The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC had forward 45
prime cattle, 4 young bulls, 19 over thirty month cattle, 876 prime
lambs, 2,841 prime hoggs and 3,394 cast ewes & rams at their weekly
sale at Longtown on Thursday 6th June 2013.
A mixed show of prime cattle saw best quality cattle remain
a good trade and plainer sorts a shade easier. Limousin bullocks
topped the market at 256.5p and 251.5p shown by A. & W.J. Taylor
& Son, Dashwellgreen, Limousin heifers topped at 249.5p (twice) also
from the same home. Messrs Taylor’s run of cattle averaged 244.8p.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Bullocks
Limousin 256.5p, 249.5p (x3), 246.5p Dashwellgreen, 247.5p
The Gill, 242.5p The Gill and Nunscleugh, 239.5p, 238.5p Dashwellgreen,
236.5p The Gill, 235.5p Houghton House and Nunscleugh, 215.5p Dashwellgreen.
British Blue 231.5p Houghton House.
Charolais 214.5p Sceughdyke.
Heifers
Limousin 249.5p (x2) Dashwellgreen, 244.5p Hallburn, 242.5p
Dashwellgreen, 239.5p Hallburn, 236.5p Hallburn.
Charolais 226.5p Hallburn, 211.5p Sceughdyke.
Simmental 221.5p Sceughdyke.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
Bullocks
Limousin £1,693, £1,688, £1,684, £1,672
Dashwellgreen, £1,670, £1,655 The Gill, £1,616
Dashwellgreen.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
Heifers
Charolais £1,306 Upper Mains.
Simmental £1,273 Sceughdyke.
Limousin £1,271 Hallburn,
£1,261, £1,259 Dashwellgreen, £1,253 Hallburn.
British Blue £1,235 Sandbed.
A shortage of prime bulls met a good trade again topping at 245.5p
(£1,939.45) a Limousin from Borthwick Mains. British
Blue sold to 242.5p from J. Retson & Son, Gardrum.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO).
Limousin 245.5p Borthwick Mains, 236.5p Gardrum.
British Blue 242.5p Gardrum.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
Limousin £1,939 Borthwick Mains, £1,395 Gardrum.
Charolais £1,704 Borthwick Mains.
British Blue £1,382 Gardrum.
Some plain cows on offer and a scarcity of meat cows saw trade sharper
on the week. Top price to 168.5p for a Limousin cow shown by
W.H. & D.A. Gass, Nunscleugh.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Limousin 168.5p Nunsleugh, 136.5p, 127.5p Baggarah Farm,
127.5p The Nook.
Black & White 135.5p, 121.5p Peterscrook, 120.5p Baileytown.
British Blue 132.5p Longrow, 110.5p Barsalloch.
Ayrshire 115.5p Barsalloch.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
Limousin £1,027 Nunscleugh,
£805 Baggarah.
Black & White £887 Peterscrook.
The 2,841 prime hoggs were a large show for the time of year and
keenly sought after in any weight range providing they were good
flesh, with lean hoggs realisation. The sale average was 180p per
kilo with best hoggs regularly between 180p and 210p per kilo. 45
sold as stores, 411 two tooth hoggs, 1,099 light hoggs, 1,286 others.
The sale was topped at £122.50 for Texels from East Kirk with
a top per kilo of 250p for Beltex from Hillside.
PRINCIPAL PRICES PER HEAD
Texel £122.50 East Kirk, £116.50 Little Orton
House and East Kirk, £100.50 Haythwaite Lane, £100 Westerly.
Hill Cheviot £119.50, £94.50 Bloan Farm, £84.50
East Deloraine.
Suffolk £99.50, £92.50 Norton Farm,
£90 Low House.
Beltex £97.50 Hillside,
£84, £83.50 Rumsdale House, £80.50 Waterside.
Blackface £88.50, £82.50 Bush of Ewes,
£82.50 Townhead, £76.50, £72 Hyde Park.
Greyface £88.50, £83.50 Roses Bower,
£77.50 The Beeches, £74.50 Hyde Park.
Easycare £86.50 Hyde Park, £78.50 Blackhaugh.
Charollais £82.50 Thackwood,
£73.50 Cowcorse.
Lleyn £80 Holt Ball, £76.50 Wilseydown, £65.50
Holt Ball.
Leicester £76.50 Cowden.
Jacob £73.50 Higher Grenofen, £69.50 Hyde Park.
Herdwick £68.50 Hillside.
Swaledale £55.50 Hyde Park, £43.50 Todhillwood.
PRINCIPAL PRICES PER KILO
Beltex 250p, 238p Hillside, 226p Rumsdale House, 218p
Waterside, 205p Rumsdale House.
Texel 221p Amoshill, 211.3p Cruise Farm, 208p Copperthorns,
207.8p Glengolly, 207p Hillside and Cruise, 206p Trillick, 204p Cruise
Farm.
Jacob 214p Golden Lane.
Hill Cheviot 210p Bloan, 198p, 195p Almagill, 193p Ribton
House, 192p East Deloraine, 190p Almagill.
Suffolk 199p Golden Lane, 196p Copperthorns, 194p Hyde Park,
191p Branteth.
Herdwick 199p Low House, 198p Auchentaggart, 190p Hillside..
Greyface 192p Roses Bower, 177p Hyde Park, 175p The Beeches,
174p Roses Bower, 172p Branteth.
Blackface 188p Townhead, 187p Plumpe, 183p Almagill, 178p
Hyde Park, 177p Branteth.
Charollais 180p Swaites, 174p Golden Lane.
Lleyn 177.9p Wilseydown, 164p Holt Ball.
Leicester 166p Cowden.
Swaledale 146p Crosshow.
The 1,099 lightweight hoggs sold to a top of £87.50
for Beltex from Hillside; Texel £68.50 Almagill, £66.50
Glengolly; Hill Cheviot £67.50 Ribton House, £61.50 Almagill;
Herdwick £67.50, £53.50 Low House; Blackface £65.50
Plumpe, £60 Westfield; Suffolk £60 Golden Lane, £54.50
Westerhopeburn; Charollais £59.50 Swaites, £59 Golden
Lane; Greyface £54.50 Eycott; Swaledale £49.50 Crosshow;
Shetland £44 Hyde Park,
£38.50 Golden Hill; Soya £40.50 Westhills.
An excellent show of 876 prime lambs, almost 200
head more than last years corresponding sale, in a slow season, saw
a fine average of 245.8p per kilo, selling to a top of 310p per kilo
for Texels from G.
& C.E. Edminson, Middle Farm and to £125 per head for Suffolks
from J. & N. McNeillie, High Balcray. More could be sold
to vendors advantage. Many firms keen to kill Friday morning
and smart Texel and Beltex lambs didn’t need to be too much
weight to realise between 280p and 320p per kilo. Light weight
lambs also keenly sought after.
PRINCIPAL PRICES PER HEAD
Suffolk £125 High Balcray,
£120.50 Long Strumble, £116 High Balcray,
£112.50 Carsegown.
Texel £117.50 The Land and Edisdaw, £116.50 Kilnhill,
The Baurch and Lanehead,
£115.50, £114.50 Cardew Hall, £114.50 Lanehead.
Charollais £106.50 Edisdaw, £103.50, £99.50, £97
Rottington Hall, £92 Maryholm.
Oxford £88.50, £83.50 Guards, £77 Zetland.
Jacob £74 Zetland.
Dorset £73.50 Zetland.
PRINCIPAL PRICES PER KILO
Texel 310p Middle Farm, 299p No 3 Baurch, 296p Hermitage,
281p Edisdaw and Rottington Hall, 280p The Land, 277.8p Nether Brotherstone.
Charollais 280p Edisdaw, 252p, 249p Rottington Hall.
Suffolk 256p Carsegown, 251p Thorns, 250p Cardew Hall, 246p
Oswie, 245p New Farm, Waterside and Carsegowan, 244p Thorns, 242p
Nirvana.
Oxford 216p, 214pGuards.
Dorset 209p Zetland.
Jacob 200p Zetland.
A larger show of 3,394 cast ewes and rams was forward
to the usual ring of buyers with trade very similar on the week. Smaller
ewes short of requirements.
Heavy ewes to £122.50, £119.50 for
Texels from Stud Farm,
£118.50 Tercrosset, £115.50 Edisdaw; Charollais £113.50
Stud Farm, £106.50 Edisdaw, £105.50 Murray Holme,
£100 Glebelands; Suffolk £110.50 Biggin,
£106.50 Cardew Hall and Bardnaclaven,
£105.50 Thorns, £101 Stud Farm; Half Bred £108.50
Torrabus; Rouge £108.50, £104.50 Stud Farm; North Country
Cheviot £106.50 Biggin, £90.50, £84.50 Bardnaclaven;
Cheviot Mule £89.50 Wick, £77.50 Haythwaite Lane and
Hermitage; Greyface £81.50 Wick, £78.50 Forget Me Not, £76.50
Wick, £75.50 Redgate Head; Leicester
£80.50 Nunscleugh, £74.50 Townhead,
£72.50 Stud Farm.
Hill ewes to £69.50 for Cheviots from Carterton, £67.50
Cowburn, £66.50 Cottage, £56.50 Kirkstyle Cottage; Blackface £66.50
Geltsdale, £65.50 Mill View, £64.50 Balker Farm, £60.50
Evistones; Jacob £66.50 Hillside; Lleyn £59.50 Hunderlee
Pastoral, £58.50, £56.50 The Mark, £46.50 Crosshow;
Swaledale £58.50 High Edges Green, £52.50 Spoutbank, £49.50
Bayldon and Stonehall, £46.50 Hammershields; Easycare £54.50
Wilseydown,
£53.50 Blackhaugh; Herdwick £48.50 The Mark and Crosshow.
Rams to £140.50 for Texels from Bush of Ewes, £132.50,
£130.50 Stud Farm, £128.50 Newtown; Charollais £126.50
Edisdaw; Oxford £114.50 Jonesboro House; Leicester
£110.50 Ysgubor, £86.50 Stonehall; Lleyn £110.50
Guards, £98.50 Hunderlee Pastoral, £88.50 Jonesboro House;
Bleu d’Maine £106.50 Stud Farm; Suffolk £106.50
Main Street, £104.50 Stud Farm; Beltex £98.50 Stud Farm, £64.50
How Farm; North Country Cheviot £90.50 Wick, £82.50 Edisdaw;
Blackface £78.50 Brownchesters, £74.50 Jonesboro House;
Herdwick £70 Wick; Easycare £66.50 Blackhaugh; Swaledale £60
Brownchesters.
Goats to £75 Fairnbank.
Averages:
Steers
Light to 242.5p (217.3p)
Medium to 256.5p (223.1p)
Heavy to 251.5p (221.6p)
Heifers
Light to 249.5p (238.3p)
Medium to 249.5p (215.1p)
Heavy to 202.5p (197.7p)
Young bulls to 245.5p (229.3p)
Hoggs
Light to 208.0p (161.9p)
Standard to 250.0p (178.2p)
Medium to 238.0p (183.2p)
Heavy to 210.0p (175.2p)
Lambs
Light to 256.0p (239.5p)
Standard to 310.0p (248.9p)
Medium to 280.0p (245.7p)
Heavy to
249.0p (237.4p)
Overweight to 208.0p (203.5p)
Ewes
Light to £69.50 (£46.90)
Heavy
to £122.50 (£77.28)
Cast
Rams to £140.50 (£81.37)
corresponding week 2012 sale
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