Top prices at the sales

Lawrie & Symington, Forfar had forward 22 prime cattle, four cows and 424 prime sheep, cast ewes and rams.

Bullocks (5) sold to 2.35ppk and £1,437 Nethermyres to ave 229p, heifers (17) sold to 2.68ppk and £1,567 Nethermyres to ave 219p.

Prime hoggs (344) sold to 288.1ppk Balcarresward and £127 Torrax to ave 236.3ppk for SQQs and 233ppk overall (plus 2.8p). Leading prices: Beltex 277.8p (twice) Er. Balgillo; Texel 271.1p Er. Balgillo; Texel Cross 266p Walnut Grove; Cont. 259.5p South Ballo.

Ewes Beltex £132 Walnut Grove;

Suff. £130 and £128 Southtown; Tex. £121 Er. Balgillo.

Caledonian Marts Ltd, STirling, had forward 427 store cattle, and 395 store and breeding sheep.

Bullocks sold to 243ppkg Offers, and to £1,200 Melville Gate, Ladybank.

Heifers sold to 254p Muirpark and to £1,170 Castlehill and Angle Park, Ladybank.

Also forward were 395 store hoggets, feeding and breeding ewes.

Hoggets met the dearest trade so far this season, selling to a top of £99 for Suffolks from South Ailey.

Breeding ewes sold to £100 for a pen of Mule Ewes Mid Forrest, Cumbernauld.

Hoggets leading prices: Texel £94 Craigend, Continental £90 South Ailey, Beltex £89 Hopestead, Suffolk £85 Hopestead.

Mule ewe hoggets £86 South Ailey, cross ewe hoggets £69 Southannan Estates, Texel ewe hoggets £68 Cattlemoss, BF ewe hoggets £66 Southannan Estates.

Breeding ewe prices; Texel grit ewes £85 Mid Forrest, Cheviot Grit Ewes £80 Mid Forrest.