The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart P.L.C. had forward
67 prime cattle, 26 over thirty month cattle, 5,457
prime hoggs and 6,170 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at
Longtown on Thursday 10th March, 2011.
A larger entry of 67 prime cattle
saw a plainer show on offer but still upholding recent high rates.
Meaty heifers selling 170p to 182p and bullocks 168p to 184.5p. Top
price of 184.5p for a Bazadaise bullock shown by Mr Neil Forster,
Haining House and purchased by W. Kirkup & Sons,
Butcher, Longtown; Charolais 176.5p Haining House, 172.5p High Stenries,
162.5p Sceughdyke; Limousin 173.5p Dashwell Green, 168.5p Fenton, 167.5p
The Gill, 166.5p Dashwell Green and Sceughdyke, £165.5p The Gill,
164.5p Fenton and Slealands. Bullocks sold to a top per head of £1,250
for Charolais from High Stenries, £1,235 Haining House, £1,157
Sceughdyke; Limousin £1,181 The Gill, £1,153 Dashwell Green, £1,150
The Gill; Bazadaise £1,171 Haining House.
Limousin heifers selling
twice to 181.5p from Dashwell Green and Toppin Castle, 179.5p Dashwell
Green, 176.5p High Stenries, 174.5p Slealands, 173.5p Dashwell Green
and Houghton House, 172.5p Houghton House; Blonde d’Aquitaine
179.5p Toppin Castle, 177.5p Hallburn, 175.5p High Stenries; British
Blue 175.5p, 171.5p Gardrum; Charolais 172.5p Hallburn. Top per head
for heifers of £1,190 for Charolais from Wicket
Thorn who sold others at £1,117, £1,098, £1,093 and £1,078;
British Blue £1,114, £1,088 Gardrum; Limousin £1,070
Toppin Castle, £1,069 Houghton House, £1,009 Toppin Castle;
Blonde d’Aquitaine £1,032 Toppin Castle, £1,009 High
Stenries.
Bullocks – 23 averaged 164.2p (294p at 56% Deadweight). Heifers – 44
averaged 164.8p (295p at 56% Deadweight).
A smaller,
plainer show of cast cows were forward with Limousin cows selling
to 122.5p (£826) from J. Magnay, Smallholms, others 107.5p
Stonehall, 101.5p East Unthank (£705) ; British Blue 111.5p D’Mainholm
(£763). A plain show of Black & White cows sold to 104.5p
(£856). Bulls to £1,300 for a Simmental stock bull from
Mr A. Beattie, Ryehill Farm.
A large show of 5,475 prime hoggs were forward, selling at an animated
trade to a full ring of buyers. A shortage of export weight 40kg
to 46kg with good flesh was evident and short of buyer’s requirements.
The sale average was 211.6p per kilo overall with an SQQ (38kg-46kg)
of 215p. More good export hoggs required on a regular basis. An excellent
consignment of 800 hoggs from Kintyre sold way beyond seller’s
expectations to a top of 242p per kilo for Texels from Mr Lines,
Killocraw.
There was also an excellent consignment of 360 hoggs from Tim Crick,
Beach Farm, Suffolk which averaged 220p per kilo. Top price per kilo
of 280p for Beltex from Messrs McIlwraith, Mouldy Hills. Top per
head of £138.50 for Texels from Messrs Gracie, Byreburnside,
others £122.50
Cranshaws, £116.50 Orchardton Mains, £115.50 West Logan
and Orchardton Mains, £110.50 Beach Farm; Suffolk £113.50
Justicetown, £111.50 Dyke, £110.50 West Logan, £106.50
Sceughdyke and West Logan; Charollais £110.50, £108.50, £93.80
Beach Farm; Greyface £109.50 Rimington Way, £104.50 Nether
Onsett, £103.50 West Logan, £97.50 Justicetown; Blackface £104.50
Blackburn, £100.50 Smalmstown, £99.50 Cranshaws, £96.80
Yett, £94.80 Smalmstown; North Country Cheviot £107.50
Whitton, £105.50 Ericstane, £102.50 Kilbride, £101.50, £99.50
Ericstane; Beltex £105.50 Naddle, £103.50 Mouldy Hills, £94.50
Glencartholm; Hill Cheviot £104.50 Orchardton Mains, £98.20
Kilnford Croft, £96.50 Terrona, £95.50 Clerkhill; Dorset £91.50, £89.50
Edge, £86.50 Beach Farm; Half Bred £91.50. £84.50
Stobshiel Mains, £79.80 Upper Lybster; Swaledale £86.50
Whitton, £82.50 Kilncroft, £78.50 Naddle, £74.50
Hownam; Cheviot Mule £83.20 High Stenries; Kerry £73.80
Riggshield; Leicester £73.50 Stobshiel Mains; Kendal Rough £73.50
Kilncroft.
The 2,157 light weight hoggs sold to a top of £88.80
for Texel from Shaw of Dryfe, £88.20 Shaw Cottage, £79.80
Sloda Hill; Beltex £88.50 Glencartholm, £81.50 Mouldy
Hills; North Country Cheviot £71.50 Hill Crest; Suffolk £78.80
Kirkwood Mains, £76.80 Swaites, £75.80 West Hill; Greyface £76.80
Rimington Way, £73.80 Newbigging, £71.80 Auchaleek; Hill
Cheviot £75.80 Milnholm, £74.80 Linglie, £74.50
Twislehope; Blackface £74.80 Burnside, £73.80 Plumpe, £72.20
Barlaes; Swaledale £68.50 Naddle, £65.50 Kilncroft, £62.50
Thornhope; Jacob £67.50 Riggshield.
Another massive show of
6,170 cast ewes and rams were forward to the usual ring of buyer’s
with demand strong. Heavy and fat ewes were a similar trade to last
week but leaner selling ewes and plainer ewes were £3 to £4
sharper on the week. Top price of £152.50 for Bluefaced Leicester
rams from Whitton, others £118.50
Whitstonehill, £110.50 Westerleigh and Crookston, £98.50
Tarrasfoot; Texel £143.50 Roadside, £133.50 Clerkhill, £128.50
Sockbridge, £124.50 Tonehall; Charollais £140.50 Fountanbleau, £126.50
Severs, £123.50 Hillfoot, £113.50 Farmers Close; Hill
Cheviot £140.50 Whitstonehill, £106.50 Clerkhill, £86.50
Tarrasfoot and Kilbride; North Country Cheviot £138.50 Upper
Lybster, £124.50 Whitton, £116.50 Reaster, £103.50
Graystale; Suffolk £134.50 Eastside, £116.50 East Field
of Wiston, £108.50 Newbigging; Bleu d’Maine £98.50
Farmers Close; Border Leicester £98.50 Stobshiel Mains; Blackface £94.50
Tone Hall, £90.50 Arnicle, £84.50 Newbigging, £82.50
Sockbridge; Lleyn £88.50 Glebelands; Swaledale £84.50
Thornhope, £80.50, £74.50 Newbigging, £72.50 Cleughbrae;
Beltex £74.50 Blackpark; Zwartbles £74.50 Linton House.
Heavy
ewes to £150.50 for Texels from Winterhope, others £140.50
Brisco Hill, £138.50 Winterhope, £136.50 Newlands and
Winterhope; Beltex £138.50, £134.50 Mouldy Hills, £113.50
Fowrass; Suffolk £132.50, £130.50 Roadside, £126.50
Kilnford Croft, Fountanbleau and Severs, £125.50 Severs; Charollais £132.50
Fowrass, £128.50 Muirside, £116.50 Roadside; Leicester £130.50
Severs, £123.50 Upper Hindhope, £116.50 Sanders Close, £113.50
Drumhumphrey; Half Bred £124.50, £120.50, £112.50
Fountanbleau; North Country Cheviot £118.50 Reaster, £116.50
Stobshiel Mains, £110.50 Clatequoy and Orchardton Mains, £108.50
Fountanbleau; Greyface £106.50 Fountanbleau, £104.50
Mardon, £102.50 Greengatehouse, £99.50 High Glentriplock,
Low Kirkbride, Graystale and Awhirk; Dorset £104.50 Stackbraes, £98.50
Fountableau; Cheviot Mule £103.50 Sockbridge, £92.50
Whitstonehill; Oxford £99.50 Killinochonoch. Hill ewes to £110.50
for Lleyns from Glebelands, £108.50 Westhills, £98.50
Whitcastles; Cheviot £106.50 Allfornaught, £104.50 Sockbridge, £88.50
Tarrasfoot, £83.50 Allfornaught; Blackface £90.50 Allfornaught, £86.50
Ardnacross and Tonehall, £83.50 Sockbridge, £82.50 Mardon,
Winterhope and Drumhumphrey, £80.50 Moses; Swaledale £84.50
Cleughbrae, £74.50 Fordlands and Brisco Hill, £73.50
Low Carriteth, £70.50 Whitton, £68.50 Sanders Close;
Shetland £82.50 Chapel Farm, £50.50 Barrogill Mains;
Kendal Rough £73.50 The Croft; Herdwick £52.50 Westerleigh.
Goats
to £106.50, £96.50, £94.50, £86.50
Muirside, £73.50 Campingholm.
Averages:
Steers
Light to 141.5p (141.5p)
Medium to 159.5p (155.4p)
Heavy to 184.5p (164.8p)
Heifers
Light to -------p (-------p)
Medium to 174.5p (172.8p)
Heavy to 181.5p (164.3p)
Young bulls to -------p (-------p)
Hoggs
Light to 255.0p (203.3p)
Standard to 280.0p (215.7p)
Medium to 249.0p (216.9p)
Heavy to 235.0p (196.9p)
O/weight to -------p (-------p)
Ewes
Light to £110.50 (£59.58)
Heavy to £150.50 (£96.79)
Cast Rams to £152.50(£89.00)
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