The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart P.L.C. had forward
57 prime cattle, 3 young bulls, 42 over thirty month cattle, 5,163
prime lambs and 6,092 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at
Longtown on Thursday 1st September, 2011.
A smaller show of 60 prime
cattle witnessed the dearest trade ever seen at this centre. With
a new buyer in attendance the averages broke the £2 barrier to
give an overall average of 205p. More cattle are required to fulfil
orders. Top price of 239.5p twice, firstly for a Limousin heifer from
J. Retson & Son, Gardrum, and for a Charolais
heifer from Messrs J.W. Vevers, High Stenries.
Limousin bullocks topped at 231.5p from Mr I. Nelson, Outertown.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Bullocks
Limousin – 231.5p Outertown, 223.5p Toppin Castle, 221.5p, 219.5p,
217.5p Outertown, 217.5p Toppin Castle 213.5p, 212.5p Nether Onsett,
204.5p Outertown.
Blonde d’Aquitaine – 228.5p Gardrum, 198.5p Outertown.
Charolais – 217.5p High Stenries, 204.5p Outertown.
Simmental – 196.5p Outertown.
Blue Grey– 192.5p, 187.5p Sewing Shields.
Heifers
Charolais – 239.5p, 223.5p, 216.5p (x2), 213.5p, 206.5p High
Stenries, 197.5p Sceughdyke.
Limousin – 239.5p, 238.5p Gardrum, 236.5p Upper Tinwald, 229.5p
Toppin Castle, 228.5p Upper Tinwald, 216.5p Newby Farm, 215.5p, 209.5p
Outertown, 209.5p Sandbed, 200.5p Brisco Hill.
British Blue – 223.5p Outertown, 218.5p, 215.5p Beckhall, 214.5p
Sceughdyke, 206.5p Beckhall.
Shorthorn – 207.5p Outertown.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
Bullocks
Limousin – £1,537 Nether Onsett, £1,486 Toppin
Castle, £1,445 Nether Onsett, £1,359, £1,337, £1,331, £1,295
Outertown.
Blonde d’Aquitaine - £1,359 Outertown, £1,313 Gardrum.
Charolais – £1,337 High Stenries.
Simmental – £1,306 Outertown.
Heifers
Charolais – £1,472, £1,385, £1,345, £1,331, £1,311, £1,223
High Stenries.
Limousin - £1,413 Gardrum, £1,405, £1,371 Upper
Tinwald, £1,371 Gardrum, £1,361 Outertown, £1,250
Toppin Castle, £1,215 Sandbed.
British Blue - £1,259 Beckhall, £1,211 Sceughdyke, £1,168
Beckhall.
Shorthorn - £1,224 Outertown.
Friesian - £1,143 Sandbed.
Over Thirty Month Cattle were a larger better show for quality on
offer and saw a sharper trade.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Limousin – 165.5p, 156.5p Nunscleugh, 154.5p, 145.5p Moss Side,
145.5p Morley Hill and Sceughdyke, 144.5p, 139.5p Morley Hill.
Blue Grey – 161.5p, 159.5p Sewing Shields.
Galloway – 158.5p, 155.5p Sewing Shields.
Simmental – 152.5p High Stenries.
Welsh Black – 139.5p Becks Farm, 136.5p Windyknowe.
Blonde d’Aquitaine – 137.5p The Hagg.
Shorthorn – 123.5p, 121.5p, 119.5p Laverhay.
Gelbvieh – 113.5p Sleetbeck.
Bulls
Limousin – 137.5p Morley Hill.
Galloway – 129.5p Becks.
Simmental – 122.5p Moss Side.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
Limousin – £1,266, £1,083 Moss Side, £1,075, £1,017
Nunscleugh, £1,003 Sceughdyke, £968 Morley Hill.
Simmental – £1,235 High Stenries.
Blue Grey – £917, £912 Sewing Shields.
Blonde d’Aquitaine – £907 The Hagg.
Young bulls – more needed to fill buyers orders.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Limousin – 174.5p Becton Hall.
Another large show of 5,163 prime lambs on was forward to the usual
ring of buyers and some new faces. The sale averaged 177.6p per kilo
overall which will be 10p per kilo ahead of most centres this week.
Export lambs of good quality and flesh keenly sought after and more
can now be sold to advantage. The sale was topped at 232p per kilo
for Texels from The Fitz and to £111.50 per head for Texels
from The Fitz and from Kirkton, others £109.50 Kirkton, £108.50
The Fitz, £107.50 Kirkton; Bleu d’Maine £98.50, £79.50
Ormiston Lodge; Suffolk £92.50 Fenwick, £89.50, £85.80
Sceughdyke; Charollais £87.20 Becton Hall, £84.50 Harelawhill, £83.80
Leaona Villa; Beltex £85.50, £82.20 Sorbie; Greyface £76.20
Roachburn, £75.20 Midtodhills and Allensgreen; North Country
Cheviot £75.80 Oldfield and Corriehills, £74.20 Whitefield;
Zwartbles £74.50 Williamwood; Oxford £74.50, £67.80
Guards; Blackface £74.20 Allensgreen, £64.80 Greensburn, £64.20
Syart; Cheviot Mule £73.80 Branxholm Braes, £71.80 Priesthaugh;
Leicester £69.80 Woodhouse; Jacob £63.50, £57.80
Zetland; Swaledale £56.20 Roachburn.
Another large show of 6,096 cast ewes and rams were forward with
trade starting slower but firming as the day went on. Ewes in general
being around £3 to £4 easier on the week but good big
ewes still short of requirements. The sale was topped at £152.50
for a Texel ram from Newbigging, others £136.50 Derwent House, £126.50
Lirrit; Leicester £128.50 Morley Hill; Charollais £120.50
Newbigging; Suffolk £120.50 Lirrit, £118.50 Wallend, £96.50
Clackmae; North Country Cheviot £116.50 Lirrit; Lleyn £106.50
West Brims; Hill Cheviot £103.50 Clackmae; Blackface £96.50, £90.50
Pirntaton, £88.50 Tecket; Beltex £93.50 Uppercleuch;
Easycare £90.50 Mossfennan; Swaledale £80.50 Morley Hill;
Woodland £70.50 Lirrit; Jacob £58.50 Colterscleugh; Manx £43.50
Cooilingel.
Heavy ewes to £140.50 for Texels from West Brims,
others £138.50
Waterside, £136.50 West Farm; Suffolk £126.50 Lirrit, £124.50
Beechgrove, £120.50 Wellington Farm; Charollais £108.50
Tinnis Hall; Leicester £108.50 Pirntaton, £100.50 West
Farm, £92.50 Tecket; North Country Cheviot £97.50, £94.50
Lirrit, £88.50 Byers Farm; Cheviot Mule £91.50, £89.50
Harwood House, £86.50 Clackmae; Beltex £90.50 Woodhead;
Greyface £89.50 Derwent House, £86.50 Kirknewton, £85.50
Tinnis Hall.
Hill ewes to £85.50 for Cheviots from Branxholm
Braes, £75.50, £74.50
Solwaybank, £74.50 Burnside, £73.50 Carterton; Blackface £78.50
Bellfield, £69.50 Allensgreen and Tecket, £68.50 Newbigging;
Woodland £76.50 Longrow; Swaledale £65.50 Morley Hill, £64.50
Spoutbank, £58.50 Todhillwood, £54.50 Low Hallburn; Lleyn £60.50
Stackbraes; Herdwick £55.50 Knarr Farm, £52.50 Margaret
Drive; Jacob £52.50 Barend.
Goats to £66.50 Stackbraes.
Averages
Steers
Light to 182.5p (156.6p)
Medium to 217.5p (191.3p)
Heavy to 231.5p (210.9p)
Heifers
Light to -------p (-------p)
Medium to 169.5p (169.5p)
Heavy to 239.5p (207.6p)
Young bulls to 174.5p (160.6p)
Lambs
Light to 198.2p (168.9p)
Standard to 199.0p (178.0p)
Medium to 220.0p (178.3p)
Heavy to 232.0p (171.8p)
O/weight to 195.6p (157.2p)
Ewes
Light to £85.50 (£51.37)
Heavy to £140.50 (£80.34)
Cast Rams to £152.50(£93.13)
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