Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep

NEWTON STEWART – WEDNESDAY 16^TH SEPTEMBER 2026

774 Prime and Cast Sheep sold at Newton Stewart’s Wednesday Sale.  The 472 Lambs were a mixed bag for quality with the best fleshed Lambs seeing a rise on the week, however the leaner types still hard to sell on a Wednesday.  The whole lot averaged 315p k/g or £143.06p per head.  A and F Baillie, Low Glasnick led the trade hitting £190 for heavy Texels with a top per kilo of 341p k/g going to smart Beltex’s from HS MacTier, Boghouse.  Mains of Larg Farmers led the scotch mules at £156 or 312p k/g with cheviot mules selling to £160 and 314p k/g from G Milroy and Sons, Fardenreoch.  Cast Sheep maintained recent rates selling to £182 for Suffolk Cross Ewes from JT and SA Cannon, Redbrae with Tups to £152 for a Beltex from Mr I McKnight, Dalhabboch.

Lambs (Price per Head)

Beltex:  £153 Mount Pleasant £141 and £140 Boghouse, P/w   Blackface:  £133 Challochglass  Dutch Spotted:  £160 Kirkford  Mule:  £156 and £153 Mains of Larg Suffolk:  £165 and £152 Mid Skeog £158 Redbrae £155 and £140 No2 South Balfern Texel:  £190, £170, £157, £154 and £149 Low Glasnick £169 Carseriggan £165 and £150 Fardenreoch £155 Mount Pleasant £153 and £151 Knockdaw £150 Mid Skeog £149 Gleniron £146 Ardachie Blue Texel:  £144 Mount Pleasant Cheviot Mule:  £160 Fardenreoch

Lambs (Price per Kilo)

Beltex:  341p, 329p (x2) and 325p Boghouse, P/w 333p Mount Pleasant 324p Glenstables Dutch Spotted:  333p Kirkford Mule:  312p and 306p Mains of Larg Suffolk:  324p Boghouse, P/w 323p Mid Skeog Texel:  337p, 327p, 321p (x2) and 320p Low Glasnick 325p and 323p Mount Pleasant 323p Knockdaw 321p Ardachie, Carseriggan and Kildarroch, K/c 320p Mid Skeog and Kildarroch, K/c Blue Texel:  335p Mount Pleasant Cheviot Mule:  314p and 309p Fardenreoch

Ewes

Blackface:  £120 No3 High Borland £118 Mains of Larg £112 Cuil Cheviot:  £112 Dalhabboch Dutch Spotted:  £115 South Clutag  LLeyn:  £104 Auchenree Mule:  £158 Cuil £156 Orchardton £150 Redbrae and Fardenreoch Suffolk:  £182 and £158 Redbrae Texel:  £178 Clanary and Fardenreoch £170 (x2), £162 and £152 Orchardton £155 Fardenreoch

Tups

Beltex:  £152 Dalhabboch Blackface:  £145 and £120 Challochglass £145 Dalhabboch Cheviot:  £142 Dalhabboch