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DGWGO Weekly Wallets Marts Report

WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED

TUESDAY 24TH JANUARY 2017

WEEKLY PRIMESTOCK SALE

 

 

 

Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited on Tuesday 24th January 2017 had forward 1601 Prime hoggets and 281 cast sheep.

 

1601 Prime hoggets sold to average 156.5 (SQQ 157.32).  This average included 759 Blackface hoggets and 865 hoggs under 39kgs, with this class of hogg being harder to sell on the week.  Heavyweight exports hoggs were in short supply and readily sold; with heavy hoggs similar to last week with overfat hoggs 42-45kgs still difficult to sell.

 

Topping today, both per head and per kilo was export hoggs firstly Texels scaling 38.8kgs at 206.2 or £80 from Douganhill Farms, Castle Douglas and secondly also for export Texels from Messrs Gray, Eastfield, Symington also at £80.

 

Cast sheep sold to a top of £113 for a Suffolk Ram from Carsewalloch.  Ewes to £77 for Texels from Mull of Galloway with Greyface to £61 and Blackface to £47.

 

 

255         25.5-32                 Average 141.61                 Top 153.1

 

Blackface

£49 Balgerran; £47.50 Burnfoot, £46.50 Glenlee; £44.50 Irelandton

 

610         32.1-39                 Average 153.66                 Top 206.2

 

Texel

£80 Douganhill; £70 Burnfoot; £65 Mill of Plunton

 

Suffolk

£67.50 Galtway; £65 Mill of Plunton

 

Cheviot

£65.80, £60 Douganhill

 

Greyface

£60 Knocksheen; £57 Brockloch; £55 Arvie

 

Blackface

£57.80, £56 Irelandton; £57 Laghead; £57 Balgerran; £56.80 Knocksheen; £56.20 Little Larg; £54.50 Falbae

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

517         39.1-45.5                              Average 167.46                 Top 188.9

 

Beltex

£80 Eastfield, Symington; £77.50 Midtown

 

Texel

£76, £75, £74 Poldean; £76, £74.50 Eastfield, Symington; £72.50 Little Park; £71.50 Mill of Plunton; £71 Boreland of Girthon

 

 

Suffolk

£68 Boreland of Girthon; £67.50 Castlehill; £67.50 Galtway

 

Charolais

£69 Little Fenwick

 

Cheviot

£68 Ernespie

 

Blackface

£68.50 Balgerran; £66 Laghead; £64.50 Irelandton; £64 Little Larg

 

244         45.6 – 52                              Average 154.8                   Top 162

 

Texel

£79 Meikle Cloak; £79 Dairy House; £78 Burnfoot; £77 Nethertown, Dunscore; £76, £75 Townhead of Greenlaw

 

Suffolk

£78.80 Lower Ardmannoch; £77.50, £77, £76.20 Townhead of Greenlaw; £76 Carsewalloch

 

Cheviot

£77.50, £76 Douganhill

 

16           52+                                         Average 142      

 

Suffolk

£75 Galtway

 

Ewes

 

Greyface

£61 Auchenleck; £60.50 Irelandton; £60 Mull of Galloway; £59.50 Mossyard

 

 

Cheviot

£60.50 Irelandton;

 

Texel

£77, £70 Mull of Galloway; £73 Carsewalloch

 

Lleyn

£65 Barwhanny

 

BFL

£70.50 Mossyard

 

Blackface

£47, £42.50 Mossyard; £40.50 Auchenleck

 

 

Rams

 

Suffolk

£113 Carsewalloch; £93 Mull of Galloway

 

Cheviot

£75 Irelandton

 

Charolais

£74 Langbarns

 

Lleyn

£89 Dairy House

 

Blackface

£54.50 Burnfoot

 

 

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