Flying trade at Kilrea

Bull Calves: Dungiven Farmer, CH £575, AA £430, Lim £425, CH £315; N & C Smyth, Glenwherry, Sim £410, £292, £290, £285; M Currie, Ballymoney, Her £405; Drumahoe Farmer, Her £405; Irwins Drumcroone, Coleraine, Her £405, Sim £260, £232, £225, Her £215, Sim £210, £205; Castlerock Farmer, Sim £400, Lim £365, AA £345; P McCracken, Cookstown, CH £370; I Stewart, Ballymoney, AA £365, £325, FKV £318, AA £315, £312, £240; T Herbison, Randalstown, AA £335; A Gordon, Portglenone, Sim £330, BB £285, £258, Sim £240, Her £230, Sim £205; J Close, Rasharkin, AA £315; J Junkin, Bellaghy, AA £282; J Devlin, Moneymore, AA £270; V Craig, Ballykelly, Lim £268; J Purvis, Maghaerafelt, Lim £240.

Heifer Calves: P McCracken, Cookstown, CH £370; Maghera Farmer, CH £360; I Stewart, Ballymoney, SH £350, £310, AA £230; Drumahoe Farmer, Sim £340, £300, BB £290, Sim £290, MB £290; T Herbison, Randalstown, AA £310; Castlerock Farmer, Lim £300; Magherafelt Farmer, BB £280, Her £245, AA £205; Grange Farms, Castlerock, BB £235; J Close, Rasharkin, AA £230; Dungiven Farmer, Lim £225; J Purvis, Magherafelt, Lim £225; V Craig, Ballykelly, Lim £220; J Devlin, Moneymore, AA £218; A Gordon, Portglenone, BB £218.

Friesian Calves: Super trade met with strong demand. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £145. Good demand for thick types.

Weanlings/suck calves: 130 on offer with more required to satisfy demand. Being offered for sale at approx. 12.30pm weekly. Continental & Friesian Lumps a super trade. Customers for cattle up to 18 mnoths.

A good entry of 300 sheep on Monday, August 27 met a steady trade. Demand is trong and more sheep are needed every week. Lambs sold to £81.60 to 354 per kg.

Lambs: W Johnston, Maghera, 17.5k £62 (354), 22.5k £76.50 (340); W Jeffers, Coleraine, 22k £76.50 (348); K Reid, Ballymoney, 22k £76 (346); L Reid, Coleraine, 23k £79 (344); M Pollock, Coleraine, 22k £75.50 (343); M Burton, Limavady, 22.5k £77 (342); J Kirk, Ballymoney, 22.5k £77 (342); H Tannahill, 20.5k £70 (342); C McGovern, Cookstown, 21,5k £73.20 (341); J Kane, Armoy, 24k £81.60 (340); J & S Pollock, Coleraine, 21.5k £73 (340); J Young, Bellaghy, 21.5k £73 (340).

Fat Ewes on offer met a steady trade for all types on offer including grazing types. Ewes to £78. Brisk demand for all types on offer.

A small entry of dairy stock on Tuesday, August 28, met a super trade to a top of £1460 for a springing Heifer. More stock required weekly.

W Millar (JNR), Coleraine, Springing Heifer to £1460.

A super entry of 360 stock on Wednesday, August 29, at Kilrea, continued to meet with a good steady trade. Steers to £1400, heifers to £1305, fat cows £1380.

Fat Cows: (50 on offer, flying trade ~ more required) Maghera Farmer, 750k Lim £1380 (184); I Laughlin, Garvagh, 610k SHB £995 (163); B McAfee, Aghadowey, 610k Fr Bull £960 (157); Coleraine Farmer, 530k £800 (151); M Keatley, Magherafelt, 800k Lim £1120 (140), 760k DAQ £1055 (139); S McFarlane, Dungiven, 750k Sim £1040 (139); H Chambers, Bushmills, 680k BB £935 (138); J Johnston, Magherafelt, 620k SHB £840 (136); H Conn, Castlerock, 630k Lim £850 (135); Portglenone Farmer, 500k Hol £650 (130).

Suckler stock: Quality lots required.Kilrea Farmer, Lim Cows with Lim Heifer calves at foot to £1340.

Heifers: R O’Neill, Dunloy, 450k CH £1205 (268), 440k £1050 (239), 460k £1050 (228), 480k £1080 (225), 480k £1070 (223), 540k £1200 (222), 510k £1090 (214), 440k £930 (211); J Caskey, Kilrea, 500k CH £1130 (226), 550k £1160 (211); T Davison, Desertmartin, 380k CH £860 (226), 350k Lim £745 (213), 400k CH £830 (208), 370k Lim £745 (201); R Cole, Macosquin, 350k DAQ £790 (226), 380k CH £860 (226), 350k £740 (211), 340k £710 (209), 380k £780 (205), 360k £725 (201); M Glass, Maghera, 390k CH £865 (222), 420k £890 (212), 420k £835 (199); W McQuigg, Aghadowey, 500k CH £1100 (220), 430k £905 (211), 420k £850 (202); H McFetridge, Garvagh, 520k CH £1140 (219), 540k £1155 (214), 530k £1090 (206), 450k Lim £900 (200); M Smyth, Macosquin, 410k CH £880 (215), 430k £920 (214); C McIntyre, Macosquin, 440k Sim £940 (214); D McMullan, Rasharkin, 550k Lim £1175 (214), 490k £1000 (204), 550k £1100 (200); T & A Campbell, Rasharkin, 470k Lim £1000 (213), 430k Sim £890 (207); N O’Boyle, Rasharkin, 330k CH £700 (212), 300k £625 (208); J Kerr, Toome, 470k Lim £995 (212), 500k £1050 (210); J Christie, Ballymoney, 450k DAQ £950 (211); N Higgins, Toome, 590k DAQ £1220 (207), 560k Lim £1155 (206), 550k AA £1100 (200); A Lagan, Portglenone, 500k AA £1025 (205), 520k £1065 (205), 520k £1045 (201); P McCord, Randalstown, 640k CH £1305 (204); T Duddy, Claudy, 530k Lim £1065 (201), 420k £825 (196), 400k £780 (195).

Steers: W McCracken, Limavady, 410k CH £1010 (246), 440k £1060 (241), 420k £990 (236), 470k £1090 (232), 430k £965 (224), 410k £915 (223), 450k £995 (221), 530k £1150 (217), 500k £1065 (213), 510k Sim £1055 (207), 460k CH £910 (198), 450k £880 (196); R O’Neill, Dunloy, 430k CH £1050 (244), 500k £1195 (239), 460k £1060 (230), 420k £950 (226), 440k £995 (226), 440k £980 (223), 500k £1110 (222), 450k £995 (221), 510k £1095 (215), 510k £1060 (208), 530k £1095 (207), 580k £1190 (205), 580k £1170 (202); R Shaw, Rasharkin, 300k Lim £700 (233), 300k £680 (227), 330k £700 (212), 340k £700 (206); W Moore, Macosquin, 410k CH £940 (229), 390k £890 (228), 440k £990 (225); L Blair, Limavady, 480k CH £1090 (227), 550k £1150 (209), 570k £1150 (202); T Duddy, Claudy, 490k Lim £1095 (224), 430k £915 (213), 500k £1050 (210), 460k AA £895 (195); J Campbell, Upperlands, 570k Lim £1250 (219), 620k £1280 (207), 520k £1060 (204), 660k £1340 (203), 660k £1330 (202), 660k £1330 (202); A Craig, Toomebridge, 540k AA £1180 (219); D Clarke, Moneymore, 410k AA £895 (218); 420k £840 (200); D Taylor, Macosquin, 290k Lim £625 (216); M Glass, Maghera, 460k CH £980 (213), 450k £930 (207), 400k Lim £780 (195); R Peden, Ballymoney, 560k Lim £1190 (213), 590k £1160 (197); P Cushley, Portglenone, 380k Lim £795 (209), 390k AA £790 (203), 370k Lim £730 (197); D McClure, Ballymoney, 480k AA £980 (204), 500k £1005 (201), 490k Her £965 (197), 480k AA £940 (196); S Potter, Portglenone, 390k AA £790 (203); D McMullan, Rasharkin, 600k Lim £1210 (202); D Duffin, Toomebridge, 420k AA £845 (201); H Chambers, Bushmills, 500k Lim £1000 (200); W Clarke, Moneymore, 450k Sim £890 (198); J McElheran, Stranocum, 370k AA £730 (197); C McIntyre, Macosquin, 550k Sim £1090 (198); S Jackson, Bellaghy, 530k Lim £1040 (196); B Tannahill, Coleraine, 490k AA £955 (195).