Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep

Newton Stewart – Wednesday 2nd September 2026

592 Prime and Cast Sheep sold today at Newton Stewart’s Wednesday Sale.  411 Lambs continue to sell well with the whole lot averaging 308p k/g or £138 per head with all weights of fleshed lambs from 35k/g and up being in demand.  Heavy Mules from Mains of Larg Farmers led the trade at £165 with top per kilo of 338p k/g going to smart Beltex from R Templeton and Co, Carslae.  A Poorer show of Cast Sheep sold to £152 for Texel Crosses from J and E McGarvie and Son, Auchneight with Mules to £150 for a pen full from I and A Fisher, Spittal, Creetown.

Lambs (Price per Head)

Aber Tex:  £147 and £138 Glenstables Beltex:  £140 Boghouse, P/w £140 and £137 Nether Cleugh £135 and £134 Carslae Blackface:  £136 Drannandow Dutch Spotted:  £150 Spittal, Creetown  Mule:  £165 and £156 Mains of Larg £145 High Ersock Suffolk:  £163 and £144 Blairshinnoch £160 High Ersock £147 Clauchrie £140 Craigneil Texel:  £164 and £148 Blairshinnoch £146 and £140 Spittal £145 (x2) Balligmorrie £143.50 and £140 Knockneen £140 Boghouse, P/w

Lambs (Price per Kilo)

Aber Tex:  £313p Glengennet Beltex:  338p, 329p and 319p Carslae 331p, 326p and 319p (x2) Corhulloch 318p and 317p Boghouse, P/w318p Nether Cleugh Dutch Spotted:  313p and 311p Spittal, Creetown Mule:  302p Balligmorrie 300p Boghouse, P/w Suffolk: 310p Boghouse, P/w 308p High Ersock 307p Auchneight Texel:  318p and 312p Knockneen 318p Balligmorrie 316p Kirkland, Barr 312p Boghouse, P/w and Nether Cleugh 311p Spittal, Boghouse and Blairshinnoch

Cast Ewes

Blackface:  £140 Cuil £102 Knockeen Berrichon:  £120 Corhulloch Bluefaced Leicester:  £138 Holm, K/c Jacob:  £118 and £112 Corhulloch Mule:  £150 Spittal £130 Holm, K/c Roussin Cross:  £138 and £122 Knockeen Shetland:  £94 Corhulloch Suffolk Cross:  £124 Craigneil Texel:  £152 Auchneight £140 Craigneil Welsh Mountain:  £76 Glengennet Abertex:  £130 and £112 Glengennet