DGWGO Weekly Wallets Marts Report

WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED

TUESDAY 24^TH JANUARY 2017

WEEKLY PRIMESTOCK SALE

Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited on Tuesday 24^th January 2017 had forward 1601 Prime hoggets and 281 cast sheep.

1601 Prime hoggets sold to average 156.5 (SQQ 157.32).  This average included 759 Blackface hoggets and 865 hoggs under 39kgs, with this class of hogg being harder to sell on the week.  Heavyweight exports hoggs were in short supply and readily sold; with heavy hoggs similar to last week with overfat hoggs 42-45kgs still difficult to sell.

Topping today, both per head and per kilo was export hoggs firstly Texels scaling 38.8kgs at 206.2 or £80 from Douganhill Farms, Castle Douglas and secondly also for export Texels from Messrs Gray, Eastfield, Symington also at £80.

Cast sheep sold to a top of £113 for a Suffolk Ram from Carsewalloch.  Ewes to £77 for Texels from Mull of Galloway with Greyface to £61 and Blackface to £47.

255         25.5-32                 Average 141.61                 Top 153.1

Blackface

£49 Balgerran; £47.50 Burnfoot, £46.50 Glenlee; £44.50 Irelandton

610         32.1-39                 Average 153.66                 Top 206.2

Texel

£80 Douganhill; £70 Burnfoot; £65 Mill of Plunton

Suffolk

£67.50 Galtway; £65 Mill of Plunton

Cheviot

£65.80, £60 Douganhill

Greyface

£60 Knocksheen; £57 Brockloch; £55 Arvie

Blackface

£57.80, £56 Irelandton; £57 Laghead; £57 Balgerran; £56.80 Knocksheen; £56.20 Little Larg; £54.50 Falbae

517         39.1-45.5                              Average 167.46                 Top 188.9

Beltex

£80 Eastfield, Symington; £77.50 Midtown

Texel

£76, £75, £74 Poldean; £76, £74.50 Eastfield, Symington; £72.50 Little Park; £71.50 Mill of Plunton; £71 Boreland of Girthon

Suffolk

£68 Boreland of Girthon; £67.50 Castlehill; £67.50 Galtway

Charolais

£69 Little Fenwick

Cheviot

£68 Ernespie

Blackface

£68.50 Balgerran; £66 Laghead; £64.50 Irelandton; £64 Little Larg

244         45.6 – 52                              Average 154.8                   Top 162

Texel

£79 Meikle Cloak; £79 Dairy House; £78 Burnfoot; £77 Nethertown, Dunscore; £76, £75 Townhead of Greenlaw

Suffolk

£78.80 Lower Ardmannoch; £77.50, £77, £76.20 Townhead of Greenlaw; £76 Carsewalloch

Cheviot

£77.50, £76 Douganhill

16           52+                                         Average 142      

Suffolk

£75 Galtway

Ewes

Greyface

£61 Auchenleck; £60.50 Irelandton; £60 Mull of Galloway; £59.50 Mossyard

Cheviot

£60.50 Irelandton;

Texel

£77, £70 Mull of Galloway; £73 Carsewalloch

Lleyn

£65 Barwhanny

BFL

£70.50 Mossyard

Blackface

£47, £42.50 Mossyard; £40.50 Auchenleck

Rams

Suffolk

£113 Carsewalloch; £93 Mull of Galloway

Cheviot

£75 Irelandton

Charolais

£74 Langbarns

Lleyn

£89 Dairy House

Blackface

£54.50 Burnfoot