\United Auctions

\Caledonian Marts

Monday, May 15 Sold were 601 store cattle and 411 store hoggets and ewes with lambs at foot. Bullocks averaged 226p pkg, selling to 281p pkg for a Charolais from B and M Rozga, Kilmeny, Ballygrant (Islay) and to £1290 for an Aberdeen Angus from J and J Brown, Loanrigg, Slamannan. Heifers averaged 220p pkg, selling to 285p pkg for a Limousin from G Stewart, Wester Whin, Slamannan and to £1270 for a BB from K and A Graham, Easterton, Argaty. Bulls averaged 169p pkg, selling to 236p for a Simmental from W Colquhoun and Son, Burnbrae, Gartocharn and to £1000 again for a Simmental from AM Duncan, Easter Dullatur, Dullatur. Black and Whites averaged 162p pkg, selling to 179p from W C Smith, Cuff, Beith and to £700 from the same home. Leading prices: Bullocks p pkg - 279p Immeroin; 274p Kilmeny; 271p Easter Gartfarran; 267p Wester Braco and Easter Gartfarran; 265p Burnbrae; 262p East Kerse; 260p Glenstockdale; 259p Alton. Bullocks per head - £1260 and £1230 Loanrigg; £1200 Parkhouse; £1190, £1160 and £1140 East Kerse; £1140 Camreggan and Mountop; £1120 Loanrigg. Heifers p pkg - 275p Wester Whin; 265p Craigievern; 256p Urquhart; 252p Immeroin and Easterton; 247p South Woodlane. Heifers per head £1230 Easterton; £1140 South Woodlane, Easterton and Ballingray; £1050 Easterton; £1000 Camreggan. Bulls p pkg – 210p Upper Whiteston; 204p Newhall; 189p Easter Dullatur. Bulls per head - £820 Newhall; £780 Rievoch; £750 Newhall. Black & Whites p pkg – 174p Kirminnoch; 172p Macrindlestonl 162p Kirminnoch; 160p Cuff. Black & Whites per head - £690 Kirminnoch; £670 Cuff; £640 Macrindleston; £600 Hayston. The sale was topped at £170.00 for a pen of Cross Hoggets with Twin Lambs from T Dunbar, Stepend. Store hoggets sold to £70 from RW McKay and Co, Stronmagchan, Dalmally. Leading prices: Ewes with twin lambs at foot - Chev X Ewes £158 Walton; Cheviot £158 Stepend; Cont £148 Findatie; Cont X £142 Bridgehouse; BF £96 Stepend. Ewes with single lambs at foot - Suff Hgts £130 Stepend; Cross Hgts £128 and £124 Stepend; Chev Hgts £120 Stepend; Cgev Ewes £114 Findatie; Cross Ewes £112 Walton; Cont Ewes £110 Bridgehouse; BF Ewes £82 South Ailey. Store hoggets - Chev £62 South Ailey; Chev X £54 Torloisk; Cross £52 Stronmagchan; Cont £50 Boat of Hatton; BF £45 Hutton; BF X £44 Torloisk. Tuesday, May 16 Sold were 2043 prime lambs, hoggets, ewes and tups. Spring lambs sold to a top of £114 from R Wardrope and Son, Easter Coates and DS and RC Taylor, Easter Ochtermuthill for a Texel X and Beltex X Lamb respectively and to a top of 265p pkg also from Easter Coates. Overall average for 50 sold 230.5p pkg (+13p on the week). Prime hoggets sold to a top of £109 from R Sibbald, Thorn and to 231p pkg from AW Dawson, Touchie. Overall average for 1328 sold 189p pkg (+1p otw). Leading prices - Spring Lambs (£ per head): Beltex - £113 Er Ochtermuthill. Tex - £113 Easter Coates. Suff - £111 and £109 Balhelvie. Spring lambs (p per kg): Beltex – 263p Er Ochtermuthill. Tex – 260p and 246p Easter Coates. Cont – 245p Meikle Seggie. Suff – 232p Balhelvie. Char – 225p Balhelvie. Hoggets (£ per head): Beltex Touchie £106 and £105; Thorn £102. Texel - Lower Tarr £105 and £103; Gillandersland £104; Ormiston £103. Suffolk - Newton of Crathie £103; Whinneyhall £102; Graystale £100. Cheviot - Bankhead £102; Newton of Crathie £100; Hutton £98. Mule - Graystale £98.50; Coulshill £95. Blackface -Durieshill £80; Whiteside £80; Coulshill £80. Hoggets (p per kg): Beltex - Touchie 221p and 200p; Thorn 218p. Texel - Arnprior 216p; Thorn 213p; Graystale 213p. Suffolk - Graystale 208p; Newton of Crathie 205p; Foot O Green 202p. Cheviot Foot O Green 225p; Graystale 219p; Hutton 209p. Mule - Graystale 195p; Coulshill 192p; Meikle Seggie 190p; Blackface - Whiteside 195p; Durieshill 189p; Coulshill 185p. Also forward were 640 cast ewes and tups. Heavy ewes (269) averaged £73.33 selling to £131 for a pen of Texels from A and T Greenhill, Westerhall, Kellas. Export ewes (178) averaged £50.52. A good show of ewes again with demand for all types. Other leading prices: Texel - £125 South Flanders; £100 South Flanders and Mid Linthills; £99 Craigend (Bell); £96 Mid Linthills. BF - £60 Mid Linthills; £58 Neriby; £56 Meikle Seggie and Bankhead; £55 Ballingray, Allanfauld and Mid Linthills. Suff £111 Whinneyhall; £106 Eorabus; £99 Parks of Aldie; £93 Easter Ochtermuthill; £87 Newlands; £80 Easter Ochtermuthill. Chev - £80 Mill of Ardoch; £79 Bankhead and Whinneyhall. Tups sold to 3110 from D McVicar, Middle Ballat, Balfron. Other leading prices: £102 Straiton; £99 Bankhead and Inverdunning; £95 Inverdunning; £94 Middle Ballat; £92 Lower Greenyards. Thursday, May 11 UA sold 4288 prime sheep including 347 new season lambs selling to an average of 214.8p pkg and 3225 hoggs selling to average of 185.70p pkg and 716 ewes and rams. Spring lambs (347) - Woodhead of Aberdalgie (Tex) £120; Balnagarrow (Suff) £118; Netherton (Char) £108; Smailholm Mains (Chev) £105; The Meadows (Hamp) £102; Finnich Blair (Zwa) £93.00. Spring lambs (347) - Woodhead of Aberdalgie (Tex) 250p; Smailholm Mains & Stanley (Suff) 245p; Southfield (Char) 238p; Easter Cash (X) 218p; Smailholm Mains (Chev) 212p; Finnich Blair (Zwa) 202p. Hoggs (3225)- Elmscleugh (Tex) £126.00; South Holm (BTex) £101; Sandford (Suff) £97.00; Kinaldy and Corsehope (Chev) £96.00; Grange of Airlie and Groan (X) £90.00; Yorkston (Mule) £89.00; Torbanehill (BF) £86.00. Hoggs (3225) - Luckenburn (Tex) 247p; South Holm (BTex) 230p; South Park (Chev) 229p; Clunebeg (Suff) 204p; Torbanehill (BF) 200p; South Holm (X) 199p; South Holm (Mule) 189p. Ewes (716) - Elmscleugh (Tex) £125.00; Netherton (Char) £119.00; Easter Cash (Suff) £99.00; Coilavoulin (BTex) £91.00; Dean (Chev) £88.00; Lochty (Mule) £79.00; Kerry Cottage (BFL) £78.00; Elmscleugh (BF) £70.00 Tups – Lyoncross (Char) £105.00; Finnich Blair (Zwa) £89.00; Lochty (Tex) £81.00. Monday, May 15 UA had a catalogue entry of 5879 breeding sheep. Scotch mule dry hoggs sold to a top of £136 per head for a pen of 26 consigned by Ms Wight, Townfoot (Midlock) purchased by D Morriosn, Dalwyne. Pure Tex ewe hoggs sold to a top of £520 purchased by D Morriosn, Dalwyne. A new centre record was set for a female Blackface at £12,000 for a ewe hogg, consigned by Ms Hunter, Dalchirla purchased by Ms McFarlane, Drumgrange. Mule ewe hoggs with lambs at foot sold to a top of £200 from Ms Barr, Easter Bucklyvie. TexX ewe hoggs with lambs at foot topped at £200 from Ms Graham, Airthrey Kerse. Averages: Dry Mule ewe hoggs £110.61 (-0.19 on the year); Dry Tex ewe hoggs £103.37 (-5.32 on the year); Dry Chev ewe hoggs £98.56 (+11.75 on the year); Dry BF ewes hoggs £129.82 (+33.28 on the year); Scotch Mule hoggs with lambs £165.74 (+2.07 on the year); TexX hoggs with lambs £162.66 (+10.90 on the year). Other leading prices: Dry TexX ewe hoggs - £126 Shanry Farm; £108 – Kilbucho Place. Dry Chev/Mule ewe hoggs - £112 High Mildovan; £106 - Little Balquhomrie. Dry Chev ewe hoggs – £104 - Little Balquhomrie; £100 – Newton of Crathie. Mule ewe hoggs: Mid Wellwood 27 sold, 104 top, 104 average; Gartness 18, 120, 120; Dollarbank 105, 110, 104; Inchie 20, 108, 108; Coulshill 111, 120, 120; Auchenrivoch 29, 120, 120; Townhead 58, 118, 112; Knowehead 45, 110, 109; Wardhead 113, 124, 113. Mains of Burnbank 63, 114, 107. Forebank of Canterland 151, 121, 120. Holehouse 87, 108.4, 110; Clonrae 364, 118, 110; Midlock 26, 136, 136; Outerwards 44, 112, 122; West Carse 20, 104, 104; Pitcairn 12, 115, 115. Inverdunning 228, 122, 115; Parkhill 92, 104.2, 108, Fullarton 52, 111, 111, Hartside 29, 118, 115; Loch Craigs 35, 105, 105. Pure Texel ewe hoggs: Hartside 7, 520 423; Howgillside 9, 190, 150. Townhead 6, 150, 140. BF ewe hoggs: Greenside 35, 110, 103; Mid Linthills 23, 105, 105; Glenlora 25, 100, 100; Outerwards 173, 140, 110; Nunnerie 66, 230, 130; Dalchirla 80, 12000, 522; Craigdarroch 57, 155, 144; Towiemore 39, 95, 95; West Tandlemuir 32, 92, 92; Farden 59, 92, 90; Yett 77, 100, 97; Craigalbert 56, 98, 94; Skelfhill 41, 92, 91; The Smiddy 15, 112, 112; Glendamph 21, 108, 108; Auldhouseburn 3, 2200, 2200; Gass 39, 360, 211; Dalowie 74, 108, 101; Kirkland 240, 175, 175. Mule ewe hoggs with lambs at foot: Mid Auchencarroch 28, 158, 156; Allanton Farming 200, 195, 167; Woodend 33, 172, 171; Over Finlarg 58, 176, 165; Easter Bucklyvie 109, 200, 172; Gartness 57, 171, 163; Claylands 18, 160, 158; Townhead 14, 166, 166; West Park 40, 165, 163; Ardgate 6, 178, 161; Kinneil Mill 40, 175, 164. TexX and Other Cross Bred ewe hoggs with lambs at foot: Over Finlarg 101, 180, 165; Airthrey Kerse 50, 200, 179; Allanton Farming 54, 170, 161; Woodend 16, 168, 164; Craigalbert 30, 150, 149; West Park 20, 174, 172; Gass 19, 186, 176; Townhead 16, 166, 165; Kilbucho Place 11, 156, 156; Highfeild 9, 190, 150.