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\Caledonian Marts

Thursday, March 30: Sold were 182 cattle comprising of 95 prime bullocks, heifers and young bulls,10 OTM cattle and 77 cast cows and bulls. All classes of prime bullocks and heifers would be dearer on the week. Prime bullocks averaged 210p; prime heifers 210p; young bulls 172p; OTM cattle 182p; beef cows 121p; dairy cows 105p. Prime bullocks sold to 240p pkg for a British Blue from TH Gray, Balquharrage, Lennoxtown purchased by T Connor, Butchers, Troon and to £1528 for a Limousin from JH and NT Turnbull, Meadowend, Clackmannan. Prime heifers sold to 238p pkg for a Limousin from R Cook, Kinneil Mill, Linlithgow purchased by D Campbell and Son, Butchers, Callander and to £1549 from A S Hay, Mains of Cultmalundie, Tibbermore. Young bulls sold to 210p pkg for a Limousin from W Dick and Sons, Mains of Throsk, Stirling and to £1548 from same farm. Leading prices: Bullocks p pkg 238p Balquharrage; 230p Moorfield, Learielaw and Bankhead (Kerr); 228p Learielaw, Moorfield and Low Crawtree; 222p Borlick; 220p Flemington, Balquharrage and Moorfield; 218p Faskine, Mains of Cultmalundie and Low Crawtree; 215p Dullomuir and Kinneil Mill. Heifers p pkg - 235p Dalchirla; 232p (twice) Learielaw and Mains of Cultmalundie; 230p Meadowend and Dalchirla; 228p Over Inzievar, Faskine, Borlick, Flemington and Dalchirla; 225p Faskine, Moorfield, Dalchirla; 220p Dyke and Meadowend; 218p Pityot and Moorfield. Bullocks per head - £1518 and £1500 Learielaw; £1517 Mains of Cultmalundie; £1495 Moorfield; £1481 Pityot (Stonehaven). Heifers per head - £1447 and £1438 Learielaw; £1431 Greencraig; £1403 Meadowend; £1395 Borlick; £1390 Dalchirla and Greencraig; £1382 and £1377 Pityot Also forward were 76 cast cows and bulls. Beef cows averaged 121p pkg selling to 189p pkg for a Limousin from W Dandie and Sons, Learielaw, Broxburn and to £1300 for the same beast. Dairy cows averaged 105p pkg and sold to 119p from J Pollock and Sons, Bonnyhill, Bonnybridge and to £930 from the same home. Bulls averaged 130p pkg and sold to 148p pkg for a Limousin from Keirsbeath, Mains of Beath, Crossgates and to £1590 for the same beast. Other leading prices: Beef cows per head - £1220 Murrayshall; £1100 Kinneil Mill and Auchmuir; £1080 Howkerse; £1070 Dyke; £1030 Murrayshall; £980 Borlick and Inchie. Beef cows p pkg - 150p Dyke and Auchmuir; 145p Howkerse and Kinneil Mill; 142p and 140p Murrayshall; 136p Inchie and Gartfairn; 133p Gryffewraes. Dairy cows per head - £910 Bonnyhill; £880 North Mains and Meldrum; £860 Bonnyhill; £850 Solsgirth; £840 Meldrum (twice) and Bonnyhill. Dairy cows p pkg - 116p North Mains and Stenhouse; 114p North Mains; 113p Bonnyhill and Solsgirth; 112p Meldrum; 111p North Mains. Monday, April 3: Sold were 743 store cattle and 1036 store hoggets and grit gimmers and ewes at the April Show and Sale. Judge for the day was Ross Johnston, North Medrox, Cumbernauld and the following were his awards and prices: Overall champion and a Charolais Bullock from J and D Mitchell, Offers, Gargunnock scaled 480kg realised £1100 and purcashed by AC Bruce, Glendavny, Aberdeen. Reserve champion a Limousin Heifer from D and L Graham, Mains of Burnbank, Blairdrummond at 345kg realised £830 purchased by A Kerr, East Cairnbeg, Laurencekirk. Best pen of four bullocks came from R McNee Ltd, Woodend, Armadale at 492kg sold for £1100 purchased by AC Bruce. Best pen of four heifers came from D and L Graham at 378kg sold for £920 purchased at AJ Ingram, Huntly. Bullocks averaged 222p pkg selling to 268p pkg for a Simmental from G Stewart, Wester Whin, Slamannan and to £1300 twice for a Simmental from A Peock, Bowhouse, Gartness and for a Saler from J and J Brown, Loanrigg, Slamannan. Heifers averaged 217p pkg selling to 260p pkg for a Limousin from A McDowall and Son, Mid Ervie, Kirkcolm and to £1230 for an AA from TJ Paterson, Alton Muirhouse, Newmilns. Black and white bullocks averaged 152p pkg, selling to 195p pkg from JC Orr, Baldastard, Lundin Links and to £1170 from the same home. Other leading prices: Bullocks per head - £1270 Loanrigg (twice) and Alton Muirhouse; £1260 Lower Crawtree; £1250 Loanrigg; £1240 Callendoune, Loanrigg and Bowhouse; £1220 Callendoune; £1210 Loanrigg and Callendoune; £1200 Callendoune. Heifers per head - £1160 and £1150 Alton Muirhouse; £1150 Woodcockfaulds; £1140 and £1130 Alton Muirhouse; £1100 Reivoch and Alton Muirhouse; £1090 and £1080 Alton Muirhouse; £1050 Coillabus (Islay); £1040 Bowhouse, Bowridge and Woodcockfaulds. Bullocks p pkg - 266p Mid Ervie and Midton; 264p Walton; 262p Craigievern; 258p Wester Whin; 257p and 256p Mid Ervie; 255p Offers. Heifers p pkg - 250p Mid Ervie; 249p Keirsbeath; 248p Mid Ervie; 247p Mains of Burnbank and Mid Ervie; 246p Walton (Kinloch); 243p Mains of Burnbank and Keirsbeath; 241p Mains of Burnbank; 240p Robertsonlane, Keirsbeath and Offers. B&W per head - £850 Gryfeside; £800 Lochnaw, Home Farm; £770, £760 (twice) and £740 Gryfeside; £730 Knockraich. B&W p pkg - 179p Lochnaw, Home Farm; 169p Knockraich; 158p Gryfeside; 149p West Kirkland. Breeding cattle sold to £920 for a cow and calf from G Stewart, Wester Whin, Limerigg. Tuesday, April 4: Forward were 2274 prime hoggets, wwes and tups. Top price of the day went to DS and RC Taylor, Easter Ochtermuthill for a pen of 19 Beltex X hoggets at £100. Top price per kilo went to Mr Taylor again for five Beltex XHoggets at £45 at 222p pkg. Overall sale average for 1984 sold 158p pkg (-21.7p on the week) included in the sale was 986 Blackface hoggets averaging 147.5p pkg selling to £80 from Glenturret Estates. Leading prices (pounds per head): Beltex - Er Ochtermuthill £95 and £94; Meikle Seggie £90 and £89. Texel - Gelvan View £94; Birch Avenue £91; Nochnary £90; Nethermyres £88. Cross - Sawerston £90; Meikle Seggie £90; Gelvan View £87. Suffolk - Boghill £95; High Letterpin £90; Er Buchlyvie £84; Birch Avenue £84. Cheviot - Burnshot £83. Mule - Meikle Seggie £77; Er Buchlyvie £76.50; Coulshill £73. Blackface Burnshot £75.50; Townhead £71.50; Home Farm £69.50; Auchleskine £69.50. Leading prices (pence per kilo): Beltex - Er ochtermuthill 220p; Meikle Seggie 217p. Texel - Meikle Seggie 208p; Er Ochtermuthill 207p; Gelvan View 203p; Birch Avenue 198p. Continental - Gelvan View 199p; Birch Avenue 195p; Wester Thomaston 192p; Sawerston 189p. Suffolk - Birch Avenue 178p; Er Buchlyvie 171p; Wester Thomaston 166p; Hardridge 166p. Mule - Meikle Seggie 168p; Nr Auchenbrain 164p; Auchleskine 166p. Blackface - Glenturret 178p; Drummond Estates 167p; Home Farm 164p; Auchleskine 161p. Cheviot Burnshot 187p. Wednesday, April 5: UA sold 1817 store cattle at their April show and sale sponsored by Rural Finance plus 148 cast cows and forward cattle and 1569 store and breeding sheep. Bullocks (886) - averaged 233.82p to 304.30p per kg for a 230kg LimX from Craigview, Isle of Arran and £1340 for a 624kg CharX from Middleton. B&W Bullocks (77) – averaged 160.66p to 186.70p per kg for a 407kg HFX from Meikle Camquhill and £925 for a 610kg HFX from East Banknock. Heifers (845) – averaged 229.31p to 278.80p per 330kg for a kg CHX from Laigh Alticane and £1280 for a 600kg BrbX from The Ross. Cast cows (148)– averaged 143.07p to 171.90p per kg for a LimX from Killeonan and £1550 for a SDX from Whitsome Laws. Dairy cattle (54) – averaged 106.34p to 144.60p per kg for a HOX from Claughlands, Isle of Arran and £995 for a AYX from Inshanks, Stranrear. Forward cattle (10)- averaged 151.26p to 184.20ppk for a SimX from Quixwood and £1190 for a AAX &LimX from Quixwood. Bullocks: 0-250kgs- Balgowan £735, Craigview 304.30p 251-300kgs- Low Pininver £870, 290p 301-350kgsRiccarton £930, Bellevue 271.6p 351-400kgs- Windshields £1010, Dinnans 267.3p 401-450kgs- Bougang £1090, Hilton of Beath 256.8p 451500kgsHilton of Beath £1145, South Hill of Drips 240.1p 501-550kgsYonderhaugh £1280, Wairds 241.1p 551-600kgs –Blindburn £1275, 261.8p 601-650kgs- Middleton £1340, 214.7p. Heifers: Up to 250kgs- Craigview £620, 254.1p 251-300kgs- Gartness £780, 272.7p 301-350kg- Dyke £930, Laigh Alticane 278.8p 351-400kgsBellevue £980,Percival 258.4p 401450kgsBallikinrain £1090, Mains of Edzell 255.9p 451-500kgs- Gardrum £1170, 238.8p 501-550kgs- Blindburn £1200, Bowridge 230.6p 551-600kgsThe Ross £1280, Gartness 214.8p 601-650kgs- Mains of Edzell £1220, 191.6p. OTM cows: £ per head- Whitsome Laws (SD) £1550; 9 Killeonan (Lim) £1310; Craigton (Sim) £1270; Burnside of Balhaldie (AA) £1190; Craigton (HE) £1170; Higham & South Falfield (BA) £1150; Kepculloch (BRB) £1110; Clunebeg (Sal) £1090. Ppk - No 9 Killeonan (Lim) 171.90p; Higham & Falfield (BA) 165.20p; Lour Est (SIm) 163.60p; South Carse of Coldoch (AA) 160.80p; Craigton (SD) 156.80p; Craigton (He) 151.90p; Clunebeg (Sal) 150.10p; Kepculloch (BRB) 149.60p; OTM bulls: £ per head –Drumsleed (Sim) £1790, £1710 and £1630; Wester Bleaton (SH) £1030. Ppk – Drumsleed (Sim) 187.90p, 187.2p, 179.9; Wester Bleaton (SH) 108.40p. The show was sponsored by Rural Finance who are located in a second floor suite at United Auctions’ headquarters in Stirling, they deal primarily in all aspects of agricultural finance, from HP for machinery and equipment to agricultural mortgages for farm, land and infrastructure investments. The judge was Mr A Cook, Kinneil Mill. Prize list - Single Blk: 1 Thompson, Hilton of Beath, 528kgs £1240; 2 Warnock, High Bent, 436kgs £1090; 3 Thompson, Hilton of Beath, 523kgs £1190. Single Hfr: 1 King, South Hill of Drips, 484kgs £1140; 2 Craighead, Mains of Edzell, 648kgs £1220; 3 Craighead, Mains of Edzell, 404kgs £1030. Pen of four Blks: 1 Thompson, Hilton of Beath, 523kgs £1180; 2 Thompson, Hilton of Beath, 490kgs £1145; 3 Morton, Lochend, 492kgs £1130. Pen of four Hfrs: 1 King, South Hill of Drips, 472kg £1020; 2 Carmichael, Nether Dalkeith, 335kgs £830; 3 Walker, Laigh Alticane, 330kgs £920. Store hoggs; Stralochy (SuffX) £69.50; Crulfargie (TexX) £70; Bavleaw (CharX) £59.50; Stralochy (Cross) £73.50; Cherryfield (Mule) £61.00; Tullochan (BF) £69.50; Eden Grove (Chev) £59.50. Breeding Sheep and Ewe Hoggs: Ardachy (Tex) £70.00; Auchyle (HB) £69.00; West Tandlemuir (BF) £65.00.