Annual Tup Sale

NEWTON STEWART – SATURDAY 12^TH SEPTEMBER 2026

181 Rams through the ring today achieving a 91% clearance rate.  Shearlings and Rams with power and flesh met an animated demand averaging £909.15p for all lots sold.  The annual consignment of Texel Shearlings from A Clark and Son, West Glengyre once again stole the show topping the sale at £1900, with their pen of 12 averaging £1241.67. This was then  followed at £1700 off the same home and from Donald M Walker and Son, Laigh Aliticane, Bridgehouse Farming Co and Bryce Sloan, Mull of Galloway.   The Laigh Aliticane Team averaged £1416.66 for 6 with the Mull of Galloway averaging £1420 for 5.  In the Lambs a top of £1500 was achieved for a peach of a Suffolk Lamb from JT and SA Cannon, Redbrae, their pen of 6 went onto average £1058.33.  Beltex Shearlings topped at £1300 from Ramsay McKnight, Dalhabboch with Bluefaced Leicester Shearlings to £950 from F Allison, Glenstables.  Allan Clark, Fineview sold the top  Crossbred Shearlings at £1400 for a Beltex Cross Charolais.  Suffolk Shearlings sold to £1600 from first time consignor Miss R Wildman, Colfin.  Alisa and Scott Young sold Blue Texel Shearlings to £1000.  Back in the Lambs Crossbreds sold to £1000 for a Beltex Cross Texel from James Maxwell, High Drumrae.  Danny Hair, Drumbreddan topped the Texel Lambs at £900 for two and averaged £785.72 for 7.  Finally, Miss Jenni Cannon, Redbrae sold the best of the Blue Texel Lambs at £750 averaging £700 for her three.

Breed Averages

Lambs

1 Cross Bred:  £1000

6 Suffolk:  £978.13p

21 Texel:  £629.19p

3 Blue Texel:  £700

Shearlings

8 Bluefaced Leicester:  £668.75p

18 Beltex:  £750

5 Cross Bred:  £1210

5 Dutch Spotted:  £380

11 Suffolk:  £1109.09p

70 Texel:  £1062.14p

4 Blue Texel:  £650

2 Aged Tups:  £625

Lambs (Price per Head)

Beltex x Texel:  £1000 High Drumrae Suffolk:  £1500, £1200, £1100 (x2) and £1000 Redbrae £1100, £1000 (x2) and £950 Mid Skeog £1100 and £750 Colfin £1100 and £800 (x2) Moorpark of Baldoon Texel:  £900 (x2), £850, £800, £750 and £700 Drumbreddan £700 Dinnans £700 (x2) High Drumrae Blue Texel:  £750 and £700

Shearlings

Beltex:  £1300 and £900 Dalhabboch £1100, £900 and £800 (x2) West Glengyre £950 Dalwyne £900 Garheugh £800 Dirnow Bluefaced Leicester:  £950 Glenstables £800 Ardoch and Hannanston Beltex x Charolais:  £1400 and £1200 Fineview Bluefaced Leicester X Texel:  £950 Dalwyne Dutch Spotted:  £500 Culmore £450 (x2) Clugston Suffolk:  £1600 Colfin £1400 (x3), £1300 and £1100 West Glengyre Texel:  £1900, £1700, £1600, £1300 (x3) and £1100 (x3) West Glengyre £1700, £1400 and £1200 Bridgehouse £1700, £1500, £1400, £1300 and £1200 Mull of Galloway £1700, £1600, £1400 (x2) and £1200 (x2) Laigh Alitcane £1500, £1300, £1200 and £1100 (x2) Dinnans £1300 (x4) £1200 (x2) and £1100 (x2) Fineview £1100 (x4) Mains of Machermore Blue Texel:  £1000 Daljedburgh