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Wallets Marts Primestock Report 4th April 2017

 

Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited held their weekly sale of 645 prime and cast sheep on Tuesday 4th April 2017.

 

Prime sheep were a plainer quality show with a large percentage of them being 50kgs plus, with all classes being harder to sell.  Topping the sale at £83 were a pen of Cheviots from J Maxwell & Son, Halket Leaths followed at £82.50 for Texels from A McCubbin, Kenmure.  Top price of 201p per kg was paid for a pen of Cheviots.  Overall SQQ average was 171.8p per kg.

 

Cast ewes were also easier on the week selling to £124 for Texels from Hillside.

 

19           25.5-32                 Average 133.84                 Top 168.8            

 

Blackface

£50.50 Eriff; £44.50 Miefield

 

Cheviot

£52 Compstonend

 

148         32.1-39                 Average 172.89                 Top 198.5

 

Texel

£70 Compstonend; £66 Poldean

 

Greyface

£55.50 Compstonend

 

Cheviot

£67.50 Compstonend; £66, £64 Ernespie

 

Blackface

£64 T S Farming; £63 Craignell; £63 Compstonend; £59.20 Miefield; £56.20 Glen

 

162         39.1-45.5              Average 174.11                 Top 201

 

Texel

£82(x2), £81 Craigview; £79 Newton; £72 Compstonend

 

Cheviot

£77.20, £77 Craigview; £75.20 T S Farming; £73 Halket Leaths

 

Blackface

£71 Miefield; £64 Craignell

 

Suffolk

£68 Nether Corsock

 

Lleyn

£66 Poldean

 

 

113         45.6 – 52              Average 157.49                 Top 165.6

 

Texel

£82.50 Kenmure, Dunscore; £82 Newton; £81.50 Eriff; £80 Culnaightrie; £77.50 Nether Corsock

 

Suffolk

£70 Nether Corsock

 

Cheviot

£79.50 Craigview; £78.50 Garrochtrie; £77 Halket Leaths

 

Greyface

£77 Kenmure, Dunscore

 

Blackface

£70 T S Farming

 

103         52+                                         Average 140.18                 Top 159.3

 

Texel

£79.50 Newton; £77 Kenmure, Dunscore; £76 Eriff

 

Cheviot

£83 Halket Leaths; £77 Garrochtrie

 

Greyface

£75 Newton

 

Suffolk

£80, £77.50(x2) Culnaightrie

Ewes

 

Texel

£124 Hillside; £90, £82 Mid Croft; £80 Lochside; £80 Culnaightrie

 

Greyface

£68 Lochside; £66 Garrochtrie; £65 Culnaightrie

 

Blackface

£60 Cullinaw; £47 Eriff

 

Cheviot

£75 Carleton

 

BFL

£75 Lochside

 

 

Texel

 

Blackface

 

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