Dumfries Store and Breeding Sheep Report

C & D Auctions held their Annual Sale of Rams and Ram Lambs in Dumfries. on Friday 1st October 2021.

All Breed's met plenty of interest and a more than satisfactory trade prevailed.

Texel Shearlings sold at the days top price of £900 from Boghouse, Crawfordjohn

Annual Sale of Blue Faced Leicester Rams were easily sold with shearlings to £620, Drumhumphry and £620 Burgh Head

Leading Prices

Ram Lambs:

Tex - £550 Baltier, £500 £480 Kilncroft, £450 £420 Sandilands, £400 Craighead

Suf - £450 Rigghead

BFL - £420 £350 Glenlaugh, £320 Hillside

Blue Texel - £400 Millside, £400 Sandilands

Bel - £400 Millside

Lleyn - £280 North Drummodie

Shearlings:

Tex - £900 £700 £650 x3 Boghouse, £750 £700 x2 £680 £650 Newmains

BFL - £620 £600 Drumhumphry, £620 Burgh Head, £600 x2 £550 Glenlaugh, £600 Barr, £580 Low Arkland, £550 Kirkton of Crawford 

Belt - £600 £580 Townfoot

Lleyn - £280 £250 South Bowerhouses

2 Shear Ram:

Tex - £580 Kirkbog

 

C & D Auctions also held their weekly Sale of Store Lambs and 3rd Sale of Scotch Mule Ewe Lambs

350 Scotch Mule Ewe Lambs continue to be in big demand to average £90.52

Cross - £105 £90 Dornal/Guelt, £105 £88 Drumlanrigg Mains, £88 Merkland, £88 Auchenhessnane

Tex - £100 Greenbeck

750 Feeding Lambs were presented to an active ringside of buyers with all classes easily sold

Cross - £90 Hall

Tex - £89 £88 Dollard, £88 £87 Burnhead

Suf - £84 Burnhead

Chev - £77 Strathmilligan, £77 Polquhanity

BF - £59 Glenwhargen