The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart P.L.C. had forward
67 prime cattle, 9 young bulls, 29 over thirty month cattle, 5,328
prime hoggs and 4,196 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at
Longtown on Thursday 7th April, 2011.
Yet another outstanding show of quality prime
cattle on offer and
a fantastic trade was had for all classes of cattle. Top price
of the day to 201.5p (twice) for Limousin heifers from A. & W.J.
Taylor & Son, Dashwell Green and A. Irving, Toppin Castle, bought
by Border Meats, Lockerbie and Jewitts Wholesalers. Mr A. Irving
sold 5 bullocks and heifers to average 194.5p and Mr Taylor sold
14 bullocks and heifers to average 188.5p.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Bullocks
British Blue – 198.5p The Gill.
Blonde d’Aquitaine – 195.5p Toppin Castle.
Limousin – 192.5p Dashwell Green, 189.5p High Stenries,
Dashwell Green and Toppin Castle, 188.5p, 187.5p Dashwell Green,
187.5p, 186.5p Upper Tinwald, 186.5p Houghton House.
Charolais – 187.5p High Stenries, 178.5p Sceughdyke,
172.5p Plumpe Farm.
Heifers
Limousin – 201.5p Toppin Castle and Dashwell Green,
198.5p Toppin Castle, 194.5p, Dashwell Green, 193.5p High Stenries
and Dashwell Green, 187.5p Toppin Castle and Hallburn, 185.5p, 183.5p
Dashwell Green.
Charolais – 195.5p, 193.5p Hallburn, 188.5p
High Stenries, 185.5p Sceughdyke, 183.5p Hallburn.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
Bullocks
Limousin – £1,430 Dashwell Green, £1,323
Sceughdyke,
£1,319 The Gill, £1,303 Upper Tinwald,
£1,284, £1,281 The Gill, £1,275, £1,268 Upper
Tinwald,
£1,241 Dashwell Green.
Simmental - £1,267 Sceughdyke.
Charolais - £1,246 High Stenries, £1,231
Sceughdyke.
British Blue – £1,240 The Gill.
Heifers
Charolais – £1,196 Sceughdyke, £1,140
High Stenries.
Limousin – £1,141 Toppin Castle, £1,102
Dashwell Green, £1,093 High Stenries.
OTM cattle met another brisk trade with the sale averaging 116.3p
and topping at 157.5p for a British Blue bullocks from D. & Y.
Wilson, The Plumpe. Charolais cows to 138.5p and 132.5p Moss
Side with Black & Whites topping at 124.5p Halltown. Bulls
to 125.5p (£1,317) for Charolais from Philiphaugh.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Charolais – 138.5p, 132.5p Moss Side.
Black & Whites – 124.5p Halltown, 120.5p Underwoodhouse,
118.5p Glencartholm, 113.5p, 111.5p Halltown, 109.5p Underwoodhouse,
103.5p Halltown.
Limousin – 120.5p Snab Farm, 114.5p Wanwood Hill.
British Blue – 113.5p Wanwood Hill.
Simmental – 112.5p Snab Farm.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
Charolais – £1,135, £987 Moss Side.
Limousin – £951 Snab Farm.
Black & Whites – £927 Underwoodhouse,
£852, £839 Halltown, £799 Underwoodhouse.
Prime bulls met a brisk trade and more numbers required. Top
price of 176.5p for Charolais from Shaw of Dryfe with Black & Whites
to 154.5p Harelawhole.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Limousin – 173.5p The Gill and Harelawhill, 167.5p
Shaw of Dryfe.
Charolais – 176.5p Shaw of Dryfe.
Black & Whites – 154.5p, 150.5p Harelawhole.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
Limousin – £1,135 Harelawhill, £1,119 The
Gill.
Charolais – £1,041 Shaw of Dryfe.
Black & Whites – £842, £820 Harelawhole.
An excellent show of 5,328 prime hoggs was forward to the usual
ring of buyers. Trade was flying all day creating a centre
record average of 243.9p per kilo (SQQ 246p per kilo). More
well fleshed hoggets could easily have been sold, but small hoggs
also were easy to sell.
Included in the sale was the Annual Show of Blackface hoggs which
was ably judge by Mr Haig Murray, Dunbia Ltd. The Championship
was awarded to Messrs J.P. Fisher, Smalmstown and later sold to the
judge at £121.50 for 48 kilos.
Prize list:– up to 42
kilos – 1st prize Cleugh Brae, 2nd prize
Glenshanna, 43 kilos and over – 1st prize Smalmstown,
2nd prize Milnmark.
An excellent run of 382 hoggs from Messrs Crick, Beach Farm averaged
238p per kilo and 190 superb Texel hoggs from Messrs MacTaggart Bros.
sold to average £119.62 with a run of 231 Blackface hoggs from
Smalmstown averaging £114.53. The sale was topped at
301p per kilo for Beltex hoggs from Messrs Eastham, Naddle Farm,
with a top per head of £136.50 for Texels from Messrs Wales,
Thackwood, others £134.50 The Land,
£132.50 Haithwaite; Suffolk £130.50 Guards Mill,
£128.50 Lirrit, £126.50 Justicetown; North Country Cheviot £123.50
Lirrit, £119.50 High Moat, £116.20 Creca; Charollais £123.50
Becton Hall, £114.50 Mosshall and Thackwood; Beltex £123.50, £105.50
Naddle; Hill Cheviot £121.50 The Land, £117.50 Newbigging, £115.50
Sceughdyke; Blackface £121.50, £118.80, £118.50,
£117.50 Smalmstown, £117.50 Yett; Greyface £119.50
Justicetown,
£117.50 Sceughdyke, £112.50 Justicetown; Zwartbles £118.50
Lirrit,
£100 The Cottage; Lleyn £117.50 Westerhouses; Leicester £117.50, £109.50
Plenderleith, £107.50 Shielsknowe; Half Bred £109.50, £104.50
High Moat; Kerry
£100.50 Westerhouses; Swaledale £100 Naddle; Shetland £99.50
Beach Farm; Dorset
£83.50 Westhills.
The 1,352 light weight hoggs sold to a top of £88.80 for Cheviot
Mules from Ballygroggan; Hill Cheviot £87.50 Shawhead,
£86.80 Becks; Texel £87.50 Oatfield Lodge, £86.50
Beach Farm; Blackface £86.80 South Lambhill, £80.80 Milnmark, £80.50
Wanwood Hill; North Country Cheviot £85.20 Golden Lane, £84.50
Bluebell; Beltex £83.80 Winterhope, £79.50 Oatfield Lodge;
Charollais £82.50, £79.50 Beach Farm; Zwartbles £79.50
Newington; Suffolk £78.50 Butterdales; Herdwick £77.20, £74.80
Rowhead; Greyface £73.50 Newbigging,
£72.50 Burnbank; Leicester £70 Langholm Farm; Swaledale £65.50
Hillside.
A very good show
of 4,196 cast ewes and rams were forward to the usual buyers with
all classes similar on the week but the best heavy ewes dearer. The
sale was topped at
£156.50 for heavy Texel ewes from Roadside, others £148.50
Brantwood and Drinkstone, £145.50 Haithwaite and Severs; Beltex £154.50
Newbigging,
£136.50 Hillside; Suffolk £148.50 Newbigging, £147.50
The Land, £142.50 Drinkstone, £139.50 Severs and Draperstown;
Charollais £142.50 Newbigging, £136.50 Thackwood,
£134.50 Roadside; North Country Cheviot £127.50 Hownam
Grange, £126.50 Graystale, £118.50 Lirrit, £116.50
Philiphaugh; Leicester £126.50 Baurch Rigg,
£124.50 Harwood Shield and Whintingstown; Half Bred
£124.50 Golden Lane, £110.50 Fountanbleau, £108.50
Draniegower; Millenium Blue
£122.50 Stackbraes; Greyface £115.50 Golden Lane, £114.50
Blunderfield, £112.50 Tarra; Dorset £114.50 Branteth;
Wensleydale £112.50 Golden Lane; Berrichon £104.50 Mid
Bishopton; Easycare £102.50 Bairnkine; Woodland £100.50
Upper Manor Farm; Bleu d’Maine £92.50 Fountanbleau.
Hill
ewes to £108.50 for Blackfaces from Mid Bishopton and Lleyns
from The Height; other Blackface £105.50 Hawick Farm, £90.50
Leahaugh; Cheviot £106.50 Greenburn,
£96.50 Skelfhill and Lirrit,
£86.50 Fountanbleau; Swaledale £86.50 Naddle, £80.50
Bellmount and Upper Manor Farm, £74.50 The Flatt, £72.50
Harwood Shield; Jacob £78.50 Hillside; Shetland £64.50
Haughton Farm; Kendal Rough £59.50 Penfoel; Herdwick £59.50
Penfoel, £48.50 Hillside.
Rams to £146.50 for Texels
from Roadside, £135.50 Fountanbleau, £130.50 Slickly;
Suffolk £138.50 The Land, £137.50 Severs, £129.50
The Land; North Country Cheviot £136.50 Fountanbleau, £128.50
Upper Manor,
£120.50 Oliver; Oxford £128.50 Golden Lane; Charollais £126.50
The Cottage, £119.50 Golden Lane; Wensleydale £116.50
Golden Lane; Leicester £116.50 Severs, £106.50 Pool;
Hill Cheviot
£110.50 Low Tirfergus, £106.50 Greenburn,
£104.50 Skelfhill; Beltex £108.50 Stackbraes; Blackface £108.50
Newbigging, £92.50 Balliemore,
£85.50 Arnicle; Swaledale £92.50, £88.50, £86.50
Harwood Shield; Lleyn £90.50 The Height.
Goats to £104.50
Beechtree,
£96.50 Snowsgreen, £84.50 Draperstown.
Averages
Steers
Light to -------p (-------p)
Medium to 158.5p (158.5p)
Heavy to 198.5p (177.5p)
Heifers
Light to -------p (-------p)
Medium to 194.5p (187.9p)
Heavy to 201.5p (176.4p)
Young bulls 176.5p (163.1p)
Hoggs
Light to 273.0p (231.6p)
Standard to 293.0p (239.0p)
Medium to 301.0p (254.3p)
Heavy to 268.0p (228.7p)
O/weight to -------p (-------p)
Ewes
Light to £108.50 (£64.58)
Heavy to £156.50 (£108.62)
Cast Rams £146.50(£94.82)
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