Lively trading in Stirling

Caledonian Marts Ltd sold 1,089 spring lambs, prime hoggets, sheep, cast ewes and tups. Spring lambs (504) sold to £124 (twice) from Auchenrivoch and Easter Ochtermuthill and averaged £96.04 (-£8.82 on the week) (+£24.11 on the year). Top price per kilo went to Easter Ochtermuthill and Pett, Muthill at 282ppkg for a pen of Beltex x Suffolk lambs. Overall ave 235.77ppkg (-20.34p on the week) (+62.7p on the year). Leading prices: Spring lambs – Suffx £123 Broom; BeltexX £120 Pett; Tex £120 Allanfauld, Kinninmonth and Balhelvie; TexX £119 Townhead; Suff £118 Kinnaird; Zwar £117 Greystone. Prime hoggets (217) sold to a top of £117 (twice) from Allanfauld and Craggan both for Texel crosses and to a top of 221ppkg also from Allanfauld and Auchtenny. Overall ave 180.7ppkg (-1.8p on the week). Leading hoggs prices per head: Tex £111 Meikle Seggie; TexX £107 and £106 Mountlothian; Cont £107 Craigbarnet; Bel £106 Auchtenny; Suff £106 Mountlothian; Chev £94 Powguild; BF £90 Home Farm. Also forward were 333 cast ewes and tups. Heavy ewes (156) ave £76.27 selling to £119 for a Texel from Chalmerston Road. Export ewes (82) ave £56.04. Other leading prices: Texel £114 Chalmerston; £110 Victoria; BF £76 Townhead; £69 The Nurseries; Suff £104 and £99 Chalmerston; £94 Mount Lothian; Char £92 Sauchans; Beltex £81 Easter Ochtermuthill; Mule £78 Kinnaird; £77 Sawerston and Townhead; Cross £81 Bankhead; £78 Victoria Tup £104 and 93 Rhynaclach; £80 Victoria.