C and D Auction Marts held their 2nd Sale of Scotch Mule Ewe Lambs and Gimmers in Dumfries on along with 1st sale of Blackface Ewe Lambs.
1347 Scotch Mule Ewe Lambs: A good show of lambs met a steady trade throughout to average £118 (-£2.40) selling to £138 Lightshaw
515 Blackface Ewe Lambs: Met some competition to £88 Sweetshawhead
100 Other Breed Ewe Lambs to £120 Eastlands for cheviot mules.
Texel to £120 East Barmoffity.
Blue Leicester to £105 Brookfield
Hill Cheviot to £96 Brookfield, £92 Laghead
409 Gimmers – Trade bouyant for all classes
Small show of store lambs were easily sold
Ewe Lambs
Scotch Mule – £138 Lightshaw, £128 £126 Crookboat, £128 x2 Clonrae, £125 Kirkton of Crawford, £124 Nunnerie, £122 Castlegower, Ashmark & Wyliehole.
Chev Mule – £120 Eastlands
BFL – £105 x2 Brookfield
BF – £88 Sweetshawhead, £86 Laghead, £85 £80 Kirkland, £80 Auchenbrack
Gimmers
Tex – £190 Shangan, £182 Norlands
Scotch Mule – £185 £178 Rigghead, £172 x2 Upper Longbank, £170 Clonrae
Store Lambs
Tex – £90 Tara, £85 Craigdarroch, £84 Castle Creavie
X – £74 Craigdarroch
