Trading from Forfar and Stirling

Lawrie & Symington , Forfar, had forward 2,201 store and breeding sheep. Breeding sheep (605) Feeding ewes – BF £30 Rottal; Tex x £28.50 Clachnabrain.

Gimmers – Chev/Mule £125 Carroch; X £72 Buskhead.

Ewes – Tex (two crop) £85 Smiddyhouse; X (two and three crop) £78 and £68 Auchcairnie; Chev (FW four crop) £78 Auchronie; Lleyn £42 Easter Denoon; Tex x (CB) £41 Clachnabrain; BF (fw) £38 Rottal; BF (cb) £32 Cairncross.

Rams – BFL Shearling £300 Horn; Tex Shearling £260 (twice) and £180 Newmill of Inshewan.

Ewe lambs – Mule £81 Glenisla and Glencally; Char x Belt £60 Fernbrae; X £52 and £51 Glensaugh; BF £46 Glenisla and Glencally.

Store lambs – Suff £60 West Bogton; Tex £58 West Bogton, £53.50 Auchleish; X £51.50 Glenfernate; Cont £50 Balcalk; BF £45 Gleneffock, £43 Gleneffock and Gannochy. Caledonian Marts Ltd, Stirling, sold 2,442 prime lambs, ewes and tups.

Lambs (1,737) (39kg+) averaging £74.64.

The overall sale averaged 165ppkg (-0.8ppkg on the week).

Top price of the day went to Doune Farms at £99 for a pair of 55kg Beltex Cross lambs.

Top price per kg went to RA Campbell and Son, Meikle Seggie at 207ppkg for three Beltex X lambs. Leading prices: Lambs Beltex £98 Easter Ochtermuthill Beltex X £98 West Lundie Cont £97 Strageath Cont X £96 St Mungo’s Tex £95 Craigend Tex X £93 Bankhead Suff X £87 Ayton Suff £82 Pitcairlie Mule £73 Burnhead BF £76.50 Burnhead

Also forward were 598 cast ewes and tups.

Ewes were easier to cash, with the overall average up £7.66 on the week.

Heavy ewes (196) averaged £74.83 selling to £99 from Ferguson Bro’s, Gillandersland, Linlithgow.

Tups sold to £108 for a Texel from R Wardrope and Son, Easter Coates, Upper Largo, Fife.