Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited – Tuesday 3 January 2017 – Weekly Primestock Sale
Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited opened their 2017 sales calendar on Tuesday 3rd January with a remarkable entry for the time of year of 1794 prime hoggs and 227 cast ewes and rams. This entry showed an increase of over 1000 prime hoggs compared to the same day last year.
Prime hoggs, in general, were good to sell and well in line with other centres. Despite a plainer show throughout the strongest competition came in the lighter weight ranges. Topping the trade at £85 were an outstanding pen of Beltex crosses from R Jardine & Son, Upper Hardland, Balmaclellan. Scaling 40kgs they were also top price per kg at 212.5p. Nest at £83 were Texel crosses from H & K Farries, Byrecroft and Calli Fisher, Flathills all selling to Messrs Vivers Scotlamb Ltd, Dornocktown. Overall sale average levelled at 168.3p with the Standard Quality Quotation (SQQ) average being 170.3p.
A useful show of 293 cast ewes and rams maintained recent rates selling to a top price of £142 per head for Texels from Hillside. Blackface ewes sold to £60 from Midtown and averaged £38.31. BFL ewes sold to £77 from Hillside and averaged £73.50; Halfbred ewes sold to £56 from Carton Croft and averaged £49.53; Mule ewes to £80 from Byrecroft and averaged £62.94; Texels sold to £142 off Hillside and averaged £72.41. 225 ewes sold to average £59.66. Cast rams topped at £110 for Texels from J Grierson St Ringans and averaged £78.10.
63 25.2 – 32 Av 161.24 Top 164.6
Blackface
£51 Miltonise; £50.20 Glenkiln
Texel
£47 Greystones
279 32.1 – 39 Av 169.25 Top 179.5
Texel
£70 Southwick Farms; £67.50 Castlehill; £67 Knocksheen; £66 Glenroan; £65 Wellhill; £65 Lochurr
Blackface
£63 Midtown; £62.50 Knocksheen; £61.50 Grobdale; £61 Annabaglish; £60 Miltonise
Greyface
£67 Arvie; £65 Knocksheen; £62.20 Bogue
Suffolk
£66 Arvie
1103 39.1 – 45 Av 170.9 Top 212.5
Texel
£83 Byrecroft; £83 Flathill; £80 Lennox Plunton; £79.50 West Kirkcarsewell; £79.50 Drumcruilton;
Beltex
£85 Upper Hardland; £80(x2) Tappit Lane;
Suffolk
£76 Blackpark; £75 Potterland; £75 Galtway; £74.50 Lower Ardmannoch; £74 Flathill
Greyface
£71 Newfield; £69 Arvie; £69 Byrecroft; £68 Midtown; £67.50 Lagganpark
Charolais
£75.50 Low Arkland
Blackface
£70 Annabaglish; £69.50 Grobdale; £68 Midtown; £67.50 Beoch Loch Doon; £67.50 Drumcruilton
336 45.6 – 52 Av 162.03 Top 173.0
Texel
£82 Lennox Plunton; £80 Ernespie; £80 Halket Leaths; £79.50 Lennox Plunton; £79 Edingham; £78 Lower Ardmannoch
Suffolk
£80 Galtway; £79 Halket Leaths; £78 Blackpark; £77 Potterland; £77 Ernespie
Greyface
£78 Byrecroft; £75 Upper Hardland;
Beltex
£80 Upper Hardland
12 52+ Av 143.66 Top 150.9
Texel
£80 Flathill; £80 Midtown; £78 Mackilston
Suffolk
£80 Galtway
BFL
£75 Upper Hardland
EWES
Blackface
£60 Midtown; £48 Langbarns; £46 Burnfoot
BFL
£77 Hillside
Halfbred
£56 Carton Croft;
Lleyn
£59.50 Bogue
Cheviot
£65 Carton Croft
Greyface
£80 Byrecroft; £72 Glenkiln; £70 Shirmers
Texel
£142 Hillside; £108 Lennox Plunton
RAMS
£110 St Ringans; £80 Barnbackle
Next Store Lamb sale will be held on Saturday 7th January 2017.
Early entries are advised.
