The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart P.L.C. had forward
44 prime cattle, 6 young bulls, 47 over thirty month cattle, 6,956
prime lambs and 10,814 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at
Longtown on Thursday 25th October 2012.
A much plainer show of prime cattle saw trade in line with recent
rates. Top price of 210.5p for a Limousin heifer from I. & H.
Douglas, Cambeck Hill.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Bullocks
Limousin – 203.5p, 196.5p Sceughdyke.
Heifers
Limousin – 210.5p Cambeck Hill, 193.5p, 192.5p Houghton
House, 191.5p Bleatarn.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
Bullocks
Limousin – £1,343 Sceughdyke, £1,342, £1,340
Sandbed.
Heifers
British Blue – £1,265 Sandbed.
Limousin – £1,231 Cambeck Hill, £1,174
Smallholms,
£1,113 Sandbed.
Charolais – £1,162 Sceughdyke, £1,107 Cambeck
Hill.
A small show of bulls topped at 199.5p for a British Blue from J. & P.
Routledge & Son, Netherton.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Limousin – 192.5p Yett Farm, 191.5p Netherton.
British Blue – 199.5p Netherton
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
British Blue - £1,316 Netherton
Limousin - £1,311 Netherton
A larger show of cast cows on offer and a lot of weathered hill
cows forward saw trade similar on the week. The top price of the
sale was 147.5p for a Limousin from Greystoke Castle Farms. Limousin
stock bulls sold to 145.5p from Messrs T.B. Imrie, Harelawhole.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Limousin – 147.5p Greystoke Castle, 143.5p Swaites,
135.5p Greystoke Castle, 129.5p (x2) Bleatarn, 121.5p Shankbridge
End.
Friesian – 113.5p Harelawhole.
Galloway – 112.5p Old Irvine.
Blue Grey – 108.5p, 107.5p Potholm.
Limousin Bull – 145.5p Harelawhole.
PRINCPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
Limousin – £995, £880 Greystoke Castle, £868
Swaites, £809 Bleatarn.
Limousin Bull - £1,309 Harelawhole.
The company had forward a colossal show of 6,956
lambs and 10,814 ewes being the largest show this century.
The large show of lambs had an overall average of 155p. Well fleshed
handy weight lambs still sold regularly at 165-175p, with smaller
lambs lacking flesh little more than store price. Top price per kilo
was 217.3p for Beltex lambs from Messrs Park, Harleyrigg.
Prime lambs sold to a top of £102 for Charollais from Messrs
A. Hoggan, Maryholm, others to £80.80 The Chestnuts, £80.20
Becton Hall; Suffolk x £90 High Barlcray, £87.80 Becton
Hall, £86.80 Slealands; Cheviot £73.80 Granton, £70.20, £69.80
Gospel Hall; Texels
£100 Catslackburn, £97.80 Overwhitlaw,
£95.50 Catslackburn; Bleu de Maine £82.80, £81.80
Braithwaite Hall; Halfbred £70.80 High Moat, £63 Earlside;
Greyface £72.80 Brampton Fell & Nunscleugh, £68.80
Brampton Fell
& Woodhouse; Cheviot Mules £72.80 Springwells,
£66.80 Killeonan, £66.80 Tarrasfoot; Blackface £64.80
Crindledykes, £62.80 Winterhopeburn & Cramlat,
£61.80 Riskinhope; North Country Cheviot £74.80 Sebay, £69.80
Sibmister, £62.80 Earlside; Herdwicks £50 Shortrigg;
Beltex £97.80 Harleyrigg, £89.80 Hightown,
£79.80 Windyhill; Lleyn
£66.80 Whitcastles, £65.80 Kersheugh; Romney Marsh £61.80
Swaites.
Lightweight lambs to £68.80 for Texels from Upper Dounreay, £67
Temon, £59.80 Hillfield; Rouge £54.20 Killinochnoch Cottage;
Greyface £54.80 Arnicle
& Cooperhouse; £43.80 Redgatehead; Blackface £56.80
Upperburnmouth, £55.80 Riskinhope, £55 Cooperhouse; North
Country Cheviot £48.80 Upper Dounreay; Swaledale £42.80
High Dunashrey, £36.80 Bateyshield; Herdwicks £42, £40
Shortrigg,; Beltex £60.80 Hilltop.
The 10,814 ewes and rams saw big heavy ewes and good selling ewes
sharper on the week, with smaller and plainer ewes easier due to
the sheer amount of weathered ewes forward.
Cast rams to £125 for Charollais from Thackwood,
£108.50 Mosshead, £100 Thackwood; Suffolks £89.50
High Balcray,
£86.50 Eastside, £85.50 Spittal; Texels
£118 Cottage, £116.50 Brantwood, £113.50 Sibmister;
Rouge £78.50 Harperhill; Leicester £86.50 Brantwood, £85.50
Eastside, £75.50 Softley; Blackface £75.50 Eastside, £69.50
Kilfillan, £68.50 Hott; North Country Cheviot £79.50
Seavers; Beltex
£102.50 Sibmister, £89.50 Draperstown; Lleyn £69.50
Overwhitlaw; Zwartbles £69.50 Achaurole Mains; Romney Marsh £59.50
Copperthorns; Easycare
£69.50 Eastside.
Heavy ewes to £106.50 for Texels from roadside, £102.50
Sibmister, £100.50 Mains of Machermore
& Severs Road; Suffolk £95.50 Old Portgleone,
£92.50 Roadside, £91.50 Severs Road; Charollais
£92.50 Thackwood & Severs Road, £86.50 Severs Road, £85.50
Roadside; Halfbred £85.50 Cowcorse, £74.50 Broadhaugh;
Greyface £80.50, £77.50 Maryfield,
£76.50 Fallowfield; Cheviot Mule £77.50 Ardlamy, £76.50
Severs Road, £74.50 North House; Leicesters £86.50 Larel, £85.50
Roadside, £79.50 Old Police House & Cowcorse; North Country
Cheviot £88.50 Broomhillbank &
Severs Road, £84.50 Sornfallow; Beltex
£102.50, £86.50 Mains of Machermore, £82.50 Keld
Farm; Zwartbles £56.60 Low Lonning; Oxford £78.50 Seavers
Road; Romney Marsh £59.50 Higher Bughill.
Lightweight ewes to £82.50 for Cheviots from Westlinton, £74.50
Westgate, £68.50 Westlinton; Blackface £64.50 Old Police
House, £63.50 Brownleazes, £57.50 Westgate; Swaledale £45.50
Bullshill, £44.50 Tiverton Place
& Brampton Fell, £43.50 Boldon; Herdwicks £30 Tiverton
Place, £29.50 Knarr; Jacob £39.50 Shaws Cottage; Lleyn
£62.50 Southdene, £56.50 Brownrigg,
£54.50 Dunnabie; Woodland £68.50 Roadside; Welsh Mountain £48.50
Godscroft; Kerry Hill £67.50 Roadside; Easycare £52.50
Kersheugh
Averages:
Steers
Light to 161.5p (155.8p)
Medium to 196.5p (175.5p)
Heavy to 203.5p (181.0p)
Heifers
Light to 191.5p (173.6p)
Medium to 210.5p (180.7p)
Heavy to 187.5p (183.1p)
Young bulls 199.5p (192.6p)
Lambs
Light to 190.0p (125.0p)
Standard to 207.0p (153.9 p)
Medium to 217.3p (160.3p)
Heavy to 178.0p (154.0p)
O/weight to 175.0p (157.3p)
Ewes
Light to £82.50 (£36.05)
Heavy to £106.50 (£65.25)
Cast Rams £125.00
(£58.69)
corresponding week 2011 sale
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