STORE TRADE WAS BUOYANT AT WALLETS MARTS THIS WEEK

 

MONDAY 11^TH APRIL 2016

OTM & STORE CATTLE SALE

 

Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited held their fortnightly sale of cattle on Monday 11^th April 2016 when they sold 610 Store Cattle and 45 OTM Cattle

 

Store Cattle continued to meet a buoyant demand with the usual compliment of buyers round the ringside.  As in previous sales the older, stronger cattle looked better value than the younger stirks.  In general cattle were a plainer quality show and whilst the averages are back on the last sale the true picture is that the trade is not any cheaper than it has been in the past here at Castle Douglas.  Topping the sale at £1210 was an outstanding Limousin Heifer from C Birrell & Co, Barnboard selling to J & L Craik, Waterside.  Bullocks topped at £1120 for Limousin crosses from Cardoness and Kings Laggan.  Top price per kg was 263.3p paid to D W Clement & Son, Gatehouse Farm for a pen of Charolais bullocks whilst heifers topped at 259.8p for Limousin crosses from Barnboard.  Overall averages saw the bullocks level at 213.3p or £856.76 – this included 142 native bred bullocks – whilst heifers levelled at 204.79p or £808.40.

 

A plainer show of OTM cattle with over 50% of the sale being dairy cows met a useful trade selling to a top of 134p for a British Blue from Barnboard.  Overall average for 45 OTM cattle sold was 89.58p

 

BULLOCKS

 

Angus

£1030 Irelandton; £1010 Rusko Farms; £1000 Trolane

 

Limousin

£1120 Cardoness & Kings Laggan; £1010 Nether Barr; £100 Garrochtrie;

 

Simmental

£1090 Cardoness & Kings Laggan; £1035 Shangan; £995 Auchtralure

 

B Blue

 

Charolais

£1110 Lochside; £1055 Meikle Kirkland; £1030 Borgue House; £990 Finniness

 

Saler

£865 Rusko Farms; £800 Muncraig

 

Galloway

£1105 Holm of Dalquhairn; £990 Garrochtrie; £970 Lochside

 

Hereford

£1040 Auchtralure; £990 Borgue House

 

Luing

£890 Muncraig; £770 Burnfoot

 

Shorthorn

£1010 Borgue House

 

Belted Galloway

£835 Irelandton; £825 Speddoch

 

HEIFERS

 

Angus

£850 Mid Threave; £820 Langbarns;

 

Limousin

£1210 Barnboard; £1075 Cardoness & Kings Laggan; £1045 Shangan;

 

Simmental

£1065 Low Drumrae; £1005 Cardoness & Kings Laggan;

 

British Blue

£780 Milton Park

 

Charolais

£955 Lochside; £905 Finniness; £865 Cogarth; £855 Killochy

 

Galloway

£740 Garrochtrie

 

Belted Galloway

£790 Muil; £700 Irelandton

 

Hereford

£780 Langbarns

 

Simmental Bull

£910 High Borgue

 

OTMS

 

COWS

 

Angus

£788 Cotland; £683 Irelandton

 

BBX

£628 Barnboard

 

TUESDAY 12 APRIL 2016

WEEKLY PRIMESTOCK SALE

 

 

Could we please ask that Vendors get sheep to the Market as early as possible on a Tuesday morning.  Clipping is from 8.00am onwards and we would like if sheep were available for them to start at that time

 

Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited held their weekly sale of 527 Prime Hoggs and Cast sheep on Tuesday 12^th April 2016.

 

356 Prime hoggets sold to average 166.1 SQQ (172.36).  All classes were less on the week with heavy and export hoggs showing the largest drop.

 

Top today was £94.50 for a pen of heavyweight Texels from Messrs Watson, High Borgue.  Leading the price per kilo was 192.2 for a pen of Texels from Messrs Davidson, Poldean, Wamphray.

 

171 Cast sheep sold at similar rates topping at £118 for a Texel Ram from Cullinaw.  Ewes sold to £111 for Suffolks from Sunnyhill with Blackfaces to £70.50 from Auchencairn House.

 

 

 

56 – 25.5 – 32

Average 169.19p per kilo                              Top Price 176.8p per kilo

 

Blackface

£54.80 Beoch, Loch Doon; £54.20 Kerricks; £52 Falbae

 

Lleyn

£50.50 Buittle Mains; £50 Lochdow

 

 

95 – 32.1 – 39

Average 174.91p per kilo                              Top price 192.2p per kilo

 

Texel

£70.20 Kilquhanity; £69 Boreland of Girthon; £67.50 Lochdow

 

Blackface

£66 Culdoach; £64.50 Beoch, Loch Doon; £62.50, £60 Pulcree

 

Suffolk

£64 Boreland of Girthon

 

108 –  39.1 – 45

Average 171.64p per kilo                              Top Price 185.8p per kilo

 

Cheviot

£82.50 Edingham; £77 Halket Leaths

 

Texel

£76 Little Fenwick; £74.50 Poldean

 

Suffolk

£69.50 Boreland of Girthon

 

Blackface

£70 Culdoach; £66.80 Boreland of Girthon

 

Greyface

£68.20 Boreland of Girthon

 

61 –  45.6 – 52

Average 158.75p per kilo                                              Top price 172.6p per kilo

 

Cheviot

£88.50, £83 Halket Leaths; £79.50 Edingham

 

Texel

£77.50 Kilquhanity; £76 Carswadda

 

Greyface

£75 Romesbeoch

 

36 –  52+

Average 148.82p per kilo                                              Top Price 158.6p per kilo

 

Texel

£94.50 High Borgue; £89 Potterland

 

Cheviot

£84.20 Halket Leaths

 

Blackface

£75.50 Cullinaw; £75.50 Falbae

 

Greyface

£78 Culdoach

 

EWES

 

Suffolk

£111 Sunnyhill

 

Texel

£100.50, £100, £98, £96 Lennox Plunton; £95 High Borgue

 

BFL

£94, £86 High Borgue; £85 Hillside

 

Greyface

£82.50 Auchencairn House; £81 Lennox Plunton; £74.50 Rainton; £73.50 Cullinaw

 

Blackface

£70.50 Auchencairn House; £61 Cullinaw

 

RAMS

 

Texel

£118 Cullinaw

 

Suffolk

£112 Carswadda