Prime lambs
season. A good show of lambs forward for quality. Overall sale average was £59.10 (-£1.95 on the year).
Top price of the day went to J Gray, Craigmad for a pen of Beltex X at £76. Texel lambs averaged £60.99; Suffolk lambs £61.52; Mule lambs £56.80.
Leading prices: Beltex £67 and £64 Lands of Drumhead; Suffolk X £65 Kilt; Texel £65 Blairlusk, Bogside and Craigmad; Mule £57.50 East Mitchelton; Mule £57 Shankhead and Townhead. On Tuesday, August 7, Caledonian Marts sold 1933 prime lambs, cast ewes and tups.
All classes of lambs were sharper on the week, especially 42kg-plus with the overall average for 869 sold being 185.5p pkg (+8.8p on the week).
Top price of the day went to Doune Farms for a 51kg Beltex lamb at £103 and to a top of 210.8p pkg again for a Beltex from DS and RC Taylor, Easter Ochtermuthill.
Spring lambs prices per head: Beltex £102 Pett; Texel £102 South Flanders; Suffolk £100 South Flanders; Continental £100 Wester Ochtermuthill; Mule £78 Borland; BF £68 Borland. Spring lambs prices per kg: Beltex 210.6p Doune Farms; Texel 205p Wester Kepdowrie; Texel X 205p The Moor; Beltex X 204p and 202p West Lundie; Continental 202p Craighead; Continental X 200p Meikle Seggie and Pett; Suffolk 190p Pitcairlie; Mule 180p Shankhead.
Also forward were 1064 cast ewes, tups, wedders and goats.
Overall average for heavy ewes £76.91 selling to £118 for Texel X Mules from M Jack, Carriston, Star of Markinch. Export ewes averaged £37.86.
Other leading prices: Texel - £116 Easter Coates; £114 Carriston; £112 Easter Dullatur and Easter Coates; £110 Carriston; £107 Easter Cash. BF - £77 The Bank; £72 and £59 Dollarbank; £59 Burnfootmoor; £56 Riemore Estate; £49 Kinnaird; £48 Wester Kepdowrie. Cross - £90 Wester Arngibbon, Muirpark and Easter Craigduckie; £89 Wester Ochtermuthill; £86 Carriston; £84 Blairgorts; £81 Pitnacree, Tillyrie, Golland and Wester Arngibbon. Chev - £80 West Dron. Suff - £114 Easter Craigduckie; £101 Carriston; £91 Graystale; £90 Duncrievie; £84 Wester Ochtermuthill. Half-Bred - £114 Kinninmonth. Beltex - £96, £92 and £84 Easter Ochtermuthill. Mule - £92 Tillyrie; £89 Easter Coates; £88 Tillyrie; £86 Easter Cash and Glenrigg.
Tups sold to £98 for a Texel from G Crichton, Duncrievie, Glenfarg. Wedders sold to £79 for a pen of Texels from J and M Graham, Craigluscar, Dunfermline. Goats sold to £52 from W Owen, Muirpark, Stirling. Estate £690, 235.5p; 301-350kg s- Dougall Estates £895, 272.9p; 351-400kgs - Low Polquheys £945, 250p; 401-450kgs - Low Polquheys £1105, 246.7p; 451-500kgs - Carskie £1090, Burnbrae 232.4p; 501-551kg s- Blackcraig £1200, Burnbrae 221.2p; 552-601kgs – Blackcraig £1300, 222.8p; 602-651kgs - Blackcraig £1320, Grange of Lindores 207.9p; 652-701kgs - Wrights Houses £1340, 199.7p; 702-999kgs - Wrights Houses £1350, 190.6p.
Heifers: Up to 250kgs - Gateside £510, 209.0p; 251-300kgs - Gateside £670, 224.8p; 301-350kg - West Park £745, Gateside 223.2p; 351-400kgs - Low Polquheys £850, 223.0p; 401450kgs - Longfauld £1000, Hilton of Beath 225.6p; 451-500kgs - Grange of Lindores £1075, Airthrey Kerse 220.5p; 501-551kgs - Grange of Lindores £1115, Kirkpatrick Farming 216.7p; 552-601kgs - Corscaplie £1160, 201.7p.
Young bulls: 251-300kgs - Sithean £500, 170.1p; 301-350kgs - Gateside £700, 201.7p; 401-450kgs - Midlock £910, 207.8p; 451-500kgs - Midlock £1010, 202.0p; 552-601kgs - Meikle Ittington £1060, 188.6kgs; 602-651kgs - Midlock £1180, 190.3p.
OTM cows per head- Easter Greenhill and Greenshields (Lim) £1290, Chapel (BA) £1250, Chapel (Sim) £1230, Falleninch (CH) £1190, Greenhill (BRB) £1170, Midlock (Lui) £1090, Wester Balgair (AA) £1070, Easter Greenhill (Cont) £1050. Per kg - Easter Greenhill (Sim) 198.9p, Greenhill (BRB) 184.6p, Drumoider (Lim) 179.4p, Wester Lochgreen (BA) 159.2p, Midlock (Lui) 149.3p, Easter Greenhill (Cont) 147.9p, Falleninch (CH) 130.8p, Dougall Estates (AA) 127.2p.
OTM bulls per head - West Park (Lim) £1470, Balthayock (CH) £1290, Drumardoch (BS) £975, Muckraw (Sim) £975. Per kg - Muckraw (Sim) 190.3p, West Park (Lim) 147.9p, Drumardoch (BS) 101.8p, Balthayock (CH) 94.85.
Breeding cattle: heifers and calves Nether Glinns (Sim) £1440; Gardrum (SHT) £1340; Nether Glinns (Sim) £1320. Cows and Calves - Naemoor (AA) £1400; Naemoor (AA) £1200; Naemoor (AA) £1880.