Livestock

STIRLING – Caledonian Marts Ltd sold 2,568 store lambs, breeding ewes, feeding ewes, rams & ram lambs.

Store lambs 1483 sold to £80 for a pen of Beltex X lambs Auchtenny. Breeding ewes & gimmers sold to £140 Tullygarth.

Rams & ram lambs sold to £300 3 times, from Walton, Rhynaclach and Millside for Texel, Beltex Shearlings & Blue Texel Ram Lambs respectively.

Leading prices: Store lambs (1489) Mules £79 Craigannet, Beltex £77 Balbedie, Continental £75 Meikle Seggie, Cross £74 Coldrach, Texel £74 Craigannet, Texel X £73.50 Dalmeny Estate, Blackface £71 Luss Estate. Feeding Ewes (590) Cross £57 Coldrach, Texel £54 Coul Estate, Continental £52 Craigmad, Mule £51 Luss Estate, Blackface £43 Kinrara Estate, Swale £42 Luss Estate. Breeding Ewes: Texel £110 High Auchencloich, Mule £90 Hillside, Blackface £68 Middleton (Kerr). Gimmers: Texel £138 High Auchencloich, Blackface £75 Millden. Ewe Lambs: Mule £88 Walton, Zwartble £85 Three Views, Texel £85 High Auchencloich

United Auctions sold 1,600 prime sheep. New season lambs (1,050) SQQ averaged 186.37p selling to 206p per kg from Stripeside, Aberlour, and to £108 from North Dorlaithers, Turriff. Leading prices:

New season lambs: Suf - £96 Troup Home Farm, 189p Upper Blairnain; SuffX - £93 Newton of Haddo, 186p Ardgathen Croft; Tex - £105 North Dorlaithers, 203p Tillyminate; TexX -£97 Laighmuir, 202p Stripeside; Cont - £101 Balquindachy, 200p Braehead/Croft Cottge/ North Dorlaithers; Chev - £88 Lynemore, 191p Nevie; Mule - £84.50, 189p Gaich; BF - £86.50, 182p Lynemore; Bel - £95.50 Scarmclate, 196p Netherton Cottage; ContX - £93.50 18 Richmond Gardens, 197p Burnside of Keig; HB - £99 Balquindachy, 190p Ardgathen Croft; Char - £98.50 Troup Home Farm, 193p Ardgathen; Char - £98.50 Troup Home Farm, 193p Ardgathen; CharX - £98 Honeysuckle Cottage, 194p

Muirton. Ewes: Suf –£113 North Dorlaithers; SufX - £106 North Dorlaithers; Tex - £115 Chapelhill; TexX - £109 Mains of Ludquharn; Cont - £108 Broadland; Chev - £87 Balno; Mule - £78 North Dorlaithers; GF - £76 Haddoch; BF - £46 Fridayhill/Ruthven; Cross - £100 Nether Backielay; Zwar - £100 Speylea; CHM - £109 Broadland; HB - £99 Broadland; Char - £110 North Dorlaithers.

Lawrie & Symington had forward 17 Prime Cattle, 8 OTM’s and 629 Prime Sheep & Cast Ewes and Rams. Bullocks (6) Sold to 248ppk and £1505.36 Nethermyres to ave 232p. Heifers (11) sold to 247ppk twice, West Bog and Nethermyres to ave 232p. New season lambs (523) sold to a top of 234ppk and £114 Mains of Dalrulzion, Overall ave 198ppk (+15p). SQQ average 199p per kg (+10p). Ewes (106) ave. £79 THAINSTONE – Aberdeen and Northern Marts sold 5,294 store and breeding sheep. Store lambs (3,169) ave £63.50 and sold to £81 for a pen of Texels from Shaggart, Sauchen. Island Sheep (1,438) ave £51.89 and sold to £90. Breeding Sheep (571) sold to £152 for a pen of Pure Texel gimmers from Little Whitefield, Forglen. Breeding rams (116) sold to £580 for a Suffolk ram lamb from Milltown of Birness, Ellon. Leading prices: Store lambs: Bel - Shaggart and 1 Cottage West Mains, Castle Fraser £80; Suf - Coburty Mains, Rosehearty £80; SufX - Adziel, Strichen £79.50; Tex - South Keithney, Burnhervie and Wester Corryhoull, Strathdon £78; Cont - Ardgeith, Strathdon, Delnabo, Glengairn, Wellfold, Craigievar and Bruxie House, Maud £76.50; ContX - Adziel and Mains of Allanbuie, Keith £76; TexX - Prony Farm, Ballater £75.50; Lleyn - Milton of Edinglassie, Strathdon £71.50; Mule - Wester Corryhoull £71; GF - Wester Corryhoull £70.50; BF - Tillypronie, Migvie £60. Island Lambs: Suf - Houlland £74; Tex - Breiwick, Tingwall £71.50; Chv - Muce, Birsay £71; SufX - Rossmyre Farm, Grimbister £70; TexX - Rysa Lodge, Longhope £70.50.