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The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC had forward
6,588 Store Hoggs, Cast Rams & Feeding Ewes at their sale Annual
Special Sale at Longtown on Tuesday 8th January,
2013.
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large show of hoggs attracted several distant buyers, together
with local feeders, trade was good as expected.
Top of £70
for Texels from Broomhills and Hewke; Suffolk £65
Broomhills, £57.50 Bateyshield, £57 Boat House; North
Country Cheviots £59.50 Drycleughlea, £52.50 Adderston
Shields, £50 Alton; Charollais £55.50 Rigghead; Blackface £53.50
Allensgreen, £44 Halterburnhead; Lleyn £53.50 Westhills;
Half Bred £52.50 Adderston Shields; Greyface £48.50
Farnbury and Beech House, £47.50 Butterdales, £47 Gall;
Zwartbles £48 Linton House; Hill Cheviot £47 Drycleughlea, £46.50
Glendearg, £45.50 Archbank; Roussin £44 Kirkwood Mains;
Swaledale £31 Gall.
Several pens of breeding ewes sold very
well with correct Texels to £115 and £108 Oaklands
with correct below Greyfaces to £69 Glenkiln Farms.
The entry of 1,103 Cast Rams and Ewes were a large entry, several
buyers were present as a result all classes easily maintained late
high rates.
Top in the ram section was £120 for Leicesters
from Allensgreen; Texel £109 Wolfhills; North Country Cheviot £93
Raehills; Suffolk £88 Linton House; Blackface £78.50
Penpeugh; Hill Cheviot £68 Terrona, £65.50 Hopsrigg, £65
Granton; Swaledale £67 Wolfhills; Meat Lincs £63 Cacrabank
Cottage.
Feeding ewes to £83 for Texels from Backburn; Greyface £56.50
Newbiggin, £55.50 Gillalees; Lleyns £50.50 Gatehousecote;
Cheviot £47 Raehills; Blackface £40 Broomhills; Swaledale £27
Stonehall.
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