Round-up of livestock prices

LAWRIE & SYMINGTON (Forfar) had forward 327 store cattle.

Bullocks (224) to £1,330 for a pen of Charx from Kinnaniel and to 261.9p for a pair of Limx from Bishopston, to ave 230.9p.

Heifers (86) to £1,270 for Charx from Kinnaniel and 253p for a pair of Limx from Middlehill, to ave 222.4p.

Young bulls (13) to £1,170 for a Simmental from Peasiehill and 226.7p for a Bshort from Cairncross to ave 205p.

Breeding cattle (4) to £1,850 for Sim heifer with Sim heifer calf at foot from Incheoch and £1,020 for AA in-calf cows from Old Quarry.

Bullocks: AA – 244.9p/244.8p Bishopston, 240.6p Newbigging of Craighall; BRB – 261.9p Bishopston; Bshort – 248.8p Cairncross; Char – 245.3p Kinnaniel, 240.9p/238.8p Bishopston; Lim – 261.9p Bishopston, 252.9p Meikle Tullo, 251.4p Meikle Coul; Sim – 248.2p Bishopston, 246.7p Newbigging of Craighall, 238.3p Bishopston.

Heifers: AA – 235.4p West Park, 222.2p Newbigging of Craighall, 215.1p Denbrae; BRB – 253p,238.6p Middlehill; Bshort – 235.3p Cairncross; Char – 240.8p/230.9p/223.4pkinnaniel; Lim – 253p Middlehill, 245.8p Sketewan, 245.6p Meikle Coul; Sim – 215.8p Newton of Inshewan and Little Ballo, 210.7p Newton of Inshewan.

Young bulls: B Short – 226.7p/203.7p Cairncross; Sim – 206p Peasiehill.

CALEDONIAN MARTS (Stirling) sold 1,572 prime hoggets, ewes and tups.

Hoggets: 784 (39kg-51kg) ave 230.8ppk; overall ave for 1,058 sold 224.6p (+6.7p on week, +60.4p on year).

Top price shared by Doune Farms, West Lundie & Raecruick at £122 for Belt hoggets. Top ppk to Easter Buchlyvie at 267p for a pen of four Beltx hoggets at 41.2kg.

Spring lambs to £104 from Greystone.

Leading prices: Tex £121 Raecruick; Belt £121 West Lundie; Beltx £120 Easter Ochtermuthill; Texx £120 Easter Buchlyvie; Suff £116 Nether Strathkinnes; Char £110 Coulshill; Mules £99 Easter Buchlyvie; BF £98 St Mungo’s.

Also forward 516 cast ewes and tups.

Heavy ewes (81) ave £83; to £125 for a Tex from Easter Coates. Export ewes (415) ave £54.58. Other leading prices: Tex £111 Easter Coates; £110 Kilbryde Farms; BF £70 Coulshill (twice), Bailanstruth & Dollarbank; Suff £100 Easter Coates & Glenhead; Chev £100 Mains of Struie; Zwar £86 Greystone; Mule £88 West Balgothrie, £80 Westerside, Callendoune, Dowally, Mill of Ardoch & Newlands; Cross £80 Newlands, £79 Coulshill, £72 Hardiston.

Tups (20) to £116 for a Tex from Allanfauld.