WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED
MONDAY 11TH FEBRUARY 2019
OTM AND STORE CATTLE
STORE HOGGS
Wallets Marts Castle Douglas sold 105 Store Cattle, 25 OTM Cattle and 1353 Store and Breeding Sheep at their fortnightly sale on Monday 11th February 2019.
Store Cattle met a good demand and looked dearer than the previous sale with numbers falling short of buyers requirements. Topping the sale at £1335 were a pen of Limousin bullocks from Messrs T Robb, Trolane, Dalry. Top price per kg for bullocks was 223.4 paid to H Templeton, Old Land for Limousin crosses. Heifers topped at £1290 for Limousin crosses from Trolane and 227p per kg for another pen of Limousin crosses from Trolane. Overall sale averages were 201p per kg for bullocks and 193.4p per kg for heifers.
OTM Cattle were also dearer on the week topping at 138p for a Limousin cow from H & N Armstrong, Farhills and to £922.88 for a Limousin X from Upper Hardland. Sale average was 108.4p per kg.
Bullocks
Aberdeen Angus
£940 Slatehouse; £815 Moss-side
Saler
£860, £810 Lochurr
Limousin
£1335 Trolane; £1060 Flathill; £1005 Hightae
Simmental
£960, £870 High Park; £810 Lochurr
British Blue
£1280 Trolane
Charolais
£1055 Knocksheen; £945 High Park
Heifers
Angus
£855 Balgerran
Limousin
£1180 Trolane
Simmetal
£1290 Trolane; £1230 Potterland; £1075 Disdow
British Blue
£925 High Park
Charolais
£1145, £1085 Disdow; £1000 Cotland
OTM
£922 (x2) Upper Hardland; £911, £851 Graplin Farms; £885 Lower Ardmannoch; £883 Muncraig; £801 Castlehill; £800 Farhills
1383 store and breeding sheep were forward and sold to a large ringside of bidders. Breeding sheep sold to £96 for Scotch Mule Gimmers from Messrs Henderson, Stewarton. Blackface ewes sold to £70 for Blackface ewes from Lowes Farming, Corsock
1211 store hoggs were a flying trade topping at £86 for Texels from Messrs Shaw, Killochy, Balmaclellan.
Due to high demand there will be a further sale in a fortnight on the 25th February – entries are readily invited.
Texel
£86, £85.50; £80 Killochy; £83.50 Rusko Farms; £81 10 Midtown
Suffolk
£84 Straith; £82.50 Backfell; £81 Copelaw
Greyface
£75 Backfell; £75 Rusko Farms
Cheviot
£69(x2), £67 Irelandton
Lleyn
£74 Glenbarr Farms; £71.50, £69.50 Auchenbaizie
Blackface
£68 Auchenbrack Estate; £63 Rusko Farms; £60 Copelaw
Beltex
£83 Copelaw
WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED
TUESDAY 12TH FEBRUARY 2019
WEEKLY PRIMESTOCK SALE
Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited on Tuesday 12th February 2019 had forward 1921 prime and cast sheep.
1438 prime hoggs sold to average 188.78 SQQ (194.66). Hoggs again a steady trade, lightweights would look sharper on the week. Top today was £107 for export weight Beltex hoggs from Craigview, Springholm, top per kg was 258.31 for an outstanding pen of Beltex from Torhousekie, Wigtown.
A larger show of 375 Blackface hoggets sold to £83 for heavies from Barlure Farms, New Luce with a lightweight pen selling to 205.7 also from Barlure Farms, New Luce.
A Larger show of 483 cast sheep would see Texel ewes sharper and lean ewes with best Blackface and Scotch Mules similar, top was £115.50 for Beltex from Torhousekie, Mules sold to £69.50 from Galtway, Blackface sold to £56.50 x 2 firstly from Kenmure, Dunscore then from Knocksheen.
Leading hoggs per head
42 25.5 – 32 Average 183.56 Top 190.6
Blackface
£61 Holm of Dalquairn; £58 Cullinaw; £57 Garroch Est
Lleyn
£61 Nether Laggan
344 32.1 – 39 Average 196.13 Top 202.6
Texel
£76, £75.50 Irelandton; £73.50 Galtway
Cheviot
£74.50 Irelandton
Blackface
£75 Culdoach; £73, £72 Barlure; £71.50 Shirmers; £71 Garroch Est
603 39.1 – 45.5 Average 194.48 Top 258.1
Beltex
£107, £98, £96 Craigview; £104, £96 Torhousekie; £92 East Barmoffity
Texel
£94, £86 Craigview; £88.50 Midtown; £83.50 Edingham; £83 Newton; £83 Irelandton
Suffolk
£83 Galtway; £78.50 Halket Leaths
Cheviot
£79 Halket Leaths; £78 Craigview
Greyface
£78.50 Shirmers;
Lleyn
£77 Garrarie; £78 Auchencheyne
Blackface
£79.50, £79 Barlure; £77 Hannaston
420 45.6 – 52 Average 178.9 Top 190.5
Texel
£93 Edingham; £92.50, £90.50 Kenmure, Dunscore; £92, £91.50 Midtown; £92 Torhousekie
Suffolk
£92.50 Galtway; £89 Lower Ardmannoch
Charollais
£91 Park of Tongland
Cheviot
£87 Halket Leaths
Blackface
£83 Barlure
29 52+ Average 171.81 Top 174
Texel
£95 Park of Tongland; £93 Muil; £91.50 Old Schoolhouse
Cast Sheep
EWES
Beltex
£115.50 Torhousekie
Texel
£105.50 Shennanton; £98.50 Galtway; £93.50 Kenmure; £83.50 Shennanton
Suffolk
£83.50 Shennanton
Greyface
£69.50 Galtway; £67.580 Torhousekie; £64.50 Kenmure;
Lleyn
£56.50 Auchenbainzie
Blackface
£56.50 Kenmure; £56.50 Knocksheen; £54.50 Muil; £52.50 Barlure; £52.50 Shirmers; £52.50 High Barcaple
Tups
BFL
£83.50 Culdoach;
Suffolk
£66.50 Meikle Cloak
Blackface
£49.50 Culdoach
