Top price of £2315 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

Garvagh farmer, Belgian Blue £770; Desertmartin farmer, Belgian Blue £555, Aberdeen Angus £385, Shorthorn beef £350; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £535; Rasharkin farmer, Simmental £530, Charolais £425; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £520, £435, £390, £365, Friesian £325, £225; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £500, £470, £450, £350, Aberdeen Angus £345; Kilrea farmer, Belgian Blue £480, £395; Newtownards farmer, Aberdeen Angus £470; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £465, Montbeliarde £270; Bushmills farmer, Hereford £455, £350; Rasharkin farmer, Simmental £430, £400, £365, £290; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £420, Aberdeen Angus £270, Hereford £235; Coleraine farmer, Stabiliser £405; Londonderry farmer, Aberdeen Angus £400, £290, £220; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £380, Holstein £280; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £360, £295, £205; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £360, £265; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £355, £250; Limavady farmer, Charolais £355; Culnady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £355, £215; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350; Ballywalter farmer, Friesian £345; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330, Friesian £205; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £325, £320, £315, Limousin £290, Aberdeen Angus £275, Belgian Blue £275, £260, £235; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £320, £315, £280; Portglenone farmer, Friesian £315, Belgian Blue £280, Aberdeen Angus £280, Belgian Blue £240; Coleraine farmer, Friesian £310; Crumlin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £310, Hereford £305; Dungiven farmer, Friesian £300; Garvagh farmer, Shorthorn beef £300, £235; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285; Desertmartin farmer, Fleckvieh £285; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285, Friesian £270, £235; Garvagh farmer, Hereford £275, Charolais £265, £220; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270; Ballymoney farmer, Limousin £260, Montbeliarde £235, £210; Swatragh farmer, Holstein £255; Castlerock farmer, Holstein £245; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £240, £235; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £235; Donemana farmer, Belgian Blue £225; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £220 and Antrim farmer, Aberdeen Angus £210.

Heifer calves

Garvagh farmer, Charolais £650; Rasharkin farmer, Fleckvieh £640, £615; Desertmartin farmer, Simmental £575; Maghera farmer, Belgian Blue £475; Kilrea farmer, Belgian Blue £460, £450, £440, £365; Newtownards farmer, Aberdeen Angus £450; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £420, Holstein £350, Belgian Blue £340, Aberdeen Angus £335, Friesian £305; Randalstown farmer, Limousin £415, Aberdeen Angus £315; Castlerock farmer, Holstein £405, £400, £395, £390; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £390; Bushmills farmer, Hereford £390; Kilrea farmer, Belgian Blue £390, £330; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £385, £240; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £385, Simmental £245; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £365, £325, £300, Aberdeen Angus £230; Bushmills farmer, Belgian Blue £340; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £340, £225; Limavady farmer, Charolais £335, Belgian Blue £275, Charolais £220; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £330, £200; Londonderry farmer, Friesian £330, £315, Aberdeen Angus £200; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330; Garvagh farmer, Shorthorn beef £325; Aghadowey farmer, Friesian £320, Belgian Blue £265; Upperlands farmer, Belgian Blue £320; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £310; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £285; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280; Coleraine farmer, Hereford £255; Upperlands farmer, Hereford £245, Belgian Blue £220; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240; Crumlin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230; Dungiven farmer, Belgian Blue £220; Ballymoney farmer, Montbeliarde £215; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £220 and Dungiven farmer, Hereford £200.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £325.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (100)

A great entry of weanlings met an outstanding trade for all types on offer, both for Continental beef bred types, Fr cross types and Friesian and Holstein lumps.

Weanlings to top of £1310 and 356 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 1500 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 18th March met a stronger trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £8.07 per kg and to top of £236.

Fat ewes to £290.

Lambs

Aghadowey farmer, 28.5k £230 (807), 30k £233 (777), 31k £236 (761); Portglenone farmer, 18k £138 (767), 26k £169 (650); Ballymoney farmer, 20k £150 (750), 23k £164 (713), 25.5k £175 (686); Mosside farmer, 22k £157.50 (716), 24k £154.50 (644), 22k £139 (632); Ahoghill farmer, 19k £134 (705); Rasharkin farmer, 19.5k £137 (703); Portglenone farmer, 24k £168.50 (702), 24k £163.50 (681); Limavady farmer, 17k £118 (694), 21k £144.50 (688), 20k £132 (660); Tobermore farmer, 24k £166.50 (694), 18k £124.50 (692), 21k £132 (629); Ballymoney farmer, 25.5k £176 (690), 23.5k £151.50 (645), 22k £138.50 (630); Kilrea farmer, 29k £200 (690); Limavady farmer, 29k £200 (690); Dunloy farmer, 23k £157.50 (685), 25.5k £164 (643); Rasharkin farmer, 25k £171 (684); Castlerock farmer, 23.5k £160 (681), 25.5k £164 (643); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £142.50 (679); Cookstown farmer, 26.5k £180 (679); Coleraine farmer, 23.5k £159 (677); Ballymoney farmer, 24k £162 (675); Coleraine farmer, 23.5k £158.50 (675), 25k £162 (648); Glarryford farmer, 22.5k £151 (671), 19k £124 (653); Ballymena farmer, 23k £154 (670); Maghera farmer, 29k £194 (670); Claudy farmer, 26k £174 (669); Donemana farmer, 21.5k £143 (665), 24.5k £161.50 (659), 26.5k £169.50 (640); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £146 (664); Ballymena farmer, 27k £179 (663); Plumbridge farmer, 28.5k £189 (663), 21.5k £140 (651), 28.5k £183 (642); Draperstown farmer, 18k £119 (661), 22k £145 (659), 20.5k £132.50 (646); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £138.50 (660), 19k £124 (653); Coleraine farmer, 25k £165 (660), 25.5k £183.50 (641); Kilrea farmer, 25k £164.50 (658); Limavady farmer, 28k £184 (657); Garvagh farmer, 25k £164 (656);Limavady farmer, 27k £177 (656); Aghadowey farmer, 23k £150.50 (654), 23k £147 (639); Kilrea farmer, 26k £170 (654); Maghera farmer, 24k £157 (654); Magherafelt farmer, 24k £157 (654); Dungiven farmer, 22.5k £146.50 (651), 24.5k £157.50 (643); Ballyclare farmer, 24k £156 (650); Dromore farmer, 25.5k £165 (647), 26.5k £167.50 (632); Aghadowey farmer, 25k £161.50 (646); Kilrea farmer, 22.5k £145 (644), 17k £108 (635); Portglenone farmer, 26k £167 (642); Macosquin farmer, 25.5k £163.50 (641); Coagh farmer, 25k £160 (640); Limavady farmer, 19k £121.50 (639); Bellaghy farmer, 24.5k £156 (637); Garvagh farmer, 24.5k £156 (637); Limavady farmer, 26k £165 (635); Dungiven farmer, 22k £139.50 (634); Maghera farmer, 26k £164 (631) and Maghera farmer, 23k £145 (630).

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

Good entry of ewes to £290.

More ewes needed.

A super entry of 185 dairy on Tuesday 19th March to a top price of £2315 for a calved heifer.

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

Caledon farmer, batch of fresh calved heifers to £2315, £1595, £1575, batch of springing heifers to £1775; Magherafelt farmer, batch of fresh calved heifers to £1840, £1720, £1680, £1620, £1600, £1540, £1500, batch of maiden heifers to £850, £810, £800, £790, £780, £760, £750 and Strabane farmer, calved heifers to £1760, £1500, second calver to £1620.

More stock required weekly.

A good entry of 280 fat cow, suckler and store cattle on Wednesday 20th March at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers sold to £1700, heifers to £1740 and fat cows and bulls to £1700.

Fat cows: 90 on offer, sharp trade.

Bellaghy farmer, 660k Aberdeen Angus £1660 (252); Coagh farmer, 680k Charolais £1700 (250); Coleraine farmer, 470k Belgian Blue £1100 (234), 570k £1320 (232); Glarryford farmer, 460k Aberdeen Angus £1070 (233); Ballymoney farmer, 500k Hereford £1080 (216); Portglenone farmer, 570k Limousin £1200 (211); Cookstown farmer, 680k Belgian Blue £1420 (209), 760k Fleckvieh £1520 (200); Rasharkin farmer, 780k Friesian £1580 (203); Garvagh farmer, 630k Limousin £1270 (202); Ballyclare farmer, 550k Hereford £1090 (198); Randalstown farmer, 750k Hereford £1470 (196) and Bellarena farmer, 680k Parthenais £1290 (190).

Suckler

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Claudy farmer, 380k Charolais £1260 (332), 380k £1200 (316), 380k Simmental £1170 (308), 380k £1120 (295), 390k £1140 (292), 410k £1140 (278), 450k £1090 (242); Glarryford farmer, 340k Simmental £1090 (321), 260k £790 (304), 460k £1350 (294); Ballycastle farmer, 420k Charolais £1280 (305), 370k £1120 (303), 420k £1240 (295), 430k £1270 (295), 420k £1180 (281), 400k Limousin £1120 (280); Desertmartin farmer, 500k Charolais £1500 (300); Magherafelt farmer, 410k Limousin £1230 (300), 460k £1290 (280); Claudy farmer, 570k Charolais £1690 (297), 530k £1470 (277), 620k £1720 (277), 630k £1740 (276), 570k £1540 (270), 590k £1580 (268); Dervock farmer, 530k Limousin £1460 (276), 420k Belgian Blue £1140 (271), 530k £1370 (259), 490k £1130 (231); Stranocum farmer, 410k Belgian Blue £1130 (276), 390k £1040 (267), 450k £1160 (258), 510k Aberdeen Angus £1220 (239), 450k £1070 (238); Knockloughrim farmer, 400k Aberdeen Angus £1100 (275), 410k £1060 (259), 420k £1000 (238), 350k £790 (226); Magherafelt farmer, 220k Limousin £600 (273); Limavady farmer, 630k Charolais £1700 (270), 610k £1520 (249), 670k £1630 (243), 640k Simmental £1510 (236), 500k Charolais £1150 (230); Upperlands farmer, 390k Aberdeen Angus £1050 (269), 410k £970 (237); Upperlands farmer, 300k Belgian Blue £800 (267), 310k £780 (252), 300k Hereford £690 (230); Bellarena farmer, 570k Aberdeen Angus £1500 (263), 600k £1580 (263), 600k £1570 (261), 540k £1400 (259); Garvagh farmer, 450k Aberdeen Angus £1150 (256), 460k £1110 (241), 520k Limousin £1220 (235), 460k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (235), 470k £1100 (234), 455k £1060 (233), 450k Hereford £1000 (222), 530k Aberdeen Angus £1170 (221); Ballymoney farmer, 380k Belgian Blue £950 (250) and Magherafelt farmer, 400k Limousin £1000 (250).

Steers

Glarryford farmer, 230k Simmental £830 (361); Coleraine farmer, 480k Charolais £1500 (313), 510k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1500 (294), 520k Charolais £1500 (289), 550k £1570 (286), 590k £1670 (283); Kilrea farmer, 490k Limousin £1450 (296), 490k £1440 (294), 490k £1390 (284), 520k £1470 (283), 510k £1320 (259); Kilrea farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1600 (291), 530k £1430 (270), 540k Simmental £1420 (263), 550k Hereford £1440 (262), 570k Belgian Blue £1480 (260); Magherafelt farmer, 260k Limousin £710 (273); Ahoghill farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1460 (266); Rasharkin farmer, 620k Belgian Blue £1680 (271), 640k Aberdeen Angus £1700 (266), 570k £1490 (261), 570k £1480 (260), 580k £1500 (259), 560k Hereford £1440 (257), 640k Aberdeen Angus £1610 (252), 630k Aberdeen Angus £1570 (249), 620k Hereford £1540 (248), 600k £1490 (248), 580k Limousin £1430 (247), 630k Hereford £1550 (246), 610k £1500 (246), 530k Belgian Blue £1290 (243); Crumlin farmer, 390k Belted Galloway £1030 (264), 380k Aberdeen Angus £990 (261), 420k Limousin £1090 (260), 400k Charolais £1000 (250), 450k Aberdeen Angus £1095 (243); Armoy farmer, 440k Aberdeen Angus £1150 (261), 430k £1120 (261), 440k £1110 (252), 430k £1080 (251), 400k £930 (233), 370k £860 (232); Portglenone farmer, 410k Belgian Blue £1070 (261), 360k Limousin £930 (258), 430k Hereford £1090 (254), 380k Belgian Blue £960 (253), 420k £1030 (245), 450k £1100 (244), 460k Hereford £1110 (241), 350k Aberdeen Angus £830 (237), 430k Belgian Blue £990 (230), 350k £800 (229), 360k £820 (228), 440k £1000 (227); Stranocum farmer, 350k Aberdeen Angus £890 (254); Stranocum farmer, 440k Belgian Blue £1050 (239); Magherafelt farmer, 470k Belgian Blue £1210 (257), 580k Hereford £1470 (253), 560k Belgian Blue £1370 (245), 580k Aberdeen Angus £1390 (240), 510k Shorthorn £1200 (235); Ballymoney farmer, 410k Belted Galloway £935 (228) and Cloughmills farmer, 500k Friesian £1130 (226).

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

Auctioneers: HA McIlrath and Sons Ltd.