The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart P.L.C. had forward
57 prime cattle, 35 over thirty month cattle, 5,828
prime lambs and 4,272 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at
Longtown on Thursday 18th August, 2011.
A smaller show of 57 prime
cattle with well fleshed inside fed cattle sought after throughout,
peaking at 214.5p was a Limousin bullock from J. Retson & Son,
Gardrum. Topping in the heifers was a Limousin from W.H. & D.A.
Gass, Nunscleugh, selling to 212.5p and purchased by W. Kirkup & Sons,
Butcher, Longtown.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Bullocks
Limousin – 214.5p Gardrum, 212.5p Upper Tinwald, 203.5p Gardrum
and The Gill, 195.5p (x2) The Gill.
British Blue – 212.5p Upper Tinwald, 211.5p Gardrum.
Charolais – 196.5p, 194.5p, 191.5p (x2), 189.5p, 186.5p (x2)
Blackwell Hall.
Blonde d’Aquitaine – 189.5p Hallburn.
Saler– 185.5p Hallburn.
Heifers
Limousin – 212.5p Nunscleugh, 191.5p, 187.5p, 186.5p, 185.5p
Townfoot.
British Blue – 208.5p Sandbed.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
Bullocks
Limousin – £1,402 Upper Tinwald, £1,344 Blackwell
Hall, £1,322 Gardrum, £1,314, £1,311 Hallees, £1,300
The Gill.
Charolais – £1,370, £1,346, £1,326 Blackwell
Hall, £1,322 Sceughdyke, £1,321, £1,311, £1,306, £1,303
Blackwell Hall.
British Blue – £1,360 Upper Tinwald, £1,247 Gardrum.
Heifers
British Blue - £1,271 Sandbed
Limousin - £1,147 Nunscleugh, £1,146 Townfoot, £990
Sandbed, £988 Low Hallburn.
Charolais – £1,118, £1,079 Sceughdyke, £874
Townfoot.
Devon – £1,005 Low Hallburn.
Over Thirty Month Cattle were an improved show
for qualtity and met a brisk trade with Limousin cows to 149.5p from
W. Tinning, Mossband House.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Cows
Limousin – 149.5p Mossband House, 145.5p Nunscleugh, 139.5p
Gallowberry and Dodgsonstown, 128.5p The Park Farm, 120.5p Gallowberry.
British Blue – 135.5p Sceughdyke, 133.5p Gallowberry, 129.5p,
123.5p Albierigg.
Friesian – 144.5p Dockray Hall, 125.5p Down by Rigg, 110.5p
Dockray Hall
Bulls
Highland – 130.5p, 117.5p Walby Grange.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
British Blue – £1,158 Sceughdyke, £854 Gallowberry.
Limousin – £1,018 Nunscleugh, £989 The Park Farm, £983
Dodgsonstown, £964 Mossband House.
Friesian – £953 Down by Rigg.
A large show of prime lambs were of good quality, all classes met
another rise in trade to average 182p. Overall a rise of 4p up on
last weeks high rates with best Continentals selling between £2
and £2.20 per kilo. Top price per kilo of 228p for Texels from
A.R. Bell, Kirkton.
Heavy lambs were also good to sell with many pens over £90
and to a top of £96.50 for Texels from Newbigging.
Other Texels £95.50 Burnside and Mossband House, £94.50
Low Longthwaite; Beltex £94.50 Aspatria Hall, £92.50
Newbigging; Suffolk £91.80 Oswie, £89.80 Kilnfordcroft
and Boreland, £89 Sceughdyke and North House; Greyface £91.50
Aspatria Hall, £77.50, £75.50 Kellah, £73.20 Harden;
Charollais £80.20 Hallburn and Aldery Terrace, £79.20
High Wreay; Blackface £76.20 Allensgreen, £71.80 Kellah, £69.20
Edges Green; Leicester £75.50 Kellah; Cheviot Mule £74.80
High Moat, £73.20 Granton, £72.80 Sorbietrees; Half Bred £73.80
Earlside and Adderston Shields; Oxford £63.50 Guards.
The 892 lightweight lambs met a strong demand with most breeds 180p
to 200p per kilo with a top of 229p per kilo for Texels from W. Skilling,
Cara View. Top per head of £69.80 for Texels from Meadowview, £68.20
Nether Albie; Jacob £67.20 Newholme; Blackface £65.20, £64.20
Milnmark; Greyface £64.20, £62.20 Fordlands; Suffolk £63.80
Castlecreavie; Dorset £63.50 Newington; Lleyn £60 Craighousesteads;
Charollais £58 Auchencorvie; Hill Cheviot £56.80 Low
Dubwath; Swaledale £55 Burn House.
A much larger show of cast ewes and rams was forward, more buyers
operating and trade was much sharper on the week. Top was £156
for Texel rams from Severs, others £147 Brocklerigg, £146
Forss; Charollais £147.50 Brackenthwaite, £143 Church
Street; Hill Cheviot £142 Granton, £139 Newbigging; Leicester £133
Boreland, £100 Stonehall; Suffolk £116 Staffler, £92
Castlecreavie; Zwartbles £116 Southview; Lleyn £113 Church
Streeet; Blackface £105 Sorbie, £97 Milnmark and Beamwham;
Beltex £103 Newbigging, £83 Stackbraes; Dorset £88
Severs; Swaledale £53 Newbiggin. Heavy ewes to £143 for
Texels from Muirhouse, £139 Aspatria Hall and Severs, £137
Newbigging; Bleu d’Maine £133 Severs; Suffolk £129
Marygate, £121 Mossilee and Severs, £117 Philiphaugh;
Leicester £119 Easter Dawyck, £118 Highside, £117
Sanders Close; North Country Cheviot £113 Carruthers, £111
Adderston Shiels, £107 East Murkle and Carruthers; Beltex £113
Newbigging, £103 Aspatria Hall; Charollais £107, £104.50
Severs; Cheviot Mule £111 Newbigging, £97 Gilston, £93
North House; Greyface £99 High Tirfergus, £91.50 Church
Street, £90.50 Cleahall; Half Bred £98.50 Newbigging, £97.50
Hoddomtown. Hill ewes to £85 for Cheviots from Terrona and
Granton, £83 Haithwaite, £82.50 Severs; Lonk £83
Bush of Ewes; Lleyn £77 Stackbraes, £69 Lustruther; Blackface £74.50
Milnmark, £73 Allensgreen, £71 Evistones; Swaleldale £71.50
Roachburn and Minsca, £71 Sanders Close, £68.50 Woodhouse,
Gapshield, Stubsgill and Beamwham; Herdwick £57 Butterdales, £46.50
Haithwaite;
Goats to £59 Southwaite Green Mill.
Averages
Steers
Light to -------p (-------p)
Medium to 163.5p (152.2p)
Heavy to 214.5p (189.4p)
Heifers
Light to -------p (-------p)
Medium to 187.5p (167.8p)
Heavy to 212.5p (180.3p)
Young bulls to -------p (-------p)
Lambs
Light to 229.0p (188.7p)
Standard to 209.0p (183.6p)
Medium to 228.0p (180.6p)
Heavy to 203.0p (174.4p)
O/weight to 167.0p (161.9p)
Ewes
Light to £85.00 (£55.72)
Heavy to £143.00 (£85.96)
Cast Rams to £156.00(£101.60)
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