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Stirling – United Auctions on Thursday January 30 sold 4374 prime sheep comprising of 3333 prime hoggs selling to an average of 230.14ppk & 1041 ewes and rams.

Old Season Lambs (3333) – Doune Farms (BTex) £134.00; Nether Falla (Tex) £131.00; Mid Gallowhill (Suf) £117.50; Garvald Mains (Chev) £109.00; Lossit (Cross) £109.00; Machribeg (Chev/Mule) £107.00; Home Farm, Dens (BF) £107.00; Henderston (Mule) £105.00. Old Season Lambs (3333) – Doune Farms (BTex) 319.00ppk; Wester Cambushine (Tex) 289.00ppk; Wardhead (Chev) 248.00ppk; Garvald Mains (Suf) 248.00ppk; Invermilton (Mule) 242.00ppk; Balgoner (Dor) 239.00ppk; Kepculloch (Cross) £237.00ppk; Pitcairn (BF) 231.00p

Ewes (1041) – Rosebank (Tex) £176.00; Over Finlarg (Tex) £167.00; West Park (Tex) £158.00; Ballochneck (Tex) £156.00; Cairn (Tex) £155.00; Cairn (BTex) £132.00; Cairn (Suf) £130.00; Over Finlarg (Chev) £120.00; Garvald Mains (Chev/Mule) £117.00; Eater Middleton (HB) £111.00;

Kilmaurs Mains (Mule) £109.00; Kinloch (Cha) £108.00; Whitehouse (Zwa) £106.00; Westhall (BFL) £104.00; Glencairn (BF) £83.00; Drumnessie (BF) £76.00; Kinloch (Jac) £75.00. Tups – West Kirkton (Tex) £130.00; Kepculloch (BFL) £126.00; Culfargie (Lleyn) £120.00; Land of Drumhead (Tex) £117.00; Coates (Chev) £116.00; Easter Middleton (Suf) £106.00; Overton (BTex) £103.00; Luss Est (BF) £68.00.

Stirling – Caledonian Marts Ltd on Thursday January 30 sold 148 Cattle comprising 71 Bullocks, Heifers and Young Bulls and 77 OTM Cattle.

Heifers topped at 240ppkg for a Limousin from W Dandie and Sons, Learielaw, Broxburn purchased by R Alexander, Butchers, Port of Glasgow and to £1482 for a Charolais from D

S and R C Taylor, Easter Ochtermuthill, Muthill. Prime Bullocks sold to 235ppkg twice, for Limousins from W Dandie and Sons, Learielaw, Broxburn purchased by T Johnston, Butchers, Falkirk and C Kirkpatrick, Netherplace respectively, and to £1480 for a Limousin from W Dandie and Sons, Learielaw, Broxburn purchased by T Johnston, Butchers, Falkirk. Young Bulls (Under 30 Months) sold to 198ppkg for a Limousin from W I and A W Callion, Bolfornought, Stirling and to £1314 for a Limousin from B Harper, Greenwells, California. Other Leading Prices:Bullocks per Head £1475 Learielaw £1434 Easter Ochtermuthill £1422 Shields (Crawford) £1350 Arns £1348 Easter Ochtermuthill £1345 and £1344 Saltoun Home Farm

Heifers per Head

£1472 Knockhouse £1442 Learielaw £1420 Knockhouse £1418 Learielaw £1414 Faskine Bullocks per kg

225p Shields 222p Easter Ochtermuthill 218p Moorfield 215p Faskine, Moorfield, Blackhill and Bankhead

Heifers per kg

238p Learielaw

235p Moorfield and Learielaw 228p Shields (Twice), Faskine, Easter Ochtermuthill and Knockhouse

With a lot of feeding type cows forward, the overall average levelled out at 128ppkg and £937 per head. OTM’s sold to £1220 for a Charolais from D W Semple, Dippen, Carradale and to 163ppkg for a Blonde D’Aquitaine from J and M Campbell, Forthview, Mannerston.

Dairy cows averaged 101ppkg selling to 122p from W Waugh, North Bankhead, Avonbridge and to £890 from W A Hume and Co, Easter Clune, Dunfermline. Other Leading Prices; Beef OTMs per kg 152p Mains of Larg (New Luce) 150p Greenwells 147p and 142p (Twice) McNeill Estates (Kirkcowan) 141p (Twice) Traprain 140p Cairnbog Beef OTMs per head £1180 Forthview £1160 Templehall £1120 Bankhead £1100 and £1090 Traprain £1080 Dippen £1070 Cairnbog £1060 Forthview £1040 Traprain

£1030 (Twice) McNeill Estates (Kirkcowan) Dairy Cows per kg

117p Coledrain

111p Easter Clune

109p North Bankhead Dairy Cows per head £840 and £830 Easter Clune £800 Coledrain

£760 North Bankhead £740 Baillieston