Top price of £2500 paid for a calved heifer at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Limavady farmer, Limousin £570, £270; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £470; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £470; Randalstown farmer, Belgian Blue £450; Cookstown farmer, Charolais £445, £420, Hereford £390, Belgian Blue £275; Limavady farmer, Charolais £400, £320, Belgian Blue £205; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £390, £365, £300, £245, £200; Antrim farmer, Aberdeen Angus £390; Moneymore farmer, Charolais £385, Aberdeen Angus £290, Belgian Blue £280; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £380; Armoy farmer, Fleckvieh £365, Hereford £270, £260, MB £250; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350; Castlerock farmer, Limousin £350, Aberdeen Angus £235; Londonderry farmer, Limousin £345, Friesian £225; Coleraine farmer, Friesian £320, £280; Desertmartin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £315, Aberdeen Angus £200; Drumahoe farmer, Aberdeen Angus £315, Belgian Blue £225; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £300, £260; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £295, £220; Ahoghill farmer, Belgian Blue £290, £245, £240, £220; Castlerock farmer, Belgian Blue £265, Aberdeen Angus £235; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £265; Kilrea farmer, Belgian Blue £260, £250, £230; Ballyronan farmer, Aberdeen Angus £255; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240, £200, Holstein £200; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £235; Ballykelly farmer, Aberdeen Angus £220 and Ahoghill farmer, Aberdeen Angus £210.

Heifer calves

Moneymore farmer, Limousin £450, £400; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £410; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £410; Randalstown farmer, Belgian Blue £380, £240, Aberdeen Angus £200; Armoy farmer, Belgian Blue £375, Hereford £345; Limavady farmer, Charolais £370, £300; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350; Cookstown farmer, Belgian Blue £335, £310, Charolais £290; Limavady farmer, Limousin £295; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290; Drumahoe farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290, Belgian Blue £255, Aberdeen Angus £220; Macosquin farmer, Belgian Blue £280; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £265, £240; Ahoghill farmer, Belgian Blue £240; Kilrea farmer, Belgian Blue £240; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230, £205; Ballymena farmer, Belgian Blue £220; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £215 and Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £205.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £320.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesian calves needed.

Weanlings/suckler calves (50)

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 £880 and 306 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 700 on Monday 6th February met a steady trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Lambs to £5.13 per kg and to top of £120.

Fat ewes to £144.

Breeding ewes to £250.

Lambs

Portglenone farmer, 20k £102.50 (513), 24k £114.50 (477); Portglenone farmer, 20.5k £104.50 (510); Ballymoney farmer, 20k £101.50 (508); Claudy farmer, 14.5k £73 (503); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £105 (500); Draperstown farmer, 19k £94.50 (497), 19k £93.50 (492), 18k £86 (478); Kilrea farmer, 19k £94 (495); Cookstown farmer, 19k £93.50 (492); Castledawson farmer, 21k £103 (491), 19k £90 (474); Garvagh farmer, 22k £108 (491); Ballymoney farmer, 21.5k £104.50 (486); Kilrea farmer, 22k £106.50 (484); Rasharkin farmer, 24k £115.50 (481); Cullybackey farmer, 20k £96 (480); Bushmills farmer, 22k £105 (477); Finvoy farmer, 21k £100 (476) and Portglenone farmer, 21k £100 (476).

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

Good entry of ewes to £144.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of 21 dairy on Tuesday 7th February to a top price of £2500 for a calved heifer.

Portstewart farmer, calved heifers to £2500, £2400, £2300, £2280; Newcastle farmer, calved heifer to £1960, springing heifer to £1700; Coleraine farmer, springing heifers to £1880, £1850, £1740 and Upperlands farmer, calved heifers to £1760, £1640.

More stock required weekly.

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

A super entry of 390 on Wednesday 8th February at Kilrea, met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers selling to £1890 and heifers to £1710.

Fat cows and bulls selling to £1920.

Fat cows: 120 on offer, flying trade.

Limavady farmer, 610k Limousin £1720 (282), 600k Aberdeen Angus £1550 (258), 580k Belgian Blue £1410 (243), 600k Aberdeen Angus £1280 (213); Bellaghy farmer, 570k Belgian Blue £1540 (270), 550k £1390 (253), 510k Limousin £11250 (245); Draperstown farmer, 380k Limousin £1000 (263), 420k £1060 (252); Macosquin farmer, 530k Charolais £1380 (260), 450k £1130 (251); Coleraine farmer, 700k Limousin £1770 (253), 680k £1690 (249), 570k £1340 (235); Limavady farmer, 580k Limousin £1450 (250), 700k £1730 (247), 670k Charolais £1610 (240), 460k £1100 (239); local farmer, 710k Limousin £1760 (248); Coleraine farmer, 480k Aberdeen Angus £1140 (238), 520k £1180 (227); Ballymoney farmer, 600k Fleckvieh £1410 (235), 670k Limousin £1550 (231), 620k Fleckvieh £1380 (223), 610k £1360 (223); Dunloy farmer, 660k Limousin £1540 (233); Pomeroy farmer, 430k Hereford £1000 (233), 440k £1010 (230), 320k £720 (225), 420k Holstein £820 (195), 450k Shorthorn dairy £860 (191), 370k £700 (189); Dungiven farmer, 590k Limousin £1340 (227), 650k Shorthorn beef £1440 (222), 670k Limousin £1320 (197), 540k £1030 (191), 710k £1350 (190); Desertmartin farmer, 530k Belgian Blue £1190 (225); Ahoghill farmer, 570k Friesian £1260 (221), 530k £1150 (217), 510k £1080 (212), 480k £970 (202), 510k £930 (182); Ballycastle farmer, 580k Limousin £1280 (221), 600k Charolais £1260 (210), 520k Saler £1030 (198); Aghadowey farmer, 640k Holstein £1400 (219), 690k £1310 (190), 710k £1330 (187), 750k £1400 (187), 780k £1390 (178), 690k £1180 (171); Armoy farmer, 730k Limousin £1590 (218); Kilrea farmer, 390k Belgian Blue £850 (218); Coleraine farmer, 570k Holstein £1220 (214); Magherafelt farmer, 500k Friesian £1060 (212), 540k Simmental £1140 (211), 490k Friesian £990 (202), 550k £940 (171); Toomebridge farmer, 360k Belgian Blue £760 (211); Maghera farmer, 850k Limousin £1780 (209); Randalstown farmer, 930k Hereford £1920 (207); Articlave farmer, 600k Aberdeen Angus £1200 (200), 520k Limousin £1040 (200); Maghera farmer, 610k Holstein £1210 (198), 480k £930 (194), 710k £1270 (179); Moneymore farmer, 920k Holstein £1780 (194); Antrim farmer, 720k Charolais £1390 (193); Castlerock farmer, 640k Charolais £1220 (191); Dunloy farmer, 760k Shorthorn beef £1420 (187); Bushmills farmer, 620k Friesian £1150 (186), 550k £960 (175); Rasharkin farmer, 780k Friesian £1440 (185), 770k £1360 (177), 830k £1430 (172); Ballymena farmer, 670k Limousin £1220 (182); Limavady farmer, 700k Holstein £1230 (176) and Magherafelt farmer, 640k Holstein £1090 (170).

Suckler

Castlerock farmer, Limousin heifer with Simmental heifer calf at foot to £2200.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Antrim farmer, 370k Charolais £1280 (346); Dunloy farmer, 430k Charolais £1390 (323), 500k £1570 (314), 460k £1320 (287), 480k £1340 (279), 470k £1250 (266), 460k £1220 (265), 460k £1200 (261), 460k £1180 (257), 560k £1410 (252), 450k £1120 (249), 530k £1300 (245); Belfast farmer, 310k Charolais £960 (310), 320k £980 (306), 340k £950 (279), 390k Simmental £1040 (267), 390k Charolais £990 (254); Dungiven farmer, 210k Limousin £640 (305), 230k £640 (278), 230k £630 (274), 250k £660 (264), 190k £500 (263), 230k £600 (261), 260k £650 (250), 240k £600 (250), 220k Hereford £520 (236); Garvagh farmer, 510k Charolais £1530 (300), 490k Limousin £1460 (298), 490k Charolais £1450 (295), 530k £1560 (294), 560k £1640 (293), 510k £1470 (288), 610k £1670 (274), 540k £1460 (270), 520k £1400 (269), 490k £1300 (265); Carrickfergus farmer, 460k Limousin £1370 (298), 370k Charolais £1030 (278), 410k £1010 (246), 440k £1060 (241), 440k Limousin £1050 (239), 430k £1020 (237); Ballymena farmer, 280k Limousin £830 (296); Dunloy farmer, 550k Charolais £1630 (296), 390k £1120 (287), 530k £1390 (262), 460k £1160 (252), 510k £1250 (245); Kilrea farmer, 510k Charolais £1470 (288), 530k £1460 (276), 500k £1230 (246); Rasharkin farmer, 450k Charolais £1290 (287), 520k £1480 (285), 490k £1370 (280), 510k £1380 (271), 540k £1440 (267), 450k £1080 (240); Maghera farmer, 410k Limousin £1160 (283), 480k Limousin £1300 (271), 430k Belgian Blue £1140 (265), 400k Limousin £940 (235), 450k £1040 (231); Ballymoney farmer, 570k Limousin £1590 (279), 580k £1490 (257), 510k £1230 (241); Articlave farmer, 450k Limousin £1240 (276); Ballymoney farmer, 420k Charolais £1160 (276), 520k £1390 (267), 460k £1140 (248), 380k £910 (240), 390k £900 (231); Portglenone farmer, 620k Limousin £1710 (276); Rasharkin farmer, 520k DAQ £1410 (271); Portglenone farmer, 580k Limousin £1560 (269), 630k £1680 (267), 560k £1490 (266), 580k £1520 (262); Garvagh farmer, 340k Aberdeen Angus £910 (268), 370k £930 (251), 380k £950 (250), 360k £890 (247), 330k £780 (236); Limavady farmer, 470k Limousin £1200 (255), 470k £1150 (245), 460k £1120 (244), 590k Aberdeen Angus £1410 (239), 470k Limousin £1090 (232); Ahoghill farmer, 400k Hereford £1010 (253), 430k Charolais £1050 (244), 450k Belgian Blue £1100 (244), 420k Charolais £1010 (241), 490k Simmental £1140 (233); Ballymoney farmer, 390k Charolais £950 (244), 450k Limousin £1040 (231); Dungiven farmer, 470k Limousin £1140 (243), 370k £880 (238); Bellaghy farmer, 430k Stabiliser £1030 (240); Claudy farmer, 520k Hereford £1250 (240), 490k Limousin £1160 (237), 490k Charolais £1130 (231); Garvagh farmer, 290k Hereford £690 (238) and Magherafelt farmer, 540k Aberdeen Angus £1280 (237).

Steers

Belfast farmer, 350k Simmental £1050 (300), 330k Charolais £970 (294), 350k Limousin £1010 (289), 340k £970 (285), 380k Simmental £1080 (284), 370k Charolais £1040 (281), 380k Limousin £1060 (279), 320k £890 (278), 360k Simmental £960 (267), 330k Charolais £870 (264), 400k Limousin £1050 (263), 310k £800 (258); Dunloy farmer, 490k Charolais £1450 (296), 600k Limousin £1740 (290), 570k Charolais £1630 (286), 620k £1700 (274), 490k £1340 (274), 700k £1890 (270), 490k Limousin £1320 (269), 600k Charolais £1590 (265), 510k £1330 (261), 530k £1370 (259), 490k £1210 (247), 450k £1070 (238); Ballymena farmer, 590k Charolais £1730 (293), 570k £1660 (291), 580k £1680 (290), 550k £1570 (286), 540k £1490 (276), 540k £1480 (274), 540k £1460 (270), 560k £1480 (264), 560k £1450 (259), 570k £1460 (256); Garvagh farmer, 260k Hereford £740 (285); Maghera farmer, 370k Limousin £1040 (281); Ballymoney farmer, 380k Limousin £1060 (279), 450k Charolais £1100 (244); Carrickfergus farmer, 530k Limousin £1450 (274), 390k Charolais £1060 (272), 490k £1250 (255), 480k Limousin £1200 (250), 430k £1060 (247), 460k £1130 (246), 540k £1320 (244), 540k £1290 (239), 410k £970 (237); Magherafelt farmer, 410k Limousin £1090 (266), 400k £940 (235); Portglenone farmer, 370k Limousin £980 (265), 320k £840 (263), 340k £890 (262), 420k £1060 (252); Newtownabbey farmer, 320k Shorthorn beef £830 (259), 360k £910 (253), 340k £860 (253), 390k £930 (239), 370k £860 (232); Ballymoney farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1380 (251), 570k £1390 (244), 610k Shorthorn £1450 (238); Magherafelt farmer, 510k Aberdeen Angus £1200 (235) and Mosside farmer, 480k Hereford £1110 (231), 420k £970 (231).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.