Dumfries Breeding Sheep Report

C & D Auction Marts held their 2nd Sale of Scotch Mule Ewe Lambs and Gimmers in Dumfries on Saturday 10th September 2022 along with 1st sale of Blackface Ewe Lambs.

1347 Scotch Mule Ewe Lambs: A good show of lambs met a steady trade throughout to average £118 (-£2.40) selling to £138 Lightshaw

515 Blackface Ewe Lambs: Met some competition to £88 Sweetshawhead

100 Other Breed Ewe Lambs to £120 Eastlands for cheviot mules.

Texel to £120 East Barmoffity.

Blue Leicester to £105 Brookfield

Hill Cheviot to £96 Brookfield, £92 Laghead

409 Gimmers – Trade bouyant for all classes

Small show of store lambs were easily sold

Ewe Lambs

Scotch Mule - £138 Lightshaw, £128 £126 Crookboat, £128 x2 Clonrae, £125 Kirkton of Crawford, £124 Nunnerie, £122 Castlegower, Ashmark & Wyliehole.

Chev Mule - £120 Eastlands

BFL - £105 x2 Brookfield

BF - £88 Sweetshawhead, £86 Laghead, £85 £80 Kirkland, £80 Auchenbrack

Gimmers

Tex - £190 Shangan, £182 Norlands

Scotch Mule - £185 £178 Rigghead, £172 x2 Upper Longbank, £170 Clonrae

Store Lambs

Tex - £90 Tara, £85 Craigdarroch, £84 Castle Creavie

X - £74 Craigdarroch