Dumfries Prime Sheep Report – 15 June 2026
C&D Auction Marts Ltd held their weekly sale of Prime Sheep in Dumfries. A strong trade for lambs today at Dumfries. Lambs topped at £224 from Hyslop, West Lanegate and Gelston Castle Farms achieving £210 for Texel cross lambs. McMillan, Ballaggan topped the pence per kilo at £4.19/kg for beautiful Texel lambs.
SQQ 396.47p/kg
Sale average 393.43p/kg
Huge demand week in week out at Dumfries. Start looking through them now for next week!
Lambs (32.1-39kg) averaged 387.4p/kg and topped at 405p/kg from Miller, Beltonhill
Texel – £154 (x2) Beltonhill
Lambs (39.1-45.5kg) averaged 397.5p/kg and topped at 419p/kg from McMillan, Ballaggan
Texel – £184 & £180 Ballaggan, £180 Newbank, £177 Slacks, £174 Foregirth
Suffolk – £177.5 Foregirth, £177 Boreland of Kelton
Lambs (45.6-52kg) averaged 389.4p/kg and topped at 412p/kg from Gelston Castle Farms, Boreland of Kelton
Suffolk – £210 Boreland of Kelton, £200 West Lanegate, £200 Newbarn
Texel – £200 Shangan, £190 Newbank, £187 Beltonhill
North Country Cheviots – £190 (x2) Hillhead
Lambs (52.1+kg) averaged 378.7p/kg and topped at 393p/kg from Hyslop, West Lanegate
Texel – £224 West Lanegate, £210 Shangan
Suffolk – £210 Castleview, £210 Foregirth
A smaller show of cast Ewes and Rams met a fierce trade. Gelston Castle Farms topped at £230 for a pen of 4 Texel Ewes. Cheviots achieved £160 from Wilson, Newbank. Ewe trade looking strong into next week with more numbers required.
Heavy Ewes topped at £230 from Gelston Castle Farms, Boreland of Kelton
Texel £230 Boreland of Kelton, £218 Shangan, £215 Arnmannoch, £215 Craigbill, £205 Southwick Estate, £200 Arnmannoch
Charollais – £200 Boreland of Kelton
Cheviot Mule – £175 Arnmannoch
Cross – £172 & £170 (x2) Shangan
Blue Leicester – £170 Barr
Zwartble – £150 New Cample
Dutch Spotted – £114 New Cample
Light Ewes topped at £160 from Wilson, Newbank
Cheviot – £160 Newbank
Blackface – £118 & £114 Barr
Rams topped at £212 from McKerlie, Castleview
Suffolk – £212 Castleview
Blackface – £118 Barr
Please contact your auctioneers for further enquiries:
Harry Begg – 07713 569 593
Cameron Robertson – 07435 702 625
Alistair Watret – 07715 499 320
Robert Weir – 07885 729 495
