WALLETS MARTS WEEKLY SALES REPORT 17th and 18th February 2020

WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED

MONDAY 17^TH FEBRUARY 2020

OTM, STORE CATTLE AND STORE LAMBS

 

Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited on Monday 17^th February 2020 had forward 409 OTM and Store Cattle

 

393 Store cattle were a flyer and well short of requirements with several buyers leaving empty handed.  Leading todays sale was £1290 for a SimX heifer from Messrs Watson, Slatehouse, Moniaive and it was heifers that topped the ppk this time for a nailer of a CharolaisX at 293ppk from Messrs Jardine, Upper Hardland.  Overall the heifers levelled at 216.28ppk.

 

Leading the bullocks was a pen of Luings at £1205 from Messrs Black, Hillside whose whole consignment of Luing bullocks levelled at £1200.  Leading the ppk was a smart pen of LimousinX at 283.2 from Messrs Jardine, Upper Hardland.  Overall the bullocks levelled at 224.15.

 

Special mention to L Templeton, Ardachie, Kirkcowan for donating the price of a Limousin Bullock, £870, in aid of the brain tumour charity to honour the memory of her cousin who sadly passed last November.

 

Cast cows were short of requirements selling to 145ppk for a Luing from Hillside with SimX from the same home selling to £1132.45.

 

A small show of store lambs to finish this seasons Monday sales were a flyer again topping at £108 for Texels from Garroch Estate with Lleyns selling to £92 from Auchenbainzie.

 

 

Leading Prices

 

Store Cattle

Bullocks

 

Luing

£1205, £1200 Hillside

 

Simmental

£1200 Hillside; £1070, £1010, £990 Cardoness

266.9, 253.1, 247.1 Auchenfad

 

Angus

£1170 Hillside; £1040 Castlehill; £960 Boreland of Girthon; £920 Langbarns

270.9 Upper Hardland; 253.8 Ring of Barfad; 250.8 Ardachie

 

Limousin

£1110 Hightae; £1060 High Park; £1035 Cardoness

283.2, 281.1 Upper Hardland

 

British Blue

£1090 Hightae

 

Saler

£1080, £1040 Fagra; £935 Boreland of Girthon

213.6 Boreland of Girthon; 210.5 Fagra

 

Charolais

£970 Killochy; £940 Burnfoot £940, £930 Cotland

268.3 Poldean; 266.9 Auchenfad; 262 Cotland

 

Heifers

 

Simmental

£1290 Slatehouse

215.9 West Barmoffity; 213.4 Mill of Plunton

 

Charolais

£1130 Cotland

293 Upper Hardland; 267.4 Poldean

 

Saler

£1070, £1030 Fagra

205 Fagra; 203.4 Dalhabboch

 

Limousin

£1070 Fagra; £1040 Killochy; £1030 Beoch, Cairnryan; £1015 Cardoness

266.1 Ring of Barfad; 238.9 Upper Hardland; 227.6 Cardoness

 

Luing

£1000 Beoch, Cairnryan

 

British Blue

£990 Hightae; £890 High Park

225.9 High Park; 215 West Barmoffity

 

Angus

£840 Cogarth; £825 Ardachie

246.5, 244.4 Ardachie

 

Shorthorn

£770, £740 Howthat Farm

259, 220.2 Howthat Farm

 

OTM

Angus

£756 Irelandton

 

Limousin

£886.60 Buittle Mains

 

Hereford

£864.63 Newton, Gatehouse of Fleet

 

Simmental

£1132.45 Hillside

 

Luing

£1045.80, £1035.72 Hillside

 

Store Lambs

 

Texel

£108, £95 Garroch

 

Suffolk

£79, £71 Straith

 

Lleyn

£92 Auchenbainzie

 

Greyface

£86 Knocksheen; £81 Garroch; £80 Castlehill

 

Blackface

£72 Castlehill

 

Cheviot

£69 Garroch

 

WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED

TUESDAY18 FEBRUARY 2020

WEEKLY PRIMESTOCK SALE

 

Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited on Tuesday 18 February 2020 had forward 1874 prime and cast sheep.

 

1502 hoggs sold to average 232.2 SQQ 235.8.  With a lot of consignments being the finish of this season.  That then reflected on a lesser average than last week whereas the reality of it good meated sheep were every bit as dear no matter the weight.

 

Top today was £129 for an outstanding Texel hogg from Messrs Lockhart, Culdoach.  Top per kilo was was 304.7 for a pen of cracking Beltex hoggs from Messrs Adams, Torhousekie, Wigtown.

 

Less Blackface hoggs about today sold to £107.50 for a smashing pen from Messrs McMiking, Mitonise with another pen from the same home fetching 240.1 to top the ppk.

 

449 cast sheep were a flyer and sharper again topping at £177 for an outstanding Texel from Garthlearie House, Stranraer.  Blackface ewes topped at £87.50 again travelling from Stranraer, this time from Drumbreddan.  Scotch Mule ewes sold to £104.50 for a pen from Cotland.

 

 

Leading Lamb prices

 

21           25.5-32                                 Average 203.9                   Top 234.8

 

Blackface

£73.50 Drumbreddan; £72 Glenlee; £69 Upper Dullarg

234.80 Drumbreddan; 228.6 Glenlee; 226.20 Upper Dullarg

 

Texel

£73.50 Murrayton; £70 Denty

233.3 Murrayton

 

504         32.1 – 39                               Average 232.6                   Top248.6

 

Beltex

£90.50 Trowdale; £84 Cotland

243.50 Cotland; 239.4 Trowdale

 

Texel

£96 Barlocco; £92 West Culvennan; £92 Southwick; £91 East Lanegate

248.6 Balgerran; 247.2 Southwick; 247.1 Upper Ardmannoch; 246.2 Barlocco

 

Cheviot Mule

£88 Murrayton

232 Murrayton

 

Cheviot

£88, £84 East Lanegate; £84.50 Murrayton

247.1 East Lanegate; 242.8 Murrayton

 

Blackface

£91 Miltonise; £88.50 West Polquhirter; £87.50 Murrayton; £84.50 Drumhumphry; £84 Rusko

240.10 Miltonise; 235.80 Romesbeoch; 234.7 Drumhumphry; 232.9 West Polquhirter

 

Shetland

£85 Galtway

234.80 Galtway

 

Greyface

£94 Culdoach; £88 Murrayton; £88 Romesbeoch

241 Culdoach; 234 Romesbeoch; 232 Murrayton

 

530         39.1 – 45.5                           Average 240.2                   Top 304.7

 

Beltex

£124 Torhousekie; £124 Craigview; £118 Mindork; £118 High Glasnick; £115 Barlocco

304.7 Torhousekie; 284 Barlocco; 281.6 Craigview; 281 Mindork

 

Texel

£116.50 Barlocco; £112.50 Mindork; £110.50, £108 Little Culmain; £108.50 Townhead of Greenlaw; £108 Culdoach; £106.50 High Glasnick; £106 Balgerran

260 Barlocco; 253 Southwick; 251.20 Balgerran; 251.2 Little Culmain; 250 Denty

 

Blackface

£98 Miltonise; £97 Laghead; £96 Drumhumphry;

239 Miltonise; 234.1 Drumhumphry

 

Suffolk

£106.50, £103 Galtway; £105 Mindork; £105 Smallmuir; £100.50 Trowdale; £100 High Glasnick

245.20 Galtway; 239.7 Smallmuir; 238.6 Mindork

 

Greyface

£107 Galtway; £105.50 Kenmure, Dunscore; £104 Romesbeoch; £103 Finniness

243.20, 241.50 Galtway; 239.80 Kenmure, Dunscore

 

Cheviot

£104.50 Halket Leathes; £101 Edingham

247, 246.3 Halket Leathes; 240 Edingham

 

Charolais

£104.50 Park of Tongland

237.50 Park of Tongland

 

 

343         45.6 – 52                               Average  227.4                  Top 258.3

 

Texel

£124 Garthlearie House; £119 Mindork; £119 Craigview; £117.50 Balgerran; £114 Denty; £113 Trowdale; £113 Kenmure, Dunscore

258.3 Garthlearie House; 255.4 Balgerran; 243.3 High Glasnick; 238 Mindork; 238 Galtway

 

Beltex

£117, £110 High Glasnick

254.3 High Glasnick

 

Suffolk

£119 Mindork; £114 Galtway; £104 Trowdale; £104 Kilfillan

238 Mindork

 

Roussin

£109.50, £109, £106 Garthlearie House

236.5 Garthlearie House

 

Cheviot

£114.50 Halket Leathes; £109 Eastlands

229.5 Halket Leathes; 224.7 Eastlands

 

Greyface

£116 Kenmure, Dunscore; £112, £110, £108.50 Galtway; £107.50 Culdoach

233.7, 230.9 Galtway; 227.5 Kenmure, Dunscore

 

Blackface

£107.50 Miltonise

225.8 Miltonise

 

107         52+                                         Average 210.6                   Top 238.4

 

Texel

£129 Culdoach; £128 Balgerran; £125 Galtway; £123 Garthlearie House; £121.50 Little Culmain; £121 Craigview; £120 High Glasnick

238.4 Balgerran; 231 Little Culmain 230.9 Craigview

 

Suffolk

£123 Galtway

208.5 Galtway

 

BFL
£106 Culdoach

 

Cast Sheep

 

EWES

 

Texel

£177 Garthlearie House; £159.50, £153.50 Drumbreddan; £153 Mid Farthingwell

 

Suffolk

£133 Mid Farthingwell; £115 Garthlearie; £114.50 Nether Barr

 

Cheviot Mule

£100.50 Mindork

 

Cheviot

£88.50 Garthlearie House

 

Greyface

£104.50 Cotland; £103.50 Edgarton; £100.50 High Barcaple; £100.50 Kenmure

 

Lleyn

£93.50 Southwick Farms

BFL

 

Blackface

£87.50, £78.50 Drumbreddan; £86.50 Old Cluden; £75.50 Newton; £74.50 Knocksheen; £75.20 Shirmers

 

Swaledale

£76.50 Cotland

 

RAMS

 

Texel

£117 Garrochtrie; £113 Boreland of Girthon; £100 West Polquhirter

 

BFL
£105 Eastlands