\United Auctions

Thursday, January 18 UA sold 3511 prime sheep comprising 2748 old season lambs selling to an average of 180.3ppkg and 764 ewes and rams. Old season lambs (2748) Longfauld (BTex) £110.00; Cherryfield (Tex) £98; Park of Aldie (Suff) £90.50; Kettleshill (X) £90; Loanhead of Duchally (Chev) £88.50; Merkins (BF) £84.50; Hillhead (Mule) £78. Old season lambs (2748) Longfauld (BTex) 238p; Forest (Suff) 224p; Loanhead of Duchally (Tex) 223p; Loanhead of Duchally (Chev) 217p; Inverdovat (X) 186p; Drumnessie (Mule) 177p ;Glendamph (BF) 174p. Ewes (764) Kinclaven (Tex) £130; North Balloch (Suff) £100; Inverdovat (Mule) £76; Monzie (Chev) £72; Glenhead (BF) £60. Rams – Bowleys (Tex) £108; Fleurs (Suff) £95; Backhills (BFL) £88; Hillhead (BF) £70. and Learielaw to Hugh A Black and Sons and Charles Kirkpatrick. Leading prices: Bullocks per kg - 242p Learielaw; 240p East Camps, Easter Ochtermuthill and Brockwoodlees; 238p Meadowend, Learielaw and Bankhead (Kerr); 235p Shields; 232p Faskine, East Camps and Moorfield; 230p and 228p (twice) Moorfield; 225p (twice) Spittal, Meikle Seggie, Bankhead and East Camps. Heifers per kg - 244p Todhall; 242p Brockwoodlees; 240p Meadowend, Shields and Learielaw; 238p Moorfield, Over Inzevar and Easter Ochtermuthill; 235p Todhall, Shields, Meadowend, Easter Ochtermuthill and Brockwoodlees; 230p Bankhead and Shields. Also forward were 72 cast cows and bulls. With less beef cows about, the overall average was back on the week. All classes of dairy cows dearer on the week. Many more could have been sold. Beef cows sold to £1500 for an AA From Ferguson Bros, Gillandersland and to 159p for a BBx from M I Wainwright, Todhall. Cast bulls sold to £1200 and 106.5p from Kirk and Calvert, Oatfield, Campbeltown. Dairy cows sold to £990 from W A Hume, Easter Clune, Dunfermline and to 136p from W Waugh, North Bankhead, Avonbridge. Other leading prices: beef cows per head - £1460 Mains of Throsk; £1440 Todhall; £1200 Parkdyke; £1130 and £1100 Harvieston. Beef cows per kg - 158.5p Mains of Throsk; 157.5p Gillandersland; 137p Parkdyke; 129.5p Harvieston; 127.5p Oatfield. Dairy cows per head - £900 Walton; £850 Drumglass; £840 Balegreg- gan; £820 Gartclush; £790 Easter Clune. Dairy cows per kg - 118.5p Easter Clune; 115p Gartclush; 113p Balegreggan; 111p North Bankhead. Also forward were 14 calves both beef and d. More could have been sold to meet the current demand. Top price of the day was £220 for a Black and White stirk from D Nelson, Cuttlehill, Crossgates. Other leading prices: Dexters - Hfrs £200 (three times) Hilton Cottage; Bulls £200 and £140 (twice) Hilton Cottage. Black and Whites - £70 Glenrigg; £48 Plean; £45 and £42 Barbeth. Monday, January 22 Caley Marts had forward 348 store and breeding cattle. Bullocks averaged 216p pkg, selling to 275.5p pkg for a pen of Limousins from A Dunn, Redhall, Gargunnock and to £1280 for a pen of Limousins from W and T Nelson, High Kilphin, Ballantrae. Heifers averaged 217p pkg selling to 252p for a pen of Limousins from High Kilphin, Ballantrae, and to £1160 for Limousins from Crawtree Farms. Black and white bullocks averaged 145p selling to 186p from Macrindleston Farm, Girvan and to £780 from W Baxter, Gryfeside, Kilmacolm. Bullocks per head - £1220 Mains of Burnbank; £1160 Hill O’ Harthill; £1150 Shields (Fairley); £1130 Wester Pirleyhall; £1120 Hill O’ Harthill. Bullocks per kg - 272p Redhall; 254p High Kilphin; 249.5p Mains of Burnbank; 244.5p Wester Whin; 243p Mains of Burnbank. Heifers per head - £1130 Lammerview; £1090 High Kilphin and Lammerview; £1080 High Kilphin; £1060 Hill O’ Harthill; £1050 Crawtree. Heifers per kg - 252p High Kilphin; 231p and 230p Loanleven; 229.5p Lammerview; 229p and 228p Camreggan; 227p Loanleven. Black and whites per head - £730 and £720 Bonnyhill; £710 Gryfeside; £700 Powguild. B&W per kg - 160p Macrindleston; 159p Killarow (Campbeltown); 154p Macrindleston; 151p Walton (Kinloch). Breeding cattle sold to £750 for a Shorthorn bulling heifer from AR MacKay, Stronmagachan, Inverary. Also sold 1025 store hoggs and feeding ewes. All classes of hoggets were a similar trade to last sale, and more could have been sold to sellers advantage with short keep lambs keenly bid on. Top price of the day went to J Lambie, Knockdaw for a pen of 20 Texel X Lambs at £73. Leading prices - Beltex £72 Willowbank; Suff X £72 Balcachie; Texel £71 Walton; Cont £70 Balcachie; Texel X £70 Lands of Drumhead; Beltex X £69 Wester Tillyrie; Cross £69 Midhouse; Mule £67 Walton; BF £57 Brandon; BF X £55 Midhouse. Tuesday, January 23 Caley Marts had forward 1948 prime hoggets, ewes and tups. Hoggets due to weather conditions would be short for buyers requirements and more could have been sold to sellers’ advantage. Sale average for 1252 sold was 187.5ppkg (+0.6p pkg on the week). Top price of the day went to JB Guthrie, Cuiltburn at £106 for a pair of 51.5kg Beltex hoggets. Top price per kg went to HT Shanks, Easter Cash for an outstanding 42.4kg Beltex at 236ppkg. Leading prices per head - Beltex X £104 West Lundie; Beltex £104 Cuiltburn; Texel £104 Whitecross; Texel X £100 Easter Cash; Suffolk £94 Newton of Crathie; Suffolk X £93 Dowally; Cross £93 Cairncross; Mule £93 Meikle Seggie; BF £72 Burnhead; BF X £71 West Bracklinn. Leading prices per kg - Beltex 231p West Lundie; Beltex X 221p Meikle Seggie; Texel 219p Dowally; Texel X 219p and 218p Meikle Seggie; Cont 218p Whitecross; Cont X 216p Mains of Strageath; Suff 209p Newton of Crathie; Mule 193p Meikle Seggie; BF 182p West Bracklinn. Also forward were 697 cast ewes and tups. Heavy ewes (141) averaged £76.22 selling to £128 for a Texel from J and J Kinloch, Walton, Cardross. Export ewes (222) averaged £42.52. With everything in large demand, many more could have been sold to sellers’ advantage. All quality of Blackface ewes were needed with them all being a good trade. Other leading prices: Texel - £127 Walton; £122 Craiglaw; £113 Nochnary (twice); £108 Middlerigg; £102 Tillyrie. BF - £60 Drumnessie; £53.50 Dollarbank; £50 West Kirkton; £49 Thorn (Sibbald); £48.50 Drumnessie; £48 Knock O’ Ronald. Mules - £76.50 Linkshead; £72.50 Drumnessie; £70 Tillyrie; £69.50 Linkshead; £67.50 Blairgorts. Beltex - £109 Craggan; BFL - £107 Linkshead; Suff - £91 Drumnessie; £88 Redhall; £80 West Kirkton. Cross - £86 Lands of Drumhead; £80 Drumnessie; £76 Letter; £74 Craigluscar. Tups sold to £111 for a Texel from A Baillie, Broomfield, Ashgill. Leading tup prices: BFL - £108 Knock O’ Ronald. Texel - £88 Ninewells; £80 Thorn; Cross - £84 Broomfield.