WALLETS MARTS WEEKLY SALES REPORT 23&24/11/15

WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED
MONDAY 23RD NOVEMBER 2015
STORE CATTLE AND OTM CATTLE

Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited held their fortnightly sale of 95 OTM and Store Cattle on Monday 23rd November 2015.

A small show of store cattle sold very easily maintaining recent rates. Topping the sale at £1080 was a Simmental heifer from The Firm of A M Brown, Drumhumphry, Corsock. A Simmental bull from Graplin Farm topped the males at £885 whilst Limousin x bullock calves from H & N Armstrong, Farhills topped the section at 218p per kg. Limousin heifers from the same home sold to 210.1p per kg. Overall averages saw the bullocks level at 198p per kg whilst the heifers were 190p per kg.

The OTM sale comprised of a larger percentage of small Galloway and Blue Grey hill type cattle but despite this all classes were dearer than the previous sale. Topping the sale £1165.12 or 176p per kg was an overage heifer from J J & I Baird, Potterland. Cast cows sold to £1010.52 for a Simmental from Trolane and to 136p for a Limousin from Upper Hardland. Cast bulls sold to £719.44 or 92p per kg for a Simmental from Cannee. Overall average was 99p per kg.

Bullocks

Limousin
Farhills £715

Simmental
Graplin Farms £885

Heifers

Angus
Trolane £995

Limousin
Potteland £980

Simmental
Drumhumphry £1080; Trolane £990; Graplin £945

Shorthorn
Knocksheen £920
OTM Auction
Heifers
Galloway
Drumhumphry £960

Simmental
Potterland £1165

Bulls
Simmental
Cannee £719

Cows
Angus
Kenmure £797

Galloway
Garrarie £716; Blackhills £708

Limousin
Upper Hardland £898; Potterland £835

Luing
Wellhill £763

Simmental
Trolane £1010; Graplin £924

White Galloway
Ardwall £619

South Devon
Garrarie £749

Holstein
Risk £707

Ayrshire
Blackpark £624

WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED
TUESDAY 24 NOVEMBER 2015
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 2682 Prime lambs and cast sheep on Tuesday 24th November 2015.

2029 prime lambs sold to average 156.6 (SQQ 161.22). All classes of lambs sharper on the week with a much larger show of sheep forward.

Lambs today sold to a top of £80 from Messrs Fisher, Flathill, Dundrennan closely followed at £78 x 3 firstly for a pen of Suffolks from Messrs Gallacher, Knockenhair, Sanquhar then for a pen of Texels from Messrs Kerr, Fagra, Dundrennan then for a pen of 16 Texels scaling 42.5kg from Douganhill Farms which were top price per kg at 183.5ppk.

653 cast sheep sold very similar again to £91 for a Texel Ram from Arvie, Corsock. Ewes to £77 for Texels from Farhills and Blackface to £54 from Meikle Carton.
LAMBS
Light 32.1 – 39
Average 152.06p per kilo Top Price 174.4p per kilo

Texel
Low Arkland £68; Southwick £64.80, £64; Poldean £64

Beltex
Corra £60; Airyolland £60;

Suffolk
Castlehill £59.20

Cheviot
Airyolland £58, £55

Blackface
Lochside £52.20; Barholm £51; Miefield £50.50

Greyface
Lochside £53.20; Barholm £53

Medium 39.1 – 45
Average 163.38p per kilo Top Price 183.5p per kilo

Beltex
Balmangan £76, £74; Corra £73; Lennox Plunton £72.50; Poldean £72.80, £69.50; Balgerran £74, £73, £72

Texel
Douganhill £78, £76.80; Upper Ardmannoch £77.50, £75.50; Fagra £76.80; Irelandton £75.20; Southwick £75; Galtway £74.80; Lagganpark £74.80; Newmains £74.50

Suffolk
Balmangan £74; Castlehill £73.50; Kirkbride, Auldgirth £72.50; Fellend £70.50

Cheviot
Irelandton £71

Roussin
Kirkbride, Auldgirth £72

Greyface
Lowes £60; Shirmers £60; Miefield £59

Blackface
Glenmanna £65

Heavy 45.6 – 52
Average 149.01p per kilo Top Price 164.9p per kilo

Texel
Flathill £80; Fagra £78; Upper Ardmannoch £77; Potterland £77; Douganhill £76.50 x 2; Flathill £76.50; Spittal £76.50

Suffolk
Galtway £76.50, £73.50 ; Potterland £75; Kirkbride, Auldgirth £73.50

Blackface
Glenmanna £67

Greyface
Old Post Office £67.20; Culdoach £66

Super Heavy 52+
Average 142.1p per kilo Top price 146.2p per kilo

Texel
Flathill £77.20; Knockenhair £77.20; Kirkbride, Auldgirth £77; Low Arkland £77