The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Blackface ewes fetch record price
United Auctions in Stirling had 312 breeding cattle and a catalogue entry of 6,171 at its annual sale of Blackface draft ewes and gimmers.
A new centre record price for a pen of Blackface draft ewes was set when a pen from Ewen MacMillan, Lurg, sold for £800 to R Munro, Croft One.
Gimmers topped at £1,900 twice, firstly by Messrs Blackwood, Auldhouseburn, for a pen of three, and secondly for a pen of five from Messrs Kay, Gass.
The first pen sold to Messrs Lennox, Northern Ireland, and the second pen to Messrs Weir, Invernahyle.
Leading prices for breeding cattle:
Heifers and bull calves – BRBX £3,100, West Thomaston; LimX £2,700, The Ross; ContX £3,000, Pitcairn; BP £2,400, Derrie; Black Lim £2,300, Woodhead of Mailer; Cross £2,100, Chartershall. Heifers and heifer calves – BRBX £3,100, West Thomaston; BP £2,600, The Ross; LimX £3,200, Pitcairn; ContX £2,400, Derrie; Cross £2,450, The Ross; SimX £2,700, Beild. In-calf heifers – SimX £1,650 and £1,600, Beild. Cows and bull calves – SimX £2,600, Beild; LimX £2,000, Woodhead of Mailer; ContX £1,800, Chartershall; BRBX £1,600, Blair Mains; AAX £1,450, Holm of Daltallochan; Cross £1,550, Marchfield.
Cows and heifer calves – Blonde £1,750, Logan Mains; AAX £1,450, Holm of Daltallochan; SHTX £1,450, Yonderton; LimX £1,600, Yonderton; ContX £1,380, Yonderton; SimX £1,750 and £1,700 Beild. Bulling heifers – Sim £1,400 x2, £1,380 x3, Innerwick; LimX £1,100, and £1,060, Corscaplie.
Stock bulls – Lim £1,900, Castle Cary Mill.
Prizes: Champion – Malone, Pitcairn, £3,200. Reserve – McAlister, West Thomaston, £3,100.
Overall averages for sheep: Accredited Blackface ewes – £70.62 (+4.78 on the year); mon-accredited Blackface ewes £67.05 (-£0.67); accredited Blackface gimmers – £115.07 (+£31.16); non-accredited Blackface gimmers £140.84 (+£27.28).
Other leading prices: BF ewes – Allanfauld £350; Littlepot and West Bracklin £102; Glenfernate £98; Crosswoodhill £96.
BF gimmers – Dalchirla £1,200; Auchloy £900; Lurg and Nunnerie £420, Auchloy £300.