The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart P.L.C. had forward
45 prime cattle, 4 young bulls, 50 over thirty month cattle, 6,241
prime hoggs and 6,302 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at
Longtown on Thursday 1st March 2012.
A smaller show of prime cattle was forward but still plenty of quality
on offer, with Limousin heifers topping at 229.5p from A. & W.J.
Taylor & Son, Dashwellgreen and 227.5p from J. & N. Blaylock & Son,
Hallburn. Bullocks sold to 212.5p for a Limousin from D.J. Garthwaite & Son,
Wyseby Hill Cottage.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Bullocks
Limousin – 212.5p Wyseby Hill Cottage, 209.5p, 208.5p The Lake,
207.5p Sceughdyke, 206.5p Becton Hall and Brydekirk Mains, 205.5p
Dashwell Green, 204.5p Becton Hall, 200.5p Dashwell Green.
Charolais – 208.5p, 198.5p High Stenries.
British Blue – 205.5p Dashwell Green.
Heifers
Limousin – 229.5p Dashwell Green, 227.5p Hallburn, 219.5p,
218.5p Wyseby Hill Cottage, 209.5p Dashwell Green and Houghton House,
208.5p Dashwell Green and Brydekirk Mains, 206.5p (x2) Hallburn.
Charolais – 218.5p, 213.5p, 212.5p, 203.5p Hallburn, 200.5p
Sceughdyke.
Bazadaise – 218.5p Houghton House.
British Blue – 219.5p, 211.5p, 208.5p Gardrum.
PRINCIPAL PRICES
(PER HEAD)
Bullocks
Limousin – £1,510 Dashwell Green, £1,472 Becton
Hall, £1,421 Sceughdyke, £1,414 The Lake, £1,402
Wyseby Hill Cottage.
British Blue – £1,500 Dashwell Green.
Charolais – £1,449, £1,429 High Stenries.
Heifers
Charolais – £1,373, £1,321, £1,251 Sceughdyke, £1,174, £1,147, £1,125
Hallburn.
British Blue – £1,365, £1,327, £1,247 Gardrum.
Limousin – £1,251 Wyseby Hill Cottage, £1,227 Dashwell
Green, £1,194 Hallburn, £1,190 Wyseby Hill Cottage, £1,146
Hallburn, £1,110 Dashwell Green.
Bazadaise – £1,201 Houghton House.
Bulls met a buoyant trade once again, topping at 193.5p from M.H. & J.
Shearing, The Hagg.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Simmental – 193.5p, 191.5p The Hagg.
British Blue – 181.5p Becton Hall.
Friesian – 176.5p Becton Hall.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
Simmental – £1,043 The Hagg.
British Blue – £1,016 Becton Hall.
A bigger show of 50 Cast Cows maintained late high
rates, topping at 174.5p twice, firstly for a Limousin from J.F. & S.J.
MacDonald, Ladyhousesteads and for a Shorthorn from F.H.D. Johnston,
Braemar.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Shorthorn – 174.5p, 165.5p Brae Mar.
Limousin – 174.5p Ladyhousesteads, 134.5p, 133.5p, 132.5p Morley
Hill.
British Blue – 157.5p Morley Hill, 150.5p Ladyhousesteads, 133.5p
Morley Hill.
Black & White – 157.5p Jerriestown, 131.5p Jerriestown and
Evertown, 124.5p Hethermill, 120.5p, 118.5p, 112.5p, 108.5p Brisco
Hill, 104.5p Peterscrook.
Galloway – 147.5p Bloch Farm.
Blue Grey – 144.5p Potholm.
Luing – 137.5p Unthank.
Charolais – 130.5p Cumcrook.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
Shorthorn – £1,099, £943 Brae Mar.
Limousin – £1,238 Ladyhousesteads, £934 Morley Hill, £802
Horseholme.
British Blue – £1,091 Ladyhousesteads, £1,031 Morley
Hill.
Black & White – £1,015 Jerriestown, £946 Evertown, £885, £882
Brisco Hill, £854 Jerriestown, £846 Hethermill.
Charolais – £854 Cumcrook.
Another large show of 6,241 prime hoggs were forward
and in line with the weeks hard trading, the sale average was 199ppk,
SQQ 202ppk. Buyers remain cautious and in no real urgency for sheep.
Export weight hoggs and small hoggs easily sold between
200p and 220p but heavier hoggs 45-50 kilos tricky.
Overweights better
than experienced at most centres this week. The sale was topped at
262p per kilo for Beltex from Lurgan, Aberfeldy and to £130.50
and £118.50
per head for Texels from Four O Boot, others £108.50 Old Walls
(Miller); Beltex £99.50 Lurgan, £93.50 Byers Farm, £88.50
Greenside; Charollais £98.20, £97.80, £95 Wick
Farm; Suffolk £94.50 Pirntaton, £93.20 Guardsmill, £90.80
The Beeches; Greyface £92.80 Fardingjames, £90.50 Potholm;
Hill Cheviot £92.20, £91.80 Becks, £89.80 Blackwoodridgehouse;
Bleu d’Maine £91.50 Branxholm Town, £82.50 Bloch;
Blackface £89.20, £88.20 Smalmstown, £86.80 Park
House Farming; North Country Cheviot £89.20 Lurgan, £87.80
Red House, £86.80 Park House Farming; Cheviot Mule £81.50
North House; Jacob £79.80 Cardewlees; Herdwick £79.80
Longrow, £72.80 Mosshall and Longrow; Swaledale £77.50
Stubsgill, £76.80 Coldshield, £75.50 Wolf Hills.
The 1,868 lightweight hoggs sold to a top of £83.50 for Beltex
from Kirkland Green, £76.50 Hollands; Texel £78.80 Langholm
Farm, £77.20 Stubsgill, £74.80 Chapel Farm; Suffolk £76.20
Tister, £71.80 Haithwaite; Hill Cheviot £75.80 Faulding
Cleugh, £74.80 Becks, £70.50 Greystoke Castle; Charollais £74.80
Ardlamy; Blackface £73.80 Sorbie, £69.80 Kilnford Croft, £69.20
Haithwaite; Greyface £70.50 Stubsgill and Gapshield; Swaledale £66.50
Sheepriggs, £64.80 The Wynd, £64.50 Gallowberry.
Another excellent show of 6,302 cast ewes & rams upheld
recent rates, especially for heavy ewes. Plainer ewes £2 easier
and in big numbers. Best selling ewes short of buyers requirements.
The sale was topped at £158.50 for heavy Suffolk ewes from
Fontanbleau, Aberdeen, others £144.50 Roadside, £140.50
Hazel Head and Fontanbleau; Texel £150.50 Crailloch and Newton
of Crathie, £148.50
Yatesfield, £146.50 Newton of Crathie; Charollais £146.50
Burdon, £140.50 Ballinliss and Burnside of Edengight; Leicester £138.50
Softley, £124.50 Newbigging, £118.50 Stubsgill; Half
Bred £138.50 Newton of Crathie, £133.50 Wick Farm, £126.50
Burnside of Edengight; Beltex £130.50 Newton of Crathie, £123.50
The Wreay, £108.50 Stackbraes; Millenium Blue £128.50
Lirrit; North Country Cheviot £118.50 Lirrit and Durran Mains, £112.50
Carruthers; Greyface £108.50 Wick Farm, £104.50 Fontanbleau, £102.50
Stackbraes; Cheviot Mule £99.50 Clackmae, £91.50 Newbigging;
Hill ewes to £100.50 for Cheviots Allfornaught, £96.50
Lirrit, £90.50 Upper Hindhope, £89.50 Allfornaught; Blackface £98.50
Severs, £92.50 Yatesfield, £83.50 Kirksteads; Lleyn £92.50, £82.50
Marygate; Kendal Rough £89.50 Little Galla; Swaledale £79.50
Wolfcleugh Cottage, £72.50 Beacon Rigg and Softley; Shetland £68.50, £44.50
Lirrit; Milk Sheep £64.50 Newbigging; Herdwick £60.50
Stackbraes.
Rams to £148.50 for Suffolks from Durran Mains, £140.50
Shielswood, £138.50 The Beeches; Texel £142.50 Hollinclose,
Skinnet and Marygate; Leicester £130.50 South Mains, £118.50
Parcelstown, £110.50 Softley; North Country Cheviot £128.50, £122.50
Carruthers, £116.50 Clackmae; Charollais £118.50 Severs, £116.50
Bluebell and Burdon; Dorset £110.50 Burdon; Hill Cheviot £100.50
Newton of Crathie and South Mains, £96.50 Upper Hindhope; Blackface £108.50
Newton of Crathie, £96.50 Yatesfield, £92.50 Trecoy;
Beltex £98.50 Carruthers; Swaledale £78.50 Marygate, £69.50
Westburnhope.
Averages:
Steers
Light to -------p (-------p)
Medium to 208.5p (199.8p)
Heavy to 212.5p (199.3p)
Heifers
Light to 209.5p (196.2p)
Medium to 229.5p (208.7p)
Heavy to 219.5p (201.8p)
Young bulls 193.5p (185.5p)
Hoggs
Light to 227.0p (203.7p)
Standard to 262.0p (204.7p)
Medium to 228.0p (200.2p)
Heavy to 199.0p (178.5p)
O/weight to -------p (-------p)
Ewes
Light to £100.50
(£62.68)
Heavy to £158.50 (£96.43)
Cast Rams £148.50 (£93.60)
corresponding week 2011 sale report |
