WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED
MONDAY 18th JULY 2016
STORE CATTLE AND OTM CATTLE
Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited held their fortnightly sale of Store and OTM Cattle on Monday 18th July 2016 when all classes met a strong demand.
A small selection of store cattle were a plainer quality show than the previous sale selling to a top price of £1020 for Simmental bullocks and £1000 for Simmental heifers, all from R G Dunlop, Cannee. Top price per kg for bullocks was 240.4p paid to DR W J Locke, Park of Tongland for Limousin crosses whilst Simmental heifers from the same home topped their section at 209p per kg. Overall averages levelled at 203.6p for bullocks and 200.2p for heifers.
OTM cattle were once again easily cashed topping at £1120.54 for a Luing from Arbigland Farms. Next up at £1012.69 was a Hereford cross from Moss-side. Overall average was 125.1p per kg or £755.69.
Steers
Hereford
Auchtralure £915
Limousin
Park of Tongland £875
Simmental
Cannee £1020
Heifers
Limousin
Park of Tongland £720
Simmental
Cannee £1000
OTM
Heifers
Arbigland £1120; Palmallet £1054
Cows
Moss-side £1012; Arbigland £1002; Cotland £929; Cogarth £848
WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED
TUESDAY 19 JULY 2016
WEEKLY PRIMESTOCK SALE
Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited held their weekly sale of prime and cast sheep on Tuesday 19th July when they sold 990 lambs and 291 ewes.
Prime lamb trade, whilst back on the week, was still 38.5p per kg ahead of the same week last year. Topping the sale at 230.5p were a pen of Texel lambs from Michelle MacTaggart, Dunjop and selling to local butchers Ballards, King Street, Castle Douglas. Top price per head of £96 was paid to T M Struthers & Son, High Currochtrie, Drummore. Overall sale average levelled at 187.3p or 188.4p for the SQQ. Average price per head was £77.64 with an average weight of 41.2kg.
Cast ewes sold dearer on the week to top at £89 for a pen of Texel crosses from Mossyard. Blackface ewes sold to £57.50 off Whitepark Drive. Leicesters sold to £86 off Mossyard; Lleyns sold to £68 of Auchenbanzie; Cheviots sold to £71.50 off Meikle Kirkland and Scotch Mules sold to £69.50 off Kenmure, Kirkcowan. Ewes averaged £53.95.
94 32.1 – 39 Average 187.45p Top 212.8p
Beltex
Gelston Castle £83
Texel
Breckoniehill £80; Barlauchlan £77; Cullinaw £74; Carton Croft £67
784 39.1 – 45.5 Average 188.48p Top 230.5p
Texel
Dunjop £94.50; Castlehill £82.50; Breckoniehill £82;
Suffolk
High Currochtrie £84.50; Castlehill £80.50
Greyface
Boreland of Girthon £70; Culdoach £68
Beltex
Gelston Castle £89, £86; Meiklewood £83.50; Clonhie £81
109 45.6 – 52 Average 180.31p Top 199.0p
Suffolk
High Currochtrie £93; Barstibly £90;
Texel
High Currochtrie £96; Longacre Road £94.50; Barnboard £93.50;
Ewes
Texel
Mossyard £89;
Greyface
Kenmure £69.50; Meikle Kirkland £69
BFL
Mossyard £86
Blackface
Whitepark Drive £57.50; Cullinaw £56; Culdoach £55.50
