WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED
MONDAY 16 JANUARY 2017
STORE AND OTM CATTLE
BREEDING SHEEP
Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited held their first store sale of the year on Monday 16 January 2017 when they sold 64 Store and OTM cattle and 185 breeding sheep.
A small offering of store cattle met a strong demand with numbers falling short of buyers requirements. Topping the sale at £1000 was a pen of Limousin cross bullocks from Messrs Welsh, Lochurr. This was followed at £930 for Salers Bullocks from the same home. Top price per kg in the bullock section was 236.4p paid to I & A Burgess, Maryfield for a pen of Simmentals. Heifers topped at £900 for Salers crosses from Falbae and 231.4p for Blonde crosses from Maryfield. Bullocks averages 214.6p whilst heifers levelled at 204p.
OTM Cattle were also in big demand and despite a plainer show being forward prices were well up on the last sale. Topping at £1057.50 was a Simmental cow from Graplin Farms. Graplin were also top price per kg at 131p for another Simmental cross cow. Bulls sold to 108p for a Simmental of Wellhill. Overall average was 106.2p
A feature of the sale was the dispersal of Scotch Mule In Lamb Ewes from W McTaggart & Co, Kilquhanity. Scanned in lamb to a Texel they topped at £140 for Gimmers and £128 for ewes to average £115.63.
Steers
£1000, £930, £920, £855 Lochurr ; £780, £750, £730 Maryfield
Heifers
£900 Falbae; £850 Auchtralure; £810 Maryfield;
OTM
Cows
£1057, £910, Graplin Farms; £819 Mains of Cairnbrock; £796 Castlegower; £791, £767 Auchtralure;
Bulls
£946, £856 Wellhill
WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED
TUESDAY 17TH JANUARY 2017
WEEKLY PRIMESTOCK SALE
Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited on Tuesday 17th January 2017 had forward 1547 Prime hoggs and 218 cast sheep.
1547 prime hoggs averaged 166.21 (SQQ 167.97). Again lean meated export weight 38 – 42kgs were a sound trade regularly 180p plus. Overfit and hoggs weighing 45kg were extremely hard to sell but heavyweight hoggs 45kg plus were a good 10p dearer on the week.
Topping the hoggs were outstanding Beltex hoggs at £85 and 212.5 ppk from Messrs Kerr, Midtown, Castle Douglas and to £85 for Texels from Messrs Williamson, Breckoniehill, Castle Douglas.
218 Cast sheep forward were again a subdued trade as has been seen around the country topping at £80 for Texels from Castlehill.
83 25.5-32 Average 151.45 Top 161.3
Texel
£50 Lochurr
Blackface
£48.50 Garroch; £48 Little Fenwick
327 32.1-39 Average 166.852 Top 185.9
Texel
£72.50 Macmanniston; £70 Southwick; £69.80 Galtway
Suffolk
£70.50 Midtown
Greyface
£57.50 Newfield; £56.50 Knocksheen
Blackface
£59.50 Shirmers; £58.50 Burnfoot, Sanquhar; £58 Knocksheen
927 39.1-45.5 Average 169.4 Top 212.5
Texel
£85, £78 Brecknoniehill; £80 Balgerran; £78 Midtown; £78 Macmanniston; £78, £77 Southwick, £77 Steilston
Beltex
£85 Midtown; £75 Torhouskie
Suffolk
£71.80 Midtown; £71.50 Fellend; £71 Wheatcroft; £70 Culnaughtrie
Blackface
£68, £64.50 Burnfoot, Sanquhar
194 45.6 – 52 Average 158.06 Top 163.4
Texel
£79 Macmanniston; £79, £77.50 Midtown; £76.50 Irelandton
Suffolk
£78.50 Galtway; £78 Midtown; £76.50 Balmangan
16 52+ Average 144.54 Top 146.6
Suffolk
£78 Galtway; £75 Culnaightrie
Ewes
Texel
£80 Castlehill; £76 Culnaightrie; £73 Boreland of Parton; £72 Cogarth
Suffolk
£78 Culnaightrie
Lleyn
£72 Grange
BFL
£71 Lagganpark.
Greyface
£67 Fairgirth; £65 Boreland of Parton; £65 Culnaightrie; £64 Lagganpark; £64 Grange; £62 Torrs
Blackface
£46 Falbae; £42.50 Glen, Gatehouse
Cheviot
£68 Boreland of Parton; £65(x2) Cogarth
Rams
£63 Galtway; £58.50 Little Larg; £56 Castlehill; £51 Compstonend
