The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart held their third Sale of Scotch Mule Ewe Lambs and weekly sale of Store Lambs in Dumfries on Friday 2nd October 2009.

1153 Scotch Mule Ewe Lambs – Trade very dear to average £65.37
Principal Prices - £80 Fraserford, £78 Sundaywell, £78 Kirkton of Crawford, £77 Fraserford, £73 Abune the Brae, £72 Ballinnie, £72 Lighshaw, £71 Guelt, £70 Guelt, £68 Hall, £68 Duncanziemere
Half Bred Ewe Lambs to £80 Marwhirn
Mule Gimmers to £100 Cowcorse Cottage £90 Third

1648 Store Lambs – Trade for all classes much dearer
Beltex £53, £48 Gass, £49.50 Bridgestone
Texel £52.50, £51 Elvanfoot, £48.50, £48 Anniston
Suffolk £51 Ford, £54.50 Burnside, £45.50 Mabie
Mule £51, £48.50 Lowes, £49 Burnside of Mabie, £48.50 Knowe, £46.50 Hastingshall, £44.50 Duncanziemere
Blackface £46.50, £43, £40 Holm of Daltochan, £43.50 Bogue, £41 Laight, £41 Knowe, £40.50 Merkland, £38 Chanlockfoot
Cheviot £45 Holm of Daltochan

DUMFRIES RAM FAIR

388 Rams forward at Cumberland & Dumfriesshire’s Annual Ram Fair at Dumfries. A large crowd gathered and all classes met an animated demand. Trade peaked in the Bluefaced Leicester ring where demand for quality shearlings out tripped supply and more could have been sold to advantage.

Top price was £920 consigned by MR TW Hamilton & Son, Kirkton, Crawford.

Other Top Prices:
Suffolk Shearlings - £500 (x2) Dreva, £480 Laghead, £480 Alterstone
Suffolk Ram Lambs - £480, £440 Cleughbrae, £420, £410 Prettsmill, £380 Burgh Head
Texel Shearlings - £520 Dreva, £480 Nether Keir, £480, £450 Kilfaddoch
Texel Ram Lambs - £340, £300 Woodhead, £300 Little Galla, £300 Sandilands
Leicester Shearlings - £920, £650 Kirkton of Crawford, £780, £620 Barr, £650 High Creoch, £600 Springwells, £580, £500 Dalpeddar
Leicester Lambs - £340 (x2), £280 Burgh Head, £270 Raggetsyke
Beltex Shearlings - £450 Newton
Beltex X Texel Shearling - £420, £400 (x2) Nether Keir