Dumfries Store & Breeding Cattle Sale Report

C & D Auction Marts Ltd held their fortnightly sale of Store Cattle on Monday 1st May 2017 in Dumfries

Just short of 400 cattle were presented to a full compliment of buyers.

Suckler bred grazing cattle were in big demand, dairy bred X cattle also looked sharper.

A feature of the sale was 70 Char/Sim (10 mths) mainly heifers from T Bell Cormaddie which averaged £866 or 244.4p/kg.

Bullocks

Limousin to £1190, £1130 Mid Locharwoods, £1100, £1060 (x2), £1030, £1010 Glenstockadale, £1080, £1005 Shenrick

Charolais to £1155 Shawfield

Simmental to £1155 (x2), £1135, £1110 High Aucheneel, £1015 Abune The Brae

Angus to £1125 Mid Locharwoods, £1090 High Auchneel, £1010 Fardingjames

British Blue to £1100, £1075, £1005 Bruntshield, £1085 High Auchneel, £1060 Shenrick.

Montbeliarde to £1045 High Auchneel

Beef Shorthorn to £955 Butterdales

Norwegian Red £900 Shenrick

Fleckvieh to £910 Shenrick

Hereford to £890 Stonehouse

Luing to £880 Craiglearen

Per Kilo

Limousin to 267.7 Backburn, 260 Crosslee, 259.7 Cormaddie, 257.1 Abune the Brae

Simmental to 267.2, 262..5 Craiglearen , 259.7 Cormaddie

Charolais to 263.5 Bogue, 256.7 Cormaddie

Limousin to 251.50 Herries

Luing to 233.80 Craiglearen

Heifers

Angus to £1155, £1130, £990 Braehead, £1100, £1040 Panlands, £900 Lochmailing

British Blue to £1070 Panlands, £1055 Backburn, £980 Bruntshields

Charolais to £1020 Shawfield, £1005 Foregirth, £925, £900 Cormaddie, £920 Upper Moor.

Simmental to £1020, £1020 Shawfield, £905 Cormaddie

Limousin to £1055 Shenrick, £1020 High Auchneel, £950, £900 Glenstockadale, £925 Cormaddie.

Beef Shorthorn to £930 Butterdales

Per Kilo

Limousin to 279.7, 246.7 Cormaddie, 271.2, 256.9 Crosslee, 250.8 Herries Farms, Lantonside.

Limousin to 271.2, 256.9 Crosslee

Charolais to 246.7 Cormaddie

Next Sale Monday 15th May 2017