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Thursday, May 18 Sale comprised of 90 bullocks, heifers and young bulls, six OTM cattle and 74 cast cows and bulls. Prime bullocks averaged 212p; prime heifers 221p; OTM cattle 176p; beef cows 127p and dairy cows 110p. Bullocks sold to 238p pkg for a Limousin from W Dandie and Sons, Learielaw, Broxburn to R Johnston, Butchers, Cow Wynd, Falkirk and to £1607 for a Limousin from Ferguson Bros, Gillandersland, Falkirk. Heifers sold to 248p pkg again for a Limousin from AS Hay, Mains of Cultmalundie, Tibbermore to Hugh Black and Sons and to £1599 from the same farm again to Hugh Black and Sons. Bulls sold to 212p pkg (twice) for a Charolais from J Christie, Nether Carse, Gargunnock and a Limousin from South Hourat Farm, Giffordland, Dalry and to £1750 from A and J Nimmo, Bogside, Newmains. OTM Cattle sold to 212p pkg for a Limousin from W Dandie and Sons, and and to £1691 for the same animal to Malcolm Allan and Sons. Leading prices: Bullocks p pkg - 230p West Woodlane,Balquharrage and Easterton (Owen); 228p Annfield and Easterton; 225p Old Leckie, Mains of Cultmalundie, West Woodlane and Bankhead (Kerr); 225p and 222p Old Leckie; 222p Balquharrage; 220p Dullomuir. Heifers p pkg - 242p and 240p Learielaw; 240p Kinneil Mill; 238p Rathillet, Old Leckie and Mains of Cultmalundie; 235p West Woodlane and Rathillet; 232p and 225p (twice) Rathillet; 228p Bogleys and Kinneil Mill; 225p West Woodlane; 222p Pirnhall and Bankhead (Kerr). Bullocks per head - £1571 and £1476 Pityot (Stonehaven); £1521 Mains of Cultmalundie; £1504 Learielaw; £1500 Greencraig; £1480 Gillandersland; £1443 Greencraig. Heifers per head - £1572 Mains of Cultmalundie; £1452 Rathillet; £1447 and £1425 Learielaw; £1405 Wester Gartshore and Rathillet; £1396 Kinneil Mill. Also forward were 75 cast cows and bulls. Beef cows sold to 190p pkg for a Simmental from J Watson, Pityot, Stonehaven and to £1420 for a Simmental from C and A Bothwell, Cleugh, Forth. Dairy cows sold to 130p pkg from W and M Wylie, Broompark, Torphichen and to £870 from A Scott, North Mains, Johnstone. Other leading prices: Beef cows per head - £1364 Pityot; £1180 Greencraig; £1160 Wester Gartshore; £1140 Dollarbank; £1060 Glenhead; £1050 Greencraig. Beef cows per kg - 163p Glenhead; 155p Cairnbog and Eurobus; 147p Greencraig; 146p Dollarbank and High Keil(Barbour); 145p Cleugh; 144p Uiskentuie; 143p Wester Gartshore and Stockbridge; 141p Beannie. Dairy cows per head - £870 and £850 North Mains; £840 Broompark; £840, £820 (twice) North Mains. Dairy cows p pkg - 123p, 121p and 120p North Mains. Bullocks sold to £1200 for a Friesian from A and M Wylie, Broompark and to 141p for the same beast. Also forward was a good show of 23 beef and black and white calves, top price of the day was £415 for a Limousin X heifer from S Graham, Parkhouse Dairy, Crieff. Leading prices: Black and White bulls - £150 Plean (one month); £140 Wester Lochdrum (one month); £95, £92, £80 and £65 Barbeth; Friesian bulls - £130, £120 andamp; £105 Barbeth (one month); beef bull calves - AA £395 Meadowend; AA £280 Pendreich; beef heifer calves - Lim £415 Parkhouse; Sim £310 and £280 Castle Rednock. The next sale of calves will be Thursday, June 1. Monday, May 22 An excellent entry of cattle forward both for numbers and quality sold to one of the largest ringside of buyers ever to be seen at this centre which resulted in all classes easily sold. Heifers with calves averaged £3117 (a record), cows with calves averaged £1212, bulling heifers averaged £1191 (a record), cows in-calf averaged £716. Judge was R Semple, Netherton, Dalrymple. Champion heifer with calf came from Craig Malone, Pitcairn, Cardenden which made £5000 purchased by James Mather on behalf of Haasside Farms, Lockerbie. Reserve champion also came from Craig Malone selling at £3800 to the judge R Semple. Third prize heifer came from John McAlister, West Thomaston, Banknock made £5000 to Brian Harper, Greenwells, Falkirk. Leading prices outwith prize list: Heifers with calves - £5100 Pitcairn; £4800 West Thomaston; £4600 Learielaw; £4100 West Thomaston; £4000 Learielaw; £3300 West Thomaston; £3100 and £3000 Pitcairn and West Thomaston. Cows with calves - £1900 Flemington; £1700 and £1650 (three times) Hawkhill, Auchenblae; £1550 (twice) Hawkhill; £1400 Taylorton, Over Hillhouse and Hawkhill; £1280 Blaircessnock. Bulling heifers: Lim - £2200, £1800 and £1600 Seggarsdean; Sim - £1350 and £1300 Over Hillhouse; Lim £1300 Glenside (Stranraer; High x Sim - £1300 Ashmore and Strone Estates; AAX - £1200 Glenside. Tuesday, May 23 Sold were 1581 prime lambs, hoggets, ewes and tups. Spring lambs (124) sold to a top price of £127 (three times), from G Harley, Craiglaw for a 45.6kg Texel, a 48kg Texel from RA Campbell and Sons, Meikle Seggie and a pair of 42kg Beltexs from DS and RC Taylor, Easter Ochtermuthill, with the later realising the top price per kilo of the day at 302p pkg. Lambs averaged 255.2p (+25p on the week) and £109.50 per head. Leading prices: Spring Lambs pounds per head - Beltex £127 Easter Ochtermuthill; Texel £127 Craiglaw and Meikle Seggie; Texel £126 Meikle Seggie; Texel £125 Mawcarse; Suffolk £118 Kinnaird; Suffolk £117 Balhelvie; Charollais £118 Balhelvie. Spring lambs per kg - Beltex 302p Easter Ochtermuthill; Texel 286p Mawcarse; Texel 280p Mannerston; Texel 271p Craiglaw; Suffolk 280p Gilmeadowland; Suffolk 263p Easter Coates; Suffolk 262p Easter Coates; Charollais 257p Balhelvie Prime hoggs (1064) sold to a top price of £120 for a pen of 57.5kg Texels from K and A Graham, Easterton and to 224p for a pen of 44kg Cheviots from J McAlister, West Thomaston to average 194p (up 5p on the week). Leading hoggs prices per head: Texel - £120 Easterton; £113 Pirnhall; £112.50 Graystale; Suffolk - £109 Graystale; £108 Graystale; £104 Graystale. Beltex - £92 Easter Ochtermuthill; Cheviot - £99 West Thomaston; £97.50 Graystale; £90 West Thomaston. Mule - £101 Pirleyhill; £93 Graystale; £92.50 Pirleyhill. Blackface - £92.50 Durieshill; £89.50 Wharlawhill. Leading hogg prices per kg: Texel – 219p Durieshill; 218p Graystale; 217p Pirnhall; Suffolk – 222p Graystale; 218p Graystale. Beltex – 193p Easter Ochtermuthill. Cheviot – 224p West Thomaston; 216p West Thomaston; 213p Graystale. Mule – 209p Graystale; 208p Pirleyhill; 189p Pirleyhill. Blackface – 210p Durieshill; 208p Whiteside; 203p Wharlawhill. Also forward were 393 cast ewes and tups. Heavy ewes (147) averaged £79.69 selling to £100 (twice) for a Texel x from C Sangster, Glenburn Holding, Torwood. Export ewes (238) averaged £53.75. Tups averaged £98.11 selling to £115 from A MacGregor, Allanfauld, Kilsyth. Other leading prices: Texel - £97 Craigend (Bell); £96 Craiglaw; £94 Finmont; £91.50 Craigend (Bell); £88 Kinninmonth. BF - £68 Wharlawhill; £65 Auchenrivoch; £57 Raecruick and Wharlawhill; £56 Pitcairlie, Burnhead, Graystale and Bogside; £54 Auchenrivoch. Suff - £98 Kinninmonth; £93 Balhelvie; £90 Kinnaird; £89 Balhelvie; £86 West Kelt. Chev - £72 Graystale; £66.50 Bridgehouse; £66 Wharlawhill (twice) and Craggan; £65 Craggan. BDM - £89 Ballinloan. Cross - £88 Wester Pirleyhill; £79 Kinnaird; £75 Wester Bleaton; £73 Balgonar; £72 West Kirkton. Tup ieading prices: £114 Finmont; £110 Auchenrivoch; £109 Pirnhall. Wednesday, May 24 UA sold 806 store cattle also 165 cast cows and forward cattle and 238 store and breeding sheep. Bullocks (443) averaged 232.79p to 290.70p pkg for a 289kg BSX from Morrison Street and £126 for a 595kg BRBX from Holehouse. B&W bullocks (14) averaged 156.54p to 164.10p pkg for a 512kg HFX from Holehouse and £840 for a 512kg AYX from Holehouse. Heifers (347) averaged 223.30p to 265.20p pkg for a 279kg CHX from Kildalloig and £1240 for a 564kg CHX from Muirmealing. Cast cows (148) averaged 142.54p to 186.90p pkg for a LimX from Classlochie and £1430 for a AAX from Woodhead of Mailer. Dairy cows (17) averaged 108.24p to 129.20p pkg for a HFX from Broughmore and £1070 for a HOX from Claylands. Forward cattle (5) averaged 158.13p to 180.00p pkg for a AAX from Lammerlaw and £1210 for a LimX from Kilmux. Bullocks: 0-250kgs- Port of Spittal £480, 238.80p 251-300kgs- Morrison Street £840, 290.70p 301-350kgsRiccarton £920, Hilton of Cardross 283.00p 351-400kgs- Claylands £1000, Windshiels 258.50p 401-450kgsGrange £1090, Hilton of Cardross 256.10p 451-500kgs- New Mains £1245, 257.60p 501-550kgs- Gateside £1240, Ardgate 231.20p 551-600kgs –Holehouse £1260, Belstruther 216.80p. Heifers: Up to 250kgs- Mid Rossburn £570, 235.50p 251-300kgs- Kildalloig £740, 265.20p 301-350kg- Windshiels £840, Claylands 259.10p; 351-400kgsArdachearnmor £930, Thomanean 241.60p 401-450kgs- Grange £1025, 238.90p 451-500kgs- Gateside £1070, 230.10p 501-550kgs- Ballycock £1170, 225.00p 551-600kgs- Muirmealing £1240, 219.90p, 601-650kgs- Briarlands £1230, 195.90p. OTM cows: £ per head- Woodhead of Mailer (AA) £1430; Woodhead of Mailer (Lim) £1310; Boghall (Sim) £1270; Over Kellie (BA) £1210; Ormsary (BRB) £1130; Drumlochy (CH) £1090; Claylands (HO) £1070. P pkg - Classlochie (Lim) 186.90p; Newton of Abirlot (BRB) 180.80p; Gallahill (Sim) 162.90p; Over Kellie (BA) 160.10p; Oatridge (AA) 159.80p; Drumlochy (CH) 145.70p; Claylands (HO) 123.80p. OTM bulls: £ per head- Borland (CH) £1390; Gallahill (Sim) £1270; Dalmoak (BF) £1050; Craighead (Lim) £1030. P pkg- Craighead (Lim) 121.70p; Gallahill (Sim) 121.60; Borland (CH) 118.40p; Dalmoak (BF) 103.10p. Also sold 238 store and breeding sheep. Store hoggs - Dalvey (Tex) £75. Ewes with lambs at foot - Drumnessie (Mule ewes with twin lambs at foot) £178; Drumnessie (Tex ewes with twin lambs at foot) £170; Findatie (Chev ewes with twin lambs at foot) £152; Clunebeg (Tex hoggs with single lambs) £142; Findattie (Chev ewes with single lambs) £130.