Top price of £2980 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

Eglinton farmer, Aberdeen Angus £690; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £690; Strabane farmer, Aberdeen Angus £645, Belgian Blue £445, Hereford £365; Rasharkin farmer, Hereford £620, Belgian Blue £590, Aberdeen Angus £570; Moneymore farmer, Limousin £555, Fleckvieh £290; Castlerock farmer, Belgian Blue £535, Charolais £450, Aberdeen Angus £390; Eglinton farmer, Charolais £505; Ballyclare farmer, Belgian Blue £480, Aberdeen Angus £250; Garvagh farmer, Charolais £480, Hereford £450, Charolais £380, Limousin £370, Holstein £295; Armoy farmer, Belgian Blue £470, Aberdeen Angus £320, £270; Armoy farmer, Hereford £460; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £445; Limavady farmer, Charolais £445, £415, Belgian Blue £375, Charolais £280; Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £440, £420, £395, £315; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £435, £355; Glarryford farmer, Aberdeen Angus £435, £325; Magherafelt farmer, Belgian Blue £435, Aberdeen Angus £395; Rasharkin farmer, Simmental £420; Strabane farmer, Charolais £420, Fleckvieh £285; Crumlin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £410, £265; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £400, Hereford £330, Aberdeen Angus £290, Hereford £280, £275; Antrim farmer, Limousin £400, £310, Aberdeen Angus £260; Magherafelt farmer, Belgian Blue £385; Glarryford farmer, Limousin £360, £285, Belgian Blue £280, Limousin £245, Aberdeen Angus £245; Castlerock farmer, Charolais £355; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £355, £285, £250; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350, £305; Antrim farmer, Limousin £345, £265; Coleraine farmer, Charolais £340, £315; Doagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £340, Friesian £285; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £335, £320; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £330, £285, Aberdeen Angus £240; Desertmartin farmer, Fleckvieh £320, £230; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £305, £255; Culnady farmer, Belgian Blue £315; Ballymena farmer, Shorthorn dairy £300; Ballykelly farmer, Aberdeen Angus £295; Ballykelly farmer, Hereford £295; Coleraine farmer, Limousin £295; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £295, £290, Aberdeen Angus £285, Hereford £275, Aberdeen Angus £245; Lisburn farmer, Belgian Blue £285, Aberdeen Angus £280, £270, Belgian Blue £235; Ballykelly farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £280; Cullybackey farmer, Simmental £275, Limousin £255, Aberdeen Angus £240; Glarryford farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270, Belgian Blue £250; Loughgiel farmer, Holstein £260; Desertmartin farmer, Danish Red £255; Ahoghill farmer, Hereford £245; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £240; Magherafelt farmer, Shorthorn beef £270; Artigarvan farmer, Montbelairde £230 and Kilraughts farmer, Fleckvieh £230.

Heifer calves

Cookstown farmer, Charolais £775, Aberdeen Angus £640, £590, Limousin £565, Hereford £550, Aberdeen Angus £495, Hereford £460, Saler £455; Eglinton farmer, Aberdeen Angus £685, Limousin £280; Articlave farmer, INRA95 £660; Upperlands farmer, Stabiliser £625; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £570, £490; Coleraine farmer, Charolais £530; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £520, £320; Draperstown farmer, Shorthorn £510; Glarryford farmer, Aberdeen Angus £480, £455, Belgian Blue £440, £430, Aberdeen Angus £355, £255; Magherafelt farmer, Charolais £480, Belgian Blue £330; Castlerock farmer, Belgian Blue £470, £395; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £445, £385; Limavady farmer, Charolais £395, Belgian Blue £375, Aberdeen Angus £240; Glarryford farmer, Aberdeen Angus £390, £335; Strabane farmer, Charolais £380, £355, Belgian Blue £330; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £375, £370, Belgian Blue £320; Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £365, £300; Rasharkin farmer, Simmental £355; Doagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345, £310, £305; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £345; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £340, £240; Garvagh farmer, Hereford £340; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £335; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £320; Aghaadowey farmer, Hereford £315, £260; Drumahoe farmer, Belgian Blue £315, £270; Ballykelly farmer, Aberdeen Angus £315, £290, £275, Hereford £260, £245; Dervock farmer, Charolais £295, £290; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £295, £270, £240, £230; Coleraine farmer, Friesian £290; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £285, £250; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £280; Articlave farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270; Lisburn farmer, Belgian Blue £270, Aberdeen Angus £260; Nutt's Corner, Aberdeen Angus £260; Antrim farmer, Limousin £235; Artigarvan farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230 and Ballykelly farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230.

Friesian calves

Super trade.

More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £295.

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 £1280 and 388 ppk.

A super entry of 1700 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 9th December at Kilrea Mart met with a sharper trade throughout this week with quality lambs in demand.

Lambs to £6.84 per kg and to top of £181.

Fat ewes to £235.

Lambs

Portglenone farmer, 22k £150.50 (684); Ballymena farmer, 18k £123 (683); Ballycastle farmer, 20k £134.50 (673); Cullybackey farmer, 16.5k £110 (667); Armoy farmer, 24k £159 (663); Cullybackey farmer, 19k £125 (658); Ballymena farmer, 20.5k £134.50 (656); Cookstown farmer, 22.5k £147.50 (656); 24k £156.50 (652); Garvagh farmer, 20k £131 (655); Claudy farmer, 22k £144 (655), 19k £124 (653); Maghera farmer, 20.5k £134 (654); Maghera farmer, 24k £156.50 (652), 22.5k £146 (649); Armoy farmer, 24k £156 (650); Castledawson farmer, 24.5k £159 (649); Draperstown farmer, 24k £155.50 (648); Ballymoney farmer, 23.5k £151.50 (645); Limavady farmer, 22.5k £145 (644); Maghera farmer, 23k £148 (644); Claudy farmer, 18.5k £119 (643); Macosquin farmer, 21k £135 (643); Claudy farmer, 23k £147.50 (641); Killaloo farmer, 21k £134.50 (641); Ballymena farmer, 18k £115 (639); Ballymoney farmer, 23.5k £150 (639); Ballymena farmer, 20k £127.50 (638); Cushendall farmer, 24k £153 (638); Dungiven farmer, 25k £159.50 (638); Aghadowey farmer, 23k £146.50 (637); Clough farmer, 20.5k £130.50 (637); Kilrea farmer, 21.5k £137 (637); Claudy farmer, 18k £114.50 (636) and Kilrea farmer, 24k £152.50 (635).

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

Good entry of ewes to £235.

More ewes needed.

Dairy report - A super entry of 50 dairy on Tuesday 10th December to a top price of £2980 for a calved heifer.

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

Portstewart farmer, batch of calved heifers to £2980, £2940, £2600, £2400, £2300; Dungannon farmer, calved heifer to £2300; Ballymoney farmer, calved heifer to £2200 and Aghadowey farmer, batch of springing heifers to £1960, £1940, £1860, £1800, £1680, £1640, £1600, £1580, £1560, £1540, £1520, £1500.

More stock required weekly.

A good entry of 215 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 11th December at Kilrea Mart met with an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £2230, heifers to £1790 and fat cows and bulls to £2610.

Fat cows: 100 on offer, sharp trade.

Kilrea farmer, 630k Limousin £1910 (303), 630k Parthenais £1670 (265), 650k £1510 (232);

Garvagh farmer, 590k Aberdeen Angus £1690 (286); Randalstown farmer, 550k Limousin £1550 (282), 530k £1480 (279); Kilrea farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1430 (260); Armoy farmer, 640k Aberdeen Angus £1640 (256), 620k Friesian £1400 (226); Limavady farmer, 430k Aberdeen Angus £1100 (256); Knockloughrim farmer, 560k Limousin £1410 (252), 720k Belgian Blue £1690 (235), 640k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1340 (209), 550k Limousin £1140 (207); Garvagh farmer, 500k Stabiliser £1250 (250); Garvagh farmer, 700k Limousin £1750 (250); Maghera farmer, 560k Shorthorn beef £1400 (250); Ballymoney farmer, 680k Norwegian Red £1690 (249); Boveedy farmer, 650k Simmental £1620 (249), 640k Limousin £1480 (231); Kilrea farmer, 810k Limousin £2020 (249), 610k £1250 (205); Limavady farmer, 630k Charolais £1570 (249); Ballycastle farmer, 760k Charolais £1860 (245); Glarryford farmer, 850k Holstein £2080 (245); Kilraughts farmer, 1090 Friesian £2610 (239); Kilrea farmer, 570k Aberdeen Angus £1360 (239); Claudy farmer, 450k Irish Moiled £1060 (236); Kilrea farmer, 670k Limousin £1580 (236), 670k £1380 (206); Coleraine farmer, 710k Simmental £1630 (230); Castlerock farmer, 740k Belgian Blue £1690 (228); Ballymoney farmer, 470k Simmental £1060 (226), 740k Montbelairde £1530 (207); Dungiven farmer, 610k Friesian £1380 (226); Crumlin farmer, 530k Charolais £1170 (221); Limavady farmer, 490k Aberdeen Angus £1080 (220); Coleraine farmer, 670k Limousin £1460 (218); Garvagh farmer, 780k Charolais £1690 (217); Kilrea farmer, 900k Aberdeen Angus £1950 (217); Ballycastle farmer, 800k Aberdeen Angus £1730 (216); Bellarena farmer, 680k Simmental £1470 (216); Garvagh farmer, 750k Charolais £1620 (216); Knockloughrim farmer, 640k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1340 (209); Limavady farmer, 570k Aberdeen Angus £1190 (209) and Aghadowey farmer, 620k Shorthorn £1290 (208).

Suckler

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Ballymoney farmer, 480k Limousin £1680 (350), 570k £1790 (314), 500k 1550 (310), 510k £1550 (304), 620k £1560 (252); Claudy farmer, 370k Aberdeen Angus £1190 (322), 360k Rom £1030 (286); Limavady farmer, 500k Limousin £1560 (312), 580k Aberdeen Angus £1610 (278), 580k £1600 (276), 580k £1550 (267), 580k £1540 (266); Kilrea farmer, 360k Limousin £1100 (306); Ballymena farmer, 410k Aberdeen Angus £1250 (305), 400k £1200 (300), 450k £1340 (298), 420k £1210 (288), 460k £1290 (280), 390k £1090 (280), 440k £1210 (275); Randalstown farmer, 530k Limousin £1590 (300), 450k Aberdeen Angus £1290 (287), 440k Limousin £1220 (277), 460k £1270 (276), 420k £1110 (264), 480k Aberdeen Angus £1260 (263), 480k £1250 (260), 480k Belgian Blue £1180 (246), 490k Aberdeen Angus £1200 (245); Macosquin farmer, 530k Simmental £1580 (298), 600k £1610 (268); Garvagh farmer, 530k Charolais £1570 (296); Ballymoney farmer, 510k Simmental £1340 (263); Larne farmer, 340k Limousin £860 (253), 380k £950 (250); Ballymoney farmer, 380k Belgian Blue £940 (247), 340k £840 (247) and Maghera farmer, 360k Aberdeen Angus £850 (236), 330k £780 (236), 340k £800 (235).

Steers

Coleraine farmer, 340k Limousin £1310 (385), 380k Charolais £1400 (368), 410k £1480 (361), 410k £1400 (342); Garvagh farmer, 370k Limousin £1350 (365), 330k Simmental £930 (282); Templepatrick farmer, 390k Charolais £1380 (354), 460k Limousin £1590 (346), 460k Charolais £1570 (341), 430k £1460 (340), 450k Limousin £1500 (333), 410k £1360 (332), 430k £1400 (326), 410k £1330 (324), 470k £1490 (317), 380k £1200 (316), 410k £1260 (307), 380k £1150 (303), 380k Charolais £1100 (290), 380k Limousin £1000 (263); Randalstown farmer, 450k Charolais £1570 (349), 390k £1350 (346), 360k Belgian Blue £1080 (300), 370k £1100 (297); Garvagh farmer, 440k Aberdeen Angus £1520 (346), 450k £1490 (331), 440k £1450 (330), 300k £950 (317); Kilrea farmer, 430k Charolais £1440 (335); Kilrea farmer, 440k Limousin £1440 (327), 470k Hereford £1450 (309), 450k Limousin £1320 (293), 600k Aberdeen Angus £1680 (280), 510k Hereford £1390 (273); Macosquin farmer, 450k Simmental £1460 (324), 550k £1570 (286); Kilrea farmer, 600k Limousin £1900 (317), 670k Charolais £2000 (299); Macosquin farmer, 420k Aberdeen Angus £1330 (317), 400k £1260 (315), 440k £1360 (309), 450k £1350 (300); Rasharkin farmer, 550k Belgian Blue £1690 (307), 490k Limousin £1360 (278), 520k £1440 (277), 470k Belgian Blue £1170 (249); Maghera farmer, 480k Limousin £1470 (306), 460k £1400 (304), 450k Aberdeen Angus £1340 (298), 450k Limousin £1330 (296), 510k Friesian £1270 (249); Claudy farmer, 740k Charolais £2230 (301), 590k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1710 (290), 680k Hereford £1900 (279); Ballymoney farmer, 410k Aberdeen Angus £1170 (285), 400k Friesian £940 (235); Kilrea farmer, 650k Aberdeen Angus £1810 (279), 640k £1750 (273), 620k £1640 (265), 650k £1700 (262), 630k Hereford £1640 (260), 750k £1850 (247) and Maghera farmer, 440k Belgian Blue £1170 (266).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.