Action from the ringside at Forfar and Stirling

Lawrie & Symington, Forfar, had forward 29 prime cattle and 635 prime sheep on Wednesday. PRIME CATTLE Bullocks (13) sold to 249p per kg for a 623kg Limousin from Nethermyres and to £1,552 per head for a 626 kg Limousin from Nethermyres to average 227p per kg. Heifers (16) sold to 258p per kg for a 593kg Limousin from Nethermyres and £1,529 per head for the same beast to average 225p per kg. Leading prices per head: Bullocks – Lim £1,551 and £1,549 Nethermyres, £1,524 Gask, £1,500 Mill of Inverarity, £1,465 Nethermyres, £1,366 Wr. Coldrain, £1,320 Chapel of Barras. Heifers – Lim £1,500 Gask, £1,467 and £1,415 Nethermyres, £1,395 Mill of Inverarity, £1,352 Nethermyres, £1,310 Newton of Fotheringham. PRIME SHEEP Prime Hoggs (635) sold to a top of 195p per kg for a 44 kg Beltex from Er. Balgillo and to £95 for a 51kg from Cairncortie to average 162p per kg. (down 8.3p on the week). Today’s average is less because of the number of out-of-spec hoggs forward (plus 45kg) with 407 out of the 635 hoggs over 47kg. Leading prices per head: Belt £89 Er. Balgillo; Tex £88 Cairncortie; Tex x £88.50 Beldavie; Cont £86 Heatherstacks; Suff £83 Heatherstacks. Cast ewes and rams (131): Tex £107 Mill of Inverarity, £95 Grangehall; Cont £90 Grangehall; Tex x £85 Mill of Inverarity; Mule £70 Newton of Inshewan; BF £40 Kinclune; Cheviot £40 Scryne.

United Auctions, Stirling, sold 1,902 store cattle including the Aberfeldy show and sale, 123 cast cows and forward cattle and 1,564 store and breeding sheep yesterday. Aberfeldy Show prizewinners: Single blk – Pittentain 368kgs £1,340; Single hfr – Wester Bonhard 504kgs £1,260; Pen of four Blks – Ballechin Farms, 544kgs £1,310; pen of four Hfrs – Ballechin Farms, 521kgs £1,230. Bullocks (1,127) ave 230.85p to 354.20p per kg for a 384kg LimX from Newton of Logierait. B& W Bullocks (52) ave 149.74p to 161.9p per kg for a 379kg HF from Mahaar. Heifers (723) ave 225.46p to 295.5p per kg for a 440kg LimX from Glendamph. Cast cows (92) ave 138.30p to 218.80ppk for a LimX from Upper Spittalton. Cast cows (Dairy) (31) ave 98.03p to 129.40p for a BF from Craigend. Forward cattle (8) ave 152.73p to 167.20p for a MOX from Claylands. Bullocks: Up to 250kgs – Gateside £650, 260p; 252-300kgs – Westerhall £790; 301-350kgs – Ballochgair £970; 351-400kgs – Newton of Logierait £1,360, 354.2p; 401-450kgs – Newton of Logierait £1,210; 451-500kgs – Monzie £1,300; 501-550kgs – Ballechin Farms £1,310; 551-600kgs – Pittentian Farming £1,340, 235.9p; 601-650kgs – Leoch Farmers £1,350, 215p; 651700kgs – Stanley £1,390. Heifers: Up to 250kgs – Duirland £510, 207.3p; 251-300kgs – Polquhairn £700; 301-350kgs – Golland £840; 351400kgs – Newton of Logierait £1,030, 271.1p; 401-450kgs – Glendamph £1,300, 295.5p; 451-500kgs – Stanley £1,260, 269.2p; 501-550kgs – Wester Bonhard £1,480, 280.3p; 551-600kgs – Stanley £1,420, 244p; 601-650kgs – Stanley £1,400, 229.1p; 651-700kgs – Airthrey Kerse £1,230, 186.9p. OTM Cows: £ per head – Quixwood (Lim) £1,570; Balleny (AA) £1,310; Woodmill (Sht) £1,250; South Hill of Dripps (BrB) £1,230; Meadowflatt (Sim) £1,210; Woodmill (Sal) £1,070. £ per head – Westerhill (Lim) £1,350; Briarlands (Char) £1,310; West Auchleskine (AA) £1,170; Quixwood (BS) £1,090. Store hoggs: Sauchrie Mains (Suff) £77; Townhead (Mule) £68.50; Easter Clunie (Tex) £67; Townhead (BF) £66; The Plean (X) £56; Maam (Chev) £52. Breeding sheep: Girvan mains I/L to Tex/Btex/ TexXBtex;Gimmers(Mule)£148;1crop ewes (Mule) £126; 2 crop ewes (Mule) £116 Yorkston; I/L to Suff; Gimmers (mule) £128; 1 crop ewes (Mule) £122; 2 crop ewes (mule) £115.