Dumfries & Longtown Store and Breeding Sheep Report

C&D Auctions held their Annual New Year sale of Store Hoggs, Cast Rams and Ewes in Dumfries on Friday 9th January 2025.

Store Hoggs met a marvellous trade for all classes with buyers actively seeking hoggs. Cheviot hoggs from McMillan, Hastingshall topped at £142, with Texels from Marchant, Clonhie reaching £141. Cast rams and ewes maintained recent values.

Store Hoggs
Cheviot - £142 Hastingshall, £137 Newbigging, £129 Archbank
Texel - £141 Clonhie, £139 Hall, £139 Pilmuir, £139 Foregirth
Cross - £138 Newbigging, £124 Merkland, £123 Glenwhargen, £122 Foregirth
Suffolk - £135 Tara, £125 Hall & £120 Hastingshall
Blackface - £72 Cramalt, £72 Bettyknowes

Tup Hoggs
Cheviot - £132 Archbank
Cross - £125 Bettyknowees
Texel - £124 Tara
Blackface - £108 Cramalt

Feeding Ewes
Suffolk - £185 & £178 Newbigging, £140 Bushcroft
Texel - £185 Dressertland, £180 Pilmuir, £160 Bettyknowes
Cross - £164 Dressertland, £160 Newbigging, £158 Bettyknowes, £158 Pilmuir
Cheviot Mule - £157 & £148 Dressertland
North Country Cheviot - £148 & £142 Dressertland, £140 Newbigging
Cheviot - £126 & £118 Archbank
Jacob - £122 Bushcroft
Blackface - £118 Glenwhargen
Kerry Hill - £116 Bushcroft

Cast Rams
Texel - £215 & £195 Dressertland, £195 Bettyknowes
Suffolk - £200 Newbigging
Blue Leicester - £155 Newbigging
Charollais - £145 Dressertland
Blackface - £130 Pilmuir, £120 Cramalt