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STORE CATTLE

Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC held their Annual Sale of Suckled Calves & Store Cattle in Dumfries on Monday 17th October 2011 when they sold 878.

A very large ringside of buyers local and distant were in attendance. Trade for all classes easily exceeded seller’s expectations.

Spring born calves met a fantastic trade with
181 Bullocks to 300p averaging 224.1p and £905.
200 Heifers to 237.7p averaging 201.4p and £780
45 Bulls to 262.5p averaging 198.5p and £650

Prior to the sale the show was expertly placed by T Neill, Upper Tinwald:
Best Beast awarded to I & I Shuttleworth with an April born Limousin X Bullock realising £840 (300Kg)
Best Pen awarded to L & N Shuttleworth with April born British Blue Bullock £840 (280Kg).

Principal Price per head calves
Bullocks

Charolais £890 (x6), £790 (x5) Guelt, £860 (x3), £760 (x6) Dornal, £820 (x4), £745 (x4) Martingirth, £905 (x4), £810 (x6), £840 (x4), £725 (x10) Carsegowan
Limousin £840, £735 Martingirth, £710 (x2) Chanlockfoot, £760, £635 Artfield
Simmental £680 (x3) Chanlockfoot, £625, £585 (x11) Gass, £755 High Barlay
British Blue £840 (x5), £780 (x4) Drumburn
Heifer Calves
Charolais £780 (x4), £720 Dornal, £685 (x5) Martingirth, £670 (x3) Carsegowan, £680 (x10), £620 (x16), £615 (x10) Auchengruith, £630 (x2) Courance
British Blue £730 Drumburn
Limousin £645 Gass, £730, £695 West Crossleys
Simmental £625 (x6) High Barlay
Bulls Charolais £650, £570, £530 Upper Rigg
Calves per kilo Bullocks
British Blue to 300p Drumburn
Limousin to 280p Martingirth
Charolais to 255p Carsegowan
Heifers
Charolais to 237.7p Courance
Limousin to 220p Courance
Simmental to 208p Courance
British Blue to 206p Drumburn

452 Store Cattle forward – Plenty of new faces in attendance
268 Bullocks to 206p average 178.6p and £1280
184 Heifers to 211.4p average 180.3p and £985

Principal prices Bullocks
Charolais £1280, £1230 Barshill, £995 (x5), £975 (x2) Cormaddie, £955 (x2) Auchenhill, £955 Carsegowan, £940 (x3) Newmains, £925, £920 Barshill, £890 Auchenhill, £895 Barbuie
Limousin £1140 Snade, £1010 Sunnyhill, £960 North Bowerhouses, £950 Drumburn, £950, £945 (x4), £920 (x10) Cormaddie, £900 (x5) Ballaggan, £875 (x7) Calvertsholm, £900, £890 Snade
British Blue to £1155, £1085 Panlands
Simmental to £990 North Bowerhouses, £930 Kirkbride, £900 (x2) North Bowerhouses, £880 (x4) Barbuie, £880 (x2) Borgue House, £855 (x2) Barbuie, £850 Beastockrigg, £845 Castlefairn, £845 Kirkbride
Angus £905 Sunnyhill, £815 (x2) Netherhall, £815 (x6) Boreland of Southwick
Holstein £660 Barshill, £650 (x4) Calvertsholm, £620 Rerrick Park, £615 (x3) Burnfoothill
Heifers
Charolais £985 (x4), £935 (x5) Newmains, £918 Ballinnie, £890 (x4) Newmains, £880 (x2), £815 (x3) Auchenhill, £780 (x2) Borgue House
Limousin £975 Sunnyhill, £970 (x2) Newmains, £960 Snade, £945 Drumburn, £930, £920 Snade, £918 (x2) Ballinnie, £860, £835 Snade, £840 Rerrick Park, £835 Sunnyhill, £820 (x6) Laught Mains
Simmental £880 (x6), £820 (x3) Longrigg, £760 Barvennan, £755 (x6), £740 (x5) Borgue House
Hereford £795 (x2) Beastockrigg
Blonde £780 (x7) Castlefairn
British Blue £790 Drum

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