STORE SHEEP
 The
Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart had forward 5,693 Store
Lambs (including 1,920 Cheviots & 1,210 Blackfaces) at their
Weekly Sale at Longtown on Tuesday 11th October,
2011.
All classes
at extreme rates, with many distant buyers present for the first
time this year.
Top of £89 and £78 for Texels
from Linton House, £77.50 Rinnion Hills and Cherry Garth;
Beltex £80, £79, £77.50 Greenknowe; North Country
Cheviot £72 Rosebank, £65 Humbleheugh, £63.50
Sorbietrees; Suffolk £68.50 Knells, £67.50 Dyke and
High House; Cheviot Mule £68 Powisholm; Greyface £67
Allensgreen, £62 Tecket; Charollais £58.50 West Hills;
Swaledale £45.50 Cottage Farm, £43 Sheepriggs.
Cast ewes
to £77 Linton House, who sold cast rams at £91.
Hill
Cheviots much sharper. Top of £62.50 Windyhaugh, £60.50
Glendinning, £59.50 Hartsgarth and Crossdykes. Cheviot ewe
lambs to £63.50 Sundhope.
Blackface lambs met a similar trade.
Top of £60 Allensgreen, £54
Bowan Hill, £53 Dunblane. Ewe lambs to £64.50 Sundhope.
BREEDING SHEEP
The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire
Farmers’ Mart P.L.C. held
their Second Main Sale for Hill Ewes and Late Sale for Breeding
Sheep of all other classes at Longtown on Tuesday
11th October 2011.
Trade
remained buoyant throughout with a packed ring of buyers ensuring
a firm trade all day.
In the Hill Ewe section a top of £120
was achieved for a pen of Blackface shearlings from Whitslade and
in the Lowland section to a top of £240 for Texel shearlings
from Philiphaugh.
Principal prices:-
Correct Ewes:-
Texel - £135 Philiphaugh, £130 Hillhead, £128, £122, £118
Philiphaugh.
Suffolk cross - £105, £102 Philiphaugh.
Greyface - £104 Moss Side, £102, £100 Branteth.
Cheviot Mule £100 Skelfhill, £92 Linton House.
Swaledale - £100 Bayles, £75 Cottage, £74 Spoutbank.
North Country Cheviot - £92 Stackbraes, £75, £74
Linton House.
Blackface - £84 Skelfhill, £75 Bowan Hill and Collin
Bank.
Lleyn - £82 Sloda Hill.
Hill Cheviot - £80 Arkleton, £74 Stackbraes, £71
Scarthlees.
Shearlings:-
Texel - £240, £200, £175, £170, £165, £150, £145
Philiphaugh, £126 Hillhead.
Greyface - £128 Barron House, £112 Stackbraes, £104
Kilncroft.
Blackface - £120 Whitslade, £88 Chapel and Whitslade.
Swaledale - £116 Bayles, £86 Dumblar Rigg.
Cheviot Mule - £108 Skelfhill.
Hill Cheviot - £89 Stackbraes.
Charollais - £76 Dumblar Rigg.
Lleyn - £70 Sloda Hill.
Ewe Lambs:-
Texel - £116 Kirkton, £105, £100 Philiphaugh, £100
Kirkton, £95 Philiphaugh and Kirkton.
Greyface - £77, £76 Ramshope, £75 Barnshangan.
Charollais - £68 Winshield.
Cheviot Mule - £68 Chapel, £63 Smiddyhill.
Blackface £64 Sundhope, £57, £56.50, £55.50
East Fortissit.
Suffolk cross - £64 Hazelbank.
Hill Cheviot - £58 Windyhaugh.
North Country Cheviot - £55 Whitefield.
The Dispersal of The
Gorrenberry, Newcastleton Stock Sheep created a lot of interest
from buyers near and far. The sheep on offer were shown in first
class condition, trade was excellent throughout.
Top of £80
for Hill Cheviot gimmers, 1 crop £62, 2 crop £72,
3 crop £66, mixed ages £69, ewe lambs £60. Blackface
1 & 2 crop £68, 3 & 4 crop £58.
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