Dumfries Primestock Report – 25 February 2026
C&D Auction Marts held their weekly sale of Prime Sheep in Dumfries on Wednesday 25th February 2026.
A smaller show of hoggs was presented forward and met with pleasing returns. Todays SQQ was 356.5p/kg and 331.4p/kg.
Hoggs topped at £170 twice for a strong pair from Maxwell Farming, Druidhall. A beautiful run of hoggs from Hamlet, Garloff topped at £168 for 26 Hoggs. Third Farms topped the pence per kilo at 382p/kg for 5 sweet Texel cross Hoggs. A notable mention to Wilson, Newbank who sold a pen of Cheviot Hoggs to 373p/kg.
A mixed offering of Cast Ewes and Rams forward with two thirds of the sale being light hill bred ewes. Topping today at £198 from Sloan, Backburn for a thumping Suffolk ewe. Light ewes topped at £142 from Young, Nether Gribton. Rams topped at £175 from Anderson of Ardoch and Wilson of Marwhirn.
Hoggs (32.1-39kg) averaged 360p/kg and topped at 382p/kg from Third Farms, Third
Cheviot – £144 Riggheads
Blackface – £140 Rigghead
Texel – £140 Third, £137 Springfield Hill, £130 Third
Cheviot Mule – £137 High Road
Suffolk – £136 Third
Hoggs (39.1-45.5kg) averaged 353p/kg and topped at 373p/kg from Wilson, Newbank
Cheviot – £157 & £149 Newbank, £143 Lochpark
Texel – £157 Backburn, £155 Druidhall, £155 Shangan, £155 Foregirth, £153 Shangan, £152 Newbank, £150 Lochpark, £148 Foregirth, £145 Crochmore
Lleyn – £152 Rigghead
Cheviot Mule – £148 Springfield Hill, £146 Newbank, £141 South Mains
Suffolk – £148 Foregirth
Hoggs (45.6-52kg) averaged 311.7p/kg and topped at 336p/kg from Graham, Barr
Suffolk – £162 Townhead
Blue Texel – £160 Garloff
Texel – £160 Garloff, £158 Nether Gribton, £158 Barr, £156 Shangan, £155 (x2) Foregirth, £155 Barr, £153 Nether Gribton, £152 Druidhall, £150 Shangan
Charollais – £154 Druidhall
Hoggs (52.1+kg) averaged 303.6p/kg and topped at 313p/kg from Hamlet, Garloff
Texel – £170 Druidhall, £168 Garloff, £166 Foregirth, £164 Nether Gribton, £161 Townhead, £160 Nether Gribton, £160 Druidhall
Blue Texel – £166 Garloff
Charollais – £166 Druidhall
Suffolk – £160 Druidhall
Cross – £150 Nether Gribton
Heavy Ewes topped at £198 from Sloan, Backburn
Suffolk – £198 Backburn
Texel – £184 Foregirth, £166 & £165 Backburn
Cross – £164 South Mains, £158 backburn
Cheviot Mule – £152 Marwhirn, £152 South Mains
Romney – £148 Carronhill
Light Ewes topped at £142 from Young, Nether Gribton
Cheviot – £142 Nether Gribton, £136 Newbank, £136 Nether Gribton, £132 Marwhirn
Blackface – £106 Nether Gribton, £100 Lettrick
Rams topped at £175 from Anderson of Ardoch and Wilson, Marwhirn
Cheviot – £175 & £155 Marwhirn
Texel – £175 Ardoch
Blue Leicester – £155 & £150 Guelt
Hampshire – £140 Wood
Blackface – £128 Glenwhargen
Please contact your auctioneers for further enquiries:
Harry Begg – 07713 569 593
Alistair Watret – 07715 499 320
Robert Weir – 07885 729 495
