The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart had 1364 Breeding Gimmers & Ewes, 714 Blackface Ewe Lambs and 1237 Store Lambs at their special sale at Dumfries on Friday 19th September 2008.

Gimmers Sound Trade
Mule - £86 Nisbet, Coulter, £86 (x2) Gall, £86 Over Abington, £84 Marwhirn
Texel - £80, £78, £74 Kinninghall, £78 Kilnknowe
Cheviot Mule - £70 Chapel

Kilnknowe’s Stock Dispersal

Stock Ewes
Mules - 1 crop £66, £65, £60 Kilnknowe, 2 crop £62, £61 Kilnknowe, 3 crop£51, £50, £49 Kilnknowe, 3+4 crop £46, £41 Kilnknowe
Texel X 3 crop £66 Kilnknowe, 2+3 crop £64, £60 Kilnknowe
Other Ewes 4 crop Texels £59 Patervan, £46 Newbank
Cross £45, £42.5 Newbank, £39 Patervan

Blackface Ewe Lambs – Trade sticky
Top prices
Kerryhills £37 The cottage
Blackface £33, £25, £25.50 Carserigg, £25.50 Chanlochfoot, £30, £24 BQ Farms
Swale £33 Oldhall
Cross £33.50 Banglishead

Store Lambs – good show forward trade similar
Cross £35.50, £44.50 Ballinnie
Beltex £44 Newton, £33.80 Cormaddie
Texel £41.50 Caplefoot, £40 Barshill, £39.50 Cormiston
Suffolk £38.50 Cormiston, £34 Mabie
Cheviot £31 Clenries, £30.50 Newton, £30 Chanlochfoot, £27 Fingland
Charollais £30 Kirkconnel
Blackface £27.20, £24.50 Mitchellslacks, £23.50, £22.50 Auchengruith, £22 Chanlockfoot

Organic Sheep a small show of organic sheep were forward
Blackface Ewes £25, £17 Kirkton, Pentlands
Blackface Ewes Lambs £20, £19 Kirkton, Pentlands
Lleyn Ewe Lambs £33 Old Hall
Lleyn Lambs £34 Oldhall