Marts: Suckler cows selling to £2400 for Charolais bull at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings of offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £650; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £570; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £560, £515; Garvagh farmer, Fleckvieh £560, £440, £285; Toomebridge farmer, Belgian Blue £550, Aberdeen Angus £450, Belgian Blue £395; Dervock farmer, Belgian Blue £535, £275, £255; Glarryford farmer, Belgian Blue £500, Aberdeen Angus £495, £345, Friesian £335, Aberdeen Angus £275, £220; Draperstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £495, £450; Cookstown farmer, Shorthorn £485; Magherafelt farmer, Friesian £470, Fleckvieh £365; Kilrea farmer, Simmental £465, £330, £250, Aberdeen Angus £245; Knockloughrim farmer, Aberdeen Angus £460, £220; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £430; Eglinton farmer, Charolais £400, £345, Aberdeen Angus £270; Moneymore farmer, Fleckvieh £390, £260; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £380; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £380, £360, Simmental £355; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £355; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £340, Aberdeen Angus £250; Armoy farmer, Belgian Blue £335; Desertmartin farmer, Fleckvieh £330, £260, £250; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £315; Ballymena farmer, Simmental £305, £255; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £305, Belgian Blue £280, Aberdeen Angus £235; Loughgiel farmer, Aberdeen Angus £295, £265; Portglenone farmer, Aberdeen Angus £295, Belgian Blue £275, Aberdeen Angus £200; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285, £220; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £280, £270, £260; Garvagh farmer, Limousin £280;

Magherafelt farme, Belgian Blue £280; Antrim farmer, Friesian £275; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £275, Friesian £240; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £270; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £270, £250, Aberdeen Angus £235; Magherafelt farmer, Friesian £270; Limousin farmer, Belgian Blue £265, £230; Moneymore farmer, Belgian Blue £265; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £260; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £255; Upperlands farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250; Dunloy farmer, Montbeliarde £245; Garvagh farmer, Friesian £245; Limousin farmer, Stabiliser £235; Macosquin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £235 and Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £210.

Heifer calves

Portglenone farmer, Charolais £800; Magherafelt farmer, Charolais £555; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £495, £435; Aghadowey farmer, Friesian £470; Glarryford farmer, Belgian Blue £465, Aberdeen Angus £440, £330; Rasharkin farmer, Charolais £445, Aberdeen Angus £380; Castlerock farmer, Holstein £425, £415, £370; Portglenone farmer, Charolais £400; Toomebridge farmer, Aberdeen Angus £370, Belgian Blue £365; Ballymena farmer, Belgian Blue £360, Hereford £350, Aberdeen Angus £270, £245, Hereford £220, £210, £200; Armoy farmer, Fleckvieh £355, Aberdeen Angus £215; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £340; Portglenone farmer, Hereford £340, Aberdeen Angus £270; Draperstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £330; Knockloughrim farmer, Aberdeen Angus £320, £220; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £315; Kilrea farmer, Simmental £310; Dervock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £305, £200; Macosquin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £275; Garvagh farmer, Limousin £270; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £270, Aberdeen Angus £210; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £245, £230; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £230; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £215; Dungiven farmer, Belgian Blue £210; Maghera farmer, Aberdeen Angus £210; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £205 and Dunloy farmer, Montbeliarde £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 (165)

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 £1210 and 337 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

A super entry of 1000 fat lambs and ewes on Monday 6th April met a steady trade throughout with quality lambs in good demand.

Spring lambs to £8.55 per kg and to top of £211.50.

Hoggets to £7.05 kg and to top of £202.

Fat ewes to £278.

Breeders to £265.

Spring lambs (350)

Rasharkin farmer, 22k £188 (855), 22k £176 (800); Portglenone farmer, 21.5k £165 (767); Coleraine farmer, 22.5k £171.50 (762); Antrim farmer, 25k £189 (756), 30k £211.50 (705); Portglenone farmer, 20.5k £155 (756); Ballymoney farmer, 25k £188 (752); Antrim farmer, 21k £157.50 (750); Ballymoney farmer, 21.5k £161 (749); Limousin farmer, 24k £178.50 (744); Coleraine farmer, 17k £126 (741); Limousin farmer, 19k £140 (737); Kilrea farmer, 20.5k £147.50 (720); Ballymena farmer, 21k £151 (719); Ballymoney farmer, 23.5k £169 (719); Ballymena farmer, 21.5k £153.50 (714); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £157 (714); Bushmills farmer, 22.5k £160 (711); Ballymena farmer, 23k £163.50 (711) and Ballymoney farmer, 24k £170 (708).

Hogget lambs ( 350 )

Ballymoney farmer, 21k £148 (705); Ballymena farmer, 22k £153 (696); Garvagh farmer, 24k £167 (696); Coleraine farmer, 23k £158 (687); Kilrea farmer, 20.5k £140 (683); Antrim farmer, 21k £143 (681); Portglenone farmer, 24.5k £165 (674); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £148 (673); Ballymena farmer, 20k £134 (670) and Coleraine farmer, 23k £152.50 (663).

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

Good entry of ewes to £278.

More ewes needed.

A good entry of 40 dairy on Tuesday 7th April to a top price of £1650 for a calved heifer.

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

Armagh farmer, calved heifers to £1650, £1500 and third calver to £1500.

More stock required weekly.

A super entry of 420 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle on Wednesday 8th May at Kilrea met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers to £1740, heifers to £1790 and fat cows and bulls to £2080.

Fat cows: 80 on offer, sharp trade.

Pomeroy farmer, 410k Simmental £1140 (278); Armoy farmer, 730k Aberdeen Angus £1860 (255); Antrim farmer, 480k Simmental £1220 (254), 570k Limousin £1080 (190); Pomeroy farmer, 550k Simmental £1390 (253); Draperstown farmer, 460k Simmental £1140 (248); Ballymoney farmer, 550k Limousin £1350 (245), 480k Stabiliser £1140 (238), 600k Limousin £1180 (197), 670k Stabiliser £1290 (193); Ballymoney farmer, 600k Belgian Blue £1450 (242); Dungiven farmer, 690k Simmental £1660 (241); Kilrea farmer, 600k Charolais £1390 (232); Ballymoney farmer, 680k Limousin £1540 (227), 610k £1360 (223), 700k £1510 (216), 560k £1190 (213); Belfast farmer, 620k Limousin £1380 (223), 680k Simmental £1320 (194), 600k £1140 (190); Antrim farmer, 650k Charolais £1440 (222), 640k £1360 (213), 570k £1180 (207); Randalstown farmer, 510k Limousin £1120 (220); Bellaghy farmer, 620k Limousin £1310 (211); Limousin farmer, 990k Stabiliser £2080 (210); Garvagh farmer, 590k Simmental £11230 (209); Maghera farmer, 480k Friesian £1000 (208), 370k £760 (205); Coleraine farmer, 650k Holstein £1340 (206); Cookstown farmer, 780k Aberdeen Angus £1580 (203); Ballymena farmer, 680k Aberdeen Angus £1330 (196) and Toomebridge farmer, 350k Aberdeen Angus £680 (194), 400k £760 (190).

Suckler

Ballymena farmer, Charolais bull to £2400, Aberdeen Angus cow with Aberdeen Angus heifer calf at foot to £1500; Claudy farmer, Limousin cow with Simmental bull calf at foot to £1960, Simmental cow with Charolais Bull calf at foot to £1640, Simmental Cow with Simmental bull calf at foot to £1560; Bellaghy farmer, Limousin cow with Limousin heifer calf at foot to £1800; Portglenone farmer, Limousin cow with Charolais heifer calf at foot to £1760 and Draperstown farmer, Simmental third calver with Charolais bull calf at foot to £1700.

All types of suckler stock required.

Heifers

Kilrea farmer, 320k Charolais £1090 (341), 360k Simmental £1120 (311), 340k Charolais £910 (268), 360k £930 (258), 370k £930 (251); Kilrea farmer, 430k Charolais £1410 (328), 510k £1500 (294), 570k £1640 (288); Limousin farmer, 340k Limousin £1100 (324), 340k £920 (271); Ballymoney farmer, 350k Limousin £1120 (320), 430k £1280 (298); Kilrea farmer, 460k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1430 (311), 440k £1320 (300), 460k Limousin £1350 (294), 450k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1260 (280), 510k Limousin £1380 (271); Kilrea farmer, 260k Charolais £800 (308); Toomebridge farmer, 400k Limousin £1230 (308), 470k £1260 (268), 490k Charolais £1300 (265), 540k Limousin £1410 (261), 510k Charolais £1280 (251); Antrim farmer, 460k Charolais £1400 (304), 475k £1360 (286); Randalstown farmer, 270k Simmental £820 (304), 380k Charolais £1100 (290); Crumlin farmer, 520k Limousin £1540 (296); Belfast farmer, 450k Limousin £1300 (289), 480k Simmental £1360 (283), 540k Limousin £1500 (278), 470k £1280 (272), 490k £1320 (269), 490k £1300 (265); Limousin farmer, 520k Charolais £1500 (289), 580k £1670 (288), 430k £1230 (286), 440k Limousin £1240 (282), 490k Belgian Blue £1350 (276), 460k £1250 (272); Portglenone farmer, 410k Limousin £1180 (288), 480k Charolais £1380 (288), 490k Charolais £1380 (282), 550k Limousin £1530 (278), 480k Charolais £1310 (273), 500k £1360 (272), 560k £1440 (257); Ballycastle farmer, 460k Aberdeen Angus £1320 (287), 510k Charolais £1440 (282), 530k Limousin £1430 (270), 460k £1220 (265), 500k £1310 (262); Claudy farmer, 460k Charolais £1320 (287); Garvagh farmer, 420k Belgian Blue £1190 (283); Ballymoney farmer, 360k Charolais £1010 (281), 240k £620 (258); Cloughmills farmer, 460k Saler £1280 (278), 480k £1300 (271), 440k £1140 (259); Maghera farmer, 360k Limousin £1000 (278); Claudy farmer, 530k Charolais £1460 (276); Coleraine farmer, 380k Limousin £1050 (276), 510k Shorthorn £1290 (253), 490k Limousin £1230 (251); Kilrea farmer, 370k Simmental £1020 (276); Aghadowey farmer, 440k Limousin £1180 (268); Ballymoney farmer, 470k Limousin £1250 (266); Bendooragh farmer, 460k Hereford £1210 (263), 510k Belgian Blue £1280 (251), 490k Hereford £1230 (251); Macosquin farmer, 550k Limousin £1440 (262); Portglenone farmer, 610k Simmental £1590 (261); Coleraine farmer, 480k Belgian Blue £1250 (260); Coleraine farmer, 600k Aberdeen Angus £1540 (257) and Rasharkin farmer, 280k Simmental £700 (250).

Steers

Kilrea farmer, 360k Limousin £1380 (383), 430k £1600 (372), 390k £1440 (369), 420k £1520 (362), 380k Blonde d'Aquitaine £1340 (353), 440k Belgian Blue £1480 (336), 430k Limousin £1420 (330), 370k £1170 (316); Bellaghy farmer, 420k Limousin £1310 (312); Ballycastle farmer, 470k Limousin £1450 (309), 520k £1490 (287), 500k £1430 (286), 590k Simmental £1500 (254); Rasharkin farmer, 470k Charolais £1450 (309), 400k £1230 (308), 530k £1540 (291), 570k £1650 (290), 510k £1470 (288), 550k £1580 (287), 550k £1540 (280), 600k £1660 (279), 540k £1420 (263); Randalstown farmer, 330k Simmental £1000 (303); Garvagh farmer, 480k Limousin £1440 (300), 440k £1280 (291), 400k £1120 (280), 490k £1260 (257); Ballymena farmer, 310k Charolais £920 (297); Aghadowey farmer, 400k Limousin £1170 (293), 520k £1460 (281), 360k £900 (250); Kilrea farmer, 400k Hereford £1170 (293); Portglenone farmer, 540k Charolais £1560 (289), 570k £1610 (283), 550k £1520 (276); Cookstown farmer, 450k Aberdeen Angus £1290 (287), 530k £1430 (270), 420k £1120 (267), 540k £1350 (250); Toomebridge farmer, 640k Saler £1740 (272), 630k Belgian Blue £1600 (254), 620k Fleckvieh £1570 (253); Bellaghy farmer, 370k Limousin £1000 (270), 420k £1130 (269), 400k £1040 (260); Londonderry farmer, 400k Limousin £1080 (270), 530k £1330 (251), 400k Saler £1000 (250); Portrush farmer, 540k Aberdeen Angus £1460 (270), 500k £1300 (260); Macosquin farmer, 380k Hereford £1020 (268); Coleraine farmer, 580k Aberdeen Angus £1520 (262), 490k £11250 (255); Portglenone farmer, 530k Aberdeen Angus £1380 (260); Garvagh farmer, 270k Limousin £700 (259) and Magherafelt farmer, 570k Aberdeen Angus £1440 (253).

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

Auctioneers: HA McIlrath and Sons Ltd.