Wallets Marts Weekly Sales Reports 17 & 18 August 2020

WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED

MONDAY 17^TH AUGUST 2020

SALE OF STORE CATTLE AND OTM CATTLE

 

Wallets Marts Castle Douglas sold 193 Store and OTM cattle at their sale on Monday 17^th August.

 

Store cattle met an extremely strong trade and more could have been sold to advantage.  Cows were the dearest yet give the quality forward.

 

Bullocks sold to average £1063.03 or 220.8ppk whilst heifers averaged £913.98 or 214.23ppk.  Top today was £1290 for a Limousin bullock from Messrs Baillie, Camrie and 248.4ppk for a Limousin heifer from Airyolland Farm, Port William.

 

20 OTM cattle sold to a top of £1228.80 for a Hereford bull from Messrs Porteous, Barbershall and 190ppk for an Angus heifer from RKG Farms, Irelandton.

 

Leading Prices

 

Steers

Limousin            

£1290, £1250, £1240 Camrie; £1200, £1170, £1160, £1100 Barscarrow

241.7, 238.8, 238.6, 231.2 Barscarrow; 217.9 Camrie;

 

Saler

£1250, £1150 Camrie

206.6, 201.8 Camrie

 

Angus  

£1250, £1120, £1090 Ballinnie; £1240 Camrie; £1100, £1095, £1090 Barwahnny;

229.5, 227.6, 227.3 Ballinnie; 229.1, 225.2, 220.6 Barwhanny

 

Galloway             

£1090 Netherfauld

197.1 Netherfauld

 

Charolais            

£1090 Castlehill

237.9 Cogarth; 219.8, 215.7 Castlehill

 

Simmental          

£1060 Graplin Farms

240.7, 239.8 Graplin Farms

 

Heifers

 

Limousin

£1250 Camrie; £1060 Edingham;

248.4 Airyolland; 229.9 Edingham

 

Simmental

£990, £900 Barbae, Pinwherry; £855 Auchencairn Farms

233.9, 229.8, 217.8 Auchencairn Farms

 

Charolais            

£980, £970 Auchencairn Farms; £920 Castlehill

233.9, 229.8, 224.1, 217.8 Auchencairn Farms; 231.4 Cogarth

 

Angus

£900, £870 Cogarth; £880 Barbae, Pimwherry

223.1, 216.3 Cogarth;

 

Hereford

£800 Netherfauld

 

 

Top price for OTM Heifers

 

£1140, £1105.44 Irelandton

190, 180 Irelandton

 

Top Prices of Cows

 

Luing

£1223.04 High Ardwell

156 High Ardwell

 

Blue Grey

£1196.16 High Ardwell

178 High Ardwell

 

Angus

£1191.32 Moss-side; £1015.28 Cardoness; £911.68 Cogarth

158 Moss-side; 151 Cardoness

 

Simmental

£840.96 High Ardwell

146 High Ardwell

 

Limousin

£841 Cardoness

145, 140 Cardoness

 

OTM Bulls

£1228.80 Barbershall

 

WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED

MONDAY 17^TH AUGUST 2020

STORE LAMBS

 

 

A fabulous show of 2339 store lambs, a record in recent times for Wallets Marts, Castle Douglas. averaged an astounding £71.72.

 

Top today was £85 for Suffolks from Glenkiln Farm Partnership, Bettyknowes, with £84.50 being achieved twice firstly from Barholm Mains for Texels and then again for Suffolks from Barnsallie, Glenluce.

 

Leading Prices

 

Suffolk

£85, £81, £78 Glenkiln; £84.50, £80.50, £78.50 Barnsallie; £78.50 Garroch Estate; £76.50 Hastinghall

 

Texel

£84.50 Barholm Mains; £80.50 Kelloside; £79.50 Aar-Dar; £79.50 Achie; £76 Dalhanna; £76 Upper Breccoes; £76 Pulcree; £75.50 Kelloside

 

Beltex

£82 Achie

 

Lleyn

£79, £71.50 Auchenbainzie

 

Charolais

£76 Achie

 

Cheviot

£74.50 Meadow Park; £74.50, £68.50 Ring of Barfad; £69, £66.50 Murrayton;

 

Scotch Mule

£73 Fauld O’ Wheat; £72 Achie; £67.50 Murrayton

 

Roussin

£71.50 Fauld O’ Wheat

 

Cheviot Mule

£68.50 Murrayton

 

Blackface

£55 Ring of Barfad

WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED

TUESDAY 18^th AUGUST 2020

WEEKLY PRIMESTOCK SALE

 

Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited on Tuesday 18^th August had forward 2162 prime and cast sheep.

 

1511 prime lambs sold to average 201.9 (SQQ 202.14).  As seen yesterday lambs were cheaper on the week with well fleshed lambs easiest to sell.  Top today was £109 x 2 first for texels from Messrs Jardine, Lochhouse, Dalbeattie then for texels from Messrs Clement, Borgue House, top per kilo was 247.4 for outstanding beltex’s from Gelston Castle Farms, Castle Douglas closely followed at 246.3 for beltex from Messrs Adams, Torhouskie, Wigtown.

 

A much larger show of 657 cast sheep were easily sold although easier than last weeks extreme rates selling to £125 for a texel ram from Drumcruilton with ewes to £113 for Bleu De Maine from Meikle Cloak, Mules sold to £95.50 from Dallars Mains

 

LEADING PRICES

Prime Lambs

 

175         32.1 – 39              Average – 204.42              Top –  247.4

 

Beltex                  

£94 Gelston Castle; £88 Lennox Plunton; £83.50 Fauld O’Wheat

247.4 Gelston Castle; 225.6 Lennox Plunton

 

Texel

£88.50 Torhousekie; £81, £77 Irelandton; £79.50 Barlocco; £76.50 Compstonend; £75 Wheatcroft; £75 Bogue

226.9 Torhousekie; 215.4 Buittle Mains; 207.7 Irelandton; 204 Compstonend; 203.8 Barlocco

 

Bleu De Maine

£88 Gelston Castle

237.8 Gelston Castle

 

1042       39.1 – 45.5          Average – 204.56              Top –  246.3

 

Beltex

£101, £98 Torhousekie; £96, £91.50 Trowdale; £94, £92 Gelston Castle; £93 Drumhumphry; £90 Dornells

246.3, 242 Torhousekie; 237.2 Drumhumphry; 235 Gelston Castle

 

Texel

£97.50, £91 Drumcoltran; £96, £91 Fagra; £95 Gelston Castle; £93 Shangan; £92 Kelloside; £91 Kirkbride

226.7 Drumcoltran; 220.9 Gelston Castle; 219 Kelloside; 218.3 Barlocco; 218.2 Fagra; 216.3 Shangan; 215.2 Torhousekie

 

Bleu

£91, £89.50 Meikle Cloak

213.1 Meikle Cloak

 

Suffolk

£90 Borgue House; £88 Castlehill; £87 Bellymackhill; £86.50 Meikle Cloak; £86.50 Mill of Plunton; £86 Gelston Castle; £84 Breckoniehill; £83.50 Mossyard

203.2 Borgue House; 202.4, 200 Gelston Castle; 201.2 Mill of Plunton;

 

Scotch Mule

£86.50 Castlegower; £86.50 High Barcaple; £83 Dallars Mains; £82.50 Castlehill; £82 Langbarns; £80.50 Drumhumphry

200 Dallars Mains; 196.6 High Barcaple; 196.6 Castlegower; 196.4 Castlehill; 196.3 Drumhumphry

 

Cheviot

£82 Hartburn Cottage

197.6 Hartburn Cottage

 

Cheviot Mule

£78.50 Douganhill

193.8 Douganhill

 

Charolais

£77.50 Park of Tongland

196.7 Park of Tongland

 

165         45.6 – 52              Average –200.55               Top –  225.0

 

Texel

£109, £101.50 Borgue House; £109 Loch House; £107 Castlegower £106 Drumcoltran; £104, £102 Fagra; £103.50 Balgerran; £103.50 Drumcruilton; £102 Barstibly;

220.8 Drumcoltran; 211.7, 211.5 Borgue House; 211.2 Balgerran; 208.2 Barstibly; 208.2 Fagra

 

Beltex

£108 Lagganpark

225 Lagganpark

 

Suffolk

£104 Borgue House; £96.50 Castlehill; £93.50 Gelston Castle; £93.50 Kirkbride, Auldgirth; £92 Blackpark, Crocketford

205.5 Borgue House; 198.9 Gelston Castle; 195.5 Mill of Plunton; 194.8 Kirkbride, Auldgirth; 193 Castlehill

 

Roussin

£95.50 Kirkbride, Auldgirth

199 Kirkbride, Auldgirth

 

Scotch Mule

£95.50 Castlegower; £90 Compstonend; £90 Lagganpark;

195.7 Compstonend; 191 Castlegower; 187.5 Lagganpark

Cast Sheep

 

EWES

 

Bleu

£113 Meikle Cloak

 

Texel

£104.50 Shangan; £102.50 Dallars Mains; £102.50 Southwick Farms

 

Suffolk

£101 Shangan; £90 Borgue House

 

BFL

£102.50 Mossyard; £101.50, £92.50 Lagganpark

 

Beltex

£100 Cullinaw

 

Scotch Mule

£95.50 Dallars Mains; £88.50 Shangan; £85.50, £80.50 Kirkbride, Auldgirth; £85.50 Palmallet; £82.50 Lagganpark

 

Romnay

£88.50, £77.50 Boreland;

 

Greyface

£84.50 Old Cluden

 

Lleyn

£76.50, £75.50 Garrarie

 

Blackface

£57.50 Cullinaw; £56.50 Arvie; £54.50, £50.50 Dallars Mains; £51.50 Glen;

 

Cheviot

£72.50 Dornell Estate, £69.50, £68.50, £67.50 Irelandton; £67.50 Slatehouse; £66.50 Clonhie

 

Cheviot Mule

£71.50 Kirkbride, Auldgirth

 

Rams

£125 Drumcruilton