MONDAY 17THFEBRUARY 2014
OTM & STORE CATTLE SALE
Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited sold 434 Store
Cattle and 58 OTM cattle at their fortnightly sale on Monday. With more cattle forward more buyers were also present resulting in an animated demand
throughout. Whilst stronger cattle still looked va lue for money, yearling stirks were most keenly bid for.
A pen of outstanding Limousin bullocks from GW Taylor, Disdow topped the sale at £1340 selling to W Purdon &
Partners, Stravenhouse, Carluke. A pen of Limousins from the same home also topped the heifer sectionat
£1280. Top price per kilo was 293.2p paid to M & G Barr, Meikle Kirkland for a pair of Charolais cross bullocks
which sold to Mr David Carins, Hexham. Heifers topped out at 268.3p per kilo for a pen of six Charola
is heifers from Messrs Whiteford, Burnfoot, Sanquhar selling to M Telford, Valleyview. A feature of the sale was the
consignment of Charolais heifers from Burnfoot which topped at £880 and averaged £830.50 or 243.4p per kilo.
Overall averages were 236.72p for bullocks (226.6plast year) and 222.82p for heifers (208.5p last year.)
58 OTM cattle were forward to a larger ringside of
buyers. Clean cattle sold to 211p for an Angus Heifer from
Balcraig Moor, followed at 199p for a South Devon from Garrarie. Top price per head of £1169 for a Simmental
Heifer from Kenmure, Kirkcowan. Cows sold to 166p f
or a Limousin from Valleyview, followed at 162p for a Simmental from Palmallet. Top price per head of 1308 for a Limousin from Waterside, followed at £1291
for aSouth Devon from Garrarie.
Limousin Bullocks
Disdow £1340; Fagra £1240; Flathill £1140; Redfield
£1130; Killochy £1100; Tregallon £1085; Slatehouse
£1030;
Craigton £995; Auchenleck £980; Balcraig Moor £935;
Annabaglish £895; Meikle Kirkland £890; Boghouse £865
Simmental Bullocks
Craigton £1125; Garrarie £1120; Trowdale £1070; Ken
mure, Kirkcowan £940; Potterland £905; Corra £900;
Culdoach £840; High Borgue £815
Blonde Bullocks
Maryfield £805
British Blue
Flathill £1220; Auchenleck £1100
Charolais Bullocks
Kenmure, Kirkcowan £1100; Trowdale £1070; Killochy
£1050; Corra £1045; Meikle Kirkland £985; Cotland £910;
Knocksheen £890; Craigton £845; Upper Barr £840
Aberdeen Angus Bullocks
Disdow £1290; Trowdale £1120; Balcraig Moor £1110;
Slatehouse £1060; Auchenleck £1015
Continental Bullocks
Ross £1120
Aberdeen Angus Heifers
Garrarie £975; Balcraig Moor £840; Trowdale £830; Corra £790; Culdoach £755
Charolais Heifers
Castlehill £1150; Craigton £930; Burnfoot £880; Ken
mure, Kirkcowan £870; Trowdale £870
Limousin Heifers
Disdow £1280; Castlehill £1095; Fagra £1055; Tregal
lon £940; Balcraig Moor £930
Simmental Heifers
Castlehill £950; Trowdale £900; Craigton £860; Potterland £725
Luing Heifers
Burnfoot £860
South Devon Heifers
Garrarie £940
TUESDAY 18THFEBRUARY 2014
WEEKLY PRIMESTOCK SALE
Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited had forward 1142 prime and cast sheep at their weekly sale. A smaller
show of 719 prime hoggs sold to average 191.7p. Best in spec hoggs in demand with an SQQ of 195.9p, however
heavy lambs diluting the average with plenty 48-60kgs forward. Top per kilo of 217.3p for Beltexs from
Torhousekie, followed at 214p for Texels from LowerArdmannoch. Top per head of £93 for heavy Texels from
Craigley.
The 423 cast ewes and rams saw all classes sharperexcept fat Mules. Top per head of £118 for Suffolk
Tups from
High Glasnick. Texel ewes sold to £96 from Torhousekie, Mules to £65 from High Glasnick and Blackies to £60
from Mains of Larg.
Light 32.1 – 39 kg
Average: 194.3p per kilo Top Price: 210p per kilo
Blackface
Eriff Estate £77.80; Little Larg £74; Culdoach £68.
50
Lleyn
Burnside Cottage £69.50; Fellend £67
Texel
West Barmoffity £80; Fellend £77; Galtway £74.50; B
arnbackle £73; Dallowie £71.50
Medium 39.1 – 45.5 kg
Average: 197p per kilo Top Price: 217.3p per kilo
Lleyn
Fellend £79.20
Cheviot
Halket Leaths £87; Edingham £83
Charollais
Old School House £88
Crossbred
Fellend £79.50; Culdoach £76.50; Arvie £72
Suffolk
Old School House £87.50; Fellend £84; Redcroft £80.
50; Galtway £80
Texel
Lower Ardmannoch £90; Torhousekie £87.50; West Barm
offity £87; Old School House £86; West Linkens £85;
Galtway £84.50; Upper Ardmannoch £84
Beltex
Torhousekie £88
Heavy 45.6 – 52 kg
Average: 177.9p per kilo Top Price: 188p per kilo
Lleyn
Fellend £85.50; Galtway £85
Cheviot
Edingham £86.50
Crossbred
Mains of Larg £81.50
Suffolk
Craigley £90; Galtway £89; Balannan £89; Fellend £8
9; Barbershall £88; Redcroft £88; Fellend £87
Texel
Lagganorie £88.20; West Linkens £87.50; Little Park
£86.50; Barbershall £84.20; Redcroft £84; Eriff Es
tate £83.50
CAST EWES & RAMS
Blackface Ewes
Mains of Larg £60; Culdoach £59; Little Larg £58.50
; Craigview £57.50; High Glasnick £54.50; Falbae £5
4;
Castlehill £54; Finniness £52.50
Bluefaced Leicester Ewes
Culdoach £77; Hannaston £76
Lleyn Ewes
Fellend £64.50; Grange £61.50
Cheviot Ewes
Midtown £78
Zwartble Ewes
Smiddy Bungalow £70
Crossbred Ewes
High Glasnick £65; Boreland of Girthon £64.50; Craigley £64; Galtway £64; Midtown £63; Grange £62.50;
Byrecroft £62; Trowdale £62; Torhousekie £62
Suffolk Ewes
Galtway £85
Texel Ewes
Torhousekie £96; Byrecroft £91; Hannaston £88; Trow
dale £86
Blackface Rams
Hannaston £80
Bluefaced Leicester Rams
Knocksheen £90; Mains of Larg £85
Charollais Rams
Hannaston £78
Suffolk Rams
High Glasnick £118
Texel Rams
Hannaston £76
MONDAY 3
RD
MARCH
SALE OF OTM CATTLE at 10 a.m.
SALE OF 600 STORE CATTLE at 11 a.m.
Entries Close Thursday 27
th
February at 10 a.m.
MONDAY 17
TH
MARCH
SALE OF OTM CATTLE at 10 a.m.
SALE OF 600 STORE CATTLE at 11 a.m.
Entries Close Thursday 13
th
March at 10 a.m.
FOR SALE PRIVATELY
40 MULE HOGGS – Scanned In-Lamb
Contact Andrew Gold: 07876 204454
TO LET PRIVATELY
65 acres of grazing /cutting land at Kirkcolm
Full details from R. Anderson 07803 395331
