Show and sale of store livestock

Caledonian Marts Ltd sold 743 store cattle and 1,036 store hoggets and grit gimmers and ewes at their April show and sale. Overall champion was a Charolais bullock (480kg) from J& D Mitchell, Offers, Gargunnock, realising £1,100. Reserve champion was a Limousin heifer (345kg) from D& L Graham, Mains of Burnbank, Blairdrummond, which made £830. Pen of four bullocks came from R McNee Ltd, Woodend, Armadale at 492kg, £1,100. Pen of four Heifers came from D& L Graham, Mains of Burnbank at 378kg, £920. Bullocks averaged 222ppkg selling to 268ppkg for a Simmental from Wester Whin, Slamannan, and to £1,300 twice for a Simmental from Bowhouse, Gartness, and for a Saler from Loanrigg, Slamannan. Heifers averaged 217ppkg selling to 260ppkg for a Limousin from Mid Ervie, Kirkcolm, and to £1,230 for a AA from Alton Muirhouse, Newmilns. Black and white bullocks averaged 152ppkg, selling to 195ppkg from Baldastard, Lundin Links, and to £1,170 from the same home. Other leading prices: Bullocks (ppkg) – 266p Mid Ervie and Midton; 264p Walton; 262p Craigievern. Heifers (ppkg) – 250p Mid Ervie; 249p Keirsbeath; 248p Mid Ervie; 247p Mains of Burnbank and Mid Ervie. Breeding cattle sold to £920 for a cow and calf from Wester Whin, Limerigg. Also sold were 1,036 store hoggs, ewe hoggets, grit ewes and ewes with lambs at foot. Ewe hoggets: NCC – Woodend Cottage £77. Chev X – Duallin £72. Chev – Scoor, Isle of Mull £69. Cross – Treshnish, Isle of Mull £64. BF – Dirnanean £49. BF – Duallin £47. Swale – Rossal, Isle of Mull £35. Grit ewes: Cross – Woodend £91. Shet – Arns £38. Ewes with lambs at foot: Texel with twin lambs – £158 Tullygarth. Cross with single lambs – £100 Wester Whitefield. BF with twin lambs – £100 Wester Whitefield.

Caledonian Marts Ltd had forward 2,274 prime hoggets, ewes and tups. Top price of the day went to Easter Ochtermuthill for a pen of 19 Beltex X Hoggets at £100. Overall sale average for 1,984 sold 158ppkg (-21.7p on the week) included in the sale was 986 Blackface hoggets averaging 147.5ppkg selling to £80 from Glenturret Estates. Leading prices per head: Beltex Er Ochtermuthill £95 and £94; Meikle Seggie £90 and £89. Texel Gelvan View £94; Birch Avenue £91. Cross Sawerston £90; Meikle Seggie £90. Suffolk Boghill £95; High Letterpin £90. Cheviot Burnshot £83. Mule Meikle Seggie £77; Er Buchlyvie £76.50. Blackface Burnshot £75.50; Townhead £71.50. Also forward were 290 cast ewes and tups. 165 heavy ewes averaged £73.10. 92 export ewes averaged £56.46. Top price of the day was £109 for a Suffolk from Whinneyhall. Other leading prices: Suffolk £105 Claylands; £100 Nether Strathkinness. BF £60 Auchleskine; £58 Rockfoot. Texel £100 Greystone; £92 Clunebeg. Cheviot £92 Nether Strathkinness; £80 and £67 Whinneyhall. Cross £85 and £83 Craigend; £82 Claylands. BFL £95 and £83 Whinneyhall. Tups sold to £95 from Easter Dullatur.