WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED
TUESDAY 27TH FEBRUARY 2018
WEEKLY PRIMESTOCK SALE
Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited on Tuesday 27th February 2018 had forward 1480 prime and cast sheep.
1232 prime hoggs sold to average 211.21 (SQQ 211.84). All classes would be slightly sharper topping at £119 for 42kg Beltex from Messrs McConnell, Gass, Glenluce which also topped price per kilo at 284.6ppk. Heavy hoggs sold to £109 for Texels from Messrs Lindsay, Culnaightrie and Blackface hoggs topped at £93.50 from Glen, Gatehouse.
Cast sheep sold similar to £133 for Texel rams from the Grange. Ewes to £103 for Texels from West Barmoffity.
Hoggs
144 25.5-32 Average 165.05 Top 192.3
Texel
£61 West Barmoffity; £60 Balgerran; £55 Glenswinton
Cheviot
£60 Irelandton
Blackface
£50.50 Garroch Est; £46 Balgerran
377 32.1-39 Average 205.45 Top 284.6
Beltex
£109 Tappit Lane
Texel
£88 Camrie; £85 Douganhill; £83 Glenswinton
Cheviot
£84 Kildarroch; £80.50, £79.50 Douganhill
Blackface
£77 Ardoch; £73, £70 Glen
547 39.1-45.5 Average 224.35 Top 283.3
Beltex
£119 Gass; £100 Torhousekie
Cheviot
£101 Edingham; £97, £94 Halket Leaths; £95 Kildarroch; £93.50, £93 Gass
Texel
£100 Kildarroch; £98.50 Tappit Lane; £96 Camrie; £96 West Barmoffity; £95.50 Edingham; £95 Torhousekie
Suffolk
£90 Fellend
Blackface
£90, £84 Ardoch; £84. £83.50 Glen
152 45.6 – 52 Average 208.81 Top 218
Texel
£109 Culnaightrie; £108 Castlehill; £107.50, £100 Old School House; £105 Gass; £102 Balgerran
Cheviot
£99.50 Halket Leaths
Suffolk
£104 Fellend; £104 Old School House
Greyface
£101 Edingham
Blackface
£93.50 Glen
12 52+ Average 201.23 Top 202.6
Texel
£108 Valleyfield; £108 Culnaightrie; £105.50 Old School House
Cast Sheep
Ewes
Texel
£103 West Barmoffity; £88 Fauld O’ Wheat; £86 Midtown
BFL
£81.50 High Borgue
Cheviot Mule
£89 Grange
Suffolk
£88 Culnaightrie
Greyface
£78 West Barmoffity; £77.50 Culnaightrie; £77 High Borgue; £74.50 Midtown
Lleyn
£73.50 Redcroft
Blackface
£67 High Barcaple
RAMS
Texel
£133 Grange; £118, £100 Old School House
Lleyn
£78 Fellend
WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED
OTM & STORE CATTLE
MONDAY 26TH FEBRUARY 2018
Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Ltd sold 329 Store and OTM Cattle at their fortnightly sale on Monday 26th February.
A larger show of 293 Store Cattle met a strong demand with numbers being well short of buyers requirements. Topping the trade at £1380 were a pen of outwintered Charolais bullocks from G W Taylor, Disdow. Top price per kg in the bullock section was 275.5p paid to M & G Barr, Meikle Kirkland for a pen of Limousin crosses. Heifers sold to £1170 for British Blues from T Robb, Trolane and to 259.3p per kg for Limousin crosses from R Jardine & Son, Upper Hardland. Overall averages levelled at 232.3p (£934.25 per head) for bullocks and 220.4p (£771.25 per head) for heifers.
A strong show of OTM Cattle met an animated demand selling to 164p per kg for a Simmental from Graplin Farms and £1383.12 for a British Blue from Trolane. Overall average levelled at 131.65ppkg. Bulls sold to 119p or £1278.06 for a Charolais from Byrecroft.
BULLOCKS
Limousin
£1290 Kirkmabreck; £1240 Hillside; £1215, £1160, £1090 Nether Barr; £1185 Trolane
Simmental
£1275, £1195 Hillside
Saler
£870, £790 Culdoach; £770 Muncraig
Angus
£1240 Hillside
Charolais
£1380, £1280(x2) Disdow; £1275Hillside; £1250, £1200 Kirkmabreck; £1235 Auchenfad
B/Blue
£710 Shennanton
Galloway
£1185 Kirkmabreck
Hereford
£1130 Trolane
HEIFERS
British Blue
£1125 Newton
Limousin
£1035 Newton; £985 Bridgestone
Simmental
£1170 Trolane
Charolais
£1125, £1070 Kirkmabreck; £1050 Disdow
Angus
£700 Slatehouse
OTM
Cows
Angus
£1135 Trolane
Limousin
£1046, £1043, £1041, £1029 Nether Barr
Smmental
£1195, £1040 Graplin Farms; £1035 Slatehouse
B/Blue
£1383, £1046 Trolane
Bulls
£1278 Byrecroft
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