Dumfries Store & Breeding Cattle Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts held their fortnightly Sale of 833 Store Cattle  in Dumfries including Annual October sale of Organic Cattle on Monday 2nd October 2023.

227 Organic Cattle – A good ringside of buyers in attendance with all classes being keenly sought selling to £1690 for a Limousin bullock from JW Gibb, Toftcombs and to 345p/kg for Shorthorn bullocks from Dumfries House Farm. Bullocks averaged  299.6p/kg. Heifers sold to £1680 for Limousin from Toftcombs and to 321p/kg for Angus’s consigned by M. Hamilton, Woolfords.

Organic Bullocks per head – Limousin - £1690 £1630 £1530 Toftcombs, £1250 Mainhill. Angus - £1630 £1600 Toftcombs, £1540 £1450 Dumfries House. Charolais - £1590 Woolfords. British Blue - £1500 Torhousemuir. Simmental - £1450 Outer Blair. Beef Shorthorn - £1380 Dumfries House. Whitbred Shorthorn - £1380 Dumfries House.

Organic Heifers per head – Limousin - £1680 £1370 £1330 Toftcombs. Simmental - £1370 Outer Blair. Swed Red - £1370 Outer Blair. Angus - £1330 Toftcombs, £1300 Woolfords. Hereford - £1320 Kirwaugh. British Blue - £1320 £1290 £1250 Torhousemuir. Beef Shorthorn - £1140 Dumfries House.

Organic Bullocks per kilo- Beef Shorthorn – 345p Dumfries House. Whitbred Shorthorn – 345p Dumfries House. Angus – 333.30p Toftcombs, 321p Woolfords, 315.20p Dumfries House. Limousin – 332.70p 315.50p Toftcombs, 320.5p Mainhill. Charolais – 327.80p Woolfords. Simmental – 311.80p Outer Blair. British Blue – 305.30p Marshill.

Organic Heifers per kilo – Angus – 321p Woolfords, 312.90p Toftcombs. Limousin – 317p 312.90p 311.40p Toftcombs. Swed Red – 279.60p Outer Blair. Hereford – 275p Kirwaugh. British Blue – 269.40 Torhousemuir.

606 Non- Organics – Trade for all sorts meeting flurries of bids from the normal large attendance

Bullocks sold to £1770 for Limousin from J&E McIntyre, Glenlea and to 332p/kg from Belridding bullocks, Averaging 269.1p/kg.

Heifers attained £1630 for British Blue x from A&F Baillie, Low Glasnick and to 330p/kg Glenlea. Heifers averaged 250.6p/kg

Bulls from Herries Farms, Lantonside made £1350 and 317.1p/kg

Bullocks per head – Limousin - £1770 Glenea, £1610 Holehouse, £1570 £1480 Belridding, £1510 Rashgill Park, £1480 Kirkbride & Nether Locharwoods. British Blue - £1690 Larglea, £1430 Upper Moor, £1370 Auchenhill. Angus - £1670 £1380 £1370 West Lanegate, £1460 Holehouse, £1410 £1370 Landis, £1410 Kirkbride. Charolais - £1555 Shenrick, £1510 £1480 £1430 West Lanegate. Hereford - £1480 Ballaggan, £1400 Landis. Simmental - £1320 Upper Moor. Friesian - £1250 Holehouse.

Heifers per head – British Blue - £1630 £1460 £1440x2 Low Glasnick. Limousin - £1540 Rashgill Park, £1440 Belridding, £1430 Lantonside, £1220 Highlaw & Upper Moor, £1200 Mosside. Charolais - £1490 £1430 High Auchneel, £1260 Mosside. Simmental - £1390 £1300 High Auchneel. Angus - £1350 £1240x2 Netherhall, £1330 £1260 High Auchneel, £1290 Highlaw & Shenrick. Beef Shorthorn - £1310 High Auchneel, £1220 Boreland of Southwick, £1180 Dalswinton Hereford - £1300 High Auchneel. £1220 Maxwellbank. Belted Galloway - £1190 High Auchneel. Luing - £1180 Dalswinton, £1130 Barlochan Wood.

Bullocks per kilo – Limousin – 332.60p 317.20p Belridding, 324.30 Lantonside, 308.3p Nether Locharwoods. British Blue – 311.60p Auchenhill. Charolais – 302p West Lanegate, 301.90p Shenrick, 300p Auchenhill. Angus – 300p Kirkbride. Hereford – 279.20p Ballaggan. Galloway – 278.90p Baltersan.

Heifers per kilo – Limousin – 330p Glenlea, 316.50p Belridding. British Blue – 303.20p Low Glasnick. Simmental – 286.60p High Auchneel. Angus – 281.80p Netherhall. Charolais – 280p Mosside.

Bulls per kilo – Limousin – 317.10p Lantonside. Simmental – 306.50p Newbie Mains.