Bluefaced Leicester cast rams sell to £138 at Stirling mart

Caledonian Marts Ltd at Stirling sold 508 cast ewes and rams.

Heavy ewes ave £101.57 selling to £177 for two Texel ewes from Woodend, Armadale. Light ewes ave £77.83 selling to £82 Woodend. Cast rams sold to £138 for Bluefaced Leicesters Glenquey, Glendevon.

Other leading ewe prices: Suffolk £130 Kinnaird (Scrymgeour), £121 Kinninmonth, £112 Easter Coates. Texel £127 Allanview, £120 Braco Castle, £110 Kinninmonth, £106 and £105 South Cassengray, £104 Bankhead Farms, £102 Lawhead of Stobwood. NCC £113 South Cassengray, £96 West Dron, £92 Kinninmonth.

Beltex £113 Bankhead Farming. Berrichon Du Cher £108 Kirkton. Border Leicester £105 Kinninmonth. Mule £104 Wester Newburn, £98 Woodend, £96 Hilltarvit Mains, £95 Straiton, £90 Wester Newburn & Easter Coates.

Continental £100 Kinninmonth, £99 Craigend (Bell), £98 South Cassengray, £94 Broadslap, Kinninmonth, Braco Castle and Bankhead Farming.

Blackface £78 Woodend, £73

Beannie, £70 Allanfauld, Queenshaugh & Beannie.

Other leading ram prices: Suffolk £129 Carden, £128 Kinnaird. BFL £124 Beannie, £112 Carden. Texel £108 Easter Dullatur. BF £86 Drummond Estates, £82 Spittalhill and Braeleny.

Forfar: Lawrie & Symington had forward 29 prime cattle, six cows, 428 prime sheep and cast ewes and rams. Bullocks (six) sold to a top of 224p per kg for a 635kg BB from the Gask and to £1,449.35 for a 707kg Limousin from Nethermyres to ave 216p.

Heifers (23) sold to a top of 253ppk for a 562kg Limousin from Gask and to £1,471.36 for a 608kg Limousin from Woodhead of Mailer to ave 219p.

Prime hoggs (386) sold to 270.3p ppk for Beltex from Gyratesmyre and to £122 per head for Texels from Er Balgillo to ave 247.7ppk for SQQS and 241.6p overall (plus 11p).

Leading prices: Texel 261.9p Mains of Dalrulzion; Tex X 260.5p Hatton of Cargill; Cont. 255.8p Gibsonhall; Chev. 255.7p Auchronie. Per head: Suffolk £121 Southtown; Beltex £69 £119 Gyratesmyre; Texel £118 Hatton of Cargill & Er Balgillo; x Tex, £117 Mains of Dalrulzion and Heatherstacks; BF £107 Heatherstacks.

Ewes and rams (42). Ewes Texel £121 Townhead & Wardmill; Tex X £120 E Ingliston; Beltex £116 Er Balgillo.

Stirling: United Auctions sold 605 store and feeding sheep.

Leading hogg prices: Suffolk £85 Smiddyhill, £78 Plean Cottage; Beltex £83 Dall; Texel £86 Bowleys; Texel £79 Plean Cottage; Cheviot £63.50 Tulchan Croft; Cross £80 Shields; Mule £99 Sauchrie Mains; BF £88 Sauchrie Mains, £79 Duncroisk.

Stirling: Caledonian Marts Ltd sold 137 cattle comprising 71 bullocks, heifers and young bulls, and 66 OTM cattle.

Prime heifers sold to 245ppkg for an Aberdeen-angus from Easter Ochtermuthill and to £1,540 for a Limousin from Knockhouse. Prime bullocks sold to 232ppkg and £1,470 for a Limousin from Learielaw.

Bulls (under 30 months) sold to 180ppkg for a Limousin from Cairnbog and to £1,432 for a Charolais from Allanfauld.