TRADE ON THE UP FOR STORES AT WALLETS MARTS 1/2/16

WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED
MONDAY 1st FEBRUARY 2016
OTM & STORE CATTLE SALE
STORE AND BREEDING SHEEP

Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited held their fortnightly sale of Store and OTM Cattle on Monday 1st February when a packed ringside were in attendance. Also forward on this day were 222 store hoggs and 318 breeding ewes in lamb.

161 Store cattle met with a dearer trade than anticipated selling to buyers from as far afield as Aberdeen to Stafford. Yearling stirks looked easily the biggest trade whilst older cattle were harder to cash. Topping the sale at £1145 were a pen of Aberdeen Angus bullocks from S & L Asberry, Hill of Balmaghie, meanwhile top price per kg was 239.1p per kg paid to W McKenzie, Robb Place for a pen of Simmental crosses. The heifer section topped at £1090 for a pen of Charolais crosses from Hill of Balmaghie and 226.4p for a pen of Limousin crosses from R Jardine & Son, Upper Hardland. Overall average saw the bullocks level at 211.8p per kg and the heifers at 193.5 per kg.

In the sheep ring a feature was the dispersal from Messrs McMorran, Miefield of 277 Scotch Mule Ewes scanned in lamb to a Texel sire and lambing mid-March onwards. Again a large ringside of bidders were in attendance ensuring a fast selling trade ensued throughout. The In lamb ewes topped at £128 and averaged £111.13 overall. A pen of Mule Gimmers in lamb from Upper Dullarg sold to £132 and averaged £131.49 for 41. Store sheep were also easily sold topping at £66 twice for Texels from Upper Ardmannoch and Beltex from Maryfield.

BULLOCKS

Angus
£1145 Hill of Balmaghie; £1030 Balcraig Moor

Limousin
£1100 Tregallon; £1020 Flathill; £1020 Barskeoch Mains; £980 Balcraig Moor; £920 Slatehouse

Simmental
£935 Mill of Plunton; £880 Maryfield; £815 Clachandolly

Blonde
£855 Maryfield

Charolais
£800 Hill of Balmaghie

HEIFERS

Angus
£1000 Muncraig; £980 Balcraig Moor; £970 Kirkbride, Auldgirth

Limousin
£950 Tregallon; £905 Barskeoch Mains; £900 Kirkbride, Auldgirth

Luing
£855 Barnbackle

Simmental
£960 Barnbackle; £880 Barwhinnock; £815 Mill of Plunton

Blonde
£835 Maryfield