The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart P.L.C. had forward 75
prime cattle, 10 young bulls, 32 over thirty month cattle, 1,695 spring
lambs, 567 prime hoggs and 4,097 cast ewes & rams at their weekly
sale at Longtown on Thursday 28th June 2012.
A large show of prime cattle and a good show of quality saw a firm
trade throughout. Top price of 225.5p for a Limousin heifer shown
by D.J. Garthwaite & Son, Wyseby Hill Cottage. Limousin bullocks
sold to 224.5p from A. & W.J. Taylor & Son, Dashwellgreen.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Bullocks
Limousin – 224.5p Dashwell Green, 222.5p Haining House and Dashwell
Green, 220.5p, 219.5p, 218.5p, 217.5p (x2) Dashwell Green, 217.5p
Wyseby Hill Cottage, 215.5p Houghton House and Dashwell Green, 214.5p
The Gill, 213.5p Dashwell Green, The Gill and Houghton House, 212.5p
Dashwell Green and The Lake, 210.5p Dashwell Green, 203.5p, 201.5p
Hallees.
Charolais – 218.5p, 210.5p High Stenries.
British Blue – 211.5p (x2) The Lake.
Angus – 202.5p, 193.4p Plumpe Farm.
Heifers
Limousin – 225.5p Wyseby Hill Cottage, 218.5p, 215.5p Upper
Tinwald, 213.5p Newby Farm, 207.5p Low Hallburn and Hallburn, 206.5p
Nunscleugh, 205.5p Hallburn.
Charolais – 209.5p, 208.5p High Stenries, 207.5p Hallburn and
Sceughdyke.
Angus – 205.5p Sceughdyke.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
Bullocks
British Blue - £1,586, £1,522 The Lake.
Limousin –£1,522 Dashwell Green, £1,480 The Gill, £1,479
Haining House, £1,474 Dashwell Green, £1,466 The Lake, £1,465
Houghton House, £1,435 Dashwell Green, £1,424 The Gill, £1,422
Dashwell Green, £1,409 The Gill.
Heifers
Limousin – £1,321 Upper Tinwald, £1,296 Wyseby Hill
Cottage, £1,224 Hallburn, £1,216 Newby Farm, £1,185
Upper Tinwald, £1,153 Newtown.
Charolais – £1,198 High Stenries, £1,134, £1,130
Sceughdyke, £1,126 Upper Tinwald, £1,110 High Stenries.
Simmental - £1,116 Sceughdyke.
Angus - £1,059 Low Hallburn.
Young bulls were a good show of quality and more numbers required.
Top of 213.5p twice, both for Limousins from Mr A. Moffat, 6 Stonehouse.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Limousin – 213.5p (x2), 205.5p Stonehouse.
British Blue – 209.5p, 208.5p Gardrum.
Blonde d’Aquitaine – 193.5p (x2) Dunnabie.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
British Blue – £1,459, £1,236 Gardrum.
Limousin – £1,302, £1,294, £1,227 Stonehouse.
Once again OTM cattle met a brisk trade and topped at 193.5p for
a Charolais from T. Armstrong & Son, Sceughdyke.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Charolais - 193.5p Sceughdyke.
Aberdeen Angus – 180.5p Plumpe.
British Blue – 174.5p Nunscleugh, 142.5p Longrow, 141.5p Standingstonerigg.
Limousin –173.5p Slealands, 157.5p Nunscleugh, 148.5p Upperburnmouth,
147.5p Bellfield, 143.5p High Stenries, 141.5p Longrow.
Simmental – 144.5p, 136.5p High Stenries.
Limousin Bull – 155.5p Black House.
PRINCPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
British Blue – £1,186 Nunscleugh, £1,110 Standingstonerigg, £914
Slealands.
Charolais - £1,122 Sceughdyke.
Limousin – £1,106 Bellfield, £1,093 Slealands, £1,023
Nunscleugh.
Aberdeen Angus –£1,083 Plumpe, £927 Sorbie.
Simmental – £900 High Stenries.
A smaller show of 1,695 Spring Lambs averaged 189.5p per kilo (SQQ
190.3p), following this week decline in trade. Top of 221p per kilo
for Texels from Eskdale Street and to £98.80 per head for Suffolks
from Barnglies, £95.80, £92.20 Barnglies; Texel £97.80
Carran, £96.80 Barnglies, £95.80 H & K Farms; Zwartbles £86.80, £77.80
Holmlea; Oxford £80, £73.80 Guards; Charollais £78.80
Hallburn, £78.20 Rottington Hall, £76.80 The Chestnuts;
Half Bred £73.80 High Moat; Cheviot Mule £70.80 Tarnhouse;
Greyface £67.80 Kellah.
A smaller show of 567 prime hoggs forward with well fleshed hoggs
of all weight ranges realising an excellent trade. The sale was topped
at 179.2p per kilo for Blackface from Uppercleugh and to £88.80
per head for Suffolks from Broomhills, £87.50 Keepersshield;
Texel £85.50 Keepersshield, £81.50 Uppercleugh; Greyface £82.50
Denbie Yett, £81.50 Keepersshield; Blackface £79.80, £79.50
South Mains; Charollais £74.50 East Mey, £63.50 Keepersshield;
Hill Cheviot £67.50 Plumpe, £66.80 Haithwaite; Shetland £63.80
Achreamie; North Country Cheviot £61.80, £54.80 Longoe;
Zwartbles £61.80 East Mey.
Another good show of 4,097 cast ewes and rams were forward to the
usual ring of buyers with trade similar on the week, hill ewes and
small ewes still short of buyers requirements. Rams demand premium
prices and more could be sold to advantage.
Top price of £156.50
for Suffolks rams from East Murkle and Texel rams from Haregills,
other Suffolks £148.50 Severs, other
Texels £154.50 Severs; Charollais £148.50 Chapel Hill, £124.50
Burdon; Border Leicester £138.50, £114.50 East Murkle;
Zwartbles £128.50 Broynach, £126.50 Fontanbleau; North
Country Cheviot £122.50 Damside, £116.50 Durran Mains;Hill
Cheviot £119 Haregills, £95.50 Tushielaw; Lleyn £118.50
Chapel Hill, £93 Whitcastles; Leicester £117 Woodhouse, £115
Highside; Kerry Hill £105.50 Burdon, £93.50 Fellview;
Blackface £92.50 South Mains, £81.50 Holylee House; Swaledale £83
Highside.
Heavy ewes to £143.50 for Texels from Derwent House, £141.50
Stackbraes, £136.50 Road Side; Suffolk £120.50 Fontanbleau, £118.50
Haithwaite, £117.50 Beechgrove; Beltex £112.50 Stackbraes, £108.50
Fontanbleau, £93.50 Fellview and Uppercleugh; North Country
Cheviot £110.50 Shaws Cottage, £108.50 Tain Olrig, £101.50
Skaill and Bardnaclaven; Charollais £109.50, £108.50
Road Side, £106.50 Chapel Hill; Zwartbles £102.50 Mid
Harrietsfield, £86.50 East Mey, £78.50 Road Side; Leicester £99
Highside, £96.50 The Bog, £93.50 Tushielaw; Half Bred £98.50
East Murkle, £89.50 Aikton Farm, £79.50 South Carne;
Bleu d’Maine £98.50 Stackbraes; Teeswater £92.50
Newlands of Smerlie; Greyface £89.50 Haithwaite, £86.50
Cottage, £85.50 Haithwaite; Cheviot Mule £87.50 Mossburnford, £85.50
Hassendeanburn, £80.50 Derwent House; Woodland £80.50
Gall Farm, £70.50 Church Road; Dorset £75.50 Trecorner.
Hill
ewes to £89.50 for Cheviots from Derwent House, £87.50
Broynach, £84.50 Smallholms; Blackface £80.50 High House, £76.50
Gall Farm and Syart; Jacob £72.50 South Mains, £66.50
Longoe; Kerry Hill £76.50 Gall Farm, £64.50 Fellview;
Easycare £72.50 Derwent House, £51.50 Cowcorse; Swaledale £71.50
Stubsgill, £70.50 Sorbie, £68.50 Todhillwood; Lleyn £69.50
Guards, £49.50 Dockray Hall; Shetland £66.50, £55.50
Longsyke, £54.50 Stackbraes; Herdwick £51.50 Stackbraes, £49.50
Hollands, £47.50 Cottage; Clun £46.50 Kirkwood Mains.
Goats
to £76.50 Seavers.
Averages:
Steers
Light to 188.5p (184.0p)
Medium to 224.5p (205.1p)
Heavy to 222.5p (203.0p)
Heifers
Light to 207.5p (197.9p)
Medium to 225.5p (198.1p)
Heavy to 218.5p (191.7p)
Young bulls to 213.5p (199.1p)
Hoggs
Light to 178.0p (177.5p)
Standard to 179.2p (149.7p)
Medium to 166.0p (145.1p)
Heavy to 172.8p (133.6p)
Shlgs to 158.9p (126.9p)
Lambs
Light to 221.0p (201.2p)
Standard to 213.0p (193.7p)
Medium to 209.0p (186.2p)
Heavy to 198.0p (187.8p)
O/weight to 180.8p (152.6p)
Ewes
Light to £89.50 (£59.40)
Heavy to £143.50 (£87.73)
Cast
Rams to £156.50 (£112.52)
corresponding week 2011 sale report |
