Dumfries Primestock Report
C&D Auctions held their weekly sale of prime sheep in Dumfries on Wednesday 5th February 2025.
Prime hoggs met a sharper trade for all classes to average 339.7p/kg selling to £187 from H Hamlet, Cowans.
4 Hoggs (25.5-32kg) averaged 339.5p/kg to 395p/kg from W Slaven & Son, Foregirth
Texel – £120 Foregirth
250 Hoggs (32.1-39kg) averaged 334.13p/kg to 364p/kg from Glenkiln Farms, Bettyknowes
Texel – £140 Barnbarroch, £139 Copewood
Cheviot – £133 Hoddomtown
Blackface – £124 Chesterhall Park, £124 Beuchan
325 Hoggs (39.1-45.5kg) averaged 343.55p/kg to 368p/kg from Henderson, Breconside
Suffolk – £160.50 West Skelston
Texel – £158 Hoddomtown
Cheviot – £155 Rigghead
Cheviot Mule – £152 Hoddomtown
Blackface – £146 Bettyknowes
248 Lambs (45.6+) averaged 338.7p/kg to 367p/kg from H Hamlet, Cowans
Texel – £187 Cowans, £176.50 West Skelston, £175 Millriggs
Suffolk – £174.50 West Skelston, £174.50 Millrigg
Blue Texel – £171 Cowans
Cast Ewes and Rams easily maintained recent rates for poor show of ewes on offer.
Heavy Ewes averaged £117.09 topped at £188 from J&T Hiddleston, Newmains
Texel – £188 Newmains, £178 Copewood, £150 Tara
Suffolk – £175 Newmains, £130 Bogue
Cheviot Mule – £174 Woodhouse, £170 Newmains
Cross – £148 Collochan, £146 & £144 (x2) Woodhouse
Lleyn – £148 Copewood
Light Ewes averaged £96.31, topped at £146 from R&L Austin, Upper Portrack
Cheviot – £146 & £124 Upper Portrack, £138 Tara
Blackface – £114 Auchens, £114 Dornal
Rams averaged £204.60, topped at £265 from Glenkiln Farms, Bettyknowes
Texel – £265 & £170 Bettyknowes
Suffolk – £168 Newmains
Blue Leicester – £155 Dornal
