The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC had forward
41 prime cattle, 1 young bull, 6 over thirty month cattle, 5,953 prime
lambs and 6,688 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown
on Thursday 29th December, 2011.
The final sale of 2011 of prime cattle saw the whole sale average
201.1p per kilo with new buyers and vendors in attendance. The sale
was topped at 216.5p for a Limousin heifer from J. & N. Blaylock & Son,
Hallburn, and Limousin bullocks peaked at 213.5p from A. & W.J.
Taylor & Son, Dashwell Green, purchased by W. Kirkup & Sons,
Butchers, Longtown. Charolais bullocks to 212.5p from J.W. Vevers,
High Stenries and heifers to 211.5p J. & D. Longlands Ltd., Tonehall.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Bullocks
Limousin – 213.5p Dashwell Green, 210.5p The Gill, 208.5p,
206.5p Dashwell Green, 201.5p The Lake, 198.5p
Dashwell Green, 196.5p Sceughdyke, 194.5p The Lake.
Charolais – 212.5p, 193.5p High Stenries.
Saler – 204.5p The Gill.
British Blue – 196.5p Brydekirk Mains.
Heifers
Limousin – 216.5p Hallburn, 210.5p Sceughdyke, 209.5p Hallburn,
207.5p Tone Hall, 206.5p, 205.5p (x2) Brydekirk Mains, 198.5p Houghton
House, 197.5p Hallburn, 194.5p Brydekirk Mains.
Charolais – 211.5p Tone Hall, 209.5p Sceughdyke, 207.5p High
Stenries, 204.5p Hallburn, 201.5p Tone Hall and Hallburn, 199.5p
Hallburn, 198.5p Tone Hall, 197.5p Houghton House and Sceughdyke.
Blonde d’Aquitaine – 196.5p Tone Hall.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
Bullocks
Limousin – £1,458 Dashwell Green, £1,395 Sceughdyke, £1,370
The Lake, £1,355, £1,344 Dashwell Green, £1,336
The Gill.
Charolais – £1,413 High Stenries.
Saler – £1,339 The Gill.
British Blue – £1,336 Brydekirk Mains.
Heifers
Charolais – £1,296 High Stenries, £1,290 Tone Hall, £1,215, £1,196, £1,185
Sceughdyke, £1,168 Tone Hall, £1,145 Hallburn.
Limousin – £1,190 Hallburn, £1,176 Brydekirk Mains, £1,162
Tone Hall, £1,156 Brydekirk Mains, £1,110 Hallburn.
A larger show of 5,953 prime lambs sold to a full
ring of buyers with trade levelling at 201p per kilo for all weight
ranges.
Lambs sold to a top of 245p per kilo for Beltex from Upperbank
with a top per head of £119.50 per head for Beltex from Newton
Cottage, £108.50
Uppercleuch, £95.20 Willimoteswick; Texel £112.50 Dunjop
and Newton Cottage, £108.50 Upperbank, £107.50 Church
Street Farm and Todburn; Suffolk £110.50, £109.50 Westside, £103.50
Allanshaws; Charollais £108 Church Street Farm, £104.50
Upperbank, £96.50 Leaona Villa; North Country Cheviot £106.50, £106.20, £99.20
Allanshaws, £96.50 Whitcastles; Greyface £104.50 Stackbraes, £94.80
Stubsgill, £93.80 Lowes Fell; Leicester £103.50 Stubsgill, £100
Westhill; Lleyn £96.50 Whitcastles; Blackface £92.50
Westloch, £89.50 Bush of Ewes, £87.50 Roughet Hill; Hill
Cheviot £91.80 Glenshanna, £87.20 Wicket Thorn, £86.80
Naddle; Oxford £86.20 Hillside; Ryeland £83.80 Dunnabie;
Cheviot Mule £80.80 Allanshaws, £77.80 Granton; Roussin £77.80
Garchew; Easycare £75.50 Barnside; Swaledale £73.80 Kilnstown
and Kirkland Green, £70.50 Coldshield, £67.80 Peasemyres;
Jacob £69.80 Summerhill and Newington; Welsh Mountain £69.80
Kirkland Green.
The 1,617 lightweight lambs saw good flesh sell to a premium. Top
of £85.50 for Beltex from Upperbank, £79.80 Sorbie; Texel £79.50
Kirkton, £78.80 Killocraw; Blackface £73.20 Milnmark, £69.80
Linhope and Granton; Hill Cheviot £72.80 Newington, £69.80
Chapel Farm; Greyface £70.80 Kirkhouse, £69.80 Low Closegill;
Suffolk £69.80 Newington, £66.80 Low Tipalt; Charollais £62.80
Almagill; Swaledale £62.50 Coldshield; Lleyn £61.50 Graystale;
Herdwick £59.50 Fontanbleau; Shetland £58.20 Mossband
House.
Another large show of 6,688 cast ewes & rams were forward to
the usual ring of buyers with all classes again in demand.
The sale
was topped at £146.50 for heavy Texel ewes from Marygate, £142.50, £139.50
Beckside; Suffolk £129.50 Marygate, £128.50 Blackburn, £127.50
Marygate; Beltex £128.50 Fontanbleau, £114.50 Hophill, £112.50
Uppercleuch; Leicester £120.50 Westhill, £111.50 Stubsgill, £96.50
Fontanbleau; Half Bred £117.50 Fontanbleau, £116.50 South
Mains; Bleu d’Maine £116.50 Smyllum; Cheviot Mule £112.50, £110.50
Smyllum, £103.50 Thorns; North Country Cheviot £110.50, £108.50
Pools, £105.50 Allanshaws; Rouge £110.50 Hobbister; Zwartbles £104.50
Old Wall, £97.50 Thorns; Greyface £94.50 Bogend, £93.50
Church Street and Kennettside Heads, £92.50 Streethead and
Jacksonsrigg. Hill ewes to £93.50 for Blackface from Newbigging, £90.50
Thorns, £89.50 Stooprigg and Thorns, £86.50 Wanwood Hill;
Easycare £89.50, £85.50 Backmuir, £76.50 Barnside;
Cheviot £87.50, £85.50 Upper Cullernie, £84.50
Backmuir; Lleyn £81.50 Hunderlee Pastoral; Jacob £80.50
Hillcroft, £68.50 Tarnside House; Swaledale £78.50, £71.50
Lirrit, £67.50 Brydekirk Mains, £66.50 Kirkland Green;
Kendal Rough £68.50 Chapel Farm; Shetland £67.50 Backmuir, £49.50
Tister; Kerry Hill £59.50 Lirrit; Herdwick £48.50 Tarnside
House. Rams to £140.50 for Texels from Todburn Farm, £132.50
Dunjop, £130.50 Westhill; Suffolk £138.50 Hophill, £132.50
Temon and Backmuir; Beltex £128.50 South Mains, £123.50
Uppercleuch; Leicester £125.50 Hillhouse, £86.50 Croft;
Oxford £114.50 Stackbraes; Hill Cheviot £110.50 Raeburnfoot, £90.50
South Mains; Charollais £108.50 Broomhouse; North Country Cheviot £98.50
Fontanbleau; Rouge £94.50 Hobbister; Blackface £93.50
Newton Cottage, £70.50 Maidencoates; Romney Marsh £89.50
Lydden; Swaledale £82.50 High Dunashery, £69.50 Coldshield;
Easycare £72.50 Barnside, £69.50 Stackbraes; Shetland £50.50
Lirrit.
Averages:
Steers
Light to -------p (-------p)
Medium to -------p (-------p)
Heavy to 213.5p (199.3p)
Heifers
Light to -------p (-------p)
Medium to 202.5p (198.1p)
Heavy to 216.5p (202.6p)
Young bulls to 186.5p (186.5p)
Lambs
Light to 232.0p (201.9p)
Standard to 245.0p (204.1p)
Medium to 238.0p (201.0p)
Heavy to 221.0p (192.4p)
O/weight to 197.0p (183.5p)
Ewes
Light to £93.50 (£65.79)
Heavy to £146.50 (£95.05)
Cast Rams to £140.50 (£88.10) |
