C&D Auction Marts Limited sold 2,716 prime lambs at Longtown on Thursday. Top prices were £100 per head and 250p/kg for Beltex lambs. The prime lambs averaged 182p/kg overall.
There were also 5,722 cast ewes & rams at the sale which averaged £73 overall. 471 heavy ewes sold at over £100 per head and to a top of £164 for a single Texel. Lighter hill ewes sold to £74 for Cheviots.
Harrison & Hetherington Ltd sold 31 prime heifers in St Boswells yesterday to a top of 235p and an average of 217p (n/c), while 17 prime bullocks peaked at 229p and levelled at 207p (n/c).
In the rough ring 25 cast cows sold to £1262 and 161p to average 136p (+2p).
There were also 1589 prime lambs that sold to £106 and 201p for Texels to average 175p (-10p).
In the cast sheep section 603 ewes averaged £63 overall. Heavy ewes sold to £130 for Texels and averaged £81, while light ewes peaked at £71 for Blackfaces and levelled at £53.
The firm also sold 29 prime heifers in Carlisle yesterday to a top of 240p/kg and an average of 203p (-2p), while 22 prime, beef-bred bullocks peaked at 223p and levelled at 201p (+3p). Fifty one prime, beef-bred bulls sold to 204p and averaged 141p (+8 p), while 20 prime, dairy-bred bulls peaked at 155p and levelled at 141p (+10p). In the rough ring 119 cast dairy cows sold to 138p and averaged 100p (n/c), while 103 cast beef cows peaked at 170p and levelled at 133p (+3p). Four cast bulls sold to 128p to average 112p (-15p).
There were also 1610 prime lambs that sold to £104 and 247p to average 181p (-8p).
In the cast sheep ring this week 354 heavy ewes sold to £120 for Texels and averaged £79 (-£2) while 68 light ewes peaked at £79 for Swales and levelled at £48 (-£2).
C & D Auction Marts Ltd had 144 store Cattle forward at their fortnightly sale in Dumfries yesterday. Bullocks sold to £1000 and 214p/kg, while heifers peaked at £970 and 215p. Bulls were up to £970 and 214p.
Messrs Craig Wilson Ltd sold 1671 prime lambs at Ayr yesterday to a top of £95 on two separate occasions, firstly for a strong single Charolais cross and then later for a pen of 3 heavy Suffolks. Top price per kilo was for a pair of Texels that sold for 191p. Prime lambs averaged 174p overall (-8p)
The 691 cast ewes and rams forward were a larger show and harder to cash this week. Heavy ewes sold to £97 for a Beltex, while lighter/export-type ewes peaked at £56 for Blackface.
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