WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED
MONDAY 15th AUGUST 2016
STORE CATTLE, OTM CATTLE
Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited held their fortnightly sale of 100 OTM and Store Cattle on Monday 15th August 2016. A small show of store cattle was presented to a strong ringside of bidders. With numbers falling well short of buyers requirements trade for all classes well exceeded sellers expectations. Bullocks topped at £1165 for a pair of Aberdeen Angus crosses from Messrs Robb, Trolane, Dalry. Next up at £1105 was a Limousin bullock from Auchenfad, Auchencairn. Top price per kg in the bullock section was 233.2p paid to Lochside Ltd for a pen of Charolais crosses. Topping the heifer section at £1000 was a pair of Limousin crosses again from Trolane. Top price per kg for heifers was 241.3p for Charolais crosses from Lochside. Overall averages saw the bullocks level at 207.4p per kg whilst the heifers averaged 222.1p per kg.
In the OTM ring a plainer show of cows met a real demand topping at 140p per kg for a Limousin of Gatehouse Farm. Top price per head was £1144 for an Aberdeen Angus cross from A Craig & Co, Compstonend. Four cast bulls sold to 114p for a Limousin from Gatehouse Farm and to £1058.40 for a Luing from Muncraig. Overall average levelled at 114.63p or £695.45 per head.
Steers
Aberdeen Angus
Trolane £1165
Limousin
Trolane £1095
British Blue
Beoch £1085
Charolais
Auchenfad £1105
Heifers
Aberdeen Angus
Hill of Balmaghie £850
Limousin
Trolane £1000
Luing
Muncraig £745
Charolais
Hill of Balmaghie £945
OTM
Cows
Compstonend £1144;
Bulls
Muncraig £1058
WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED
TUESDAY 16 AUGUST 2016
WEEKLY PRIMESTOCK SALE
Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited held their weekly sale of 1328 Prime lambs and 540 Cast sheep on Tuesday 16th August 2016.
1328 prime lambs sold to average 179.74p. Heavy lambs, 45kgs plus were in most demand today.
Top today was £100 for heavyweight Suffolks from Messrs McKinnel, Garrarie, Whithorn. Top pen per kilo was for a pen of Beltex lambs at 212.5p from Gelston Castle Farms.
Today it was noticed wet grass coming through the lambs – can all vendors where possible please ensure that lambs are clean and tidy upon arriving.
540 cast sheep would be cheaper on the week especially overfat ewes. Top today was
£119 for a pen of texel ewes from Douganhill Farms. Blackface ewes sold to £52.50 from Mossyard.
104 32.1 – 39 Average 180.81p Top 205.1p
Beltex
£80 Gelston Castle
Texel
£70 Lochside; £69 Margrie; £67 Wellhill
Cheviot
£67 Blackcraig, Borgue
1025 39.1 – 45.5 Average 178.85p Top 212.5p
Suffolk
£86.20 Bettyknowes; £85.20, £84 Boreland of Parton; £83.20 Potterland; £80 Bardarroch; £80 Potterland
Texel
£85.20 Boreland of Parton; £85 Bettyknowes; £85 Potterland; £80.50 Cannee; £80 Upper Hardland
Beltex
£85, £80 Gelston Castle; £84 Meiklewood; £83.50 Carsewalloch
Cheviot
£78.80 Blackcraig, Borgue
Greyface
£71.20 Nether Barr; £69.80 Upper Hardland; £68 Mossyard; £68 Arndarroch; £67 Shirmers
198 45.6 – 52 Average 183.42p Top 201.1p
Suffolk
£97 Bettyknowes; £94.50 Boreland of Parton; £93.50 Bardarroch; £93 Blackpark; £90.50 Palmallet
Texel
£96.50 Edgarton; £93.80 Killochy; £93.50 Loch House; £93.50 Bettyknowes; £92.80 Bardarroch; £92.50 Potterland; £92.50 Townhead
52+
Suffolk
£100 Cannee
Texel
£96, £94.50 Meikle Tongue
Ewes
Texel
£119 Douganhill; £112, £105 Gelston Castle
Texel X
97 Gelston Castle; £97 Cogarth; £92 Meikle Kirkland
Suffolk X
£88 Gelston Castle; £86 Meikle Kirkland
Greyface
£71 Lagganorie; £69.50 Meikle Tongue; £68 Grange; £68 Wellhill; £67 Meikle Kirkland
Cheviot Mule
£73.50 Cogarth; £72.50 Douganhill; £72 Gelston Castle; £67.50 Cogarth; £67 Meikle Kirkland
Lleyn
£68 Garrarie; £63 Auchenbainzie
Blackface
£52.50 Mossyard; £49.50 Crofts; £48 High Creoch; £46.50 Cullinaw
