WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED
MONDAY 22 JUNE 2020
STORE AND OTM CATTLE
Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited held their fortnightly sale of store and OTM Cattle on Monday 22 June 2020.
A mixed show of Cows met another fantastic trade to average 146.6p and selling to £1370 from Trolane, Dalry and to 182p from Netherfauld.
Store cattle were the dearest for some time with Bullocks selling to £1270 from Netherfauld and heifers to £1100 from Barbershall.
STORES
Steers
Charolais £1270 Netherfauld
Limousin £1240 Netherfauld, £1060 Little Galdenoch
Hereferd £1030 Netherfauld
Heifers
Hereford £1100 Barbershall
Simental £940 Little Galdenoch
Limousin £930 Little Galdenoch
Charolais £900 Airyolland
OTM
Angus
£1370.48 Trolane
156 Culnaightrie; 156 RKG;
Hereford
£1287.44 Culnaightrie
154 Culnaightrie
Simmental
£1249.30 Culnaightrie
155 Culnaightrie
Limousin
£1193.92 Netherfauld
182 Netherfauld
Shorthorn
£1077 Castlegower; £1025.88 Barbershall
166 Barbershall; 150 Castlegower
British Blue
863.88 Glentoo
170 Glentoo
Galloway
817.92 Falbae
142 Falbae
WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED
TUESDAY 23RD JUNE 2020
WEEKLY PRIMESTOCK SALE
Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited on Tuesday 23rd June 2020 had forward 896 prime and cast sheep.
764 lambs sold to average 236.76 (SQQ 237.50) and a whopping £100.18.
What a trade. All classes were noticeably sharper and well short of requirements.
Top today was £125 for heavy Suffolks from Messrs Brown, Trowdale and also at £120 was a pen of Suffolks from the same home, with Texels from Douganhill Farms also selling to £120.
Best bred export lambs were a flyer topping at £3 for 38kg Texels from Messrs Wilson, West Barmoffity. Twenty pens sold over 250ppk with a feature being a pen of 19 Beltex bred lambs from Messrs Jardine, Upper Hardland scaling 41.2 kgs realising a stunning £117 or 284 pence per kilo. First cross lambs got sharper as the sale went on as demand exceeded numbers, with many pens exceeding 230ppk.
130 cast sheep were much sharper with many more required topping at £137 for BFL Rams from Low Arkland with ewes to £129 for Texels from South Quintinespie.
LEADING PRICES
Prime Lambs
70 32.1 – 39 Average 229.9 Top 300.0
Texel
£114, £111, £109 West Barmoffity
300, 294.6, 292.2, 284.6 West Barmoffity
Chev Mule
£89.50 Maryfield
229.5 Maryfield
Suffolk
£84 Drumlane
227 Drumlane
624 39.1 – 45.5 Average 238.24 Top 284.0
Texel
£111 Trowdale; £111 Maryfield; £110.50 Gelston Castle; £110 Breckoniehill; £110, £109 West Barmoffity; £108 Low Arkland
280.3 Maryfield; 276.4, 273.9, 267.5 256.1 West Barmoffity; 261 258.8 Breckoniehill; 258.1 Trowdale;
Beltex
£117 Upper Hardland; £113 Glentoo
284 Upper Hardland; 269 Glentoo; 257.6 Dornells
Suffolk
£109, £100.50 Gelston Castle; £105.50, £102.50 Challochmun; £104 Trowdale; £103(x2) Palmallet; £101.50 Mossyard
247.2 Gelston Castle; 244.8, 236.2 Challochmun; 240.7(x2), 239.2 Palmallet; 239.1 Trowdale; 233.3 Mossyard; 229.4 East Lanegate;
64 45.6 – 52 Average 230.19 Top 243.5
Texel
£117 Trowdale; £115 Walton Park; £112.50 Low Arkland; £112.50 Nether Corsock; £110 Douganhill; £107 Potterland
241.4 Nether Corsock; 241.2 Trowdale; 239.1 Douganhill; 236.8 Low Arkland; 231.1 Potterland; 225.5 Walton Park
Beltex
£112 Upper Hardland; £111 Cullinaw
243.5 Upper Hardland; 231.3 Cullinaw
Suffolk
£111 Challochmun; £111 Garrarie; £110 Carleton; £108 Whitecairn; £105 Wheatcroft
234 Carleton; 233.7 Garrarie; 232.3 Whitecairn;
8 52+
£125, £120 Trowdale; £120 Douganhill
226.4 Trowdale; 226.4 Douganhill
Cast Sheep
EWES
Texel
£129 South Quintinespie; £113, £111 High Borgue; £108.50 £103.50 Slatehouse; £105.50 West Barmoffity
BFL
£104.50, £97.50 High Borgue
Cheviot Mule
£91.50 Slatehouse; £86.50 West Barmoffity
Greyface
£78.50 Slatehouse; £75.50 Drumneil; £73.50 Cannee
Cheviot
£79.50 Slatehouse; £79 Meadow Park; £75, £73 Irelandton
Blackface
£67 Walton Park; £67, £59 Speddoch; £62.50 Slatehouse; £56.50 Ring of Barfad
RAMS
BFL
£137 Low Arkland; £119 Walton Park
Texel
£125 Low Arkland; £119 Irelandton
Blue Texel
£111 Low Arkland
Cheviot
£111 Irelandton; £101 Meadow Park
As many of you are aware Andrew Watson departs the company at the end of June onto pastures new. For anyone wishing to show their appreciation for his service over the last 37 years a donation can be given to Colin Scott at Tarff Valley (Castle Douglas), Judith Cowie or John Smith.
