Blackface And Scotch Mule Hoggs Sell Well At Wallets Marts

WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED

MONDAY 8 JUNE 2020

STORE, OTM CATTLE AND BREEDING HOGGS

Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited staged their annual sale of Blackface and Scotch Mule hoggs, along with their fortnightly sale of store and OTM Cattle.

Blackface ewe hoggs were tremendous to sell and well short of buyer’s requirements. 481 sold to average £149.09, a rise of £25.29 on the year. Hoggs looked a picture and were a credit to the Vendors who under the current circumstances had to stay away. This did not hinder the trade in any way, with top today a new centre record for Blackface hoggs of £600 for a pen of three tremendous hoggs brought out by shepherd Robert McTaggart from long time consignor, Glen Farm, Gatehouse of Fleet and sold to Alan Stewart, Co Antrim. At £320 was another pen of three this time from Jim and Fiona Burns, Craignell, selling to Mr P Turnbull, Whitby.

Crossbred hoggs were also a dream to sell, averaging £122.15 for 157 and topping at £135 for a smart pen from Messrs Jamieson, Garrochtrie, Port Logan, with Texels to £128 from the same home.

Blackface Hoggs

£600 Glen; £320 Craignell; £190, £180, £140, £125 Corsebank; £185, £160 Little Larg; £185, £170, £155 Gass; £170 Kirkland; £155 Craigdarroch; £150 Glen; £125 Glenmanna; £120(X2) Linfairn; £120 Marbrack

Scotch Mule Hoggs

£135, £130, £125, £120 Garrochtrie; £118 Mossend; £115 Dunesslin

Texel Hoggs

£128 Garrochtrie

A similar show for quality of OTM Cattle, without a U grade forward, were a fantastic trade to average, a massive 149.32ppk with overage steers averaging 183.3ppk.

A small show of store cattle met a strong trade with Bullocks selling to 273.5ppk from Ring of Barfad and £1005 from Grapling Farms.

Heifers sold to £940 from Nether Linkens.

OTM AUCTION

Steers

£1092.96, £1011.60 Ballinnie

Bulls

£1166.96 Clonyard

Cows

Galloway

£966.52, £951.20 Nether Linkins

Angus

£912 Elrig Farm; £907.20 Ring of Barfad