Super trade for dairy stock with prices to £2500 at Kilrea Mart

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

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Randalstown farmer, Charolais £590, £460; Moneymore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £480, £450, £400; Portglenone farmer, Simmental £440, Aberdeen Angus £360, Simmental £355; Rasharkin farmer, Belgian Blue £415, Hereford £400, Friesian £240; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £400, Aberdeen Angus £330, Belgian Blue £320, Limousin £290; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £390; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £380; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £375; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £370; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £365, Hereford £320, Aberdeen Angus £290; Limavady farmer, Limousin £365; Draperstown farmer, Limousin £360; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350, £290, Belgian Blue £245; Dungiven farmer, Belgian Blue £345, £340, Hereford £310, Belgian Blue £295, £270, £250; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £340, £265; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £340, Aberdeen Angus £330, £260; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330, Belgian Blue £320, Aberdeen Angus £300, £265; Finvoy farmer, Belgian Blue £330, Aberdeen Angus £310; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330, £200; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £325; Glarryford farmer, Friesian £305; Toomebridge farmer, Holstein £300; Ballykelly farmer, Saler £280; Tobermore farmer, Charolais £230 and Glarryford farmer, Friesian £210.

heifer calves

Randalstown farmer, Charolais £530, £460; Randalstown farmer, Charolais £500, £400; Limavady farmer, Limousin £470, £345; Rasharkin farmer, Belgian Blue £430, Aberdeen Angus £415; Moneymore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £420; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £395; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £390; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £370, £250; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £360, £345, £310; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360, Limousin £360, £240; Dungiven farmer, Belgian Blue £335, £325, Hereford £255, £245, £220; Portglenone farmer, Simmental £320; Finvoy farmer, Belgian Blue £310; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300, £220; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £295; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £290 ;Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £285; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £280; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £280; Aghadowey farmer, Hereford £260, Aberdeen Angus £200 and Ballykelly farmer, Saler £205.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £305.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (90)

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 sold to top of £755 and 314ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

Friday, October 16, 2020: A good entry of calves met a flying trade for all types on offer.

Steers sold to 308ppk and heifers sold to 3.13ppk.

Bull calves

Garvagh farmer, 250k Charolais £770 (308), 260k Charolais £790 (304), 300k £830 (277), 240k Limousin £600 (250); Ballymoney farmer, 280k Aberdeen Angus £840 (300), 210k Blonde d’Aquitaine £610 (291), 320k Aberdeen Angus £910 (284), 230k Blonde d’Aquitaine £600 (261), 250k Aberdeen Angus £640 (256), 300k £750 (250), 300k £690 (230), 290k Blonde d’Aquitaine £630 (217); Maghera farmer, 300k Limousin £880 (293), 310k £880 (284); Claudy farmer, 190k Limousin £550 (290), 260k Hereford £720 (277), 270k Limousin £710 (263), 240k £600 (250), 260k £650 (250); Limavady farmer, 300k Limousin £830 (277), 350k £840 (240); Garvagh farmer, 250k Limousin £650 (260); Ballymena farmer, 290k Limousin £730 (252); Cookstown farmer, 390k Charolais £880 (226); Crumlin farmer, 270k Aberdeen Angus £610 (226) and Coleraine farmer, 490k Aberdeen Angus £1100 (225).

heifer calves

Maghera farmer, 390k Limousin £1220 (313); Garvagh farmer, 250k Limousin £720 (288), 300k Limousin £790 (263), 290k Charolais £760 (262), 280k Limousin £690 (246); Kilrea farmer, 150k Limousin £580 (387), 270k Blonde d’Aquitaine £670 (248); Macosquin farmer, 230k Limousin £640 (278), 260k £700 (269); Garvagh farmer, 250k Limousin £680 (272); Claudy farmer, 310k Limousin £820 (265), 230k £590 (257); Ballymena farmer, 280k Limousin £690 (246), 280k £660 (236), 270k £630 (233), 300k £680 (227); Dungiven farmer, 300k Limousin £730 (243); Cookstown farmer, 320k Charolais £750 (234) and Castlerock farmer, 330k Charolais £760 (230), 340k £780 (229), 340k £770 (227).

Monday, October 19, 2020: A great entry of 720 fat lambs and ewes met a sharp trade with lambs in strong demand as buyers keen for sheep.

Lambs sold to 4.18 per kg and to top of £95. Fat ewes sold to £112.

Lambs

Coleraine farmer, 20k £83.50 (418); Coleraine farmer, 21k £86 (410), 16.5k £67 (406), 18k £71.50 (397); Aghadowey farmer, 23k £93 (404); Cloughmills farmer, 21k £84.50 (402); Aghadowey farmer, 17.5k £70 (400); Coleraine farmer, 21k £84 (400); Garvagh farmer, 22k £88 (400); Kilrea farmer, 19k £76 (400); Limavady farmer, 21.5k £86 (400); Macosquin farmer, 22k £88 (400), 223k £90 (391); Ballymoney farmer, 21.5k £85 (395); Draperstown farmer, 21k £83 (395), 18k £71 (394); Limavady farmer, 19k £75 (395); Aghadowey farmer, 223.5k £92.50 (394); Rasharkin farmer, 23.5k £92 (392), 23k £90 (391); Coleraine farmer, 22k £86 (391); Dunloy farmer, 23.5k £92 (391); Knockloughrim farmer, 23k £90 (391) and Rasharkin farmer, 23k £90 (391).

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

Ewes sold to £112.

Brisk demand for all types on offer.

Tuesday, October 20, 2020: A super entry of 135 dairy stock met a super trade.

Limavady farmer, second calvers to £2500, £2380, £2240, £2040, £1980, £1880, £1840, £1800, third calvers to £2180, £1880, calved heifers to £2400, £2140, £2000, £1940, £1920, £1900; Coleraine farmer, calved heifers to £2420, £1980, £1900; Cookstown farmer, calved heifer to £1900 and Ringsend farmer, calved heifer to £1720.

More stock required weekly.

Wednesday, October 21, 2020: A super entry of 350 fat cow, suckler and store cattle met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers sold to £1500, heifers sold to £1230, fat cows sold to £1500 and sucklers sold to £1760.

Fat cows: (140 on offer. Flying trade - more required)

Crumlin farmer, 780k Limousin £1500 (192);Ringsend farmer, 610k Limousin £1060 (174), 680k Parthenais £1060 (156), 700k Limousin £990 (141); Dunloy farmer, 730k Limousin £1140 (156); Finvoy farmer, 690k Holstein £1060 (154), 630k £950 (151), 740k £880 (119), 630k £740 (118); Cushendun farmer, 850k Blonde d’Aquitaine £1300 (153), 660k Simmental £990 (150), 760k Limousin £1090 (143); Limavady farmer, 570k Limousin £870 (153), 650k £940 (145), 680k Hereford £880 (129); Claudy farmer, 790k Simmental £1180 (149); Bushmills farmer, 520k Aberdeen Angus £760 (146); Dungiven farmer, 530k Simmental £770 (145); Ballyronan farmer, 640k Aberdeen Angus £900 (141), 690k £950 (138); Swatragh farmer, 700k Aberdeen Angus £990 (141), 710k Hereford £980 (138), 580k Limousin £790 (136); Limavady farmer, 650k Parthenais £890 (137); Castlerock farmer, 780k Aberdeen Angus £1060 (136); Ballykelly farmer, 780k Holstein £1040 (133), 650k £850 (131); Ballymoney farmer, 640k Fleckvieh £850 (133), 670k £860 (128), 710k £880 (124), 670k £820 (122), 730k £860 (118), 660k £770 (117), 600k £700 (117), 610k £710 (116); Maghera farmer, 700k Simmental £930 (133), 780k £1010 (130); Coleraine farmer, 790k Friesian £1010 (128); Moneymore farmer, 530k Holstein £680 (128), 580k £700 (121); Rasharkin farmer, 700k Simmental £890 (127), 670k Simmental £780 (116); Ballymoney farmer, 770k Holstein £970 (126); Drumsurn farmer, 730k Limousin £920 (126); Tobermore farmer, 760k Holstein £960 (126); Dunloy farmer, 670k Holstein £830 (124), 700k £850 (121); Bellaghy farmer, 530k Stabiliser £650 (123); Macosquin farmer, 700k Holstein £860 (123); Cushendall farmer, 710k Aberdeen Angus £860 (121); Desertmartin farmer, 660k Friesian £820 (121); Aghadowey farmer, 590k Holstein £710 (120), 590k £710 (120), 540k £650 (120); Ballycastle farmer, 600k Friesian £720 (120), 710k £830 (117); Coleraine farmer, 760k Holstein £910 (120); Magherafelt farmer, 620k Friesian £740 (119), 640k £750 (117); Bushmills farmer, 580k Friesian £680 (117), 650k Montbeliarde £760 (117), 640k Friesian £740 (116), 680k £790 (116); Swatragh farmer, 610k Holstein £710 (116) and Macosquin farmer, 660k Holstein £760 (115).

Fat bulls: Garvagh farmer, 1260k Hereford £1700; Portglenone farmer, 550k Limousin £1170 and Garvagh farmer, 500k Limousin £102.

Suckler stock: Coleraine farmer, Hereford heifer with Speckled Park heifer calf at foot to £1760; Randalstown farmer, Limousin cow with Limousin bull calf at foot to £1560; Dungiven farmer, batch of springers, second calvers Hereford to £1380, £1290 and Macosquin farmer, Aberdeen Angus cow with Aberdeen Angus heifer calf at foot to £1330.

Heifers: Portglenone farmer, 440k Limousin £1010 (230), 340k £770 (227); Crumlin farmer, 370k Limousin £840 (227); Swatragh farmer, 440k Limousin £1000 (227), 480k £1040 (217), 520k £1090 (210), 430k £900 (209), 490k £1020 (208), 530k £1100 (208), 560k £1160 (207), 530k £1080 (204), 500k £1000 (200); Ballycastle farmer, 590k Limousin £1280 (217); Kilrea farmer, 540k Blonde d’Aquitaine £1140 (211), 480k £1000 (208), 600k Simmental £1230 (205); Glarryford farmer, 520k Charolais £1090 (210); Macosquin farmer, 340k Limousin £700 (206), 340k Simmental £690 (203), 410k Blonde d’Aquitaine £830 (202); Toomebridge farmer, 550k Belgian Blue £1130 (206); Toomebridge farmer, 470k Limousin £970 (206), 540k Charolais £1090 (202), 450k Limousin £900 (200); Drumsurn farmer, 390k Limousin £800 (205) and Kilrea farmer, 430k Aberdeen Angus £860 (200).

Steers: Macosquin farmer, 360k Limousin £900 (250), 370k £920 (249), 410k £930 (227), 380k £830 (218), 420k £890 (212), 440k £890 (202); Ballycastle farmer, 390k Charolais £930 (239), 460k Limousin £1080 (235), 460k £1010 (220), 430k £920 (214); Rasharkin farmer, 360k Limousin £830 (231); Portglenone farmer, 370k Simmental £850 (230), 490k £980 (200); Belfast farmer, 380k Charolais £870 (229), 390k £880 (226), 420k £930 (221), 450k £980 (218), 370k £800 (216); Kilrea farmer, 380k Limousin £860 (226), 420k £950 (226); 380k £770 (203); Magherafelt farmer, 470k Limousin £1050 (223), 400k £840 (210), 370k £760 (205); Macosquin farmer, 310k Belgian Blue £680 (219); Desertmartin farmer, 450k Limousin £970 (216), 590k Aberdeen Angus £1220 (207), 670k £1350 (202); 440k Limousin £880 (200); Claudy farmer, 420k Limousin £900 (214), 470k £1000 (213); Portglenone farmer, 440k Aberdeen Angus £940 (214), 420k £840 (200); Dunloy farmer, 550k Limousin £1140 (207); Ballymoney farmer, 430k Limousin £880 (205), 470k Aberdeen Angus £940 (200) and Coleraine farmer, 450k Aberdeen Angus £920 (204).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.