WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED
TUESDAY 2 AUGUST 2016
WEEKLY PRIMESTOCK SALE
Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited held their weekly sale of 990 Prime lambs and 299 Cast sheep on Tuesday 2nd August 2016.
990 lambs sold to average 183.14ppkg. Lambs would be slightly firmer on the week with well fleshed lambs being the most sought after.
Top price per head today was for a pen of heavy Texels from Messrs Hutton, Bardarroch at £93.50. Top price per kilo was 214.3p for Texels from Messrs McKerlie, Lochdow.
299 Cast Sheep were again a firm trade with a good show of Blackface Ewes selling to £63 x 2 from Boyach and then Wellhill. Ewes topped at £117 for Texels from Denty.
90 32.1 – 39 Average 179.4p Top 195.9p
Beltex
£76 Breckoniehill
Texel
£70 Wellhill
Charollais
£70 Little Fenwick
740 39.1 – 45.5 Average 183.57p Top 214.3p
Beltex
£90 Romesbeoch; £81.80, £81 Lennox Plunton
Texel
£90 Lochdow; £86.50 Low Arkland; £84.50 High Borgue; £83.50 Low Arklan d; £83 Castlegower; £82.80 Byrecroft
Suffolk
£83.50 Balannan; £76.50 Castlehill; £76 Barlocco; £76 Culnaightrie
Greyface
£74 Culdoach; £73.20 Castlegower; £71 Shirmers
160 45.6 – 52 Average 183.07p Top 188.8p
Suffolk
£93 Culnaightrie; £90 Townhead; £87 Blair; £87 Bardarroch
Texel
£93.50 Bardarroch; £92.50 Wellhill; £92 Lennox Plunton; £92 Barlocco; £90.50 Byrecroft; £90.50 Slatehouse
Ewes
Texel
£117 Denty; £93 Eastlands; £90 Denty; £89 Blair; £89, £88 Lennox Plunton
Greyface
£79 Meiklewood; £75.50 Shirmers; £74 Eastlands; £72.50 Kilgara
BFL
£79 Arndarroch
Blackface
£63 Boyach; £63 Wellhill; £61 Boyach; £60 Eastlands; £60 Arndarroch
Rams
Texel
£113 Denty; £104, £93 South Quintenespie
Lleyn
£90 Poldean
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