Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep

NEWTON STEWART – WEDNESDAY 30^TH SEPTEMBER 2026

778 Prime and Cast Sheep sold at Newton Stewart’s Wednesday Sale.

555 Lambs sold were a poorer show for quality with meat being scarce.  They averaged 314p k/g or £142.32p per head.  Mr T Hamilton, Killumpha led the day’s trading achieving £180 for a pen of heavy Texels with top per kilo of 338 pk/g going to lightweight Texels from Messrs D and W Bowman, Bagbie.  Quality also scarce in the cast ring with Ewes selling to a top of £162 for Aberfield Cross Ewes from J Paterson and CO, Kildarroch with Tups to £150 for Cheviots from Messrs I and F Donald, Grennan.

Lambs (Price per Head)

Beltex:  £155 Mount Pleasant £140 Druchtag  Mule:  £157 Mains of Larg  Roussin:  £151 Baryerrock £142 Mount Pleasant  Suffolk:  £167 and £141 Mid Skeog £164 and £158 Gowlands £162 and £155 Baryerrock £160 and £144 Clauchrie £153 Mount Pleasant £145 High Barness £143  Whitecairn Texel:  £180, £175, £169, £162 (x2) and £151 Killumpha £174, £160 and £148 Cuil £162 and 3145 Holm, K/c £160 Mid Skeog £150 Kirkland, Barr and Gowlands £149 Baryerrock £145 Knockstocks and Littlepark  Blue Texel:  £158, £151 and £141 High Barness

Lambs (Price per Kilo)

Beltex:  334p Corhulloch 333p Druchtag 329p and 323p Mount Pleasant  Mule:  314p Mains of Larg 313p Cairnhouse  Roussin:  323p Mount Pleasant  Suffolk:  320p Clauchrie and Mid Skeog 319p Gowlands and Glenstables Texel:  338p , 328p and 325p Bagbie 324p and 319p (x2) Killumpha 324p Clugston 322p Glenstables 320p Mid Skeog Blue Texel:  316p High Barness

Ewes

Aberfield Cross:  £162 and £130 Kildarroch, K/c Blackface:  £114 Garheugh, P/w Cheviot:  £125 Barrachan £120 Bagbie Lleyn:  £155 and £140 Kiltersan Mule:  £152 Corhulloch £148 Docherneil Shetland:  £105 Corhulloch Texel:  £155 Kirkland, Barr 3150 Docherneil

Tups

Cheviot:  £150 and £125 Grennan