Dumfries Prime Sheep Report – 11 March 2026
C&D Auction Marts Ltd held their weekly sale of Prime Sheep in Dumfries. Trade today showed the upward trend, with hoggs up to 436p/kg and plenty runs of Blackface and Cheviots well over £4/kg. More required weekly to meet buyers demands. SQQ 398.7p/kg with the overall average 375p/kg.
All classes of ewes met a stronger trade. Plenty hill ewes about meeting high returns. Topping the heavy ewes was Radley Pedigree Livestock at £255 for a Texel ewe and light ewes topped at £186 from Young, Nether Gribton for a pen of Cheviot ewes.
Breeding ewes were sold with keen buyers from near and far. Today’s dispersal from Mr Robert Thompson, Lanarkland topped at £250 for a Texel cross ewe scanned twins. In lamb Texel cross Mules were making £240-245 on plenty of occasions.
Hoggs (25.5-32kg) averaged 337.2p/kg and topped at 403p/kg from Peugniez, Hillbank
Texel – £125 Hillbank, £124 Rigghead
Hoggs (32.1-39kg) averaged 394.4p/kg and topped at 411p/kg from TS Farming, Rigghead
Cheviot – £153 Rigghead, £153 Hoddomtown, £152 Rigghead, £146 Wellhill
Blackface – £152 & £140 Rigghead
Hoggs (39.1-45.5kg) averaged 393.5p/kg and topped at 436p/kg from Hiddleston, Wellhill
Texel – £179 & £175 Wellhill, £171 Upper Tinwald, £171 Swyre
Cheviot – £174 Auchencrieff, £168 Rigghead
Blackface – £167 Rigghead, £163 & £160 Ashmark
Suffolk – £165 Swyre
North Country Cheviot – £160 Hoddomtown
Hoggs (45.6-52kg) averaged 344.5p/kg and topped at 360p/kg from Gibb, Auchencrieff
Cheviot – £173 Auchencrieff
Texel – £170 Rigghead, £170 Wellhill
North Country Cheviot – £168 Hoddomtown
Suffolk – £168 (x2) Swyre, £155 Lanarkland
Cheviot Mule – £167 Rigghead
Hoggs (52.1+kg) averaged 283.8p/kg and topped at 321p/kg from McKune, Townhead
Texel – £172 Lanarkland, £170 Hillbank, £170 Townhead
Suffolk – £164 Bettyknowes
Blue Leicester – £150 (x2) Barr
Heavy Ewes topped at £255 from Radley Pedigree Livestock, Craigend
Texel – £255 Craigend, £240 Mull of Galloway, £236 Lanarkland, £200 Mull of Galloway
Suffolk – £238 Craigend, £206 Lanarkland
Blue Leicester – £226 Barr
Cheviot Mule – £208 Wellhill
Cross – £178 Bettyknowes, £150 Bogue, £150 Townhead
Charollais – £140 Bogue
Light Ewes topped at £186 from Young, Nether Gribton
Cheviot – £186, £130, £121 & £114 Nether Gribton, £102 Troloss
Blackface – £138 Nethertown, £128 Bettyknowes, £126 Nethertown, £125 Nether Gribton, £124 Dressertland
Rams topped at £238 from Radley Pedigree Livestock, Craigend
Texel – £238 & £182 Craigend
Charollais – £220 New Farm, £212 Craigend
Bleu Du Maine – £212 Craigend
Cheviot – £202 New Farm, £178 Nether Gribton, £174 Troloss
Beltex – £200 Upper Tinwald
Blue Leicester – £200 Nether Gribton
Please contact your auctioneers for further enquiries:
Harry Begg – 07713 569 593
Alistair Watret – 07715 499 320
Robert Weir – 07885 729 495
