Dumfries Mart Weekly Sales Reports 30/05/22

DUMFRIES STORE CATTLE 30/05/2022

C & D Auction Marts held their fornightly sale of store cattle in Dumfries.

160 Forward: A smaller show did not detract the full ringside of buyers attendance, with trade still bouyant. Limousin x heifers to £1,320 from A & F Baillie, Low Glasnick, who also sold British Blue x bullocks at £1,200.

Bullocks per head –

British Blue £1,200, £1,105 Low Glasnick.

Simmental £1,195, £1,155 High Auchneel, £1,090 Upper Moor.

Charolais £1,150 High Auchneel, £1,135 Low Glasnick.

Limousin £1,130 Low Glasnick, £1,115 High Auchneel, £1,095 Upper Moor, £1,060 Backburn & Meikleholm.

Saler £1,060 Auchenfad.

Heifers per head –

Limousin £1,320, £1,260, £1,200 Low Glasnick, £1,140, £1,120 Upper Moor, £1,070 High Auchneel, £1,030 Meikleholm.

British Blue £1,230, £1,155 Low Glasnick, £1,090 Upper Moor.

Angus £1,205 High Auchneel.

Simmental £1,200, £1,120 High Auchneel.

Saler £1,190 Low Glasnick, £1,095 Upper Moor.

Charolais £1,170 Low Glasnick.

Fleckvieh £1,120, £1,095 Slacks.

Blonde £1,050 High Auchneel.

Beef Shorthorn £960 Slacks.

DUMFRIES PRIMESTOCK 01/06/2022

C&D Auction Marts held their weekly Primestock sale in Dumfries.

Cattle were foreward in numbers short of demand with all classes again meeting a big demand.

Belted Galloway Bullocks to 254p/kg Low Three Mark to W Lindsay, Butchers, Creetown

Beef OTMs sold to 248p/kg for a Charolais Cow from Barnbackle to Average 196.1p/kg

Dairy OTMs sold to 177p/kg from Gamerigg to Average 166.6p/kg

Per Head – Char – £1599.60 Barnbackle. Ayr -£1376 Muirside. AA – £1345.50, £1264.15 Muirside. Hol – £1238.80 Muirside, £1194.75 Gamerigg, £1161 Brownfield. Gal – £1136.65 Barnbarroch.

Per Kilo – AA – 207p/kg, 205p/kg Muirside. Char – 248p/kg Barnbackle. Hol – 177.0p/kg Gamerigg, 175.0p/kg, 172.0p/kg Brownfield. Ayr – 172.0p/kg Muirside.

Prime and Cast Sheep Forward

New Season Lambs Met a very competative trade selling to £152 Glenhowan

Tex – £152, £150 Glenhown, £148 Maryfield, £146 Chesnut Lodge, £140 Midtown

Zwart – £148 Hollands Farm

Prime Hoggets – Easily sold with well fleshed hoggs much sharper

Char – £146 Belridding.

Tex – £146 Townhead, £142 Swyre.

Suf – £144 Townhead.

Chev £139 Gledenholm.

Cast ewes were an exceptional trade. More are needed on a weekly basis.

Heavy Ewes Average £141.19 Top £220

Light Ewes Average £93.94 Top £132