Expectations Exceeded at Wallets Marts Store Sale 23/5/16

WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED

MONDAY 23rd MAY 2016

OTM & STORE CATTLE SALE

Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited held their fortnightly sale of OTM, Store and Breeding Cattle on Monday 23^rd May 2016.

Trade for all classes of stock well exceeded both sellers and buyers expectations at all levels.

A smaller show of 98 Store Cattle sold to a full ringside of bidders. Topping the sale at £1090 were a pen of Charolais bullocks from J & W Wilson, Kirkmabreck, Creetown and selling to J A Fingland, Garmartin. Top price per kg was 294.6p paid for a pen of British Blue bullocks from Garpel Farms, Cumnock. The bullock average levelled at 230.53p per kg. The heifer section was topped at £1010 per head for Simmental Crosses from R Watson, Slatehouse and to 243.6p for Charolais crosses from T & J A Edgar, Newfield, Dalry. Heifers averaged 208.05p per kg.

A feature of the sale was the reduction sale of beef suckler cows and calves from JJ & I Baird, Potterland. The spring calving cows and calves were shown in tremendous fettle and were a great credit to the Baird Family. Topping the sale at £1850 was an Aberdeen Angus cross sow with a Simmental Bull calf at foot selling to Messrs Borland, Castlehill. 35 cows and calves averaged £1360.

An increased number of 51 OTM Cattle met with a fast selling trade for all classes. Topping at £1276.50 or 111p was a Charolais bull from Gelston Castle Farms. Cows sold to £1045.20 or 134p per kg for a British Blue from Trolane and to 143p per kg for a Simmental cross from Hillside. Overage clean cattle topped at £865.20 or 140p for a heifer from Craigton. OTM average levelled at 116.27p per kg.

BREEDING CATTLE

Cows with Calves at Foot

£1850, £1800(x2) £1750, £1700(x2), £1650, £1600(x2), £1550, £1500 (x3) Potterland

STORE BULLOCKS

Charolais

£1090 Kirkmabreck

Angus

£940 Graplin Farms

Limousin

£725 Miltonise

Simmental

£960 Graplin

Saler

£1020 Kirkmabreck

B Blue

£765 Garpel Farms

STORE HEIFERS

Angus

£890 Slatehouse

Limousin

£840 Carleton

Simmental

£1010 Slatehouse

Hereford

£925 Auchtralure

Charolais

£860 Carleton

B Blue

£770 Garpel Farms

OTM CATTLE

COWS

British Blue

£1045 Trolane

Simmental

£926 Gelston Castle

Angus

£990 Gelston Castle

Limousin

£910 Gelston Castle

Galloway

£839 Kirkmabreck

Saler

£950 Muncraig

Hereford

£734 Old Cluden

Luing

£852 Wellhill

Shorthorn

£806 Burn

Blue Grey

£628 Burn

BULLS

£1276 Gelston Castle

OTM HEIFERS

£865 Craigton

WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED

TUESDAY 24 MAY 2016

WEEKLY PRIMESTOCK SALE

Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited held their weekly sale of 466 Prime and Cast sheep on Tuesday 24^th May 2016.

56 Prime lambs forward were mainly heavies and sold similar to Monday’s trade, averaging 184ppkg. They sold to a top of £90 for heavyweight Suffolks from Messrs Sloan, Mull of Galloway.

There was an end of season show of 240 hoggs with well fleshed hoggs scarce. They sold to £76 for Texels from Messrs Thomson, Nether Corsock.

170 Cast sheep sold slightly less with a lighter show forward to a top pf £100 for Texels from Farrhills.

LEADING LAMB PRICES

Suffolk

£90 Mull of Galloway

Texel

£85.50(x2) Mull of Galloway; £83.50 High Borgue

LEADING HOGG PRICES

Texel

£76 Nether Corsock; £70.50 Culcaigrie

Blackface

£72 Castlegower; £67.50 Speddoch; £67 Culdoach;