The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart held their weekly sale of primestock in Dumfries on Wednesday 13th February 2013.

49 Prime Cattle – Trade remains good. Plainer offering forward.
Heifers
Limousin to 231.5p from D & R Cornthwaite Balgrayhill to Border Meats Lockerbie, 230p Balgrayhill Lockerbie to R Johnstone & Sons, Butchers, Annan 227.5p Balgrayhill Lockerbie to M/S Mogerley Butchers, Dumfries, 226.5p Woodfield, Eastriggs to R Johnstone & Sons, Butchers, Annan, 225.5p Balgrayhill, Lockerbie to Border Meats, Dumfries.
Top Gross Heifer £1285.38p Balgrayhill

Bullocks
Charolais to 214.5p from D Wilson & Son, Marwhirn , to M/S Ramsey. Top Gross Bullock £1508.45 Marwhirn.

56 OTM Cattle – Trade sharper, Heavier meated Dairy cows scarcer. More buyers present needing greater numbers.

Per Head
Simmental to £1586.50 Newbie Mains, £1350.20 Middlebie Rigg.
Limousin to £1414.50 Conheath, £1566.50 Middlebie Rigg.
Angus £1210.35 Archwood, £1191.40 Middlebie Rigg
Holstein to £1102.30 Breahead, £1123.75 Newbie Mains.

Per Kilo
Blonde 207p Archwood
Limousin to 205p,Conheath, 153p Upper Tinwald
Simmental to 167p Newbie Mains, 161p,157p Middlebie Rigg
Holstein to 155p Newbie Mains, 151p Braehead, 146 Trailflat

The firm had forward 603 Prime hoggs, 116 store hoggs and 478 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Dumfries.

Prime Hoggs a moderate show for quality where a mixed trade with well bred, well fleshed 38 – 42 kg hoggs easy to sell but short of numbers.

Top price per head was £93.5 for Texels from Mr D B Fleming, The Cottage, Nisbet. Top price per kg was 181p/k also for Texels from Messrs John McMillan, Ballaggan, Thornhill. Overall average was 155.2 p/k

Other top prices
Light Hoggs (25.5 – 32 kg) Top 147p
Blackface £45.5 Nisbet, £44.5 Bridgemark, £43 Kirkhill
Halfbred £40 Marwhirn

Standard Hoggs (32.1 – 39 kg) Top 167p Av 148.4
Suffolk £56 Outertown
Texel £63.5, £56.5 Whinneyknowe, £56 Outertown, £55 WestLanegate
Cross £55.5 Nisbet, £46.5 Kirkhill
N.C.C. £52.5 Archwood
Half Bred £54 & £45.20 Marwhirn

Medium Hoggs (39.1 – 45.5) Top 181p av 162.8p
Suffolk to £70 Riggheads,
Texel £73, The Bush, £72.5 x 2 Rigghead, £72.20 Ballaggan, £71 Lanarkland
Half Bred £70 Annefield
Blackface £62 x 2 Snar, £61 Moor Foot
Cross £66.5 Ballaggan, £64.5 Riggheads
Cheviot £61 Mossfoot

Heavy Hoggs (46 kg + over) Top 166p av 148.4p
Suffolk £75, £71 Lanarkland
Texel £93.5 The Cottage, £81.5 Westlanegate, £74.5 Lanarkland, £73 Tower
Blackface £70 Macqueston, £68.80 Snar.

478 Cast Ewes & Rams forward and trade £4 easier on the week.
Top prices
Heavy ewes:-
Suffolk £86.5 Palaceknowe, £81.5 Kingside
Texel £74.5 The Bush, £60.5 Beck Foot
Cross £63.5 The Bush, £61 Lanarkland
NCC £70.5 Annefield, £67.5 Archwood, £66.5 Kingside
Halfbred £52.5 West Lanegate
Leicester £74.5 Lochwood, £62.5 Kingside

Light Ewes
Cheviot £60.5 Dalhanna,
£57.5 Moorfoot
Blackface £35.5 Macqueston, £35 Dallhanna, £33.5 Snar, £33.5 Moorfoot

Cast Rams
Cheviot £66.5, £58.5 Dalhanna, £40 Gateslack
Texel £90.5 Tower, £83.5 Westlanegate
Leicester £77.5 Kingside
Blackface £60.5 Drumbuie, £48.5 North Shortcleugh, £47.5 Kingside
NCC £90.5 Tower, £83.5 Westlanegate
Beltex £67.5 Dalhanna

Overall heavy ewes average £50.20
Overall light ewes average £26.31

corresponding week 2012 sale report