Longtown Primestock Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts Limited had forward 14 prime cattle, 32 OTM cattle, 2,817 prime lambs and 6,209 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday 4th August 2016.

A very small show with a mixed selection, and all grass cattle. Top price of 212.5p was paid for a Limousin heifer shown by LE Grice & Son, Newtown. Bulls sold to 199.5p for a Limousin from GJA Rome & Co., Niven Hill.

STEERS

PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)

Limousin 208.5p, 181.5p Hallees.

PRINCIPLE PRICES (PER HEAD)

Limousin £1376, £1348, £1337, £1315 Hallees.

HEIFERS

PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)

Limousin 212.5p Newtown.

Charolais 191.5p, 184.5p, 183.5p Upper Mains.

PRINCIPLE PRICES (PER HEAD)

Limousin £1190 Newtown.

Charolais £1190, £1168 Upper Mains.

BULLS

PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)

Limousin 199.5p, 195.5p Niven Hill.

PRINCIPAL PRICE (PER HEAD)

Limousin £1206, £1114 Niven Hill.

OTM: Ewing family tops the sale

A marvelous entry of 32 cows were offered to the usual good company of eight buyers who bid freely for all types of cow, with demand outstripping supply. Andrew Ewing fetched a wonderful load of cows which topped at 150p for a Limousin, with others to 143p. Continental passport cows sold to 132p for a Blue. Native bred sucklers sold to 112p from John Higgs with Angus to 110p. The Bradbury family renowned for selling quality store lambs sold an aged Welsh Black to 98p. Blue Greys sold to 102p from Jim Wood.

Dairy cows were on the whole out of parlour types and topped at 114p from Alan & David Coulthard, with Dairy Shorthorns selling to 100p from the James family. OTM’s were a small entry and topped at 145p for a Limousin steer from Richard Ritson, with others to 141p from Walton.

Top price per head was £1102.50 from Dumbretton with others to £1015.30 Annan, £916.50 Swaites. Dairy types to £792, Justicetown.

A larger show of 2,817 lambs were forward to a busy ring of buyers all actively looking for lambs and many going home short of requirements. This resulted in the best average of the week of 197ppk. An excellent entry of Texel and Beltex export lambs met a flying trade from start to finish, with heavyweight lambs 45kg plus keenly sought after and still well short of supply. Lightweight lambs were scarcer in numbers after last week’s dip, however rallied around to get back in front of store trade. Many more lambs in all categories could be sold to vendor’s advantage. Sale topped at £124 for Texel lambs from Sutherland, Carran, Caithness and to 233p for Texels from Copperthorns and Sowerby Wood.

PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)

Texel 233p Copperthorns & Sowerby Wood, 232p Old Rectory & Carran, 229p Lynegar, 223p Kirk House & Wallend, 222p Copperthorns, 220p Wood Farm.

Beltex 215p, 201p Walton Highrigg.

Bleu du Maine 210p Achnamoine.

Charollais 205p Foulshiels, 203p Rumsdale House, 195p Greensburn & Glenlea.

Suffolk 204p Tarrasfoot, 202p Tone Hall, Falla, Haregills, Branxholm Braes, Whins & Barnglies, 201p Sowerby Wood & Fenton.

Cheviot 200p Culcaigrie, 191p Whitstonehill.

Berrichon 200p Sceugh Dyke.

Hampshire 200p, 196p Barnglies, 180p Guards.

Cheviot Mule 197p Dodgsonstown, 186p North House, 181p Tone Hall.

Half-bred 189p High Moat, 183p Earlside.

Greyface 187p Greensburn, 185p Bellymore on Tig, Mid Harrietsfield & Plantation View, 183p Bailey Mill.

Blackface 183p Prospect House, 178p Mid Harriestfield, Penpeugh & Prospect House.

PRINCIPAL PRICE (PER HEAD)

Texel £124 Carran, £112 Morningside & Drumreach, £110 Eastside & Lynegar, £105 Wallend.

Suffolk £109 Dykehead, £100 Devonport & Branxholm Braes, £98 Inch farm, £97 Sceugh Dyke, £94 Barnglies & Wood Farm, £92 Earlside.

Cheviot Mule £98 Tone Hall, £86.50 Dodgsonstown.

Hampshire £94, £90 Barnglies.

Charollais £88 Station Road, £84 Foulshiels, £80 Glenlea.

Berrichon £88 Sceugh Dyke.

Beltex £86, £82 Walton Highrigg.

Bleu du Maine £86 Achnamoine.

Half-bred £83 High Moat, £77 Earlside.

Greyface £77 Nunscleugh, £76 Whiteside, £75 D’Mainholm, £74 Mid Harrietsfield & Allensgreen.

Blackface £70 Allensgreen, £68 Mid Harrietsfield, £66 Prospect House & Penpeugh.

Also included today was the Annual Young Handlers Show & Sale, kindly sponsored by Farmers Guardian, where over 50 children were present with their lambs. The show was ably judges by Mr Will Tinning of Dunbia Ltd, who after some deliberation in the difficult classes awarded the championship to Maisie Milburn of Wallend Farm, Greenhead; whose family are regular market supporters, for her outstanding Beltex lamb which scaled 44kg and realised £130 to the judge. In reserve was a girl who put the boys in their place today, with Alexandra Bouch’s 40kg Beltex lamb realising £106 also to the judge. A great show of lambs was forward and sold accordingly, which can be seen in the following prices:

Class 1:- AGE UP TO 7 YEARS

1^ST & CHAMPION - 1015 Maisie Milburn – 44 kilos, £130 to the judge

2^ND – 1016 Lilly Milburn – 36 kilos, £100 to R. Lawson

3^RD – 1017 Rupert Burford – 39 kilos, £100 to R. Lawson

4^TH – 1009 Lewis Little – 43 kilos, £100 to M. Lomax

5^TH – 1010 Logan Little – 37 kilos, £98 to A. Dawson

6^TH – 1013 William Ambler – 40 kilos, £87 to R. Lawson

7^TH – 1001 Charlie Vevers – 38 kilos, £92 to Dunbia

8^TH – 1014 Jonathan Telford – 39 kilos, £85 to A. Dawson

9^TH – 1012 Ollie Johnstone – 39 kilos, £80 to M. Lomax

10^TH – 1011 Leon Hutton – 42 kilos, £89 to M. Lomax

Class 2:- AGE 8 TO 11 YEARS

1^ST - 1018 Amy Milburn – 36 kilos, £100 to R. Lawson

2^ND – 1021 Matthew Gorton – 43 kilos, £100 to M. Lomax

3^RD – 1025 Fern Simpson – 40 kilos, £96 to A. Dawson

4^TH – 1022 Niamh Gorton – 40 kilos, £85 to R. Lawson

5^TH – 1019 Seb Burford – 47 kilos, £105 to G. Fleming

6^TH – 1020 Daniel Gorton – 47 kilos, £98 to M. Lomax

7^TH – 1026 Lewis Jardine – 40 kilos, £85 to A. Dawson

8^TH – 1024 Amy Graham – 38 kilos, £80 to A. Dawson

9^TH – 1031 Joseph Hutton – 46 kilos, £91 R. Lawson

10^TH – 1032 Isaac Bouch – 48 kilos, £103 to West Scottish Lamb

Class 3:- AGE 12 TO 16 YEARS

1^ST – 1036 Kayleigh Jardine – 46 kilos, £100 to M. Lomax

2^ND & RESERVE CHAMPION – 1043 Alexandra Bouch – 40 kilos, £106 to Dunbia

3^RD – 1037 Rachael Graham – 48 kilos, £102 to M. Lomax

4^TH – 1038 Ewan Simpson – 41 kilos, £100 to A. Dawson

5^TH – 1035 Matthew Sisson – 40 kilos, £95 to Dunbia

6^TH – 1041 Andrew Calvert – 41 kilos, £90 to A. Dawson

7^TH – 1039 Louise Brough – 41 kilos, £95 to A. Dawson

8^TH – 1042 Harry Bouch – 43 kilos, £89 to R. Lawson

9^TH – 1034 Tom Hall – 45 kilos, £96 to M. Lomax

10^TH – 1040 John Calvert – 49 kilos, £90 to Messrs Pickstock

The largest show for some time of 6,209 cast ewes and rams were forward to the country’s largest ringside of weekly buyers, resulting in a flying trade from start to finish with heavyweight ewes £3-£4 up on the week and an extremely large show of hill ewes realising last week’s strong rates. Rams remain in demand and short of requirements. Sale topped at £156 for Texel rams from Hollins and £155 for Texel ewes from Unthank.

HEAVY EWES

Texel £155 Unthank, £154 Heatherglen, £150 Cranshaws, £149 Haithwaite & Unthank, £148 Eastside, £145 Glenart, £142 Cranshaws, £140 Haithwaite & Kirk House.

Charollais £126 Beckfoot, £110 Heatherglen, £106 Chaseside & Haithwaite, £100 Beckfoot.

Beltex £112 Unthank, £100 Rumsdale House, £88 Fearn, £78 Upper Cleugh & Rumsdale House.

Leicester £105 Sanders Close, £96 Old Police House, £95 Philiphaugh, £91 Bailey Mill, £90 Eastside.

Suffolk £104 Chaseside, £103 Heatherglen, £102 Haithwaite, £100 Sibmister, Skaill, Chaseside, & Over Langshaw, £99 Chaseside & Colmslie Hill, £98 Beckfoot.

North Country Cheviot £96 Torr Road, £95 Philiphaugh, £91 Bardnaclaven, £90 Skaill, £87 Philiphaugh.

Greyface £94 Unthank, £90 Thirwell Castle, £87 Eastside, £85 Miller Hill, £84 Unthank, £82 Haithwaite & Unthank, £81 Kimmiter Green, £80 Miller Hill.

Cheviot Mule £90 Graceside, £86, £80 Philiphaugh, £77 Colmslie Hill, £76 Relief, £75 Miller Hill, £74 Clackmae, £72 Colmslie Hill, £70 Sibmister.

Zwartble £78 Harene.

LIGHT EWES

Cheviot £77 Raeburnfoot, £73 Commonside, £69 Sourhope, £67 Milnholm, £65 Hermitage.

Lleyn £76 Whitcastles, £73 Little Westcott, £57 Hayclose & Little Westcott.

Swaledale £66 The Bog, £60 Stubbsgill, £57 Scarrowmannick & Midtodhills, £56 Thirwell Castle, £54 Stubbsgill, Sourhope & Kirkland Green.

Blackface £64 Whiteside, £61 Allensgreen, £60 Eastside, £59 Greensburn & Hayclose, £58, £57 Eastside.

Easycare £64, £52 Whitcastles.

Jacob £64 Millcourt.

Clun £59 Hallsford.

Herdwick £58 Haithwaite, £53 The Beeches & Haithwaite.

PRIME RAMS

Texel £156 Hollins, £148 Gillside & Chaseside, £144 Cranshaws, £130 Graceside, £127 High Mossthorn, £126 Heatherglen, £120 Chaseside.

Charollais £132 Heatherglen, £118 Drumreach, £104 Beckfoot.

Leicester £132 Cranshaws, £114 Old Police House.

Cheviot £132 Chaseside, £111, £99 Castslackburn, £98 Cocklawfoot, £88 Eastside.

North Country Cheviot £105 Newton Cottage.

Lleyn £100 Sheilla Hill.

Suffolk £98 Chaseside, £92 Colmslie Hill.

Beltex £90 Newton Cottage.

Blackface £82 Haithwaite, £78 Heatherglen & Hillend, £76 Cranshaws, £72 Winterhopeburn.

Averages:
Steers
Light to -------p (-------p)
Medium to -------p (-------p)
Heavy to 208.5p (180.6p)

Heifers
Light to -------p (-------p)
Medium to 212.5p (197.7p)
Heavy to 191.5p (187.9p)

Young bulls 199.5p (197.5p)

Lambs
Light to 210.0p (192.0p)
Standard to 278.0p (199.0p)
Medium to 295.0p (196.8p)
Heavy to 229.0p (199.1p)
Overweight to 210.0p (187.7p)

Ewes
Light to £80.00 (£44.88)
Heavy to £155.00 (£78.58)

Cast Rams £156.00 (£79.49)

corresponding week 2015 sale report