Action from the ringside at Stirling

United Auctions, Stirling, sold 3,586 prime sheep including 2,646 lambs and selling to an average of 178.1p/kg, and 940 ewes and rams on Thursday.

Lambs (2,997) – Easter Balgeddie (Tex) £100; Faulds (BTex) £99; Blackburnrigg (Suff) £97; Higham (Char) £87.50; Muriel St (mule) £81.50; Drumrack (Chev) £81.

Lambs (2,997) – Forrest (Tex) 224p; Faulds (BTex) 220p; Ayton (Char) 193p; Easter Middleton (Suff) 189p; Townhead of Arngibbon (Suff) 188p; Drumrack (Chev) 188p; Lathockar Mains (HampX) 174p; Doune Farms (mules) 171p.

Ewes (1,458) – Drimsynie (Tex) £127.00; Drimsynie (Suff) £97.50; Ayton (Char) £85.50; Hangingshaw (Zwar) £80.00; Sauchrie Mains (BFL) £78.50; Pathhead (Mule) £77.50; Halkerston (HB) £74.50; Geiselittle (Lleyn) £74.50; Elmscleugh (BF) £67.50; Lathockar (Chev) £66.50.

Tups – Easter Garden (Tex) £97.50; Elmscleugh (BF) £74.50.