Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited sold 25 OTM Cattle, 205 Store Cattle and 108 Breeding Cattle at their fortnightly sale on Monday 8th May 2017.
OTM Cattle met their dearest trade of the season merely as a result of new buyers and a shortage of cattle for the demand. Cows topped at 161p per kg or £1128.61 for a Simmental from Graplin Farms selling to C J Anderson, Nether Stenries. Bulls topped at 116 per kg for a White Shorthorn from Ardwall Farms selling to the same buyer. Overall average levelled at 137.19p or £812.19 per head included in which were a number of hill bred beef cows.
Store cattle were also once again in good demand and sold to a wide range of buyers. Topping the trade at £1320 was a pen of Limousin bullocks from J Fisher & Son, Flathill, Dundrennan, whilst a pen of Aberdeen Angus heifers from T Robb, Trolane topped their section at £1245. Top price per kg in the bullock section was 264.7p paid for a pen of Aberdeen Angus crosses from Glenkiln Farms, Shawhead. A pen of Charolais heifers from J Mair & Son, Bargatton made 272.9p per kg. Despite a poorer quality show the bullocks still averaged 232.8p per kg or £878 and the heifers averaged 226.4p or £830.
Also on this day the Company held their special May sale of Breeding Cattle. Regular consignors, Messrs Hansell, Nether Barr once again topped the sale at £5000 for a homebred Limousin Bull. Next up at £3500 was another Limousin, this time from D & R Cornthwaite, Balgray Hill. Simmental topped at £3000 from Kirtleton House, Waterbeck. Heifers with calves at foot met a strong demand with the stronger outfits looking best value for money. Topping this section at £2300 was a Lim X heifer with a Limousin bull calf from Flathill, Dundrennan. The Flathill consignment averaged £1935 for 15 outfits sold. Jim White, Hightae made £2100 for his Limousin heifer and bull calf whilst 10 Limousin heifers with calves from Garmartin topped twice at £2050 and averaged £1875. Bulling heifers sold to £1190 for Limousin crosses from J B Maqrshall, Auchenleck selling to R Kingan & Son, Blairshinnoch. 73 Bulling heifers averaged £983.56
Leading prices
Steers
27 Angus Top price per kg – 258.60p Average price per kg – 251.60p
£910 Glenkiln; £900 Muncraig; £890 Glenkiln
9 Galloway Top price per kg – 208.00p Average price per kg – 204.90p
£1210 Kirkmabreck
9 Saler Top price per kg – 255.80p Average price per kg – 241.32p
£920(x2) Muncraig
16 Limousin Top price per kg – 260.10p Average price per kg – 236.37p
£1320 Flathill; £1210 Kirkmabreck; £1210 Trolane; £1120 Edingham; £1080 Lochside
8 Luing Top price per kg – 239.40p Average price per kg – 230.14p
£920 Lochurr; £900 Muncraig
15 Shorthorn Top price per kg – 264.70p Average price per kg – 230.63
£980 Ardwall; £855 Glenkiln
15 Simmential Top price per kg – 264.70p Average price per kg – 235.01p
£890 High Park; £880 Low Drumrae; £855 Glenkiln; £850 High Park; £775 Maryfield
11 Charolais Top price per kg – 240.40p Average price per kg – 229.55p
£1210, £1175 Kirkmabreck; £1090, £1080 Lochside
Heifers
10 Angus Top price per kg – 228.10p Average price per kg – 224.67p
£1245 Trolane
20 Limousin Top price per kg – 252.30p Average price per kg – 231.66p
£1230 Potterland; £1080 Low Drumrae; £1060 Margrie
26 Simmental Top price per kg – 253.00p Average price per kg – 231.52p
£1230 Potterland; £1180, £1075 Drumhumphry
5 Blonde Top Price per kg – 235.50p Average price per kg – 232.62p
£735 Barlae; £690 Maryfield
3 B/Blue Top price per kg – 245.90p Average price per kg – 245.90p
£895 Newton
24 Charolais Top price per kg – 272.90p Average price per kg – 227.92p
£1060 Margrie; £1030, £1000 Lochside; £900 Tower, Dalry
OTM
Cows
£1128 Graplin; £1100 Trolane; £1084 Lower Ardmannoch; £1049 Castlehill; £1033 Muncraig; £1021 Graplin; £975 Castlehill;
Bulls
£844 Arwall Farms
Breeding Cattle
Bulls
£5000 Nether Barr; £3500 Balgray Hill; £3000 Kirtleton House
Heifer with Bull Calf
£2300, £2250 Flathill; £2100 Hightae; £2050(x2) Flathill; £2000 Flathill; £2000 Garmartin; £2000 Derrie
Heifer with Heifer Calf
£2050(x2) Flathill; £2050(x2) Garmartin; £2000 Flathill
Bulling Heifers
Angus
£1040 Nether Auchenreoch; £1030, £990, £950 Cogarth
Limousin
£1190, £1180, £1130, £1080, £1070, £1060 Auchenleck
Shorthorn
£990(x2), £960, £930, £890(X2), £870 Waterside of Terregles;
WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED
TUESDAY 9th MAY 2017
WEEKLY PRIMESTOCK SALE
Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited on Tuesday 9th May 2017 had forward 407 prime and cast sheep.
224 prime sheep sold to average 168.78ppkg (SQQ 176.77). Hoggs again a good trade with well fleshed hoggs especially well sought after.
Top price of £90 was achieved on four occasions for Texels from Balgerran, Meiklewood, Castle Douglas, Newton, Gatehouse and Beltex from Compstonend, which also topped the ppkg at 204.5.
Cast sheep were again a sound trade selling to £120 for Beltex from Torhousekie.
25.5-32 Average 187.54 Top 190.6
Blackface
£61 Blackcraig
Cheviot
£56.50 Compstonend
32.1-39 Average 181.53 Top 191.2
Texel
£72 Poldean; £71.50 Torhousekie
Lleyn
£70 Poldean
Blackface
£65 Balgerran
Scotch Mule
£64 Stewarton
39.1-45.5 Average 171.07 Top 204.5
Beltex
£90 Compstonend
Texel
£77 Poldean; £77 Balgerran
Lleyn
£75.50 Poldean
Blackface
£79.50 Blackcraig; £75.50 Compstonend; £74.50 Blackcraig
45.6 – 52 Average 167.16 Top 181.0
Texel
£87 Balgerran; £86.50, £85 Compstonend
Greyface
£79 Compstonend
LLeyn
£79 Poldean
52+ Average 145.89 Top 164.80
Texel
£90 Balgerran; £90 Newton; £90 Meiklewood; £89 Auchenhill
Greyface
£85 Compstonend; £82 Newton; £82 Balgerran
Ewes
Texel
£95 Auchenhill; £85 Torhousekie; £85 Cotland; £83 Meikewood; £82 Cannee; £80 Upper Hardland
Beltex
£120, £90 Torhousekie
Suffolk
£92, £86 Wheatcroft; £82 Meiklewood
Greyface
£75 Torhouskie; £74 Tower, Sanquhar; £72 Cotland; £70 Castlehill; £70 Margrie
Gritstone
£72, £60 Carton Croft
Blackface
£66.50 Lagganpark; £60.50 Tower, Sanquhar; £58 Castlehill
BFL
£90 Tower, Sanquhar
Cheviot
£81 Cogarth
Rams
Texel
£83(x2) Cogarth
