The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart P.L.C. had forward
52 prime cattle, 14 young bulls, 39 over thirty month cattle, 5,326
prime lambs and 6,899 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at
Longtown on Thursday 23rd August 2012.
A smaller, plainer show of prime cattle saw quality
sorts remain in demand. Top price to 220.5p for a Limousin bullock
shown by A. & W.J.
Taylor & Son, Dashwell Green and purchased by W. Kirkup & Sons,
Butchers, Longtown. Limousin heifers sold to 215.5p (3 times) firstly
from J. & N. Blaylock & Son, Hallburn and the others both
from D.J. Garthwaite & Son, Wyseby Hill Cottage.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Bullocks
Limousin – 220.5p, 218.5p (x3), 217.5p, 215.5p Dashwell Green,
213.5p Wyseby Hill Cottage, 209.5p, 208.5p, 207.5p Dashwell Green,
202.5p Newby Farm.
Charolais – 216.5p Dashwell Green.
British Blue – 211.5p Dashwellgreen.
Heifers
Limousin – 215.5p (x2) Wyseby Hill Cottage, 215.5p Halburn,
213.5p Newby Farm and Wyseby Hill Cottage, 208.5p Newby Farm, 207.5p
Wyseby Hill Cottage.
Charolais – 210.5p Hallburn.
Saler – 203.5p Sceughdyke.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
Bullocks
Limousin – £1,456, £1,371 Houghton House, £1,354
Dashwellgreen.
Heifers
Charolais – £1,228, £1,199 Upper Mains, £1,192
Hallburn, £1,170 (x2) Upper Mains, £1,126 Hallburn.
Limousin – £1,217 Hallburn, £1,180 Low Hallburn, £1,120
Wyseby Hill Cottage.
Saler - £1,129 Sceughdyke.
A plainer show of prime bulls met a similar trade and topped at
211.5p for a Limousin from J. Robison & Son, Oakwoodhill. Top
gross was £2,023.43 for a Charolais shown by Gretna House Farms.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Limousin – 211.5p Oakwoodhill, 192.5p, 191.5p, 187.5p Becton
Hall.
Blonde d’Aquitaine – 207.5p Oakwoodhill.
Charolais – 195.5p Gretna House, 187.5p Kimmeter Green.
Friesian – 164.5p Harelawhole.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
Charolais - £2,023 Gretna House.
Limousin - £1,302 Becton Hall, £1,300 Oakwoodhill, £1,265, £1,241
Becton Hall.
Blonde d’Aquitaine – £1,265 Oakwoodhill.
The 39 OTM cattle saw a lot of plain weathered cows forward with
a top price of 193.5p for a Limousin from Messrs Ritson, Swaites.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Limousin – 193.5p Swaites, 168.5p Sandbed, 163.5p Swaites,
157.5p Shaw Cottage South, 133.5p, 129.5p Whamtown, 128.5p Wyseby
Hill Cottage.
Angus – 143.5p Tanlawhill, 128.5p Cubby Hill, 115.5p Tanlawhill.
Shorthorn – 132.5p Shaw of Dryfe and Brisco Hill.
Charolais –131.5p Sceughdyke.
PRINCPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
Limousin – £1,162 Sandbed, £1,144 Swaites, £1,118
Shaw Cottage South, £1,054 Swaites.
Charolais - £1,091 Sceughdyke.
Shorthorn – £967 Shaw of Dryfe, £947 Brisco Hill.
Angus – £918 Tanlawhill, £880 Cubby Hill.
A larger show of 5,326 prime lambs were a very
similar trade on the week, averaging 189.9p per kilo, but many lambs
in the 35-38 kilo bracket lacking flesh and 40 kilo plus lambs very
short of buyers requirements.
Top price of 228p per kilo for Beltex
from Derwent with a top price per head of £108, £100
for Charollais from Wester Parkgate, £89.80
Nunscleugh; Texel £107 Dinwoodie Green and Wood Farm, £100.50
Dinwoodie Green, £98.80 Wood Farm; Suffolk £100 Newhill, £93.50
The Land, £91.80 High Wreay; Beltex £95.80 Derwent; Zwartbles £93.50, £75.50
Holmlea; Half Bred £88.80 Buckies, £80 Curlew; Oxford £87.80, £76.80
Guards; Rouge £86.80 Springwell, £74.80 Demesne; North
Country Cheviot £81.50 Earlside, £77.80 Danaskill; Greyface £79.80
Cottage, £77.80 Nunscleugh and Wanwood Hill, £76.20 Gall
Farm; Bleu d’Maine £78 Middle Farm; Cheviot Mule £76.80
Priesthaugh, £74.80 Sundhope, £73.80 Falnash; Blackface £70.50
Blackburn and Allensgreen, £69.80 Bowershield; Easycare £70
Gall Farm.
A larger show of 1,424 lightweight lambs saw smaller Swaledale and
English Mule lambs little more than store price if lacking flesh.
Top of £72.80 for Texels from Ronachan, £67.80 Challoch;
Suffolk £65.80 Castlemilk, £65 Nirvana; Greyface £63.80
Low Northsceugh, £52.80 Brantwood; Blackface £62.80 Milnmark, £58.80
Ballywilline; Bleu d’Maine £61.80 Scalehill; Hill Cheviot £59.80
Damhead, £58 Brocklewath; Herdwick £55.80 Cowgate, £52
Longrow; Swaledale £44.20 Coldshield.
Another large entry of 6,899 cast ewes and
rams attracted the usual
ring of buyers with trade being £4 to £6 back on the
week, with a lot more plain hill ewes forward harder to cash. Good
selling Continental ewes remain easily sold and rams constantly short
of buyers requirements.
Rams to £144.50 and £134.50 for
Suffolks from Nethertofts, £98.50
Edges Green; Texel £132.50 Blackhamilton and Stubsgill, £116.50
Old Portglenone, £106.50 Severs; Zwartbles £120.50 Holmlea;
Leicester £108.50 Stubsgill, £88.50 North House, £79.50
Morley Hill; Charollais £106.50 Severs, £81 Wester Parkgate, £79.50
Old Portglenone; Blackface £86.50 Whiteside, £76.50 Edges
Green; North Country Cheviot £72.50 Balmore, £66.50 Gibblaston;
Swaledale £66.50 Morley Hill, £63 Williamston, £60.50
Gapshield; Welsh Mountain £49.50 Charterhall.
Heavy ewes to £112.50
for Texels from Roadside, £110.50
Smerral, £102.50 Bowanhill; Suffolk £106.50, £100
Land Farm, £96.50 Skelfhill; Rouge £99.50 Ballimachiller;
North Country Cheviot £92.50 Smerral, £79.50 Corries
Mill, £77.50 Gospel Hall; Charollais £92.50 Old Portglenone, £85.50
Severs; Leicester £89.50 Stubsgill, £83.50 Kilnstown, £82.50
Nunscleugh; Bleu d’Maine £84.50 Roadside, £80.50
Middle Farm; Beltex £78.50 Farhills; Cheviot Mule £78.50
Skelfhill, Crawthat and Colmslie Hill, £76.50 Barnglies, £74.50
North House; Greyface £76.50 Upper Tofts and Oswie, £75.50
Stackbraes, £74.50 Clea Hall; Oxford £72.50 Old Portglenone;
Zwartbles £68.50 Ballimachiller; Millenium Blue £68.50
Albierigg; Romney £64.50, £62.50 Holme Farm.
Hill ewes
to £65.50 for Lonks from Bush of Ewes; Cheviot £64.50
Ballimachiller Road, £63.50 Colmslie Hill and Supplebank, £57.50
Clackmae; Lleyn £59.50 Whitcastles; Blackface £62.50
Haithwaite, £61.50 Upperburnmouth, £59.50 Bush of Ewes;
Easycare £58.50 Synton Mains, £52.50 Kersheugh and Synton
Mains; Swaledale £53.50 Gapshield, £51.50 Roachburn, £48.50
Beamwham; Welsh Mountain £39.50 Charterhall.
Averages:
Steers
Light to 217.5p (204.6p)
Medium to 220.5p (203.2p)
Heavy to 199.5p (190.8p)
Heifers
Light to 208.5p (202.1p)
Medium to 215.5p (198.3p)
Heavy to 195.5p (187.5p)
Young bulls to 211.5p (171.1p)
Lambs
Light to 206.0p (180.8p)
Standard to 213.0p (188.7p)
Medium to 228.0p (192.0p)
Heavy to 209.8p (186.5p)
O/weight to 180.0p (168.5p)
Ewes
Light to £65.50 (£42.06)
Heavy to £112.50 (£69.07)
Cast Rams to £144.50 (£77.14)
corresponding week 2011 sale
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