Dumfries Primestock Report

C&D Auction Marts held their weekly sale of Prime Sheep and opening Store Lamb Sale in Dumfries on Wednesday 8th October 2025.

A good show of Store Lambs forward which met plenty of trade to a good ringside of buyers. Pens of Texel, Blue Texel and Suffolk Lambs reached £115 from Wilson, Sandilands; Hunt, Bushcroft and twice for Howatson, Hallmeadow. Prime Lambs with weight and flesh were easily sold as lighter lambs met some resistance. Average for sale 296.43p/kg and SQQ 297.33p/kg. Cast ewes and rams again were in great demand.

Store Lambs
Blue Texel - £115 Sandilands
Suffolk - £115 Hallmeadow, £115 Bushcroft
Texel - £115 Hallmeadow, £114 Bushcroft, £113 Hallmeadow
Cheviot Mule - £110 High Borgue
Cheviot - £89 Dressertland

Prime Lambs and Cast Ewes
26 Lambs (32.1kg-39kg) averaged 287.9p/kg and topped at 300p/kg from Laird, East Polquhirter
Texel - £116 Woodhouse, £110 Newton Bungalow
Cross - £114 East Polquhirter
Cheviot Mule - £111 High Cairn

502 Lambs (39.1-45.5kg) averaged 297.77p/kg and topped at 314p/kg from Rodan, Woddhead of Dardarroch
Texel - £138 Newmains, £137 Foregirth, £136 East Polquhirter, £135 Woodhead of Dardarroch, £135 Kirkbride
Cheviot Mule - £137 & £130 Marwhirn
Dutch Spotted - £136 Laneside
Suffolk - £135 Kirkbride, £133 Barnbarroch, £132 Kirkbride
Beltex - £130 Auchenfad
Lleyn - £125 Laneside
Romney - £120 Chestnut Lodge

386 Lambs (45.6-52kg) averaged 295.41p/kg and topped at 306p/kg from Slaven, Foregirth
Texel - £152 Rigghead, £148.50 & £148 Ballaggan, £148 33 Newton Road, £148 Auchenfad, £147.50 Newmains, £147.50 Kirkbride
Beltex - £150 Auchenfad
Suffolk - £149 Barnbarroch, £147 Auchenfad, £146 Kirkbride, £146 Foregirth
Cross - £147.50 & £140 Newmains, £140 Crawstown
Dutch Spotted - £147 Riggehead, £139 Laneside
Lleyn - £143 Laneside
Cheviot Mule - £140 & £137 Marwhirn
Blue Texel - £138 Woodside

74 Lambs (52.1+kg) averaged 296.02p/kg and topped at 307p/kg from Laird, East Polquhirter
Texel - £162 Craigielands Hil, £160 Abune the Brae, £157 Rigghead, £154 Maryfield, £150 Newmains
Suffolk - £161 Abune the Brae, £151 Rigghead
Blue Texel - £150 Newmains

466 Heavy Ewes averaged £120.96 and topped at £235 from Burgess, The Bush
Texel - £235 The Bush, £232 Druidhall, £228 Hayfield
Cross - £225 Dressertland, £200 Bushcroft, £198 & £192 Newmains
Cheviot Mule - £218 & £195 Newbank, £172 Nether Dargavel
North Country Cheviot - £168 High Bogrue
Romney - £168 Twinty Acre, £122 Mains of Airies
Blue Leicester - £162 Grennan
Suffolk - £162 Nether Dargavel, £158 Hayfield, £158 Barnbarroch
Zwartable - £158 10 Great Easton, £140 Wallacetown
Lleyn - £130 Barnbarroch

262 Light Ewes averaged £85.31 and topped at £132 from Wilson, Marwhirn
Cheviot - £132 Marwhirn, £125 Dressertland, £123 Bettyknowes, £120 Druidhall
Blackface - £116 Bushcroft, £110 Hayfield

12 Rams averaged £149.75 and topped at £225 from Porteous, Stobo Hill
Texel - £225 Stobo Hill, £202 Nether Dargavel, £170 Halldykes
Blackface - £130 Ashmark

Please contact your auctioneers for further enquiries:
Harry Begg – 07713 569 593
Robert Weir – 07885 729 495
Alistair Watret – 07715 499 320

 

corresponding week 2024 sale report