Round-up of prices

LAWRIE & SYMINGTON had forward 34 prime cattle and OTMs and also 629 prime sheep.

Bullocks (6) sold to 244p per kg for a 621kg Lim from Nethermyres and to £1,515 for the same beast to ave 235ppk.

Heifers (23) sold to 250p for a 526kg Lim from Nethermyres and to £1,461 for a 609kg Lim from Gask to ave 232p.

Bullocks: Lim – 237p Chapel of Barras, 234p Gask, 232p Craignathro; BrB – 238p Nethermyres.

Heifers : Lim – 248p Nethermyres, 247p West Bog, 246p Gask, 244p Craignathro & Riggs, 240p Gask; Baz – 247p Craignathro. Cows (5) to £1,400 or 159p per kg. Char – £1,400 (159p) Wolflaw; AA – £1,100 (149p) Dunlappie

Prime lambs (60) to 258.7p and 258.3p per kilo and to £124 from Upper Tulloes to average 231.7ppk.

Belt – 254.4p Mill of Inverarity; Tex – 253.2p North Mains of Baldovan; TexX – 253.8p Upper Tulloes.

Prime hoggs (466) sold to 228.6p per kg for a 42kg Beltex from Easter Balgillo and £105 for a 46.5kg Beltex from Easter Balgillo to ave 187.5p (plus 7.4p per kg).

Belt – 225.8p and 224.1p Easter Balgillo; X Belt – 216.7p Glenmoy. Cast ewes and rams (103). Tex – £106 Nether Middleton; Suff – £106 Upper Tulloes.

CALEDONIAN MARTS sold 2,043 prime lambs, hoggets, ewes and tups.

Spring lambs sold to £114 from Easter Coates and Easter Ochtermuthill for a Texel X Belt ex X lamb respectively; and to 265 p per kg also from Easter Coates.

Overall average for 50 sold 230.5ppk (+13p on the week).

Prime hoggets sold to £109 from Thorn and to 231p from Touchie. Overall ave for 1,328 sold 189p (+1p). Spring lambs: Beltex – 263p Easter Ochtermuthill; Tex – 260p and 246p Easter Coates; Cont – 245p Meikle Seggie; Suff–232p Balhelvie.

Hoggets: Beltex – Touchie 221p and 200p; Texel – Arnprior 216p; Suffolk – Graystale 208p; Cheviot – Foot O Green 225p; Mule – Graystale 195p; Blackface – Whiteside 195p.