Record prices achieved for SOPA organic producers at Dumfries spring store cattle sale

Dumfries Store Cattle 23^rdMarch 2026

191 Organic Cattle comprised of mainly 10-12 month old cattleand met extreme competition. Bullocks were topped at £2420 with Charolaisbullocks from Hamilton, Woolfords and to 593.3p/kg. Heifers were topped at£2440 for British Blue from Stewart, Marshill and Limousin heifers to 590.2p/kgfrom Gibb, Toftcombs.

Organic Bullocks average 522.3p/kg to 593.3p/kg and to £2420from Hamilton, Woolfords.

Organic Heifers average 517.4p/kg to 590.2p/kg from Gibb,Toftcombs and to £2440 from Stewart, Marshill.

Organic Bullocks per Head

Charolais - £2420, £2260 & £2020 Woolfords

Limousin - £2340 Foulshiels, £2220 & £2140 Toftcombs,£2100, £2040, £2020 Fouldshiels, £1980 Swinside, £1960 (x2) Toftcombs

Aberdeen Angus - £2200 Woolfords, £2100 Toftcombs, £2040Slack House, £2020 Foulshiels

Beef Shorthorn - £2160 & £2020 Woolfords

Whitebred Shorthorn - £2160 & £2020 Woolfords

Holstein Friesian - £1840 Marshill

Friesian - £1800 Millaires

Hereford - £1800 Garvald Home

Organic Bullocks per Kg

Charolais – 593.3p, 585.5p & 551.2p Woolfords

Limousin – 568.1p (x2) Toftcombs, 566.7p & 558.9pFoulshiels, 555p Toftcombs

Aberdeen Angus – 545.9p Foulshiels, 511.6p Woolfords, 506pToftcombs

British Blue – 538.7p Woolfords

Whitebred Shorthorn – 538.7p Woolfords

Hereford – 535.7p Garvald Home

Organic Heifers per Head

British Blue - £2440 Marshill

Aberdeen Angus - £2120 Woolfords, £2080 Toftcombs, £2000Woolfords

Charolais - £2120 & £2000 Woolfords

Limousin - £2120 Swinside, £2080 Toftcombs, £2040 Swinside,£1980 Foulshiels

Organic Heifers per Kg

Limousin – 590.2p & 571.4p Toftcombs, 546.2p Foulshiels,537p Toftcombs

Charolais – 569.7p & 533.3p Woolfords

Aberdeen Angus – 533.3p Woolfords, 531.3p Foulshiels, 517.1pWoolfords

429 Non Organic Cattle; big turnout of local and distantBuyers attending with trade easily exceeding sellers expectations. British Bluecross heifers 18-20 month old from Baillie, Low Glasnick realised £2700 who’srun of 40 heifers averaged £2306.67. Davies, Low Peninver sold British Blueheifers at 569.5p/kg. Bullocks to £2260 for Beef Shorthorn from Temple,Wyliehole. With British Blue Bullocks from Davies, Low Peninver realising610.2p/kg

Bullocks average 437.5p/kg to 610.2p/kg from Davies, LowPeninver and to £2260 from Temple, Wylliehole.

Heifers average 406.2p/kg to 569.5p/kg (x2) from Davies, LowPeninver and to £2700 (x2) from Baillie, Low Glasnick.

Bulls average 360p/kg to 395.5p/kg and to £1780 from Barr,Meikle Kirkland

Bullocks per Head

Beef Shorthorn - £2260 Wyliehole

Limousin - £2210 Dryfesdale Gate, £2060 Seafield, £2030Shenrick, £1980 Wyliehole

Hereford - £2200 & £1910 Ballinnie

Aberdeen Angus - £2160 Lochpark, £2090 Shenrick, £1980Seafield, £1910 Highlaw

British Blue - £2120 (x2), £2100 Low Peninver, £2080Smallholmburn, £2020 & £1980 Low Peninver, £1980 Seafield

Friesian - £2090 & £2040 Lochpark

Simmental - £2080 & £2000 Lochbank, £1980 Rowanburnfoot

Fleckvieh - £2010 Rowanburnfoot, £1900 Seafield

Bullocks per Kg

British Blue – 610.2p, 580.8p, 577.8p, 573.9p & 567.6pLow Peninver

Limousin – 573.3p, 537.3p & 508.3p Low Peninver, 496.8pCrosslee

Aberdeen Angus – 524.1p & 516.1p Gatehouse, 515.2pBurrance of Courance, 501.6p Bogue

Charolais – 516.1p Gatehouse

Beef Shorthorn – 471p Bogue

Simmental – 470.6p Lochbank

Luing – 461.1p Crosslee

Hereford – 447.4p Ballinnie

Fleckvieh – 422.2p Seafield

Heifers per Head

British Blue - £2700, £2640, £2580 (x2), £2540, £2480, £2460,£2320 & £2200 Low Glasnick

Limousin - £2360 The Bush, £2100 Dryfesdale Gate, £2080 &£2000 Low Glasnick, £1940 The Bush, £1930 Seafield

Norwegian Red - £2140 Slacks

Hereford - £2080 Low Glasnick

Charolais - £2050 Shenrick

Aberdeen Angus - £2040 Highlaw, £2030 Shenrick, £1910 HighAuchneel

Beef Shorthorn - £1910 High Auchneel

Saler - £1910 High Auchneel

Heifers per Kg

Limousin – 569.5p & 493.8p Low Peninver

British Blue – 561.4p, 531.3p Low Peninver. 477.8p, 473.4p& 472.4p Low Glasnick

Hereford – 451.4p Ballinnie

Luing – 445.9p Crosslee

Aberdeen Angus – 423.90p Marchfield

Please contact your auctioneers for further enquiries:

Harry Begg – 07713 569 593

Alistair Watret – 07715 499 320

Robert Weir – 07885 729 495

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