Trading from the auctions in Forfar and Stirling

Lawrie & Symington, Forfar, had forward 24 prime cattle and 15 OTM’s and also 640 prime sheep. PRIME CATTLE Bullocks (5) sold to a top of 249p per kg for a 591kg Limousin from Nethermyres and to £1,472.51 for a 611kg Limousin also from Nethermyres to ave 240p per kg. Heifers (19) sold to a top of 252p per kg for a 539 kg Limousin from Nethermyres and also to £1,452 for a 600 kg BRB from West Bog to ave 236p per kg. Leading prices per kg: Bullocks – Lim 241p Gask and Nethermyres, 240p Nethermyres; Short. 228p Pityot. Heifers – Lim 250p West Bog, 244p Mill of Inverarity and Nethermyres, 242p West Bog, 241p South Ballo. Cows (15) sold to a top of £1,500 for a Charolais from Pitreuchie and also to 191p per kg for a Charolais from Mill of Inverarity. Char £1,500 (187p) Pitreuchie; Char x £1,470 (191p) Mill of Inverarity; BRB £1,150 (151p) Shandford; Lim £1,105 (163p) Shandford; BBx £1,060 (151p) Shandford; Simm £1,000 (137p) Shandford. PRIME SHEEP Prime lambs (515) sold to 229.6p per kilo for Texels from Upper Tulloes and to £110 per head from Horn to ave 210.6p per kilo (-3p per kilo). Leading prices per kilo – Tex 226.1p and 225p Wardmill; BDM 223.8p Purgavie; Texel X 222.7p Townhead and Over Baldinnie; Cont 220.8p Broadshade. Ewes and rams (125) – Tex £106.50 Hillhead of Careston; Tex x £102 Mains of Creuchies; Cont £94 Templeton; X Tex £92 Horn.

United Auctions, Stirling, sold 427 store cattle and 97 cast cows. Bullocks (220) ave 236.79p to 265.20ppk for a 264kg LimX from Knollhead and to £1,380 for a 628kg BS from Crookedstone Muir. Heifers (168) – ave 229.28p to 281.40ppk for a 295kg LimX from West Park and £1,320 fora598kgAAXfromBencloich. B&W Bullocks (39) ave 179.29p to 189.80ppkg for a 532kg HOX from Mains and £1,010 for a 554kg HOX from Mains. Cast cows (89) ave 147.22p to 199.60ppk for a AAX from Easter Frew and £1490 for a SimX from Beeches. Dairy cows (8) ave 114.40p to 147.90ppk for a HFX from Newpark and to £955 for a HFX from Aitkenhead. OTM cows – Beeches (Sim) £1,490; Chapel (BA) £1,450; Upper Auchenlay (BRB) £1,350; Easter Frew (Lim) £1,330. OTM bulls – Fintalich (Sim) £1,550; Claish (Lim) £1,510; Auchenleish (CH) £1,410; Wester Bleaton (BS) £1,150.