Calved heifers selling to a top price of £2380 at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves

Moneymore farmer, Limousin £530; Ballyronan farmer, Limousin £515, £500, Aberdeen Angus £470, Limousin £455, £445, £375, £360, Friesian £265; Stranocum farmer, Aberdeen Angus £490; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £465, £425, Friesian £205; Ballyclare farmer, Limousin £440, £430, £425; Desertmartin farmer, Simmental £440; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £435, £420, £415, £375, Aberdeen Angus £335; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £415, Aberdeen Angus £350, £320, Holstein £265; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £390; Portglenone farmer, Blonde d’Aquitaine £390, £340; Ballywalter farmer, Fleckvieh £375; Armoy farmer, Belgian Blue £365, Fleckvieh £335, £320, £285; Cookstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360, Holstein £245, £235; Cookstown farmer, Charolais £355, Aberdeen Angus £285, Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £340, £260; Coleraine farmer, Hereford £335, £305, Friesian £270, £250, £220; Coleraine farmer, Hereford £305, Aberdeen Angus £285, £250, Hereford £240, £235; Ballymena farmer, Aberdeen Angus £295; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £295; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £295, £205; Castlerock farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290; Dungiven farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290, Belgian Blue £290, Hereford £275, £270, £255, Belgian Blue £255, £200; Limavady farmer, Holstein £250; Magherafelt farmer, Hereford £250; Ballymoney farmer, Fleckvieh £285, Montbeliarde £215; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285; Macosquin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £285; Coleraine farmer, Limousin £280; Dungiven farmer, Friesian £270; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £265, Belgian Blue £230; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £260; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £255; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250 and Ballymena farmer, Holstein £215, £210.

Heifer calves

Coleraine farmer, Belted Galloway £480, Hereford £350, Friesian £330, Hereford £300; Ballyronan farmer, Limousin £460, £415, £400, £395, £260; Portglenone farmer, Belgian Blue £435, Aberdeen Angus £385, £270; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £385, Aberdeen Angus £345; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £380; Bushmills farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360, £205; Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350, £335, Belgian Blue £245; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £350, Aberdeen Angus £350; Moneymore farmer, Limousin £350; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £345; Magherafelt farmer, Hereford £345, £335; Stranocum farmer, Belgian Blue £340; Ballymena farmer, Hereford £325, Limousin £200; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £320, Limousin £285, Aberdeen Angus £225; Ballywalter farmer, Hereford £310, £285, £215; Ballyclare farmer, Limousin £300, £230; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £300; Limavady farmer, Limousin £285; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £270, £250, £245, £205; Coleraine farmer, Hereford £250; Randalstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £245; Aghadowey farmer, Friesian £240; Desertmartin farmer, Simmental £235 and Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £200.

Friesian calves

Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £270.

Good demand for thick types.

Young Friesiand calves needed.

Weanlings and 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 sold to a top of £815 and 363ppk.

More required to satisfy demand.

Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

Tuesday, November 10, 2020: A super entry of dairy cattle at Kilrea which met a super trade.

Coleraine farmer, calved heifers to £2380, £2320, £2300; Coleraine farmer, calved heifer to £2300; Ballyclare farmer, second calver to £2200; Ballymoney farmer, calved Fleckvieh heifers to £1800, £1620, £1560 and fourth calver to £1500.

More stock required weekly.

Wednesday, November 11, 2020: A super entry of 230 fat cows, sucklers and store cattle met an outstanding trade for all types of stock in demand.

Steers sold to £1400, heifers sold to £1330 and fat cows sold to £1350.

Fat cows: (75 on offer. Flying trade - more required)

Knockloughrim farmer, 780k Limousin £1350 (173), 540k £920 (170); Rasharkin farmer, 720k Limousin £1240 (172); Randalstown farmer, 730k Charolais £1210 (166); Draperstown farmer, 640k Belgian Blue £1040 (163), 630k Limousin £930 (148); Kilraughts farmer, 620k Fleckvieh £1000 (161), 650k £790 (122); Limavady farmer, 600k Holstein £950 (158); Toomebridge farmer, 650k Limousin £920 (142); Kilrea farmer, 870k Aberdeen Angus £1180 (136), 710k Holstein £880 (124), 700k £840 (120), 560k £650 (116); Castlerock farmer, 710k Aberdeen Angus £960 (135), 690k £870 (126); Upperlands farmer, 650k Belgian Blue £880 (135); Ballycastle farmer, 570k Limousin £760 (133); Ballykelly farmer, 620k Holstein £790 (127), 700k £890 (127), 700k £880 (126); Kilrea farmer, 640k Fleckvieh £800 (125), 700k Friesian £870 (124); Kilrea farmer, 760k Friesian £940 (124); Crumlin farmer, 640k Aberdeen Angus £790 (123); Macosquin farmer, 610k Limousin £740 (121); Portglenone farmer, 680k Friesian £820 (121); Ballymoney farmer, 740k Holstein £880 (119), 690k £810 (117); Upperlands farmer, 630k Friesian £730 (116) and Portglenone farmer, 660k Hereford £760 (115).

Suckler stock: Ballymena farmer, Hereford cow with Charolais heifer calf at foot to £1460.

Heifers: Garvagh farmer, 260k Shorthorn beef £680 (262); Ballymena farmer, 280k Charolais £730 (261), 310k £660 (213); Garvagh farmer, 420k Limousin £1000 (238); Macosquin farmer, 430k Limousin £980 (228), 430k £950 (221), 450k Charolais £990 (220), 390k Limousin £840 (215), 440k £920 (209), 450k £910 (202); Castlerock farmer, 530k Belgian Blue £1150 (217); Ballymoney farmer, 390k Limousin £840 (215), 410k £840 (205), 490k £1000 (204); Ballyronan farmer, 390k Charolais £840 (215), 430k £900 (209), 410k £820 (200); Maghera farmer, 620k Limousin £1330 (215), 510k £1090 (214); Kilrea farmer, 520k Charolais £1110 (214), 540k Simmental £1100 (204), 440k Belgian Blue £880 (200); Dunloy farmer, 440k Simmental £930 (211), 460k £960 (209); Ballycastle farmer, 500k Limousin £1050 (210), 420k £880 (210), 420k £870 (207); Ballymoney farmer, 470k Aberdeen Angus £950 (202), 550k £1100 (200), 530k £1060 (200), 480k £960 (200); Bellarena farmer, 340k Limousin £680 (200) and Magherafelt farmer, 560k Aberdeen Angus £1120. (200);

Steers: Bellarena farmer, 250k Limousin £670 (268), 330k £730 (221); Ballymena farmer, 330k Charolais £820 (249), 350k £830 (237), 380k £850 (224); Garvagh farmer, 400k Belgian Blue £910 (228), 400k Hereford £850 (213), 380k Limousin £800 (211), 440k Aberdeen Angus £920 (209); Toomebridge farmer, 330k Limousin £740 (224); Kilrea farmer, 600k Limousin £1340 (223), 650k Charolais £1400 (215), 560k Limousin £1200 (214), 530k £1100 (208); Kilrea farmer, 410k Limousin £910 (222), 430k £950 (221), 460k £990 (215), 470k £980 (209), 410k £850 (207), 480k £960 (200); Claudy farmer, 380k Simmental £820 (216), 380k £800 (211); Ballyronan farmer, 440k Charolais £940 (214); Coagh farmer, 350k Simmental £740 (211), 340k Limousin £710 (209), 310k Simmental £640 (207), 340k Belgian Blue £700 (206), 370k £740 (200); Antrim farmer, 450k Charolais £940 (209); Ballymoney farmer, 320k Belgian Blue £670 (209); Macosquin farmer, 480k Aberdeen Angus £990 (206); Ballymoney farmer, 570k Limousin £1170 (205);

Claudy farmer, 660k Charolais £1340 (203); Kilraughts farmer, 500k Hereford £1010 (202) and Portglenone farmer, 500k Simmental £1000 (200).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.