The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart held their
Weekly Sale of Store Cattle, together with their Special May Sale
of Breeding Cattle on Tuesday 22nd May, 2012.
A larger show of 205 store cattle was forward and with mostly young
grazing cattle on offer saw trade exceed expectations and was dearer
than most other centres over the last two weeks. Top price of £1,015
for an Angus bullock from P.A.D. Boyle & Sons, Mallsgate Hall.
PRINCIPAL
PRICES:
BULLOCKS
Aberdeen Angus - £1,015, £920, £760 Mallsgate Hall.
Shorthorn - £840 (x3), £805 (x3), £790 (x2), £785
(x3), £770 (x3) Minsca.
Limousin - £875 Smithsteads, £755 (x3) Enzieholm.
British Blue - £735 Braehead.
Charolais - £715, £665 (x2) Enzieholm, £640 (x6)
East Buccleuch, £635 (x10) Falnash.
HEIFERS
Limousin - £840 D’Mainholm, £805 Enzieholm and
D’Mainholm, £790 Falnash, £710 (x2) Greensburn, £685, £670
(x2) D’Mainholm.
Charolais - £810, £790, £755 (x2) Falnash, £580
(x6) East Buccleuch, £570 Enzieholm.
Luing - £700 (x3) Commonside.
Aberdeen Angus - £665 (x2), £650, £550 (x4) Enzieholm.
Simmental - £655 (x2), £605 Bankhead.
British Blue - £610 Middlebie Rigg.
BULLS
Aberdeen Angus - £680, £555 Birchtimber Hill.
Simmental - £590 Bankhead.
A catalogue entry of 93 Breeding Cattle was met
by a flying trade with a British Blue heifer with Limousin heifer
calf topping at £2,700
shown by D.E. Smith, Mossfoot, and a Limousin cow with British Blue
bull calf selling at £2,500 from Mr D. Kemp, Westerleigh.
PRINCIPAL
PRICES:
Cows with bull calves
Limousin - £2,500 Westerleigh, £2,400, £2,300 Staffler, £1,820
Church Style, £1,600 Staffler and Dumbretton, £1,420
Midtodhills.
British Blue - £2,250 Westerleigh, £2,100 Staffler, £1,700
Midtodhills, £1,400 Staffler.
Blonde d’Aquitaine - £1,350 Campingholm.
Highland - £690, £630, £600 Greenside Lodge.
Cows
with heifer calves
British Blue - £2,250 Staffler, £1,720 (x2) Midtodhills, £1,550
Staffler, £1,450 Midtodhills
Limousin - £2,100, £1,800 Staffler, £1,600 Dumbretton, £1,550
Midtodhills, £1,400 Dumbretton.
Highland - £610 Greenside Lodge.
Heifers with bull calves
British Blue - £2,700, £2,350 Mossfoot, £2,150, £1,700
Westerleigh.
Heifers with heifer calves
Limousin - £1,800 Churchstyle.
In calf heifers
Limousin - £1,150 Churchstyle.
In calf cows
Limousin - £1,100 Churchstyle.
Welsh Black - £820, £810 Whitslade.
Bulling heifers
Limousin - £1,150 (x4), £1,130 (x3), £1,060 (x2)
The Nook, £950 Rigg Smiddy.
Breeding bulls
Bazadaise - £1,200 Patties Hill.
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