Longtown Primestock Sale Report
The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart plc had forward 15 prime cattle, 7 young bulls,15 over thirty month cattle, 43 spring lambs, 4,693 prime hoggs and 3,802 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday 1st May 2014.
A similar show of prime cattle sold to recent rates with more quality sorts required. Heifers topped at 235.5p for Limousin from A & W J Taylor & Son, Dashwellgreen, whose run of heifers averaged 226p.
Principal Prices (per kilo)
Bullocks
Saler 180.5p Sceughdyke
Heifers
Limousin 235.5p, 226.5p, 225.5p, 219.5p Dashwellgreen, 215.5p Low Hallburn, 210.0p Houghton House, 209.5p, 206.5p Low Hallburn, 199.5p Camping Holm
Charolais 200.5p Sceughdyke
Principal Prices (per head)
Bullocks
Saler £1155 Sceughdyke
Heifers
Limousin. £1307 Dashwellgreen, £1206, £1194 Low Hallburn, £1177 Dashwellgreen, £1146 Low Hallburn, £1097 Dashwellgreen, £1092 Houghton House. £1017 Camping Holm
Charolais £1233 Sceughdyke
Prime bulls continue to sell at the national trend and topped at 188p for a Limousin from J. & P. Routledge & Son, Netherton.
Principal Prices (per kilo)
Limousin 188p, 154p Netherton
Principal Prices (per head)
Limousin £1175, £978, £907 Netherton
A larger show of OTM forward and sold to 176p for a Limousin shown by Messrs Ritson, Swaites.
Principal Prices (per kilo)
Limousin 176p, 152p, 140p Swaites, 118p Leahaugh, 110p Holme House
Friesian 122p, 118p Dormansteads
Principal Prices (per head)
Limousin £1091 Swaites, £1064 Burnside, £919 Swaites, £704 Holme House
Friesian £829, £702 Dormansteads
Spring lambs sold to a top of £108 for Charolais from Wester Parkgate and 271p per kilo for Texels from Dockray Hall. Good quality handyweight lambs much sought after, more lambs required to fill buyers requirements.
Principal Prices (per head)
Charollais £108, £95, £91 Wester Parkgate
Suffolk £89 Oswie,
Texel £100 Yett, £98 High Parsonbridge, £97 Dockray Hall, £96 Camping Holm, £95 Dockray Hall
Principle Prices (per kilo)
Suffolk 223p Oswie, 219p Upper Senwick
Texel 271p, 264p, 262p Dockray Hall, 243p Camping Holm
Charollais 228p Wester Parkgate
A good show of 4,693 prime hoggs sold to the usual ringside of buyers. Good quality export hoggs and lightweight hoggs were easily sold and maintained recent high rates, with only the best end of the heavy hoggs easily sold. Other heavy hoggs and second rate hoggs far easier on the week. The overall sale average was 208.3p (SQQ 217.5p). Top price was £116 for Texels from I. Davidson & Son, Muirhouses and to 300p per kilo for Beltex from Greenlane.
Principal Prices (per head)
Texel £116 Muirhouse, £113 Tarool, £110 Copperthorns & Willimoteswick
North Country Cheviot £107.50, £105.50 The Land, £104 Todhillrigg, £100 Middlebie Hill
Beltex £100 Whitehill Cottage, £90 Greenlane
Suffolk £111 Dinwoodie Green, £104 The Land, £98 Broomhills, £97.50 Somerton House
Hill Cheviot £105.50 Todhillrigg & West Scales, £105 Wicketthorn, £104 Bloan
Charollais £95 Pilmuir & Kelmore Hills, £94 Mosside, £92 Elveden, £91 Oswie
Greyface £92 Elveden, £90 Stoneraise Place & Kirkland Green
Lleyn £93, £86, £80 Whitcastles
Blackface £93 Faulding Cleugh, £92.50 Barlaes, 91 Stoneraide Place, £90 Oswie
Leicester £88 Stonehall
Jacob £71 Almagill
Herdwick £76, £75 Almagill, £75 Cumcrook
Swaledale £60 Kirkland Green
Kendal Rough £70 Newington
Oxford £70 Guards
Principle Prices (per kilo)
Beltex 300p Greenlane, 233p Whitehill Cottage
Texel 257p Tarool, 250p Kirkland Green, 249p, 245p Allerby Hall, 244p Harene
Hill Cheviot 248p West Scales, 247p Cardew Hall, 246p Shawhead, 245p West Scales & Todhillrigg, 244p West Scales, 242p Creca & Ericstane
North Country Cheviot 245p, 239p Land, 239p Broomhills, 233p Ericstane, 226p Todhillrigg
Greyface 216p, 214p Stoneraise Place, 212p Westerhopeburn, 205p High House & Oswie
Suffolk 231p The Land, 222p Somerton House, 218p Hillview, 216p Stoneraise Place, 213p Dunjop
Blackface 226p Mid Harrietsfield, 223p, 222p Stoneraise Place, 220p Mid Harrietsfield, 219p Higher Grenofen
Lleyn 192p Guards, 182p Westerhouses
Charollais 226p Inkstack, 212p Oswie, 207p Baillie, 202p Pilmuir
Herdwick 200p Almagill
Swaledale 170p Bateyshield
Jacob 197p Almagill, 196p Gateside
A larger of show of 3,802 ewes and rams sold to the usual ringside of buyers following a month of extreme prices and with a lesser quality show of ewes forward all classes were slightly cheaper on the week, with rams still very dear and short of buyers requirements. Top price was £170 for Texel ram from Drumhumphrey.
Cast Rams:- Texel £170 Drumhumphrey, £144 Severs, £135 Reaygarth; Suffolk £124 Wick, £120 Merrick £118 Roadside, £116 Plumgate; Charollais £138 Gateside, £121 Braehead; Leicester £144 Drumhumphrey, £128 Newry, £100 Woodhouse; Blackface £98 Drumhumprey, £89 Barlaes, £88 Severs; North Country Cheviot £110 Newry; Jacob £80 Gateside; Lleyn £128 Whitcastles; Zwartbles £80 Stanley House; Dorset £100 Upperlands & Newry; Oxford £74 Wick; Kerry Hill £98 Whitcastles; Easycare £82 South Port o Spittal
Heavy ewes:- Texel £134 Newry, £128, £126 Side, £124 Townfoot, £122 Glenzierfoot; Suffolk £118 Newry,. £117 Severs, £116 Rinlinggate & Side, £115 Carnbaie; Bleu de Maine £124 Wick; Charollais £126 Upperland, £112 Townfoot, £111 Side; Halfbred £108 Barrogill Mains; Greyface £95 Newtown, £90 Round Meadows, £87 Muirhouse, £86 Broomhouse, £85 Copperthorns; Cheviot Mule £90 Outertown, £82 Higher Grenofen; Leicester £87 Castle Nook, £86 Gapshield & Raggetsyke, £84 Westerhopeburn; North Country Cheviot £99 Philiphaugh, £96 Ericstane, £94 Philiphaugh, £93 Upperland, £92 Ericstane; Beltex £92 Tercrosset; Zwartbles £79 West Clyth, £70 Westside; Dorset £80 Pennant & Wilsey.
Light Ewes:- Lleyn £90 Whitcastles; Herdwick £46 Woodleigh; Swaledale £70 Round Meadows, £68 Spoutbank, Reaygarth & Over Whitlaw; Kerry Hill £72 Newry; Cheviot £88 Temon, £75 Wardrew, £71 Temon, £69 Hallburn; Blackface £79 West Hottbank, Drumhumphrey, £75 Lawston, £74 Somerton.
Averages:
Steers
Light to -------p (-------p)
Medium to -------p (-------p)
Heavy to 180.5p (180.5p)
Heifers
Light to 225.5p (214.0p)
Medium to 235.5p (210.8p)
Heavy to 200.5p (200.5p)
Young bulls 188.0p (129.7p)
Hoggs
Light to 300.0p (204.8p)
Standard to 247.0p (213.2p)
Medium to 257.0p (221.5p)
Heavy to 226.0p (186.1p)
Shearlings 220.0p (168.2p)
Lambs
Light to -------p (-------p)
Standard to 271.0p (251.4p)
Medium to 232.0p (220.5p)
Heavy to 204.0p (200.7p)
Shearlings 169.0p (168.7p)
Ewes
Light to £90.00 (£52.40)
Heavy to £134.00 (£85.88)
Cast Rams £170.00 (£97.62)
