The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart P.L.C. had forward
57 prime cattle, 2 young bulls, 24 over thirty month cattle, 74 prime
lambs, 5,234 prime hoggs and 3,555 cast ewes & rams at their weekly
sale at Longtown on Thursday 6th May, 2010.
Clean cattle lacked overall
quality. Top price of 171.5p (£1,174)
for a British Blue bullock from Houghton House; Limousin 166.5p (£1,240)
Haining House. Charolais heifers to 167.5p Sceughdyke. Heavyweight
Charolais bullocks to 160.5p Sceughdyke. Young bulls to 133.5p for
Limousin from Gallowberry.
A good show of OTM cattle was forward and
met a flying trade with bullocks to a top of 153.5p for a Limousin
from J. & N. Blaylock & Son,
Hallburn. Heifers to 133.5p for a Limousin from G.B. Forster, Desoglin;
Charolais 125.5p Desoglin. British Blue cows to 132.5p from R.W. & M.
Carruthers, Blacksmiths Cottage, others 111.5p Smallholms, 106.5p
Albierigg; Limousin 121.5p, 117.5p Nunscleugh; Simmental 101.5p Copperthorns;
Friesian 93.5p The Stubb. Top per head of £914.25 from British
Blue from Blacksmiths Cottage, £880.85 Smallholms; Limousin £908.85
Smallholms, £789.75 Nunscleugh.
1st prize pair of lambs along with owner Hazel Martindale
and judge Andrew Dawson
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Included in the sale was The Annual Spring Show & Sale of prime
lambs. A total of 74 were present, meeting a good trade, to average
out at 220p per kilo or £98.76 per head. Top price paid was £112
for the Champion Single lamb from Hazel Martindale, The Lands and
bought by the judge, Mr Andrew Dawson.
PRIZE LIST:-
Pairs – 1st prize – Land Farm, 46 kilo
Suffolk lamb sold at £108 to the judge.
2nd prize – Calf Park, 45 kilo Suffolk lamb sold at £99
to the judge.
Singles – 1st prize – Land Farm, 49 kilo
Suffolk lambs sold at £112
to the judge.
2nd prize – Fowrass, 50 kilo Charollais lambs sold at £105 to the
judge.
A larger show of 5,234 prime hoggs saw trade keep up with recent
high rates to level out 190.5p per kilo. Light hoggs were easily
sold and short of buyers requirements, good export types were again
keenly sought after. Top per kilo of 257p for Beltex’s
from Mouldy Hills and to £118 per head for Texels from Kirkton, others £116
and £106 also from Kirkton; Beltex £106.50 Ainstable Hall, £105.50
Mouldy Hills, £96.50 Ainstable Hall; Hill Cheviot £94.80 Wanwood
Hill, £91.20 Wicket Thorn; Suffolk £93.80 Balgracie, £90.50
Newington; Blackface £92.50, £89.80, £87.80 Smalmstown; Charollais £89.80
Hallburn, £83.50 Golden Lane; North Country Cheviot £86.80 Carruthers, £85.80, £82.20
Sockbridge Hall; Half Bred £85.50 Broomhill Bank, £84.80 Butterdales;
Greyface £85.50 Newbigging, £84.80 Sockbridge Hall and Butterdales;
Swaledale £76.80, £72.80, £66.50 Milescott; Lleyn £83.80
Netherhirst; Vendeen £74 Kirkwood Mains; Leicester £70 Old Police
House.
The 1,014 lightweight hoggs sold to a top of £76.80 for Hill Cheviots
from Newington, £63.80 Laythes; Texel £73.50 Golden Lane, £70
Powheads; Greyface £72.80 Golden Lane, £63.80 Newtown; Lleyn £70.80
Netherhirst; Vendeen £70.50 Newtown; Beltex £70 Mouldy Hills; Blackface £68.80
Newington, £67.80 Balgracie and Sockbridge Hall; North Country Cheviot £68.80
Almagill, £68.20 Sockbridge Hall; Suffolk £67.80 Carpet Farm, £61.80
Sockbridge Hall; Herdwick £66.80 Johnstone Bank; Shetland £64.80
Almagill; Swaledale £58.50 Prior Rigg; Jacob £54.80 Sockbridge Hall.
A
larger show of 3,555 cast ewes and rams sold to a larger than usual
ring of buyers. Trade was similar on the week with all types keenly
sought after. Top price of £158.50
for a North Country Cheviot ram from Rashee, others £116.50
Clackmae; Charollais £143.50 Rashee and Roadside; Suffolk £138.50
Boreland, £128.50 Clackmae; Texel £136.50 Batey Shield, £129.50
Coytre; Beltex £120 Ainstable Hall; Leicester £118.50 Clackmae; Hill
Cheviot £108.50 Rashee; Blackface £86.50 Holm of Daltallochan, £76.50
Maidencoates; Ryeland £72.50 Shoestanes. Heavy ewes to £150.50 for
Leicesters from Old Police House and Greyfaces from Maidencoates, other Leicesters £118.50
Hole of Lyne and other Greyface £136.50 Muirhead; Suffolk £140.50
Land Farm, £132.50 Fossway; Charollais £133.50 Severs, £130.50
Rashee; Texel £129.50 Loughrigg and Burnside, £126.50 Seavers; North
Country Cheviot £112.50 Seavers, £94.50 Nether Stenries; Beltex £100.50
Ainstable Hall; Zwartbles £94.50 Rashee; Cheviot Mule £90.50 Clackmae, £78.50
Golden Lane; Half Bred £87.50 Hoddamtown; Romney Marsh £85.50 Sockbridge
Hall; Bleu d’Maine £83.50 Seavers; Dorset £81.50 Seavers. Hill
ewes to £88.50 for Lleyns from Redding Farm and Millside; Blackface £79.50
Seavers, £72.50 Harsondale; Cheviot £77.50 Stackbraes and Graystale, £65.50
Alton; Swaledale £74.50 Reaygarth, £69.50 Westhills and Nunscleugh;
Shetland £65.50 Alton; Jacob £46.50 Turnbank; Herdwick £34.50
Laalsteins.
Averages:
Steers
Light to -------p (-------p)
Medium to 135.5p (135.5p)
Heavy to 171.5p (154.1p)
Heifers
Light to -------p (-------p)
Medium to 145.5p (144.4p)
Heavy to 167.5p (141.3p)
Young Bulls 133.5p (129.1p)
Hoggs
Light to 227.0p (190.9p)
Standard to 228.0p (195.2p)
Medium to 257.0p (192.7p)
Heavy to 198.0p (176.5p)
Shearlings 198.0p (151.7p)
Lambs
Light to -------p (-------p)
Standard to 256.0p (242.9p)
Medium to 251.0p (223.8p)
Heavy to 235.0p (214.6p)
Overweight 180.0p (179.6p)
Ewes
Light to £88.50 (£52.18)
Heavy to £150.50 (£84.98)
Cast Rams to £158.50 (£100.03)
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