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Caledonian Marts Ltd sold 598 store cattle and 321 store hoggets, feeding and breeding ewes on Monday. In the April Show and Sale, the judge was James Graham of Mains of Burnbank, Blairdrummond. Single heifer – D Orr, Mains of Beath, Crossgates, at 390kg for £840 and bought by A Pet ti grew, Faskine. Singlebullock– Alsofrom DOrr, Mains of Beath, at 425kg for £1,000 by AG Baillie and Sons, Blackdub Farm, Stirling. Pen of four heifers – JD Stevenson, Bowridge, Denny, at 455kg for £960, purchased by J and J Mat her, Beechbank, Kelso. Pen of four bullocks – D Orr, Mains of Beath, Crossgates, at 430kg for £1,000 purchased by AG Baillie and Sons, Blackdub Farm, Stirling. Bullocks (276 ) ave 209ppkg selling to 257 pp kg for an Aberdeen Angus from T J Paterson, Alton Muirhouse, Newmilns, and to £1,160 for a Simmental from J and J Brown, Loanrigg, Slamannan. Heifers (264) ave 201ppkg, selling to 249ppkg for a Limousin from A McMaster, Westside, Greengairs, and to £1,080 for a Simmental from JW Geyer, Blairhall, Culross. Black and White Bullocks 136ppkg, selling to 168ppkg from TJ Paterson, AltonMuirhouse, Newmilns, and to £610 fro mDT Marshall, West Kirkland, NewtonStewart. Leadingprices Bullocks/head – £1,150 Loanrigg, £1,120 Mains of Burnbank. Heifers/ head –£1,070 Blair hall ,£1,030 Hill and Blairhall. Bullock ppkg – 250p Walton and Alton Muirhouse, 244p Kilbride, 243p Mains of Beath. Heifer ppkg – 246p and 243p Mains of Burnbank, 227pKilbride, 223pTaylorton. BandW/ head – £590 Westfield, £580 West Kirkland. Band W ppkg –143 pW estfield, 140pWalton. Top price of the day went to G Adam, Hill of Arnmore, for a pen of Texel X Ewes scanned twin sat £116. Hog gets sold to £70 from W and P Stevenson, Ballingary, andDWLeggat, WestRogerton. Leadingprices Texel hoggets – £64 Ballingary. Tex X hoggets–£60 Ballingary. BFhoggets– £50 Glenogle. BF X Hoggets – £50 Kincarrie. Breeding sheep: Tex X scanned twins – £108 Hill of Arnmore. Tex X scanned single – £90 Hill of Arnmore. Cheviot scanned twins – £80 CulcreuchHill. Cheviot scanned single –£75 Culcreuch Hill. BFscannedtwins –£66 Kinrara Estate.