The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart P.L.C. had forward
51 prime cattle, 10 young bulls, 30 over thirty month cattle, 5,571
prime lambs and 9,571 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at
Longtown on Thursday 27th September
2012.
Prime cattle were an improved show of quality and with more buyers
forward saw a rise in trade. Top of 229.5p for a Charolais
heifer from J. & N. Blaylock & Son, Hallburn, with Limousins
to 227.5p from W. & W. Faulder, Houghton House.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Bullocks
Limousin – 197.5p Hallees, 193.5p Bleatarn.
Heifers
Charolais – 229.5p Hallburn, 214.5p Brydekirk
Mains and Hallburn, 201.5p Sceughdyke.
Limousin – 227.5p
Houghton House, 222.5p Brydekirk Mains, 216.5p Houghton House, 213.5p,
201.5p Brydekirk Mains, 200.5p Hallburn.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
Bullocks
Charolais – £1,431 Sceughdyke.
Heifers
Charolais – £1,354, £1,244 Hallburn,
£1,179 Brydekirk Mains.
Limousin – £1,319 Houghton House, £1,246
Brydekirk Mains, £1,179 Houghton House,
£1,175 Sceughdyke, £1,130 Brydekirk Mains, £1,125
Southwoodhead, £1,110 Brydekirk Mains.
A similar show of prime bulls met a similar trade with Limousins
topping the sale at 213.5p from Messrs Jardine, The Yett.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Limousin – 213.5p,
209.5p, 205.5p Yett Farm, 195.5p Kimmeter Green, 194.5p Brisco Hill.
Charolais – 196.5p Kimmeter Green.
British Blue –183.5p Becton Hall.
Black & White – 175.5p
Kimmeter Green.
A larger and improved show of OTM cows met a good trade with plenty
of keen bidders. Limousins topped at 187.5p shown by P. Dayson,
Whamtown, others to 181.5p from Messrs Gass, Nunscleugh.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Limousin – 187.5p
Whamtown, 181.5p Nunscleugh, 166.5p, 157.5p Campingholm, 155.5p Catslackburn,
153.5p Whamtown, 146.5p, 144.5p, 140.5p, 137.5p Morley Hill.
Simmental – 152.5p Pennersaughs.
British Blue –137.5p Morley Hill.
Angus –137.5p Sorbie.
PRINCPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
Limousin – £1,288 Nunscleugh, £1,223 Campingholm,
£1,166 Catslackburn, £1,087 Whamtown,
£1,031 Campingholm, £990 Whamtown,
£948, £937, £903 Morley Hill.
Simmental - £1,067
Pennersaughs.
Angus – £955 Sorbie.
A larger show of 5,571 prime lambs were forward with a huge show
of light lambs. Export type, well fleshed lambs sold well with leaner
types little more than store price. Overall average of 158.2p, SQQ
160p.
Top price per kilo of 199p for Texels from North Deanhead and
to £104.50 per head for North Country Cheviots from Durran
Mains; Suffolk £97.50 Sceughdyke,
£89.50 Beechgrove, £88.50 Sceughdyke; Texel £92.50 Kirkton, £91
North Deanhead,
£83.50 Kirkton; Beltex
£79.20, £77.80 Sorbie, £72.80 Milton Mains; Charollais £73.50
Far Howe, £73.20 Pates Hill and Knowe Farm, £72 Hallburn; Ryeland £73.20, £64.50, £63.50
Lowfield House; Greyface £72.20, £70.80 New Hall, £69.80
Westerhopeburn, £66.80 Harelawhill; Blackface £70 Newbiggin, £66.50
Newbiggin,
£62.80 Lanehead; Half Bred £67.20 Philiphaugh,
£65.80 Earlside; Dorset £65.50 Hoddom
& Kinmount; Hill Cheviot £65 High Chesters, £60.80 Chapel
Farm, £60 Skelfhill; Cheviot Mule £64.80 Philiphaugh; Oxford £63.20
Guards; Lleyn £60 Windyknowe; Easycare £51 Lowmoorhead; Soya £50
Larkins.
A large show of 2,235 lightweight lambs sold to a top of £69.80
for Texels from North Deanhead,
£60.80 Stackbraes; Bleu d’Maine
£60 Caberston; Charollais
£58 Stackbraes, £56 Haithwaite; Cheviot Mule £56.80
Damhead; Suffolk £54 Westhill, £52.80 Far Howe; Cheviot £54
Sorbietrees,
£50 Cara View; Blackface £53.80 Holylee, £52 East
Fortissit; Greyface £53.80 Dalveen, £51 Butterdales;
Herdwick £52 Redhouse; Easycare £48 Cottage Farm, £47.80
East Fortissit; Swaledale £40 Waterloo.
A record show of 9,802 ewes and rams, the largest number since pre
foot and mouth, sold to an increased ringside of buyers with more
leaner grazing ewes forward and all types slightly easier on the
week.
Heavy ewes sold to £138.50 for Suffolk from Newbiggin,
£102.50 Mounfield, £98.50 Severs and Roadside; Texel
£122.50 Portglenone, £120.50 Whitepark,
£118.50 Portglenone; North Country Cheviot £108.50 Durran
Mains, £80.50 Glengolly and Swiney Hill, £77.50 Roadside;
Charollais
£103.50 Roadside, £96.50 Graystale; Leicester £90
The Steel, £81.50 Springwells, £78.50 Mulberry Farm;
Beltex £89.50 Cottage Farm, £88.50 Glengolly,
£86.50 Stackbraes; Cheviot Mule £78.50 Wallend and Guardsmill, £72.50
Ifferdale, £68.50 Springwells; Greyface £76.50 North
Deanhead,
£75.50 Gatehouse Cote, £74.50 Greenland Mains.
Hill ewes to £86.50 for Cheviots from Carlenrigg, £61.50
Springwell, £59.50 West Garty; Clun £77.50 Riggheads;
Blackface £74.50 The Steel Farm, £69.50 North Deanhead, £65.50
Newbigging; Easycare £61.50 Bairnkine, £53.50 Cottage
Farm, £49.50 Bairnkine; Lleyn £60.50 Newbigging,
£54.50 Dunnabie; Swaledale £53.50 Nunscleugh,
£49.50 Bullshill, £47.50 Kilnstown; Herdwick £48.50
Southmains,
£32.50 Cardewlees, £27.50 West Hill; Roussin £45.50
Debog; Welsh Mountain £43.50 Hoddom & Kinmount.
Rams to £138.50 for Leicester from Overacres, £89.50
Morley Hill and Waterloo; Suffolk £128.50 Bardnaclaven,
£122.50 Cottage Farm, £110.50 Burdon; Texel £128.50
Bardnaclaven,
£123.50 Chapel House, £122.50 Haithwaite; Charollais £119.50
Burdon, £88.50 Barrasgate; Beltex £95.50 Howgillside;
North Country Cheviot £88.50 Southmains, £81.50 Longburgh
Fauld; Hill Cheviot
£88.50 Whitslade, £78 Portglenone,
£74.50 Colmslie Hill; Blackface £84.50 Whitslade,
£76.50 Caberston, £75.50 Poltalloch; Swaledale £56.50
Moss Peteral.
Averages:
Steers
Light to -------p (-------p)
Medium to 193.5p (183.1p)
Heavy to 197.5p (188.7p)
Heifers
Light to 204.5p (191.1p)
Medium to 229.5p (202.4p)
Heavy to 198.5p (192.6p)
Young bulls 213.5p (189.3p)
Lambs
Light to 187.0p (145.3p)
Standard to 199.0p (161.0p)
Medium to 195.0p (164.2p)
Heavy
to 177.9p (157.1p)
O/weight to 167.0p (154.7p)
Ewes
Light to £86.50 (£38.00)
Heavy to £138.50 (£65.07)
Cast Rams £138.50(£79.61)
corresponding week 2011 sale
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