The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart P.L.C. had forward
46 prime cattle, 28 over thirty month cattle, 4,568 prime lambs and
4,768 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday
25th November, 2010.
A plain show of prime cattle were forward and
saw trade similar on the week. Limousin bullocks to 174.5p from RM & P
Armstrong, Slealands and purchased by W Kirkup & Sons, Butchers,
Longtown, 171.5p, 165.5p Dashwellgreen. Charolais 164.5p, 163.5p
Sceughdyke. Top price per head £1196
for Limousin from Dashwellgreen; Charolais 1167.95 Sceughdyke.
Heifers
sold to 170.5p for Limousin from M/s Blaylock, Hallburn and purchased
by JA Jewitt Ltd, Wholesalers. Others to 169.5p Brydekirk Mains,
167.5p, 158.5p Hallburn. Charolais 163.5p Brydekirk Mains, 155.5p
Sceughdyke, 153.5p Hallburn, 153.5p Sceughdyke; British Blue 164.5p
Houghton House. Top price per head £936.35 for Charolais from
Hallburn; Limousin £912.88 Hallburn.
A poorer show of OTM cattle
saw plainer feeding type cows good to sell again. Top price was 122.5p
for a Limousin heifer from JW Coulthard & Son,
Brisco Hill. Limousin cows 99.5p, 97.5p Englishtown, 87.5p Greystoke
Castle; British Blue 93.5p Smallholms.
Another grand show of lambs were forward to a full ring of buyers.
Trade was the best seen this week with an overall average of 168p
in the SQQ (25-45kg) and 164.7p with all classes in. The sale topped
at £99.80 for a Beltex from S Frizell, Thorneylands, which
were also top price per kilo at 256p. Heavy lambs 45kg + were £5
up on the week.
Beltex £99.80 Thorneylands, £90.50 Mouldy
Hills, £86.50
Nunscleugh; LLynn £73.20 Hazelbank; Swaledale £63.20
Burnhouse, £62.80 Kilnstown; North Country Cheviot £77.80
Whiteknowe, £73.80 Pilmuir & Whiteknowe; Suffolk x £97.50
Boreland, £93.50 Guards Mill, £87.50 Cardew Hall; Cheviot £74.20
Hallburn, £73.50 Pilmuir, £73.20 Hallburn; Texel £93.50
Gallowberry, £90 Crookholm, £89.50 Cardew Hall, £89.20
Brydekirk Mains; Charollais £86.50 Cardew Hall, £84.20, £82.80
Leaona Villa: Greyface £87.50 Newton Cottage, £78.80
Slealands, £78.50 Wanwood Hill; Cheviot Mule £73.20 Archerbeck;
Leicester £73.50 Nunscleugh, £70.20 Plumpe; Blackface £71.50
Easthouse, £69.80 Boreland, £65.20 Minsca.
Light lambs
to £66.80 for Texels from Burmoor, £65.50
Chipphead; Suffolks £60.80 Crawfordjohnmill, £53.80 Tone
Hall; Cheviot £60.80 Woodside, £58.80 Leahaugh, £56.50
Newington; Greyface £58.80 Fallowfield, £57.80 Newington, £56.50
Wallend; Cheviot Mule £58.20 Dinley; Blackface £59.80
Westhills, £57.20 Caberston; Leicester £66.50 Newton
Cottage.
A grand show of cast ewes and rams were forward to the usual
buyers with large heavy ewes easier on the week with larger leaner
ewes upholding recent rates. Best fleshed Blackface and Cheviot ewes
were £2-£4
dearer on the week and the sale topped at £130.50 for Texel
ram from Pirntaton, £123.50 Holm Farm; Suffolk £88.50
Tone Hall & Tirril House; Cheviot £70.50 Dalton Head; Charollais £100.50
Whingate; Leicester £84.50 Whingate; Blackface £68.50
Thornton Tower, £58.50 Eastgate; North Country Cheviot £82.50
Birneyknowe, £68.50 Holm Farm; Swaledale £64.50 Cowburn;
Beltex £118.50 Willimoteswick; Llynn £88.50 Burmoor.
Heavy
ewes to £114.50 for Texels from Pirntaton, £108.50
Snowgreen, £107.50 Tirril Side; Suffolk £110.50 Tirril
Side, £104.50 Eastgate & Stackbraes, £100.50 Townfoot;
Charollais £88.50 Eastgate; Halfbred £90.50 Guards Mill;
Greyface £96.50 Maryhouse, £83.50 Wallgate, £74.50
Chipping Side; Cheviot Mule £89.50 Colmslie Hill, £88.50
Clackmae; Leicester £92.50 Wanwood Hill, £90.50 Stackbraes;
North Country Cheviot £96.50, £94.50 Wickside, £88.50
High Moat, £86.50 Eastgate; Beltex £84.50 Snowgreen;
Llynn £67.50 The Height; Zwartbles £84.50 Colmslie Hill, £74.50
Netherfoot.
Light ewes to £71.50 for Blackfaces from Thornton
Tower, £68.50
Horseholm, £67.50 Wanwood Hill; Cheviot £67.50 Dinley, £59.50
Lintgate, £57.50 Winterhope; Swaledale £67.50 Burnhouse, £56.50
The Ash; Jacob £58.50 Colmslie Hill; Lonk £64.50 Chippingside.
Averages:
Steers
Light to 163.5p (163.5p)
Medium to 154.5p (154.5p)
Heavy to 174.5p (154.9p)
Heifers
Light to -------p (-------p)
Medium to 163.5p (163.5p)
Heavy to 170.5p (151.4p)
Young bulls to -------p (-------p)
Lambs
Light to 233.0p (173.3p)
Standard to 256.0p (170.4p)
Medium to 223.0p (166.8p)
Heavy to 181.0p (157.5p)
Overweight 163.0p (151.5p)
Ewes
Light to £71.50 (£48.55)
Heavy to £114.50 (£68.22)
Cast Rams to £130.50 (£66.92)
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