Top price of £2060 paid for a calved heifer at Kilrea Mart dairy sale

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

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Portglenone farmer, Limousin £710, Friesian £580; Londonderry farmer, Limousin £700, Aberdeen Angus £590, £325; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £690, Charolais £600; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £560, £310; Strabane farmer, Belgian Blue £560, £475, Fleckvieh £380, £360, Charolais £345, Fleckvieh £210; Coleraine farmer, Fleckvieh £520, £380; Eglinton farmer, Hereford £470; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £450, Friesian £450, £300; Garvagh farmer, Belgian Blue £435, Aberdeen Angus £430, £425; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £430; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £430, £355, Belgian Blue £285; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £410, Aubrac £375, Simmental £350; Culnady farmer, Belgian Blue £380, £300; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350, £300; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £350; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £345; Articlave farmer, Aberdeen Angus £335, £305; Maghera farmer, Limousin £310, £200; Ballymoney farmer, Limousin £300; Doagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300, Friesian £265; Drumahoe farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280, Belgian Blue £250; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £280; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £265; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £260; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £250, Aberdeen Angus £200; Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £225 and Limavady farmer, Shorthorn £200.

Heifer calves

Kilrea farmer, Charolais £740, Friesian £350; Cullybackey farmer, Limousin £690, Charolais £500; Portglenone farmer, Hereford £640; Eglinton farmer, Aberdeen Angus £415, Hereford £365, Simmental £235; Strabane farmer, Aberdeen Angus £410, Charolais £330, Aberdeen Angus £320; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £405; Articlave farmer, Limousin £400, Holstein £310, Aberdeen Angus £300; Londonderry farmer, Aberdeen Angus £400, £380; Coleraine farmer, Fleckvieh £365; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £350; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £335, Simmental £325, Limousin £325, £250; Maghera farmer, Limousin £305, Belgian Blue £275, Limousin £200; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290, £270, Belgian Blue £200; Drumahoe farmer, Belgian Blue £285; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £270; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270; Culnady farmer, Belgian Blue £265; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £250; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240, £215; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230, Belgian Blue £210; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £210; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £205; Ballymoney farmer, Friesian £200 and Doagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £580. Good demand for thick types. Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (150)

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 £900 and 283 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 250 suckler calves and weanling on Friday 29th September met a flying trade for all types on offer.

Bull calves

Garvagh farmer, 250k Charolais £980 (392), 300k £890 (297), 300k Limousin £870 (290), 260k £740 (285), 230k Charolais £870 (378), 240k £890 (371), 210k £730 (348), 260k £870 (335), 320k Limousin £980 (306), 270k Charolais £800 (296), 170k Limousin £470 (277); Magherafelt farmer, 260k Limousin £1020 (392), 250k £930 (372), 260k £930 (358), 330k £1110 (336), 330k £1060 (321); 350k £1250 (357); Dungiven farmer, 210k Charolais £810 (386), 260k Limousin £880 (339), 260k Belgian Blue £720 (277); Castlerock farmer, 230k Charolais £870 (378), 390k £1240 (318), 380k £1190 (313), 410k £1240 (302), 400k £1200 (300), 290k Limousin £870 (300), 410k Charolais £1220 (298), 390k £1160 (297), 410k £1210 (295), 390k Limousin £1140 (292), 410k Charolais £1190 (290), 300k £1090 (280), 350k £980 (280), 330k £880 (267), 480k £1230 (256); Dungiven farmer, 300k Limousin £1100 (367), 350k £1230 (351), 310k Charolais £1080 (348), 310k £1040 (336), 380k Limousin £1270 (334), 370k Charolais £1230 (332), 370k £1190 (322), 440k £1410 (321), 400k £1260 (315), 430k £1300 (302), 450k £1330 (296), 370k Simmental £1040 (281); Garvagh farmer, 270k Charolais £960 (356), 240k £810 (338), 300k £810 (270), 330k £850 (258), 290k Limousin £720 (248); Randalstown farmer, 230k Charolais £800 (348), 250k Limousin £860 (344), 280k £950 (339), 280k £920 (329), 290k £850 (293), 310k £880 (284), 330k £890 (270), 320k £820 (256), 320k £800 (250), 340k £850 (250); Knockloughrim farmer, 270k Limousin £930 (344), 310k £990 (319), 310k £980 (316), 310k £950 (307); Ballymena farmer, 340k Charolais £1160 (341), 310k £970 (313), 320k £990 (309); Portglenone farmer, 310k Limousin £1040 (336), 250k £840 (336), 320k £1030 (322); Rasharkin farmer, 280k Charolais £940 (336), 230k Belgian Blue £720 (313), 280k £850 (304); Macosquin farmer, 220k Limousin £730 (332), 290k Simmental £920 (317); Broughshane farmer, 270k Aberdeen Angus £880 (326), 280k £890 (318), 310k £890 (287); Dungiven farmer, 310k Limousin £1010 (326), 520k £1510 (290), 490k £1400 (286), 500k £1420 (284); Macosquin farmer, 340k Limousin £1100 (324), 330k £890 (270); Dunloy farmer, 400k Limousin £1280 (920), 320k £980 (306), 450k £1190 (264); Randalstown farmer, 300k Limousin £950 (317), 280k £900 (321), 340k £1040 (306), 320k £960 (300), 290k £860 (297), 270k £790 (293); Crumlin farmer, 360k Charolais £1100 (306), 340k Limousin £960 (282), 390k £1100 (282), 410k Charolais £1100 (268), 390k Limousin £1040 (267); Portglenone farmer, 430k Limousin £1280 (298), 380k £1100 (290); Castlerock farmer, 290k Simmental £860 (297); Castlerock farmer, 420k Charolais £1220 (291), 450k £1290 (287), 370k £1000 (270), 370k £950 (257), 420k £1070 (255), 410k £1040 (254); Macosquin farmer, 330k Limousin £930 (282), 320k £880 (276), 330k Simmental £880 (267); Portglenone farmer, 320k Shorthorn beef £890 (278); Castlerock farmer, 410k Charolais £1120 (273); Macosquin farmer, 470k Charolais £1240 (264) and Dungiven farmer, 370k Charolais £950 (257).

Heifer calves

Castlerock farmer, 300k Charolais £1130 (377), 350k £1180 (337), 350k £1150 (329), 260k £850 (327), 330k £1040 (315), 380k £1100 (290), 410k £1180 (288), 400k £1150 (288), 340k Limousin £960 (282), 370k Charolais £1000 (270), 310k Limousin £810 (261), 400k Charolais £1030 (258); Macosquin farmer, 260k Limousin £950 (365), 260k Charolais £770 (296), 210k Simmental £570 (271); Castlerock farmer, 270k Charolais £940 (348); Rasharkin farmer, 340k Charolais £1180 (347), 320k £920 (288), 270k £760 (282); Coleraine farmer, 290k Limousin £1000 (345), 300k Charolais £980 (327), 310k Limousin £960 (310), 300k Charolais £830 (277), 280k Limousin £750 (268), 310k Simmental £830 (268), 280k Limousin £750 (268), 280k £720 (257); Garvagh farmer, 220k Charolais £740 (336), 290k £750 (259); Castlerock farmer, 320k Charolais £1070 (334), 430k £1170 (272); Dungiven farmer, 300k Limousin £970 (323), 350k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1090 (311), 310k Limousin £960 (310); Dungiven farmer, 220k Charolais £710 (323), 200k £590 (295), 190k £560 (295), 300k Limousin £810 (270); Magherafelt farmer, 300k Limousin £960 (320), 250k £800 (320), 280k £840 (300), 340k £990 (291); Castlerock farmer, 360k Charolais £1130 (314), 400k £1210 (303); Macosquin farmer, 340k Limousin £1060 (312), 280k Simmental £820 (293), 330k Limousin £930 (282), 320k £890 (278), 360k £1000 (278), 310k £830 (268), 400k £1070 (268), 390k £990 (254); Portglenone farmer, 360k Limousin £1100 (306); Garvagh farmer, 250k Charolais £750 (300), 250k £700 (280); Ballymena farmer, 310k Charolais £910 (294); Dungiven farmer, 430k Charolais £1260 (293), 380k £1100 (290), 410k £1140 (278); Randalstown farmer, 290k Limousin £840 (290); Knockloughrim farmer, 270k Limousin £770 (285); Dunloy farmer, 280k Limousin £790 (282), 390k £1080 (277), 310k £820 (265), 330k £860 (261) and Macosquin farmer, 420k Charolais £1150 (274), 470k £1260 (268), 420k £1120 (267).

A super entry of 1240 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 2nd October met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £5.05 per kg and to top of £119.50. Fat ewes to £222.

Lambs

Ballymoney farmer, 21.5k £108.50 (505); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £105.50 (502), 22k £105 (477); Coleraine farmer, 23.5k £117 (498); Armoy farmer, 15k £74 (493); Macosquin farmer, 21k £103.50 (493); Limavady farmer, 21k £103 (491), 20k £96 (480), 21.5k £101 (470); Maghera farmer, 22.5k £110 (489); Castlerock farmer, 21.5k £104.50 (486); Limavady farmer, 21.5k £104 (484), 22k £106 (482); Ballymena farmer, 21.5k £103.50 (481); Coleraine farmer, 21.5k £103.50 (481); Castledawson farmer, 21.5k £103 (479); Feeny farmer, 23k £110 (478); Aghadowey farmer, 23.5k £112 (477); Ballymoney farmer, 22.5k £107 (476); Garvagh farmer, 22.5k £107 (476); Antrim farmer, 21.5k £102 (474); Coleraine farmer, 19.5k £92.50 (474), 21.5k £101 (470); Coleraine farmer, 22k £104 (473);Cookstown farmer, 21.5k £101.50 (472); Garvagh farmer, 21k £99 (471); Limavady farmer, 22k £103.50 (471); Tobermore farmer, 21k £99 (471); Ballymena farmer, 21.5k £101 (470) and Draperstown farmer, 23k £108 (470).

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

Good entry of ewes which sold to £222.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of 20 dairy on Tuesday 3rd October to a top price of £2060 for a calved heifer.

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

Castlerock farmer, batch of fresh calved heifers to £2060, £2000, £1960, £1680 and Coleraine farmer, second calver to £1980.

More stock required weekly.

A super entry of 400 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 4th October at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers sold to £1820, heifers sold to £1740 and fat cows and bulls to £2060.

Fat cows: 165 on offer, flying trade.

Cookstown farmer, 650k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1720 (265), 680k £1770 (260), 770k £1930 (251); Pomeroy farmer, 660k Simmental £1600 (242); Castlerock farmer, 680k Piemontese £1620 (238); Garvagh farmer, 870k Limousin £2060 (237), 690k £1550 (225); Ballymena farmer, 610k Limousin £1410 (231), 610k £1190 (195); Macosquin farmer, 720k Limousin £1600 (222); Macosquin farmer, 600k Limousin £1320 (220), 650k £1330 (205); Bushmills farmer, 560k Friesian £1220 (218), 690k £1460 (212); Newtownabbey farmer, 720k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1550 (215); Broughshane farmer, 650k Holstein £1380 (212), 690k £1450 (210), 690k £1440 (209), 720k £1500 (208), 690k £1430 (207), 640k £1320 (206), 630k £1290 (205); Portglenone farmer, 910k Hereford £1930 (212); Ballymoney farmer, 760k Hereford £1580 (208) and Rasharkin farmer, 550k Friesian £1140 (207).

Suckler

Garvagh farmer, Simmental bull to £1980.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Ballymena farmer, 440k Limousin £1390 (316); Ballymoney farmer, 550k Limousin £1650 (300), 480k Charolais £1350 (281), 500k £1400 (280), 580k £1490 (257), 450k £1130 (251); Portglenone farmer, 530k Simmental £1570 (296); Glarryford farmer, 590k Limousin £1740 (295), 500k £1280 (256); Magherafelt farmer, 500k Limousin £1420 (284), 640k Belgian Blue £1680 (263), 600k Aberdeen Angus £1540 (257), 500k Limousin £1210 (242), 540k £1280 (237), 590k Charolais £1360 (231), 550k Aberdeen Angus £1230 (224); Aghadowey farmer, 490k Charolais £1340 (274), 490k £1310 (267), 490k £1280 (262), 530k £1340 (253), 490k Limousin £1220 (249); Dungannon farmer, 450k Charolais £1190 (264), 500k £1300 (260), 580k £1340 (231); Limavady farmer, 330k Limousin £860 (261), 335k £860 (257), 370k Charolais £930 (251), 400k £980 (245), 400k Limousin £960 (240), 440k Charolais £1040 (236), 400k Aberdeen Angus £940 (235), 350k Limousin £810 (231), 350k Charolais £800 (229), 370k £820 (222); Coleraine farmer, 480k Limousin £1230 (256), 600k Sal £1490 (248), 590k Limousin £1460 (248), 680k Stabiliser £1670 (246), 590k Simmental £1450 (246), 560k Limousin £1370 (245), 650k Hereford £1590 (245), 530k Limousin £1290 (243), 560k £1360 (243), 590k Hereford £1430 (242), 530k Limousin £1270 (240), 670k Simmental £1590 (237), 660k £1550 (235), 470k Limousin £1100 (234), 700k Sal £1590 (227); Garvagh farmer, 310k Limousin £770 (248); Ballymoney farmer, 510k Aberdeen Angus £1260 (247), 500k £1200 (240), 460k £1100 (239), 450k £1070 (238), 430k £1000 (233), 370k £830 (224), 330k £730 (221); Ballycastle farmer, 440k Simmental £1050 (239), 450k Limousin £1050 (233); Ballymena farmer, 540k Simmental £1290 (239), 550k £1310 (238), 590k £1380 (234), 520k £1190 (229), 510k £1130 (222); Garvagh farmer, 410k Belgian Blue £980 (239), 380k £870 (229); Garvagh farmer, 460k Limousin £1090 (237), 530k £1230 (232), 530k Hereford £1190 (225); Ballymoney farmer, 510k Friesian £1200 (235), 590k Hereford £1380 (234); Bellaghy farmer, 480k Hereford £1130 (235); Claudy farmer, 490k Belgian Blue £1150 (235), 470k Aberdeen Angus £1090 (232), 480k Stabiliser £1070 (223); Dungiven farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1280 (233), 570k £1300 (228), 545k £1240 (228), 550k £1250 (227), 620k £1400 (226), 620k £1390 (224), 560k £1220 (218); Culnady farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (230), 470k £1050 (223); Macosquin farmer, 340k Simmental £780 (229); Portstewart farmer, 500k Belgian Blue £1140 (228); Toomebridge farmer, 480k Hereford £1090 (227); Magherafelt farmer, 500k Aberdeen Angus £1130 (226), 620k £1390 (224) and Cookstown farmer, 450k Limousin £1000 (222).

Steers

Garvagh farmer, 390k Shorthorn beef £1120 (287), 380k Simmental £1040 (274), 370k Shorthorn beef £960 (260); Aghadowey farmer, 480k Limousin £1360 (283), 420k £1180 (281), 500k £1390 (278), 490k £1300 (265), 450k £1190 (264), 500k £1300 (260), 410k £1040 (254), 410k £1020 (249), 360k £890 (247), 400k £960 (240); Kilrea farmer, 580k Charolais £1570 (271), 710k £1820 (256), 650k £1650 (254), 550k £1390 (253), 640k Limousin £1610 (252), 640k Charolais £1600 (250), 600k £1490 (248), 640k Limousin £1580 (247), 670k Simmental £1650 (246), 600k Charolais £1470 (245), 580k £1370 (236); Kilrea farmer, 560k Limousin £1450 (259), 590k Aberdeen Angus £1430 (242), 550k £1300 (236), 580k Belgian Blue £1350 (233), 560k Fleckvieh £1300 (232), 530k Aberdeen Angus £1230 (232), 540k £1250 (232); Ballymoney farmer, 520k Limousin £1330 (256), 460k £1110 (241), 470k £1110 (236), 550k £1280 (233); Magherafelt farmer, 520k Limousin £1330 (256); Kilrea farmer, 580k Aberdeen Angus £1450 (250), 660k £1520 (230); Garvagh farmer, 310k Limousin £770 (248); Portstewart farmer, 400k Belgian Blue £990 (248), 410k £990 (242); Coleraine farmer, 530k Aberdeen Angus £1300 (245), 570k £1390 (244), 580k £1350 (233), 470k £1080 (230); Ballymoney farmer, 570k Fleckvieh £1380 (242), 550k Belgian Blue £1300 (236), 560k £1300 (232), 570k Limousin £1320 (232), 640k Fleckvieh £1480 (231); Portglenone farmer, 450k Aberdeen Angus £1070 (238), 410k £950 (232), 480k £1110 (231); Dungiven farmer, 590k Aberdeen Angus £1400 (237), 610k £1440 (236), 580k £1340 (231), 610k £1400 (230) and Ballymoney farmer, 570k Limousin £1320 (232), 600k £1380 (230).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.