CALEDONIAN MARTS

kg for a MOX from Traprain, and to £895 for a HFX from Traprain. Forward cattle (4) averaged 131.20p to 133.90p per kg for a HFX from Rossiebank, and to £705 for a HFX from Rossiebank.

Bullocks: Up to 250kg- Portend £475, Milton 211.30p; 251-300kg- Shieldrum £635, 226.00p; 301-350kg- Ballintyre £870, 254.40p; 351-400kgShenlarich £870, Downfield 236.90p; 401-450kgHeathfield £940, Bogside 212.40p; 451-500kg- Isles £1040, 214.90p; 501-551kg- Middleton £1100, Newpark 210.30p; 552-601kg– Auchencrow £1230, 207.80p; 602-651kg– Middleton £1230, Auchencrow 202.00p.

Heifers: Up to 250kg- Milton £350, 176.80p; 251300kgPortend £595, 206.60p; 301-350kg- Ballintyre £810, 238.20p; 351-400kg- Moulin £845, Gairdrum 215.10p; 401-450kg- Knollhead £880, Shenlarich 209.20p; 451-500kg- Stottencleugh £995, 203.10p; 501-551kg- Newpark £1230, 230.30p; 552-601kgsHolehouse £1120, 202.20p; 602-651kg- Woodend £1010, 165.80p.

OTM cows per head - Stacks (Lim) £1270, Collielaw (AA) £1150, Downfield (CH) £1150, Ballechin (Cont) £1150, Lour Farms (Sim) £1110, Drumoider (BRB) £1070, Craighead (SH) £1010. OTM cows per kg - Pitsundry (Lim) 179.30p, Glenkiln Farms (Sim) 176.40p, Downfield (CH) 163.40p, Collielaw (AA) 162.90p, Drumoider (BRB) 150.70p, West Park (Cont) 137.50p, Craighead (SH) 127.20p.

OTM bulls per head - Broombrae (Sim) £1230, Carneil (HF) £1150, Glenkiln Farms (CH) £1150, Dinar Est (AA) £1070, Craigeassie House (BS) £1030. OTM bulls per kg - Glenkiln Farms (BS) 157.10p, Glenkiln Farms (CH) 151.10p, Dinar Est (AA) 101.30p, Gateside (HF) 100.00p, Broombrae (Sim) 93.60p.

UA sold 7813 store and feeding sheep at their Blackface Martinmas sale. Average - £57.20 (+£6.24 on the year).

Leading prices: Blackface - Rhiedorrach Sporting (BF) £75.00; Glenhead (BF) £73.00; Rhodders (BF) £70.00; Auchtenny (BF) £69.50. Cross Bred - Mount Pleasant (SuffX) £78.50; Knowehead (SuffX) £69.00; Kinloch (SuffX) £64.00; Mount Pleasant (TexX) £86.50 & £85.50; Falkland Estate (TexX) £85.00; Lyoncross (TexX) £83.50; Westerton (BTexX) £83.50; Braeside of Lindores (BTexX) £80.50; Stachurmore (BTexX) £80.00; Auchenrivoch (Mule) £76.00; Auchentiber (Mule) £74.50; West Torrie (Mule) £71.50.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 9

Caley Marts had 362 store cattle and suckled calves and 403 store lambs at their fortnightly sale.

Bullocks averaged 210p pkg and sold to 462p pkg for a Limousin from Easterton, Stirling and to £1200 for the same beast. Heifers averaged 196p pkg and sold to 431p pkg for a Limousin again from Easterton, and to £1250 for the same beast. Black and Whites averaged 144p pkg and sold to 153p pkg from W Baxter, Gryfeside, Kilmacolm and to £800 from the same home.

Other leading prices: Bullocks per head - £1120 Redhall; £1020 and £1010 East Kerse; £1000 Shawbraes; £990 East Kerse. Heifers per head - £1100 Easterton; £990 East Kerse; £960 East Kerse (twice), Wester Braco and Hillhead; £910 Hillhead and Wester Braco. Bullocks per kg - 273p Greenwells; 267p, 259p and 244p Murrayshall; 240p, 239p and 233p Carloonan. Heifers per kg - 290p Easterton; 281p Murrayshall; 276p Greenwells; 218p Burnbrae.

Also forward were 403 store lambs. A smaller show of lambs forward, but all keenly bid for. Top price store lambs sold to £79 for a pen of Texels from W Cook, Balcachie, Girvan.

Store lamb leading prices: Suffolk X £76 Rotmell; Suffolk £74 Standingfauld; Texel £74 Standingfauld; Cross £71 Pitreuchie; BF £71 Doune of Glendouglas.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10

Caley Marts sold 1998 prime lambs, ewes and tups at its Christmas Show and Sale of Prime Lambs. The show was sponsored by AA Oils, Stirling and ably judged by Steven Brown of R Brown and Son, Quality Butchers, Stenhousemuir. Awards were:

Beltex: 1 and champion pen - JB Guthrie, Cuiltburn for a pen of 47.6kg lambs at £180 purchased by the judge, Steven Brown; 2 J Taylor, Easter Ochtermuthill – 43.6kg £105; 3 L Wilson, Cassindilly Farm, Ceres, Fife – 55kg £94.

Texel: 1 and reserve champion pen - L Wilson, Cassindilly Farm for a pen of 54kg lambs at £112 purchased by W Shearer, Burnbrae, Strathaven; 2 T Mitchell, Easter Gormyre – 37.5kg £86; 3 E and O Laboratories, South Mains – 48kg £98.

Blackface: 1 Remony Estates – 48.6kg £86; 2 A Higginson, Braeleny – 44.6kg £78; 3 Auchenbothie Farmers – 46.6kg £81. Mule: 1 Auchenbothie Farmers – 51.6kg £80; 2 Auchenbothie Farmers – 49.6kg £76.

Twenty-five pens of show lambs (Texel and Beltex) averaged 223.7p pkg selling to a top of 378p pkg for champion pen. Overall sale average for 1551 sold was 183.5p pkg (-11.3p pkg on week, +4.1p on year).

Leading prices outwith prize list: Prime lambs per head - Beltex £116 Newbigging; Beltex X £109 Cuiltburn; Texel £106 Drimsynie; Texel X £105 Easter Ochtermuthill; Continental £104 Bailantstruth; Continental X £104 Craigens; Suffolk £89 Greencraig; Cheviot £86 Burnbank; BF £81 Remony; Mule £75 Cowdens and Greencraig. Prime lambs per kg - Beltex 251p Newbigging; Beltex X 234p and 230p Meikle Seggie; Texel 227p Newbigging; Texel X 226p Braco Castle; Continental 224p Meikle Seggie; Continental X 221p Easter Ochtermuthill; Suffolk 193p Ancaster Estates; BF 191p West Lundie; Mule 169p Greencraig.

Also forward were 447 cast ewes and tups. eavy ewes averaged £93.61 selling to £153 for three tremendous Beltex ewes from JB Guthrie, Cuiltburn, Muthill. Light ewes averaged £60.72 selling to £84 for Cheviots from Alan Doig, Easter Buchanty, Glenalmond. Cast rams sold to £132 for Texels from J and HM Grieve, Crofthead, Fowlis.

Other leading ewe prices: Beltex - £143, £120 and £115 Cuiltburn; Texel - £137 Easter Dullatur, £132 Dechmont, £128, £116 and £114 Cassindilly; Continental - £99 Cassindilly, Leysbent and Greencraig, £98 Easter Dullatur, Purgavie and Parks of Garden, £95 Grange of Lindores and Braco Castle, £94 Claish; Mule - £94 Grange of Lindores, £89 Parks of Garden, £85 Grange of Lindores; Cross - £93 Lands of Drumhead and Leysbent; Suffolk - £89 Grange of Lindores, £85 Easter Dullatur; BF - £73 Bailantstruth, £65 Knowehead, £62 Knowehead and Remony Estates, £61 Pirnhall; Cheviot - £71 Arnprior, £65 Easter Buchanty.