Around the markets

Caledonian Marts Ltd sold 765 sheep at their first sale of dry hoggets, hoggets with lambs at foot in conjunction with all classes of ewes with lambs at foot on Wednesday May 20.

Top price of the day went to R McNee Ltd, Woodend, Armadale, for a pen of Texel hoggets with single lambs fetching a final bid at £204.

Dry hoggets sold to a top of £130 for Texels from R Graham & Son, Airthrey Kerse, Bridge of Allan.

Ewes with lambs at foot sold to £198 for Texel X ewes with twin lambs from A D Kinnimonth, Kinnighallen, Aberfeldy.

Top price per life went to R Sibbald, Thorn, Dollar at £75 for Texel X ewes.

Leading prices: Hoggets with single lambs: Mule: £200 Woodend; Texel: £192 Woodend; Mule: £188 Gibblaston; Texel: £184 Back O Hill.

Hoggets with twin lambs: Mule: £198 Gibblaston; Texel: £195 Back O Hill. Gimmers with twin lambs: Mule: £190 Innieshewan Farms; Texel: £188 Innieshewan Farms; Mule: £187 Leskine.

Ewes with twin lambs: Bleu Du Maine: £194 Kinnighallen; Texel: £192 Kinnighallen; Cross: £180 Thorn; Mule: £180 Mill of Arodoch.

Ewes with single lambs: Texel: £145 Kinnighallen; Cross: £140 Kinnighallen; Continental: £135 Thorn; Continental X: £130 Inch; Cheviot: £127 Findatie; Suffolk X: £120 Lochnell; Blackface: £100 Lochnell.

Dry hoggets: Mule: £118 Middlepart; Texel X Cheviot: £85 Astel; Texel X Cheviot: £82 Knock (Isle of Mull).

Also forward were 21 calves and stirks.

All classes of calves and stirks sold well to a large ringside of buyers with many going home empty handed. Many more calves could be sold to sellers' advantage.

Stirks sold to £620 for a 12-month-old Aberdeen Angus heifer from A Mckenzie & Partners, Ardgate, Gartocharn.

Calves sold to £270 for a Fleckvieh cross bullock from J Rennie, Tarbert Farm, Isle of Gigha. Other leading prices: Stirks: Limousin: £460 (twice) Ardgate.

Calves: Bullocks: Shorthorn: £200, £190, £180 Tarbert. Heifers: Shorthorn: £230, £210 Tarbert.