Livestock under the hammer

Caledonian Marts Ltd, Stirling sold 1,025 prime lambs, hoggets, cast ewes and tups yesterday. Spring lambs (158) sold to £119 for a Beltex x Suffolk from Easter Cash and averaged £100.20. Top per kilo went to Craiglaw at 271ppkg for a pen of Texel x Lambs, overall average 241.2ppkg (-14p on the week) (+42p on the year). Leading prices: Spring lambs per kilo: Suff x – 268p Easter Cash; Tex x – 263p Meikle Seggie; Tex – 261p Easter Coates; Belt – 260p Er Ochtermuthill; Cont – 259p Mawcarse; Char – 257p Sauchans. Prime hoggets (503) sold to a top of £116 from JM McDonald, Newbigging, Crieff, and to a top of 238ppkg from G McLaren, Blaircessnock, and overall average 185ppkg (-9p on the week) (+36p on the year). Leading hogg prices per kilo: Tex – 231p Blaircessnock; Belt – 230p Newbigging; Blue Tex – 225p Birch Avenue; Cont – 225p Borlick; Suff – 215p Birch Avenue; BF 213p Wharlawhill. Also forward were 385 cast ewes and tups. Heavy ewes (110) averaged £75.04 selling to £100 twice both for Beltex’s from Easter Ochtermuthill and Graystale. Export ewes (222) averaged £49.75. Other leading prices: Texel – £97 Allanfauld, £93 Skeoch, £89 Harviesmailing (twice) and Loig; BF – £63 Sawerston and Ballingray, £60 Townhead, £55 Wester Whitefield. Suff – £86 Tullygarth, £85 Craigievern, £75 Graystale and Edina Place; Chev – £69 Findatie, £68 Kilbryde, £58 Carloonan; Mule – £70 Chartershall, £67 Claylands, £63 Knowehead; BFL – £74 Claylands; HB – £78 Wester Ochtermuthill; Cross – £72 Chartershall, £71 Wester Whitefield, £67 Ballingray and Lephinchapel, £66 Gartfairn, £65 Claylands. Tups sold to £99 for a Texel from Chartershall and Skeoch.