Trading from Caledonian Marts and United Auctions

United Auctions, Stirling, sold 4,299 prime sheep comprising 3,010 lambs selling to an average of 175.5ppk and 1,289 ewes and rams.

Old season lambs (3,010) Luckenburn (Btex) £103; West Balgothrie (Tex) £97; Ancaster (Suff) £94; West Balgothrie (Char) £92; Little Raith (X) £90; Toxside (Chev) £89.50; Chalmerstone (BFL) £88; Harviesmailing (Mule) £83.50; Dirnanean (BF) £75. Old season lambs (3,010) Luckenburn (Btex) 229p; Ballechin (Tex) 211p; Groan (Chev) 196p; Easter Cash (Char) 191p; Longfaugh (Suff) 191p; Wester Middleton (X) 190p; Little Raith (Mule) 174p; Chalmerstone (BFL) 169p; Dirnanean (BF) 170p.

Ewes (1,289) – Chalmerstone (Tex) £130; Marvingston (Suff) £100; Fortacres (X) £82; High Milndovan (Chev) £82; Duncairnie (Mule) £80; Luckenburn (Btex) £82; Hatton Knowe (Zwa) £76; Little Raith (BF) £46. Rams – Duncairnie (Tex) £134; Quixwood (Btex) £88; Duncairnie (Suff) £86; Meadows of Ballied (Chev) £80; Drummond Estates (BF) £66.

Caledonian Marts Ltd, Stirling, sold 208 cattle comprising 116 prime bullocks, heifers and young bulls, 76 cast cows and bulls, and 16 calves. Bullocks ave 217p. Heifers ave 224p. Beef bulls ave 205p. Beef cows ave 124p. Dairy cows ave 89p. Bullocks sold to 242ppkg for a British Blue from Todhall, Cupar and to £1,716 for a Limousin from South Flanders, Kippen. Heifers sold to 245ppkg (twice) for Limousins from Learielaw, Broxburn and Upper Kinneil, Linlithgow also to £1,618 gross for a Limousin from Learielaw. Bulls sold to 208ppkg for a Limousin from Dyke, Milton of Campsie and to £1,672 for the same animal. Leading prices:

Bullocks – 240p Easter Ochtermuthill and Learielaw; 238p Moorfield and Easter Ochtermuthill; 230p Faskine and Moorfield; 228p Spittal (Gardner), Candermains, Learielaw and Easterton (Owen); 225p Candermains, Faskine, Moorfield, Spittal and Todhall; 222p Seggarsdean, Parkfergus and Faskine. Heifers – 242p Borlick and Easter Ochtermuthill; 240p Meadowend and Knockhouse; 238p (Twice) Knockhouse, South Woodlane, Learielaw, Meadowend and Bankhead (Kerr); 235p Borlick, Spittal and Knockhouse; 232p South Woodlane and Easter Ochtermuthill; 230p Wester Carmuirs, South Woodlane and Bankhead; 228p Over Inzevar, Upper Kinneil and Easterton. Also forward were 76 cast cows and bulls.

Beef cows ave 124p selling to 177p for a Limousin from Star of Markinch and to £1,500 for a Limousin from West Woodlane.

Dairy cows ave 89p selling to 118p from Greenrigg and to £800 from the same home.

Other leading prices:

Beef cows – £1,460 Upper Kinneil; £1,370 Gillandersland; £1,360 Carriston; £1,300 and £1,150 West Woodlane. Dairy cows – £730 and £690 Blairmains; £690 Greenrigg (Twice) and Summerhouse.