TUESDAY 8th JULY 2008
SALE OF STORE & BREEDING CATTLE
Including Stock Dispersal of 20 Lim/Sim cows with calves from Messrs
Ivinson, Bankshead,
also 20 Lim stock cows with Lim calves from Messrs Forrester, Howberry.
The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart had forward 124
store cattle and 84 breeding cattle at their fortnightly sale on Tuesday
8th July 2008.
Store cattle sold well and met a good trade throughout the sale.
Top price was £620 for a Limousin heifer from R J Harding,
Nickies Hill.
PRINCIPAL PRICES:
STORE BULLOCKS
Belgian Blue £428 Auchenhill
Charolais £440 Auchenhill
Limousin £580, £530 Nickies Hill,
£495 West Craigs
Galloway £560 Nickies Hill
Friesian £535 West Craigs, £520 Mossview
STORE HEIFERS
Angus £500 West Craigs
Charolais £455 Auchenhill, £435 Greenknow East.
Belgian Blue £440 East Keilder
Limousin £620, £600, £585 Nickies Hill, £495
West Craigs
Simmental £465 Cottage Farm, £452 Auchenhill
STORE BULLS
Limousin £610 Brampton Fell, £560 Greenknowe
East
Charolais £560 Greenknow East
Simmental £600 Brampton Fell
BREEDING CATTLE
An excellent show of cows and calves met a flying trade with a
packed ringside of buyers, both local and from a distant ensuring
all vendors went home happy. The main content of the sale came
from two dispersals from the Messrs Ivinson, Bankshead Farm, Brampton
and also T J & S Forrester, Howberry, Blackford. Bankshead
averaged £875 and Howberry averaged £1157.
Top price was £1520 (2) for an excellent Limousin cow with
Belgain Blue calf from Connon Farms and also for a Limousin cow
with Limousin calf from Howberry.
Cows with Bull Calves
Limousin £1520 Connon Farms, £1500,
£1420, £1220, £1200 Howberry, £1180 Bankshead
Simmental £1280 Bankshead
Belgian Blue £1000 Bankshead
Cows with Heifer Calves
Limousin £1520, £1380, £1300 Howberry, £1280
Howberry & Southdene, £1250, £1120 Howberry
Piedmontese £1400 Cambeck Hill
Charolais £1120 Howberry
Angus £1000 Bankshead, £900 Stenries
Heifer with Bull Calves
Limousin £1150 Bankshead, £860 Cambeck Hill
Angus £1150 Bankshead
Simmental £900, £870 Brampton Fell
Heifers with Heifer Calves
Simmental £930, £920, £910, £890
Brampton Fell
Limousin Breeding Bull £1280 Howberry.
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