Livestock trading in Stirling

United Auctions sold 1,027 store cattle at their annual Perth show and sale in Stirling on Monday. Bullocks (541) averaged 243.60p to 301.90p per kg for a 414kg LimX from Coilavoulin and £1,290 for a 523kg CharX from Monzie Farms. Heifers (486) ave 234.90p to 293.80p per kg for a 422kg LimX from Monzie Farms and £1,360 for a 594kg BBX from Newton of Arbirlot. Leading prices: STORE CATTLE Bullocks: 251-300kgs – Nochnary £825, 283.50p; 301-350kgs – Monzie Farms £870, 256.60p; 351-400kgs – Monzie Farms £1,090, 282.40p; 401-450kgs – Coilavoulin £1,250, 301.90p; 451-500kgs – Monzie Farms £1,260, 270.90p; 501550kgs – Monzie Farms £1,290, Stanley 249.00p; 551-600kgs – Kilmux £1,190, 208.80p. Heifers; 251-300kgs – Monzie Farms £730, 258.90p; 301-350kgs – East Buchanty £830, 239.90p; 351-400kgs – Monzie Farms £1,050, 274.90p; 401-450kgs – Monzie Farms £1,240, 293.80p; 451500kgs – Monzie Farms £1,300, 279.00p; 501-550kgs – Newton of Abirlot £1,230, 236.50p; 551-600kgs Newton of Arbirlot £1,360, 229.00p. Show prize list: Champion – Monzie Farms 484kgs £1,260. Reserve champion – Pittentian 452kgs £1,200. Charolais – East Buchanty 518kgs £1,180. Single Heifer Wester Bonhard 490kgs £1,190. Single bullock – Monzie Farms 484kgs £1,260. Pen of eight bullocks/heifers – Wester Bonhard (hfrs) 449kgs £1,180. Pen of four hfrs – Monzie Farms 417kgs £1,120. Pen of four bullocks – Wester Bonhard 457kgs £1,210. Best pen of four (W Walker Cup) – Wester Bonhard (blks) 457kgs £1,210.

Caledonian Marts Ltd sold 438 store and breeding cattle on Monday. Bullocks ave 227ppkg, selling to 274ppkg for a Simmental from Wester Whin and to £1,480 for an Aberdeen Angus from Glenwhilk, Doune. Heifers ave 225ppkg, selling to 280p for a Simmental again from Wester Whin and to £1,070 for a pen of Charolais from Shutterflat. Bulls ave 141ppkg, selling to 179ppkg for a pen of Shorthorns from Newhall and to £1,000 for a Hereford from Badenkep. Black and whites ave 142ppkg, selling to 168p from Cuff and to £910 from the same home. Bullocks per kilo: 267p Lochridgehills and Dollarbank, 264p Dollarbank. Heifers per kilo – 279p and 274p Wester Whin, 258p Evergreen, 249p Avoncrook. Black and white per kilo – 165p and 146p Cuff, 134p and 131p Townhead of Lambroughton. Breeding cattle sold to a top of £1,750 for a Charolais cow with calf at foot from McMurrich Partnership. Other leading prices: Bulling heifers – £1,090 and £980 Ballater; £890 and £860 Belltrees. Cows with calves at foot – £1,500 Ballater; £1,450 Woodcockfaulds. Also sold were 440 store hoggets and ewes with lambs at foot. Top price of the day went to Kinnighallen for a pen of Texel x ewes (broken mouth) with twin lambs at £166. Store hoggets sold to £72 for a pen of Texel x from Duallin. Leading prices: Store hoggets: Texel – Gartfarran £70, Cont – Duallin £65. Ewe hoggets: Chev – Gartfarran £62, Tex X – Kirklands £48. Ewes with lambs at foot: Texel with twins – Kinnighallen £164, Cross with twins – Stepend £152.