Averages increased by just short of £17 per head, to level at £100.86, at Wallets Marts’ sale of 1011 Scotch Mule and Blackface ewe hoggs at Castle Douglas, where a top price of £180 per head was achieved for the lead pen from the Finlay family from Blackcraig, Corsock.

Second top price was £145 paid for the best pen from the Kays from Gass, Straiton, who also sold pens at £135 and £130, while Ian McWhirter, Linfairn, received £140 per head for his top pen.