Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC held their Fortnightly Sale of Young Calves in Dumfries on Monday 23rd Janaury 2012.

Calves met a roaring trade with many more of all classes required to fulfil buyers needs.

Principal Prices
British Blue Bulls - £350, £315 Marks
Simmental Heifers - £300 Marks
Holstein Friesian Bulls - £165, £120, £98 Inglestone

The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart held their fortnightly sale of calves on Monday 9th January 2012, selling 30 head, trade was buoyant.

British Blue Bulls to £430 Midtown
Devon: £155 Upper Portrack
Montbelliard: £175 Over Langshaw
Holstein Friesian: £155 Over Langshaw

Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC held their Fortnightly Sale of Young Calves in Dumfries on Monday 12th December 2011.

Small show forward, selling to a top of £122 for a Holstein Friesian Bull from Ingleston.

Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC held their Fortnightly Sale of Young Calves in Dumfries on Monday 28th November 2011.

A mixed quality show of calves was on offer.
Holstein Friesian Bull - £50 Upper Portrack, £45 Crochmore
Montbelliard Bull - £130 Upper Portrack
Angus Heifer £140, £120 Gamerigg
Swedish Red £105 Upper Portrack

Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC held their Fortnightly Sale of Young Calves in Dumfries on Monday 14th November 2011.

32 Mainly dairy bred calves forward
British Blue Bulls - £300 Midtown
Angus Bulls - £145, £112 Cumrue
B&W Bulls - £80, £72 Inglestone, £72 Cumrue, £65 Crochmore
Limousin Heifer - £350 Capelfoot

Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC held their Fortnightly Sale of Young Calves in Dumfries on Monday 31st October 2011.

Less quality calves forward. Recent rates met.
Limousin Bulls - £310 Over Langshaw
Angus Bulls - £200 Over Langshaw
Montbelliard Bulls - £210 Over Langshaw
Friesian Bulls - £115 Upper Portrack
Charolais Heifer - £285 Airds of Balcary
Limousin Heifers - £304 Over Langshaw

Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC held their Fortnightly Sale of Young Calves in Dumfries on Monday 17th October 2011.

33 Calves forward meeting a strong trade.
Limousin Bulls - £280, £270, £245 Marks Farm
Simmental Bulls - £270 Barnbarroch
British Blue Bulls - £230 Marks Farm
British Blue Heifers - £220, £160 Marks Farm
Angus Bulls - £210 Barnbarroch, £208 Brickhouse
Shorthorn Bull - £62 Brickhouse
Holstein Friesian Bulls £54, £45 Mark Farms

Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC held their Fortnightly Sale of Young Calves in Dumfries on Wednesday 5th October 2011.

37 Calves forward. Beef bred calves still short of requirements.
Charolais Bull £235 Gillespie
Simmental Heifer £285, £265 Newbie Mains
Montbelliard Bull £190 Gillespie
Holstein Bull £110, £100, £70 Upper Portrack, £56 Crochmore

Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC held their Fortnightly Sale of Young Calves in Dumfries on Monday 19th September 2011.

Mainly aged beef calved forward meeting a strong trade selling to a top of £350 from Messrs Hutton, Buittle Mains.
Limousin Bull £345 Capelfoot
Simmental Bull £350, £330 Buittle Mains
British Blue Heifer £245 (x2) Hartfield
Collections of Black & White export Calves regularly at Dumfries Mart paying up to
£75.

Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC held their Fortnightly Sale of Young Calves in Dumfries on Monday 5th September 2011.

23 calves, mainly dairy bred forward
Top Prices
Friesian Bull £158, £134 Upper Portrack, £138 Muirside
Shorthorn Bull £120 Brickhouse
Montbelliard Bull £155 (x2) Upper Portrack
Swedish Red Bull £175 Upper Portrack

Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC held their Fortnightly Sale of Young Calves in Dumfries on Monday 22nd August 2011.

18 Forward sold well more numbers required

British Blue Heifers - £278 Marks
Limousin Heifers- £250 Marks
Limousin Bulls - £250 Marks
Holstein Friesian - £75 Bluehill

Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC held their Fortnightly Sale of Young Calves in Dumfries on Monday 8th August 2011.

Quality Calves forward.

Simmental Heifer - £285, £270 Newbie Mains
Limousin Bull - £295, £280 Culhorn Mains
Dairy Bred calves being successfully exported every Tuesday keen prices paid.

Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC held their Fortnightly Sale of Young Calves in Dumfries on Monday 25th July.

Small Show of Calves forward, Quality still selling well.

Angus Bull (x2) Auchenleck, £250 Brickhouse
Shorthorn Bull £150 Brickhouse
Holstein Friesian Bull - £82, £80 (x2) Maxwellbank
Limousin Heifer - £320, £270 Capelfoot
Angus Heifer - £185 Auchenleck

Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC held their Fortnightly Sale of Young Calves in Dumfries on Monday 27th June.

Calves slightly easier
Limousin Bull £195, £185 Marks
Aberdeen Angus Heifer £165 Marks
British Blue Heifer £165 Marks
British Blue Bull £160 Marks
Montbelliard Bull £182 Upper Portrack
Swedish red Bull £150 Upper Portrack
Holstein Friesian Bull £65 (x3) Upper Portrack, £50 Bluehill

More calves required to meet buyers requirements

Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC held their Fortnightly Sale of Young Calves in Dumfries on Monday 13th June.

Calves were in strong demand with all types well sold.
British Blue Bull £330 Airds of Balcary
Simmental Bull £224 Upper Portrack
Angus Bull £250 (x2), £220 (x2) Brickhouse
Shorthorn Bull £165 (x2) Brickhouse
Montbelliard Bull £140, £110 Upper Portrack
Friesian Bull £96, £64 Upper Portrack, £94 (x3), £64 Merklandwell

Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC held their Fortnightly Sale of Young Calves in Dumfries on Monday 16th May.

Small show forward more could have been easily sold.
Continental Calves were short of buyers demand selling to a top of £260 for a Limousin Bull from Burnside.
Holstein Friesian Bulls sold to £146 from Bruntshields

Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC held their Fortnightly Sale of Young Calves in Dumfries on Monday 2nd May.

37 Calves forward – Trade steady
Limousin Bull £395, £350 (x2) Boreland
Shorthorn Bull £250, £200 Shambellie Grange, £80 (x3) Brickhouse
Angus Bull £165 Brickhouse, £150 Barnbarroch
Simmental Bull £150 Newbie Mains
Montbelliard Bull £100, £88 Upper Portrack
NR Bull £80 Upper Portrack
Holstein Friesian Bull £320 Boreland
Limousin Heifer £320 Boreland
Simmental Heifer £280, £265 Newbie Mains
Hereford Heifer £128, £125 (x2) Whitelaird

Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC held their Fortnightly Sale of Young Calves in Dumfries on Monday 18th April.

Calves numbers were short of buyers demands selling to a top of £132 for Limousin Heifer from Hartfield.

Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC held their Fortnightly Sale of Young Calves in Dumfries on Monday 4th April.

A mixed show of 42 calves forward.
Top prices
British Blue Bull £340 Nether Keir
Simmental Heifer £280 Maxwell Bank
Limousin Bull £225, £180, £160 Halldykes, £152 Barnbarroch
Simmental Bull £185 Maxwell Bank
Angus Bull £175 Barnbarroch
Montbelliard Bull £164 Upper Portrack
Holstein Friesian Bull £148 (x2), £130, £112 Maxwell Bank, £110 (x9) Barndennoch
Aged calves
Limousin Bull £330, £250 Byeloch
Angus Bull £370, £338 (x3), £185 Byeloch

Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC held their Fortnightly Sale of Young Calves in Dumfries on Monday 21st March.

Quality not quantity was forward – a smaller show of calves met a strong trade

Limousin Bulls £285, £280 Marks Farm
British Blue Bulls £280 Barnbarroch, £275 Marks Farm
Simmental Bulls £265 Upper Portrack, £185 (x2) Buittle Mains
British Blue Heifers £255, £250 Marks Farm
Shorthorn Bulls £90 (x4) Brickhouse

Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC held their Fortnightly Sale of Young Calves in Dumfries on Monday 7th March.

A larger show of 44 Calves forward. A full ringside of buyers were in attendance and many more could have been sold to vendors advantage. Trade topped at £230 for a British Blue Bull Calf from Messrs Marshall, Auchenleck

Leading prices
Simmental Bull £225, £220 Newbie Mains
Shorthorn Bull £215 (x2) Brickhouse
Angus Bull £200, £180, £170 Barnbarroch, £160 Auchenleck
Limousin Heifers £180, £170 Auchenleck, £170 Newbie Mains
Holstein Friesian £170 (x6) Barndennoch
Limousin Bull £150 Auchenleck
Angus Heifer £100, £95 (x2) Auchenleck

Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC held their Fortnightly Sale of Young Calves in Dumfries on Monday 21st February.

A small show of calves met a roaring trade, a full ringside of buyers where in attendance and more calves could have been sold.

Montbelliard Bulls - £290 Upper Portrack
Limousin Heifers - £240, £230 Marks
Limousin Bulls - £190 Marks
Holstein friesian Bulls - £145, £95 Upper Portrack

Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC held their Fortnightly Sale of Young Calves in Dumfries on Monday 7th February.

37 Young Calves with more continental calves forward.
Top price of £295 was achieved for a British Blue Bull from Messrs More, Maxwellbank

Principal Prices
British Blue Heifer £250 Maxwellbank
Charolais Bull £230 2 Hillview, £200 Woodcroft
Angus Bull £225, £200 Barnbarroch, £178 Maxwellbank, £170 (x2) Barony, £120 Woodcroft
Holstein Friesian Bull £190 Maxwellbank, £170, £110 (x3), £95 (x2) Upper Portrack, £145 Barony
Angus £180 Barnbarroch
Montbelliard Bull £170 Upper Portrack

Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC held their Fortnightly Sale of Young Calves in Dumfries on Monday 24th January.

48 Calves forward – Trade was similar. Reared calves were in demand however younger calves proved harder to cash.

Top price on the day was £210 (x2) for Simmental Bulls from Messrs Hyslop. Meinside.

Leading Prices
Simmental £205 Meinside
Angus £152 Barony College
Holstein Friesian £140 Barony College, £102 (x7) Barndennoch, £92 (x3) Barony College

Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC held their Fortnightly Sale of Young Calves in Dumfries on Monday 10th January.

41 Calves forward. Holstein Friesian calves met a steady trade with continental’s short supply.

Leading Prices
Angus Bull - £225 Barnbarroch
Limousin Bull - £220 Barnbarroch, £85, £65 Over Langshaw
Charolais Bull - £220 Longbeoch
British Blue Bull - £200 Boreland of Colvend
Holstein Friesian Bulls - £125 (x6), £80 Barndennoch, £66, £53, £40 Broathill
Brown Swiss Bulls - £75, £50 Beyond the Burn
Danish Red Bulls - £82 Over Langshaw
Norwegian Red Bulls - £38 Over Langshaw

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