CALEDONIAN MARTS

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12

Caley Marts sold 222 cattle comprising of 93 prime bullocks, heifers and young bulls as well as 107 OTM cattle and 22 young calves and stirks.

With a great ringside of buyers, having more than 41 active accounts throughout, many more could have been sold to sellers’ advantage and all types are required on a weekly basis.

Prime heifers sold to 248p pkg for a Limousin from A Pettigrew, Faskine, Airdrie purchased by G Kirk and Son, Butcher, Denny and to £1512 for a Limousin from D Dickinson, Brockwoodlees, Canonbie purchased by HA Black and Son, Butcher, Stirling.

Prime bullocks sold to 240p pkg for a Limousin from D Dickinson, purchased by T Johnston, Butcher, Falkirk and to £1462 for a Limousin from W Dandie and Sons, Learielaw, Broxburn again purchased by T Johnston.

Bulls sold to 215p pkg for an outstanding Charolais from DS and RC Taylor, Easter Ochtermuthill, Muthill and to £1464 from B McIntosh, Drumflower, Stranraer.

Other leading prices: Heifers per kg - 240p Easter Ochtermuthill, Learielaw and Balquharrage; 238p Learielaw; 235p Faskine and Easter Ochtermuthill; 230p Whitehouse (Henderson) and Learielaw; 228p Learielaw. Heifers per head - £1500 Brockwoodlees; £1418 Learielaw; £1412 Knockhouse; £1398 and £1389 Learielaw; £1382 Easter Ochtermuthill.

Bullocks per kg - 235p Balquharrage; 232p Brockwoodlees; 230p Learielaw; 228p Faskine; 225p Balquharrage; 222p Spittal (Gardner); 220p Knockhouse. Bullocks per head - £1458 Learielaw; £1424 Brockwoodlees; £1400 Durieshill; £1373 Pirnhall; £1363 Brockwoodlees.

Bulls per kg - 205p Drumflower; 200p Drumflower (twice). Bulls per head £1436 Easter Ochtermuthill; £1376 and £1279 Drumflower.

Also forward were 107 OTM cattle. Beef OTMs averaged 125p pkg selling to 154p pkg for a Limousin from W Dandie and Sons and to £1180 for a British Blue Cross from D and I Mackintosh, Kirkton of Kingoldrum, Kirriemuir. Cast males sold to 165ppkg for a Limousin Bullock from R Clarkson, Whiteside, Slamannan. Dairy cows averaged 94p pkg selling to 108p from W and M Wylie, Broompark, West Lothian and to £730 from J Brown and Son, East Gartmillan, Airdrie.

Other leading prices: Beef OTMs per head - £1150 Broombrae; £1140 Learielaw and Kirkton of Kingoldrum; £1130 and £1120 Learielaw; £1100 Drumflower. Beef OTMs per kg - 153p Learielaw (twice); 149p Dollarbank; 148p and 147p Balliemartin (Isle of Islay); 147p and 146p Learielaw; 145p Lenaig. Dairy cows per head - £710 Carneil and East Gartmillan; £690 and £680 Broompark.

Also forward were 22 young calves and stirks at the fortnighly sale. The sale topped at £180 for a British Blue Bull Calf from J Brisbane and Son, Gartclush, Bannockburn.

Other leading prices: Beef heifer calves - British Blue £150 Gartclush and £130 Carneil; Simmental £150 Gartclush; Shorthorn £100 Tarbert (Isle of Gigha). Beef bullock calves - Hereford £100 (x2) Tarbert.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 16

Caley Marts had forward 28 store cattle and 162 store lambs and feeding ewes at their final store sale of 2019.

Bullocks sold to £890 for a Simmental from J Brisbane and Son, Gartclush, Stirling. Bulls sold to 204p pkg for a Simmental from G McLaren, Blaircessnock, Port of Menteith.

Store lambs sold to £72 for a pen of Texels from M Ralston, Rhoin, Campbeltown.

Other leading prices: Suffolk - £62 Meikle Camoquhill (twice); Mule £60 Rhoin; Texel - £60 Alpin Cottage; Blackface - £46 Ballymeanach (Mull).

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17

Caley Marts sold 2105 prime lambs, ewes and tups.

All lambs keenly bid for especially 39.1kg-52kg which averaged 201p pkg for 1225 sold. Overall average for 1522 sold was 196.5p (+13p on the week) which resulted in the dearest trade of the season so far.

Top price of the day went to J Guthrie,

Cuiltburn for a 50kg Beltex at £113. Top price per kg went to RA Campbell and Sons, Meikle Seggie for a pen of three Beltex X Lambs at 41.3kg fetching 235p pkg.

Leading prices: Prime lambs per head - Beltex £112 Cuiltburn; Beltex X £111 and £107 West Lundie; Texel £104 Ayton; Texel X £103 East Lenniston; Continental X £103 Greencraig; Continental £102.50 Claish; Suffolk £94.50 Greencraig; Mule £85.50 Ditch; BF tups £74 Culcreuch; BF lambs £73 Glenturret Estates. Prime lambs per kg - Beltex x 229p and 227p Meikle Seggie; Beltex 224p Borlick; Texel X 221p and 220p Ditch; Texel 221p Borlick; Continental 220p and 219p Meikle Seggie; Suffolk 207p Candy; Cheviot 206p Borlick ; Mule 191p Innieshewan; BF 188p Glenturret Estates.

Also forward were 583 cast ewes and tups. A good show of ewes again met a great trade and a highlight of the sale was a tremendous run of ewes and rams from P J and C Wood, Knockhill, Strathkinnes averaging £137.66 for 32 sold.

Heavy ewes averaged £98.78 selling to £173 for a pen of outstanding Texel ewes from PJ and C Wood. Light ewes averaged £61.75 selling to £79 for Cheviots from R and L Howatt, Kinnaird, Fife. Cast rams sold to £116 for Texels from PJ and C Wood.

Other leading ewe prices: Texel - £161 and £151 Knockhill; £158 and £155 Craiglaw; £147 and £146 West Lundie; £137 South Flanders. Charollais - £148 Knockhill. Continental - £128 Knockhill; £127 Knockhill and West Lundie; £124 Cuiltburn; £116 South Flanders. Cross - £110 Knockhill; £105 West Lundie; £100 Dechmont; £99 Gelvan View; £98 Dechmont and Dalvey. Mule - £100 South Flanders; £85 Hilltarvit Mains; £83 West Lundie; £79 Pathcondie. BF - £71 Kinburn; £58 Greenford (Donaldson); £57 Claish and Kippo Farm; £55 West Pokelly (Muirhead).

Other leading ram prices: Texel - £110 Ayton; £108 Easter Gartfarran; £106 Ayton; £103 Dalvey. Suffolk - £110 South Flanders. Charollais - £99 Knockhill.

UA sold 5167 prime sheep comprising of 3905 prime lambs selling to an average of 183.60p and 1262 ewes and rams, including 180 lambs for the annual Christmas show and sale judged by Mr M Wilson who awarded champion pen to WJ and EC Stevenson, Coilavoulin realising £119 purchased by Mr R Lawson.

New season lambs (3905) per head – Coilavoulin and Luckenburn (BTex) £119.00; Wester Mye (Tex) £102.00; Mains of Struie (Suf) £90.50; Croftgary (Chev) £88.00; Shielswood (Mule) £88.00; East Brackin (Cross) £84.00; Shielswood (Chev/Mule) £83.50; Glenfernate (BF) £78.00. New season lambs (3905) per kg – Coilavoulin (BTex) 272.00p; Easter Mye (Tex) 234.00p; Gilston (Suf ) 203.00p; West Lethans (Cross) 199.00p; Waterside (Chev) 195.00p; Shielswood (Mule) 192.00p; Uigle (BF) 194.00p; Shielswood (Chev/Mule) 182.00p.

Ewes (1262) – Victoria (Tex) £121.00; West Meikle Pinkerton (TexX) £117.00; Invermilton (BTex) £103.00;Easter Middleton (HB) £102.00; Penston (CharX) £99.00; West Meikle Pinkerton (Mule) £93.00; Dalcapon (Chev) £92.00; West Meikle Pinkerton (Zwa) £91.00; Weat Blanerne (Suf) £87.00; West Meikle Pinkerton (Hamp) £88.00; Over Finlarg (BF) £77.00; Auchenrivoch & West Lundie (BF) £71.00; Dalbrack (SwaleX) £70.00; Hyndfordwells (Herd) £49.50; Auchtenny (ShetX) £34.00.

Tups – Over Finlarg (Tex) £117.00; Duntuim (Suf ) £110.00; Penston (Char) £107.00; Oatfield (BTex) £99.00; Linfield (Zwa) £93.00; Townhead (BFL) £91.00; Gilston (Chev) £90.00; Castles Est (BF) £85.00.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18

UA sold 137 store cattle, 136 cast cows and 1302 store and feeding sheep.

Bullocks (73) averaged 203.16p to 223.80p per kg for a 344kg SimX from Camoquholm, and to £1200 for a 625kg CHX from Gillmill.

Dairy bullocks (18) averaged 124.74p to 148.80p per kg for a 477kg BFX from Newpark, and £710 for a 477kg BFX from Newpark.

Heifers (44) averaged 194.20p to 211.00p per kg for a 365kg CHX from West Park, and to £1060 for a 528kg LimX from

Airthrey Kerse.

Young bulls (2) to £1010 for a LimX from Airthrey Kerse.

Beef cows and bulls (109) averaged 117.43p to 159.40p per kg for a LimX from Loanhead of Duchally, and to £1110 for a BRBX from Kinnaird.

Dairy cows (27) averaged 89.87p to 135.60p per kg for a HFX from High Langmuir, and to £925 for a HFX from High Langmuir.

Bullocks: 301-350kgs - Camoquholm £770, 223.80p; 351-400kgs - Braidland £810, 213.20p; 401-450kgs - Newpark £890, Dyke 210.90p; 451-500kgs Newpark £940, 203.90p; 501-551kgs - Newpark £990, 194.10p; 552-601kgs - Inchgall £1080, Dalvey 195.70p; 602651kgs - Gillmill £1200, 194.40p, 652701kgs - Gillmill £1200.

Heifers: 251-300kgs - Braidland £615, 205.00p; 301-350kgs - Braidland £625, 185.50p; 351-400kgs - Newpark £785, West Park 211.00p; 401-450kgs - Dyke £890, 210.90p; 451-500kgs - Dyke £905 194.20p; 501-551kgs - Airthrey Kerse £1060, 200.80p; 552-601kgs - Dyke £990; 602-651kgs - Ormiston Mains £940.

OTM cows per head- Kinnaird (BRB) £1110, Airthrey Kerse (Lim) £1090, Killochries (BS) £1070, Newpark (Sim) £1050, Bowridge (AA) £1030, Loanhead of Duchally (Cont) £995, High Langmuir (HF) £925. OTM cows per kg - Loanhead of Duchally (Lim) 159.40p, Beinn Dorain (SH) 141.30p, Kinnaird (BRB) 139.80p, Newpark (AA) 139.10p, High Langmuir (HF) 135.60p, Newpark (Sim) 134.60p, Loanhead of Duchally (Cont) 132.00p, Bankhead of Balcurvie (BF) 131.70p.

OTM bulls per head - Ardtornish (Sim) £1130, Wester Balgair (AA) £1110, Percival (Lim) £1110. OTM bulls per kg Ardtornish (Sim) 126.10p, Lower Luthrie (Lim) 106.70p.

UA also sold 1302 store and feeding sheep. Leading prices – Langank of Balhaldie (Suf ) £74.00; Edengrove (Suf ) £71.00; Mains of Kinnettles (Suf ) £67.50; Badyen (Tex) £84.00; Cainfold (Tex) £80.00; Borenich (Tex) £79.00; Succoth Ardeonaig (Mule) £70.00; Badyen (Mule) £69.00; Edengove (Mule) £68.00; Halls (BF) £65.50; Langbank of Balhaldie (BF) £62.00; Halls (BF) £61.50.