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\Caledonian Marts

Thursday, December 8 Sold were 239 cattle comprising of 116 prime bullocks and heifers and young bulls, eight OTM cattle and 110 cast cows and bulls. A good show of prime bullocks and heifers for quality and numbers forward would be dearer on the week. Many more could have been sold to sellers advantage. In the cow section, a far better show of cows in general with well fleshed cows dearer, and plainer cows cheaper. Averages: prime bullocks 215p; prime heifers 225p; young bulls 168p; OTM cattle 150p; beef cows 117p; dairy cows 84p; cast bulls 111p. Leading the sale today at 248p pkg was a heavy Limousin Heifer from J and J Wylie, Knockhouse, Dunfermline which sold to T Johnston, Butcher, Falkirk. This was closely followed at 245p by W Dandie and Sons, Learielaw, Broxburn and TH Gray, Balquharrage, Lennoxtown being purchased by HA Black and Sons, Butchers, Lanark and Armadale and A Gray, Butchers, Upper Craig, Stirling. Bullocks topped at 240p pkg from D Dickinson, Brockwoodlees, Canonbie to T Johnston, Butchers, Falkirk. Again this was closely followed at 238p pkg from DS and RC Taylor, Easter Ochtermuthill, Muthill, W Dandie and Sons, Learielaw, Broxburn and JH and NT Turnbull, Meadowend, Clackmannan to WW Wales Ltd, Butcher, Kilmarnock and T Johnston, Butcher, Falkirk. Other leading prices: Bullocks p pkg - 235p (twice) Nether Myres, Knockhouse, Learielaw and Brockwoodlees; 232p Knockhouse, Spittal, Moorfield and Easter Ochtermuthill; 228p Blackdub, Faskine, Moorfield and Nether Myres; 225p Blairgorts, Moorfield and Spittal; 222p West Mains; 220p Bankhead (Kerr), Blackdub, Nether Longford, Spittal and West Mains. Heifers p pkg - 242p Nether Myres; 240p Easter Ochtermuthill, Learielaw, Knockhouse, Balquharrage, Faskine and Brockwoodlees; 238p Meadowend, Knockhouse, Faskine, Brockwoodlees and Easter Ochtermuthill; 235p Over Inzievar and Knockhouse; 232p Balquharrage; 230p Southwoodlane, Pirnhall and Bankhead; 228p (twice) Southwoodlane, Brockwoodlees and Over Inzievar. Bullocks per head - £1565 Learielaw; £1545 Blackdub; £1541 and £1536 Nether Myres; £1508 Learielaw; £1491 Blackdub; £1488 and £1485 Brockwoodlees. Heifers per head £1594 Knockhouse; £1588 and £1586 Brockwoodlees; £1546 Meadowend; £1517 and £1516 Knockhouse; £1492 Learielaw and Brockwoodlees; £1386 Over Inzievar; £1367 Moorfield. Young bulls, comprised mainly of overweight and age, sold to an astonishing £1720 from A MacGregor, Allanfauld, Kilsyth to Malcolm Allan Ltd. Other leading prices: £1627 Bogisde; £1574 Allanfauld; £1537 Bogside. Also forward were 110 cast cows and bulls. Beef cows sold to 156p pkg for a Limousin from J Burnett and Sons, Upper Spittalton, Blairdrummond and to £1300 again from Upper Spittalton. Dairy Cows sold to 103p pkg from Bandirran Ltd, Bandirran Farm, Cupar and to £920 from the same home. Other leading prices: Beef cows per head - £1250 Hilton; £1190 and £1180 Meadowend; £1150 Westwoodlane; £1130 Upper Spittalton; £1110 Learielaw; £1100 Nether Carse. Dairy cows per head - £780, £760, £740 and £720 Bandirran; £710 Hayston. Cast bulls per head - £1340 Knockhouse (Lim); £790 Broompark (Fries). Beef cows p pkg - 154p Upper Spittalton; 150p Hil- ton; 144p Learielaw; 143p Westwoodlane; 142p and 141p Craigend; 141p and 140p Knockhouse; 140p Lochend (Millar). Dairy cows p pkg - 102p and 100p Bandirran; 99p Hayston. Cast bulls p pkg - 140p Knockhouse; 122p and 111p Badyen. Calves sold to £55 for an Ayrshire from J and R Rankin, Badenheath, Cumbernauld. Monday, December 12 Forward were 204 store cattle and 513 store Llmbs and feeding ewes. All classes dearer to that of two weeks ago. Bullocks averaged 209p pkg, selling to 295p pkg from J McLaren, Murrayshall, Stirling and to £1100 (twice) from R Rodger, Knockraich, Fintry and AM McKenzie and Partners, Ardgate, Gartocharn. Heifers averaged 203p pkg, selling to 305p kg for Limousins from B Harper, Greenwells, Falkirk and to £1080 for Limousins from J Gilvear and Sons, Graystale, Stirling. Young bulls averaged 138p pkg (mainly Ayrshires), selling to 171p pkg from R Clowes, Newhall, Solsgirth and to £1100 from the same home. Black and white bullocks averaged 135p pkg, selling to 138p from R Rodger, Knockraich, Fintry and to £670 from the same home. Other leading prices: Bullocks p pkg - 261p Highflat; 250p and 244p Greenwells; 243p Murrayshall and Greenwells; 242p Craigievern; 237p Easterton (Graham); 233p High Belltrees; 230p Graystale. Heifers p pkg - 280p Greenwells; 277p and 260p Craigievern; 256p Murrayshall; 220p Greenwells; 216p Highflat. Bullocks per head - £1090 Ardgate; £1060 Lochend; £1040 Graystale; £1000 Knockraich and Glenside; £960 Easterton; £900 Stenhouse. Heifers per head - £1060 Wester Hassockrigg; £1030 Wester Braco; £1000 Wester Hassockrigg; £980 Greenwells; £970 Hawhill. The breeding section included 90 stock cows, mainly spring calvers, from Glenree Farmers, Isle of Arran which sold to a top of £1300 for a Limousin in calf, to average £776 per head. Other leading prices: £1250, £1180, £1100 and £1050 Glenree heifers with calf at foot; Sim x - £1400 West Thomaston. Store lambs sold to £67 from Mr Wallace, Easter Bowhill, Cardenden for a pen of Texels. Ewes sold to £90, also from Mr Wallace at Easter Bowhill, again for Texels. Leading prices: Lambs - Tex x Chev £64 Brisbane Glen Est; Tex £62 Arndean; Cont £58 Ampherlaw; Chev £57 Bower Park; BF £55 Arndean; Suff x £49 Ford. Ewes - BF £30 Glenturret Est; BF x £27 Auchtenny; Swale x £25 Comar. Wedders - BF £48 Glenturret. Tuesday, December 13 Forward were 2714 prime lambs, ewes and tups at the annual Christmas Show and Sale of Prime Sheep which was kindly sponsored by AA Oils. The show was kindly judged by Craig Tulloch, Tulloch Butchers, Paisley and the following were his awards: Champion Pen - J Miller and Son, Drumharrow, Luncarty for an outstanding pen of Beltex weighing 48kg and fetching a final bid of £125.00 to the judge Craig Tulloch. Reserve Champion Pen - WM Bell and Son, Craigend, Perth for a cracking pen of Texel lambs weighing 51kg and selling to the top price of the day at £145, again to the Judge Craig Tulloch. Pen of three Continentals - 1 and overall champion – J Miller and Son, Drumharrow, 48kg £125 260p pkg; 2 Doune Farms, West Lundie, 47kg, £110, 234p pkg; 3 DS and RC Taylor, Easter Ochtermuthill, 44kg, £114, 159p pkg. Pen of three Texels - 1 and reserve champion – WM Bell and Son, Craigend, 51kg, £145, 284p pkg; 2 WM Bell and Son, 50kg, £92, 184p pkg; 3 JB Guthrie, Cuiltburn, 44kg, £114, 259p pkg. Pen of three Suffolks - 1DS and RC Taylor, Easter Ochtermuthill, 46kg, £90, 195p pkg; 2 A and J Marshall, Mains of Struie, 52kg, £74, 142p pkg; 3 A and J Marshall, 47kg, £77, 164p pkg. Pen of three Mules - 1 Auchenbothie Farms, 49kg, £70, 142p pkg; 2 JH Duncan, Drumheldric, 42kg, £60, 142p pkg; 3 Auchenbothie Farms, 44kg, £69, 156p pkg. Pen of three Blackface - 1 Tom Frame, High Dyke, 36kg, £70, 142p pkg; 2 Tom Frame, High Dyke, 47kg, £69, 146p pkg; 3 Auchenbothie Farms, 44kg, £69, 156p pkg. Overall average 161.5p pkg (+5.4p pkg on the week) Prices outwith show and sale: Belt £112 or 249p Easter Ochtermuthill; Belt x - £98 and £94 or 118p Doune Farms; Tex - £99 and £94 Craigend; Tex x - £95 Drimsynie Est; Suff - £75 Naemoor; Mule - £72 Monashee; BF £70.50 Bailanstruth. A good show of 714 ewes averaged £62. Heavy ewes (319) averaged £87.17 as well as export ewes (302) averaging £33.58. Other leading prices: Cross - £79 Whiterigg; £78 Craigmad; £69 Reston and Berwick Farming Co; Suffolk £84, £81.50 and £80 Newlands; Texel - £132 Craigend and Victoria; £124, £122 and £120 Craigend; £118 Ballinloan and Craignend; £116 Atholl Est; £114 Whiterigg and Craigend; BF - £53 Meikle Seggie; £45 Arniston; £42.50 Craigannet; £41 Meikle Seggie; Mule - £65 and £60 Whiterigg; £59.50 Knowehead; £58.50 Reston and Berwick; Beltex - £93 Cuiltburn; £85 Easter Ochtermuthill. Tups sold to £108 from Atholl Estates, Ballinluig, Perthshire. Other leading prices: £90 and £89 Ballinloan; £85 Drumdruills. Thursday, December 8 UA sold 5733 prime sheep including 4488 lambs selling to an average of 158.04p and 1245 ewes and rams. Including 480 show Blackface lambs judged by Mr Haig Murray who awarded champion pen to Ms Watt, Hillhead, realising £84.00 again selling to the judge. Lambs (4488) – Harviesmailing (Bel) £104.00; Fullarton (Tex) £89.00; Hillhead (BF) £84.00; South Flanders (Char) £80.00; Little Raith (Suff) £78.00; East Kirk (Mule) £68.50; Killochries (Chev) £68.50. Lambs (4488) – Harviesmailing (Bel) 236p; Kipperoch (Tex) 199p; Isle Cottage (BF) 183p; Lossit (Chev) 175p; Dalowie (Suff) 174p; Lossit (Mule) 169p; Murray place (Char) 156p. Ewes and tups (1245) – Isle Cottage (Tex) £130.00; West Meikle Pinkerton (Zwar) £85.00; Auchenhew (Chev) £80.00; Calfward (Mule) £73.00; Abbey St Bathans (Suff) £73.00; Beannie (X) £72.00; Cretlevane (BFL) £68.00; Wester Clevage (BF) £57.00; Ceither Gaoithe (EasyCare) £51.00; Abbey St Bathans (lleyn) £44.00; Eastfield (Jac) £31.00. Tups- Killochries (Tex) £97.00; Wester Ballochearn (Suff) £80.00; Holehouse (BF) £50.00.