UNITED AUCTIONS

kg - 152p Mains of Larg (New Luce); 150p Greenwells; 147p and 142p (twice) McNeill Estates (Kirkcowan); 141p (twice) Traprain; 140p Cairnbog. Beef OTMs per head - £1180 Forthview; £1160 Templehall; £1120 Bankhead; £1100 and £1090 Traprain; £1080 Dippen; £1070 Cairnbog; £1060 Forthview; £1040 Traprain; £1030 (twice) McNeill Estates (Kirkcowan).

Dairy cows per kg - 117p Coledrain; 111p Easter Clune; 109p North Bankhead. Dairy cows per head - £840 and £830 Easter Clune; £800 Coledrain; £760 North Bankhead; £740 Baillieston.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4

Caley Marts sold 1655 prime hoggets, ewes and tups.

All classes of hoggets sharper on the week and more could have been sold to sellers’ advantage with 1357 hoggets levelling out at 230.6p pkg (+8.6p on the

week, +50p on the year) selling to a top of 317p pkg for a pen of outstanding 41kg Beltex from WM Bell and Son, Craigend, Perth.

Top price per head went to JB Guthrie, Cuiltburn for a cracking pen of 49kg Beltex at £132. Heavy hoggets (333) at 45.6kgplus averaged £111.63 (+£5).

Leading prices: Prime hoggets per head - Beltex £130 (twice) Cuiltburn;.Beltex X £130 (three times), £129 (twice) and £128 (three times) Craigend. Continental £127 and £126 (twice) West Lundie; £127 (three times) Craigend. Texel £122 and £119 Meikle Seggie. Texel X £118 Letter. Suffolk £114 Easter Cash. Suffolk X £111 Meikle Seggie. BF £102.50 Burnshot. BFL £100 Pitcairn. Mule £92.50 Drimsynie Estate.

Prime hggets per kg - Beltex 310p and 295p Cuiltburn. Beltex X 299p and 287p Craigend. Texel 287p and 284p Meikle Seggie. Texel X 280p and 278p Craigend. Continental 277p Meikle Seggie. Suffolk 239p and 237p Walton. Cheviot 235p Couch. BF 230p Pitcairn. Mule 227p Drimsynie Estate.

Also forward were 285 cast ewes and rams. With numbers tightening, all classes would be at comparative rates on the week.

Heavy ewes averaged £103.59 selling to £140 for three tremendous Texel ewes from J and D McNicol, Whitecross, Dunblane. Export ewes averaged £73.35 selling to £84 for Cheviots from McCaig Farms, Wester Jawcraig, Slamannan.

Cast rams sold to £130 for Texels from HT Shanks, Easter Cash, Strathmiglo.

Other leading ewe prices: Texel - £136 Craigend (Bell); £135 Balbedie; £129 Craigend (Crawford); £127 Blackburnhall; £124 Finmont. Beltex - £136 and £118 Cuiltburn; £110 Craigend (Bell). Suffolk - £121 Easter Cash. Continental - £120 Whiterigg; £118 Wester Ochtermuthill; £116 Finmont; £115 Wester Ochtermuthill and Gryffewraes; £106 Whitecross. Cross - £102 Wester Ochtermuthill; £100 Wester Ochtermuthill (twice) and Whiterigg; £98 Drumlochy; £95 Whiterigg. Mule - £89 Drumardoch; £86 Whiteriggs; £84 Easter Cash; £83 Burnhouse; £80 Burnhead. BF - £74 and £69 Drimsynie; £65 Thorn; £61 Thorn and Drumardoch; £60 Dalvey.

Other leading ram prices: Cross - £126 Wester Jawcraig. BFL - £120 Burnhead.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 30

UA sold 4374 prime sheep comprising of 3333 prime hoggs selling to an average of 230.14p pkg and 1041 ewes and rams.

Old season lambs per head (3333) – Doune Farms (BTex) £134.00; Nether Falla (Tex) £131.00; Mid Gallowhill (Suf ) £117.50; Garvald Mains (Chev) £109.00; Lossit (Cross) £109.00; Machribeg (Chev/Mule) £107.00; Home Farm, Dens (BF) £107.00; Henderston (Mule) £105.00. Old season lambs per kg (3333) – Doune Farms (BTex) 319.00p; Wester Cambushine (Tex) 289.00p; Wardhead (Chev) 248.00p; Garvald Mains (Suf) 248.00p; Invermilton (Mule) 242.00p; Balgoner (Dor) 239.00p; Kepculloch (Cross) £237.00p; Pitcairn (BF) 231.00p.

Ewes (1041) – Rosebank (Tex) £176.00; Over Finlarg (Tex) £167.00; West Park (Tex) £158.00; Ballochneck (Tex) £156.00; Cairn (Tex) £155.00; Cairn (BTex) £132.00; Cairn (Suf ) £130.00; Over Finlarg (Chev) £120.00; Garvald Mains (Chev/Mule) £117.00; Easter Middleton (HB) £111.00; Kilmaurs Mains (Mule) £109.00; Kinloch (Cha) £108.00; Whitehouse (Zwa) £106.00; Westhall (BFL) £104.00; Glencairn (BF) £83.00; Drumnessie (BF) £76.00; Kinloch (Jac) £75.00.

Tups – West Kirkton (Tex) £130.00; Kepculloch (BFL) £126.00; Culfargie (Lleyn) £120.00; Land of Drumhead (Tex) £117.00; Coates (Chev) £116.00; Easter Middleton (Suf ) £106.00; Overton (BTex) £103.00; Luss Est (BF) £68.00.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5

UA sold 1247 store cattle, native bred cattle and young bulls, 182 cast cow also 855 store sheep.

Bullocks (687) averaged 224.10p to 276.60p per kg for a 394kg AAX from Ellemford, and to £1330 for a 672kg CHX from Gateside.

Dairy bullocks (79) averaged 181.46p to 216.30p per kg for a 356g MOX from Auchenflower, and £1170 for a 594kg MOX from Meikle Camoquhill.

Heifers (467) averaged 210.64p to 250.00p per kg for a 222kg LimX from West Muirhouse, and to £1320 for a 726g LimX from Lower Greenyards.

Young bulls (14) averaged 222.40p to 234.20p per kg for a CHX from Berryhill, and to £900 for a LimX from Crosshouse.

Beef cows and bulls (160) averaged 135.83p to 190.20p per kg for a LimX from The Ross, and to £1370 for a LimX from Upper Spittalton.

Dairy cows (20) averaged 113.50p to 144.70p per kg for a MOX from Meikle Camoquhill, and to £1010 for a MOX from Meikle Camoquhill.

Forward cattle (2) averaged 152.33p to 185.00p per kg for a LimX from Starr and to £1110 for a LimX from Starr.

Bullocks: Up to 250kgs- West Muirhouse £620, 267.20p; 251-300kgsBangour £795, Blairfad 269.50p; 301350kgsBangour £900, 271.10p; 351400kgsEllemford £1090, 276.60p; 401-450kgs- Ellemford £1120, 262.40p; 451-500kgs- Westerton £1110, Muirsland 233.60p;501-551kgs- Hattrick £1210, Hayfield 222.70p; 552-601kgs– Hattrick £1240, 216.80p; 602-651kgs– Hayfield £1240, 202.60p;652-701kgs- Gateside £1330, 197.90p.

Heifers: Up to 250kgs- West Muirhouse £580, 250.00p; 251-300kgs- West Muirhouse £705, Townhead 242.40p; 301350kgsAuchenbothie £790, Gateside 242.60p; 351-400kgs- East Garleton £910, East Garleton 237.00p; 401-450kgs- Upper Spittalton £1040, 235.80p; 451-500kgsUpper Spittalton £1120, Challochmun 237.20p; 501-551kgs- Hayfield £1040, Torbrex 215.20p; 552-601kgs- Hayfield £1185, 208.00p.

Young bulls: 301-350kgsCrosshouse£740, 217.60p; 351-400kgsCrosshouse £900, Berryhill 234.20p; 401450kgsBerryhill £870, 215.30p.

OTM cows per head - Upper Spittalton (Lim) £1370; Upper Spittalton (Sim) £1310; Monzie (Cont) £1250; Kinnaniel (Sal) £1190; Blackburn ((CH) £1170; Kinnaniel (BS) £1150; Monzie (AA) £1110; Blackburn (Lui) £1050; Airthrey Kerse (SD) £1050; Lochty (HE) £1030; Meikle Camoquhill (MO) £1010. OTM cows per kg - The Ross (Lim) 190.20p; Lochty (Sim) 159.40p; Lochty (BS) 153.20p; Blackburn (CH) 151.60p; Monzie (Cont) 150.60p; Monzie (AA) 146.80p; Airthrey Kerse (SD) 146.20p; Meikle Camoquhill (MO) 144.70p; Kinnaniel (Sal) 144.10p; Blackburn (Lui) 142.70p; Lochty (HE) 133.10p.

OTM bulls per head – Fallhills (Sim) £1290; Gateside (AA) £1190; Mid Rossburn (CH) £1190; Balmyre (BS) £1070; Easter Cammock (Sal) 1110. OTM bulls per kg - Langbank of Balhaldie (AA) 172.80p; Fallhills (Sim) 152.80p; Easter Cammock (Sal) 139.90p; Balmyre (BS) 118.90p; Mid Rossburn (CH) 96.60p.

Also sold 855 store and feeding sheep. Leading hogg prices - Ardbheinn (Suf ) £86.00; Fallhills (Suf ) £85.00; Ardlarich, Luing (Suf ) £84.00; Culdees (BTex) £87.00; Nether Pratis (Btex) £85.50; Culdees (Tex) £84.50; Ardlarich Luing (Tex) £84.50; Shawbraes (Tex) £80.00; Haddington Farms (Chev) £82.00; Knowes (Chev) £77.00; Braehead (Easy) £80.00; Fallhills (Mule) £77.00; Rossie (Rom) £76.50; Ben Lawers (BF) £64.00; Touch Trust (BF) £60.00.