The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart held their Weekly Primestock Sale in Dumfries on Wednesday 7th November 2012.

26 Prime cattle:- Trade reflected the plainer offering forward, more numbers required to fill order books. Sale average 202.6 or (368.4ppk at 55% d/w)

Bullocks Limousin to 221.5ppk, 220p for D & E Lockhart Fauldingcleugh to R Johnstone & Sons, Butchers Annan.219.5ppk Fauldingcleugh, Kirkpatrick to Ballard Butchers Castle Douglas.

Top Gross bullock £1412.95 Marwhirn.

Heifers Limousin to 213.5p from R Neill UpperTinwald to Border Meats, Lockerbie, 211.5p UpperTinwald , Dumfries to M/s Ballard, 207.5p Garmartin KirkpatrickDurham to Grierson Bros Butchers, Castle Douglas, 207.5p Gledenholm Parkgate to Border Meats , Lockerbie.

Top Gross heifer £1273.88 Marwhirn.

91 OTM Cattle: More small leaner cows forward, trade steady

Per Head Cows   Simmental £1241.10 Cormaddie

Limousin top £934.80 Nether Barr

Angus to £1047.75 Druidhall

British Blue to £915.90 Cormaddie

Holstein to £906.30 Rockhallhead

Per Kilo cows

Holstein  146,137,131 Thwaite

Limousin 139 NetherBarr   131 Drumburn

British Blue 129 Cormaddie

Hereford 129 MeikleBarncleugh

Angus 127 Druidhall

The firm had forward 1536 prime lambs at their weekly sale. Once again overall quality was good and this was reflected in the trade with well bred, well fleshed lambs easily sold. The day's average of 164.41 p/k was 4p dearer on the week. Top price per head was £87.5 for texel crosses from Miss M Gibson, Birkshaw, Dunscore. Highest price per kilo was 199p/k also for texels from Breconside Farming Partners, Breconside Tower, Moffat. Other prices:-

Light Lambs (25.5-32kg) Top 150p ave 131p

Texels 43.5 Breconside Tower, Blackface 48 Mitchelslack, 41.5 The Ford, 40 Garroch Estate

Standard Lambs (32.10-39 kg) Top 199p av 161.8p

Suffolk 66 Eastside (Durisdeer), 65.5 Abune the Brae, 56 The Ford.

Texel 69.5 Breconside Tower, 67.5 Riggheads, 67.5 Over Abington 67.5 Leithenhall

Cross 62 Liscleugh, 61 Woodhouse Bungalow, 60 Over Abington, The Ford, Ardoch

Blackface 52.5 Craighead, 42.80 Mitchelslack

Medium Lambs (39.1 – 45.5) Top 195p ave 167.5

Suffolk 70 Liscleugh, Barnbaroch, Longbeoch, Maryfield

Texel 74, 78 East Polquhirter, 76 Kirkton, Crawford, 75.20 Clydeside, 75 Woodhead, 74.5 West Skelston

Cross 66 East Polquhirter, 64.5 Craighead, 64 Kirkton Crawford

Blackface 55 Mitchellslacks

Lleyn 53.5 Summerhill

Heavy Lambs (45.6 52kg) Top 185 av 164.9p

Suffolk 82.5 Eastside, (Durisdeer) 77 Third, 75 Clydeside, 74.20 Swyre

Texel 85, 84.5 Eastside Durisdeer, 82 Archbank, Blaebeck, 80 Third, 79.5 east Polquhirter.

Super Heavy lambs (52.1kg & over)

Suffolk 80 Kenmuir

Texel 87.5 Birkshaw

Also forward were 437 cast ewes & rams, better fleshed sorts were a decent trade whilst plainer sorts lacking flesh were definitely easier on the week. The prices:-

Heavy ewes:-

Texel 84.5 Eastside, (Durisdeer), 77.5 Kenmuir, Carswadda, 69.5 Kirkton, (Crawford)

Charollais 90.5 Eastside, 69.5 Thorniwaite

Cross 67.5 Kenmuir, 65.5 Auchencheyne, 64.5 Carswadda

Leicester 78.5 Dalpeddar, 66.5 Dalpeddar,

North Country Cheviots 65.5, 45.5 Upper Portrack

Light Ewes :-

Blackface 49.5, 52.5 Craigdarroch, 44.5,50.5 Glenmanna, 47.5 Dalpeddar, Dunesslein

Lleyn 58.5 Summerhill, 46.5 Laneside, 45.5 Bennan

Cast Rams :-

North Country Cheviots 74.5, 69.5 Archbank

Lleyn 82.5 x 2 , 80.5 Laneside

Overall Heavy ewes average £57.04.

Overall light ewes average £33.35

corresponding week 2011 sale report