WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED
MONDAY 16th MARCH 2020
OTM AND STORE CATTLE AND STORE LAMBS
Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited on Monday 16 March 2020 had forward 560 OTM and Store cattle.
A super show of 535 Store cattle were forward to a large ringside of buyers.
Top today was £1250 for a sweet Limousin heifer from Jim and Danny Mitchell, Little Larg, New Luce, with top per kilo being a pen of Charolais heifers from Alistair Davidson, Poldean, Moffat.
Topping the bullocks was a pen of nine Simmental bullocks at £1200 from Hamish Black, Hillside, Corsock with a pen of Charolais bullocks from Poldean again topping the ppk at 287.8.
25 Cast cows were a sound trade again and being short of requirements selling to £1249.44 for an Angus Cow from Trolane, Dalry and topping at 158ppk for a Luing cow from Crofts, Kirkpatrick Durham.
Leading Prices
Bullocks
Simmental
£1200, £1120 Hillside; £1180 High Borgue; £1100 Shangan; £1070 Craigton; £1055, £1010 Fellend
256, 248, 240.4 Drumhumphry;
Charolais
£1200, £1120 Hillside; £1160, £1090 Craigton; £1140 Shangan;
287.8, 253.9 Poldean; 239.2 Bargatton; 235.2 Kenmure, Kirkcowan; 231.2 Cogarth
Limousin
£1180, £1165, £1150, £1100, £1060, £1040, £1010 Little Larg; £930 Mill of Plunton
249.1 Drumhumphry; 244.4, 237.5 Halmyre; 229.2 Culdoach; 228.1 Little Larg
Hereford
£1140 High Borgue
206.50 High Borgue
British Blue
£1085 Ardoch, Marrburn
201.9 Auchenleck
Angus
£1055 Fellend; £1030, £920 Glenkiln; £955 Barwhanny; £920 Cogarth
236.6, 235.50 Boreland of Girthon; 231.7 Cogarth; 226.3 Barwhanny; 223.50 Muncraig
Saler
£1090 Hillside; £950 Glenkiln; £840 Boreland of Girthon
229.90 East Altercannoch; 228.9, 225.3, 223.8 Boreland of Girthon
Heifers
Limousin
£1250, £1150, £1080, £1050 Little Larg; £1065 Shangan; £975 Killochy
240.4, 237.1 226.9, 221.9 Little Larg; 219.6 Ardoch, Marrburn
Charolais
£1170 Cogarth; £970, £945 Craigton; £935 Killochy
279.2, 266.2 Poldean; 226.4 Bargatton; 220.2 Kenmure, Kirkcowan
Angus
£1120, £990 Glenkiln; £920, £905 Fellend
193.8 Lodge of Kelton; 191.1 Glenkiln;
Simmental
£920, £905 Fellend
British Blue
£910 Auchenleck
194.9, 194.6 Auchenleck
OTM CATTLE
Angus
£1249.44 Trolane; £873.68 Cogarth
Luing
£1137.60 Hillside
Limousin
£1088 Trolane
Simmental
£806.88 Lower Ardmannoch; £749.08 Park of Tongland
Bulls
£1142.60 Castlegower
STORE SHEEP
£91, £89 Murrayton; £82, £72 Little Tahall;
WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED
TUESDAY 17th MARCH 2020
WEEKLY PRIMESTOCK SALE
1239 prime hoggs were forward to average 250.4 with an SQQ of 252.55 The trade of the season so far was had with well fleshed hoggs realising tremendous returns and leaner hoggs although not as sharp still looking a great trade. Top today was £154 for outstanding heavy texels from Douganhill Farms Palnackie with top per kilo being 312.2 for beltex hoggs from RVCM Agri Airyolland Port William. Blackface hoggs were a flyer for export types especially topping at £118.50 from Messrs Guild Ashmark New Cumnock. Topping the ppk was a pen of 46 from Messrs Ramsay Ardoch Dalry at 278.2
376 cast sheep were off the clock and reached heights never seen before, selling to £181 for texel rams from Breckoniehill with ewes topping at £175 for suffolks from Meikle Kirkland mule ewes sold to £155 from Kelloside with Blackface ewes selling to £120 from Birchwood Way
One partner. No competitors. Full visibility across the region.
