The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart P.L.C. had forward
56 prime cattle, 4 young bulls, 24 over thirty month cattle, 6,661
prime hoggs and 4,524 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at
Longtown on Thursday 24th March, 2011.
A mixed offering of prime cattle
presented to the usual attendance of buyers. Trade upheld recent
levels. Limousin heifers to 186.5p and 181.5p Dashwell Green, 178.5p
Hallburn; Charolais 183.5p Hallburn, 173.5p Upper Mains. Heifers
to £1,145.10
Upper Mains, £1,118.60
Wicket Thorn.
Limousin bullocks to 180.5p The Gill, 176.5p Haining
House, 175.5p The Gill; British Blue 171.5p The Gill. Bullocks to £1,250.78
Sceughdyke, £1,207.50, £1,200.33 The Gill.
Young bulls
were sharper, selling to 162.5p for Charolais from Shaw of Dryfe;
Limousin 160p (£1,136) Morley Hill.
OTM cattle sold at improved
values. Top per kilo of 168p for British Blue from Morley Hill; Angus
123p Girnwood; Holstein Friesian 119p The Stubb, 116p Dockray Hall;
Charolais 118p Sceughdyke.
Top per head of £1,268.40 for British
Blue from Morley Hill; Charolais £991.20
Sceughdyke; Angus £940.95 Girnwood; Holstein £907.50
Jerriestown.
A monster show of 6,661 prime hoggs were forward to a full ring
of buyers meeting one of the best trades saw anywhere for many years.
The whole sale average was 218p per kilo and that included 1,263
hoggets under 32 kilos and 800 hoggets over 52 kilos.
An excellent
run of 370 hoggets from Messrs Crick, Beach Farm sold to a top of £107.50
and averaged 225p per kilo.
The sale was topped at 271p per kilo for
Beltex from Messrs Kennedy, Lurgan, with a top per head of £130.50
for Suffolks from Skelfhill, £122.50
Colte Coates, £113.50 Land Farm; Texel £126.50 Whitehill
Cottage, £122.50 Clyth Mains, £118.50 Skelfhill; North
Country Cheviot £117.50, £108.50 Carruthers, £106.50
Lurgan; Beltex £115.50 Newbigging, £109.50 Beechwood, £105.50
Sorbie and Trough Head; Hill Cheviot £114.50, £100.80, £100.50, £99.80
Blackwoodridge House, £98.80 Woodhall; Charollais £107.50
Beach Farm, £101.50 Moss Side, £100.50 North Greenhill
and Mindork; Blackface £104.50 Corsebank, £103.50, £100.50
Penchrise, £99.50 Damhead; Greyface £101.50 Justicetown, £99.80
Nether Albie, £99.50 Sorbie; Dorset £86.80 Beach Farm, £84.80
Colte Coates; Leicester £81.80 Walton High Rigg, £80.50
Newbigging; Swaledale £75.50 Colte Coates, £73.80 Kirkhaugh, £72.50
Croft House and Howburn.
Also held today was the annual show and sale
of Cheviot hoggets, kindly sponsored by P.J. Tractor Parts, Longtown,
and which was ably judged by Mr Andrew Dawson, Sedbergh.
The overall
champions in the South Country Cheviot section was won by Messrs
Cartner, Blackwoodridgehouse, which scaled 51 kilos and realised £114.50
to Mr R. Booth.
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Champion Pen of Hoggs from Messrs
Cartner Blackwoodridgehouse
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In the North Country Cheviot section the championship
was awarded to a pen of 42 kilos from Messrs Graham, Lawshall, realising £100
to Mr J. Tucker.
Prize list:-
North Country Cheviot hoggs up to 40 kilos – 1st prize Messrs
Busby, Unthank, 34 kilos, £78.80.
North Country Cheviot hoggs over 40 kilos – 1st prize Messrs
Graham, Lawshall, 42 kilos, £100.
South Country Cheviot hoggs up to 40 kilos – 1st prize W. & J.
Glendinning, Crawsknowe, 40 kilos, £90.50; 2nd prize G. Bell & Co.,
The Bloch, 39 kilos, £86.80.
South Country Cheviot hoggs over 40 kilos – 1st prize Messrs
Cartner, Blackwoodridgehouse, 51 kilos, £114.50; 2nd prize
Blackwoodridgehouse, 46 kilos, £100.80.
The 1,663 light weight
hoggs sold to a top of £86.50 for Beltex
from Low Fauld; Texel £84.80 Yulescroft, £83.20 Lorn;
North Country Cheviot £78.80 Unthank, £77.80 Lurgan;
Hill Cheviot £78.50 Tushielaw, £78.20 Shaw Head; Blackface £78.20
Dykehead, £74.80 Barlaes and Arnicle; Suffolk £76.80
Beach Farm, £75.80 Swaites; Charollais £75.80 Beach Farm;
Greyface £73.80 Clonrae and Beach Farm; Herdwick £73.80
Newtown, £66.80 Tarnside; Zwartbles £67.50 Tushielaw;
Swaledale £60.50, £55.50 Sunday Sight; Shetland £55.50
Dockray Hall.
Another good show of 4,327 cast ewes and rams sold to
the usual ring of buyers with trade again flying and all classes,
especially horned ewes, dearer on the week. A rise of £3 across
the board was realised.
The sale was topped at £150.50 and £148.50 for
heavy Texel ewes from Lirrit, others £148.50 Roadside, £144.50
Bullshill; Half Bred £144.50 Lirrit, £124.50 Backmuir, £123.50
Severs; Suffolk £140.50 Severs, £136.50 Lesson Hall, £133.50
Backmuir and Gibblaston; Charollais £136.50 Severs and Roadside, £127.50
Golden Lane, £118.50 Lesson Hall; Leicester £126.50 Stackbraes, £122.50
Plumpe, £120.50 Westerleigh; North Country Cheviot £126.50, £124.50
Waterloo, £116.50, £112.50 South Mains; Beltex £111.50
Bluebell, £108.50 Nether Ernambrie and Stackbraes, £106.50
Dunjop; Greyface £110.50 Sceughdyke, £108.50, £107.50
Dunjop, £106.50 Colte Coates, Stonehouse, High Greenhill and
Westend; Oxford £92.50 Stackbraes; Zwartbles £72.50 Broomhills.
Hill ewes to £98.50 for Cheviots from Cooilingel, £96.50
Bluebell, £93.50 Halliday Hill, £88.50 Fountanbleau, £86.50
Gerston; Lleyn £92.50 Turnbank, £76.50 Newbiggin, £72.50
Fountanbleau; Blackface £88.50 Broomland, £86.50 Old
Police House and Earlside, £85.50 Fountanbleau; Swaledale £80.50
Kirkhaugh, £76.50 Riggfoot, £69.50 Hole of Lyne and Riggfoot, £68.50
Pole; Hebridean £50.50 Cooilingel; Herdwick £43.50 Tarnside.
Rams
to £153.50 for Charollais from Roadside, others £148.50
Blackhamilton; Suffolk £138.50 Kilnford Croft, £133.50
Severs, £114.50 Well House; North Country Cheviot £120.50
Adderston Shiels, £110.50 Skelfhill, £103.50 Hartsgarth;
Texel £138.50 Bullshill, £128.50 Roadside and Blackhamilton, £118.50
Sorbie and Backmuir; Leicester £130.50 Kirkhouse, £122.50
Arnicle; Beltex £126.50 Nether Ernambrie, £96.50 Severs;
Lleyn £110.50 Ifferdale and Cooilingel; Jacob £96.50
The Green; Blackface £92.50 Newbiggin, £86.50 Sorbie.
Averages
Steers
Light to -------p (-------p)
Medium to -------p (-------p)
Heavy to 180.5p (164.7p)
Heifers
Light to -------p (-------p)
Medium to 177.5p (161.4p)
Heavy to 186.5p (162.1p)
Young bulls 162.5p (152.2p)
Hoggs
Light to 270.0p (216.0p)
Standard to 271.0p (219.3p)
Medium to 261.0p (218.3p)
Heavy to 237.0p (205.8p)
O/weight to 166.0p (162.4p)
Ewes
Light to £98.50
(£63.25)
Heavy to £150.50 (£104.12)
Cast Rams £153.50(£89.96)
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