Around the markets

– United Auctions on Thursday January 25 sold 5056 prime sheep comprising 3362 old season lambs selling to an average of 184.5ppkg and 1694 ewes and rams.

Old season lambs (3362)- Harviesmailing (BTex) £120.00; Longfauld (Tex) £111; Gilston (Chev) £96.50; Cluneskea (X) £96.00; Drummie (Suff) £96.00; The bothy, Glenfernate (BF) £92.00; Gilston (Chev/ Mule) £89.50; Coulshill (Mule) £89.50; Parks of Keillour (Hamp) £84.50; Meikle Gourdas (Swale) £80.00.

Old season lambs (3362)- Harviesmailing (BTex) 267p; Longfauld (Tex) 243p; Cluneskea (X) 217p; Shoestanes (Chev) 209p; Glenehervie (Suff) 202p; Longfauld (Chev/Mule) 195p; Parks of Keillour (Hamp) 192p; Claysyke (Mule) 190p; Cadogan (BF) 184p; Meikle Gourdas (Swale) 174p. Ewes (1694)- West Lethans (Tex) £135; Balmonth (Suff) £99; Fallhills (Suff) £98; Berrydyke (BTex) £98; Lilyburn (BFL) £93; Fullarton (Chev/Mule) £93; Lilyburn (Mule) £77.00; Fallhills (BF) £60.00.

Rams – Halflawkiln (Suff) £113; West Lethans (Tex) £112; Glenfernate (BF) £69.

– Caledonian Mars Ltd on Thursday January 25 sold 172 cattle, comprising 96 prime bullocks, heifers and young bulls, 76 cast cows and bulls. Bullocks averaged 214p, heifers averaged 227p, beef cows averaged 135p, dairy cows averaged 89p, cast bulls averaged 113p. Bullocks sold to 250p for a Limousin from Learielaw - Broxburn purchased by T Johnston, Butchers, Falkirk and to £1752.24 for a Charolais from South Flanders Kippen. Heifers sold to 250p (three times) for Limousins from Knockhouse - Crossfield, Learielaw - Broxburn and Faskine - Airdrie to Hugh A Black & Sons and G Kirk & Son, Butchers, Denny. Leading prices Bullocks ppkg: 245p & 238p Learielaw 235p Moorfield 232p Nethermyres 230p Moorfield Heifers ppkg: 245p Knockhouse & Learielaw 240p Meadowend, Moorfield, Borlick (twice) 238p Borlick & Knockhouse (four times) 235p Moorfield, Knockhouse, Craigend (Crawford) & Boquhan (Hyslop) Bullocks pph: £1644 South Flanders £1589 & £1587 Learielaw £1586 & £1539 Faskine £1534 Turniemoon £1530 Nethermyres & Meadowend

£1526 Nethermyres Heifers pph: £1593 Boquhan (Hyslop) £1580 & £1556 Knockhouse £1530 Learielaw £1508 Knockhouse £1494 & £1488 Borlick Bulls sold to £1781.50 for a Limousin from W Dick & Son, Mains of Throsk.

Also forward were 76 cast cows and bulls. All classes of cows were easily sold to our large ringside of buyers. Beef cows sold to £1480 for a Limousin from Meadowend – Clackmannan and to 178p for the same beast. Cast bulls sold to £1540 from Upper Kinneil, Linlithgow and 144.5p for the same beast. Dairy cows sold to £810 from The Glen, Falkirk and to 143p from Barbeth, Cumbernauld. Other leading prices. Beef cows per head: £1460 Mains of Throsk £1450 & £1400 Meadowend £1370 Mains of Throsk £1360 Meadowend £1350 Seggersdean & Beild £1330 Beild £1300 Gelvan View

Beef cows per kilo: 171p Meadowend 170p Seggersdean 169p & 163p Mains of Throsk 160p & 159p Beild 157p Seggersdean & Golland

Dairy cows per head: £700 Barbeth & Blairmains £680 Lower Greenyards £670 Barbeth & Balgownie Mains £660 Glen Dairy cows per kilo: 106p Glen 104p Barbeth 103p Lower Greenyards & Blairmains

– Dingwall & Highland Marts on January 24 sold 1,191 sheep of all classes.

Lambs (828) averaged £54.69 and sold to £83 for a pen of Beltex from Upperton, Balnain. Ewes (270) averaged £46.13 and sold to £99 for Suffolks from Whitebog, Rosemarkie. Rams (83) averaged £46.34 and sold to £140 for a Cheviot from Cuilaneilan, Kinlochewe. Feeding sheep (10) sold to £72 for Texel cross wedders from Cambusmore Estate, Dornoch and a Suffolk gimmer from Bogallan, North Kessock. Other leading prices per head. Lambs: TexX – Top Park Farm, Strathpeffer, £79.50; SuffX – Broynach Farm, Thurso, £79; Chev – Achosnich, Dornoch, £76; BeltX – Inshes Farm, Inverness, £68;

Cross – Lairgandour, Daviot, £68; Mule – Achnabat, Torness, £64; Tex – Teanluick, By Beauly, £64;

BF – Achnabat, £61.50; CharX – Lairgandour, £60;

Ewes:

SuffX – Lairgandour, £96; Suff – Marian, Evanton, £88; TexX – Lairgandour, £83; BFL – Whitebog, £79; Belt – Upperton, £74; Chev – Ashley, North Kessock, £71;

Zwb – Marian, £55; BF – Achnabat, £49. Rams:

Chev – Garbat, Garve, £102; Suff – Lairgandour, £74, Tex – Lairgandour and Charleston, North Kessock, £70;

BF – Satran Sheep Stock Club, Carbost, £58.

Feeding sheep: SuffX wdr – 192 The Doll, Brora, £68; Chev wdr – Achagour, Glenferness,

£66;

BF wdr – Higher Tullochgribban, Dulnain Bridge, £62; TexX wdr – Cambusmore Estate, £61. STIRLING – United Auctions on Wednesday January 24 sold 925 store cattle and young bulls, and 177 cast cows and forward cattle, also sold 1907 store and feeding sheep. Bullocks (498) averaged 221.92p to 271.10ppk for a 332kg LimX from West Shawtonhill, and to £1360 for 603kg AAX from Croftjane. B&W bullocks (53) averaged 155.56p to 194.10ppk for a 386kg HOX from Crosshouse, and to £1270 for a 661kg HFX from Woodend. Heifers (369) averaged 216.01p to 255.20ppk for a 386kg LimX Crosshouse, and to £1310 for a 592kg BRBX from Biggarshiels. Young bulls (5) averaged 202.00p to 209.10ppk for a SimX from Nether Pratis, and to £1030 for a BAX from South Brownhill. Cast cows (141) averaged 135.21p to 193.20ppk for a BRBX from Whitrighill and £1570 for a CHX from Mid Cambushinnie. Dairy cows (30) averaged 98.71p to 147.70ppk for a HOX from Nether Braco and to £945 for a HFX from West Lochdrum. Forward cattle (6) averaged 163.33p to 186.20ppk for a SimX from Balmonth and to £1270 for a SimX from Balmonth. Bullocks: Up to 205kgs – Little Kilmory £530; Insh 245.3p; 250300kgsLower Luthrie £770; Gateside 267.0p; 301-350kgs- West Shawtonhill £900, 271.1p; 351-400kgs- Eastwood £990; Kildavaig 270.9p; 401-450kgs- Riverview £1060; Nether Dalkeith 248.1p; 451-500kgsBlairmore £1200; High Bent 248.9p; 501-550kgsBiggarshiels £1250; Compestonend 243.0p; 551-600kgs – Gillmill £1290; Croftjane 234.0p; 601-650kgs – Croftjane £1360, 225.5p; 651700kgs – Gillmill £1310, 192.1p.

Heifers: Up to 250kgsMeikle Hareshaw £535; Corsecon 239.6p; 251-300kg – Lower Luthrie £715, 244.9p; 301-350kg- Kildavaig £840, 252.3p; 351400kgsCrosshouse £840, 255.2p; 401-450kgs- Ardacheranmor £1050, 250.0p; 451-500kgs- Ardacheranmor £1170, 242.7p; 501-550kgs- Low Arkland £1205; South Brownhill 227.8p; 551-600kg- Biggarshiels £1310, 225.4p; 601-650kgs- Crookedstonemuir £1255, 202.4p.

Young bulls: 401-450kgs- Nether Pratis £870, 209.1p; 501-550kgs- South Brownhill £1030, 188.0p.

OTM cows:

£ per head – Mid Cambushinnie (CHX) £1570; Sorn Mains (LimX) £1570; Meikle Camoquihill (AAX) £1510; Whitrighill (BRB) £1430; Blackburn (SimX) £1430; Quixwood (BS) £1230; Quixwood (STX) £1190; Meikle Camoquihill (Cont) £1110; Mid Cambushinnie (Sal) £1050.

PPK- Whitrighill (BRB) 193.20p; Whitrighill (LimX) 188.90p; Quixwood (AAX) 178.20p; Preston (SimX) 177.90p; Quixwood (BS) 172.20p; Mid Cambushinnie (BS) 164.20p; Meikle Camoquihill (Cont ) 140.50p; Mid Cambushinnie (Sal) 132.20p; Quixwood (STX) 132.20p. OTM bulls:

£ per head- Dykebrae (Lim) £1690; Balleny (CHX) £1530; Balmonth (Sim) £1470. PPK- Whitrighill (Sim) 186.30p; Dykebrae (Lim) 149.00p; Balleny (CHX) 123.80p. United Auctions also sold 1907 store & feeding sheep.

Top prices: HoggsSuffolk67.50, Little Raith

Texel - £94.00, Nether Pratis

Beltex - £91.00, Mains of Struie Cheviot - £68.50, Haddington Farms Cross - £82.50, Townhead

Mule - £72.00, Little Raith Blackface - £65.00, Townhead

Ewes – Texel - £124 Nether Pratis Mule - £62, Blackwaterfoot ,