Dumfries Ram Fair Report – 02 October 2026
C&D Auctions conducted their Annual Sale of 175 Breeding Rams in Dumfries. Tups with size and quality met plenty of demand from the active ringside of Buyers. Texel Shearlings from regular consigner Hiddleston of Newmains sold to £1600, £1500, £1350(x2) and £1300, Sloan of Broomhills also sold to £1500 & £1350, Strawhorn of Broomhillbank also sold to £1300.
Breeding Sheep in high demand today with Ewe Lambs achieving £310 from Sloan of Broomhills for Texels and 4 crop Ewes achieving £192 from Ross-Taylor, Littlegill. Scotch Mule Ewe Lambs topped at £142 from Park, Dalpeddar and Anderson, Guelt.
Store Lambs would be dearer on the week with predominantly long keep Lambs forward. Top price today was £132 for Texel cross Lambs from Guild, Laight with Feeding Ewes topping at £188 from Hyslop, Locherben.
Opening Sale of Wednesday Store Sheep is Wednesday 7th October just prior to Prime Sheep at 12.30pm. Entries for all sheep required for Wednesday sale.
Ram Lambs
Suffolk – £850 Prettsmill, £750 Foregirth, £750 Prettsmill & £700 Foregirth
Texel – £750 & £700 Vallance Drive
Blue Leicester – £520 Glenlaugh, £450 Kilfaddoch, £450(x2) Glenlaugh
Shearling Rams
Texel – £1600 & £1500 Newmains, £1500 & £1350 Broomhills, £1350(x2) & £1300 Newmains, £1300 Broomhillbank, £1250 Newmains
Blue Leicester – £1100 Low Arkland, £950 & £900 Kirkton of Crawford, £900 Low Arkland, £900 Kirkton of Crawford
Texel x Suffolk – £1100 Craigbill
Beltex x Texel – £950 Glenjaan
Beltex – £800 & £750 Townfoot
Ewe Lambs
Texel – £310, £198 & £182(x2) Broomhills
Mule – £142 Dalpeddar, £142, £138 & £130 Guelt
Breeding Ewes
Mule – £192 Littlegill
Suffolk – £192 Littlegill
Store Lambs
Texel – £132, £129 & £120 Laight, £116 Newton Road, £98(x2) Riverside
Suffolk – £120 Locherben, £108 & £102 Ewanston, £102 Riverside
Cheviot – £110 Locherben
Charollais – £104 & £102 Riverside
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
