Prime cattle and sheep in demand

Lawrie & Symington, Forfar, sold 28 prime cattle, 11 OTMs and 1,155 prime sheep.

Prime cattle:

Bullocks (12) sold to a top of 259p per kilo for a 633kg Limousin from Nethermyres and to £1,659.20 for a 680kg Limousin, also from Nethermyres, to average 248p per kg.

Heifers (16) sold to a top of 260p per kilo for a 539kg Limousin from Nethermyres and to £1,484.70 for a 606kg Limousin from Craignathro Farms Ltd, to average 249p per kg.

Leading prices:

Bullocks – Lim. £1,639.47 Nethermyres, £1,603.95 Gask; Char. £1,454.83 Craignathro.

Heifers – Lim. £1,463.70 Pityot, £1,450.95 Gask, £1,432.56 Mill of Inverarity; Sim. £1,372.80 Pityot; A.A. £1,308.06 Pityot. Cows (11) – A.A. £1,070 (131p) Tullywhanland, £1,050 (133p) Kinnordy Partnership; B. Short. £1,035 (135p) Shandford; Lim. £980 (125p) Kinnordy Partnership.

Prime sheep:

Prime lambs (943) sold to 200p per kilo for Beltex from Shandford and to £104 and £100 per head for Beltex from

Er. Balgillo, to average 167.8p per kilo (plus 0.8p).

Leading prices per kilo:

Tex. 195.4p Fawsyde; Belt. 194.2p

Er. Balgillo; X Belt. 190.7p Baldovie; Cont. x 188.1p Fallaws; Tex.x 185.9p Whitemyre.

Leading prices per head:

Tex. £97.50 Mains of Dalrulzion; Beltex £95 Shandford and Er. Balgillo; X Belt. £95 Knowehead Cresc.; Tex.x £90 Whitemyre.

Ewes and rams (212):

Ewes – Tex. £100 Nether Logie; Tex. X £90 Hillhead of Careston; Cont. £87 Whitemyre; Cross £65 Balkemback. Rams – Belt. £85 Baldovie.

Caledonian Marts Ltd, Stirling, sold 2,914 prime lambs, ewes and tups. Lambs averaged 166.9ppkg (+1.15p on the week) with 1877 (39kg+), averaging £76.42 (+£1.06 on the week). Top price of the day went to Doune Farms at £103 for a pair of 54kg Beltex Lambs.

Top ppk went to RA Campbell & Son, Meikle Seggie, at 209p for a pen of nine 41kg Beltex lambs.

Leading prices:

Lambs – Beltex £99.50 and £97 West Lundie; Beltex X £96 Victoria; Cont £94 and £92 Easter Ochtermuthill; Cont X £94 Carriston;

Tex £90 and £89 Meikle Seggie; Tex

X £90 Mawcarse; Suff £88.50 Nether Strathkinnes; Suff X £86 Kincraigie; Mule £76.50 Bowshiel; BF £62.50 Lurg. Also forward were 799 cast ewes and tups.

184 heavy ewes averaged £84.50 selling to £125 for a Texel from R Lewis, Cassindonald Cart Shed, Peat Inn. 489 export ewes averaged £34.

Other leading prices:

Texel – £118 Preston; £112 and £109 Shielhill; £106 Strageath; £105 Mains of Strageath.

BF – £48 Burnhead; £47.50 Broadleys; £43 Wester Bowhouse; £39 Broadleys and West Tandlemuir.

Cross – £94 Kincraigie; £88 Nether Cambushinnie and Loig; £82 Kincraigie; £76 Craigluscar.

Suff – £111 Kinninmonth; £100 Balhelvie; £99 Shielhill.

Mule – £75 Tillyrie; £70 Harelaw, Mains of Strageath and Balhelvie; £67.50 Muirhead of Pitcullo.