The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart had forward 240
lots of Christmas poultry at their sale on Monday
23rd December 2013.
All turkeys and geese sold to a very dear ready demand with
most good quality oven ready turkeys between £2.50 and £3.50
per lb and oven ready geese between £3 and £4 per lb.
Topping
the sale was a 23lb oven ready turkey, donated by Richard and Cath
O’Sullivan, Sheala Hill and selling on behalf of
Cancer Research UK, Bewcastle Effort.
Principal prices:-
Oven ready turkeys: £105 Cancer Research UK, £95 Petteril
Bank Farm, £90, £85 (x3) Millhill, £85 Petteril
Bank Farm and Game Kennels, £80 Game Kennels, £78 North
Row.
Rough plucked turkeys: £70, £65, £55, £40
(x2) Crowcraigs.
Oven ready goose: £65 Bank Head, £60, £55
Sandbed, £55
(x2) Bank Head, £52 Red House.
Rough plucked goose: £32, £32, £30
Red House.
Oven ready duck: £28, £22, £20 Basco
Dykehead.
Oven ready chicken: £22 (x5) Greenmill Road.
2012 sale report
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