Dumfries Auction Mart

17/06/2026

🐑 Dumfries Prime Sheep 17th June 2026 🐑

C&D Auction Marts Ltd held their weekly sale of Prime Sheep in Dumfries. 288 New Season Spring Lambs forward; all classes were keenly sought to level at 437.2p/kg (SQQ 440.5p/kg). Henderson, Kirkbride sold lambs at £208 and to 468p/kg from Copewood Farms, Copewood.

Lambs (39.1-45.5kg) averaged 440.5p/kg and topped at 468p/kg from Copewood Farm, Copewood
Texel - £200 & £193 Kirkbride, £191 Maryfield, £191 Kirkbride, £189 Newbigging, £187 Skipmyre, £186 Kirkbride, £184 Newbigging, £184 Maryfield, £183 Dalmakethar, £183 Copewood, £183 Skipmyre
Suffolk - £190 Newmains, £188 & £184 Kirkbride, £179 Dressertland, £179 Copewood, £177 Maryfield
Dorset - £189 & £188 1 Waugh Place

Lambs (45.6-52kg) averaged 419.7p/kg and topped at 437p/kg from Henderson, Kirkbride
Texel - £207 (x2) Kirkbride, £205 Maryfield, £201 Kirkbride, £200 Dressertland, £199 Maryfield
Suffolk - £200 Newmains, £197 Skipmyre

Lambs Pence per Kilo
Texel – 468p Copewood, 455p Newmains, 449p Newbigging, 446p Dalmakethar
Suffolk – 448p Copewood, 448p Kirkbride


Mixed show of Hoggs easily sold. Top price was £194 from Weir, Dressertland.

Top Price Hoggs
Texel - £194 Dressertland, £184 West Skelston, £183 Dressertland
Suffolk - £192 West Skelston


Cast Ewes and Rams were dearer on the week with more required on a weekly basis.

Heavy Ewes topped at £242 from Kennedy, North Cowshaw
Texels - £242 & 3228 North Cowshaw, £220 West Lanegate
Suffolk - £215 West Lanegate, £188 Newmains, £188 Kiraugh
Cross - £182 Muirside, £178 Skipmyre, £172 Newmains, £172 West Skelston
Cheviot Mule - £172 & £152 Muirside

Light Ewes topped at £185 from Cowhill Trust, Muirside
Cheviot - £185 & £178 Muirside, £178 Nether Gribton, £158 Wellhill
Blackface - £144 Barr

Rams topped at £170 from Anderson, Oakbank
Kerryhill - £170 Oakbank
Shetland - £108 Oakbank

Please contact your auctioneers for further enquiries:
Harry Begg – 07713 569 593
Cameron Robertson – 07435 702 625
Alistair Watret – 07715 499 320
Robert Weir – 07885 729 495

16/06/2026

🐮 Dumfries Calves 15th June 2026 🐮

C&D Auction Marts Ltd held their fortnightly sale of Rearing Calves at Dumfries on Monday. Again selling to a keen ringside of buyers with a total clearance effected. The sale was topped by a strong Aberdeen Angus cross bull calf from D.R. Sloan and Son, Kirktonfield Farm, Kirkton, Dumfries which sold for £890.00. Others forward were mainly one/two months of age and these were all well sold.

Principal prices:-
Aberdeen Angus cross bull calves to £890.00;
British Blue cross bull calves to £730.00;
Holstein bull calves to £440.00;
Inra-95 cross bull calves to £430.00

Many more calves could be sold at this successful regular sale and entries are actively sought for the next sale on 29th June. Please contact your auctioneers for further enquiries:
Robert Weir – 07885 729 495
Cameron Robertson – 07435 702 625
Office – 01387 279495

15/06/2026

🐮 Dumfries Store Cattle & Breeding Cattle 15th June 2026 🐮

C&D Auction Marts Ltd held their fortnightly sale of Store Cattle at Dumfries. A pleasing entry of 180 Store Cattle were forward and were sold to a strong ringside of new and returning purchasers. Top price today went to Ewart, Belridding topping at £2300 for a very smart Limousin Heifer. Returning customer Ewing of Dumbretton, Annan was up to £1980 for Limousin Heifers. Regular consigner Ramsay, High Auchneel was up to £1960 for Simmental Heifers. Graham, Midtown seen £1920 for a lovely Limousin Bullock and first time consigner Hodge of Coldchapel, Abington consigned a run of 8-9m Charolais Bullocks and Heifers comfortably achieving £1780. Magnay, Smallholms achieved 497p/kg for Bullocks and 489.9p/kg for Heifers was achieved by McBryde of Lochbank, Lockerbie.

A small show of Breeding Cattle was forward with Aberdeen Angus Bulls reaching £3700 & £3400 from Ross-Taylor, Littlegill. Heifers and Calves topped at £2700 from Sinclair, Kirland. In calf cows topped at £1980 for second calvers from Magin, Dunmore Hill Kennels.

Bullocks average 405.5p/kg to 497p/kg from Magnay, Smallholms and to £1920 from Graham, Midtown.

Heifers average 384.1p/kg to 489.9p/kg from McBryde, Lochbank and to £2300 from Ewart, Belridding.

Bullocks per Head
Limousin - £1920, £1900, £1780 & £1750 Midtown, £1730 & £1640 Smallholms
Hereford - £1880 High Auchneel, £1550 New Farm
Charolais - £1830 (x2) Auchenhill, £1780 Coldchapel
Aberdeen Angus - £1760, £1720 & £1700 Clonhie, £1660 New Farm
Stabiliser - £1680 Clonhie
Simmental - £1650 Park
British Blue - £1600 Park
Friesian - £1320 New Farm

Bullocks per Kg
Limousin – 497p & 443.6p Smallholms, 441.2p & 431.3p Park
Aberdeen Angus – 462.7p & 425.6p New Farm, 414.6p Clonhie
Hereford – 442.9p New Farm, 411.4p Park
British Blue – 426.7p Park
Charolais – 425.6p (x2) Auchenhill, 417.1p & 414p Coldchapel
Simmental – 388.2p Park
Stabiliser – 373.3p Clonhie
Friesian – 371.8p New Farm

Heifers per Head
Limousin - £2300 Belridding, £1980 Dumbretton, £1820 (x2) High Auchneel, £1780 Park, £1760 Belridding
Simmental - £1960 & £1880 High Auchneel, £1690 & £1530 Lochbank
Beef Shorthorn - £1950 High Auchneel
Charolais - £1950 Fagra, £1880 High Auchneel
British Blue - £1910 Auchenhill, £1880 Hillhead
Aberdeen Angus - £1900 Hillhead, £1830 (x2) Highlaw, £1820 (x2) & £1800 High Auchneel
Hereford - £1840 High Auchneel

Heifers per Kg
Simmental – 489.9p, 463.6p & 422.2p Lochbank
Limousin – 441.2p Lochbank, 436.4p Drumbretton, 420p Park, 414.1p & 410.7p Belridding, 404.1p Dumbretton
Aberdeen Angus - 426.2p Dumbretton, 378.9p, 371.4p & 367.7p High Auchneel, 151.9p Hillhead, 350p Highlaw
Charolais – 414.6p & 404.5p Coldchapel
Beef Shorthorn – 410.5p High Auchneel
Hereford – 360.8p High Auchneel

Please contact your auctioneers for further enquiries:
Harry Begg – 07713 569 593
Cameron Robertson – 07435 702 625
Alistair Watret – 07715 499 320
Robert Weir – 07885 729 495

15/06/2026

🐮 Dumfries OTM & Prime Cattle 15th June 2026 🐮

C&D Auction Marts Ltd held their fortnightly sale of OTM and Prime Cattle at Dumfries. A cracking show of feeding cows forward today with all shapes and sizes well challenged. First time consigner Ross-Taylor of Littlegill, Abington topped the cows at £2736 and £2538. Dodd, Boreland of Southwick was up to £2339.20 and parlour cows up to £2241.75 from Murray, Conheath. Feeding cows by the kilo were topped by consecutive consigner Goldie, Greenfield at 315p/kg closely followed by Barr, Meikle Kirkland at 312p/kg. Parlour cows were up to 260p/kg from Sloan, Kirktonfield and 252p/kg by Austin, Upper Portrack. A strong Beef Shorthorn Bull achieved £2598.40 from Bradley-Farmer, Wester Parkgate.

Beef Cows to 315p/kg from Goldie, Greenfield and to £2736 from Ross-Taylor, Littlegill.

Dairy Cows to 260p/kg from Sloan, Kirktonfield and to £2369 from Murray, Conheath.

A small show of Prime Heifers was forward but met with a pleasing trade. Top price was £4.20/kg for a smart Limousin Heifer from Jardine, Yett. Jardine also had heifers to £4/kg respectively. McKelvey, Burnside consigned a pair of smart Charolais and Limousin Heifers achieving £4/kg & £3.90/kg.

Beef Cows per Head
Aberdeen Angus - £2736 & £2538 Littlegill, £2339.20 Boreland of Southwick, £2337.50 Littlegill, £2322, £2126.70 & £2030 Boreland of Southwick, £1878.80 Greenfield, £1820 Littlegill
Simmental - £2324 Innerfield, £1946 Garloff, £1862 Innerfield, £1842.50 & £1768 Coldchapel, £1722 Innerfield
Charolais - £2226, £1953, £1842.20 & £1668 Greenfield
Saler - £2117.50 Coldchapel, £1911.25 Greenfield
Limousin - £2094.50, £2001 Meikle Kirkland, £1973.80 Garloff, £1961.75, £1849.20 & £1834 Meikle Kirkland, £1687.50 Greenfield, £1666 Meikle Kirkland
British Blue - £2028 Meikle Kirkland, £1956.40 Garloff, £1868.80, £1592.50 & £1512.50 Meikle Kirkland
Beef Shorthorn - £1822.50 Coldchapel

Beef Cows per Kg
Charolais – 315p & 302p Greenfield, 280p Garloff, 278p Greenfield
British Blue – 312p, 292p & 275p Meikle Kirkland, 268p Garloff, 245p Meikle Kirkland
Aberdeen Angus – 308p Greenfield, 288p & 282p Littlegill, 280p Boreland of Southwick, 280p (x2) Druidhall, 278p Boreland of Southwick, 275p Littlegill, 272p & 270p Boreland of Southwick
Limousin – 295p (x2), 290p & 280p (x2) Meikle Kirkland, 278p Garloff, 270p Greenfield, 268p, 262p & 242p Meikle Kirkland
Simmental – 280p (x3) Innerfield, 278p Garloff, 275p & 272p Coldchapel
Saler – 275p Greenfield, 275p Coldhapel
Luing – 240p Coldchapel

Dairy Cows per Head
Holstein Friesian - £2369, £2241.75, £2129.60, £2001, £1996.75 & £1948.80 Conheath, £1911 & £1778.40 Kirktonfield
Fleckveih - £1890 Upper Portrack
Friesian - £1613.20 New Farm
Montbeliarde - £1548 & £1500 Upper Portrack
Brown Swiss - £1280.75 Beyond the Burn
Norwegian Red - £1227.20 New Farm

Dairy Cows per Kg
Holstein Friesian – 260p Kirktonfield, 245p (x2), 242p, 232p & 230p (x2) Conheath, 228p Kirktonfield, 222p Gamerigg, 220p Heathfield
Fleckvieh – 252p Upper Portrack
Brown Swiss – 235p Beyond the Burn
Friesian – 218p New Farm
Montbeliarde – 215p & 200p Upper Portrack
Norwegian Red – 208p New Farm

Bulls per Head
Beef Shorthorn - £2598.40 Wester Parkgate


Please contact your auctioneers for further enquiries:
Harry Begg – 07713 569 593
Cameron Robertson – 07435 702 625
Alistair Watret – 07715 499 320
Robert Weir – 07885 729 495

14/06/2026

14/06/2026

🐮 Monday 15th June 🐮

9:30am OTM & Prime Catrle
10:30am Calves
11:00am Breeding Cattle followed by Store Cattle

Video of Ewing, Dumbretton breeding cattle entered for tomorrow. Luing Second Calvers in calf to Beef Shorthorn Bull

10/06/2026

🐑 Dumfries Prime Sheep 10th June 2026 🐑

C&D Auction Marts Ltd held their weekly sale of Prime Sheep in Dumfries. Prime lambs in short supply met a brisk trade selling to £220 from Grierson, Shambellie Grange and to 480p/kg from Jardine, Newbigging.

Lambs (32.1-39kg) topped at 450p/kg from Jardine, Newbigging
Texel - £171 Newbigging

Lambs (39.1-45.5kg) topped at 443p/kg from Jardine, Newbigging
Texel - £190 Shambellie Grange, £182 Beltonhill, £180 Meikle Kirkland

Lambs (45.6-52kg) topped at 423p/kg from Grierson, Shambellie Grange
Texel - £220 Shambellie Grange, £186 Meikle Kirkland

Mixed show of Hoggs forward selling to £188 from Howatson, Hallmeadow and to 368p/kg from Brown, Hollands.

Hoggs (45.6-52kg) topped at 365p/kg from Brown, Hollands
Zwartble - £186 Hollands
Cheviot Mule - £178 Springfield Hill

Hoggs (52.1+kg) topped at 333p/kg from Brown, Hollands and Spence, Springfield Hill
Texel - £188 & £178 Hallmeadow
Dutch Spotted - £180 (x2) Hollands

Cast Ewes and Rams maintained recent value selling to £202 from Thomson, Riverside.

Heavy Ewes topped at £202 from Thomson, Riverside
Suffolk – £202 Riverside
Texel - £200 New Cample, £195 & £192 Castle Hill, £190 Sandilands
Cross - £172 & £168 Hallmeadow, £165 Upper Rigg
Blue Texel - £160 (x2) Sandilands
Cheviot Mule - £156 Upper Rigg
Blue Leicester - £138 Riverside

Light Ewes topped at £120 from Thomson, Riverside
Cheviot - £120 Riverside

Rams topped at £165 from Howatson, Hallmeadow
Suffolk - £165 Hallmeadow
Texel - £150 Hallmeadow, £140 Upper Rigg

Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep of all classes wanted on a weekly basis. Please contact our auctioneers or office for marketing advice.
Harry Begg – 07713 569 593
Cameron Robertson – 07435 702 625
Alistair Watret – 07715 499 320
Robert Weir – 07885 729 495

10/06/2026

💥 For Sale Privately 💥

Pedigree Holstein
10 months old
Dam is 5.66% bf and 4.09 % protein.

For more information please contact Robert Weir 07885 729495

09/06/2026

08/06/2026

💥 For Sale Privately 💥

4 Pedigree Charolais Bulls
Ready for work

Please contact Robert Weir 07885 729495