Livestock in sale ring

Caledonian Marts Ltd had

forward 541 store cattle.

Bullocks ave 205ppkg selling to 252p from Mains of Burnbank and to £1,250 from Hill O Harthill.

Heifers ave 196ppkg selling to 241p from Glenstockadale and to £1,170 from Lochhead Farms.

Black & Whites ave 143p selling to 177p from Kirminoch Farms and to £810 from Kirminnoch.

Other leading prices:

Bullocks – £1,220 Eorrabus (Islay), £1,210 Lochhead, £1,190 Middlerigg, £1,180 Lochhead, £1,170 Glenstockadale.

Black & Whites – 168p Kirminnoch, 153p and 139p Walton.

Heifers – £1,110 Malletsheugh and Lochhead, £1,070 Hill O Harthill, £1,060 Malletsheugh, £1,050 Shutterflat.

Also forward were 409 store hoggets, ewes and breeding sheep. Top price Inchie for a pen of Mule Gimmers, scanned twins £142.

Store hoggets sold to £79 from Airthrey Kerse.

Hogget prices – Suffolk £73 Pendreich, Texel £73 Pendreich, Continental £72 Airthrey Kerse, BF £61.50 Arndean, Mule £55 Old Kirk Loan.

Feeding ewes – Cross £45 Easter Gartfarran, Mule £40 Pendreich, BF £35 Easter Gartfarran.

Breeding ewes – BF Gimmers £82 Heylipol, BF Ewes £78 Heylipol (Isle of Tiree), BF Ewes £70 East Mitchelton.