The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart P.L.C. had forward
53 prime cattle, 45 over thirty month cattle, 6,055
prime lambs and 7,163 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at
Longtown on Thursday 11th November, 2010.
Prime cattle
met another firm trade with Limousin heifers selling to a top of
170.5p from Messrs Ritson, Swaites purchased by Border Meats, Butchers,
Lockerbie, others 166.5p Hallburn, 165.5p Brydekirk Mains, 164.5p
Toppin Castle and Houghton House; Charolais 164.5p Hallburn, 163.5p
Upper Mains and Hallburn, 159.5p Hallburn. Bullocks to 169.5p for
British Blue from Toppin Castle; Limousin 168.5p Becton Hall, 165.5p,
164.5p, 163.5p, 161.5p Dashwell Green; Saler 163.5p Toppin Castle;
Charolais 160.5p, 152.5p Fenton. Limousin bullocks to £1,137.38
Becton Hall, £1,127.85 The Haining House, £1,103.63, £1,093.93
Dashwell Green; Charolais £1,127.63, £1,113.75 Sceughdyke, £1,052.25, £1,051.28
Fenton Farm. Charolais heifers to £1,030.05 Upper Mains, £1,021.75, £1,018.53
Sceughdyke; Limousin £925.10 Toppin Castle.
A better show of
45 fleshed cows were met by a brisk trade. Top price of 127.5p and
125.5p for British Blue cows from G. Mitchinson & Son,
High Greenhill, 113.5p D’Mainholm; Simmental 121.5p High Greenhill,
111.5p Lowtodholes, 105.5p, 98.5p Morley Hill, 96.5p Englishtown,
95.5p Burnside. Top per head of £991.45 for British Blue from
High Greenhill, £783.15 D’Mainholm, £771.38 High
Greenhill; Limousin £759.38 High Greenhill, £747.88 Englishtown, £730.33
Lowtodholes. Cull bulls to £930.33 for British Blue from Morley
Hill.
A large show of lambs upheld recent high rates if under 44kg with
a premium on under 38kg lambs for the Muslim festival. 4,448 lambs
over 40 kg averaged 158.7p and 1,607 lambs under 40kg averaged 170.7p.
The overall sale average for SQQ 165.49p.
The sale was topped at 212p
per kilo for Beltex from Newton Cottage and to £98.50 per head
for Texels from Stackbraes, others £90.50
Cambwell, £88.50 Newbigging; Beltex £92.50 Hillside, £87.50
Westhills, £83.80 Mouldy Hills; Suffolk £82.20 Ashley
Park, £81.80 Sceughydyke, £79.80 Upper Cleugh; Charollais £75.80
Leaona Villa, £70.80 Netherton and Pates Hill; Greyface £73.80
Newbigging, £70.50 Harelawhill, £69.80 Dalbhraddan; Lleyn £72.80
Hazelbank and Harper Hill; Cheviot Mule £72.80 Falnash, £69.20
Philiphaugh; Oxford £69.80 Guards; Hampshire £67.20 Dunnabie;
Hill Cheviot £66.80 Commonside, £65.20 Kilbride; Swaledale £66.80
Kirkland Green; Kerry £65.80 Hazelbank; Leicester £65.80
Coldshield, £63.50 West Foreshield; Blackface £63.80
Lanehead, Spoutbank and Pitland Hills, £63.50 Brackenthwaite;
Herdwick £58.80 Stackbraes; Jacob £55.80 Parks; Kendal
Rough £55.50 Churchview.
The 1,604 lightweight lambs sold to £65.50
for Texels from Maidencoates, £63.80 Bogside; North Country
Cheviot £63.20
Killean; Beltex £62.50 Glencartholm, £56.50 Newington;
Greyface £59.80 Arnicle, £57.80 Newington and Kildaloig;
Blackface £59.20 Hott Farm and Barnglieshead; Hill Cheviot £59.20
Catslackburn; Suffolk £58.80 Ringliggate Cottage; Swaledale £57.20
High Edges Green; Jacob £51.50 Parks.
Yet another monster show
of ewes and rams were forward to a full ring of buyers and with the
Muslim festival next Tuesday, ewes were £4-£5
head up on the week. The sale averages were 4,159 heavy ewes averaged £71.71,
2,763 light ewes averaged £46.23, 210 rams averaged £77.81.
The sale was topped at £124.50 for a Texel ram from Roadside,
others to £120.50 Cambwell, £120 Woodhouse; Suffolks £90.50
Hassendeanburn, £88.50 Tone Hall; Leicester £108.50 Moorside, £86.50
Whitton; Blackface £64.50 Stackbraes, £62.50 Alton Grange;
North Country Cheviot £108.50 Nybster, £90.50 Easthouse, £88.50
Whitton; Swaledale £76.50 Spittal Shields, £68.50 Round
Meadows; Beltex £83.50 Newton, £82.50 Mouldy Hills; Llynn £84.50
Overwhitlaw.
Heavy ewes to £122.50 for Texels from Roadside, £120.50
Cambwell, £118.50 Roadside & Longlands Road; Suffolk £118.50
Nybster, £110.50 Cardew Hall, £108.50 Round Meadows;
Charollais £116.50, £99.50, £94.50 Roadside; Halfbred £88.50
Adderston Shiels; Greyface £84.50 , £82.50 Townfoot, £78.50
Stackbraes, £76.50 Alton Grange; Cheviot Mules £94.50
Colmslie Hill, £75.50 Stackbraes, £69.50 Borthwicik Mains;
Leicester £90.50, £86.50 The Close, £86.50 Sunnyside;
North Country Cheviot £102.50 Waterfoot, £96.50 Nybster, £90.50
Waterfoot & Watling; Beltex £116.50 Mouldy Hills, £112.50
Roadside, £109.50 Mouldy Hills; Zwartbles £76.50 Colmslie
Hill, £70.50 Hareshaw; Roussin £64.50 Stackbrae; Wensleydale £74.50
Watling; Easycare £66.50 Westerlea, £62.50 Kersheugh;
Border Leicester £86.50 Waterfoot. Light ewes to £79.50
for Cheviots from Brantwood, £72.50 Commonside, £71.50
Sorbie; Blackface £67.50 Beachmenach, £66.50 Lanehead & Westhope & Ballybrennan; £64.50
Greyside; Swaledale £62.50 Minsca, £61.50 Nunscleugh, £58.50
Westerlea & Round Meadows; Herdwick £50.50 Brantwood; Jacob £49.50
Parks Farm, £47.50 Westerlea. Goats £70.50 , £68.50
Mossview, £60.50, £56.50 Roadside.
Averages:
Steers
Light to 99.5p ( 99.5p)
Medium to 169.5p (159.6p)
Heavy to 168.5p (156.8p)
Heifers
Light to -------p (-------p)
Medium to 170.5p (159.9p)
Heavy to 166.5p (156.5p)
Young bulls to -------p (-------p)
Lambs
Light to 196.0p (170.8p)
Standard to 212.0p (168.4p)
Medium to 200.0p (161.7p)
Heavy to 175.0p (148.7p)
Overweight 179.0p (143.4p)
Ewes
Light to £79.50 (£46.23)
Heavy to £122.50 (£71.84)
Cast Rams to £124.50(£77.81)
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