Dumfries Store & Breeding Sheep Report

The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart plc held their weekly Sale of Store Lambs in Dumfries on Friday 3rd October 2014.

1181 Forward

340 Scotch Mule Ewe Lambs – Trade Bouyant selling to £87 Guelt, £74 Hall of Drumpark, £74 Hall, £71 High Cairn

Blackface Ewe Lambs to £57 Laghead

Cheviot Ewe Lambs to £54 Laghead

760 Store Lambs – Trade Firmer

Suffolk (ave £56) to £58 Hill, £55 Hastingshall, £55 Ewanston

Texel (ave £51.50) to £57 Knocksheen, £51 Ironlosh

Mule (ave £43.92) to £53 Auchenhay, £51.50 Dalpeddar, £50.50 Meikle Barncleugh

Blackface (ave £34.17) to £43 Laghead

81 Breeding Ewes

Mule to £106, £97 High Garleffan, £98 Carse Rigg

Dumfries Ram Fair

Catalogued entry of 395 forward.

122 Bluefaced Leicester Rams – Trade selective although most found new homes.

Ram Lambs - £500 Ashburn, £310 Glenlaught

Shearlings to £520 Burghhead, £460 Kirkton,£420, £390, £360 Merkland, £400, £390 Barr, £400 Raggetsyke, £400 , £390 Glenlaugh, £400 (x2) Kirksteads

Very good entry of 273 Texel, Suffolk and various other breeds were forward with good tups easily sold to an overall top price of £620 for a very nice Texel Tup Lamb from Messrs Hastings, Kilncroft.

Shearlings were topped at £580 for a Beltex x Texel Tup from B Ryder, Newton Cottage

Top Prices

Ram Lambs

Suffolk to £450, £400, £320, £300 (x3) Netherhall, £420, £400 Prettsmill, £350, £320 Burgh Head

Texel to £620, £450 Kilncroft, £520 Luce Mains, £420, £350, £320 (x2) Craighead, £300 Woodhead, £300 Baltier, £300 Boghouse

Charollais to £380 Loaningfoot

Shearlings

Berrichon to £300 Newark

Beltex x Texel to £580 Newton Cott, £450, £380, £350 Upper Cleugh

Beltex to £400 Bridgestone

Suffolk to £400 Blackhamilton, £350 Netherhall, £260 Laghaed, £220 Oxgang

Texel to £550, £500 Sandilands, £550, 3520 Laughtmuirside, £520 Baltier, £520, £500 (x2) Boghouse, £520 Upper Cleugh, £500 Blackhamilton

Charollais to £260, £200 Barend, £220, £200 Riggheads

Charollais x Suffolk to £300 Barend

Prior to the Sale a Show was held for all classes for Rams, Judge S Hockenhull, Dairy House Farm, Cheshire awarded the following

Best Texel to Mr A Ryder, Blackhamilton, Carlisle

Best Suffolk to Mr A Ryder, Blackhamilton, Carlisle

Best Blue Leicester to Mr Kirkpatrick, Barr, Sanquhar

Best Other Breed (Charollais) to Ben Radley, Loaningfoot, Dumfries

The Show was kindly sponsored by Lloyds Ltd, Isuzu

Best Blue Leicester - Mr Kirkpatrick, Barr, Sanquhar

Best Texel - Mr A Ryder, Blackhamilton, Carlisle

Best Suffolk - Mr A Ryder, Blackhamilton, Carlisle

Best Other Breed (Charollais) to Ben Radley, Loaningfoot, Dumfries