Dumfries Store & Breeding Cattle Sale Report

C&D Auctions held their fortnightly sale of 380 store cattle in Dumfries on Monday 20th January 2025.

A positive full ringside of buyers were in a buying mood with rates easily surpassing sellers expectations. Limousin cross bullocks topped at £2100 from FR Henderson & Son, Kirkbride with White Shorthorn bullocks selling at 404.2p/kg from Gartnagrenach Farms, Argyll. Heifers from JA Fingland, Garmartin made £1880 for Limousin cross and to 360p/kg from WL Millar, Ryes.

Bullocks per Head
Limousin - £2100 Kirkbride, £2080 & £1990 Lantonside, £1750 Backburn, £1720 & £1710 Meikleholm, £1700 Seafield
Aberdeen Angus - £1860 & £1700 Seafield, £1750 Backburn, £1720 (x2) Lochpark, £1710 Kirkland
British Blue - £1770 & £1760 Seafield, £1740 Backburn
Beef Shorthorn - £1710 & £1670 Backburn, £1620 High Auchneel
Continental - £1710 Kirkland
Simmental - £1650 Meikleholm, £1600 High Auchneel
Charolais - £1610 Craigielands Hill
Hereford - £1590 Clonhie
Montbeliarde - £1560 & £1510 Mouswald Grange
Friesian - £1550 Kirkland, £1460 Lochpark
Galloway - £1490 Clonhie, £1370 Dunarroch
Luing - £1480 Dunarroch

Bullocks per Kg
Whitebred Shorthorn – 404.20p/kg Gartnagrenach
Limousin – 402.60p/kg Garmartin, 395.80p/kg Drumyeonmore
British Blue – 400p/kg High Bellochantuy
Aberdeen Angus – 395.70p/kg Beauly
Simmental – 379.30p/kg Meikleholm
Charolais – 376.90p/kg Craigielands Hill
Hereford – 374.10p/kg Ardlamy
Beef Shorthorn – 352.30p/kg Clonhie
Galloway – 342.50p/kg Clonhie
Montbeliarde – 335.50p/kg Mouswald Grange

Heifers per Head
Limousin - £1880 Garmartin, £1850 & £1740 Kirkbride, £1850 Hartbush, £1790 Dunarroch, £1730 Ballaggan
Aberdeen Angus - £1840 Backburn, £1800 & £1660 Seafield, £1660 No2 Tregallon, £1590 Highlaw, £1570 High Auchneel
Simmental - £1780 Hartbush, £1570 High Auchneel
Stabiliser - £1700 Clonhie
British Blue - £1680 Seafield, £1630 Backburn, £1520 Ryes
Holstein Friesian - £1500 Searigg
Hereford - £1470 High Auchneel

Heifers per Kg
Limousin – 359.50p/kg Ryes
Aberdeen Angus – 359p/kg Beauly
Simmental – 350.60p/kg High Auchneel
British Blue – 341.60p/kg Ryes
Hereford – 341.50p/g Drumyeonmore