The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Caledonian Marts Ltd host premier show and sale
Caledonian Marts Ltd, Stirling, sold 328 suckled calves at their premier show and sale judged by Jason Wareham, Little Tottingworth, East Sussex.
Overall champion was a Limousin heifer from Greenwells which sold for £3,600 and reserve was a Limousin bullock from Sunnyside, Cumnock, which made £2,700. Senior section: Charolais bullock – 1 Dippen Farm £1,500, 2 Murrayshall £1,320. Limousin Bullock – 1 Sunnyside £1,650, 2 Newton of Logierait £1,250, 3 Newton of Logierait £1,280. Bullock any other breed – 1 Lower Greenyards, 2 Hillend £1,200. Charolais heifer – 1 Dippen Farm £1,600. Limousin heifer – 1 and senior champion Sunnyside, 2 and reserve senior champion Newton of Logierait, Ballinluig £1,120, 3 Westerton £1,100. Spring-born Limousin bullock – 1 and reserve overall champion Sunnyside, 2 Haasside £1,250, 3 Haasside £900. Bullock any other breed – 1 Greenwells. Charolais heifer – 1 Ardnave £2,200. Limousin heifer – 1 and overall champion Greenwells, 2 Greenwells £2,000, 3 Haasside £1,180. Heifer any other breed – 1 Strathnafanaig £2,000, 2 Greenwells £1,280, 3 Strathnafanaig £2,000. Pen of four Charolais bullocks – Murrayshall. Pen of three Limousins – Camreggan. Pen of four heifers – 1 Murrayshall. Bullocks ave 208p selling to 233p from Baluskie and to £1,110 for a pen of Limousins from Camreggan. Heifers ave 205p selling to 246p from Glenstockadale and to £1,190 for a pen of Limousins from Camreggan.
Other leading prices: bullocks £1,100 Camreggan, £1,090 Greenwells. Heifers: £1,180 Glenstockadale £1,110 Baluskie (A Hyslop).