UNITED AUCTIONS

Seggarsdean (twice); 152p Drumflower; 150p Seggarsdean. Beef OTMs per head - £1210 Drumflower; £1160 South Woodlane; £1120 Mains of Throsk and Mull of Galloway; £1090 Drumflower, South Woodlane (twice) and Waterloo.

Dairy cows per head - £870 Crossflat; £820 North Cassingray; £770 Wester Lochdrum.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 21

Caley Marts sold 2069 prime hoggets, ewes and tups.

All classes of lambs met a similar trade to last week with 1455 hoggets averaging out at 205.4p pkg (+3.1p on the week).

Top price of the day went to Doune Farms, West Lundie for a 48kg Beltex at £120. Top price per kg went to H Miller and Son, Glenhead for a pen of Beltex weighing 41.6kg at 257p pkg.

Leading prices: Prime hoggets per head - Beltex £119, £118, £116, £116 and £115 West Lundie; Beltex X £109 and £108 (three times) Meikle Seggie; Continental X £111 Easter Cash; Continental £108 Easter Dullatur; Texel X £107 Dowally; Texel £107 Glenhead; Suffolk £99 Mains of Strageath; Suffolk X £98.50 Greenwall; Roussin £95 Easter Dullatur; Mule £89 Strathtyrum; BF £82 Midhouse; BF X £81 Glenturret.

Prime hoggets per kg - Beltex 255p, 253p, 252p, 251p Meikle Seggie; Beltex X 251p Easter Cash and Meikle Seggie (three times); Continental 250p, 247p, 245p, 243p West Lundie; Texel X 243p Dowally; Texel 241p Dechmont; Continental X 239p Gartfinnan; Suffolk 215p and 213p Summerhouse; Mule 198p Strathtyrum; BF 214p Newton of Crathie; BF X 209p Pitcairn

Also forward were 616 cast ewes and tups. A larger show of ewes generally met a similar trade.

Blackface ewes however would be £5-£7 cheaper on the week. Heavy ewes averaged £103.30 selling to £160 for an outstanding Texel ewe from John More, Townhead, Arnprior. Export ewes averaged £65.04 selling to £79 for Cheviots from WHM Warnock, Gartfinnan, Clackmannan. Cast rams sold to a top of £139 for Texels from John More.

Other leading ewe prices: Texel - £143 and £139 Skeoch, £133 Whitehouse, £127 Binn (MacGregor), £126 Bankhead (Smith), £124 Townhead; Suffolk - £136 Binn (MacKay), £116 Binn (MacGregor), £108 Glenhead. BFL - £124 Townhead. Continental - £117 County Place (McDiarmid), £116 Easter Cash, £115 Mains of Strageath, £114 Whitehouse, £111 Easter Coates, £110 Gartfinnan. Cross - £105 Skeoch, £100 Devol House, Townhead, Skeoch and Glenhead, £99 Queenshaugh, £97 Blaircessnock. Mule - £95 Easter Coates, £93 Binn (MacKay), £90 Whitehouse, £89 Townhead, £88 Drumnessie. Cheviot - £78 County Place, £75 Queenshaugh. BF - £70 Newton of Crathie, £69 County Place, £67 Drumnessie.

Other leading ram prices: Texel - £119 Bankhead, £105 Mains of Strageath. BFL - £118 Townhead.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 16

UA sold 4802 prime sheep comprising of 3607 prime hoggs selling to an average of 208.49p pkg and 1195 ewes and rams.

Old season lambs per head (3597) – Luckenburn (BTex) £120.00; Langside (Cross) £118.00; Langside (Tex) £114.00; Langside (Cha) £110.00; Henderston (Suf ) £105.00; Stralochy (Chev) £104.50; Quixwood (Mule) £97.00; Remony (BF) £93.00. Old season lambs per kg (3597) – Luckenburn (BTex) 282.00p; Tay and Torridon (Tex) 245.00p; Low Tirfergus (Cross) 227.00p; Higham and South Fallfield (Chev) 224.00p; Park (Suf) 218.00p; Lossit (Mule) 218.00p; Balgoner (BF) 212.00p; Drummie (Chev/Mule) 208.00p.

Ewes (1195) – Halbeath and Pitlochie (Tex) £158.00; Burnside of Edingight (BTex) £150.00; Meadowbank (Suf) £114.00; West Lecropt (Hamp) £110.00; Beeches (BFL) £105.00; Blinkbonny (LleynX) £106.00; Meadowbank (Mule) £98.00; Stralochy (Chev/Mule) £95.00; Halbeath (Zwa) £89.00; Burnside of Edingight (Chev) £82.00; Quixwood (BF) £83.50.

Tups – Langside (Suf ) £125.00; Mid Auchencarroch (Tex) £124.00; Mid Auchencarroch (BFL) £119.00; Clunebeg (Cha) £112.00; Dalcrue (Lleyn) £90.00; Rhodders (BF) £74.00.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22

UA sold 1142 store cattle, 170 cast cows and 1204 store and feeding sheep.

Bullocks (624) averaged 214.55p to 264.60p per kg for a 264kg LimX from Gateside, and to £1280 for a 684kg SimX from Kirkton of Lundie.

Dairy bullocks (58) averaged 157.81p to 203.50p per kg for a 511kg MOX from Cobblehaugh, and £1040 for a 511kg MOX from Cobblehaugh.

Heifers (460) averaged 203.32p to 260.90p per kg for a 279kg CHX from Gateside, and to £1270 for a 688kg CHX from East Doura.

Beef cows and bulls (142) averaged 131.84p to 173.00p per kg for a AAX from Quixwood, and to £1330 for a LimX from Woodhead of Mailer.

Dairy cows (14) averaged 102.94p to 137.00p per kg for a HOX from Claylands, and to £985 for a MOX from Meikle Camoquhll.

Bullocks: Up to 250kgs- Dyke £620, 257.00p; 251-300kgs- Gateside £775, 264.60p; 301-350kgs- Lesserlinn £920, 262.90p; 351-400kgs- Botherickfield £950, 252.00p; 401-450kgs- Auchnotteroch £950, Rednock 226.90p; 451-500kgs- Dun Mor £1140, 236.50p; 501-551kgs- Shields £1200, Chapel 225.70p; 552-601kgs– Chapel £1250, 214.80p; 602-651kgs– Kirkton of Lundie £1270, 206.80p; 652701kgsKirkton of Lundie £1280, 187.10p.

Heifers: Up to 250kgs- Cairncurran £430, 185.80p; 251-300kgs- Gateside £710, 250.90p; 301-350kgs- Newpark £780, Ardtornish 228.40p; 351-400kgsBerryhill £950, Ardtornish 234.00p; 401450kgsBerryhill £970, Harestonehill 229.30p; 451-500kgs- Berryhill £1070, 217.00p; 501-551kgs- East Doura £1080, 224.60p; 552-601kgs- East Doura £1215, 212.70p; 602-651kgs- Mollinhillhead £1125, 182.60p.

OTM cows per head - Woodhead of Mailer (Lim) £1330; Skirling Craig (Sim) £1310; Woodhead of Mailer (AA) £1290; Traprain (Cont) £1130; Newton or Arbirlot (HE) £1130; Wester Bleaton (BS) £1090; Traprain (CH) £1090; Milrig (SD) £1070; Smeaton Shaw (BA) £1050; Coulshill (Lui) £1010. OTM cows per kg - Quixwood (AA) £173.00p; Quixwood (Sim) 171.60p; Traprain (Lim) 165.00p; Traprain (Cont) 153.30p; Milrig (SD) 143.40p; Wester Bleaton (BS) 138.00p; Smeaton Shaw (BA) 133.60p; Wester Clunie (CH) 131.90p; Coulshill (Lui) 131.80p; Newton of Arbirlot (HE) 128.40p.

OTM bulls per head - Quixwood (AA) £1470; Glendamph (Lim) £1450; Over Finlarg (Lui) £1310; Quixwood (Sim) £1270; Heights (CH) £1190; Meikle Camoquhill (MO) £1050; Doldy (BS) £1010. OTM bulls per kg - Airthrey Kerse (Lim) 163.00p; Over Finlard (Lui)145.60p; Quixwood (AA) 141.60p; Doldy (BS) 137.20p; Quixwood (Sim) 122.00p; Meikle Camoquhill (MO) 107.80p; Heights (CH) 102.80p.

UA also sold 1204 store and feeding sheep.

Leading prices: Over Enoch (Suf) £81.00; Merryhill (Suf) £78.50; Dyke (Suf) £72.00; Flatterton (Tex) £85.00; Craigmaddie (Tex) £82.00; Over Enoch (Tex) £81.00; Craigmaddie (Mule) £72.50; Coldrach (Mule) £72.00; Over Enoch (Mule) £70.50; Duncroisk (BF) £69.50; Dullator (BF) £67.00; Glenfernate (BF) £66.00.

UA had a catalogue entry of 37 registered Bluefaced Leicester females at their annual show and sale. Selling to a new centre record of 4500gns for a tremendous ewe hogg from A MacGregor (Allanfauld), a daughter of Carryhouse K1 and out of a Carryhouse dam, she sold to R Raw, Fairview, Lancaster.

Following this was the final gimmer in the ring from J Wight and Sons (Midlock) selling for 1200gns. The powerful gimmer sold carrying triplets to Midlock L27 to M/s Ross, Doune of Glendouglas.

The pre-sale show was kindly sponsored by DA Lyle and IM Logan, NFU Mutual, Stirling and was ably judged by Jack Kay, Hartside.

Other leading prices: Lot 1 - Blarnavaid 900gns; Lot 36 - Midlock 800gns; Lot 3 Blarnavaid 700gns; Lot 10 - Allanfauld 600gns; Lot 13 - Firth 500gns; Lot 24 Beeches 550gns and Lot 16 - Sorn Mains 500gns.

Results: Ewe - 1 (Lot 1) - J Pirie, Blarnavaid. Gimmer - 1 and Reserve Champion (Lot 36) - J Wight and Sons, Midlock; 2 (Lot 37) - J Wight and Sons; 3 (Lot 10) - A MacGregor, Allanfauld; 4 (Lot 17) - J Nisbet, Sorn Mains.

Ewe hoggs - 1 and Champion (Lot 26) - F Robertson, Beeches; 2 (Lot 8) A MacGregor, Allanfauld; 3 (Lot 7) - D Rock, Knock-o-ronald; 4 (Lot 3) - J Pirie, Blarnavaid