Dumfries Breeding Cattle Sale Report

C & D Auction Marts Ltd held their special May sale of Breeding Cattle in Dumfries Mart on Friday 11th May 2018.

A change of day did not affect the customers attending from the North of Scotland to Wales in the South with the sale being firmly established as the main sale for breeding cattle in the South West of Scotland.

100 Heifers & Cows with Calves at foot Forward: Best outfits easily sold to £2200 for a Limousin cow with Heifer calf from Haas-Side.

Cows with Bull Calves to £1700

Cows with Heifer Calves to £2200

Heifers with Bull Calves to £2080

Heifers wth Heifer Calves to £2150

Principal Prices

Cow & Bull Calf

Angus to £1700 Slacks

Hereford to £1700 Slacks

Fleckvieh to £1680, £1650, £1650 Slacks

Cow & Heifer Calf

Limousin to £2200 Haas-Side, £1800 Cleughbrae

Fleckvieh to £1700 Slacks

British Blue to £1600 Cleughbrae

Heifer & Bull Calf

Limousin to £2080, £2000 Riggheads, £2050 (x2) £2000, £1950 Garmartin, £1850 Hartbush

Simmental to £1950, £1800, £1750 Hartbush

British Blue to £1900 Riggheads

Angus to £1600(x4) Riggheads

Heifer & Heifer Calf

Simmental to £2150 Hartbush, £1800 Fingland

Limousin to £2100 Fingland £2000, £1950, £1900 (x2), £1800, £1700 Garmartin

315 Bulling Heifers: Strong heifers met plenty of demand whilst younger sorts met a slower demand.

Topping the bulling heifers were Limousin x from Brownrigg at £1490

Principal Prices

Limousin to £1490, £1110 Brownrigg, £1360, £1300, £1110 Drum, £1190 Chapelcroft, £1180, £1090 Burnside, £1150 Bridgestone, £1140 Ryemuir, £1130 Kirktonfield

Simmental to £1280 Newbie Mains, £1170 Cleughbrae, £1150, £1010 Upper Portrack, £1140, £1050 Mossburn, £1040 Brownrigg.

British Blue to £1160 Burnside, £1160, £1150, £1090, £980 Mid Bishopton, £1060 Middlebie Hill, £1020 Brownrigg, £970 Ryemuir.

Angus to £1100 Kirktonfield, £1070, £990 Ryemuir.

Hereford to £920 Kirkland

Belted Galloway to £830 Boreland

10 Bulls: met a steady trade.

Simmental to £3000, £2500 Newbie Mains, £2600 Springfield.

The Show was kindly sponsored by J Jardine Plant Hire & The Scottish Simmental Club and ably Judged by AC Martin, Horseholm.

Prize List

Simmental Bred Heifer/Cow with Calf at Foot

1^st Hartbush - £2150 2^nd Fingland - £1800

Simmental Bred Bulling Heifer

1^st Mossburn - £1140 2^nd Cleughbrae £1170

Any other Breed Heifer/ Cow with Calf at Foot

1^st Haas-Side - £2200 2^nd Fingland £2100

Any other Breed Bulling Heifer

1^st Brownrigg £1490 2^nd Drum - £1360