DUMFRIES 03.10.14
The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart plc held their weekly Sale of Store Lambs in Dumfries on Friday.
1181 Forward
340 Scotch Mule Ewe Lambs – Trade Bouyant selling to £87 Guelt, £74 Hall of Drumpark, £74 Hall, £71 High Cairn
Blackface Ewe Lambs to £57 Laghead
Cheviot Ewe Lambs to £54 Laghead
760 Store Lambs – Trade Firmer
Suffolk (ave £56) to £58 Hill, £55 Hastingshall, £55 Ewanston
Texel (ave £51.50) to £57 Knocksheen, £51 Ironlosh
Mule (ave £43.92) to £53 Auchenhay, £51.50 Dalpeddar, £50.50 Meikle Barncleugh
Blackface (ave £34.17) to £43 Laghead
81 Breeding Ewes
Mule to £106, £97 High Garleffan, £98 Carse Rigg
Dumfries Ram Fair
Catalogued entry of 395 forward.
122 Bluefaced Leicester Rams – Trade selective although most found new homes.
Ram Lambs – £500 Ashburn, £310 Glenlaught
Shearlings to £520 Burghhead, £460 Kirkton,£420, £390, £360 Merkland, £400, £390 Barr, £400 Raggetsyke, £400 , £390 Glenlaugh, £400 (x2) Kirksteads
Very good entry of 273 Texel, Suffolk and various other breeds were forward with good tups easily sold to an overall top price of £620 for a very nice Texel Tup Lamb from Messrs Hastings, Kilncroft.
Shearlings were topped at £580 for a Beltex x Texel Tup from B Ryder, Newton Cottage
Top Prices
Ram Lambs
Suffolk to £450, £400, £320, £300 (x3) Netherhall, £420, £400 Prettsmill, £350, £320 Burgh Head
Texel to £620, £450 Kilncroft, £520 Luce Mains, £420, £350, £320 (x2) Craighead, £300 Woodhead, £300 Baltier, £300 Boghouse
Charollais to £380 Loaningfoot
Shearlings
Berrichon to £300 Newark
Beltex x Texel to £580 Newton Cott, £450, £380, £350 Upper Cleugh
Beltex to £400 Bridgestone
Suffolk to £400 Blackhamilton, £350 Netherhall, £260 Laghaed, £220 Oxgang
Texel to £550, £500 Sandilands, £550, 3520 Laughtmuirside, £520 Baltier, £520, £500 (x2) Boghouse, £520 Upper Cleugh, £500 Blackhamilton
Charollais to £260, £200 Barend, £220, £200 Riggheads
Charollais x Suffolk to £300 Barend
Prior to the Sale a Show was held for all classes for Rams, Judge S Hockenhull, Dairy House Farm, Cheshire awarded the following
Best Texel to Mr A Ryder, Blackhamilton, Carlisle
Best Suffolk to Mr A Ryder, Blackhamilton, Carlisle
Best Blue Leicester to Mr Kirkpatrick, Barr, Sanquhar
Best Other Breed (Charollais) to Ben Radley, Loaningfoot, Dumfries
The Show was kindly sponsored by Lloyds Ltd, Isuzu
