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The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC held their Fortnightly
Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle at Longtown on Tuesday
23rd July, 2013.
STORE CATTLE
A much improved show of quality saw a packed ringside of keen bidders
ensure a flying trade throughout. The sale was topped at £1150
for a Limousin heifer shown by Messrs A & A Ewing, Dumbretton. British
Blues sold to
£1100 from ML & LB Bell, Winterhope with a Limousin bullock
selling to
£1135 (x4) and £1130 (x4) from W T Bendle & Son,
The Nook.
PRINCIPAL PRICES:
BULLOCKS
British Blue - £950 Longrow, £865 Winterhope
Limousin - £1135, £1130 The Nook, £1090
No 1 Rigg Smiddy, £1060 West Craigs, £970 Drumbretton £910
Cowden
Blue Grey - £840, £770 Whitbysteads
Shorthorn - £765, £755, £750
Whitbysteads
Hereford - £990 West Craigs
Galloway - £985 North Lamb Hill
HEIFERS
Limousin - £1150, £980 Drumbretton, £860
Winterhope, £815 No 1 Rigg Smiddy, £810, £805 Winterhope, £800
Cowden
British Blue - £1100, £990, £940, £810
Winterhope
Charolais £980, £840, £810, £805
Nether Albie
Angus - £1010 West Craigs
BREEDING CATTLE
A larger show of breeding cattle resulted in a buoyant trade. The
sale was topped at £2450 twice both for British Blue cows with
Limousin Bull Calves from G McGimpsey & Co, D’Mainholm. Messrs
McGimpsey had a part dispersal of 21 cows and calves which sold extremely
well and averaged
£1678 for mixed age cows. Limousin bulling heifers sold
to £1230 and £1200 for JW Thomlinson & Son, Standingstonerigg.
PRINCIPAL PRICES
COW WITH BULL CALF
Limousin - £1450, £1400 D’Mainholm
British Blue - £2450, £2300, £1780, £1700,
£1600, £1580, £1550, £1520, £1420 D’Mainholm
Angus - £1380 Pasture House Farm
COW WITH HEIFER CALF
Limousin - £1900, £1450 D’Mainholm, £1100
Bardon Place
British Blue - £2000, £1680, £1600, £1400
D’Mainholm
Angus - £1100, £1080 Pasture House Farm
Saler - £1000 East House.
BULLS
Limousin – £1800 D’Mainholm
BULLING HEIFERS
Limousin - £1230, £1200 Standingstone Rigg, £1095
Crowdieknowe, £1040 Standingstone Rigg
Angus - £960 Crowdieknowe
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