Dumfries Mart Weekly Sales Reports 7 & 9/02/22

DUMFRIES STORE CATTLE 07/02/2022

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

230 Forward: A group attendance of active buyers were present with trade surpassing sellers expectations.

Bullocks per head – AA – £1245 £1100 Sheddock, £1165 No2 Tregallon, £1160 Shenrick, £1080 Gamerigg. Lim – £1240 £1100 Belridding, £1130 High Auchneel. Char – £1235 £1080 Craigielands Hill. Lui – £1200 High Auchneel. Short – £1165 x2 £1105 No2 Tregallon, £1095 £1090 High Auchneel. Sim – £1135 £1130 High Auchneel. BB – £1085 Shenrick, £1065 Upper Moor. Hol – £780 Clonhie.

Heifers per head – Sim – £1200 £1020 High Auchneel, £1030 Innerfield & Upper Moor. Short – £1160 No2 Tregallon. Char – £1145 Burnside. Lim – £1130 Belridding, £1100 High Auchneel, £1090 Upper Moor, £1060 Ballaggan. AA – £1130 Upper Moor, £1000 Ballaggan. BB – £1085 Shenrick, £1040 Upper Moor.

Bullocks per kilo – Lui – 293.50p Gartnagrenach. AA – 290.20p Gartnagrenach. Char – 273.50p Lochwood. Lim – 261.10p Belridding. Sim – 256p Lochwood.

Heifers per kilo – Lim – 275.6 Belridding. Sim – 246.60 Lochwood. Lui – 240.4p Gartnagrenach.

DUMFRIES PRIMESTOCK 09/02/2022

C&D Auction Marts held their sale of Primestock in Dumfries

Prime cattle met a competitive trade selling to 270p/kg and 260p/kg from J. Jardine, Yett to R. Johnstone & Sons Butchers, Annan and C M Kirkpatrick.

OTM’s met stiff competition with numbers short of buyers demands.

Dairy Ave 129.4p/kg to 174p/kg and £1519.70

Beef Ave 144p/kg to 190p/kg and £1352.40

Per Head – Flec – £1519.70 £1252.80 £1202.40 Slacks. Lim – £1352.40 Newmains. Sim – £1170.25 Dalmakethar. Char – £1083 Dalmakethar. Hol – £1004.40 £904.50 Brownrigg, £937.50 Barndennoch. AA – £992.80 Marwhirn. Fri – £931 Fingland.

Per Kilo – Char – 190p Dalmakethar. Flec – 174p 167p x2 Slacks. Sim – 155p Dalmakethar. Lim – 147p Newmains. AA – 146p Marwhirn, 144p Ballaggan. BB – 143p Ballaggan. Hol – 134p 131p Brownrigg, 126p Barndennoch. Fri – 133p Fingland. Ayr– 123p Ryes.

Prime Sheep

490 Prime Hoggs: Numbers tighter. Trade no worse.

103 Hoggs (32.1-39kg) averaged 257p/kg to 284p/kg Over Abington

NCC – £102 Over Abington

BF- £99 Chesterhall Parks, £96 Newbigging

263 Hoggs (39.1kg-45.5kg) averaged 264.5p/kg to 290p/kg Horseholm

Tex – £125 £117.50 Rigghead, £118.50 Townhead & Horseholm, £117.50 Druidhall/Braco

Blue Tex – £122 West Craigie

Chev – £116 Barnbarroch, £113.50 Hoddomtown

NCC – £115 Auchencreiff

Chev Mule – £115 Druidhall/ Braco

X – £114 Greensheilds