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LAMB TRADE FIRMER AT WALLETS MARTS 2/8/16

WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED

TUESDAY 2 AUGUST 2016

WEEKLY PRIMESTOCK SALE

 

 

 

Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited held their weekly sale of 990 Prime lambs and 299 Cast sheep on Tuesday 2nd August 2016.

 

990 lambs sold to average 183.14ppkg. Lambs would be slightly firmer on the week with well fleshed lambs being the most sought after.

 

Top price per head today was for a pen of heavy Texels from Messrs Hutton, Bardarroch at £93.50.  Top price per kilo was 214.3p for Texels from Messrs McKerlie, Lochdow.

 

299 Cast Sheep were again a firm trade with a good show of Blackface Ewes selling to £63 x 2 from Boyach and then Wellhill.  Ewes topped at £117 for Texels from Denty.

 

90           32.1 – 39                              Average 179.4p                 Top 195.9p

 

Beltex

£76 Breckoniehill

 

Texel

£70 Wellhill

 

Charollais

£70 Little Fenwick

 

740         39.1 – 45.5                           Average 183.57p                              Top 214.3p

 

Beltex

£90 Romesbeoch; £81.80, £81 Lennox Plunton

 

Texel

£90 Lochdow; £86.50 Low Arkland; £84.50 High Borgue; £83.50 Low Arklan d; £83 Castlegower; £82.80 Byrecroft

 

Suffolk

£83.50 Balannan; £76.50 Castlehill; £76 Barlocco; £76 Culnaightrie

 

Greyface

£74 Culdoach; £73.20 Castlegower; £71 Shirmers

 

 

 

160         45.6 – 52                              Average 183.07p                              Top 188.8p

 

Suffolk

£93 Culnaightrie; £90 Townhead; £87 Blair; £87 Bardarroch

 

Texel

£93.50 Bardarroch; £92.50 Wellhill; £92 Lennox Plunton; £92 Barlocco; £90.50 Byrecroft; £90.50 Slatehouse

 

Ewes

 

Texel

£117 Denty; £93 Eastlands; £90 Denty; £89 Blair; £89, £88 Lennox Plunton

 

Greyface

£79 Meiklewood; £75.50 Shirmers; £74 Eastlands; £72.50 Kilgara

 

BFL

£79 Arndarroch

 

Blackface

£63 Boyach; £63 Wellhill; £61 Boyach; £60 Eastlands; £60 Arndarroch

 

Rams

 

Texel

£113 Denty; £104, £93 South Quintenespie

 

Lleyn

£90 Poldean

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