WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED
TUESDAY 8th December 2015
WEEKLY PRIMESTOCK SALE
This years show was ably judges by Mr Will Tinning of Dunbia (Wales) Ltd, he had 30 pens of sheep in front of him to judge and made a swift and professional job and was in no doubt as to which lambs were overall champions as soon as he handled them. This being the first Prize Blackface lambs. Three outstanding lambs scaling 45.7 kgs that were full of meat and handled tremendous. The judge backed his decision in buying the lambs at £145. Reserve was the 1st prize A.O.B lambs a pen of Beltex x lambs from Gelston Castle Farms scaling 43.8 kgs and selling at £105 to Mr J MacTaggart on behalf of Vivers Scotlamb.
Champion Spango (Gareland)
Reserve Gelston Castle
TEXEL 1st Eastfield 42.7kgs £86 to Ballard Butchers
2nd Newmains 48.3kgs £80 to Border Meats
3rd Gelston Castle 39kgs £78 to Vivers Scotlamb
A.O.B 1st Gelston Castle 43.8kgs £105 to Vivers Scotlamb
2nd Mossnae 38.7kgs £89 to Vivers Scotlamb
3rd Eastfield 38kgs £78 to Vivers Scotlamb
SUFFOLK 1st Lower Ardmannoch 47.7kgs £76 to Dunbia (Wales) Ltd
2nd Lower Ardmannoch 50kgs £78 to Fairfield Meats
BLACKFACE 1st Spango (Gareland) 45.7kgs £145 to Dunbia (Wales) Ltd
2nd Speddoch 45.7kgs £70 to Dunbia (Wales) Ltd
3rd Cullinaw 43.3kgs £69.50 to Ballard Butchers
MULE 1st Cullinaw 43.3kgs £70 to Woodhead Bros, Colne
2nd Castlehill 44kgs £68 to Dunbia (Wales) Ltd
3rd Cullinaw 39kgs £64 to Woodhead Bros, Colne
Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited held their weekly sale of 3267 prime lambs, store lambs and cast sheep on Tuesday 8th December 2015.
2616 prime lambs sold to average 155.71 (SQQ 157.48). All classes of lambs were cheaper on the week except light weights.
Lambs outwith the show lambs today sold to a top of £79 from Low Creoch, Gatehouse, top price per kg outwith the show lambs 189.47 for a pen of Beltex from Compstonend, Twynholm.
501 cast sheep sold to a similar trade except over fat ewes which were hard to cash, a top today for £115 for Texel ram from Mull of Galloway, ewes to £86 for Texels from Byrecroft, Blackface ewes to £54 from Castlegower.
LAMBS
201 Super Light 25.5 – 32
Average 147.22 per kilo Top Price 155 per kilo
Texel
£47 Annabaglish
Blacface
£46.50 Falbae; £46 x 2 Dallowie
472 Light 32.1 – 39
Average 153.11 per kilo Top Price 189.47 per kilo
Texel
£72 Compstonend; £64.80 Annabaglish
Beltex
£59 Low Creoch; £58.80 West Auchensheen
Suffolk
£60 Ingleston; £56 Glentoo
Cheviot
£58.50 Dallowie; £58 Douganhill
Blackface
£54.50 Laghead; £54 Dallowie; £54 Laghead
Greyface
£56.80 Dallowie; £55.50 Balgerran; £55 Tappit Lane
1430 Medium 39.1 – 45
Average 159.74 per kilo Top Price 186 per kilo
Beltex
£77 x 2; £76 Gelston Castle; £74.50 West Auchensheen
Texel
£79 Compstonend; £78 Newmains; £75 Upper Hardland; £75 Newmains; £75 x 2 Townhead of Greenlaw; £74.80 Byrecroft; £74.80 Drumcoltran
Suffolk
£72 Townhead of Greenlaw; £71 Glentoo; £70.50 Townhead of Greenlaw; £69.50 Newmains
Cheviot
£64 x 2 Douganhill; £63 West Auchensheen
Lleyn
£66 Garrarie
Greyface
£64 Culdoach; £62 Castlegower
Blackface
£71 Cullinaw; £66 Speddoch; £60 Culdoach
500 Heavy 45.6 – 52
Average 150.22 per kilo Top Price 163.8 per kilo
Texel
£77 Gelston Castle; £77 Mull of Galloway; £76.50 Compstonend; £76 Mackilston; £76 West Kirkcarswell; £75.50 Mackilston
Suffolk
£76.20 Glentoo; £76 Mull of Galloway; £75.80 Lagganorie; £75.50 Lower Ardmannoch
Blackface
£66 Speddoch; £65 Slatehouse
Greyface
£65 Balgerran
13 Super Heavy 52 +
Average 134.63 per kilo Top Price 143.6 per kilo
Texel
£79, £78 Low Creoch; £75 Castlegower
Suffolk
£75 Mull of Galloway
EWES
Texel
£86 Byrecroft; £79 Castlegower; £76 Borgue House; £75 St Murray; £73 Mull of Galloway
Suffolk
£83, £77 Borgue House
BFL
£70 Castlegower
Greyface
£64.50 Torrs; £63 Kilquhanity; £62 Glensone; £61 Torrs; £60 Castlegower
Blacface
£54 Castlegower; £51 West Auchensheen; £51 Castlegower; £47 Langbarns
Lleyn
£70, £63 Hensol
Cheviot
£77, £74 Borgue House; £68.50, £65 West Auchensheen
RAMS
Texel
£115 Mull of Galloway, £104 Cullinaw
Suffolk
£107 Mull of Galloway; £93 Cullinaw
BFL
£93 Low Creoch
150 store lambs forward selling well to top of £48 for Texels from Annabaglish, £47 for Suffolks from Rainton and £44 for Blackface from B Q Farms.
WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED
MONDAY 7th DECEMBER 2015
OTM & STORE CATTLE SALE
75 OTM cows forward selling cheaper on the fortnight in keeping with national trend, top price per head was £839.59 for a limousin from Upper Hardland which was also 120 ppkg.
COWS
Aberdeen Angus
£714 Cogarth; £695 Slatehouse; £670 Sunnyhill
Galloway
£716, £603 Kirkmabreck; £591 Miefield
Holstein
£668 Flathill
Saler
£711, £708 Kirkmabreck
Limousin
£839, £810 Upper Hardland; £743 Culdoach; £726 Glenlee
Simmential
£833 Drumhumphry
South Devon
£660 Mossburn
British Blue
£735 Compstonend
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