Livestock under the hammer

Lawrie & Symington, Forfar, had forward 38 prime cattle and O TM’ sand 563 prime sheep. PRIME CATTLE Heifers (29). Topping the sale was the champion butcher’s beast at Kirriemuir Show from West Bog, scaling 584 kilos and selling to 276p per kg or £1611.84 to average 219p per kg. Bullocks (7) sold to 230p per kg twice, firstly for a 601 kg Limousin and secondly a 598 kg Limousin both cattle consigned from Nethermyres and to £1,404 per head for a 702kg Limousin from Kincreich to average 214p per kg. Leading prices per kg Bullocks – Lim 218p Pityot; BRB 210p and 207p Kincreich; Saler x 206p Chapel of Barras. Heifers – Lim 250p Nethermyres, 246p Gask, 240 pP it yot,2 39p West Bog ,238 p G ask, 236p Craignathro; Char. 216p Pityot. Cows (2) AA £960 (125p) Millhill; Simm. £780 (109p) Suttieside. PRIME SHEEP Spring lambs (482) sold to 232.5p for a pen of 40kg Texels from Mill of Inverarity and to £101 for a 49 kg Tex el from the same home, to average 193.3p (plus 3.3p on the week and up 46.7p on the corresponding sale last year). SQQ lambs ave. 207.7p Leading prices per kilo – Texel 215.1p Skilmafilly (Auchnagatt), 210.9p Mill of Inverarity; Beltex 212.9p Shandford; Texel X 206.5p Skilmafilly, 203.5p Blinkbonny; Cont. 204.6p Shandford; Suff. 202.5p Baldovie.