Cattle and sheep prices from sale rings in Stirling and Forfar

United Auctions, Stirling, sold 436 store cattle, four breeding cattle, 160 out of spec cattle, cast cows and bulls.

Bullocks (257) ave 215.63p to 255.30ppk Gateside and to £1,370 Towncroft. Dairy bullocks (35) ave 168.46p to 179.10ppk Balgowan and to £925 Blackbog.

Heifers (144) ave 207.16p to 241.30ppk Blairmulloch and to £1,215 Bougang and Gatehead. Beef cows and bulls (108) ave 142.85 to 200.40ppk Blackburn and to £1,710 Balthayock. Dairy cows (22) ave 116.84p to 133.40ppk Meikle Camoquhill and to £995 Meikle Camoquhill.

Out of spec cattle (30) ave 172.70p to 185.70ppk Silver Rigg and to £1,470 Newpark. OTM cows Balthayock (CH) £1,710, Fernie Mill (Sim) £1,490, Beeches (BS) £1,330, Garrick (Sal) £1,270, OTM bulls Boghall (CH) £1,590, Gateside (AA) £1,570, Wester Thirds (Lim) £1,470. Out of spec cattle Newpark (CH) £1,470, Meikle Camoquhill (MO) £1,260, Silver Rigg (AA) £1,170, Middleton (BRB) £1,130, Middleton (Lim) £1,130.

Lawrie & Symington, Forfar, sold 25 prime cattle and 695 prime sheep and cast ewes and rams. Bullocks (11) sold to a top of 253ppk and £1,548.36 Gask to ave. 230p. Heifers (14) sold to a top of 262ppk Gask and to £1,627.50 Wolflaw to ave. 236p. New season lamb (640) sold to a top of £119 Newbigging of Ceres and to 260ppk Clochie. Overall ave and SQQ 218p.

Leading prices: Tex 250p Templeton, 246p Newton of Inshewan, 243p North Mains of Baldovan, 241p Templeton, 240p Clochie and Templeton, 237p Altamount Cott, 231p Newton of Inshewan, 230p Kirkton of Kingoldrum. Belt 253p and 246p Clochie, 231p Shandford. Suff 230p Longrigg, 225p Cairnleith, 220p Shandford. Char 238p and 228p Newbigging of Ceres, 220p Milton. Cross 223p Templeton, 220p Broadshade, Clochie and Drumrack, 219p Milton. Ewes ave £69 – sold to a top of £103 Over Baldinnie.

Leading prices: Tex £94 Mains of Creuchies, Suff £96 Upper Tulloes, Scotch Mule £78 Rickarton Farms and Mains of Creuchies.