Lively trading from markets in Stirling

Caledonian Marts Ltd sold 401 store cattle and suckled calves. Bullocks averaged 207ppkg selling to 357p for a Limousin from Greenwells and to £1,280 for a Limousin from Martnaham Mains, Dalrymple. Heifers ave 204ppkg selling to 307p again for a Limousin from Greenwells, and to £1,210 for a Charolais from Broadleys, Stirling.

Black and White Bullocks ave 149ppkg selling to 181p from Alton Muirhouse, Newmilns, and to £790 from the same home.

Other leading prices:

Bullocks per head – £1,220 and £1,170 Martnaham Mains; £1,160 Ardgate; £1,110 Burnside; £1,100 Ardgate; £1,090 Alton Muirhouse.

Heifers per head – £1,200 Martnaham Mains; £1,200 Hill O’ Harthill; £1,150 Broadleys; £1,110 Hill O’ Harthill; £1,100 and £1060 Broadleys; £1,060 Balcalk (Tealing). Black and Whites £720 Knockraich; £700 Bonnyhill.

Caledonian Marts Ltd also sold 2,886 store lambs, breeding and feeding ewes, plus 17 rams.

A good show of lambs and ewes forward for numbers met a similar trade to last week.

Top price of day went to Craigmaddie Muir for a pen of Texels at £67. Leading lambs prices:

Suff x £63 Craigluscar; Tex x £60.50 Glenduisk; Suff £60 Coull, Isle of Islay; Cont £60 Coull, Isle of Islay; Cross £58.50 Baluskie; Mule £58 Coull, Isle of Islay; Mule £58 Kildalloig; HB £58 Coull, Isle of Islay; BF £48.50 Dunlossit Estates, Isle of Islay.

Leading ewe prices:

Mule £54 Baluskie; Cross £50 Grubberhill; Cont £48 Immeroin; Texel £48 Grubberhill; BF £44 Grubberhill.

United Auctions had forward 616 commercial beef breeding cattle at their annual October sale. Bulling heifers:

Beanie (SimX) £1,210; Beanie (SHX) £1,200; Tillyrie (Sim) £1,180.

In calf heifers:

Graystale (LimX) i/c £1,650 x2; Graystale (ContX) i/c £1,600; Laight (BP) £1,400.

In calf cows:

Knock O Ronald (ContX) £1,720, £1,700; Knock O Ronald (BP) £1,680; Sorn Mains (LimX) £1,650.

Heifers and bull calves: Harehead (Sim) £2,700; Ross (Lim) £2,700; Little Kilchatten; (ContX) £2,600; Harehead (Luing) £2,550; Crosshouse (BP) £2,500; Ross (B’Lim) £2,500.

Heifers and heifer calves: Wester Thomaston (BB) £2,750; Little Kilchatten (Lim) £2,700; Ross (BP) £2,600; West Thomaston (ContX) £2,350; Little Kilchatten (B’Lim) £2,350.

Cows and bull calves: Harehead £2,300 (Sim); Laight (BP) £2,050; Laight (ContX) £1,900; Laight (ContX) £1,850; Gartness (ContX) £1,800; Harehead (Saler) £1,400. Cows and heifer calves:

Laight (BP) £1,750; Boreland (Sim) £1,620; Crosshouse (Lim) £1,600; Little Kilchatten (Lim) £1,500; Harehead (Luing) £1,420.