The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart held their Annual Sale
303 Breeding Rams along with 1037 Breeding Sheep and 1374 Store Lambs in
Dumfries on Friday 5th October 2012.
A Large crowd in attendance
and most classes were well bid for with a high clearance rate.
Breeding
Rams were a sound commercial trade.
Top Prices
Texel Shearlings £880, £520
Boghouse, £520, £500
Sandilands, £520 Kilfaddoch, £520 Meikleholm, £500
Mitchellslacks
Blue Leicester Shearlings £750, £680, £620 Barr, £720, £580
Guelt, £580 Kilfaddoch, £580 Raggetsyke
Beltex Shearlings £620, £520, £500, £450 Oakrigg
Texel Ram Lamb £500, £420, £350 (x2) Baltier, £320, £300
Meikleholm, £300, £280 Sandilands
Suffolk Shearlings £500, £480 Laghead, £450, £400
(x3) The Land
Blue Leicester Ram Lambs £420, £300 Foregirth, £400, £320
Burgh Head
Suffolk Ram Lamb £420 Burgh Head, £300, £280 (x2) Oxgang, £260
Prettsmill
Charollais Ram Lamb £320 Wallaceton, £250 Wester Parkgate, £220
Nether Keir
Beltex Ram Lambs £320, £300, £240 Oakrigg
Lleyn Shearlings £300 South Bowerhouses
Berrichon Ram Lambs £180, £140 Newark
Ewe Lambs – despite
this being the Third Sale of Scotch Mule Ewe Lambs the sheep on offer
met an excellent trade topped at £98
from Messrs T & T Anderson & Son, Guelt, New Cumnock
Other Top
Prices
Mule Ewe Lambs £98 Guelt, £93 Lightshaw, £92 Avisyard
(Duncanziemere), £87 Ballinnie, £86 Auchenhessnane
Blackface £54 Laghead
Cheviot Ewe Lambs £51 Ewanston
Mule Ewes (5yo) £74 Auchenbrack, £66 Glencrosh
Blackface Gimmers £68, £66 Nunnerie
Store Lambs – 1374
forward, larger show due to poor weather and lack of keep. Trade held
and was well in line with current rates.
Top prices
Texel (ave £51.80) £55.50 Newbigging, £52.50 Knocksheen, £52
Auchenbrack
Cross (ave £48.02) £55.50 Merkland, £52 Breconside, £48
Auchenhessnane, £46 Upper Barr
Suffolk (ave £39.91) £49.50 Ewanston, £38.50 Hastingshall, £37.50
Nether Laggan
Blackface (ave £38.75) £47.50, £41 Locherben, £42
Merkland, £41.50 Snar, £37 Upper Barr
Blackface Tup Lambs (ave £41.43) £47.50, £37 Linlithgow
Farms, £47.50 Hopetoun Farms, £44.50 Upper Minnygap
Lleyn (ave £38.72) £39 Upper Minnygap, £38.50 Nether
Laggan
Feeding ewes
Suffolk £65 Glencrosh
Mule £57 Glencrosh
Lleyn £39, £35 Nether Laggan
Blackface £36 (x2) Glencrosh
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