WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED
TUESDAY 17TH OCTOBER 2017
WEEKLY PRIMESTOCK SALE
Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited on Tuesday 17th October 2017 had forward 1601 prime and cast sheep.
988 prime lambs sold to average 166.97 (SQQ 171.36) all classes except the best quality export lambs would be less on the week but sharper looking than Mondays trade.
Topping the trade was a pen of Beltex lambs at £97 or 248.7ppk from Messrs Bunting, Bridgestone closely followed at £96 for Texel lambs from Messrs Robertson, Hartburn.
513 cast sheep again struggled selling to £87 for Texels from Low Arkland.
Lambs
11 32.1-39 Average 201.74 Top 238.7
Beltex
£97 Bridgestone
Texel
£74 Valleyfield
684 39.1-45.5 Average 170.91 Top 238.7
Beltex
£95 Bridgestone
Texel
£96 Hartburn Cottage; £90 Cullinaw; £83.50 Balgerran; £79.50 Shennanton; £77, £76.50 Glenroan; £76 Pulcree; £76 Breckoniehill
Suffolk
£74 Garrarie; £72 Nether Corsock; £71 Garrarie
Lleyn
£73 Garrarie;
Greyface
£68 Castlegower; £65 Shirmers
276 45.6 – 52 Average 158.86 Top 194
Texel
£90 Lagganpark; £88, £80 Flathill; £80 Lagganpark; £80 Balgerran
Suffolk
£78 Nether Corsock
Greyface
£68 Cullinaw
Ewes
Texel
£87 Low Arkland; £77.50 Littleton; £75 Trowdale; £74 Bridgestone
Suffolk
£69 Trowdale
Cheviot Mule
£73.50, £65.50 Borgue House
Cheviot
£58.50 Blackcraig, Borgue
Greyface
£72 Low Arkland; £65 Eastlands; £62.50 Mid Threave
BFL
£81 Low Arkland; £79 Romesbeoch
Blackface
£34 Boreland of Girthon; £33.50 Romesbeoch; £32.50 Knocksheen
WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED
MONDAY 16TH OCTOBER 2017
BLACKFACE, BFL, TEXEL, SUFFOLK RAMS
BREEDING SHEEP
Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited on Monday 16th October held their Annual sale of Blackface Rams and second sale of all other breeds of rams. Topping the Blackface rams was a shearling at £600 from Glen, Gatehouse of Fleet.
Topping the others was Texel shearling from Fineview, Glenluce at £560 followed by one from the same home at £500.
Leading Prices
Blackface
£600 Glen, Gatehouse; £320, £300 Drannandow; £240 Larg, Creetown; £240 Kirkmabreck; £220 Glen, Gatehouse; £220 Clanary; £200 Blackloch; £200 Craignell; £200 Laghead
Texel
£560, £500 Fineview; £460 West Glengyre; £440 Ochiltree Mains; £440, £400 South Qunitinespie; £400 Newmains; £400 West Glengyre
BFL
£220, £200 South Quintinespie; £200 Low Arkland; £200 High Borgue
Suffolk
£200 Newmains
WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED
SATURDAY 14th OCTOBER 2017
STORE LAMBS
Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited on Saturday 14 October 2017 had forward 712 store lambs.
A nice show of lambs sold dearer than expected to a top pf £63.50 for Texels from Muncraig, Borgue. A large proportion of the sale forward were mules and these topped at £56 from Glenlee Farms.
Leading Prices
Texel
£63.50, £62.50 Muncraig; £60.50, £60 Cullinaw; £60 Ardachie; £59.50 Glenlee
Suffolk
£61.50 Upper Breccoes; £58, £55.50 Straith Estate
Greyface
£56, £53.50 Glenlee; £53.50, £49.50 Craigmuie; £51 Lowes
Cheviot
£58 Hastingshall; £56 Upper Breccoes
Lleyn
£50 Buittle Mains
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