Farming returns

CALEDONIAN MARTS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18

Caley Marts sold 137 cattle comprising of 64 bullocks, heifers and young bulls and 73 OTM cattle.

Prime bullocks averaged 233p per kg for an average of 632kg; prime heifers averaged 238p per kg with an average of 595kg.

Prime heifers sold to 262p pkg for a Limousin from W Dandie and Sons, Learielaw, Broxburn purchased by G Kirk and Sons, Butchers, Denny and to £1665 for a Limousin from D Dickinson, Brockwoodless, Canobie purchased by HA Black and Sons, Butchers, Stirling.

Prime bullocks sold to 250p pkg on two occasions from A Pettigrew, Faskine, Airdrie and DS and RC Taylor, Easter Ochtermuthill, Muthill purchased by R Brown, Butchers, Stenhousemuir and T Burns, Butchers, Bo’ness and to £1612 for a Limousin from M Orr and Son, Penston, Macmerry purchased by T Johnston, Butchers, Falkirk.

Bulls (over 16 months) sold to 200p pkg for a Beef Shorthorn from J Wood, Brewsterwells, St Andrews and to £1646 for a Limousin from R Graham and Son, Airthrey Kerse, Stirling.

Other leading prices: Heifers per kg - 258p Learielaw; 255p Easter Ochtermuthill; 250p Brockwoodlees (three times); 245p Easter Ochtermuthill, Bankhead (Kerr), Windyedge and West Mains (twice); 242p Penston. Bullocks per kg - 248p Penston, Nethermyres and Brockwoodlees; 242p Wallaceton, Brockwoodlees and Penston; 240p Easter Ochtermuthill, Brockwoodlees and Wallaceton; 238p Nethermyres; 235p Learielaw and Windyedge.

Heifers per head - £1636 Brockwoodlees; £1587 Easter Ochtermuthill; £1567 and £1555 Brockwoodlees; £1528 Bankhead; £1501 Learielaw. Bullocks per head - £1574 Easter Ochtermuthill; £1566 Nethermyres; £1559 Faskine; £1555 and £1545 Learielaw; £1522 Nethermyres; £1521 Gryffewraes.

Also forward were 73 OTM cattle. OTMs averaged 138p pkg selling to 179p pkg for a Limousin from JF and MB Teague, Buteland, Balerno and to £1410 for the same animal. Dairy cows averaged 108p pkg selling to 134p pkg from J Patterson, Stenhouse, Kirkcaldy and to £1040 from WA Hume, Easter Clune, Dunfermline.

Other leading prices: Beef OTMs per head - £1400 Allanfauld; £1380 Cuttlehill and Buteland; £1340 Airthrey Kerse; £1300 Allanfauld; £1280 Mains of Throsk; £1240 Gryffewraes; £1200 Learielaw. Beef OTMs per kg - 178p Gryffewraes; 163p Buteland; 153p Callendoune amd Allanfauld; 150p Mains of .Throsk

Dairy cows per head - £1030 Stenhouse; £1010 Easter Clune; £1000 Barbeth and Stenhouse; £970 Glenrigg.

OTM males sold to 181p per kg for an Aberdeen Angus from Carskiey Estate, Campbeltown and to £1430 for a Limousin bull from JF and MB Teague.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22

Caley Marts had forward 338 store cattle at their fortnightly sale.

Bullocks averaged 238p pkg selling to 286p pkg for a pen of Charolais from Gilmour Farms, New Peninver, Campbeltown and to £1310 for a pen of Simmentals from M and J Lamont, Shutterflat, Beith.

Heifers averaged 228p pkg selling to 268p pkg for a pen of Limousins from J Smith, Acres, Strathaven and to £1170 for a Limousin from H Aird, Harelaw, Crook of Devon.

Black and Whites sold to 173p pkg from GW Paterson, Barbeth, Cumbernauld and to £840 from the same home. Bulls sold to 301p kg for Herefords from S and E Parker, Balgown, Kirkcolm.

Other leading prices: Bullocks per head - £1260 West Kirkland; £1210 Shutterflat ; £1200 West Kirkland and Johnshill; £1190 Inchgall and Shutterflat; £1180 and £1150 Inchgall. Heifers per head - £1120 Ardgate and Inchgall; £1050 Greenhead and Knockraich; £1040 Gryfeside and Inchgall; £1020 Offers and Macrindleston.

Bullocks per kg - 275p Meikle Seggie; 270p Aird (Ardfern); 264p Meikle Seggie; 263p Craighead; 262p Offers. Heifers per kg - 255p Auchenbothie Farms; 252p and 251p Aird (Ardfern); 240p Inchgall; 242p Balgown and Aird (Ardfern).

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23

Caley Marts had forward 1312 prime hoggs, ewes and tups at their weekly prime stock sale.

A mixed show of hoggets were forward for quality, well fleshed hoggets were in good demand. Leaner types proved harder to sell than on previous weeks.

The overall average for the hoggs was 262p per kg with an SQQ of 267p. Top price per head went to David and William Moir of Moir Livestock, Home Farm, Cairness at £152 for a pen of Texels. Pence per kilo was topped at 332p for a pen of Beltexs from Scott Lambie, Braco Castle, Braco.

Other leading prices: 32.1-39kg - Texel 332p, £126 Braco Castle; Beltex 322p, £124 Kinninmonth; Blackface 252p, £94 Remony. 39.1-45.5kg - Texel 328p, £133 Kinninmonth; Cheviot 277p, £122.50 Nethermyres; Suffolk 275p Bridgehouse and Muirmailing, £121 Bridgehouse; Mule 263p, £115.50 Remony; Blackface 265p, £111.50 Remony. 45.6-52kg - Texel 320p, £147 Nethermyres; Beltex 302p, £145 Doune Farms; Mule 252p Burnside, £121.50 Coulshill. 52.1kg-plus - Texel 277p, £152 Home Farm; Beltex 266p Letter, £147 Doune Farms; Blackface 216p, £124.50 Connachan.

Also forward were 647 cast ewes and rams. A mixed show for quality met an increased trade on the week to an increased ringside of buyers - 54 per cent of the sale was made up of hill and horned ewes.

Heavy ewes averaged £106.19 selling to £155 for Texel ewes from Tom Mitchell, East Gormyre, Torpichen. Export ewes averaged £66.09 selling to £91 for Cheviots from AD Miller, Bridgehouse, Westfield. Cast rams averaged £91 selling to £157 for Texels from D Nicol, Auchtenny, Forgandenny.

Other leading prices: Ewes - Texel: £140 Auchtenny, £134 Findatie, £127 Ballingray and East Gormyre, £121 Inchgall. Suffolk: £137 and £135 Wester Ochtermuthill, £119 Grange of Lindores, £117 Grange of Lindores and Wester Ochtermuthill. Continental: £115 Grange of Lindores, Callendoune and Ballingray, £112 Auchtenny, £110 Grange of Lindores, £107 Inchgall, £106 East Gormyre, £103 Old Leckie and Wester Ochtermuthill, £102 East Gormyre and Bridgehouse, £101 Callendoune, £100 Wester Ochtermuthill and East Lenniston. Mule: £111 Pirnhall, £107 Wester Ochtermuthill, £101 Grange of Lindores, £100 Wester Ochtermuthill. Border Leicester: £111 Kinninmonth. Dorset: £106 Balbedie. Blackface: £90 Doune of Glendouglass, £80 Braeleny, £75 Spittalhill. Cheviot: £84 Laigh Balernock and Bridgehouse, £80 Doune of Glendouglass.

Other leading prices: Rams - Texel: £132 Auchtenny, £125 East Gormyre, £116 Callendoune, £113 East Lenniston, £108 West Kirkton, £107 Inchgall, £103 Wester Ochtermuthill. Aberfield: £107 Auchtenny (MacKellar). Blackface: £85 Burnhead. Valais: £82 Burnhead.

UNITED AUCTIONS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18

UA sold 7273 prime sheep comprising of 5275 prime hoggs selling to an average of 277.37p pkg and 1999 ewes and rams.

Old season lambs per head (5275) – Strageath Hall and Easter Ochtermuthill (BTex) £180.00; Easter Ochtermuthill and Cuiltburn x2 (BTex) £179.00; Groan (BTex) £175.00; West Park (BTex) £173.00; Ballechin (Tex) £170.00; Harviesmailing (Tex) £169.00; Ballechin (Tex) £167.00; South Flanders (Tex) £166.00; Dalchirla (Cont) £160.00; Parkhill (Cont) £159.00; Hallhill (Cont) £158.00; South Flanders and Stanley (Suf) £140.00; Easter Middleton (Suf) £134.00; Highholm (Suf) £133.00; Abbey (Chev) £134.00; West Wood (Chev) £132.00; Abbey (Chev) £131.50; Dalchirla (BF) £128.00; Connachan (BF) £127.00; Dunruchan (BF) £126.50; Merkins (BF) £125.00; Moulin and Coates (Mule) £124.50; West Balgothrie (Mule) £121.00; Moulin (Mule) £119.00 x2.

Old season lambs per kg (5275) –

Cuiltburn (BTex) 419.00p; Groan (BTex) 417.00p; Easter Ochtermuthill (BTex) 414.00p; Strageath Hall (BTex) 413.00p; Cuiltburn (BTex) 411.00p; Hallhill (Tex) 398.00p; Ballechin (Tex) 395.00p; South Flanders (Tex) 386.00p; Hallhill (Cont) 382.00p and 376.00p; Parkhill (Cont) 366.00p and 357.00p; Goddens (Suf) 294.00p; Cuiltburn (Suf ) 291.00p; Claish (Suf) 286.00p; North Kinkell (Chev) 292.00p; Ballechin (Chev) 288.00p; West Wood (Chev) 287.00p; Duncroisk (BF) 285.00p; Dullator (BF) 278.00p; Penston (BF) 275.00p; Pitcairn and West Bracklinn (BF) 274.00p; Coates (Mule) 265.00p; West Balgothrie (Mule) 263.00p; Allanfauld, Newbigging and Blackburnrigg (Mule) 260.00p.

Ewes (1999) – Dalchirla (Tex) £183.00, £179.00 and £175.00; Kilmeny, Islay (Tex) £159.00; Harviesmailing (Tex) £149.00; Pitkindie and Polquhairn (TexX) £142.00; Polquhairn (TexX) £139.00; Kinburn (Cont) £138.00; Ballechin (Cont) £135.00; Dykeneuk (BFL) £130.00; Shanry (Chev/ Mule) £121.00; West Park (Chev/Mule) £109.00; Derculich and Luckenburn (BTex) £115.00; Halkerston (Suf ) £110.00; Redheugh (Suf) £104.00; Meadowbank (Suf) £102.00; Easter Middleton (HB) £106.00; Hallhill and Whitehill (Chev) £100.00; West Mains (Chev) £96.00; Milkieston and Halkerston (Mule) £99.00; Hillhead (Mule) £98.00; Drumrack (Mule) £97.50; Kerry Cottage (Mule) £96.00; Kilbucho Palce (SufX) £88.00; Wester Cairney (SufX) £87.00; Elmscleugh (BF) £88.00; West Third (BF) £87.00; Sauchrie Mains (BF) £86.00; Milkieston (BF) £85.00; Easter Greenhill (BF) £82.00; Bogburn (BF) £80.00.

Tups – Victoria (Tex) £154.00; Ardbeg, Islay (Tex) £150.00; West Third (Tex) £138.00; Shanry and Croftintygan (Tex) £135.00; Balnacree (Chev) £150.00; Victoria (Chev) £138.00; Griesta (Suf) £142.00; Croftintygan (Suf) £122.00; Gartincaber (BFL) £137.00; Dykeneuk (BFL) £138.00; Falgunzeon (BTex) £124.00; Victoria (BTex) £120.00; Glenfernate (BF) £96.00; Dunruchan (BF) £94.00; Dunalistair (BF) £87.00.