Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited on Tuesday 28th November 2017 had forward 1750 Prime and Cast Sheep. 1501 lambs sold to average 175.29 (SQQ 179.95). All classes were sharper on the week again best bred lambs tremendous to sell. Top per kilo was a pen of 39kg at 269.2ppk selling to £105 from Messrs Kerr, Midtown, closely followed at 265.9ppkg selling for today’s top price of £109 were Beltex lambs from Messrs Bunting, Bridgestone. Top heavy lambs selling to £90 were Texels from Messrs Picken, Galtway. Cast sheep sold similar on the week to £108 for Texel rams from Tower, Sanquhar, with ewes selling to £95 for Texels from Byrecroft. Lambs 20 25.5-32 Average 157.9 £48 Bettyknowes 145 32.1-39 Average 176.35 Top 269.2 Texel £105 Midtown; £79 Lennox Plunton; £75 Balgerran Blackface £62 Shirmers; £60 Castlegower; £54 Bettyknowes Cheviot £60 Bettyknowes 911 39.1-45.5 Average 180.79 Top 265.9 Beltex £109 Bridgestone; £109 Whitecroft Texel £99 Romesbeoch; £97.50 Drumcoltran; £95 West Barmoffity; £92.50 Drumcruilton; £92.50 Maryfield; £91.50 Lennox Plunton; £90 Midtown; £87.50 Breckoniehill Suffolk £77, £75 Mid Threave; £75.50 Midtown; £74.50 Boreland of Parton; £74 Nether Corsock; Cheviot £74, £71.50 Bettyknowes Greyface £70, £67 Castlegower; £69.50 Boreland of Girthon; £68.50 Tower, Dalry; £68 Shirmers; £68 Upper Hardland Blackface £66 Culdoach; £63 Cullinaw 417 45.6 - 52 Average 165.4 Top 183.7 Texel £90, £85.50 Galtway; £87 Balgerran; £86 West Barmoffity; £85 Drumcoltran; £85 Midtown; £84.50 Upper Hardland; £84.50 South Quintinespie Suffolk £86, £80 Galtway; £83.50 Midtown; £80 Nether Corsock; £80, £79 Boreland of Parton Greyface £77 Culdoach; £73 Cullinaw; £72 Castlehill 49 52+ Average 157.9 Texel £86 Drumcruilton Cast Sheep Texel £95, £93, £89 Byrecroft; £85 Ring of Barfad Greyface £75.50 Valleyfield; £75.50 Byrecroft; £75 Bardarroch; £69.50 Tower, Sanquhar Lleyn £72, £69 Barwhanny; Blackface £57 Auchenleck; £49.50 Tower Tups Texel £108, £106 Tower, Sanquhar Suffolk £100 Castlehill Blackface £81 Culdoach

WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED TUESDAY 28TH NOVEMBER 2017 WEEKLY PRIMESTOCK SALE Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited on Tuesday 28th November 2017 had forward 1750 Prime and Cast Sheep. 1501 lambs sold to average 175.29 (SQQ 179.95). All classes were sharper on the week again best bred lambs tremendous to sell. Top per kilo was a pen of 39kg at 269.2ppk selling to £105 from Messrs Kerr, Midtown, closely followed at 265.9ppkg selling for today’s top price of £109 were Beltex lambs from Messrs Bunting, Bridgestone. Top heavy lambs selling to £90 were Texels from Messrs Picken, Galtway. Cast sheep sold similar on the week to £108 for Texel rams from Tower, Sanquhar, with ewes selling to £95 for Texels from Byrecroft. Lambs 20 25.5-32 Average 157.9 £48 Bettyknowes 145 32.1-39 Average 176.35 Top 269.2 Texel £105 Midtown; £79 Lennox Plunton; £75 Balgerran Blackface £62 Shirmers; £60 Castlegower; £54 Bettyknowes Cheviot £60 Bettyknowes 911 39.1-45.5 Average 180.79 Top 265.9 Beltex £109 Bridgestone; £109 Whitecroft Texel £99 Romesbeoch; £97.50 Drumcoltran; £95 West Barmoffity; £92.50 Drumcruilton; £92.50 Maryfield; £91.50 Lennox Plunton; £90 Midtown; £87.50 Breckoniehill Suffolk £77, £75 Mid Threave; £75.50 Midtown; £74.50 Boreland of Parton; £74 Nether Corsock; Cheviot £74, £71.50 Bettyknowes Greyface £70, £67 Castlegower; £69.50 Boreland of Girthon; £68.50 Tower, Dalry; £68 Shirmers; £68 Upper Hardland Blackface £66 Culdoach; £63 Cullinaw 417 45.6 - 52 Average 165.4 Top 183.7 Texel £90, £85.50 Galtway; £87 Balgerran; £86 West Barmoffity; £85 Drumcoltran; £85 Midtown; £84.50 Upper Hardland; £84.50 South Quintinespie Suffolk £86, £80 Galtway; £83.50 Midtown; £80 Nether Corsock; £80, £79 Boreland of Parton Greyface £77 Culdoach; £73 Cullinaw; £72 Castlehill 49 52+ Average 157.9 Texel £86 Drumcruilton Cast Sheep Texel £95, £93, £89 Byrecroft; £85 Ring of Barfad Greyface £75.50 Valleyfield; £75.50 Byrecroft; £75 Bardarroch; £69.50 Tower, Sanquhar Lleyn £72, £69 Barwhanny; Blackface £57 Auchenleck; £49.50 Tower Tups Texel £108, £106 Tower, Sanquhar Suffolk £100 Castlehill Blackface £81 Culdoach

WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED TUESDAY 21ST NOVEMBER 2017 WEEKLY PRIMESTOCK SALE Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited on Tuesday 21ST November 2017 had forward 1371 Prime and Cast Sheep. 959 lambs sold to average 164 (SQQ 167.71). Top today was a pen of Beltex from Messrs Bunting, Bridgestone at £106 or 251.8ppk, followed at £100 for heavy Texels from Master A Kerr, Fagra, Dundrennan. Cast ewes were a plainer show but would look slightly sharper selling to £115 for Texel rams and £108 for Texel ewes from Townhead of Culloch. Lambs 71 32.1-39 Average 156.45 Top 166.7 Texel £65 Slatehouse Blackface £60.50, £56 Lochside; £56 Arvie 503 39.1-45.5 Average 169.06 Top 251.8 Beltex £106(x2) Bridgestone Texel £90 Glensone; £86 Drumcruilton; £80 Carleton; £77 Killochy Suffolk £71.50 Torrs; £71 Glensone Roussin £71 Tower, Dalry Cheviot £71 Irelandton Greyface £71 Culdoach; £70 Tower, Dalry; £67.50 Shirmers; £66.50 Lochside 336 45.6 - 52 Average 161.05 Top 167 Texel £83 Balgerran; £82.50 Flathill; £82 Fagra; £82 Drumcruilton; £82 Barwhanny; £81.50 Low Arkland Suffolk £83 Bardarroch Greyface £75 Culdoach 49 52+ Average 148.05 Top 172.4 Texel £100 Fagra; £90 Townhead of Culloch; £84 Bardarroch; £82.50 Low Arkland; £82 Culnaightrie Cast Sheep Texel Rams £115 Townhead of Culloch; £102 Culnaightrie Texel Ewes £108 Townhead of Culloch; £94, £89 Culnaightrie Suffolk £90 Culnaightrie BFL £83 Barlaes Greyface £73 Nether Corsock Lleyn £66.50 Barcloy Blackface £46.50 High Barcaple; £46, £41 Barlaes; £41.50 Lochurr; £39 Shirmers

Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited on Tuesday 14th November 2017 had forward 1669 prime and cast sheep. 1358 prime lambs sold to average 168.89 SQQ (171.22), all classes were slightly less on the week apart from best export lambs which continue to be exceptional to sell selling to £112 and 278.6 ppk for Beltex’s from Messrs Bunting, Bridgestone. Heavy lambs sold to £100 for Beltex from Messrs Fitzsimon, Sunnyhill. Cast ewes would be slightly sharper selling to £104 for Texel rams from Sunnyhill with ewes to £97 for Texels from Cogarth. Lambs 129 32.1-39 Average 165 Top 184 Texel £70 Shennanton; £66 South Quintinespie; £64.50 Southwick; £64 Kildarroch; £63 Ardwall 897 39.1-45.5 Average 172.76 Top 278.6 Beltex £112, £106, £100 Bridgestone; £90 Upper Hardland Texel £102, £92.50 Midtown; £89.50 Drumcruilton; £86 Byrecroft; £85 Cullinaw Suffolk £74 Castlehill; £73.50 Boreland of Parton; £73 Barbershall; £72.50 Redcroft Greyface £72.50 Culdoach; £72 Tower, Dalry; £70 Achie; £70 South Quintinespie Blackface £64 Garroch Estate 250 45.6 - 52 Average 164.91 Top 173.50 Texel £85, £84.50 x 2 Midtown; £84.50 Halket Leaths; £84.50 Longbeoch; £84 Knocksheen Suffolk £84 Longbeoch; £81 Boreland of Parton; £81 Barbershall 60 52+ Average 150.58 Top 172.4 Beltex £100 Sunnyhill Texel £85 Sunnyhill; £85 Longbeoch; £85 x 2 Low Creoch Suffolk £84 Castlehill; £84 Lower Ardmannoch; £84 Longbeoch Ewes Suffolk £93, £91 Culnaightrie Texel £97 Cogarth; £95, £89.50 Culnaightrie; £91 Upper Hardland; £90, 86 Low Creoch Blueface Leicester £94 Upper Hardland Greyface £74 Canee; £73.50 Wellhill; £71.50 Edgarton; £70 Castlegower Cheviot £72.50, £64 Kildarroch; £70.50 Cogarth Blackface £41.50 Castlegower; £40, £39.50 Finniness; £38.50 Ardoch Rams Texel £104 Sunnyhill

WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED TUESDAY 7TH NOVEMBER 2017 WEEKLY PRIMESTOCK SALE Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited on Tuesday 7th November 2017 had forward 1658 Prime and Cast Sheep. 1135 prime lambs sold to average 171.88 (SQQ 177.51). Export weight lambs would be slightly sharper with all classes similar on the week. Top today was outstanding Beltex lambs from Messrs Walker, Mindork, Kirkcowan at £111 and 277.5ppk, then at £105 or 261.2ppk for a pen of Beltex from Messrs Bunting, Bridgestone. Heavyweights to £87 for Texels from Denty, Castle Douglas. Cast sheep were a better show on the week selling slightly sharper to a top of £111 for a Texel ram from Slatehouse. Lambs 28 32.1-39 Average 204.38 Top 239.5 Beltex £91, £88.50, £85 Trowdale 647 39.1-45.5 Average 176.45 Top 277.5 Beltex £111, £94 Mindork; £105 Bridgestone; £90(x2) Torhouskie Texel £91 Lagganpark; £85 Tower, Dalry; £85 Mindork; £78.50 Southwick; £78.50 Irelandton; £78 Balgerran Suffolk £74.50 Townhead; £73 Bogue; £72.50 Mindork; £72 Smallmuir; £70 Trowdale Greyface £73 Culdoach 388 45.6 - 52 Average 166 Top 177.1 Texel £86, £85(x2) Rascarrel; £86(x2), £85 Fagra; £85.50 South Quintinespie; £84.50 Edgarton; £84.50 Flathill; £84.50 Bogue Suffolk £85 Bardarroch; £79.50 Bogue Greyface £75 Culdoach; £74.50, £73.50 Balgerran 72 52+ Average 147.74 Top 166 Texel £87 Rascarrel; £87 Denty; £87 Culdoach; £87 Balgerran; £86.50 Midtown; £86 Flathill; £85.50 Drumcruilton; £85.50 South Quintinespie; £85.50 Smallmuir Ewes Suffolk £84 Kenmure, Dunscore Texel £94, £89, £87 Drumcoltran; £92(x2) Trowdale; £89 Torhousekie Lleyn £62 Midtown; £55 Bridgestone Greyface £75.50 Kenmure; £74 Screel; £72 Culquha; £71.50 Nether Corsock Blackface £38 Kenmure; £32.50 Balgerran Rams Texel £111 Slatehouse; £103 Denty BFL £88 Burnton

OTM, STORE CATTLE & BREEDING CATTLE MONDAY 6th NOVEMBER 2017 Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited continued their fortnightly store sale on Monday 6th November 2017. Good quality types sold well whilst those showing signs of weather were harder to cash. Topping the sale at £1205 was a Hereford X Bullock from T Robb, Trolane, Dalry. Top price per kg was 233.6p paid to A Thomson & Co., Shirmers for a pen of Charolais crosses. Heifers sold to £940 for AA crosses from March & Lobban, Muncraig and to 224p for Limousin crosses from H & N Armstrong, Farhills. 37 OTM cattle were a plainer quality show but easily maintained recent high rates selling to £1070.16 for a Charolais bullock from Castlehill, with cows topping at 136p for a Limousin from Cardoness & Kings Laggan. Overall average was 108.6p per kg. Leading Prices Bullocks £1205, £1170, £1130, £1040(2) Trolane; £960 Castlehill; £900(x2) Mid Threave Heifers £940 Muncraig; £870 Shirmers; £840, £820 Cardoness & Kings Laggan; £790 Shirmers OTM Cows £834 Muncraig; £788 Ardoch; £732, £717 Ardwall; Bulls £873 Ardoch; £760 Upper Hardland Steers £1070 Castlehill

WALLETS MARTS CASTLE DOUGLAS LIMITED SATURDAY 4TH NOVEMBER 2017 26TH ANNUAL SHOW AND SALE OF SALER CATTLE Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited staged the 26th Annual Show and Sale of 243 Pedigree and Commercial Salers Breeding Cattle on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th November. This event now in its 26th year, is the pinnacle of the breeder’s year and the popularity of these excellent French bred cattle as suckler replacements is now firmly established. This sale was attended by both buyers and breeders from Aberdeen to Cornwall in the south and Wales to both Northern and Southern Ireland resulting in what was probably the strongest overall trade experienced to date. At the show on the Friday the judge, Mr Michael Durno, Auchorachan, Glenlivet awarded the Overall Championship to Lot Number 46 Bacardi Legend from Roy and Adam Crocket, Denholm. This May 2016 born bull is out of top sire Gulliver by a home bred dam. Legend went on to live up to his name, when in the sale ring, he set a new breed record price of 15,000gns selling to John Martin Swinlees, Dalry. Champion female came from Messrs Walling of Farmstock Genetics with Cumbrian Charmaine 831. In-calf to Cumbrian Roger she went on to sell for 3300gns which made her the top priced female. The commercial section saw an unprecedented trade with In-calf heifers selling to £1850 for a pair from R A Austin, Boreland of Girthon and again for another pair from Messrs Howat, Kinnaird Farm, Cupar and also £1850 for a pen of Bulling heifers from G S McClymont, Cuil. Once again there was clear evidence that these breeders who had retained their top animals for the premier sale were best rewarded. Sale Averages Pedigree Section Average 15 Pedigree Bulls £5810 + £1048 17 Pedigree In-Calf Heifers £2501.47 - £152 4 Pedigree Bulling Heifers £2221.25 + £376 Commercial Section Average 21 In-Calf Heifers £1733.33 N/C 165 Bulling Heifers and Heifer Stirks £1372.56 + £104

Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited on Tuesday 31ST October 2017 had forward 2019 Prime and Cast Sheep. 1268 prime lambs sold to average 166.97 (SQQ 167.8). A plainer show would be sharper on the week again best quality export lambs short or requirements selling to £104 or 251.2ppk for Texels from Douganhill Farms closely followed by Beltex at £102 or 255ppk from Bridgestone and Beltex from Upper Hardland also at £102 or 248.8ppk. Heavyweights sold to £88 from Douganhill Farms. 757 cast ewes were similar on the week heavy ewes again easy to sell with a large show of light plain ewes hard to sell. Heavy ewes sold to £96 for Texels from Crofts, Carsphairn. Lambs 20 25.5 – 32 Average 136.18 Top 143.3 £42 Knockgray 145 32.1-39 Average 147.37 Top 180.6 Beltex £65 Carsewalloch Texel £64 Balgerran; £60 Tappit Lane; £60 Knockgray Suffolk £62.50 Schiehallion Blackface £57 Hannaston; £56, £51.50 Holm of Dalquhairn; £52.50 Knockgray; £49 Grobdale 680 39.1-45.5 Average 172.07 Top 255 Beltex £102 Bridgestone; £102 Upper Hardland; £90 Carsewalloch Texel £104 Douganhill; £90.50 Low Creoch; £88 Fagra; £79.50, £79 Balgerran; £78.50 Cullinaw Suffolk £77.50 Boreland of Parton; £75.50 Lower Ardmannoch; Greyface £74 Culdoach; £71 Barlaughlan; £71 Shirmers; £70 Achie; £70 Upper Hardland; £70 Hannaston; £70 Castlegower Cheviot Mule £71(x2) Douganhill Blackface £69 Cullinaw; £66.50 High Creoch; £62 Culdoach 396 45.6 - 52 Average 166.12 Top 191.3 Texel £88 Douganhill; £86.50 Drumcruilton; £86.50 Upper Hardland; £86.50 Fagra; £86 Douganhill; £85.50 Halket Leaths; £85 Flathill; £85 Mindork Beltex £86 Mindork Suffolk £86.50 Mindork; £84.50 Smallmuir; £83 Flathill Charolais £81.50 Kenmure, Dunscore Cheviot Mule £81 Douganhill; £80 Low Creoch Greyface £79 Cullinaw; £76.50 South Quintinespie; £75 Mackilston; £74.50 Castlehill 20 52+ Average 158.45 Suffolk £85.50 Smallmuir; £83 Nether Bar; Texel £87 Douganhill; £87, £85 Flathill; £85.50 Balgerran; £85 Hannanston Greyface £80 Hannaston Ewes Suffolk £90 Shennanton; £79 Kenmure, Dunscore; £75 Barcoly; £73 Bardarroch Texel £96 Crofts, Carspahirn; £95 Byrecroft; £94 Crofts, Carsphairn Lleyn £64 Barcloy; £55 Shennanton Greyface £74.50 Kenmure, Dunscore; £73.50 Byrecroft; £73.50 Bardarroch BFL £87 Kenmure, Dunscore; £80 Crofts, Carsphairn Blackface £48 Auchenleck; £39(x2) Miefield; £36.50 Shirmers; £34.50 Barlauchlan Cheviot £70.50, £55 Shennanton

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