CALEDONIAN MARTS

THURSDAY, APRIL 2

Caley Marts sold 97 cattle comprising of 73 bullocks, heifers and young bulls and 24 OTM cattle.

Prime heifers sold to 240p pkg for a Limousin from M Jack, Carriston, Star of Markinch purchased by D Campbell and Son, Butchers, Callander and to £1531 for a Limousin from Ross Farms, Wester Middleton, Gorebridge purchased by H Black, Butchers, Stirling.

Prime bullocks sold to 240p pkg for a Limousin from AA and J Brand, Nether Myres, Auchtermuchty purchased by T Johnston, Butchers, Falkirk and to £1574 for the same beast.

Bulls (over 16 months) sold to 202p pkg for a Limousin from A Orr, Lomondmuir, Wester Balgeddie and to £1430 from W Dick, Mains of Throsk, Throsk

Other leading prices: Bullocks per kg - 235p Nethermyres; 225p Moorfield and Rathillet; 222p West Shirva; 220p Moorfield. Bullocks per head - £1541, £1447 and £1426 Nethermyres; £1377 Saltoun Home Farm; £1372 Moorfield; £1367 West Shirva; £1365 Nether Longford.

Heifers per kg - 235p Girvan Mains (twice); 232p Moorfield (twice), Girvan Mains and Rathillet; 230p South Milmain (Stranraer) and Wester Middleton; 228p Carriston and South Milmain; 225p Rathillet (twice), Seggarsdean, Whitehouse (Henderson) and South Milmain. Heifers per head - £1504 Saltoun Home Farm; £1438 Moorfield;

£1430 South Milmain; £1410 Moorfield; £1390 Girvan Mains; £1372 Whitehouse; £1368 South Milmain.

Also forward were 24 OTM cattle. OTMs averaged 123p pkg selling to 126p pkg for a Limousin from JM Cullens, Dollarbank, Dollar and to £920 for a Limousin from A Kennedy, Seggarsdean, Haddington. Male OTMs sold to £1400 on two occasions from A Kennedy and G Paterson, Barbeth, Cumbernauld and to 154p for a Limousin from T and E Tod, Nether Longford, West Calder.

MONDAY, APRIL 6

Caley Marts had forward 332 store cattle.

Bullocks averaged 204p per kg selling to 263p for a pen from Ardtalla Estate, Isle of Islay and to £1170 for a pen of Limousins from J and J Brown, Loanrigg, Slamanan.

Heifers averaged 201p per kg selling to 236p for a pen of Charolais from J and D Mitchell, Offers, Gargunock and to £990 for an Aberdeen Angus from M McArthur, Homeston, Campbeltown.

Black and Whites averaged 184p per kg selling to 215p per kg from S and E Parker, Balgown, Stranraer and to £600 from Avoncrook Farm, Westfield, Bathgate.

Other leading prices: Bullocks per head - £1150 and £1130 (twice) Loanrigg; £1100 Loanrigg (twice) and Hill O’Harthill; £1090 Homeston (Campbeltown); £1070 Skeoch; £1060 Hill O’Harthill. Bullocks per kg - 261p Wester Whin; 256p Cladville (Islay); 247p Offers; 246p and 240p Woodend; 240p and 239p Offers.

Heifers per head - £950 Woodcockfaulds and Jawpark; £920 Homeston; £910 Skeoch; £900 Woodend. Heifers per kg - 228p Offers; 223p Cladville (Islay) and Woodend; 220p Cladville (Islay).

Also forward were 80 store hoggets. Leading prices - Texel X £58 Inch; Cheviot X £56 Ardtalla Estate (Islay); Blackface £43 Inch.

TUESDAY, APRIL 7

Caley Marts sold 1311 prime hoggets, ewes and tups at their weekly sale.

All classes of hoggets sharper on the week with the overall average levelling out at 194.1p plus 29p on the week. Top price of the day went to J Smith, Bankhead for a cracking 48kg Beltex at £125. Top price per kg went to Doune Farms for outstanding 42kg Beltex at 283p.

Leading prices: Lambs per head - Beltex £124 (three times) and £123 (three times) and £122 (twice) Doune Farms; Beltex X £121 Whitecross; Continental £120 Bankhead; Texel £120 and £118 Meikle Seggie; Continental X £116 Borlick; Suffolk £96 Newton of Crathie; Mule £88 Raecruick; Blackface £84 Loanrigg.

Lambs per kg - Beltex X 264p Borlick; Beltex 274p Meikle Seggie; Continental 263p and 262p Whitecross; Continental X 263p West Lundie; Texel 260p Bankhead; Texel X 259p Meikle Seggie; Suffolk 201p Craggan; Suffolk X 198p Letter; Mules 184p Tigh na Blair; Blackface 197p West Lundie.

Also forward were 87 cast ewes and rams. All classes dearer on the week. All classes short of buyers’ requirements and many more could have been sold to sellers’ advantages.

Heavy ewes averaged £112.34 (+36.87) and sold to £150 for a pair of thumping Suffolks from Mrs I McMillan, Eorabus, Islay. Light ewes averaged £81.02 (+33.26) and sold to £85 for Blackface Ewes from H Currie, Grianan Croft, Islay. Cast rams averaged £107.14 and sold to £132 for Texels from JAC Stewart, Kininmonth, Ceres.

Other leading prices: Suffolk - £142 Kininmonth; £100 Eorabus (Islay). Texel - £132 Bankhead (Smith); £124 New Flockhouse; £120 Cowdens; £116 Glenrigg; £114 Bankhead (Smith). Beltex - £124 and £106 Bankhead (Smith). Mule - £97 Heights and Pendreich; £95 Eorabus (Islay). BF - £79 Ballingray; £78 Pendreich.

Other leading prices: Rams - Suffolk £123 Kininmonth and Texel £104 Cockrigg.

Tewel and Bordie (Tex) £129.00; Coulshill (Chev) 109.00; Tewel, Abbey and Monzie (Chev) £106.00; Flichity (Mule) 105.00; Holehouse and North Deanhead (Mule) £95.50; Easter Bucklyvie (Suf ) £104.50 and £103.50; Muirhouses (Suf ) £102.50; Coulshill (Cross) £100.00; East Bracklinn (Cross) £91.00; Bows (BF) £98.00; Glenhead (BF) £97.50.

Old season lambs per kg (4606) – Luckenburn (BTex) 322.00p; Ballechin (BTex) 313.00p; Tewel (Tex) 287.00p; Holehouse (Tex) 285.00p; Ballechin (Chev) 230.00p; North Kinkell (Chev) 225.00p; Easter Bucklyvie (Suf ) 219.00p; Wardhead (Suf ) 213.00p; East Bracklinn (Cross) 219.00p; Meggernie Estates (BF) 217.00p; Bows (BF) 213.00p; Flichity (Mule) 209.00p; The Knowes (Mule) 205.00p.

Ewes (342) – Woodhill (Tex) £144.00; Glenrath (Suf) £138.00; Glenrath (BFL) £128.00; Easter Mye (Cont) £110.00; Woodneuk (Mule) £108.00; Castleton (Dor) £98.00; Dalilea (Lleyn) £88.00; Eastmill (Cross) £87.00; West Lundie (BF) £85.00.

Tups – Slatich (Tex) £120.00; Dalilea (Lleyn) £99.00.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8

UA sold 1483 store cattle and 74 cast cows. Bullocks (920) averaged 215.30p to 261.40p per kg for a 440kg AAX from Mains of Balhall, and to £1200 for a 610kg LimX from Horselaw.

Dairy bullocks (43) averaged 157.80p to 187.10p per kg for a 465kg MOX from Meikle Camoquhill, and £1065 for a 684kg BFX from Broompark.

Heifers (490)averaged 205.64p to 241.40p per kg for a 292kg LimX from Gateside, and to £1260 for a 598kg CHX from Templeton.

Young bulls (30)averaged 168.82p to 212.40p per kg for a SimX from Knockallan, and to £1120 for a AAX from Mosston Muir.

Beef cows and bulls (53) averaged 130.60p to 176.40p per kg for a LimX from West Brackly, and to £1270 for a LimX from Airthry Kerse.

Dairy cows (18)averaged 94.10p to 119.20p per kg for a MOX from Meikle

Camoquhill, and to £945 for a MOX from Meikle Camoquhill.

Forward cattle (3) averaged 171.32p to 174.10p per kg for a LimX from Riccarton, and to £1170 for a LimX from Riccarton.

Bullocks: Up to 250kgs- Ceither Gaoithe £610, 255.20p; 251-300kgs- Brownhill £750, Gateside 259.30p; 301-350kgsGateside £840, 254.80p; 351-400kgsKings Arms £940, Muirsland 240.40p; 401-450kgs- Mains of Balhall £1150, 261.40p; 451-500kgs- Binn £1070, Broadlie 220.90p; 501-551kgs- Kilmux £1160, Mains of Balhall 224.20p; 552601kgsBroompark £1170, 203.10p; 602-651kgs- Horselaw £1200, 196.70p; 652-701kgs- Broompark £1065, 155.70p.

Heifers: Up to 250kgs- Balado £550, 221.80p; 251-300kgs- Gateside £705, 241.40p; 301-350kgs- Gateside £800, 232.60p; 351-400kgs- Falkland Estate £870, Kings Arms 229.50p; 401-450kgsBinzian £1000, 237.50p; 451-500kgsBalwherrie £1040, 226.90p; 501-551kgsBalwherrie £1095, Walesley 211.80p; 552-601kgs- Templeton £1260, 210.70p; 602-651kgs- Airthrey Kerse £1215, 188.70p.

Young Bulls: 301-350kgs- Winningbank £650, 210.00p; 351-400kgs- Knockallan £790, 212.40p; 401-450kgs- South Carse of Coldroch £870, 179.00p; 501-551kgsKnockallan £1050, 192.70p; 552-601kgsWest Carse £1075, 180.40p; 702+kgsMosston Muir £1120, 153.00p.

OTM cows per head- Airthrey Kerse (Lim) £1270; Airthrey Kerse (Sim) £1250; Binn (CH) £1250; Upper Kidston (BS) £995; Charleston Park (AA) £965; Meikle Camoquhill (MO) £945. OTM cows per kg - West Brackly (Lim) 176.40p; Newmains (Sim) 156.40p; Riccarton (CH) 156.40p; Townhead (AA) 149.60p; Scart (HE) 131.50p; Meikle Camoquhill (MO) 119.20p.

OTM bulls per head– Balthayock (CH) £1310. OTM bulls per kg - Balmyle (CH) 153.60p.

Forward cattle per head - Riccarton (Lim) £1170; Riccarton (AA) £1150. Forward cattle per kg - Riccarton (Lim) 174.10pk; Riccarton (Sim) 172.50pp.