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The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC held their Fortnightly
Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle at Longtown on Tuesday
25th June, 2013.
Some better quality store cattle on offer with a much sharper
trade than previous weeks and vendors going home happy.
The sale
was topped at £1,060 for a 12 month old Limousin heifer shown
by D.H. & J.M. Murray, The Throp.
PRINCIPAL PRICES:
BULLOCKS
Limousin - £900 High Parkfoot and Longrow, £860 Gibstown, £825
Hightown and Broadhaugh, £805 Hightown, £800 Longrow
and D’Mainholm.
Charolais - £890 (x2) Underwoodhouse, £865 Nether Albie, £755
(x2) Underwoodhouse.
Blue Grey - £800 (x2), £790 (x2), £725 (x2) Whitbysteads.
Shorthorn - £795 Whitbysteads.
Aberdeen Angus - £790 Longrow.
HEIFERS
Limousin - £1,060, £1,010 The Throp, £1,005 (x2)
Winterhope, £970 (x2) Broadhaugh, £920 (x2) The Throp, £915
(x3) Streethead.
Charolais - £1,010 High Parkfoot, £960, £910, £750
Nether Albie.
Breeding Cattle
A shortage of breeders with all classes selling to
recent rates. A Limousin heifer with Angus heifer calf topped the
sale at £1,650
from Millantae Farms. Bulling heifers sold to £1,190 (x2) for
Limousin shown by W.T. Bendle & Son, The Nook.
PRINCIPAL PRICES:
Limousin heifer with heifer calf - £1,650 Millantae.
Angus heifer with heifer calf - £1,300 Millantae.
Limousin cow with bull calf - £1,300 Millantae.
Angus cow with bull calf - £1,150 Millantae.
Charolais cow with bull calf - £1,010 Nether Albie.
Limousin bulling heifer - £1,190 (x2), £1,025 (x2), £1,000
(x3) The Nook.
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