Dumfries Store & Breeding Cattle Sale Report

C&D Auctions held their fortnightly sale of 553 store cattle in Dumfries which included 134 Organic status cattle on Monday 31st March 2025.

The organic cattle were extremely well bid with Hamilton, Woolfords selling a pen of 10 month Charolais’s heifer at £2220 or 567.20p/kg, bullocks from the same home reached £2180 or 619.4p/kg. Organic Bullocks averaged 524.47p/kg or £1893.33. Organic Heifers averaged 472.25p/kg or £1655.59

Organic Bullocks per Head
Shorthorn - £2000 Wooldfords
Aberdeen Angus - £2180 Woolfords, £1860 Alton Muir House
Charolais - £2060 & £1980 Woolfords
Simmental - £1860 Alton Muir House

Organic Bullocks per Kg
Charolais – 619.4p/kg & 588.6p/kg Woolfords
Shorthorn – 547.9p/kg & 509.7p/kg Woolfords
Aberdeen Angus – 509.7p/kg Woolfords
Simmental – 487.7p/kg Alton Muir House
Hereford – 474.6p/kg Garvald

Organic Heifers per Head
Charolais - £2220 & £1920 Woolfords
Simmental - £2000, £1900 & £1830 Alton Muir House
Aberdeen Angus - £1900 Alton Muir House, £1580 Woolfords
Herefords - £1800 Garvald Home

Organic Heifers per Kg
Charolais – 567.2p/kg & 505.3p/kg Woolfords
Aberdeen Angus – 509.7p/kg Woolfords
Simmental – 482p/kg & 465.8p/kg Alton Muir House

Non organic cattle were presented to a huge ringside of buyers with trade continuing to meet an upward trend. Bullocks average 433.55p/kg to 508.7p/kg from Taylor, High Crubasdale or £2620 from Wilson, Marwhirn. Heifers averaged 414.6p/kg to 532.5p/kg from Herries Farms, Lantonside or £2340 from Bell, Cormaddie. Bulls averaged 358.82p/kg to 440p/kg from MacDonald, Drumyeonmore or £1450 Anderson, Rowanburnfoot.

Bullocks per Head
Charolais - £2620 & £2360 Marwhirn, £2520 & £2180 Shenrick, £2300 Seafield
British Blues - £2520 Shenrick, £2320 & £2220 Seafield
Aberdeen Angus - £2500, £2400 & £2180 Shenrick, £2380 Marhwirn, £2150 Sheddock, £2080 Seafield, £2080 Cormaddie, £2000 Backburn
Simmental - £2440 & £2320 Meikleholm, £2160, £2110, £2090 & £2000 High Auchneel
Fleckvieh - £2320 Seafield
Limousin - £2320 Meikleholm, £2150 Hartbush, £2080 Seafield
Bazadaise - £2090 Sheddock
Holstein - £2080 Seafield
Galloway - £1880 Barnbarroch

Bullocks per Kg
Aberdeen Angus – 508.7p/kg & 496.30p/kg High Crubasdale
Simmental – 500p/kg Pole
British Blue – 494.8p/kg Backburn
Charolais – 489.4p/kg Seafield
Limousin – 482.4p/kg Ardkinglas Estate
Fleckvieh – 459.4p/kg Seafield
Holstein – 407.8p/kg Seafield

Heifers per Head
Limousin - £2340 Cormaddie, £2300 Nether Albie, £2130 Lantonside, £2120 Seafield, £2090(x2) Midtown
British Blue - £2200 Shenrick, £2100 Seafield, £1890 Backburn
Simmental - £2220 Meikleholm, £1990 & £1830 High Auchneel, £1810 Dollard
Charolais - £2160 & £2120 Marwhirn, £1940 Shenrick
Aberdeen Angus - £2120 Seafield, £1860 Cormaddie
Holstein - £2120 Seafield
Hereford - £1890 High Auchneel

Heifers per Kg
Limousin – 532.5p/kg Lantonside, 491.1p/kg Midtown
Aberdeen Angus – 462.3p/kg Slacks
Hereford – 462.3p/kg Slacks
Norwegian Red – 462.3p/kg Slacks
British Blue – 444p/kg Shenrick

Bulls per Head
British Shorthorn - £1450 Rowanburnfoot
Hereford - £1440 Lochwood
Limousin - £1270 Ardkinglas Estate

Bulls per Kg
Limousin – 440p/kg & 400p/kg Drumyeonmore
Hereford – 415.7p/kg New Farm