Livestock prices from the auction ring in Stirling

Caledonian Marts Ltd had forward 1,921 prime hoggets, ewes and tups on Tuesday. Top price of the day went to R McNee Ltd, Over Finlarg, Dundee, for a pen of Texel Hoggs at £119. Top pence per kilo went to DS and RC Taylor, Easter Ochtermuthill, Crieff, for a pen of three 41kg Beltex hoggs fetching £89 (217ppkg). Overall sale average – 164.2ppkg (-3.8p OTW) . Good well fleshed export hoggs 39kg43kg averaging 178ppkg. Leading prices: 32kg-39kg – Beltex £81 and £76 or 213p and 208p Doune Farms; Cont £68 or 179p Graystale; Texel £64 Graystale, 174p Wester Whitefield; Cheviot £64 West Kelt, 172p Tangy. 39.1kg-45.5kg – Belt £96 or 215p Doune Farms; Tex £94 or 208p Wester Thomaston; Cont £89 Easter Ochtermuthill, 206p Meikle Seggie; Tex X £89 Hardiston, 205p Easter Dullatur. 45.6kg-52kg – Belt £99 and £98 or 209p (twice) Doune Farms; Tex £96 and £94 or 204p West Lundie; Cont £93 or 204p Easter Ochtermuthill; Tex X £90 or 196p Finmont. 52kg plus – Tex £90 or 163p Doune Farms; Belt £90 or 164p Easter Ochtermuthill; Tex X £90 Over Finlarg, 160p Letter; Cont £90 or 167p Meikle Seggie. Other leading prices: Suffolk £77 Wester Thomaston and Hilltarvit Mains, 176p Graystale; Mule £77 Meikle Seggie, 162p Coulshill; BF £83 or 166p Burnshot; Char £80 or 171p Balchrystie. Also forward were 691 cast ewes and tups. Heavy ewes (209) ave £70.88. Export ewes (367) ave £42.03. Export ewes were easier to cash than heavy ewes. Other leading prices: Suffolk £90 Drumheldric, £70 Eorabus and Hopestead; BF £66 and £64 Rockfoot, £56 Craigend (Willison) and Dollarbank, £55 Saulmore, £54 Shankhead, £48 West Kelt; Texel £107 Ballinloan, £104 Whitecross, £98 Easter Dullatur, £96 Over Finlarg, £95 Whiterigg, £93 Kinnard Cheviot, £97, £90 and £88 Ballinloan, £86 Over Finlarg, £61 Balliemartin; Clune £70 Letter; BFL £87 Westerhall, £85 Craigton; Beltex £88 Loig; Mule £74 Mains of Strageath; £69 Straiton. Tups sold to £122 for three Blue Faced Leicester’s from R McNee Ltd, Over Finlarg, Dundee. Other leading prices: £103 Straiton, £100 Letter, £97 Whiterigg, £94 Ardnave (Islay).