Dumfries Primestock Report

C&D Auction Marts held their weekly sale of Store Lambs and Prime Sheep in Dumfries on Wednesday 26th November 2025.

200 Store Lambs; Mixed offering sold easily. Lambs sold to £125 from Townfoot

Texel - £125 Townfoot, £120 Sandilands
Cheviot - £98 Courstein
North Country Cheviot - £94 Hillhead
Cross - £90 Gillenbie

Prime Lambs sold at improved rates for all classes to average 318.6p/kg (SQQ 323.5p/kg). Blue Texel lambs realised £199 from Graham, Hillend. Cast Ewes and Rams were a great trade with a fine show forward.

74 Lambs (32.1-39kg) averaged 330p/kg and topped at 336p/kg from Wight, Arnmannoch
Texel - £131 Arnmannoch
Cheviot - £129 Barr of Crocketford
Cross - £128.50 Hall

437 Lambs (39.1-45.5kg) averaged 322p/kg and topped at 338p/kg from Wright, Innerfield
Cheviot Mule - £169 Ryemuir
Texel – £147.50 Newmains, £145.50 Muirside, £144.50 Hartbush
Dutch Spot - £145 Laneside
Suffolk - £142 Muirside, £138 Longbeoch
Lleyn - £141 Laneside

335 Lambs (45.6-52kg) averaged 315p/kg and topped at 322p/kg from Cowhill Trust, Muirside
Texel - £160 (x2) Rigghead, £158.50 Newmains, £158 West Skelston
Blue Texel - £159 Sandilands
Charollais - £159 Rigghead
Dutch Spot - £155 Rashgill Park
Suffolk - £153.50 Auchenfad, £153 West Skelston
Cross - £153 West Skelston
Lleyn - £153 Laneside
Cheviot Mule - £145 Muirside

55 Lambs (52.1+kg) averaged 302p/kg and topped at 321p/kg from Graham, Hillend
Blue Texel - £199 & £180 Hillend
Texel - £170 Rigghead, £169 West Lanegate, £166.50 Longbeoch
Suffolk - £169.50 Longbeoch, £167.50 West Lanegate
Cheviot Mule - £168 Ryemuir

285 Heavy Ewes averaged £154.12 and topped at £230 from Brown, Abune the Brae and Kirk, Hall of Drumpark
Suffolk - £230 Abune the Brae
Texel - £230 Hall of Drumpark, £220 Abune the Brae, £218 West Lanegate
Blue Leicester - £190 Hall of Drumpark
Cross - £190 East Polquhirter, £185 Pendicle, £185 Hall of Drumpark, £180 Abune the Brae
North Country Cheviot - £182 Pendicle
Cheviot Mule - £178 Nether Gribton
Lleyn - £175 Laneside

259 Light Ewes averaged £103.94 and topped at £230 from Dobson, Hillhead
Cheviot - £230 Hillhead, £146 Bettyknowes, £138 Glencaple
Blackface - £146 Hall of Drumpark, £134 Abune the Brae
Shetland - £48 Hillhead

Rams averaged £233.75 and topped at £300 from Kirk, Hall of Drumpark
Texel - £300 Hall of Drumpark
Suffolk - £215 Newmains
Blue Texel - £210 Hillend

Please contact your auctioneers for further enquiries:
Harry Begg – 07713 569 593
Robert Weir – 07885 729 495
Alistair Watret – 07715 499 320

 

corresponding week 2024 sale report