The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC had forward
48 prime cattle, 6 young bulls, 20 over thirty month cattle, 3,365
prime hoggs and 5,197 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at
Longtown on Thursday 5th January 2012.
A larger show of prime cattle maintained a brisk trade and plenty
of cattle still breaking the £2 barrier. Top price of 219.5p
for a Limousin bullock from M. & G.A. Nicholson, The Lake, purchased
by W. Kirkup & Sons, Butchers, Longtown, others 215.5p from A. & W.J.
Taylor & Son, Dashwellgreen. Limousin heifers sold to 214.5p
from J. & N. Blaylock & Son, Hallburn. Charolais heifers
peaked at 209.5p from J. & D. Longlands Ltd., Tone Hall.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Bullocks
Limousin – 219.5p The Lake, 215.5p, 205.5p, 204.5p, 203.5p
Dashwellgreen, 203.5p Ratten Castle, Upper Tinwald, Toppin Castle
and The Gill (x2), 201.5p Newtown.
British Blue – 208.5p, 196.5p The Lake.
Simmental – 206.5p The Haining House.
Charolais – 198.5p The Haining House, 186.5p Sceughdyke.
Heifers
Limousin – 214.5p Hallburn.
Charolais – 209.5p, 205.5p Tone Hall, 204.5p Sceughdyke, 203.5p
Hallburn, 198.5p (x2) Tone Hall, 198.5p (x2) Hallburn.
Blonde d’Aquitaine – 196.5p Tone Hall.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
Bullocks
Limousin – £1,481 The Haining House, £1,393 The
Lake, £1,366 Newtown, £1,363 Upper Tinwald, £1,353
Toppin Castle, £1,352 Fenton Farm, £1,338 Newtown, £1,322
Dashwellgreen.
Charolais – £1,449 The Haining House.
British Blue – £1,326 The Lake.
Heifers
Charolais – £1,314, £1,267 Sceughdyke, £1,267, £1,250, £1,200
Tone Hall, £1,171 Hallburn.
Limousin – £1,200 Ratten Castle, £1,190 Hallburn.
Bulls met a great trade, still more required to fill the buyers
order books. Top of 188.5p for a Limousin from T. & M. Irving,
Becton Hall.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Limousin – 188.5p Becton Hall.
British Blue – 185.5p Becton Hall, 169.5p The Stubb.
Friesian – 163.5p, 162.5p The Stubb.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
Limousin – £1,102 Becton Hall.
British Blue – £1,029 Becton Hall.
Friesian – £1,007 The Stubb.
A small show of OTM’s saw trade remain good to sell, topping
at 198.5p for a Limousin from Messrs J. Stalker, Ratten Castle, with
Black & Whites to 139.5p from G. & A. Lockhart, Underwood
House.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Limousin – 198.5p Ratten Castle, 153.5p, 151.5p Nunscleugh,
118.5p Sceughdyke.
Shorthorn – 168.5p Brae Mar.
Black & White – 139.5p Underwoodhouse, 117.5p Becton Hall.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
Shorthorn – £1,061 Brae Mar.
Limousin – £1,060, £982 Nunscleugh
Black & White – £990 Underwoodhouse.
A smaller show of 3,365 prime hoggs was forward
due to inclement weather on Wednesday making sorting impossible.
The usual ring of buyers still required sheep although only at a
price. Overall average of 207p per kilo.
Hoggs sold to a top of 256.5p per kilo for Texels from Backmuir
with a top per head of £120.50 for Texels from Woodhead, others £115.50
Kirkton, £114.50 Hallburncroft; North Country Cheviot £113.50, £100.50
Backmuir, £94.50 Skelfhill; Suffolk £112.50 Sceughdyke, £107.50
Newbigging, £103.50 Colinton Mains; Greyface £100 Crawfordjohn
Mill, £97.80 The Beeches, £96.50 Kirkland Green; Charollais £95.80
Hallburn, £93.20 Sceughdyke, £90.80 Hallburn; Cheviot
Mule £94.80 Newtown; Beltex £92.50 Sorbie, £88.80
Shankfieldhead and Byers Farm, £87.80 Bankhead; Blackface £90.50
Milnmark, £89.80 Barlaes, £87.80 Streethead; Hill Cheviot £82.80
Broathill and Hermitage, £78.80 Sorbie; Roussin £76.80
Craighead; Swaledale £74.50 Westburnhope, £67.80 Sunday
Sight, £66.20 Ravenwood Cottage.
The 663 lightweight hoggs continued to sell at recent high rates.
Top of £85.80 for Beltex from Whinneyknowe, £81.50 Bankhead;
Texel £79.50 Backmuir, £77.80 Walton Highrigg; Suffolk £77.20
Hassendean, £76.80 Swaites; Charollais £76.50 Streethead;
Blackface £73.20 Skelfhill, £69.80 Archwood; Greyface £72.50
Barnglieshead, £69.80 Swaites; Hill Cheviot £72.50 Kilncroft, £71.50
Low Eals; Swaledale £69.80 Westburnhope, £64.50 Ravenwood
Cottage; Beulah £47.50 Waterloo.
Another good show of 5,197 cast ewes & rams were forward to
the usual ring of buyers with all classes again £5 to £6
dearer on the week as it becomes increasingly evident that cast ewes
are beginning to become scarcer nationwide.
The sale was topped at £154.50
for Texel ewes from Newton Farm and Suffolk ewes from Shaw Cottage
South, other Texels £150.50
Roadside, £148.50 Severs, other Suffolks £142.50 South
Mains, £131.50 Severs; Charollais £146.50 Severs, £106.50
Backmuir; Leicester £133.50 Westhouse, £119.50 West Shipley, £96.50
Balker Farms; North Country Cheviot £118.50 Ericstane, £108.50
North House and Courthill, £106.50 Ericstane and Marchbank;
Half Bred £118.50 South Mains, £112.50 Smyllum; Beltex £112.50
Roadside; Greyface £110.50 West Nubbock, £108.50 Newton
Farm and Whinfield, £106.50 Studdondene; Cheviot Mule £108.50
High Stenries, £102.50 North House. Hill ewes to £103.50
and £93.50 for Blackfaces from West Nubbock, £91.50 Nilston
Rigg; Cheviot £95.50 Newton Farm, £94.50 High Stenries, £88.50
South Mains; Easycare £94.50 Redhouse, £91.50, £90.50
Backmuir; Lleyn £90.50, £75.50 Pallet Hill; Clun £76.50
Golden Lane; Woodland £76.50 Stackbraes; Swaledale £75
Coldshield, £74.50 Stackbraes, £73.50 Pryhill; Kendal
Rough £68.50 Stackbraes; Jacob £63.50 Golden Lane; Herdwick £60.50
Stackbraes; Kerry Hill £57.50 Waterloo; Welsh Mountain £56.50, £53.50
Cowcorse Cottage. Rams to £140.50 for Texels from Kirkton, £136.50
Willimoteswick and Mosshead, £129.50 Severs; Suffolk £128.50
Newton Farm, £120.50 Roadside, £106.50 Mosshead; Beltex £126.50
Severs; Easycare £126.50 Backmuir; Leicester £126.50
Balker Farms, £80.50 Mosshead; Lleyn £113.50 Backmuir;
Hill Cheviot £112.50 Commonside, £106.50 Skelfhill, £99.50
Commonside; Dorset £108.50 Backmuir; Blackface £106.50
Hott Farm, £100 West Nubbock, £96.50 Skelfhill; Bleu
d’Maine £78.50 Greenburn.
Averages:
Steers
Light to -------p (-------p)
Medium to -------p (-------p)
Heavy to 219.5p (195.4p)
Heifers
Light to -------p (-------p)
Medium to -------p (-------p)
Heavy to 214.5p (198.3p)
Young bulls to 188.5p (171.1p)
Hoggs
Light to 256.5p (215.0p)
Standard to 245.1p (209.2p)
Medium to 238.8p (208.6p)
Heavy to 230.0p (195.3p)
O/weight to -------p (-------p)
Ewes
Light to £103.50 (£69.17)
Heavy to £154.50 (£99.06)
Cast Rams to £140.50(£104.24) |
