The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC had forward
58 prime cattle, 11 young bulls, 36 over thirty month cattle, 4,189
prime lambs and 7,240 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at
Longtown on Thursday 30th August 2012.
Prime cattle saw a shortage of fed cattle, but a full ring of 12
active buyers ensured a good trade throughout. Top price to 219.5p
for a Limousin heifer shown by J. Bell, Brydekirk Mains, purchased
by W. Kirkup & Sons, Butchers, Longtown. Top price bullock to
212.5p for a Limousin from J.F. & I. Armstrong, Nether Onsett.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Bullocks
Limousin – 212.5p Nether Onsett, 211.5p Newby Farm, 210.5p
Newtown, 209.5p Brydekirk Mains, 207.5p Hallees, 206.5p Newby Farm,
Low Hallburn and Newtown, 204.5p, 195.5p Nether Onsett.
Galloway – 195.5p Becks.
Heifers
Limousin – 219.5p Brydekirk Mains, 217.5p Newby, Newtown and
Brydekirk Mains, 216.5p Newby Farm, 213.5p Houghton House and Brydekirk
Mains, 211.5p, 209.5p Sceughdyke, 203.5p Houghton House, 199.5p Southwoodhead.
Charolais – 208.5p, 206.5p Hallburn.
Blonde d’Aquitaine – 203.5p Hallburn.
PRINCIPAL PRICES
(PER HEAD)
Bullocks
Limousin – £1,569 Newtown, £1,402 Nether Onsett.
Heifers
Limousin – £1,261 Newtown, £1,259, £1,180
Houghton House, £1,136, £1,131 Newby, £1,122 Sandbed, £1,120
Brydekirk Mains.
Charolais – £1,136 Hallburn, £1,118 Low Hallburn, £1,104
Hallburn.
Prime bulls maintained late high rates, topping
at 207.5p (twice) for Limousins from Mr J. Jardine, Yett Farm and
from G.J.A. Rome & Co.,
Niven Hill.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Limousin – 207.5p Niven Hill and Yett, 203.5p Yett, 201.5p
Niven Hill.
British Blue – 196.5p, 193.5p Becton Hall.
Simmental – 195.5p, 193.5p Shaw of Dryfe.
British Blue – 196.5p, 193.5p Becton Hall.
The 36 OTM cattle saw a lot of weathered feeding cows on offer which
saw the sale topped at 187.5p for Galloways from J. Robertson & Son,
Becks Farm.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Galloway –187.5p, 161.5p Becks.
Limousin – 169.5p Longrow, 161.5p Southwoodhead, 148.5p Byreburnside,
136.5p, 135.5p The Flatt.
Charolais –166.5p Nether Albie.
British Blue – 163.5p Longrow.
Friesian – 154.5p The Stubb, 119.5p Stonewalls.
PRINCPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
Charolais –£1,323 Nether Albie.
British Blue – £1,234 Longrow.
Galloway –£1,115, £993 Becks.
Limousin – £1,093 Longrow, £965 Byreburnside, £805
The Flatt.
Friesian – £1,073 The Stubb, £938 Stonewalls.
A smaller show of 4,189 prime lambs were a mixed trade this week
with a big difference between lambs with flesh and lean lambs, good
lambs regularly sold between 190p and 200p but leaner lambs were
little more than store price. The sale averaged 181p per kilo, also
a large number of lightweight lambs were forward, reflecting in the
average.
Top price of 217p per kilo for Texels from Sorbie with a
top price per head of £110.50 for Suffolks from Riddings Hill, £99.50
Kilnfordcroft, £98.80 Smalmstown; Texel £108.50, £102.50
Kilnfordcroft, £101.50 Peela Hill; North Country Cheviot £95.80, £80
Whiteknowe, £76.80 Chapel Farm; Charollais £89.80 Peela
Hill, £85.80 Smalmstown, £82.80 The Chestnuts; Beltex £81.80
Sleetbeck, £72.80 Amoshill; Cheviot Mule £79.80, £76.80
Potholm, £72.80 Crossdykes; Greyface £78.80 Gibbs Hill, £77.80
Chapel Farm, £74.50 The Old Police House; Zwartbles £72
Westhills; Oxford £71.80 Guards, £68 Lowfield House;
Half Bred £71.80 Adderston Shiels; Blackface £70.50, £64.80
Sewing Shields, £63.20 Dalveen; Dorset £65 Lowfield House, £60
Orchard House; Easycare £58.80 East Fortissat; Swaledale £54.80
Copperthorns, £49.80 Kilnstown.
A similar show of 1,182 lightweight lambs saw smaller Swaledale
and English Mule lambs little more than store price if lacking flesh.
Top of £67.80 for Texels from Glenehervie, £67.20 Balliemore;
Suffolk £63.80 Clachan, £59.80 Redgatehead; Greyface £60.20
Arnicle, £53.80 Nether Albie; Blackface £59.80 Chapel, £52.80
Arnicle; Easycare £53.80 Cooilingel, £50 East Fortissat;
Herdwick £51.80 Woodside; Swaledale £45 Woodside, £43.80
Softley.
A larger entry of 7,240 cast ewes and rams attracted
the usual ring of buyers with trade being £4 to £6 up
on the week, with a very good show of ewes for quality forward. Good
selling Continental ewes remain easily sold and rams constantly short
of buyers requirements.
Rams to £158.50 for Texels from Willimoteswick
and Pirntaton, £158
Roachburn, £148.50 Ballimachiller; Suffolk £148.50 Lakeview, £113.50
Old Portglenone; Leicester £128.50 Lirrit, £126.50 Newside, £118.50
Kirksteads; Beltex £106.50 Draperstown, £98.50 Haithwaite;
Hill Cheviot £106.50 Stackbraes, £93.50 North House, £86.50
High Dovecote and Burnfoot of Ewes; Lleyn £98.50 Cooilingel, £90.50
Haithwaite; Charollais £96.50 Roadside, £89.50 Ballyrobert;
Blackface £92.50 High Staward, £86.50 Pirntaton, £84.50
Haithwaite; Dorset £78.50 Orchard House, £69.50 Roadside;
Swaledale £77 Roachburn, £70.50 Spital Shields.
Heavy
ewes to £138.50 for Texels from Pirntaton, £133.50
Severs, £124.50 Pirntaton; Suffolk £120.50 Severs, £108.50
Mountfield, £103.50 Ballimachiller; North Country Cheviot £104.50, £92.50, £90
Carruthers; Charollais £104.50 Alton, £102.50 Roadside, £98.50
Draperstown; Leicester £94.50 West Craigs, £89.50 Peela
Hill, £88.50 Glenlaugh; Greyface £90.50, £80.50
Lawston, £79.50 Stackbraes; Cheviot Mule £88.50 Alton, £84.50
Morebattle Tofts, £77.50 North House; Dorset £76.50 Portglenone, £73.50
Severs, £70.50 Dunnabie.
Hill ewes to £79.50 for Cheviots
from Terrona, £73.50
Sorbietrees, £71.50 Solwaybank; Lleyn £78.50 Wynholm, £74.50
Westward Park, £71.50 Glenkiln; Blackface £63.50 Mouldy
Hills, £62.50 High Staward, £60.50 Sewing Shields; Swaledale £57.50
Roachburn, £52.50 Spital Shields, £50.50 Roachburn; Jacob £58.50
Haithwaite.
Averages:
Steers
Light to 209.5p (196.4p)
Medium to 211.5p (193.6p)
Heavy to 212.5p (190.8p)
Heifers
Light to 219.5p (206.0p)
Medium to 217.5p (199.2p)
Heavy to 190.5p (179.9p)
Young bulls to 207.5p (194.6p)
Lambs
Light to 200.0p (169.3p)
Standard to 210.0p (180.1p)
Medium to 217.0p (186.0p)
Heavy to 208.7p (183.5p)
O/weight to 189.6p (162.7p)
Ewes
Light to £79.50 (£46.09)
Heavy to £138.50 (£73.19)
Cast Rams to £158.50 (£88.08)
corresponding week 2011 sale
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