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The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart had forward 159 store
cattle and 30 breeding cattle at their fortnightly sale at Longtown
on Tuesday 19th August 2008.
Store cattle met a good trade throughout
the sale to a top of £940
for a Belgian Blue bullock from G.E. Carter & Son, Parcelstown,
Longtown.
Breeding cattle met a good trade to a top of £1,100
for a Charolais x cow with heifer calf at foot from M. Birnie, Cambeck
Hill, Irthington.
PRINCIPAL
PRICES:
STORE BULLOCKS
Belgian Blue £940, £855 Parcelstown, £820 Brampton
Fell.
Charolais £800 Braehead, £650 Underwoodhouse, £560
Auchenhill.
Limousin £735 Brampton Fell, £710 Braehead, £672
Eden Farm, £670, £650 Rinnion Hills, £640 Eden
Farm.
Angus £600 Eden Farm.
Simmental £590 Brampton Fell, £515 Winterhope.
Devon £565 Eden Farm.
Friesian £512 Brampton Fell.
STORE HEIFERS
Simmental £740 Brampton Fell.
Belgian Blue £695 The Yett, £585 Smedheugh, £560
Auchenhill.
Charolais £695 Underwoodhouse, £645, £565 The Yett, £545
The Ash.
Limousin £690 The Yett, £665 Drumcork, £660 Rinnion
Hills & Bleaberry Rigg, £650 Brampton Fell, £610
Rinnion Hills & Drumcork, £590 Rinnion Hills & Bleaberry
Rigg, £540 Edenbanks.
Blue Grey £590 Laverhay, £405 Smedheugh.
STORE BULLS
Friesian £390 Stubbyknowe.
BREEDING CATTLE
Cows with Bull Calves
Limousin £790 Cambeck Hill.
Angus £770 Cambeck Hill.
Cows with Heifer Calves
Charolais £1,100, £910 Cambeck Hill.
Limousin £830 Sleetbeck.
Angus £740 Cambeck Hill.
Heifers with Heifer Calves
Limousin £860 Cambeck Hill, £750 Chapeltown & Cambeck
Hill.
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