Wallets Marts Weekly Primestock Sale Report Tuesday 23rd March 2021

Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Ltd on Tuesday 23^rd March 2021 had 1085 prime and cast sheep forward.

766 Prime hoggs sold to average 260.2 ppk (SQQ 260.5). A smaller end of season show of hoggs were less on the week with only the best meat cashing in at prices seen recently. These topped at 317.4 pence per kilo for a pen of Beltex from Messrs Ross, Birchwood Way. Top per head was £148.50 for a pen of heavy Texels from the same home.

A similar show of 319 cast ewes were a great trade with Messrs Shedden, Balgerran topping the sale with a Texel ewe at £187. Scotch Mules sold to £117.50 from Messrs Milligan & Son, High Glasnick and again from Galtway Farm, Kirkcudbright. Blackfaces sold to £74.50 from Messrs Ross, Romesbeoch.

LEADING PRICES

284                         32.1kg – 39kg                       Avg – 256.5ppk                    Top – 290.5ppk

Beltex

£109.50 Airyolland; £107.50 Carsewalloch

290.5 Carsewalloch; 288.2 Airyolland

Blackface

£107.50, £97.50 Craignell; £95.50 Speddoch

275.6, 263.5 Craignell; 260.0 Beoch, Cairnryan

Texel

£103.50 Little Park; £100.50 Nether Corsock; £97.50 Breconside; £95.50 Corbelly Hill; £95.50 Beoch, Cairnryan

279.7 Little Park; 275.3 Nether Corsock; 270.8 Breconside; 269.0 Corbelly Hill; 265.2 Drumbreddan

Cheviot

£100.50 Halket Leathes

270.2 Halket Leathes

238                         39.1kg – 45.5kg                    Avg – 275.9ppk                    Top – 317.4ppk

Beltex

£136.50 Birchwood Way; £130.50 Halket Leathes

317.4, 313.6 Birchwood Way; 310.7 Halket Leathes; 308.4 North Boig

Texel

£133.50; £130.50 Lochdow; £131.50 Airyolland; £130.50 North Boig; £128.50 Galtway

301.4 North Boig; 298.9 Airyolland; 293.4 Lochdow; 293.1 Ernespie

Charollais

£129.50 Lochdow

293.0 Lochdow

Cheviot

£127.50 Halket Leathes; £112.50 Speddoch; £109.50 Burnside

288.5 Halket Leathes; 274.4, 273.3 Speddoch;

Blackface

£118.50 Craigengillan; £111.50 Blackloch; £111.50 Drumbreddan

274.3 Craigengillan; 261.7 Drumbreddan

Suffolk

£113.50 Nether Corsock

279.6 Nether Corsock

Shetland

£109.50 Galtway

271.7 Galtway

121                         45.6kg – 52kg                       Avg – 265.0ppk                    Top – 301.1ppk

Texel

£143.50 Breckoniehill; £142.50 Lochdow; £141.50 Blackpark

288.8 Blackpark; 284.3 Galtway; 279.4, 274.0 Lochdow; 276.0 Breckoniehill

Beltex

£143.50 Birchwood Way; £138.50 Airyolland; £137 Carsewalloch

301.1 Airyolland; 285.0 Carsewalloch

Suffolk

£138.50, £135.50 Galtway; £131.50 Blackpark

284.7, 272.6 Galtway; 279.8 Blackpark

Blackface

£124.50 Drumbreddan; £123.50 Milnmark; £122.50 Craigengillan

259.5 Craigengillan; 249.5, 249.0 Drumbreddan; 247.0 Milnmark

Scotch Mule

£119.50 Torkeld; £117.50 Drumbreddan

261.5 Torkeld; 255.4 Drumbreddan

Jacob

£115.50 Ernespie

240.6 Ernespie

55                           52+ kg                    Avg – 245.1ppk                    Top – 275.2ppk

Texel

£148.50 Birchwood Way; £144.50, £140.50 Galtway; £141.50 North Boig

275.2 Galtway; 267.0 North Boig

Suffolk

£137.50, £131.50 Galtway; £136.50 North Boig; £133.50 Nether Corsock

253.3 Nether Corsock; 252.8 North Boig

CAST SHEEP

Ewes

Texel

£187 Balgerran; £175 Gelston Castle; £173 Galtway

Suffolk

£144.50, £141.50 Gelston Castle

B/F Leicester

£133 High Borgue

Cheviot Mule

£126.50 Gelston Castle

Scotch Mule

£117.50 High Glasnick; £117.50 Galtway; £117 Barrsyard; £116.50 Balannan; £115.50 Carsewalloch; £115.50 Blackpark

Blackface

£74.50 Romesbeoch; £71 Stoneyhill, Lanarkshire; £68.50 Lettrick, Dunscore