Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited held their weekly sale of 450 Prime and Cast sheep on Tuesday 17th May 2016.
55 Prime lambs sold to average 193.29 following on from yesterday’s trade which declined as the day went on.
Top today was £92 for a pen of heavyweights from Messrs Barr Meikle Kikrland, Crocketford. Top price per kilo was 194.8 for a pen of suffolks from Messrs Keaning, Demperston, Auldgirth.
Other leading prices
Suffolks
£88 Castlehill
Texel
£87.50 Meikle Kirkland; £86 High Borgue
Hoggs sold to £84 for Texels from Hannaston.
Other leading prices
Texel
£83, £82 Hill of Balmaclellan; £77 Bogue;
Blackface
£73 Hannaston
Cheviot
£70 Ernespie
Greyface
£77 Hill
A lesser show of ewes sold slightly cheaper.
Leading Prices
Texels
£85.50 Cannee; £82.50 Ingleston; £80 Hannaston
Suffolk
£83 Cannee
Halfbred
£77, £76 Carton Croft
Greyface
£78, £77, £76 Demperston; £72 Carleton Farms
Cheviot
£79 Cannee
Blackface
£74 Hannaston; £67.50 Demperston; £66.50 Walton Park; £65 Hannaston; £64 Castlehill
