Wallets Marts Weekly Sales Reports 16 & 17/08/21

WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED

MONDAY 16 AUGUST 2021

STORE, BREEDING AND OTM CATTLE

STORE LAMBS

Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited on Monday 16 August 2021 held their fortnightly sale of Store and OTM Cattle and Store lambs together with Breeding cows and calves.

Bullocks sold to £1310 for a Limousin from Messrs McCulloch, Glentoo and 244ppk again for a Limousin from Glen Farm and heifers to £1240 for a Saler from Messrs Weir, Falbae and 262.2ppk for Limousins from Auchencairn Farms. Bullocks sold to average £1044.38 and 224.88ppk with heifers to average £881.45 and 218.77.

33 OTM Cattle sold to £1357.74 for an Angus Cow from Messrs Craig, Compstonend and 181 ppk for a bull from Messrs Jardine, Upper Hardland.

James and Valerie Parker, Mill of Plunton began dispersing their stock with the Spring calving portion of the herd being offered, These sold to a top of £2000 for a Limousin cow with her Limousin Bull calf with a further quartet of units closely following at £1900.

2303 Store lambs at our second sale topped at £98 for a pen of Suffolks from Messrs Cumming, Barnsallie. The pre sale show ably judged by Mr Alan Frame found his first prize in a pen of 25 smashing Texels from Messrs Walker, Hills of Dalserf realising £95 to the judge. 2^nd prize was another pen of Texels this time from Messrs Prentice Dallars Mains fetching £89.

Leading Prices

STORE CATTLE – BULLOCKS

Limousin

£1310, £1080 Glentoo

244.40, 239.4 Glen, Gatehouse; 237.3 Glentoo

Simmental

£1180, £1130 Drumneil; £1100 Barbae; £1100 Glentoo

237.9, 222.2, 219.8 Drumneil; 222.2 Glen, Gatehouse; 218.3 Barbae

Charolais

£1180, £1130 Drumneil

244.3, 243.3 Barnbarroch, 222.2, 219.8 Drumneil

Angus

£1125, £1100, £1090 Barwhanny, £1090 Moss-side

230.1, 229.6, 229 Barwhanny; 225.2 Moss-side

Saler

£1120, £1110 £1080 Falbae; £1100, £1000 Glentoo

219.2, 217.7 Falbae, 217.7 Glentoo

STORE CATTLE – HEIFERS

Saler

£1240, £1160, £1110, £1040 Falbae

241.3, 228.8, 225.6, 217.5 Falbae

Simmental

£1140 Drumneil; £1140 Screel; £1130, £1030 Barbae; £1110 Glentoo,

248.2, 240.8 Auchenfad; 230.8 Drumneil; 225.6 Glentoo; 222.9 Barbae; 220.1 Screel

Angus

£1050, £1000 Barstibly

224.7, 221.7 Barstibly; 221.1 Screel

Limousin

£970 Auchenfad

262.2 Auchenfad, 244.4 Glen, Gatehouse of Fleet

Charolais

£950 Auchenfad

240.8, 236.4 Auchenfad; 236.20 Barnbarroch

OTM CATTLE

COWS

Angus

£1357.74, £1319.30, £1188, £1171.50 Compstonend; £1346.02 Lower Ardmannoch

179, 175 Irelandton; 171, 167 Compstonend; 167 Lower Ardmannoch

Luing

£1292.38, £1239, £1157.30 High Ardwell

179, 177 High Ardwell

Limousin

£1239 Gelston Castle; £1185.90 Nether Barr; £1046.46, £1058.18, 1016.40 Cardoness

177 Gelston Castle; 177 Nether Barr; 165 Cardoness

Saler

£1202.40, £1155, £1120 Poldean

175, 167, 165 Poldean; 169 East Altercannoch

Simmental

£1200.06 Drumneil

177 Drumneil

B Blue

£1178.10 Glentoo

165 Glentoo

BULLS

£1316, £1185.80 Potterland; £1290 Castlegower; £1230.80 Upper Hardland;

181 Upper Hardland; 133 Potterland; 131 Carleton

STORE LAMBS

Suffolk

£98, £89.50, £85 Barnsallie; £81.50 High Drum

Texel

£95, £87, £86 Hills of Dalserf; £89.50 Knocksheen; £89, £86 Dallars Mains; £88.50 High Borgue; £86 Creeside; £85.50 Garroch Estate

Beltex

£87 Screel; £82, £80.50 Fauld O Wheat

Scotch Mule

£84.50 Garmartin; £78 High Borgue; £73 High Drum

Cheviot Mule

£82.50 Slatehouse

Lleyn

£79.50, £75 Auchenbainzie; £68.50 Trostrie

Cheviot

£69.50 Ring of Barfad

WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED

TUESDAY 17^TH AUGUST 2021

WEEKLY PRIMESTOCK SALE

Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Ltd on Tuesday 17^th August 2021 had forward 1790 prime and cast sheep

1296 Prime lambs sold to average 240.64 (SQQ 241.79)

Top per head today was £126.50 twice firstly for Beltex lambs from Messrs Smith, Barmurrie and then from Lucy & Annie Barbour, Little Milton Farm for heavy Texels. Topping per kilo was 296.2 for Beltex lambs again from Messrs Smith Barmurrie

Cast sheep sold to a top of £175 for Texels from Cogarth; Mules sold to £115 from High Borgue with Blackface to £100 again from High Borgue.

LEADING PRICES

Prime Lambs

82 32.19 – 39 Top per kg 296.2ppk Average 245.47

Beltex

£115.50 Barmurrie; £109.50 Gelston Castle

296.2 Barmurrie; 285.9 Gelston

Hampshire

£93.50 East Lanegate

239.7 East Lanegate

Texel

£92.50 Maryholm; £91.50, £88.50, £87.50 Carleton; £91.50 Compstonend; £89.50 Garrochtrie; £87 Dornells

244.7, 243.1 Carleton; 237.2 Maryholm; 235.5 Garrochtrie; 234.6 Compstonend

938 39.1 – 45 Top per kg 291.5ppk Average 241.51

Beltex

£126.50, £119.50 Barmurrie; £114.50, £104.50 Maryholm; £112.50 Breckoniehill; £103.50 Gelston Castle

291.5, 281.1 Barmurrie; 281.3 Breckoniehill; 279.3 Maryholm

Texel

£119.50 Brockloch; £114.50 Drumcoltran; £110.50 Carseriggan; £110.50 Long Beoch; £109.50 Lennox Plunton; £109.50 Upper Dullarg; £109.50 Castlehill; £109.50 Wee Carleton; £108.50 Dornells

266.6 Killochy; 265.6 Brockloch; 265.1 Lennox Plunton; 263 Castlehill; 262.6 Drumcoltran; 255.4 Dornells; 254.3 Breckoniehill; 253.6 Borgue House

Suffolk

£109.50 Borgue House; £104.50 Long Beoch; £103.50 Garroch Estate; £100.50 Mid Threave; £98.50 Lower Ardmannoch; £97.50 Breconside; £95.50 High Drum

246.6 Borgue House; 241.9 Long Beoch; 238.4 Breconside; 237.3 Lower Ardmannoch; 235.8 High Drum; 232.4 Breconside

Scotch Mule

£103.50 Finniness; £102.50 Hannaston; £98.50 High Drum

233 Hannaston; 229 Finniness

Charolais

£101.50 Maryholm

241.7 Maryholm

Cheviot Mule

£101.50 Ingleston

235.4 Ingleston

Cheviot

£98.50 Dornells

239.7 Dornells

Roussin

£97.50 Wee Carleton

236.7 Wee Carleton

257 45.6 – 52 Top per kg 257.6ppk Average 238.17

Texel

£125.50 Cannee; £123.50 Dornells; £120 Little Milton Farm; £119.50 Muircleugh; £119.50 Drumcoltran; £118.50 Brockloch; £118.50 Edgarton; £118.50 Garrochtrie; £118.50 Camrie

251.1 Lower Ardmannoch; 250 Little Milton Farm; 248.9, 243.6, 242.4 Borgue House; 247.9 Drumcoltran; 245.5 Dornells; 241.9 Camrie

Suffolk

£122.50 Borgue House; £115.50 Garroch Estate; £111.50 Mid Threave

235.6 Borgue House; 228.7 Garroch; 227.6 Mid Threave

Beltex

£118.50 Barmurrie

257.6 Barmurrie

Charolais

£115.50 Maryholm

231 Maryholm

19 52+ Top per kg 238.7ppk Average 221.95

Texel