WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED
MONDAY 5 JULY 2021
STORE CATTLE AND OTM CATTLE
Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited on Monday 5 July 2021 held their fortnightly sale of OTM and store cattle.
Top today was £1180 for Angus bullocks from Graplin Farms and 241.8ppk again from Graplin Farms. Heifers sold to £1150 from Messrs Taylor, Galdenoch and 233.3 again from Little Galdenoch.
OTM cattle were a tremendous trade and were as dear as has been seen this year, selling to £1690.54 for a Simmental cow from Messrs Lindsay, Culnaightrie, which was part of a tremendous consignment of cast cows from Culnaightrie which sold to average 184.2ppk
Leading Prices
STORE CATTLE – BULLOCKS
Angus
£1180, £1010 Graplin Farms; £1070 Low Mains; £1040 Little Galdenoch
241.8, 227.5 Graplin Farms; 237.4 Little Galdenoch
Simmential
£1130, £1070 Graplin Farms; £1090 Little Galdenoch; £1080 Low Mains;
240.4, 237, 234.1 Graplin Farms; 235.4 Little Galdenoch; 234 Low Mains
STORE CATTLE – HEIFERS
Shorthorn
£1150 Little Galdenoch
Limousin
£1040 Edingham; £980 Little Galdenoch
231.6 Edingham; 226.9 Little Galdenoch
Charolais
£1000; £980 Little Galdenoch
224.7 Little Galdenoch
Simmential
£960, £940, £900 Little Galdenoch
233.3, 230.8, 229.3 Little Galdenoch
Angus
£920, £870 Little Galdenoch
228.9 Little Galdenoch
OTM CATTLE
HEIFERS
£1226.25, £1061.9 Torhousekie; £1032, £1015 Blackhills
225, 205 Torhousekie
COWS
Simmental
£1690.54, £1540.88, £1432 Culnaightrie; £1098 Castlehill
187, 181, 179 Culnaightrie; 169 Castlehill
Limousin
£1493.66, £1274.9, £1088.36 Derrie; £1118.95 Lower Ardmannoch
227, 209 Derrie
Charolais
£1486.65 Culnaightrie
187 Culnaightrie
Angus
£1424.5, £1346.4, £1125.82 Culnaightrie; £1260.8 Finniness; £1242.15, £1109.25 Townfoot, Glencaple; £1092.18 Torhousekie
197 Finniness; 187, 185, 181 Culnaightrie; 187 Torhousekie;
Continental
£1312.74 Culnaightrie
187 Culnaightrie
B Blue
£1217.16 Derrie; £1092 Cairnhouse;
189,153 Derrie; 167 Cairnhouse
Luing
£1179.9, £1122, £1020.5 West Preston
171 West Preston
Galloway
£1023.64 Ardwall
163, 159 Ardwall
BULLS
£1410 Fagra; £1164.24 Derrie; £1159.2 West Preston
161 West Preston; 154 Derrie; £141 Fagra
WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED
TUESDAY 6th JULY 2021
WEEKLY PRIMESTOCK SALE
Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited on Tuesday 6th July 2021 had forward 1478 prime and cast sheep.
1168 Prime lambs sold to average 254.73 (SQQ 255.11).
All classes of lambs were a flying trade and selling to the largest ringside of buyers in Southwest Scotland. With seven buyers in attendance more lambs will be required going forward, with demand for all weights and classes catered for.
Top today was £142.50 for heavyweight Texel lambs from Messrs Hogan, Maryholm, Dumfries, with top per kilo being for Beltex lambs from Messrs Jardine, Upper Hardland, Balmaclellan at 325ppk
Cast sheep were forward in larger numbers and readily sold in the lead up to the Festival of Eid-al-Adha. Top today was £145 for Texels from Messrs Sproat, Lennox Plunton with Scotch Mules to £117 from Ashfield and Blackface to £87 from Upper Hardland.
LEADING PRICES
Prime Lambs
287 32.19 – 39 Top per kg 306.8 Average 253.99
Beltex
£114.50 Gelston Castle; £113.50 Maryholm
295.9 Gelston Castle; 294 Maryholm
Texel
£113.50 Maryfield; £111.50 Dornells; £108.50, £102.50 West Barmoffity;
306.8 Maryfield; 285.9 Dornells; 285.1 Bankswood;
Charolais
£96.50 West Barmoffity
247.4 West Barmoffity
Suffolk
£93.50 Mill of Plunton
240 Mill of Plunton
794 39.1 – 45 Top per kg 325 Average 255.51
Beltex
£130 Upper Hardland; £124.50, £118.50, £111.50 Cullinaw; £120 Loaningfoot
325, 290.8 Upper Hardland; 287.5, 284.2 Cullinaw; 279.8 Upper Dullarg; 271.5, 270.4, 270.3 Gelston Castle
Texel
£123.50, £122.50 Maryholm; £123.50 Carseriggan; £118.50 West Barmofity; £117.50 Garrarie; £117.50 Upper Dullarg; £117.50 Brockloch; £115.50 Slatehouse; £115.50 Ashfield
287.2 Carseriggan; 284.1 Loaningfoot; 283.6, 272.6 Maryholm; 282.1 West Barmoffity; 281.6 Farhills;
Suffolk
£114.50 Gelston Castle; £107.50 Mill of Plunton;
262.6 Gelston Castle; 247.1 Mill of Plunton; 245.2 Palmallet;
Charolais
£118.50 Loaningfoot; £113.50, £109.50 Maryholm;
275.6, Loaningfoot; 267.1, 249.5, 241.3 Maryholm;
Scotch Mule
£107.50 Upper Hardland
246 Upper Hardland
Hampshire
£94.50 East Lanegate
238 East Lanegate
87 45.6 – 52 Top per kg 272.4 Average 254.23
Texel
£142.50 Maryholm; £138.50 Douganhill; £137.50 Old Cluden; £136.50, £135.50, £135, £133.50, £132.50, £124.50 Bombie; £133.50 Old Cluden; £132.50 Mill of Plunton;
272.4, 271, 270.4, 270, 267.6 Bombie; 267 Old Cluden;
Beltex
£126.50 Cullinaw
269.1 Cullinaw
Charolais
£121.50 Loaningfoot; £118.50, £115.50 Gelston Castle
258.5 Loaningfoot; 257.6 Gelston Castle; 244.2 Gelston Castle
Suffolk
£118.50, £107.50 Palmallet; £116.50 Gelston Castle
250.5 Gelston Castle; 235.7, 232.4 Palmallet
Hampshire
£115.50 East Lanegate
251.1 East Lanegate
Cast Sheep
EWES
Texel
£145 Lennox Plunton; £141 Drumbreddan; £137 West Barmoffity; £137 Newmains; £137 Gelston Castle
Beltex
£119, Gelston Castle
Suffolk
£127 Galtway; £121 Newmains; £121 West Barmoffity;
Cheviot Mule
£125, £107 Gelston Castle
Cheviot
£119 Poldean; £107, £103 Dornells
Charolais
£119 Ashfield
Scotch Mule
£117 Ashfield; £113 Drumbreddan; £109 Valleyfield; £109 Galtway;
Dorset
£105 Meikle Cloak
Lleyn
£91 Poldean
Blackface
£87 Upper Hardland; £85 Ashfield;
Hoggs
Texel
£119, £107 Gelston Castle; £107 Halket Leathes; £107 Galtway
Suffolk
£119, £113 Galtway
Lleyn
£113 Poldean
Cheviot
£107.70 Garrochtrie; £105 Poldean
RAMS
£123 Galtway; £121, £119 Low Arkland;
