520k Hereford £1240 (239), 580k £1380 (238), 520k £1220 (235), 460k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (235), 500k Belgian Blue £1170 (234), 480k Aberdeen Angus £1110 (231), 510k £1180 (231), 480k Belgian Blue £1100 (229), 460k £1050 (228), 460k Aberdeen Angus £1050 (228), 470k Belgian Blue £1070 (228), 410k Hereford £930 (227), 440k Aberdeen Angus £1000 (227), 530k Hereford £1200 (226), 520k £1170 (225), 490k £1100 (225), 420k £940 (224), 550k Simmental £1230 (224); Portglenone farmer, 500k Limousin £1240 (248), 570k £1390 (244), 620k £1460 (236); Coleraine farmer, 330k Limousin £810 (246), 450k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (240), 390k £910 (233); Portrush farmer, 480k Belgian Blue £1170 (244), 420k Aberdeen Angus £990 (236), 500k £1170 (234), 450k Belgian Blue £1050 (233), 520k Hereford £1180 (227); Garvagh farmer, 530k Hereford £1280 (242), 470k £1100 (234), 550k Aberdeen Angus £1240 (226); Rasharkin farmer, 540k Hereford £1280 (237), 560k Fleckvieh £1240 (221); Greysteel farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £1180 (227), 540k £1220 (226), 580k £1300 (224), 520k £1160 (223); Toomebridge farmer, 560k Limousin £1270 (227); Ballymoney farmer, 530k Aberdeen Angus £1200 (226); Coleraine farmer, 550k Friesian £1240 (226), 520k Aberdeen Angus £1170 (225), Garvagh farmer, 360k Aberdeen Angus £800 (222) and Portglenone farmer, 360k Simmental £800 (222).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.