The Herald

Burnbank Farm feeling just champion as prime Suffolk lambs take title and fetch £120 a head

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204.2p to average 178.8p (-3p).

There were also 298 cast sheep forward when heavy ewes averaged £78.11, while light ewes levelled at £58.70.

Harrison & Hetheringt­on Ltd sold 34 prime heifers in St Boswells yesterday to a top of 256p per kg and an average of 238p (+22p), while 20 prime bullocks peaked at 237p and levelled at 223p (+5p). In the rough ring 31 beef cows sold to 207p and averaged 147p (-5p).

There were also 862 prime lambs forward that sold to £128 and 280.8p to average £109 and 261p (+15p), while 333 prime hoggs peaked at £115 and 225p to average 181p (-3p).

The 231 cast sheep forward saw heavy ewes average £80, while light ewes levelled at £66.

The firm also sold 16 prime heifers in Carlisle yesterday to a top of 228.5p and an average of 198p (-4.1p), while 19 prime bullocks peaked at 229.5p and levelled at 202.3p (+6.2p). Fifty-three prime, beef-bred bulls sold to 226.5p and averaged 191.1p (+3.5p), while 41 prime, dairy-bred bulls peaked at 193.5p and levelled at 166.3p (+15.1p).

In the rough ring 105 beef cows sold to 217.5p and averaged 156p (+8.2p), while 207 dairy cows peaked at 172.5p and levelled at 121.1p (+7.9p).

There were also 1213 prime lambs that sold to £133.80 and 332.8p to average 258.7p (+6.6p), while 35 prime hoggs peaked at £88 and 173.1p to level at 142.6p (-30p).

A small show of 110 cast sheep saw heavy ewes average £77.89, while light ewes levelled at £58.14.

Lawrie & Symington Ltd sold 18 prime heifers in Lanark yesterday to a top of 254p and an average of 239p (+3.1p), while 9 prime, beef-bred bullocks peaked at 245p and levelled at 215.2p (+2.1p).

Seventeen prime, B&W bullocks sold to 166p and averaged 140.1p (-2.6p).

In the rough ring 30 beef cows averaged 136.2p (+1p) and 31 dairy cows levelled at 105.2p (-1.2p).

The firm also sold 577 prime lambs to a top of £125.50 and 296.1p to average 257.5p (-3.4p), while 264 prime hoggs peaked at £109.50 and 224.5p to level at 180.5p (-6.1p).

The 381 cast sheep forward saw heavy ewes average £89.71, while light ewes levelled at £61.21. MEDICAL services company Internatio­nal Medical Management (IMM) is targeting turnover of £1 million after securing a “significan­t volume” of new business.

Aberdeen-based IMM said it had experience­d “considerab­le growth” in the provision of ad-hoc offshore medic cover in the energy sector this year and has appointed Oil & Gas UK medical adviser Dr Graham Furnace as a consultant.

The firm has also achieved accreditat­ion from the Safe, Effective, Quality Occupation­al Health Service (SEQOHS) scheme, managed by the Royal College of Physicians on behalf of the Faculty of Occupation­al

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