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 The
Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers’ Mart P.L.C. had
forward 4,442 store lambs and 1,259 breeding sheep at their sale
at Longtown on Tuesday 30th September 2008.
Store lambs were a similar
show and trade was up £3 on
the week. Top was £49 for Texels from The Croft, Shap,
then £47 Church View. Suffolks £44.50 Clarghyll, £44
East Unthank, £43.50 Carlenrigg. Greyfaces £46 Cooks
House, £38.50 Sheepriggs, £38 Midtodhills; Blackfaces £26.20
Glenwhargen, £25.50 Loch Alve; Swaledales £23.80
Whinshields, £21 Loch Alve.
Hill Cheviots were a smaller
show and very dear. Top was £41
East Murton, £38.50 Glendinning, £36.50 Easter Alemoor.
The
breeding sheep comprised 840 ewes, 246 shearlings and 173 ewe
lambs. A large ring of buyers saw all classes sharper on previous
sales.
Ewes sold to £62 for 2 crop Texel ewes
from Messrs Fleming, Hillhead, others to £60 (2 shear)
Shawhill, £58
(3 shear) Kirkhouse; Greyface £59 (2 shear) Wanwood Hill, £54
(2 shear) Longriggthorn, £52 (2 shear) Brookfield; Cheviot
Mules £52 (2 crop), £50 (2 crop) Shawhill, £49
(2 crop) Philiphaugh; Lleyn £40 (4 shear) The Green.
Shearlings
to £80 for Suffolk x Beltex from Z Green, Allerley
Terrace who sold others to £62; Texels £78 Shawhill, £56
Hillhead, £52 Stackbraes; Greyfaces £78 Dyke, £68
Longriggthorn & The Dyke; Cheviot Mules £57, £53
Philiphaugh; Lleyns £48 The Green.
Ewe lambs to £49
for Mules from Messrs Ivinson, Bankshead, £47
Longriggthorn, £45 Laverhay.
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