The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart held their sale of Primestock in Dumfries on Wednesday 22nd December 2010.

A small show of Prime Cattle were easily sold selling to 176.5p from D & R Cornthwaite Balgrayhill to Border Meats Lockerbie

817 Prime Lambs – A great trade for all classes selling to a top of £88 for Charollais Crosses from WJ Keaning, Dempsterton. Top price of 195p for Texel Crosses from HW Sloan, Riggheads and also for crosses from Mrs K Park & Sons, Dalpeddar. Overall average 185.4p

Light Lambs (25.5-32Kg) Top 190 av 187p
Texel £53 Kirkhill, £52.50 Ford
Cross £60.80, £51.30 Top of the Hill
Blackface £57 Marbrack, £49.50 Ford

Standard Lambs (32.1-39Kg) Top 195p av 187.4p
Suffolk £65 Ford
Texel £76 Riggheads, £73.50, £71.50 Shawhill, £70 Burnside
Half Bred £69.50 Marwhirn
Cross £68.20 Dalpeddar, £65 Marbrack
Blackface £65.80 Burnside, £64.50 Kirkhill, £61.50 Marbrack
Lleyn £71 Rigghead

Medium Lambs (39.1-45.5Kg) Top 186p av 180.7p
Suffolk £80 Shawhill, £80 West Logan, £78.50 West Challoch
Texel £83 Bankswood, £80 Riggheads, £79.50 Nether Gribton
Charollais £83 Dempsterton
Half Bred £73 Marwhirn
Cross £80 Hillbank, £77.50 Macqueston

Heavy Lambs (45.6-52Kg) Top 185p av 177.4p
Suffolk £87.50 Dempsterton, £85 Bankswood, £83 West Logan
Texel £87 (x2), £84.50 West Skelston, £83 Shawhill, £81.50 Kirkhill
Charollais £88 Dempsterton
Cross £80 Macqueston

202 Cast Ewes & Rams – Trade sharper
Top Prices
Heavy Ewes
Suffolk £88.50 Nether Gribton
Texel £123.50, £92.50 Nether Gribton, £114.50 Nether Gribton, £92.50 Drumburn
Charollais £76.50 Cowcorse Cott
Lleyn £83.50 Cowcorse
Cross £79.50 Nether Gribton, £77.50 Drumburn, £74.50 East Polqhirter, £74.50 Bankswood
NCC £81.50 Top of the Hill

Light Ewes
Blackface £64.80, £60 Macqueston, £64.80 Tynron, £61 Nunnerie
Rams – Texel £98.50 Top of the Hill
Suffolk £67.50 Top of the Hill

Heavy Ewes averaged £77.04
Light Ewes averaged £55.18