The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart P.L.C. had forward
74 prime cattle, 2 young bulls, 32 OTM cattle, 2,460 prime hoggs and
3060 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday
9th April, 2009.
All classes of clean cattle met a sharper trade with top prices
of 185.5p for a Limousin bullocks from JC & D Nicholson, The
Gill, others to 184.5p, 182.5p Corby Castle Estate, 183.5p Crookholm,
182.5p The Gill. Charolais bullocks 182.5p Corby Castle; Belgian
Blues 179.5p Houghton House. Limousin heifers 175.5p from Wyseby
Hill Cottage & Hallburn,
171.5p Gardrum. Heavyweight young bulls to 149.5p from Sceughdyke.
The
Over-thirty-month cattle were forward to the usual ring of buyers
and overall lacking fleshy kinds. Belgian Blue cows to 155.5p Ladyhousesteads;
Luing 141.5p Kilberry; Limousin 145.5p Dumbretton; Blondes 127.5p
Wyseby Hill Cottage; Friesian 119.5p Evertown; Charolais 115.5p Cumcrook;
Bluegrey 103.5p Hole of Lyne. Friesian heifers to 145.5p Peterscrook;
Belgian Blues 139.5p Wyseby Hill Cottage; Galloway 147.5p Bloch;
Limousin 129.5p Whiteclose. Limousin bulls 131.5p Townhead; Angus
103.5p Burnfoot on Esk; Shorthorn 101.5p Hallsford.
Due to the Easter holidays there was a smaller show of hoggs. The
1721 hoggs over 36kg averaged 184.3p and the 739 over 36 kg averaged
186p. The overall sale average was 184.7p with export type hoggs
38-45kg averaging 189.5p. The sale was topped at £106.50 for
Texels from Maidencoats and to 217p for Beltex from Maidencoats.
Other
Texels to £95.50 Maidencoats, £94.20 Oakwell Road, £92.50
Smalmstown; Suffolks £95.50 Roadside, £88.50 Streethead, £87.50
Crawfordjohnmill; Cheviots £81.20 Newtown, £80.80 Becks, £79.80
Potholm; Charollais £94.50 Mosside; Greyface £84.50 High
Airyolland, Langholm & Mossband Hall; Cheviot Mule £73.20
Bloch; Leicester £77.50 Waterloo; Blackface £88.50 Smalmstown, £86.50
Silloans, £85.80 Smalmstown; North Country Cheviot £91.20
Oakwell Road, £86.50 Cara View, £85.80 Oakwell Road;
Swaledale £78.50 Street House, £76.50 Clachan; Herdwicks £69.80
Rowhead; Beltex £79.50 Thackwood; Lleyns £74.50 Toppin
Castle.
Lightweight hoggs to £74.50 for Cheviots from Southlambhill, £68.80
Tushielaw; Suffolks £69.80 Broomhill, £61.20 High Cattadale;
Texels £64.50 The Mark, Winterhope & Wydon Eals; Charollais £54.50
Mosside; Greyface £66.20 High Cattadale, £63.50 Swaites, £62.50
Kildaloig; Blackface £69.80 Streethead, £60.80 Crawfordjohnmill; £56.50
Debog; North Country Cheviot £71.20 Naddle; Swaledale £58.50, £52.50
Prior Rigg; Herdwick £65.50 Rowhead; Beltex £74.20, £66.80
Naddle; Shetland £57.50 Waterloo, £55.50 Butterdales;
Welsh £63.50 Longbrough Fauld.
Prices per kilo:
17-25.4kg – Blackface £154p Killeonan.
25.5-32kg – Suffolk
191p High Cattadale; Cheviot 195p Tushielaw; Texel 202p Wydon Eals,
193p The Mark; Charollais 195p Mosside; Greyface 205p Langholm, 202p
Wydon Eals; Blackface 205p Upper Hindhope, 195p Debog; Beltex 217p,
204p Maidencotes; Welsh Mountain 198p, 195p Longbrough Fauld.
32.1-39kg – Suffolk
205p Broomhill, 199p Cadgillhead, 190p The Mark; Cheviot 207p Southlambhill,
203p Becks, 202p Tushielaw; Texel 197p Smalmstown, 190p The Gill;
Greyface 196p, 189p High Cattadale; Cheviot Mule 193p Bloch; Blackface
199p Streethead, 193p Southlambhill; North Country Cheviot 210p Oakwell
Road, 209p Naddle, 203p Whins; Swaledale 176p Street House, 167p
Prior Rigg; Herdwicks; Beltex 206p,202p Naddle.
39.1-45.9kg Suffolk
200p Plumpe; Cheviot 204p Laws Hall, 202p Becks, 195p Potholm; Texel
210p, 209p, 208p. 206p Oakwell Road, 206p Rosehill & Naddle;
Charollais 179p Mosside; Greyface 197p Mossband Hall, 185p High Airyolland,
184p Plumpe & Westernhopeburn; Blackfaces 200p Smalmstown, 190p
Plumpe & Smalmstown; North Country Cheviot £209p, 203p
Oakwell Road, 197p Wickethorn; Swaledale 157p Westforeshield; Herdwicks
170p Rowhead; Beltex 189p Thackwood.
Hoggs 46+ - Suffolk 170p Wiltonburn,
167p Streethead; Texel 189p Waterloo, 186p Rowhead, 184p Mid Harrietfields;
Charollais £170p
Wiltonburn; Greyface 182p Street House, 178p Crawfordjohnmill; Blackface
185p, 177p Smalmstown; North Country Cheviot 188p Cara View.
The cast
ewes and rams were the dearest trade ever seen at any centre. 1016
sold at £100 or above and to a top of £134.50 for
Suffolk ewes from Hamlet Gardens and Texels from Roadside, with an
overall sale average of £87.14 per head.
Other Suffolks £132.50
The Land, Stackbraes &Roadside,£124.50
Roadside, £122.50 Hamlet Gardens & Cardew Hall; Texel £130.50
Gateside, £129.50 Ballinliss, £126.50 Roadside; Bleu
de Maine £100.50 Hamlet Gardens; Charollais 128.50 Thackwood, £124.50
Hamlet Gardens; Halfbreds £118.50 Stackbraes; Greyface £90.50
Cardew Hall, £87.50 Henrys Hill, £86.50 Newbiggin; Cheviot
Mules £60.50 High Stenries; Leicester £100 Severs Road, £98.50
Peela Hill £94.50 Bog; North Country Cheviot £104.50
Seavers, £96.50 High Moat; Beltex £76.50 Hobbiesburn;
Lleyn £76.50 Glebelands; Zwartbles £90.50 Hobbiesburn;
Dorset £108.50 Gateside.
Light ewes to £66.50 for Blackfaces
from Peela Hill, £62.50
Cadgillhead, £57.50 Parish Holm; Cheviot £64.50 East
Durran, £59.50, £58.50 Stybeck, £57.50 Cadgillhead;
Swaledale £64.50 Shankfieldhead, £63.50 Beckhouse, £62.50
The Bog; Herdwicks £54.50 Cardewlees.
Rams to £132.50
for Suffolks from Severs; Suffolk x £118.50
Ballyrobert; Cheviot £86.50 Winterhope; Texel £128.50, £126.50, £118.50
Hamlet Gardens, £106.50 Killeonan; Charollais £124.50, £114.50
Hamlet Gardens; Leicester £90.50 Beckhouse, £80.50 Hamlet
Gardens; Blackface £90.50 Medomsley, £76.50 Killeonan;
North Country Cheviot £128.50, £116.50 Ericstane; Jacob £78.50
Gateside; Lleyn £74.50 Butterdales; Zwartbles £106.50
Achaurole Mains
Averages:
Steers
Light to -------p (-------p)
Medium to 184.5p (167.4p)
Heavy to 185.5p (168.9p)
Heifers
Light to ------p (-------p)
Medium to 157.5p (157.5p)
Heavy to 175.5p (160.2p)
Young bulls to 149.5p (147.5p)
Hoggs
Light to 217.0p (184.1p)
Standard to 210.0p (185.3p)
Medium to 210.0p (194.6p)
Heavy to 189.0p (167.5p)
O/Weight ------p (-------p)
Ewes
Light to £100.50 (£49.78)
Heavy to £134.50 (£90.96)
Cast Rams to £132.50 (£90.69)
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