The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)
Round-up of Caledonian Marts prices
Caledonian Marts, Stirling, sold 1,730 prime lambs, hoggets, sheep, ewes and tups.
Spring lambs (17) to 250ppk from R Wardrope & Son, East Coates for a 42kg Texel X; and £115 for four 46.5kg Suffolk X from Balhelvie, Newburgh.
Prime hoggets (1,333) to 251p from Cuiltburn for a pen of 41.5kg Beltex X; and £107 also from Cuiltburn for 43kg Beltexes.
Overall sale average for 1,333 sold 176.3p(+10p).
Leading prices were as follow.
Beltex:
Cuiltburn 248p & 238p, Meikle Seggie 237p, Easter Ochtermuthill 234p.
Texel:
Easter Ochtermuthill 206p and 205p, Newton of Fotheringham 206p and 205p, Hill 202p.
Suffolk:
Easter Coates 199p, Graystale 190p, Durieshill 195p.
Cheviot:
South Park 202p, Easter Coates 201p, Nethermyres 200p.
Blackface:
Edentaggart 170p, Mid Auchencarroch 170p, Littleport 167p.
Also forward were 376 cast ewes and tups.
Heavy ewes (176) averaged £71.17, selling to £121 for a Texel from Knockhill, Strathkinnes.
Export ewes (47) averaged £40.34.
Other leading prices were as follow.
Texel:
£114, £107 and £105 Easter Ochtermuthill, £100 Shankhead, £90 Knockhill (twice) and Gilmeadowland, and £89 Golland and Craiglaw.
BF
£67 Graystale, £54 Easter Buchanty, £50 South Hourat, £49 Graystale.
Suffolk
£81 Meikle Seggie, £79 Pitcairlie (twice), £77 Garden House, and £76 Lochend (Millar).
Cross
£104 Meikle Seggie, £85 West Gate (twice), £78 Golland, £76 Pitcarlie and West Gate, £75 Mains of Strageath.
Tups sold to £115 for a Texel from Knockhill, Strathkinnes.
Other leading prices were as follow.
£106 Gilmeadowland, £97 Lamberton, £88 Mains of Strageath and Easter Ochtermuthill.