The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart P.L.C. had forward
40 prime cattle, 5 young bulls, 35 over thirty month cattle, 6,281
prime lambs and 6,048 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at
Longtown on Thursday 8th December, 2011.
A smaller show of prime cattle on offer and more buyers in attendance
saw trade maintain recent high rates, peaking at 215.5p for a Limousin
heifer from J. & N. Blaylock & Son, Hallburn and being purchased
by Border Meats, Butchers, Lockerbie. Bullocks sold to 206.5p for
a Limousin from J.C. & D. Nicholson, The Gill.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Bullocks
Limousin – 206.5p The Gill, 201.5p Fenton Farm, 194.5p Dashwell
Green, Fenton Farm and Nether Onsett, 193.5p Nether Onsett and Sceughdyke,
192.5p The Gill.
Simmental – 193.5p Dashwell Green.
Heifers
Limousin – 215.5p Hallburn, 209.5p Toppin Castle, 204.5p Swaites,
203.5p Toppin Castle, 192.5p Houghton House.
Charolais – 208.5p Hallburn, 205.5p, 203.5p High Stenries,
201.5p Hallburn and Sceughdyke, 199.5p High Stenries and Houghton
House, 197.5p High Stenries and Hallburn, 195.5p Hallburn, 191.5p
Sceughdyke.
British Blue – 203.5p, 196.5p Hallburn.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER
HEAD)
Bullocks
Limousin – £1,410 Nether Onsett, £1,309, £1,300
The Gill.
Heifers
Charolais – £1,261 Hallburn, £1,239, £1,216
Sceughdyke.
Limousin – £1,217 Hallburn.
Bulls were a buoyant trade and more required to
satisfy buyers demands.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Limousin – 191.5p, 187.5p The Lake.
Friesian – 159.5p Becton Hall.
A better show of OTMs peaked at 177.5p for a Bazadaise
from Messrs Ritson, Swaites with Limousins to 145.5p from J.W. Vevers,
High Stenries.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Bazadaise – 177.5p Swaites.
Limousin – 145.5p High Stenries, 133.5p The Throp, 127.5p High
Stenries, 121.5p Wanwood Hill and The Throp.
British Blue – 127.5p, 119.5p Wanwood Hill.
Charolais – 125.5p Potholm.
Friesian – 112.5p Highmoorhead.
Galloway – 102.5p Allfornaught.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
Bazadaise – £1,020 Swaites.
Limousin – £996 High Stenries, £907, £901
The Throp, £851 The Flatt.
Another outstanding show of 6,281 prime lambs sold to a full ring
of buyers, resulting in a tremendous average again this week. The
whole sale averaged 214.7p per kilo, with the SQQ weight range averaging
and excellent 218.6p per kilo. Many more lambs could be sold to advantage.
Lambs
sold to a top of 292p per kilo for Beltex from Woodfoot with a top
per head of £129.50 per head for Texels from Upper Dounreay & Suffolks
from Bowsden Moor. Other Texels £127.50, £126.50 Bowsden
Moor, £124.50 Broomhills; other Suffolks £119.50 Bowsden
Moor, £115.50 Colmslie Hill, £114.50 Sceughdyke; Beltex £126.50, £125.50
Cardew Hall, £106.50 Sorbie and Cardew Hall; Zwartbles £109.50
Broomhill Bank; North Country Cheviot £107.50, £100 Upper
Dounreay, £96.50 Whitefield; Cheviot Mule £103.50 Colmslie
Hill, £89.80 North House and Crosscleugh, £84.80 Tarrasfoot;
Half Bred £102.50 High Moat, £100 Backmuir, £87.50
High Moat; Greyface £101.50 The Old Police House, £97.50
Drumhumphrey and Netherton, £96.50 Pouton Farm; Leicester £99.50
East Cragside, £95.50 Raggetsyke, £93.50 Sanders Close;
Charollais £98.50 Whinneyknowe, £98.20 Sceughdyke, £94.20
Sceughdyke; Hill Cheviot £95.20 Catslackburn, £94.20
Wicket Thorn, £86.80 Damhead; Blackface £93.20 Knockreoch, £92.50
Broomhope, £91.50 Clifton on Bowmont; Lleyn £89.80 Whiteclose, £86.50
Howburn; Jacob £79.50 Summerhill; Kendal Rough £76.80
Churchview; Swaledale £73.80 Sunday Sight, £71.20 Hayclose.
Lightweight lambs sold to a top of £93.80 for Beltex from
Mossband House, £87.50 Woodfoot; Texel £85.20 Killocraw, £83.20
Mosshall; Hill Cheviot £79.20 Upper Hindhope, £73.80
Naddle; Suffolk £78.50 Demesne; Greyface £77.80 Finnieness, £69.80
Mossband House; Blackface £76.80 Clonrae and Barnglieshead, £70.20
Tone Hall; Swaledale £76.50 West Foreshield, £68.80 Tarnside
House; Cheviot Mule £74.50 Wanwood Hill; Herdwick £68.50
Ashley Park, £58.80 Tarnside House; Shetland £47.50 Tarnside
House.
Yet again over 6,000 cast ewes & rams were forward to an increased
ring of buyers, heavy ewes were £3 to £4 dearer on the
week with Hill ewes £5 to £6 up on the week with lean
ewes remaining dear in comparison.
Yet again over 6,000 cast ewes & rams were
forward to an increased ring of buyers, heavy ewes were £3
to £4 dearer on the week with Hill ewes £5 to £6
up on the week with lean ewes remaining dear in comparison.
The sale was topped at £158.50 for heavy Texels from Newbigging, £146.50
Waterloo, £143.50 Blairbuie; Suffolk £128.50 Tone Hall, £127.50
Blackhaugh, £126.50 Backmuir; North Country Cheviot £116.50
Tain Olrig, £110.50 Simster Burn, Damside and Thomas Telford
Road, £108.50 Westhill; Beltex £108.50, £96.50
North Corrielaw; Greyface £108.50 Trecoy, £99.50 Keld
Head and Slealands, £98.50 Middle Shipley; Cheviot Mule £106.50
Newbigging, £98.50 Stackbraes and Barnglies, £97.50 Colmslie
Hill; Zwartbles £102.50 Old Wall, £98.50 Marygate; Leicester £100.50
Lowes Fell, £96.50 Riggshield, £94.50 Newbigging; Romney £86.50
Marygate, £80.50 Whitchester.
Hill ewes to £98.50 for Cheviots from Allfornaught, £90.50
Gall Farm, £87.50 Chapelknowe and Allfornaught; Lleyn £93.50
Bowsden Moor, £87.50 Broomhill Bank, £85.50, £82.50
Bowsden Moor; Blackface £91.50, £89.50 Redhouse, £87.50
The Steel, £85.50 Gall Farm; Kendal Rough £78.50 Stackbraes;
Easycare £81.50, £72.50 Blackhaugh; Swaledale £77.50
Swaites, £70.50 Snowhill, £69.50 Round Meadows, £66.50
Howburn; Woodland £69.50 Riggshield; Herdwick £68.50
Alton; Shetland £43.50 Backmuir, £40.50 Stackbraes; Welsh
Mountain £41.50 East Field of Wiston.
Rams to £133.50 for Texels from Lightbirks, £132.50
Snowhill, £130.50 Old Police House; Suffolk £124.50 The
Steel Farm, £116.50 Colmslie Hill, £102.50 Hall Farms;
North Country Cheviot £119.50 South Mains, £109.50 Colmslie
Hill, £92.50 Nottingham Mains; Leicester £119.50 Sanders
Close, £118.50 Nunscleugh, £102.50 The Steel; Blackface £118.50
Tone Hall, £98.50 Broomhope, £89.50 Cowburn; Charollais £106.50
Lydden, £104.50 Marygate; Kendal Rough £89.50 Churchview;
Beltex £89.50 Carruthers; Hill Cheviot £89.50 Glendinning, £79.50
Lirrit; Lleyn £86.50 Todholes; Zwartbles £78.50 Ringligate;
Swaledale £74.50 Snowhill, £69.50 West Foreshield; Dorper £59.50
Marygate; Soya £43.50 Tarnside House.
Averages:
Steers
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Medium to -------p (-------p)
Heavy to 206.5p (188.9p)
Heifers
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Medium to -------p (-------p)
Heavy to 215.5p (199.6p)
Young bulls 191.5p (175.6p)
Lambs
Light to 292.0p
(214.4p)
Standard to 280.0p (221.8p)
Medium to 245.0p (216.0p)
Heavy to 233.0p (204.0p)
O/weight to 222.0p (192.4p)
Ewes
Light to £98.50 (£67.07)
Heavy to £158.50 (£89.80)
Cast Rams £133.50(£85.80) |
