TRADE REMARKABLY UP AT WALLETS MARTS STORE SALE

WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED

MONDAY 28^TH MARCH 2016

OTM & STORE CATTLE SALE

 

Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited sold 381 Store Cattle and 27 OTM Cattle at their fortnightly sale on Monday 28^th March 2015.

 

Despite there being a plainer quality show of store cattle forward with more stronger ones through them trade held up remarkably well with average prices well ahead of other local markets.

 

Topping the sale at £1360 or 263.6p per kg was a pen of Limousin cross heifers from RJ & D Skimming, Glenhowl.  Scaling 516kg they sold to Barlure Farmers, New Luce.  Top price per head in the bullock section was £1170 paid to James Mitchell & Son, Little Larg, New Luce for a pen of Limousins selling to J Maxwell & Son, Halket Leaths, Castle Douglas.  Top price per kg for bullocks was 269.2p for Aberdeen Angus bullocks from R G Armstrong & Co, Langbarns.

 

Overall averages levelled at 224.7p or £909.19 for the bullocks and 206.2p or £861.38 for the heifers.

 

In the OTM ring buyers witnessed one of the best shows of cows to be seen anywhere which reflected in an overall average price of 115.8p per kg or £815.36 being achieved.  Topping the sale at £1111.42 was a Limousin X cow from Culnaightrie who also sold the top price per kg of 128p for another Limousin cross.

 

BULLOCKS

 

Angus

£700 Langbarns

 

Limousin

£1170 Little Larg; £1125 Glenhowl; £1035 Shangan

 

Simmental

£1020 Shangan; £925 Dinnans; £840 Drumhumphry

 

B Blue

£800 Newton; £700 Dinnans

 

Charolais

£1105 Shangan; £1030 Mossyard; £1020 Lochside; £970 Burn; £970 Culdoach

 

Saler

£765 Poldean

 

Galloway

£910 Lochside

 

Hereford

£810 Culdoach

 

Blonde

£760 Maryfield

 

HEIFERS

 

Angus

£900 Trostrie

 

Limousin

£1360 Glenhowl; £1040 Little Larg; £1030 Fagra;

 

Simmental

£750 Little Bennane;

 

British Blue

£750 Newton;

 

Charolais

£1065 Shangan; £980 Mossyard; £950 Lochside; £945 Little Larg

 

Blonde

£945 Little Larg

 

Saler

£800 Little Bennane; £795 Falbae

 

 

COWS

 

Angus

£1025 Culnaightrie

 

Luing

£940 Muncraig

 

Limousin

£837 Torhousekie

 

Angus Bull

£714 Carswadda

 

Galloway Steer

£654 Sunnyhill

WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED

TUESDAY 29 MARCH 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 921 Prime hoggs and cast sheep on Tuesday 29th March 2016.

 

802 Prime hoggs sold to average 181.75p per kg.  SQQ 183.16.  Hoggs were sharper today, especially well fleshed hoggs with plainer hoggs no difference.  Top today was £96 for heavyweight Texels from Glenlee Farms.  Top price per kilo was 243.2p per kg for a pen of Beltex from Messrs Gray, Eastfield, Symington.

 

Cast sheep sold to a top of £120 for a BFL Ram from Mackilston, Dalry with Ewes to £98 for a Texel from West Barmoffity.  Greyfaces to £83 from Langbarns and Blackfaces to £73 from Rainton.

 

78 –  25.5kg – 32kg

Average 156.87p per kilo                                  Top Price 178.1p per kilo

 

Blackface

£57 Drumbuie; £54 Glenlee; £53 Drumbuie; £51 Glen

 

263 – 32.1kg – 39kg

Average 181.3p per kilo                    Top price 243.2p per kilo

 

Texel

£78 Ernespie; £69 High Glasnick

 

Beltex

£90 Eastfield

 

Cheviot

£76.50 Ernespie; £66.80 Ernespie; £65.50 Kildaroch

 

Blackface

£68 Glenlee; £67.50 Drumbuie; £66 Miefield; £64 Maryholm; £64 Miefield

 

 327 – 39.1kg – 45kg

Average 188.97p per kilo                  Top Price 226.2p per kilo

 

Beltex

£95 Eastfield; £85(x2) Eastfield

 

Texel

£89 South Qunitenespie; £89 Edingham; £83, £82 Eastfield

 

Cheviot

£87.50 Halket Leaths; £87.50 Edingham; £83 Eastfield; £79.50 Ernespie

 

Blackface

£86, £80 Miefield; £76 Maryholm; £75 Miefield

 

 

 

119 – 45.6kg – 52kg

Average 179.93p per kilo                                  Top price 193p per kilo

 

Texel

£92.50 Halket Leaths; £91 Edingham; £88 High Glasnick; £88 West Barmoffity

 

Cheviot

£93.50 Halket Leaths; £93.50 Edingham

 

Suffolk

£90.50 Lower Ardmannoch; £90 Barlocco; £87 Culnaightrie

 

Greyface

£85 Glenlee; £83 Romesbeoch

 

Blackface

£84 Maryholm; £80 Laghead

 

15 –  52kg+

Average 153.13p per kilo

 

Texel

£96 Glenlee; £94 Douganhill; £93.50 Castlehill

 

BFL

£92.50 South Quintenespie

 

Blackface

£86.50 Laghead

 

EWES

 

Texel

£98, £96 West Barmoffity; £95, £91 Culnaightrei

 

Suffolk

£95.50 Culnaightrie

 

Greyface

£83, £80.50 Langbarns; £80 High Glasnick; £79.50 Culnaightrie

 

Lleyn

£82 Kildarroch

 

Blackface

£73 Rainton; £70 Langbarns; £68.50 Mackilston; £67 High Glasnick

 

RAMS

 

BFL

£120 Mackilston

 

Texel

£108 High Glasnick

 

Blackface

£75 Eriff