The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart P.L.C. had forward
43 prime cattle, 4 young bulls, 30 over thirty month cattle, 3,645
prime hoggs and 5,297 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at
Longtown on Thursday 6th January, 2011.
Prime cattle were met with another brisk trade. Top price of 187.5p
and 185.5p for British Blue heifers from G.P. & E.A. Coates,
Beckhall Farm, others 180.5p Toppin Castle; Limousin 184.5p Toppin
Castle, 176.5p Houghton House, 175.5p Hallburn, 172.5p, 171.5p Toppin
Castle, 169.5p Smallholms, 167.5p Brydekirk Mains; Simmental 174.5p
Hallburn; Charolais 174.5p Sceughdyke, 173.5p Hallburn, 160.5p, 157.5p
Smallholms. Limousin bullocks to 173.5p, 171.5p, 170.5p and 169.5p
Dashwell Green, 169.5p Haining House, 165.5p Dashwell Green. Top
price per head of £1,254 for Limousin from Haining House, others £1,227
Dashwell Green, £1,218 Sceughdyke, £1,205 Haining House, £1,203, £1,175
Dashwell Green. British Blue heifers to £1,125 Beckhall, £1,046
Toppin Castle, £1,001 Beckhall; Limousin £1,107 Toppin
Castle, £1,017 Hallburn, £1,007 Newtown, £1,003
Houghton House; Charolais £1,020 Sceughdyke, £1,006 Hallburn.
Young
bulls sold to 147.5p for British Blue x Friesian from Harelawhole
who sold Limousin x Friesian at 142.5p & 139.5p and Friesian
at 131.5p.
A bigger show of Over Thirty Month Cattle was forward and
met a fast trade, more numbers required and would be to vendors advantage.
Top price of 140.5p for a Limousin bullock from L.E. Grice & Son,
Newtown Farm. Limousin heifers to 131.5p Newby Farm. Cows to 129.5p
for Limousin from Whamtown, 111.5p Campingholm and Catslackburn;
British Blue 128.5p Greensburn; Charolais 119.5p Catslackburn; Friesian
108.5p Horsegills, 94.5p Glenzier Gardens, 91.5p Newby Farm, 85.5p
The Stubb; Simmental 104.5p Horsegills, 99.5p Commonside; Shorthorn
94.5p Minsca, 89.5p Catslackburn; Irish Moil 92.5p, 86.5p Allalea.
Bulls to 105.5p for Limousin from Slealands; Shorthorn 93.5p Minsca.
Top per head of £971 for Limousin cow from Whamtown, £802
Campingholm; Charolais £944 Catslackburn; Simmental £809
Horsegills, £686 Commonside; British Blue £803 Greensburn;
Friesian £802 Horsegills, £604 Glenzier Gardens; Shorthorn £718
Minsca. Limousin bullocks £969 Newtown. Limousin heifers £920
Newby. Limousin bulls to £928 Slealands; Shorthorn £850
Minsca.
A smaller show of 3,645 prime hoggs were forward, with numbers of
export weight (36kg to 42kg) lambs short of requirements. The sale
average was 170.6p overall with SQQ (35kg to 45 kg) at 173.4p per
kilo. The sale was topped at 236p per kilo for Beltex hoggs from
Messrs Harker, Lanehead. Top price per head of £104.50 for
Texels from Four o Boot, others £103.50 Huntingdon, £93.50
Shieldhill, £93.20 Kirkbarrow Hall; Beltex £97.50 Whitehill
Cottage, £92.50 Newbigging; North Country Cheviot £91.50
Allanshaws, £87.80, £83.80 Allanshaws; Bleu d’Maine £89.20
Branxholm Town; Suffolk £88.50 Guards Mill, £87.80 Lowes
Fell and Shankbridge End; Charollais £82.80 Hallburn, £81.50
Shield Green; Leicester £80.50 The Park Farm, £79.80
Lowes Fell; Blackface £77.80 Newbigging, £74.20, £73.80
Sorbie; Greyface £75.80 Lyneholm, £74.80 Broomhouse;
Half Bred £76.50 High Moat; Welsh Mountain £74.80 Tarnside
House; Hill Cheviot £72.80, £69.80 Sorbie, £69.80
Milnholm; Kerry £70.80 Riggshield; Lleyn £69.80 South
Bowerhouses; Swaledale £67.80 Hammershields, £65.80 Greystoke
Castle.
The 552 lightweight hoggs sold to a top of £68.50 for Beltex
from Rockcliffe Cross; Texel £64.80 Oaktree Drive; Blackface £63.20
Riskinhope, £59.80 Craig Farm; £58.80 Cross House; Charollais £61.80
Coshogle; Suffolk £59.80 Netherton; Hill Cheviot £59.80
Glendinning; Roussin £56.80 Debog; Greyface £56.20 Brantwood;
Swaledale £55.20 Greystoke Castle; Herdwick £44.50 Tarnside
House.
Also forward was another large entry of 5,297 cast ewes and rams.
Trade remained buoyant for small and hill ewes and also large lean
selling ewes. Mules were £2 to £3 easier, but many heavy
ewes were far too fat for the majority of customers. The sale was
topped at £128.50 for heavy Texel ewes from Messrs McGimpsey,
Thorns, others £126.50 Townfoot (Goldie), £118.50 Thorns, £116.50
Four o Boot; Suffolk £113.50, £106.50 Lesson Hall, £104.50
Allanshaws; Beltex £106.50 Whitehill, £86.50 Hillside;
Leicester £100.50, £96.50 Quarry House, £92.50
Stackbraes, £90.50 Thorns; North Country Cheviot £99.50, £90.50
Allanshaws, £89.50 Severs, £88.50, £86.50 High
Moat; Charollais £98.50 Severs, £88.50 Roadside; Greyface £97.50
Thorns, £79.50 Quarry House, £76.50 Shaw of Dryfe, Mossburnford
and Allfornaught, £75.50 Brownchesters, Allfornaught and Quarry
House; Half Bred £86.50 Newbigging, £78.50 Cardew Hall;
Cheviot Mule £82.50 Mossburnford; Milk Sheep £78.50 Beech
House. Hill ewes to £86.50 for Lleyn from Priorsford, others £78.50
Westhills, £77.50 Hunderlee; Blackface £79.50, £74.50
Quarry House, £72.50 Stackbraes, £70.50 Quarry House, £69.50
Allensgreen; Kendal Rough £76.50 Westhills; Swaledale £66.50
Merry Knowe, £59.50 Toft House and Quarry House, £55.50
Nunscleugh; Hill Cheviot £63.50 Newbigging, £57.50 Bloch, £56.50
Linhope and Brydekirk Mains; Herdwick £43.50 Becklees, £41.50
Kelmore Hills. Rams to £113.50 for Leicester from Allensgreen,
others £98.50 Greystoke Castle, £92.50 Allanshaws; Texel £110.50
Four o Boot, £108.50 Jerriestown, £106.50 High Dubwath;
North Country Cheviot £108.50 Allanshaws, £74.50 Sorbietrees;
Charollais £106.50 Severs; Suffolk £92.50 Uppercleuch, £89.50
Abbeymoss; Hill Cheviot £88.50 Kilbride, £78.50 Bloch;
Blackface £85.50 Horseholme and The Hott, £76.50 Uppercleuch;
Meatlinc £76.50 Whitchester; Swaledale £58.50 Naddle.
Goats to £64.50 and £63.50 Moyadam Park.
Averages:
Steers
Light to -------p (-------p)
Medium to 143.5p (143.5p)
Heavy to 173.5p (162.7p)
Heifers
Light to -------p (-------p)
Medium to 129.5p (129.5p)
Heavy to 187.5p (168.2p)
Young bulls to 147.5p (140.3p)
Hoggs
Light to 228.0p (162.7p)
Standard to 236.0p (173.6p)
Medium to 220.0p (174.2p)
Heavy to 197.0p (165.8p)
Ewes
Light to £86.50 (£49.81)
Heavy to £128.50 (£79.33)
Cast Rams to £113.50(£74.27)
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