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
Cast Tups Average £199.00 Top £228
Ewes:
Tex – £220 x2 Glenhown, £206 North Cowshaw, £194 Backburn
X – £147, £132 Backburn. £124 Swyre, £122 Townhead
Ham – £139 Hollands Farm
Char – £137 Upper Steppford, £132 Springfield
Blue Leic – £134 Springfield
Chev – £132 Ballaggan, £130 Barnbarrock, £127, £125 Springfield
Suf – £128 Backburn
BF – £103 Craigmuie
Herd – £92 Barquhar Bungalow
Rams:-
Suf – £228 – Townhead.
Tex – £170 Swyre
