Outstanding trade for all types on offer at Kilrea Mart

All types of calves required to satisfy demand.

Good selection of weanlings on offer.

Dropped calves

Bull calves: Kilrea farmer, Limousin £595, Shorthorn beef £460; Ballyronan farmer, Aberdeen Angus £560, £395; Ballymena farmer, Limousin £555; Limavady farmer, Charolais £545, Aberdeen Angus £440, Belgian Blue £430, Belgian Blue £320, Hereford £310, Aberdeen Angus £225; Dungannon farmer, Simmental £500, Belgian Blue £470; Randalstown farmer, Montbeliarde £450, Friesian £270; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £440; Ballyronan farmr, Limousin £440, £390, Aberdeen Angus £390, Limousin £340, Aberdeen Angus £340, Limousin £270; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £430, £410; Draperstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £430, Belgian Blue £405; Ballyclare farmer, Limousin £420; Limavady farmer, Belgian Blue £420, £375, Hereford £325, £290, Aberdeen Angus £250, Holstein £245; Macosquin farmer, Limousin £420, £350; Randalstown farmer, Belgian Blue £420; Ballymoney farmer, Hereford £415, Aberdeen Angus £375; Culnady farmer, Belgian Blue £415; Magherafelt farmer, Limousin £415; Rasharkin farmer, Aberdeen Angus £415; Toomebridge farmer, Belgian Blue £415; Castlerock farmer, Simmental £390; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £380, £370; Magherafelt farmer, Hereford £375; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £365; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360, £240; Magherafelt farmer, Fleckvieh £360; Magherafelt farmer, Aberdeen Angus £360, Hereford £290; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £345; Aghadowey farmer, Hereford £340; Ballyronan farmer, Aberdeen Angus £335; Kilraughts farmer, Fleckvieh £330, £235, £200; Macosquin farmer, Limousin £320, Aberdeen Angus £250; Coleraine farmer, Aberdeen Angus £310; Cookstown farmer, Australian Lowline £300; Garvagh farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £290; Ballymena farmer, Holstein £285; Ballymena farmer, Limousin £265; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £260; Desertmartin farmer, Friesian £255, £200 and Kilrea farmer, Belgian Blue £240.

Heifer calves: Randalstown farmer, Limousin £475; Limavady farmer, Limousin £470; Dunloy farmer, Holstein £465, £450, £440, £420; Rasharkin farmer, Belgian Blue £445, Limousin £410; Portglenone farmer, Limousin £435; Ballyronan farmer, Aberdeen Angus £415; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £410, £390; Toomebridge farmer, Belgian Blue £410, £280; Ballyronan farmer, Hereford £400, Limousin £390, £385, Aberdeen Angus £360, Limousin £360, £350, Aberdeen Angus £350; Kilrea farmer, Aberdeen Angus £400; Draperstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus £385; Ballymoney farmer, Aberdeen Angus £375, £350, £285; Limavady farmer, Aberdeen Angus £370; Dungannon farmer, Simmental £355; Maghera farmer, Belgian Blue £355, Hereford £325, £290; Moneymore farmer, Limousin £340; Dungiven farmer, Hereford £320, Belgian Blue £290, Hereford £260, Aberdeen Angus £205; Ballymoney farmer, Belgian Blue £300; Castlerock farmer, Fleckvieh £300; Aghadowey farmer, Aberdeen Angus £250; Kilrea farmer, Belgian Blue £265, £235 and Armoy farmer, Aberdeen Angus £225.

Friesian calves: Super trade. More required to satisfy demand. Good young calves to £270. 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 £690 and 300 ppk.

More required to satisfy demand. Customers for cattle up to 18 months.

Monday, November 16, 2020: A great entry of 550 fat lamb and ewes met a sharp trade with lambs in strong demand as buyers keen for sheep.

Lambs sold to 5.00 per kg and to top of £108.50.

Fat ewes and rams sold to £102.

Lambs: Ballymoney farmer, 18k £90 (500), 15k £74.50 (497); Kilrea farmer, 19k £91.50 (482), 20k £93.50 (488); Kilrea farmer, 20k £93.50 (468), 22.5k £101 (449); Aghadowey farmer, 22.5k £102.50 (456); Ballymoney farmer, 21k £95.50 (455); Limavady farmer, 22k £99 (450), 19.5k £82 (421); Kilrea farmer, 20.5k £92 (449), 20k £89.50 (448), 19.5k £84 (431); Rasharkin farmer, 22.5k £101 (449), 22k £96.50 (439); Stranocum farmer, 22k £98.50 (448), 24k £104 (433), 22.5k £96 (427); Castlerock farmer, 20k £87.50 (438), 23k £100 (435); Limavady farmer, 23k £99.50 (433); Ballymoney farmer, 22k £94.50 (430); Draperstown farmer, 23.5k £101 (430); Garvagh farmer, 24k £103 (429); Kilrea farmer, 23.5k £100.50 (428); Ahoghill farmer, 19k £81 (426); Limavady farmer, 24k £102 (425) and Garvagh farmer, 24k £101.50 (423).

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

Small entry of ewes and rams to £102. Brisk demand for all types on offer.

Tuesday, November 17, 2020: A super entry of dairy met a super trade.

Macosquin farmer, calved heifers to £2200, £1500; Magherafelt farmer, calved heifers to £2080, £2020; Coleraine farmer, calved heifers to £2080, £2040, £1920, £1900; Randalstown farmer, calved heifer to £1940; Ballymoney farmer, calved heifer to £1800 and Ballyclare farmer, calved cow to £1700.

More stock required weekly.

Wednesday, November 18, 2020: A small entry of fat cow, suckler and store cattle met an outstanding trade with all types of stock in demand.

Steers sold to £1470, heifers sold to £1350 and fat cows sold to £1270.

Fat cows: (65 on offer. Flying trade - more required)

Draperstown farmer, 690k Limousin £1270 (184); Cookstown farmer, 570k Friesian £940 (165), 680k £860 (127), 710k £850 (120); Macosquin farmer, 690k Simmental £1130 (164); Kilrea farmer, 550k Friesian £890 (162), 770k £890 (116); Castlerock farmer, 800k Simmental £1240 (155); Macosquin farmer, 630k Limousin £940 (149); Kilrea farmer, 800k Limousin £1130 (148); Castlerock farmer, 800k Aberdeen Angus £1160 (145); Castledawson farmer, 610k Limousin £850 (139); Ballycastle farmer, 550k Holstein £760 (138); Limavady farmer, 540k Friesian £690 (128), 730k £870 (119); Desertmartin farmer, 610k Shorthorn £770 (126); Magherafelt farmer, 670k Holstein £830 (124); Magherafelt farmer, 550k Friesian £680 (124); Limavady farmer, 780k Friesian £940 (121), 770k £890 (116), 640k £740 (116); Swatragh farmer, 620k Hereford £750 (121); Aghadowey farmer, 660k Friesian £790 (120); Aghadowey farmer, 650k Holstein £770 (119), 570k £660 (116), 600k £690 (115); Kilraughts farmer, 680k Friesian £790 (116) and Randalstown farmer, 770k Holstein £890 (116).

Fat bulls: Macosquin farmer, 760k Charolais £1280 (168).

Suckler stock: Randalstown farmer, Belgian Blue heifer with Charolais Bull calf at foot to £1290 and Draperstown farmer, Aberdeen Angus heifer with Aberdeen Angus Bull calf at foot to £1280.

Heifers: Castledawson farmer, 350k Limousin £780 (223), 380k £810 (213), 410k £850 (207), 450k £900 (200); Armoy farmer, 490k Limousin £1080 (220), 490k £1060 (216), 510k £1100 (216), 520k £1120 (215); Claudy farmer, 470k Limousin £1030 (219), 420k Charolais £870 (207); Armoy farmer, 480k Limousin £1030 (215), 500k £1060 (212), 510k £1050 (206); Randalstown farmer, 470k Limousin £1010 (215), 480k Charolais £1020 (213), 480k £1000 (208), 510k £1060 (208), 560k Belgian Blue £1130 (202); Magherafelt farmer, 620k Aberdeen Angus £1300 (210), 590k Limousin £1190 (202); Ballymoney farmer, 460k Aberdeen Angus £950 (207), 430k £880 (205), 350k £700 (200) and Ballycastle farmer, 410k Simmental £840 (205).

Steers: Portglenone farmer, 360k Aberdeen Angus £870 (242); Ballymoney farmer, 340k Limousin £800 (235), 380k £850 (224); Garvagh farmer, 580k Charolais £1330 (229), 540k £1230 (228); Portglenone farmer, 510k Aberdeen Angus £1150 (226), 520k £1130 (217); Castledawson farmer, 440k Limousin £940 (214); Garvagh farmer, 520k Limousin £1110 (214), 580k £1230 (212), 530k £1090 (206); Londonderry farmer, 600k Limousin £1280 (213), 710k £1470 (207), 600k £1220 (203) and Castlerock farmer, 530k Charolais £1070 (202).

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

Auctioneers: H A McIlrath and Sons Ltd.