The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart P.L.C. had forward
79 prime cattle, 17 over thirty month cattle, 1,858
prime lambs and 3,789 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at
Longtown on Thursday 1st July, 2010.
Clean cattle lacked overall quality. Top price of 182.5p for a Limousin
heifer from Brydekirk Mains, others 175.5p Dashwellgreen, 174.5p
Brisco Hill; Blonde d’Aquitaine 173.5p Dashwellgreen. Limousin
bullocks to 172.5p, 171.5p Dashwellgreen.
OTM cattle again met a flying
trade with more feeding cows on offer. Top price of 117.5p for a
Limousin cow from J.W. Vevers, High Stenries, others to 111.5p Mossband
House, 105.5p High Stenries, 97.5p Cumcrook; Simmental 107.5p Cumcrook,
99.5p, 93.5p Sleetbeck, 93.5p Bonshawside; British Blue 105.5p Spoutbank,
103.5p Bonshawside; Angus 91.5p High Stenries; Hereford 87.5p High
Strenries. Bullocks to 106.5p for Limousin from High Floweryhirst.
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A larger show of 1,858 prime lambs was forward. Although lambs proved
harder to cash, as was the case all over this week. The sale still
managed to average 160.7p per kilo, similar to two weeks ago. The
sale was topped at 182p per kilo for Beltex from C. Jackson,
Oakfield Drive and to £84 for Beltex’s from Messrs Gribbon,
Waterside, others £83.80 Old Rectory; Texel £82.80 Bonshawside, £82.50
Peela Hill; Suffolk £82.50 Cumcrook, £81.80 Hallburn, £81.50
Wallend; Charollais £73.20 Old Rectory, £72.80, £71.80
The Yett; Hill Cheviot £69.50 Hall Farm; Badger Face £64.50
Sunnyside; Cheviot Mule £63.80 Allanshaws.
The 170 light weight
lambs sold to a top of £59.80 for Beltex
from Mossband House; Texel £59 Dallowie, £58.80 Haggistone
Holm; Suffolk £58.20 Dallowie.
A similar show of 3,789 cast
ewes and rams and old season hoggs were forward. A full ring of buyers
saw trade similar on the week with all classes easily sold. The sale
was topped at £138.50 for
Texel rams from Coytre, £120.50 Oswie; Suffolk £126.50
Newbigging, £119.50 Coytre; Leicester £118.50 Howburn;
Charollais £112.50 Tirril; Bleu d’Maine £100.50
Thornley; North Country Cheviot £87.50 Stackbraes; Lleyn £74.50
Tirril; Blackface £69.50 Newbigging, £66.50 Peela Hill;
Swaledale £54.50 Howburn.
Heavy ewes to £134.50 for Suffolks
from Tirril, others £130.50
Middle Farm, £128.50 Winterhope; Texel £122.50 Roadside, £120.50
Bluebell, £114.50 Carran; Charollais £110.50 Bluebell, £108.50
Severs, £102.50 Bleu d’Maine £108.50, £92.50
Whinfield; North Country Cheviot £94.50 Brabsterdorran Mains, £92.50
Allanshaws, £90 Ballinliss; Leicester £90.50 Howburn, £82.50
Allanshaws; Roussin £84.50 Drumberg; Greyface £84.50
Newbigging, £80.50 Stackbraes, £78.50 Haggistone Holm;
Dorset £77.50 Trecorner; Cheviot Mule £75.50 Mossburnford;
Easycare £68.50 Derwent House, £65.50 Godscroft. Hill
ewes to £78.50 for Lleyns from Stackbraes; Cheviot £74.50, £69.50
Mossband House, £67.50 Tarnside House; Blackface £72.50, £65.50
Eastlandsend, £64.50 Tirril; Swaledale £68.50 Roosecote, £56.50
Greenley Cleugh, £55.50 Brisco Hill; Jacob £62.50 Whinfield;
Beulah £54.50 Derwent House; Herdwick £47.50 Mossband
House, £46.50 Whinfield, £42.50 Haithwaite; Kendal Rough £45.50
Churchview; Shetland £43.50 Haithwaite.
Averages:
Steers
Light to -------p (-------p)
Medium to 135.5p (132.4p)
Heavy to 172.5p (156.1p)
Heifers
Light to -------p (-------p)
Medium to 173.5p (137.5p)
Heavy to 182.5p (151.7p)
Young bulls to -------p (-------p)
Lambs
Light to 178.0p (172.3p)
Standard to 182.0p (161.1p)
Medium to 175.6p (159.9p)
Heavy to 174.0p (160.0p)
Overweight 150.9p (138.7p)
Ewes
Light to £78.50 (£46.39)
Heavy to £134.50 (£72.44)
Cast Rams to £138.50(£89.03)
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