WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED
SATURDAY 26TH AUGUST 2023
STORE LAMBS
Wallets Marts Castle Douglas on Saturday 26th August sold 2879 Store lambs.
A massive show of 2879 Store lambs continued to sell well selling to a top of £111 for Charolais’ from Messrs McCarthy, Cosy Cottage.
STORE LAMBS LEADING PRICES
Charolais
£111, £96 Cosy Cottage
Beltex
£109 Cullinaw
Suffolk
£101 Barnsallie; £101 Glenkiln
Texel
£101, £98 Lagg Farm; £99, £96 Chippermore; £95 Balker; £94 Glentoo
Cheviot Mule
£93 Slatehouse
Scotch Mule
£90, £88, £81 Miefield
Lleyn
£85 Auchenbainzie
Roussin
£79 East Kirkcarswell
WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED
SATURDAY 26TH AUGUST 2023
GIMMERS
Wallets Marts Castle Douglas on Saturday 26th August 2023 held their annual sale of Scotch Mule gimmers.
At our annual show we must thank Mr C Clarke, Airyolland Farm, Port William for judging and also to our continued sponsors Solway Agriculture. Champion pen today was a pen from Messrs McKie, Finniness selling at £218 to the Judge with Reserve being Matt Ross selling at £200.
Overall, 2651 Scotch Mule Gimmers averaged £170.53 -£10.53 on the year for 419 more sold. Other breed gimmers sold well topping at £260 for Millenium Bleus from Messrs McDermid, Waterside.
LEADING PRICES
SCOTCH MULE GIMMERS
£218, £188, £178 Finniness; £200 Birchwood Way; £198, £190(x2), £188, £178 Porterstown; £198, £195, £192(2) £188, £182, £178 Mains of Collin £195 Hall of Drumpark; £195, £190 Balgray Hill; £192 Copelaw; £190 Dairy House; £190, £182 (x2), £180 Derrie; £188(x2) Marwhirn; £185, £180 Shangan; £182 Lagganpark; £182 Craigmuie; £180 Corsefield
MILL BLEU GIMMERS
£260, £210 Waterside
TEXEL GIMMERS
£208 Finniness
BELTEX GIMMERS
£178 Finniness
LEADING FLOCK AVERAGES
28 Birchwood Way 25 £200.00
Copelaw 17 £192.00
Balgray 50 £189.04
Marwhirn 42 £188.00
Finniness 104 £186.77
Porterstown 200 £184.69
Mains of Collin 294 £184.11
Shangan 25 £180.00
Hall of Drumpark 55 £179.91
Craigmuie 47 £176.26
Derrie 278 £176.05
Lagganpark 31 £174.19
Coatson 50 £171.50
Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited Monday 28th August 2023 continued their Scotch Mule sales when they sold 7082 ewe lambs.
At the pre sale show, sponsored by Solway Agriculture, the Judge Lewis Smith, Towiemore, Keith awarded the Champion rosette for the pens of 40 to Messrs Lockhart, Culdoach which sold for £202 with Reserve to Messrs Brown, Macqueston. The pens of 20 were won by Messrs Douglas, Barlaughlin which also made £202 with Reserve from Messrs McKie, Finniness. Backing up his decision all four pens were later purchased by the Judge.
Topping the sale at £212 was a pen of 40 from Messrs Brown, Macqueston.
The whole sale averaged £131.98 +£0.28 on the year for 436 less sold.
LEADING PRICES
£212, £205, £202, £182 Macqueston; £202, £155(x2) Culdoach; £202, £145 Barlauchlin; £202, £178, £148.50, £145 Farden; £195, £160 Finniness; £188, £175, £160 Tower; £180, £155 Knockiebae; £172, £150; £148 Sauchrie Mains; £160, £145 Ardoch, Dalry; £155 Walton Park; £155 Upper Hardland; £155, £150 Ashmark; £150(x2) Upper Glenlair; £148, £145 Mains of Larg; £145 Burnfoot; £145 Glenrath; £145 Romesbeoch
LEADING FLOCK AVERAGES
Name No. Sold Average
Tower 168 £166.30
Macqueston 386 £158.08
Finniness 141 £149.67
Ashmark 99 £143.92
Ardoch, Dalry 117 £140.19
Walton Park 181 £138.01
Mains of Larg 275 £137.51
Barlauchlin 180 £136.65
Farden 511 £136.54
Grimmet 86 £136.10
WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED
TUESDAY 29 AUGUST 2023
WEEKLY PRIMESTOCK SALE
Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited on Tuesday 29 August 2023 had forward 2093 prime and cast sheep.
1362 Lambs sold to average 252.4 (SQQ 255.7). Top today was £131.50 and 312.4ppk for Beltex from Messrs Jardine, Upper Hardland.
731 Cast sheep sold to £257 for Texel ewes from Messrs Hendry, Rascarrel; Scotch Mules sold to £120 from Palmallet and Blackface to £85 from Craigdarroch, Sanquhar.
LEADING PRICES
Prime Lambs
53 32.1 – 39 Average 232.44 Top 256.6
Texel
£97.50 Craigdhu; £97.50 Carleton
256.6 Craigdhu; 250 Carleton
899 39.1 – 45 Average 256.92 Top 312.4
Beltex
£131.50 Upper Hardland; £124.50 Gelston Castle
312.4 Upper Hardland; 281.7 Gelston Castle
Texel
£118.50 Gelston Castle; £117.50 Upper Hardland; £117.50 Balminnoch; £117.50 Garrarie; £115.50 Ingleston; £114.50 Eastlands
267.9, 266 Low Arkland; 267.9 Borgue House; 265.6 Compstonend; 265.2 Balminnoch; 264.2 Killochy; 264 Garrarie
Suffolk
£117.50 Garrarie
259.4 Garrarie; 254.7 Shennanton; 251.1 Bennan
Charollais
£114.50, £113.50 Balminnoch; £112.50 Park of Tongland
266.3, 258 Balminnoch; 259.8 Park of Tongland
Cheviot Mule
£114.50 Low Arkland
263.2 Low Arkland
Kerryhill
£109.50, £104 Upper Dullarg
251.7 Upper Dullarg
Scotch Mule
£101.50 Shirmers; £100 Hannaston
235 Shirmers; 229.9 Hannaston
369 45.6 – 52 Average 246.63 Top 270.7
Texel
£127.50 Shennantion; £127.50, £123.50 Kenmure, Dunscore; £125.50 Muircleugh; £123.50 Killochy; £123.50 Lagganorie
259.9, 258.8 Muircleugh; 258.5 Palmallet; 257.6 Gelston Castle; 257.3 Kenmure, Kirkcowan
Suffolk
£124.50 Palmallet; £122.50 Shennanton
250 Shennanton; 249 Palmallet; 244.8 Park of Tongland
Charolais
£124.50, £120.50, £118.50 Gelston Castle
270.7 Gelston Castle
Scotch Mule
£120 Culdoach; £115.50 Upper Hardland
240 Culdoach; 238.1 Upper Hardland
Beltex
£118.50 Gelston Castle
259.3 Gelston Castle
Cheviot Mule
£116.50 Low Arkland; £115.50 Gelston Castle
248.4 Gelston Castle; 245.3 Low Arkland
Blackface
£115 Castlegower
230 Castlegower
41 52+ Average 228.75 Top 242.9
Texel
£130.50 Muircleugh; £129.50 Lagganorie; £128.50 Castlegower; £127.50 Kenmure, Dunscore
242.9 Kenmure, Dunscore; 240 Muircleugh
Suffolk
£125.50 Palmallet; £122.50 Lagganorie
224.1 Palmallet; 222.7 Lagganorie
EWES
Texel
£257, £232 Rascarrel
Cheviot
£135 Borgue House; £125 Burn
Charolais
£121 Upper Hardland
Scotch Mule
£120 Palmallet; £111 Valleyfield; £111 Dornells
Suffolk
£105 Drumlane
Cheviot Mule
£99 Kenmure, Kirkcowan
Blackface
£85 Craigdarroch; £79 Drumbreddan; £77 Knockreoch; £77 Cullinaw
RAMS
BFL
£144 Shennanton
Beltex
£135 Corra
Blackface
£117 Milnmark
Texel
£101 Maryfield
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