Livestock in sale rings

United Auctions in Stirling sold 633 store cattle, native-bred cattle and young bulls, 87 breeding cattle and 103 out-of-spec cattle, cast cows and bulls.

Beef cows ave 150.08p per kg and dairy cows averaged 114p per kg.

Bullocks (323) ave 217.46p to 309.60ppk High Bellochantuy and to £1,340 High Unthank.

Dairy bullocks (71) ave 172.72p to 206.20ppk Caddell and to £1,025 Dykehead.

Heifers (230) ave 214.34p to 269.80ppk High Bellochantuy and to £1,130 Crookedstonemuir.

Young bulls (9) ave 191.21p to 218.20ppk and £1,165 Bows.

Beef cows and bulls (91) ave 150.08p to 208.10ppk Carslae and to £1,530 Chapel.

Dairy cows (10) ave 114.16p to 133.90ppk and £1,095 Wester Borland.

Out-of-spec cattle (2) ave 176.79p to 189.10ppk and £1,150 Glenartney.

Breeding cattle: Whitelaw dispersal SimX cows and bull calves at foot £2,400, £2,350 x3, £2,450.

Lawrie & Symington in Forfar had forward 27 prime cattle, one OTM and 472 prime sheep and cast ewes and rams.

Bullocks (8) sold to a top of 253ppk Gask and to £1,421 Nethermyres to ave 231ppk. Heifers (19) sold to 260ppk Nethermyres and to £1,464 West Bog to ave 235ppk.

New season lambs (423) sold to £122 Newton of Inshewan and to 246p Shandford to ave 225ppk.

Leading prices: Tex. 245p (twice) Newton of Inshewan, 242p Shandford, 236p Newton of Inshewan & Tannachie, 233p West Town of Barras. Suff. 230p Shandford, 227p North Mains of Baldovan, 226p Kirkton of Kingoldrum & Shandford, 225p Shandford and Kirkton of Kingoldrum. Belt. 239p North Mains of Baldovan. Cont. 227p Shandford.

Ewes (49) – Tex. £111 Grange of Conon, £100 Gibsonhall, £92 Mains of Creuchies, £90 Tannachie.