C & D Auction Marts Ltd held their fortnightly sale of Store Cattle on Monday in Dumfries which included Their Spring Sale of Organic Cattle.

76 Organic Cattle Were Presented to Several New Buyers with Demand Out Stripping Supply.

Trade Was Exceptional Showing a Rise of £221.42 on the Year

Matthew Hamilton, Woolfords Sold a pen of 10 Charolais (Yearling) Bullocks to £1270 with another Pen Realising at 334.4 p/kg

Leo Petrucci, Outer Blair Sold Simmental Bullocks at £1480 with Heifers Realising at £1290

Organic Bullocks averaged 282.4 p/kg

Organic Heifers Averaged 242.3p/kg

Organic Bullocks

Simmental to £1480, £1170 Outer Blair

Charolais to £1270 (x2), £1110, £1080 (x2) Woolfords

Organic Heifers

Simmental to £1290, £1190, £1160 Outer Blair.

250 Non Organic Cattle: Full Ring Side of Active Buyers in Attendance with all Vendors Delighted with The Days Trading.

Bullocks ave 226.7p to £1070 and 272.4p Lonrigg

Heifers ave 216p to £1090 and 262p Skipmyre

Bulls ave 209p to £680 and 246.2p Barend

Bullocks

Montbeliarde to £1070 Gimmenbie

Charolais to £1065, £1060, £995 Cormaddie

Limousin to £1065, £995 (x2) Cormaddie £1060 Abune The Brae

Simmental to £1005 Abune The Brae, £1000 Upper Moor, £995, £980 Cormaddie £980 Meikleholm.

British Blue to £980, £955 Upper Moor

BSH £900, £875 (x3) Butterdales

Per Kilo

Angus to 272.4 Longrigg

Charolais to 258.4, 257.9 Cormaddie

Simmental to 258.4, 257.9 Cormaddie

Limousin to 258.4 Cormaddie, 247.4 Abune The Brae

BSH to 243p Bogue, 230.3p Butterdales

Heifers

Angus to £1090 Kirkbride, £945 Upper Moor

Limousin to £1030, £970 Kirkbride, £900 Rashgill

British Blue to £970, £965, £940 Low Glasnick, £965 Upper Moor

Hereford to £955 Upper Moor

Limousin to £910 Skipmyre

Simmental to £885 Palaceknowe

Per Kilo

Charolais to 262p, 249p Skipmyre

Simmental to 245.8 Leathorn

Angus to 231.3p Longrigg

Limousin to 231p Kirkbride

British Blue to 220.7p Low Glasnick

Bulls

246.2p Barend

Next Sale Monday 1^st May 2017

DUMFRIES Young Calves  17.04.2017

C & D Auction Marts Ltd had their fortnightly sale at Dumfries Mart.

Calves were in Good demnad with More Required for a Large Ringside of Buyers.

Bull Calves

Fleckvieh to £450, £120, £400 Stannock, £390, £380 Slacks

Limousin to £450 Barndennoch

Angus to £420, £400 Slacks

Milk Calves

British Blue to £370, £350 Kerricks

Limousin to £320 Cleughbrae

Heifer Calves

Limousin to £520 Barndennoch

Next Calf Sale Monday 1^st May 2017 at 10.15am,

all enquiries/entries to

Alistair Watret 07715 499 320 / Matthew Thomson 07900 181 6350

DUMFRIES PRIMESTOCK 19.04.2017

C & D Auction Marts Ltd held their weekly Sale of Primestock in Dumfries.

62 OTM Cattle – Trade Maintained Recent Rates. Mainly Dairy Cows Forward.

Beef cows Averaged 130p/kg to 164p/kg and £1169

Dairy Cows  Averaged 116.3p/kg to 142p/kg and £1169

Per Head

Limousin to £1169 Tregallon.

Fleckvieh to £1169, £1113.90 Slacks

Holstein to £1127.25 Barony College, £1041.20 Salcks, £1026 Upper Portrack, £1021.80 Kirktonfield, £1003.20 Rue.

Simmental to £1086.75 Tregallon, £1057.80 Wellhill

Luing to £1085.70 Wellhill

Friesian to £938.25 Burnhead

Per Kilo

Simmental to 164p Wellhill, 135p Tregallon

Holstein to 142p, 136p Mortonholm, 138p Trailflat, 137p Slacks, 135p Upper Portrack, 135p Barony, 133p Townhead, 133p (x2) Barndennoch, 132p, 130p Rue 131p Kirktonfield.

Luing to 141p Wellhill

Fleckvieh to 141p, 140p, 131p Slacks

Limousin to 140p Tregallon, 138p Ballaggan

Friesian to 135p, 128p Burnhead

835 Prime sheep Forward

572 Hoggs: All Classes Sharper for a Mixed Offering.

28 Hoggs (25.5-32kg) Ave 184.3p/kg to 188p/kg Burnside

Blackface £59.50 Barnbarroch, £56.50 Burnside

294 Hoggs (32.1-39kg) Ave 191.4p/kg to 216p/kg Newhope

Beltex to £80 Newhope

Charollais to £76 Lochill

Texel to £75.50 Thorns

Cheviot to £74.50 Riggheads

Blackface to £72.50, £69, Thorns, £71.50 Rigghead

121 Hoggs (39.1- 45.5kg) Ave 185.4p/kg to 194/kg Rigghead

Cheviots to £79.50 Riggheads

Texel to £79.50 West Skelston, £77.50 Meikleholm, £76.50 Riggheads, £75 Newhope, £74.50 Lochill

Blackface to £76.50 Meikleholm

129 Hoggs (45.6+kg) Ave 164p/kg to 184p/kg  Cleughbrae

Suffolk to £86.50 West Skelston, £79.50, Barnbarroch

Texel to £85.50 £80.50 West Skelston, £84.50, £84 Cleughbrae, £82.50 Aar-Dar, £81.50 Riggheads, £80.50 Maryfield.

NCC to £83.50 Cleughbrae.

Cross to £72 Lochill

263 Cast ewes and rams: A Very Good Trade for a Mixed Offering.

Cast ewes:

Texel to £104.50, £97.50, £93.50 Shieldhill, £97.50 Ross Farm, £96.50 Cocklicks.

Suffolk to £95.50, £79.50 The Waterhole

NCC £95.50, £86.50 Annefield

Half-Bred to £79.50 Ross

Cross to £78.50, £76.50 Lanarkland, £73.50 Kirkhill of Dalton

Blackface to £76.50 South Mains

Rams

Blue Leicter £112.50 Dalpeddar.

Beltex to £103.20 Ross

Blackface £74 Dalpeddar