Dumfries Primestock Report

C&D Auctions Ltd held their weekly Sale of Prime Hoggs, Cast Rams & Ewes in Dumfries on Wednesday 3rd April 2024.

Hoggs remain easy to sell as numbers tighten with all classes in demand.

Hoggs to £215 from J Muir Cleughbrae and to 422p/kg from J Brown & Son Barnbarroch
SQQ 402.1p/kg

Sale Average 398.8p/kg

11 Hoggs (25.5-32kg) averaging 375p/kg to 375p/kg Little Culloch
Texel - £120 Little Culloch

11 Hoggs (32.1kg-39kg) averaging 384.63p/kg to 413p/kg Foregirth
Texel - £161 Foregirth

85 Hoggs (39.1-45.5kg) averaging 405.51p/kg to 422p/kg Barnbarroch
Texel - £181 Rashgill, £173 Barnbarroch, £173 Marwhirn
NCC - £185 Upper Longbank
Blackface - £177 Beuchan
Chev.m - £172 Hoddomtown 

162 Hoggs (46+ kg) Averaging 384.41p/kg to 422p/kg East Barnbarroch
Texel - £215 & £208 Cleughbrae, £214 Lanarkland, £210 Laneside, £208 Barnbarroch, £204 Foregirth 
Dutch Spotted - £206 Laneside
Chev.m - £192 Hoddomtown
Suffolk - £189 Hoddomtown

4 Hoggs (52.1+) Averaging 352.5p/kg to 369p/kg Cleughbrae
Suffolk - £214 Cleughbrae
Texel - £209 Upper Longbank

Cast Ewes and Rams much dearer selling to £296 from M. Craig Glenhowan for texel ewes. Rams to £238 from B Reid, Rashgill

Ewes
Texel - £296 Glenhowan, £218 High Cairn, £212 Rashgill
Cross - £172 Ryecroft, £162 High Cairn
Chev.M - £164 High Cairn
NCC - £160 High Cairn
Blackface - £146 Dalpeddar, £133 Foregirth

Rams
Texel - £238 Glenhowan
Lleyn - £224 Laneside

corresponding week 2023 sale report