Breeding and store cattle at Forfar make high prices

FORFAR: Lawrie & Symington had forward 63 breeding cattle and 384 store cattle.

Breeding cattle: Bull £2250 St. Fort, heifer with calf £2100 West Park, bulling heifers £1480, £1400 & £940 Ashmore & Strone Ltd. Store cattle: bullocks sold to £1170 Wairds of Alpity and to 2.62ppk East Balloch to ave 2.18p. Heifers (138) sold to £1190 Milton and to 2.42ppk Strone to ave 2.11ppk.

Leading prices (bullocks) A.A. £1130 Little Kenny, £1110 Wairds of Alpity, £960 East Pitcorthie, Lim. £1140 Muirhouses, Char. £1040 & £1035 Kinnaniel & Strone, £1000 Denbrae, Simm. – £1140, £1120, £1070 Milton, Luing – £960 East Pitcorthie; BB £950 Kirkton of Kingoldrum; B. Short. £950 & £930 East Pitcorthie. Heifers A.A. – £1025 Wairds of Alpity, £880 & £840 Little Kenny, £830 Dalziel, Lim.–£1150

Hillfoot, £1055 Scronley, £1030 Strone, £1010 Hillfoot, Char.–£1065 Scronley, £970 Kinnaniel, £910 Scronley, £890 Kinnaniel, Simm. – £1160 Milton, £1030 Chamberlain Knowe, £950 Kinnaniel, BB £925, £860 Kirkton of Kingoldrum; B. Short. £740 Dalziel.

STIRLING: Caledonian Marts Ltd sold 664 spring lambs, prime hoggets, ewes & tups. Spring lambs (72) sold to a top of 305ppk and £134 Easter Cash, Strathmiglo and ave 259.2 ppkg, (-2.3p on the week). Leading Prices: – Lambs Beltex X £132 & £130 Easter Cash, Suffolk X £128 Meikle Seggie, Texel £128 & £127 Easter Cash, Texel X £127 Meikle Seggie, Suffolk £125 Balhelvie, Charolais £122 Balhelvie. Prime hoggets sold to a top of 262ppkg for a

39kg Beltex from Meikle Seggie with the overall ave 199p (+5.4p otw).

Top price per head £115 Dyke Farm.