CALEDONIAN MARTS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 23
Caley Marts sold 196 cattle comprising 88 bullocks, heifers and young bulls, 77 OTM cattle and 31 young calves and stirks.
Prime bullocks reached 238p pkg for a Limousin from D Dickinson, Brockwoodlees, Canonbie purchased by T Johnston, Butcher, Falkirk and to £1435 for a Limousin from W Dandie and Sons, Learielaw again purchased by T Johnston.
Prime heifers reached 235p pkg for a Limousin from DS and RC Taylor, Easter Ochtermuthill, Muthill purchased by HA Black and Sons, Butcher, Stirling and to £1494 for the same animal.
Other leading prices: Bullocks per head - £1406 Harviesmailing; £1399 Easter Ochtermuthill; £1398 Brockwoodlees. Bullocks per kg - 232p Learielaw; 230p Brockwoodlees; 225p Learielaw; 220p Spittal (Gardener), Meadowend, Pitcairn & Easter Ochtermuthill.
Heifers per head - £1436 Brockwoodlees; £1404 Learielaw; £1399 Brockwoodlees. Heifers per kg 232p Brockwoodlees; 230p Learielaw (twice); 228p Learielaw, Pitcairn, Easter Ochtermuthill and Brockwoodlees (twice).
OTM cattle averaged 134p per kg selling to 172p per kg from GS Stewart, Wester Whin, Slamannan and to £1280 from JH and NT Turnbull, Meadowend,
Clackmannan. Dairy cows averaged 96p per kg selling to 120p per kg from WA Hume and Co, Easter Clune, Dunfermline and to £980 from the same home.
Other leading prices: Beef OTMs per head - £1250 South Woodlane; £1180 Meadowend; £1160 West Lundie; £1150 Mains of Throsk; £1140 South Woodlane; £1100 Killumpha (Port Logan). Beef OTMs per kg - 169p Gryffewraes; 168p Killumpha; 160p Meadowend; 158p South Woodlane; 156p Killumpha.
Dairy cows per head - £880 and £860 Easter Clune; £830 Easter Clune; £780 Glenrigg; £770 Boclair.
Also forward were 31 calves and stirks. All class of calves were in demand, with plenty buyers looking for calves.
Top price of the day went to Goldenlea Farmers, Gryffewraes, Bridge of Weir for a three month old Aberdeen Angus Bullock calf at £310.
Leading prices: Beef Bull Calves Shorthorn £300 Argaty; Limousin £190 Boclair (twice). Beef Heifer Calves British Blue £200 Boclair; Limousin £190 Boclair (twice). Dairy Bullock Calves Fleckvieh £200 Mid Forrest; Montbeliarde £140 Mid Forrest (three times). Dairy Bull Calves - Friesian £55 Sgriob-Ruadh.
MONDAY, JANUARY 27
Caley Marts had forward 308 store cattle and 660 store and breeding sheep at their fortnightly sale.
Bullocks averaged 214p pkg selling to 273p pkg for a pen of Limousins from A McDowall and Son, Mid Ervie, Kirkcolm and to £1160 for a pen of Charolais from E Robertson, Skeoch, East Kilbride.
Heifers averaged 205p pkg selling to 227p pkg for an outstanding pen of Limousins from W and T Nelson, High Kilphin, Ballantrae and to £1090 for a Charolais from E Robertson.
Black and Whites sold to 183p pkg from DT Marshall, West Kirkland, Newton Stewart and to £930 from the same home.
Other leading prices: Bullocks per head - £1150 Hill O Harthill and Melville Gate; £1130 Skeoch; £1110 and £1080 Melville Gate; £1070 Skeoch; £1060 Melville Gate and High Kilphin. Heifers per head £1080 High Kilphin; £1060 Macrindleston; £1020 East Kerse; £1010 Candermains and High Kilphin; £1000 Hill O Harthill and Lammerview.
Bullocks per kg - 266p and 263p Wester Whin; 255p Mid Ervie; 247p Shieldrum; 244p Wester Whin; 241p Braco Castle and Mid Ervie. Heifers per kg - 226p High Kilphin and Macrindleston; 225p High Kilphin; 219p Candermains; 217p Inchgall.
Also forward were 660 store hoggets, feeding sheep and grit ewes. Store hoggets sold to a top of £86 for a pen of Texels from Mikael Digan, Meikle Crescent, Airdrie. Grit ewes sold to a top of £124 for a pen of Texels (scanned twins) from D Shaw, Craigton, Stirling.
Hoggets leading prices: Suffolk £85 Roscobie; Texel £84 Kilt; Continetal £83 and £81 Dechmont; Cross £82 Ledrishmore; BF £80 Meggernie Estate; Suffolk X £80 Bogside; Continental X £78 Hopestead.
Ewes leading prices: Texel Scanned Triplet £118 Craigton; Texel Scanned Singles £112 Craigton; Hebridean
Scanned Twins £68 Craigton; Hebridean Scanned Single £58 Craigton.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 28
Caley Marts sold 1413 prime hoggets, ewes and tups.
Considering the weather and road conditions, a good show of sheep forward met the best trade this season with 1101 hoggets selling to £122 for a 58kg Beltex from WM Bell and Son, Craigend, with the sale average of 222p pkg (+17p on the week) selling to 279p pkg also from Mr Bell for a 43kg Beltex X hogget. Heavy hoggets (354) at 45.5kg-plus averaged £106.65 (+£8.73).
Leading prices: Prime hoggets per head - Beltex £120 (twice), £118 (twice) and £117 Doune Farms; Beltex X £120 (twice), £118 and £117 (four times) Craigend;
Suffolk £118, £114 and £113 Kincraigie; Continental £116 and £115 Letter; Continental X £114 and £113 Leysbent; Texel £110 Meadowfield; Texel X £110 South Flanders; BF (Tups) £97 Allanfauld; BF £86 Lurg and Innieshewan; Mule £94 Craiglaw. Prime hoggets per kg - Beltex 272p Craigend; Beltex X 267p West Lundie; Texel 260p Craigton; Texel X 253p and 250p West Lundie; Continental 249p (twice) and 248p Craigend; Continental X 249p and 248p Craigend; Continental X 247p and 245p Letter; Continental X 245p Leysbent; Cheviot 233p Glengorm (Isle of Mull); Suffolk 231p Meadowfield; BF 227p Glengorm (Isle of Mull); Mule 217p Callendoune.
Also forward were 337 cast ewes and rams. With a smaller show forward, all classes would be dearer on the week, especially Blackface ewes.
Heavy ewes averaged £99.67 selling to £150 for a cracking Texel from JH Duncan, Drumheldric, Milton of Campsie. Export ewes averaged £66.35 selling to £84 for a Blackface from IDW Bonn and Partners, The Nurseries, Middlebank. Cast rams sold to a top of £141 for a BFL from D Rock, Knock O Ronald, Gargunnock.
Other leading ewe prices: Texel - £140 Kinninmonth; £139 Shielhill; £129 Burnhouse; £124 Duncairnie and Knock O Ronald. Beltex - £136 Kinninmonth. Continental - £116 Duncairnie; £115 Shielhill and Callendoune (twice); £113 Burnhouse; £109 Shielhill. Cross - £107 Donibee; £106 Drumheldric; £105 Old Leckie and West Cottage (Blennie); £103 Craiglaw; £102 Grange of Lindores and Culdees; £100 Culdees, Burnhouse and Old Leckie (twice); £99 Letter. Suffolk - £105 Culdees. Half-Bred - £105 Kinnaird (Howatt). Leicester - £92 and £90 Kinninmonth. NCC - £86 Kinnaird (Howatt). Mule - £87 Callendoune, The Nurseries, Grange of Lindores and Duncairnie; £83 Burnhouse. BF - £72 West Tandlemuir; £66 New Peninver.
Other leading ram prices: BFL - £123 and £108 Knock O Ronald. Texel - £114 Grange of Lindores; £107 Duncairnie. Suffolk - £105 Grange of Lindores. BF £104 Allanfauld.