TRADE STAYS STEADY AT WALLETS MARTS WEEKLY PRIMESTOCK SALE

WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED

TUESDAY 5 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 854 Prime Hoggs and Cast sheep on Tuesday 5^th April 2016.

754 Prime Hoggs sold to average 174.31p per kg.   All classes were fairly similar on the week with a larger show of lightweight hoggs reducing the average.  Very few export lambs were forward which also reflected on the average.

Top today was £100 for heavy Texels from Douganhill Farms with others at £99 from the same home.  The first lambs of the season were forward with a heavyweight Zwartble from Messrs Duffy, Smiddy Bungalow, Dunragit topping at £92.

A small show of Ewes forward were well up on the week topping at £140 for Texels from Hillside, Blackfaces to £73 and Greyface to £84.50.

LAMBS

119– 25.5 – 32

Average 165.69p per kilo                              Top Price 180.3p per kilo

Blackface

£55 Eriff; £53.50 Ardoch

253 – Light 32.1 – 39

Average 175.72p per kilo                              Top price 175.72p per kilo

Texel

£70.50 Pulcree; £66.50 Barbershall; £65 RKG

Blackface

£67.50 Muil; £66.50 Ardoch; £66.50 Glenmanna; £65.50 Pulcree; £65 RKG

258 Medium 39.1 – 45

Average 175.89p per kilo                              Top Price 194.8p per kilo

Cheviot

£82 Halket Leaths

Texel

£79.50 Pulcree; £78.50 Garrarie

Suffolk

£76.50 Pulcree

Blackface

£77.50 Glenmanna; £77 Eriff; £76.50 Ardoch; £75.50 Beoch

96 Heavy 45.6 – 52

Average 178.6p per kilo                                                Top price 192.1p per kilo

Cheviot

£95.20, £92.50 Halket Leaths

Texel

£97 Halket Leaths; £96 Douganhill; £93 Upper Ardmannoch; £92.50 Irelandton

28 52+

Average 167.88p per kilo                                              Top Price 188.6p per kilo

Texel

£100, £99 Douganhill; £97.50 Hannaston; £93.50 RKG

Cheviot

£97.80 Halket Leaths

Blackface

£85 Ardoch

EWES

Texel

£140 Hillside; £136 Douganhill; £109 West Barmoffity; £106 Barbershall

Beltex

£119 Sunnyhill

Greyface

£84.50, £84 Rainton; £78 Barbershall

Cheviot

£80, £76 Irelandton

Blackface

£73 Garroch; £67 Mossyard; £65 Garroch

RAMS

Blackface

£87, £86 Ardoch