Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC held their Fortnightly Sale of Store Cattle in Dumfries on Monday 25th June 2012.

A Small show of Store Cattle, A Large ringside of buyers, trade very dear and many more could have been sold to advantage. Top price of £1080 was paid for a Limousin X Heifer from Messrs JC Young & Son, Hightownhead. Top price per Kg was 260.8p for a Charolais X Bullock from the form of J & J White, Ampherlaw, Carnwath. Top price per head for heifers was 232p for a Charolais X from Messrs WS Tweedie & Son, Woodside

Top prices
Bullocks
Angus £960 Hightownhead, £790 Woodside, £760 (x2) Gibbonhill
Limousin £910 Midtown, £870 (x2), £860 Hightownhead
Charolais £830 Gibbonhill, £665 Ampherlaw
British Blue £830 Midtown, £735 Maryfield
Montbelliard £640 (x2) Midtown
Flex X £735, £725, £610 Midtown

Heifers
Charolais £870, £650 Woodside, £685 Gibbonhill, £560 Ampherlaw
Limousin £1080, £825 (x3) Hightownhead
Overall Bullocks sold to a top of 260.8p and averaged 206.8p
Heifers sold to a top of 232p and averaged 190.8p