Trading from around the markets

Lawrie and Symington, Forfar, had forward 30 prime cattle and OTMs and 898 prime sheep on Wednesday. PRIME CATTLE Bullocks (9) sold to 246p per kg for a Limousin from Nethermyres and to £1,535.47 for a Limousin also from Nethermyres to average 223p per kg. Heifers (18) sold to 254p per kg for a Limousin from West Bog and £1,411.83 for a Limousin from Pityot to ave 238p per kg. Leading prices per head: Bullocks – Lim £1,493.88 Nethermyres, £1,394.68 Pityot, £1,381.80 Nethermyres, £1,353.78 Pitgarvie. Heifers – Lim £1,397 and £1,370.80 West Bog, £1,365 Nethermyres, £1,347.08 and £1,335.25 Craignathro. Cows (3) Linc – Red £1,290 (157.7p per kg) St Fort, AA £1,190 (146p per kg) St Fort. PRIME SHEEP Prime lambs (2) sold to 214.3p per kilo and £110 per head for a Suffolk from Wester Oathlaw. Prime hoggs (715) sold to a top of 207.1p per kg for 42 kg Beltex from Glenmoy and £96 for 48 kg Beltex from Newmill of Inshewan to average 168.6p per kg. SQQ Hoggs (238) ave 185.4p per kilo. Leading prices per kg: Belt 200p Newmill of Inshewan; Bel x 197.8p Kinclaven; Tex 197.7p Greenford; X Belt 195.7p Clochie; Suff 193.1p Southtown of Melgund; Tex x 191.5p Largie. Caledonian Marts Ltd, Stirling, sold 1,797 prime hoggets, ewes and tups on Tuesday. Top price of the day went to Easter Ochtermuthill at £109 and to 234ppkg also from Easter Ochtermuthill. Spring lambs sold to £87 or 218ppkg Three Views. Overall sale ave for 1,477 hoggets 175.95ppkg (+9.35ppkg on the week). SQQ average 182.6ppkg (+6.7ppkg on the week). Leading prices pence per kilo: Beltex – Easter Ochtermuthill 228ppkg and 220ppkg, Meikle Seggie 215ppkg. Texel – Easter Ochtermuthill 219ppkg, East Bracklinn 214ppkg, Meikle Seggie 212ppkg. Cheviot – Northbank 208ppkg, Nethermyres 206ppkg, Anvilside 200ppkg. Mule – Meikle Seggie 176ppkg, Raecruick 173ppkg, Graystale 172ppkg. Blackface – Auchencarroch 176ppkg, East Bracklinn 174ppkg and 173ppkg, Redburn 174ppkg. Also forward were 320 cast ewes and tups. Heavy ewes (155) ave £75.46 selling to £126 for a Suffolk from Gillandersland. Export ewes (135) ave £61.47. Other leading prices: Texel – £105 Chalmerston, 100 Three Views, Gillandersland and Kinnaird. BF – £68 Harviesmailing and Hillend, £66 Culcreuch. Suffolk – £103, £100 and £97 Newton, £86 Inchgall and Blairoer. Cheviot – £60 Kinnaird, £58 Weels. Cross – £87 Kinnaird, £85 Redburn, £79 Greigston. Zwar – £100 Three Views. Tups sold to £134 for a pen of six Texels from AW Nicholson and Son, Kinclaven, Stanley. Other leading prices: Texel – £127, £106 and £104 Kinclaven, £103 Blaircessnock.