Sales of prime livestock

Caledonian Marts Ltd, Stirling, sold 3,584 prime lambs, ewes and tups. A total of 2,396 prime lambs averaged 192ppkg (+17.2p on the week). All classes of lambs required for the festival at the end of this week resulted in the best trade for this time of year. Top price of the day went to Doune Farms for a Beltex lamb at £104. Top price per kilo went to G Whyte, Pett, for a pen of three Beltex x 46 kilos at 120ppkg. Leading prices: Beltex – 219p Kinninmonth. Beltex X – 218p Cuiltburn. Cont – 214p Meikle Seggie. Texel – 213p Keltie Bridge and Birch Avenue. Cont X – 212p Doune Farms. Suff – 200p Stevenson Avenue. Mule – 186p Graystale. BF – 167 Stuckenduff. Also forward were 1,138 cast ewes, 28 cast tups and 22 wedders. A total of 403 heavy ewes averaged £77.44, selling to £114 from Golland, Kinross. A total of 693 export ewes averaged £43.08. The overall average was up £5.08 on the week. Other leading prices: Texel – £111 Easterton; £106 Ayton and Woodend. Blackface – £61 Ledrishmore; £60 Roscobie. Suffolk – £99 Woodend; £93 Mains of Struie. Cheviot – £93 West Dron; £72.50 Kinnaird (Howatt). Mule – £87 Croy Cunningham; £82 Blairgorts. Cross – £88.50 and £87 Golland; £79 East Lenniston; £77 and £74 Ledrishmore. Tups averaged £71, selling to £114 for a Texel from Kingsfield, Linlithgow. Other leading prices: Texel – £99 Kingsfield and Borland; £96 Borland. Cheviot – £85 West Dron. Cross – £79 Otter Estate; £74 Ardoch. BFL – £111 Bowleys. Lawrie & Symington in Forfar had forward 23 prime cattle and 11 OTMs and also 1,152 prime sheep. Prime lambs (929) sold to 258.5p and 250p per kilo for Texels from Mains of Dalrulzion, and to £110 and £106 (twice) per head from Mains of Dalrulzion, to average 194.4p per kilo (plus 17.9p). Leading prices per kilo: Tex. 213p Templeton; Tex.x 211.7p Shandford; Suff. 210.7p Cairnleith; Belt. 210.4p Balbrydie; X Belt. 209.3p Clochie. Leading prices per head: Tex. £104 Wairds of Alpity; Tex.x £104 Mains of Dalrulzion; Belt. £101 Balbrydie; Cont. £99.50 Shandford. Cast ewes (223) – Tex. £100 (twice) Mains of Dalrulzion; X Tex. £100 Kirkton of Kingoldrum; Cont. £94 Midtown of Barras; Chev. £90.50 Ashmore; BF £58 Drumheads. Prime cattle: Bullocks (6) sold to a top of 255p per kg for a 605kg Limousin from Nethermyres to average 234p per kg. Heifers (17) sold to a top of 264p per kg for a 556kg Limousin from Nethermyres to average 232p per kg. Leading prices per kg: Bullocks – Lim. 245p (twice) Nethermyres, 225p Craignathro, 220p Pitgarvie; Hi x. 209p Pitgarvie. Heifers – Lim. 258p West Bog, 253p Nethermyres, 251p Craignathro, 250p West Bog and Nethermyres; BRB 236p Craignathro; Char. x 213p Smithyton; Sim. X 213p Smithyton. Leading prices per head: Cows (10) – Sim. X £1,065 (137p) Balloch; Lim. £885 (127p) Tomlea; AA £765 (122p) West Bank. Bull (1) – Char. £1,100 (111p) Balloch.