Super entry of dairy stock at Kilrea Mart, top price of £2140 for a calved heifer

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings of offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Knockloughrim farmer, Simmental £850; Castledawson farmer, Aberdeen Angus £720, Limousin £560, Belgian Blue £425, £300; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £705; Cullybackey farmer, Limousin £750, Aberdeen Angus £660, Limousin £635, Aberdeen Angus £620, £585, Limousin £570, Aberdeen Angus £540, £530; Bendooragh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £620, £450; Knockloughrim farmer, Aberdeen Angus £605, £405; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £510, £500, £405; Coleraine farmer, Charolais £510, Aberdeen Angus £395, Belgian Blue £375, £200; Toomebridge farmer, Belgian Blue £465, £380, Aberdeen Angus £330, £295; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £440, Aberdeen Angus £395; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £405, £340; Ballyclare farmer, Aberdeen Angus £395; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £395, £325, £320, £300, £280, £250, £240; Moneymore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £370, £305; Cookstown farmer, Friesian £365, £320; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £355, Hereford £285, Friesian £260; Strabane farmer, Aberdeen Angus £355, £220; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345, Hereford £260; Desertmartin farmer, Shorthorn beef £340; Stewartstown farmer, Belgian Blue £340, Hereford £220; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £330, £200; Castlerock farmer, Belgian Blue £330, Aberdeen Angus £320, £310, Belgian Blue £305; Loughgiel farmer, Holstein £325; Doagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290, Friesian £270; Cookstown farmer, Limousin £280; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £255; Crumlin farmer, Hereford £255; Cullybackey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250, £225; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £245; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230, Montbeliarde £200; Clough farmer, Hereford £220; Armoy farmer, Friesian £210; Randalstown farmer, Limousin £205; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £200; Limavady farmer, Stabiliser £200; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200, Friesian £200 and Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200.

Heifer calves

Knockloughrim farmer, Belgian Blue £770, Simmental £480; Castlerock farmer, Limousin £725, £680; Cullybackey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £555, £505, £595, Limousin £495, Aberdeen Angus £495, £485, £455, £450; Desertmartin farmer, Simmental £545, Aberdeen Angus £420; Cullybackey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £505; Bushmills farmer, Limousin £500; Castlerock farmer, Holstein £490, £405; Bendooragh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £470, Hereford £460, Friesian £365, Aberdeen Angus £355, £350; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £455, £410, £300, £250, £230; Toomebridge farmer, Belgian Blue £445, Aberdeen Angus £360, Belgian Blue £330, Charolais £310; Dungannon farmer, Friesian £380, £375; Moneymore farmer, Aberdeen Angus £370; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £365, £310; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £360; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £360, Belgian Blue £345; Dungannon farmer, Friesian £350, £285; Strabane farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350, £235; Knockloughrim farmer, Aberdeen Angus £340; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £335, Aberdeen Angus £325, Hereford £225; Randalstown farmer, Limousin £320, £220; Coleraine farmer, Belgian Blue £300; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £275; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £270, £250; Aghadowey farmer, Belgian Blue £255, £215; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250, £220; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £245; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £245; Strabane farmer, Simmental £245; Stewartstown farmer, Belgian Blue £240; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230; Bushmills farmer, Belgian Blue £225; Clough farmer, Hereford £210;Castlerock farmer, Belgian Blue £205; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £200 and Cullybackey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200.

Friesan calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand.

Good young calves to £365.

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 to top of £1000 and 285 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 950 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 15th April met a stronger trade this week with quality lambs in good demand.

Spring lambs to £8.69 per kg and to top of £204.

Hoggets to £8.16 kg and to top of £222.

Fat ewes to £240. Breeders to £242.

Spring lambs

Coleraine farmer, 21k £182.50 (869); Rasharkin farmer, 22.5k £187 (831), 25k £204 (816); Macosquin farmer, 23k £187 (813); Maghera farmer, 24k £194.50 (810); Crumlin farmer, 21k £167 (795) and Claudy farmer, 21k £165 (786).

Hogget lambs

Rasharkin farmer, 22.5k £187 (831), 25k £204 (816); Cloughmills farmer, 24k £190 (792); Garvagh farmer, 21k £164.50 (783); Bellaghy farmer, 23k £178.50 (776); Glarryford farmer, 24k £184 (767); Rasharkin farmer, 21k £161 (767), 20k £150 (750); Aghadowey farmer, 21.5k £164.50 (765); Garvagh farmer, 24.5k £187.50 (765); Kilrea farmer, 26k £198 (762), 24k £179.50 (748); Limavady farmer, 22k £167 (759); Desertmartin farmer, 25.5k £192 (753); Toomebridge farmer, 26k £193 (742); Randalstown farmer, 27k £200 (741) and Coleraine farmer, 23.5k £174 (740).

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

Good entry of ewes to £240.

More ewes needed.

A super entry of 145 dairy on Tuesday 16th April to a top price of £2140 for a calved heifer.

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

Ballymoney farmer, calved heifers to £2140, £1720, £1700 and Ballymoney farmer, second calver to £1660, third calver to £1520.

More stock required weekly.

A super entry of 390 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 17th April at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £1670, heifers to £1650 and fat cows and bulls to £2150.

Fat cows: 80 on offer, sharp trade.

Toomebridge farmer, 610k Limousin £1570 (257), 620k Stabiliser £1510 (244), 590k £1390 (236), 620k Limousin £1430 (231); Cookstown farmer, 850k Holstein £2150 (253); Maghera farmer, 510k Limousin £1280 (251); Randalstown farmer, 600k Belgian Blue £1470 (245), 550k Friesian £1180 (215), 450k Belgian Blue £940 (209), 490k £1020 (208); Ballycastle farmer, 630k Belgian Blue £1410 (224); Swatragh farmer, 580k Limousin £1290 (222), 620k Parthenais £1320 (213); Castledawson farmer, 510k Belgian Blue £1090 (214); Moneymore farmer, 610k Holstein £1290 (212), 620k £1290 (208), 590k £1210 (205), 540k £1080 (200); Randalstown farmer, 700k Simmental £1470 (210); Magherafelt farmer, 550k Friesian £1130 (206); Dungiven farmer, 650k Holstein £1330 (205); Bushmills farmer, 740k Limousin £1500 (203); Magherafelt farmer, 730k Charolais £1480 (203); Dungiven farmer, 600k Shorthorn £1170 (195); Ballymoney farmer, 610k Limousin £1180 (193); Bendooragh farmer, 510k Belgian Blue £980 (192) and Randalstown farmer, 720k Simmental £1370 (190).

Suckler

Bellaghy farmer, Simmental cow with Stabiliser heifer calf at foot to £1780 and Ballymena farmer, Belgian Blue cow with Aberdeen Angus Bull calf at foot to £1540;

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Rasharkin farmer, 470k Charolais £1470 (313), 500k £1510 (302); Ballycastle farmer, 530k Limousin £1620 (306), 460k £1310 (285), 460k £1260 (274), 490k £1250 (255); Macosquin farmer, 530k Limousin £1580 (298); Portglenone farmer, 520k Charolais £1540 (296), 510k £1490 (292), 520k £1470 (283), 570k £1500 (263), 550k £1440 (262); Portglenone farmer, 550k Limousin £1620 (295), 500k £1400 (280); Finvoy farmer, 400k Limousin £1120 (280); Magherafelt farmer, 370k Charolais £1020 (276), 510k Limousin £1400 (275); Toomebridge farmer, 350k Limousin £960 (274), 370k Charolais £990 (268), 340k £840 (247); Garvagh farmer, 480k Aberdeen Angus £1310 (273), 430k £1100 (256), 420k £1070 (255); Magilligan farmer, 480k Aberdeen Angus £1300 (271), 490k £1300 (265), 560k £1480 (264), 500k £1320 (264), 500k £1310 (262), 520k £1350 (260), 510k £1300 (255), 550k £1400 (255), 510k £1280 (251), 490k £1200 (245); Claudy farmer, 540k Limousin £1460 (270), 560k Hereford £1460 (261); Magherafelt farmer, 520k Limousin £1400 (269), 520k £1390 (267); Macosquin farmer, 360k Limousin £940 (261), 320k £790 (247); Templepatrick farmer, 460k Limousin £1200 (261); Dromore farmer, 300k Aberdeen Angus £780 (260); Portglenone farmer, 490k Charolais £1270 (259), 460k Belgian Blue £1180 (257), 440k £1110 (252), 480k Limousin £1180 (246); Ballymoney farmer, 540k Limousin £1380 (256), 470k Simmental £1180 (251), 520k Aberdeen Angus £1290 (248); Garvagh farmer, 410k Aberdeen Angus £1050 (256), 430k £1080 (251); Bushmills farmer, 450k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1120 (249); Maghera farmer, 570k Belgian Blue £1420 (249); Limavady farmer, 560k Limousin £1390 (248); Coleraine farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £1160 (247) and Bellaghy farmer, 330k Aberdeen Angus £810 (246).

Steers

Dungiven farmer, 330k Charolais £1160 (352), 320k £1070 (334), 390k Sal £1210 (310), 380k £1150 (303), 410k £1140 (278), 370k £1020 (276), 430k £1140 (265), 470k £1240 (264), 420k £1090 (260), 390k £990 (254), 370k £940 (254), 370k £920 (249), 360k £890 (247); Kilrea farmer, 380k Limousin £1270 (334), 340k Belgian Blue £1120 (329), 350k Limousin £1130 (323), 400k Belgian Blue £1250 (313), 360k Limousin £1050 (292), 430k Belgian Blue £1250 (291), 320k Limousin £900 (281), 380k £1040 (274); Macosquin farmer, 500k Limousin £1570 (314), 480k £1210 (252); Glarryford farmer, 410k Simmental £1200 (293); Rasharkin farmer, 480k Charolais £1400 (292), 560k £1600 (286); Magherafelt farmer, 480k Limousin £1390 (290), 570k £1620 (284), 570k £1520 (267), 600k £1570 (262), 480k £1240 (258); Coleraine farmer, 320k Aberdeen Angus £900 (281), 360k £950 (264), 330k £860 (261), 330k £860 (261), 330k £850 (258), 350k £890 (254), 360k £910 (253), 320k £785 (245); Castledawson farmer, 460k Limousin £1250 (272), 540k Charolais £1420 (263),410k Simmental £1050 (256), 510k Limousin £1280 (251); Garvagh farmer, 430k Limousin £1150 (267); Dungannon farmer, 600k Charolais £1570 (262), 640k Shorthorn £1570 (245); Artivlave farmer, 550k Limousin £1430 (260), 520k £1295 (249); Coleraine farmer, 540k Limousin £1400 (259), 640k Aberdeen Angus £1660 (259), 560k £1400 (255), 590k Limousin £1500 (254), 530k Aberdeen Angus £1330 (251), 490k £1220 (249); Upperlands farmer, 550k Aberdeen Angus £1380 (251); Garvagh farmer, 360k Aberdeen Angus £890 (247) and Glarryford farmer, 550k Montbeliarde £1350 (246).

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

Auctioneers: HA McIlrath and Sons Ltd.