Dumfries Primestock Report
C&D Auction Marts held their weekly sale of Prime Sheep and opening Store Lamb Sale in Dumfries on Wednesday 8th October 2025.
A good show of Store Lambs forward which met plenty of trade to a good ringside of buyers. Pens of Texel, Blue Texel and Suffolk Lambs reached £115 from Wilson, Sandilands; Hunt, Bushcroft and twice for Howatson, Hallmeadow. Prime Lambs with weight and flesh were easily sold as lighter lambs met some resistance. Average for sale 296.43p/kg and SQQ 297.33p/kg. Cast ewes and rams again were in great demand.
Store Lambs
Blue Texel – £115 Sandilands
Suffolk – £115 Hallmeadow, £115 Bushcroft
Texel – £115 Hallmeadow, £114 Bushcroft, £113 Hallmeadow
Cheviot Mule – £110 High Borgue
Cheviot – £89 Dressertland
Prime Lambs and Cast Ewes
26 Lambs (32.1kg-39kg) averaged 287.9p/kg and topped at 300p/kg from Laird, East Polquhirter
Texel – £116 Woodhouse, £110 Newton Bungalow
Cross – £114 East Polquhirter
Cheviot Mule – £111 High Cairn
502 Lambs (39.1-45.5kg) averaged 297.77p/kg and topped at 314p/kg from Rodan, Woddhead of Dardarroch
Texel – £138 Newmains, £137 Foregirth, £136 East Polquhirter, £135 Woodhead of Dardarroch, £135 Kirkbride
Cheviot Mule – £137 & £130 Marwhirn
Dutch Spotted – £136 Laneside
Suffolk – £135 Kirkbride, £133 Barnbarroch, £132 Kirkbride
Beltex – £130 Auchenfad
Lleyn – £125 Laneside
Romney – £120 Chestnut Lodge
386 Lambs (45.6-52kg) averaged 295.41p/kg and topped at 306p/kg from Slaven, Foregirth
Texel – £152 Rigghead, £148.50 & £148 Ballaggan, £148 33 Newton Road, £148 Auchenfad, £147.50 Newmains, £147.50 Kirkbride
Beltex – £150 Auchenfad
Suffolk – £149 Barnbarroch, £147 Auchenfad, £146 Kirkbride, £146 Foregirth
Cross – £147.50 & £140 Newmains, £140 Crawstown
Dutch Spotted – £147 Riggehead, £139 Laneside
Lleyn – £143 Laneside
Cheviot Mule – £140 & £137 Marwhirn
Blue Texel – £138 Woodside
74 Lambs (52.1+kg) averaged 296.02p/kg and topped at 307p/kg from Laird, East Polquhirter
Texel – £162 Craigielands Hil, £160 Abune the Brae, £157 Rigghead, £154 Maryfield, £150 Newmains
Suffolk – £161 Abune the Brae, £151 Rigghead
Blue Texel – £150 Newmains
466 Heavy Ewes averaged £120.96 and topped at £235 from Burgess, The Bush
Texel – £235 The Bush, £232 Druidhall, £228 Hayfield
Cross – £225 Dressertland, £200 Bushcroft, £198 & £192 Newmains
Cheviot Mule – £218 & £195 Newbank, £172 Nether Dargavel
North Country Cheviot – £168 High Bogrue
Romney – £168 Twinty Acre, £122 Mains of Airies
Blue Leicester – £162 Grennan
Suffolk – £162 Nether Dargavel, £158 Hayfield, £158 Barnbarroch
Zwartable – £158 10 Great Easton, £140 Wallacetown
Lleyn – £130 Barnbarroch
262 Light Ewes averaged £85.31 and topped at £132 from Wilson, Marwhirn
Cheviot – £132 Marwhirn, £125 Dressertland, £123 Bettyknowes, £120 Druidhall
Blackface – £116 Bushcroft, £110 Hayfield
12 Rams averaged £149.75 and topped at £225 from Porteous, Stobo Hill
Texel – £225 Stobo Hill, £202 Nether Dargavel, £170 Halldykes
Blackface – £130 Ashmark
Please contact your auctioneers for further enquiries:
Harry Begg – 07713 569 593
Robert Weir – 07885 729 495
Alistair Watret – 07715 499 320
