Dumfries Store and Breeding Sheep Report

C & D Auction Marts held their weekly sale of Breeding & store sheep in Dumfries on Friday 29th September 2023.

1200 Forward – Another large attendance of buyers were present with all classes easily sold

Texel Gimmers - £132 Chesnut Lodge
Texels to £108 from Greenbeck & £105 Tinwald
Mule Ewe Lambs to £102 Dornal

Please not next sale of store lambs Wednesday 4th October at 11am – Early entries appreciated

Leading Prices
Beltex - £101 Sandilans
Suffolk - £99 Sandilands
Texel - £96x2 Bushcroft, £94x2 Shawhill
Cheviot - £78 Meikle Whitriggs
Lleyn - £70 Auchencairn Cott
Blackface - £45 Lettrick

C&D Auction held their annual sale of Rams of all Classes. Best quality Rams met plenty of demand selling to £1000 on two occasions firstly from RM Johnstone, Boghouse and secondly J&T Hiddleston, Newmains both for Texel Shearlings.

Ram Lamb
Texel - £550 Maulscastle, £400 x2 Kopje
Suffolk - £450 x2 Prettsmill

Shearling
Texel - £1000 £950 Boghouse £1000 £950x2 Newmains
Texel x Beltex - £900 Townfoot
Dutch Texel - £900 Hunthills
Char x Beltex - £800 Rigghead
Beltex - £800 Townfoot
Blue Texel - £600 Hillend

Blue Faced Leicester Rams met a sharp trade being easily sold to £820 for a shearling W. Templeton & Son, Glenlaugh. Lambs to £450 from Kilfaddoch

Ram Lamb
Blue Faced Leicester - £450 Kilfaddoch, £410 Glenlaugh

Shearling
Blue Faced Leicester - £820 Glenlaugh, £800 £700 Kilfaddoch