The
Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart had forward 3,836 store
hoggs and breeding sheep at their sale at Longtown on Tuesday
18th January, 2011.
Store hoggs again at extreme rates to a top of £80
for Beltex from Haswellsykes; Texel £79.50, £78 Mid
Murthat, £77.50
Gibstown, £77 Routin Lynn and Heatherwick; Half Bred £76.50
Adderston Shields; Suffolk £76.50 Whitstonehill, £70.50
Linton House, £70 Haswellsyke; North Country Cheviot £75
Adderston Shields; Cheviot Mule £75 Mid Murthat; Hampshire £68.50
Riggheads; Charollais £68 Haithwaite; Greyface £66.50
Ridley Stokoe, £65.50 Kilncroft, £64.20 Haithwaite;
Lleyn £66 Chipknowe; Blackface £66 Edges Green, £61
Lamperts, £60 Plenderleith; Kendal Rough £50.50 Park;
Swaledale £50 Keilder Head.
Cast ewes and rams (561) were
a great trade. Rams to £86
for Lleyns from Linton House; Leicester £81 Duchrae; Cheviot £71
Eldinhope; Blackface £70 Ridley Stokoe; Suffolk £64
Thornborough. Ewes to £80 for Texels from Mid Murthat; Leicester £75.50
Ridley Stokoe; Cheviot £73 Thornborough; Suffolk £68
Thornborough; Zwartbles £68 Thornborough; Greyface £67
Thornborough; Blackface £58 Thornborough.
A small show of
breeding sheep were an excellent trade. Top price of £140
for in lamb Mule Shearlings from Rigg Heads with in lamb Mule Hoggs
to £116 and £110 from Howe Nook.
|
