The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC had forward 50
prime cattle, 10 young bulls, 36 over thirty month cattle, 761 spring
lambs, 1,894 prime hoggs and 2,944 cast ewes & rams at their weekly
sale at Longtown on Thursday 7th June 2012.
A smaller show of prime cattle saw trade very dear and topped at
228.5p for a Limousin heifer shown by A. & W.J. Taylor & Son,
Dashwell Green, others to 227.5p from J. & N. Blaylock & Sons,
Hallburn. Limousin bullocks sold to 226.5p from Messrs Taylor, Dashwell
Green, others 221.5p from J.C. & D. Nicholson & Son, The Gill.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Bullocks
Limousin – 226.5p Dashwell Green, 221.5p The Gill, 218.5p Dashwell
Green, High Stenries and The Gill, 217.5p, 215.5p Dashwell Green,
213.5p, 210.5p Dashwell Green, 207.5p The Gill, 204.5p Sutton Close,
200.5p Dashwell Green.
Charolais – 212.5p High Stenries, 208.5p, 204.5p Sceughdyke,
200.5p The Gill.
Heifers
Limousin – 228.5p Dashwell Green, 227.5p Hallburn, 225.5p Dashwell
Green, 219.5p Hallburn, 218.5p Slealands, 215.5p Stonehouse, 214.5p
Dashwell Green, 212.5p Smallholms, 211.5p Slealands, 207.5p Sceughdyke,
206.5p Stonehouse and Slealands.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
Bullocks
Charolais – £1,636 Sceughdyke, £1,540 High Stenries, £1,482, £1,416
Sceughdyke, £1,403 The Gill.
Limousin – £1,529 The Gill, £1,483 Dashwell Green, £1,472
The Gill, £1,453 High Stenries, £1,431 The Gill, £1,420, £1,415
Dashwell Green.
Heifers
Limousin – £1,228, £1,222 Dashwell Green, £1,213
Sceughdyke, £1,185, £1,156 Stonehouse, £1,152 Slealands, £1,141
Hallburn, £1,126 Dashwell Green, £1,114 Hallburn.
British Blue - £1,199 Becton Hall, £1,137 Sceughdyke.
Charolais – £1,187 High Stenries.
Young bulls met a flying trade and proved that Longtown can satisfy
vendor’s expectations. Top price of 227.5p and 223.5p for British
Blues shown by J. Retson & Son, Gardrum. Black & Whites to
178.5p Jerriestown.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
British Blue – 227.5p, 223.5p Gardrum, 214.5p, 211.5p Netherton,
207.5p Becton Hall.
Black & White – 178.5p Jerriestown, 176.5p, 175.5p Becton
Hall, 174.5p Jerriestown.
PRINCPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
British Blue – £1,431 Becton Hall, £1,415, £1,311
Netherton, £1,285, £1,262 Gardrum.
Black & White – £1,096, £1,041 Becton Hall.
A larger and improved show of quality OTM cattle met
a buoyant trade throughout, topping at 178.5p for a British Blue from
T. Armstrong & Sons,
Sceughdyke, with Limousins to 173.5p from R.M. & P. Armstrong,
Slealands and Black & Whites selling to 164.5p, 163.5p from J.G.
Vevers, Peterscrook.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
British Blue – 178.5p Sceughdyke, 147.5p Snab Farm, 142.5p Greystoke
Castle.
Limousin – 173.5p Slealands, 147.5p Snab Farm and Catslackburn,
143.5p Catslackburn and Greystoke Castle.
Black & White – 164.5p, 163.5p Peterscrook, 144.5p Harelawhole,
131.5p Hethermill.
Saler – 163.5p Slealands, 142.5p Catslackburn.
Simmental – 142.5p Catslackburn.
Galloway – 141.5p, 131.5p Becks Farm.
PRINCPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
British Blue – £1,151 Sceughdyke, £907 Snab Farm.
Limousin – £1,110 Slealands, £1,039 Snab Farm, £920
Greystoke Castle.
Black & Whites – £1,095, £1,061 Peterscrook.
Saler - £1,087 Slealands, £926 Catslackburn.
A larger show of 761 Spring Lambs averaged 213p per kilo, well in
front of national and deadweight prices. More could have been sold
to advantage. Lambs do not need to be heavy in weight. Top of 239p
per kilo for Zwartbles from Cardewlees and to £99.20 per head
for Suffolks from Spoutbank, £95.20 Sceughdyke, £91.80
Cambeckhill; Texel £96.80 Lanehead, £95.80 Kimmeter Green, £95.20
The Beck; Charollais £94.80, £88.80 Yett Farm, £79.80
Lawshall; Beltex £90.80 Nether Brotherstone; Oxford £89.80, £82.80, £79.80
Guards; Zwartbles £83 Westhills; Dorset £71.80 Zetland.
A smaller show of 1,894 prime hoggs forward with well fleshed hoggs
of all weight ranges realising an excellent trade, with plain hoggs
still hard to cash. The sale was topped at 199p per kilo for Texels
from Cowcorse and to £100 per head for Suffolks from Red House, £89.50, £87.80
Broomhills (Marrs); Texel £95 Red House, £94.50 Broomhills, £90
Red House; Hill Cheviot £92.20 Bloan Farm, £85.80 Blackwoodridge
House, £79.80 Red House; Greyface £79.80, £75.50
Cowcorse, £75.50 High Aketon; Blackface £79.80 Meggethead, £77.80, £76.50
Chaplehope; Herdwick £70.50 Stackbraes; Lonk £67.50 Bush
of Ewes; Jacob £48.50, £42.50 Parks Farm.
A smaller show of 2,944 cast ewes and rams were
forward with small ewes £3 up on the week and heavy ewes £8
to £10
up on the week. Lean selling ewes short of buyers requirements.
Top
price of £158.50 for Charollais rams from Hopehill, £129.50
Severs, £128.50 Staffler; Suffolk £138.50 Lirrit, £119
Riddell, £106.50 Upper Cullernie; Rouge £124.50 Hopehill;
Leicester £109.50 Bayldon, £104.50 Morley Hill, £90.50
Upper Cullernie; Blackface £104.50 Meggethead, £99.50
Lirrit, £93 Skelfhill; Hill Cheviot £96.50 Balmore, £71.50
George Street, £70.50 Morley Hill; Oxford £85.50 Aikton;
Swaledale £70.50 Lirrit.
Heavy ewes to £146.50 for Texels
from Hopehill and Charollais from Severs, other Texel £136.50
Hopehill, £135.50 Stackbraes,
other Charollais £124.50 Mid Farm, £114.50 Church Road;
Bleu d’Maine £131 Loughrigg, £99.50 Ridley Stokoe;
Beltex £126.50, £120.50 Hopehill, £102.50 Kirkland
Green; Zwartbles £118.50 Hopehill, £87.50 Thorns, £85
Grange Farm; Suffolk £111.50 Severs, £109.50 Loughrigg
and Severs, £108.50 Red House; Leicester £110.50 Red
House, £108.50 Barron House, £99.50 Stackbraes; Cheviot
Mule £104.50 Severs; North Country Cheviot £99.50, £97.50
Lirrit, £95.50 Norland Road; Half Bred £97 Sibmister, £89.50
Lirrit, £85.50 South Mains; Greyface £86.50 Wyseby Hill
Cottage, £84.50 Aikton, £83 Riddell; Dorset £86.50
Aikton; Rouge £78.50 Roadside; Romney Marsh £73.50 Cacrabank.
Hill
ewes to £85.50, £62.50 for Lleyn from The Mark, £51.50
Grange Farm; Blackface £84.50 Upper Cullernie, £79.50
Barron House, £78.50 Mossband House; Hill Cheviot £82.50
Lirrit, £80.50 Whitehill, £79 Glengolly; Kerry Hill £75.50
Stackbraes; Easycare £75 Lowmoor Head, £67.50 Kersheugh;
Swaledale £70.50 Bayldon, £69.50 Snowden Close, £65.50
Morley Hill; Kendal Rough £66.50 Stackbraes; Shetland £56.50
Cowcorse Cottage, £45.50 Lirrit, £43.50 Haithwaite; Herdwick £54.50
Stackbraes, £53.50 Cardewlees, £50.50 The Mark.
Goats to £50 Low Roughill, £48.50 Lanehead.
Averages:
Steers
Light to 199.5p (189.1p)
Medium to 226.5p (205.0p)
Heavy to 221.5p (207.1p)
Heifers
Light to 227.5p (204.8p)
Medium to 228.5p (205.7p)
Heavy to 199.5p (186.3p)
Young bulls to 227.5p (198.1p)
Hoggs
Light to 182.8p (138.6p)
Standard to 199.0p (148.1p)
Medium to 190.0p (162.1p)
Heavy to 187.0p (160.2p)
Shlgs to 178.0p (133.1p)
Lambs
Light to 238.0p (235.0p)
Standard to 239.0p (218.5p)
Medium to 226.0p (212.2p)
Heavy to 196.0p (193.3p)
O/weight to ------p (-------p)
Ewes
Light to £85.50 (£59.03)
Heavy to £146.50 (£90.69)
Cast
Rams to £158.50 (£103.22)
corresponding week 2011 sale report |
