Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited on Tuesday 6th December 2022 held their annual Christmas Show and Sale of Prime lambs together with the sale of 2786 Prime and Cast sheep.
At the pre-sale Show the Judge Mr Jim Craig from Ballards Butchers found his Champions in tremendous Beltex lambs scaling 47kg from Messrs Smith, Barmurrie which sold for £180 or 383ppk to the Judge. The Reserve Champion came from Messrs Porteous, Lower Ardmannoch with 50kg Texel lambs which sold for £155 to Grierson Butchers, Castle Douglas.
2262 sold to average 241.3ppk. Outwith the Show lambs trade peaked at £136.50 for heavy Texels from Messrs McWhirter, Kenmure, Kirkcowan and 290ppk for Beltex from Messrs Shaw, Killochy.
524 Cast Sheep topped at £284 for a Texel ewe from Messrs Hiddleston, Wellhill with tups to £164 for a Lleyn from Messrs Armstrong Farhills.
Prize List
Texels
1st & Reserve Champion Lower Ardmannoch
2nd Scroggiehill
3rd Culdoach
Beltex
1st & Champion Barmurrie
2nd Barmurrie
3rd Scroggiehill
Any Other Continental
1st Barmurrie
2nd Barmurrie
3rd Kirkhaugh
Blackface
1st Drannandow
2nd Achie
3rd Lagghead
Any Other Native
1st Gelston Castle
2nd Flathill
3rd Lower Ardmannoch
LEADING PRICES
Prime Lambs
51 25.5 – 32 Average 206.54 Top – 245
Texel
£73.50 The Cottage
245 The Cottage
448 32.1 – 39 Average – 234.44 Top – 305.1
Beltex
£119 Barmurrie;
305.1 Barmurrie; 263.9 Corbelly Hill; 258.1 Compstonend
Suffolk
£95.50 Breconside
244.9 Breconside
Texel
£92.50 Irelandton; £91.50 Balgerran; £90.50 Tower, Dalry
252.8 Balgerran; 247.3 Tower, Dalry; 243.4 Irelandton
Blackface
£91.50 Barlure; £90.50 Tower, Dalry; £87.50 Irelandton
238.2 Tower, Dalry; 236.5 Irelandton; 236.2 Barlure
Cheviot
£90.50 Irelandton
242.6 Irelandton
Scotch Mule
£88.50 Maxwelltown
226.9 Maxwellton
Shetland
£88.50 Rainton
242.5 Rainton
Hampshire
£87.50 Irelandton
237.8 Irelandton
Easy Care
£87.50 Kings Grange
231.1 Kings Grange
1262 39.1 – 45 Average – 241.61 Top – 302.2
Beltex
£124, £123 Gelston Castle; £124 Upper Hardland
302.2; 290.4 Gelston Castle; 290 Killochy; 284.8 Upper Hardland
Texel
£123 Geslton Castle; £121 Maryfield; £115 Potterland; £115 Fagra; £113 Cannee
281.5 Gelston Castle; 276.9 Maryfield; 267.4 Fagra
Suffolk
£109 Gelston Castle; £106 Glentoo; £105.50, £104.50 Galtway; £103.50 Auchenleck
244.8 Glentoo; 243.8 Gelston Castle; 240 Galtway
Blackface
£108, £107 Drannandow; £105 Achie; £104.50 Milnmark; £102.50 Barlure
251.2, 247.1 Drannandow; 250 Achie
Scotch Mule
£105.50 Kenmure, Dunscore; £100 Hillside
250 Hillside
Kerryhill
£105 Lintmill Cottage
238.60Lintmill Cottage
Cheviot Mule
£102.50 Castlehill
235.5 Douganhill, 233.8 Douganhill; 233 Castlehill
Cheviot
£101.50, £100.50 Queen Elizabeth Drive
243.8 Irelandton
Charolais
£100 Newfield of Culloch
236.9 Gelston Castle
Lleyn
£98.50 Redcroft
233.4 Redcroft
Shetland
£93.50 Rainton
299.2 Rainton
456 45.6 – 52 Average – 243.29 Top 383
Beltex
£180 Barmurrie; £137 Scroggiehill; £132 Compstonend
383 Barmurrie; 265 Scroggiehill; 256.3 Compstonend
Texel
£155 Lower Ardmannoch, £152 Culdoach; £132 Scroggiehill
310 Lower Ardmannoch; 292.3 Culdoach; 273.3 Scroggiehill
Zwartable
£128, £125 Barmurrie
268.1, 266.7 Barmurrie
Blue Texel
£123 Kirkhaugh
251 Kirkhaugh
Charolais
£127.50 Mindork
255 Mindork
Suffolk
£121.50 Mindork; £121.50 Kenmure, Kirkcowan; £120 Fagra
248.4 Flathill; 243.9 Mindork
Cheviot
£116.50, £116, £113 Kirkhaugh
236.9, 236.4 Kirkhaugh
Scotch Mule
£115.50 Knockiebae
235.7 Knockiebae
Blackface
£112 Lagghead
239.8 Laghead
Cheviot Mule
£103.50 Douganhill
227 Douganhill
35 52+ Average – 238.94 Top – 244.3
Texel
£136 Kenmure, Kirkcowan; £135 Flathill; £134 High Glasnick; £134.50 Potterland
244.3 Fagra; 242.7 Greenslack; 242.5 Auchenleck; 242.3 High Glasnick
Suffolk
£131 Lower Ardmannoch
235.2 Lower Ardmannoch
EWES
Texel
£284 Wellhill
Scotch Mule
£133, £127, £125 Byrecroft
Cheviot
£125 Byrecroft; £119 Nether Ernambrie; £117 Mackilston
Lleyn
£125 Farhills; £117 Garrarie
Suffolk
£121 Garrarie
Beltex
£121 Barmurrie
Greyface
£115 Ironlosh
Cheviot Mule
£101 Gelston Castle
Blackface
£79 Culdoach; £79 Lamford; £79 Shennanton; £77 Barlure; £75 Kenmure, Dunscore
RAMS
Lleyn
£164 Farhills
Texel
£141 Glentoo
Roughs
£100 Carleton
MONDAY 5TH DECEMBER 2022
STORE, OTM CATTLE
& STORE LAMBS
Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited on Monday 5th December sold 1052 Store lambs and 122 Store and OTM Cattle.
Store Cattle topped at £1105 for a Simmental bullock from Messrs Marshall, South Ballaird. Top per kilo was 244.7ppk for a Simmental bullock from Messrs Hutton, Buittle Mains.
OTM Cattle sold to £1787.16 for a Luing bull from Messrs Murray, High Ersock and 247ppk, for a Limousin cow from Messrs Jardine Upper Hardland
1052 Store lambs sold to £104 for Texels from Messrs Milby, Mains of Duchrae.
Leading Prices
STORE CATTLE – BULLOCKS
£1105 South Ballaird; £1080, £1046 Straith Estate; £1065 Whitecrook
244.7 Buittle Mains; 243.4 South Ballaird; 243.2 Straith Estate
STORE CATTLE – HEIFERS
£935 Knockycoid; £920, £900 Straith Estate
225.3 Knockoyd; 217.2 Mossknowe
OTM CATTLE
BULLS
£1787.16 High Ersock; £1689.65 Nether Barr
235 Nether Barr
COWS
Limousin
£1741.35 Upper Hardland
247 Upper Hardland
Saler
£1631.80, £1517.07, £1516.41 Kirkmabreck
205, 203 Kirkmabreck
Angus
£1413.72 Smallmuir; £1402.39 Castlegower
209 Castlegower
Simmental
£1346.80 Cannee; £1333.63, £1334.44 Kenmure, Kirkcowan
207 Cannee
Charolais
£1254.79 Castlegower
179 Castlegower
Shorthorn
£1203.84 Kenmure, Kirkcowan; £1194.48 Lochside
189 Lochside
British Blue
£1188.56 Castlegower
179 Castlegower
Heifer OTM
£1255.50, £1217.58 Derrie
225, 223 Derrie
STORE SHEEP
Texel
£104, £101 Mains of Duchrae; £95 Barholm Mains; £94 Torrs
Dutch Texel
£101 Kings Grange
Dutch Spotted
£85 Barholm Mains
Cheviot
£85 Grennan, Glenluce; £84 Shennanton
Scotch Mule
£85 Derrie, £81 Garmartin; £80 Dalpeddar
Blackface
£70 Barfad; £69 Laghead
Lleyn
£70 Auchenbainzie
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