WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED
MONDAY 7th SEPTEMBER 2019
OTM & STORE CATTLE
Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited on Monday 7th October 2019 had forward 1589 store lambs, 111 OTM and store cattle and 59 cows and heifers with calves.
Top in the Autumn sale of breeding cattle was £2100 for and outstanding Limousin heifer and Limousin bull calf from Messrs Fingland, Garmartin. Messrs Fisher, Flathill top was £2020 for a British Blue Heifer with bull calf, all classes were readily bid for with the trade pleasing for the sellers and some buyers leaving empty handed.
Store cattle topper at £1265 for a Limousin bullock from Messrs Robb, Trolane with the heifers from the same home selling to £1190. OTM’s sold to £1071.36 for an Aberdeen Angus from Trolane with Stabilisers selling to 142pkg from Congeith.
1589 store lambs were again a flyer and well short of requirements with more needed in a fortnight to satisfy the demand. Top was an outstanding pen of Texel lambs at £68 from Messrs Peacock, Tower, Dalry.
STORES
Bullocks
Angus
£940, £865 Graplin
Limousin
£1265, £1050 Trolane
British Blue
£1190 Trolane
Heifers
Angus
£1190 Trolane
Simmental
£815 Park of Tongland; £800 Victoria House
Blonde
£785 Victoria House
British Blue
£850 Auchenleck
OTM
Cows
Angus
£1071 Trolane; £1037.16 Mill of Plunton; £872.96 Culnaightrie
Holstein
£961 West Balsalloch
Continental
£884.37, £825.60, £791.12 Congeith
Simmential
£930, £852.17 Congeith; £835.52 Culnaightrie
Breeding Cattle
Heifers with bull calves at foot
£2100, £2000, £1720 Garmatin; £2020, £1750 (x2), £1700 (x3) Flathill; £1880 Derrie
Heifers with heifer calves at foot
£1950, £1820, £1800 Garmartin; £1880, £1800 Flathill
TUESDAY 8TH OCTOBER 2019
WEEKLY PRIMESTOCK SALE
Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited on Tuesday 8th October 2019 had forward 1760 prime and cast sheep.
1430 prime lambs were again a sound trade, if anything slightly sharper on the week especially for export weight lambs. Best bred lambs sold to 209.3 and £90 from Messrs Brown, Boyach, Isle of Whithorn, with heavies selling to £92 for a nailer of a Beltex from Messrs McCubbin, Kenmure, Dunscore.
330 cast ewes sold to a similar trade, topping at £95.50 for Texels from Farhills.
With the current spell of adverse weather we would suggest that tails are clipped out and lambs presented as clean as possible to avoid the commencement of clipping.
Lambs
113 32.1-39 Average 159.5 Top 170.30
Texel
£65 Kirkland View; £64 Dornells Est; £63 Ryes
1703 Ryes; 166.7 Kirkland View; 164.1 Dornells Est
776 39.1 – 45.5 Average 170.88 Top 209.3
Texel
£90, £81.50 Boyach; £83.50 Killochy; £81 Brochloch; £81 Polquhairn; £80.50 Upper Hardland; £80.50 Balgerran; £80.50 Barnbackle
209.3, 198.8 Boyach; 194.2 Killochy; 189.4 Barnbackle; 187.1 Ryes; 186 Balgerran
Beltex
£81 Dornells Est; £80 Upper Hardland; £80 Mid Threave
202.5 Dornells Est; 187.4 Upper Hardland; 186 Mid Threave
Suffolk
£74 Garrarie; £72 Breconside; £70.50 Barbershall
168.2 Garrarie; 167.1, 166.7 Breconside
Greyface
£72 Castlegower; £71.50 Castlehill, £69.50 Achie; £69 Garheugh; £69.50 Shirmers; £68 Garroch Est
164.3 Garheugh; 160 Kirkland View; 159.6 Castlehill; 159.4 Shirmers; 158.9 Castlgower; 158.7 Achie
Roussin
£75 Farhills
180.7 Farhills
474 45.6 -52 Average 160.77 Top 180.4
Texel
£85 Muircleugh; £83 Loch House; £82 barnbackle; £81 East Altercannoch; £80 Kenmure, Dunscore; £80 Balgerran
172.9 Boyach; 170 Muircleugh; 168.5 Auchenleck; 168.1 Killochy; 167.8 Little Culmain
Suffolk
£82.50 Mid Threave; £82 £80 Redcroft; £80 Auchenleck; £78 Garrarie
163.3 Redcroft; 162.5 Garrarrie; 162.4 Auchenleck; 161.7 Garroch Estate
67 52+ Average 156.08 Top 164.4
Texel
£83.50 Douganhill; £82 Mid Threave; £80; £80 Balgerran
Cast Sheep
EWES
Texel
£95.50, £84.50 Farhills; £97.50 Little Culmain; £87.50, £82.50 Kelloside
Suffolk
£85.50 Kenmure, Dunscore
BFL
£80.50 South Quintinespie
Cheviot Mule
£67.50, £58.50 Boreland of Parton
Greyface
£60 Boyach; £59.50 Little Culmain; £58.50 Kelloside; £57.50 Barbershall; £57.50 Ashfield; £57.50 Polquhairn
RAMS
Zwartable
£85.50 Smiddy Bungalow
RETIRAL / LEAVING COLLECTIONS
In the near future we will have 2 departures from the firm after a combined total of 80+ years service.
Robert Thomson (Rab) will retire from the firm on the 31st October 2019.
Robin B Anderson, Managing Director will be taking up a new post as
Head of Livestock with Aberdeen & Northern Marts.
Robin will leave the company on the 15th November 2019.
Anyone wishing to donate to either of the above collections are welcome to do by hand or by post to;
Wallets Marts CD Ltd. F.A.O Andrew Watson, New Market Street, Castle Douglas, DG7 1HY
