Around the markets
Stirling – United Auctions on Thursday June 14 sold 2498 prime sheep comprising of 888 new season lambs selling to an average of 234.70p & 991 old season lambs with an average of 170.40p & 619 ewes and rams.
New Season Lambs (888) – Lahill Craiq (Suff) £138; Balcaskie (Tex) £136; Easter Ochtermuthill (BTex) £134.50; Shanry (Char) £130; Kinloch (Cross) £104; Binn (Zwa) £82; Carse of Trowan (BF) £73. New Season Lambs (888) – Easter Ochtermuthill (BTex) 299p; Easter Ochtermuthill (Tex) £289p; Lahill Craig (Suff) 268p; Bangour (Char) 263p; Carse of Trowan (BF) 196p; Ledlation (Zwa) £192p.
Old Season Lambs (991) – Westerhill (tex) £114; Halls (Cross) £109; Muchraw (Chev) £106; Dyke (BF) £99; Shannocher (Suff) £96; Sauchrie Mains (Mule) £89. Old Season Lambs (991) – Muchraw (Chev) 226p; East Kirkton (Tex) 216p; Halls (Cross) £191p; Shannocher (Suff) £188p; Halls (BF) £178p; Broachrigg (Mule) 166p.
Ewes (619) Westpark (Tex) £130; Kinloch (BTex) £123; Merryhill (Suff) £109; Binn (Cross) £84; Ledlation (BFL) £87; Garvald Mains (Chev) £78; Drumoider (Mule) £76; Halls (BF) £76;
Rams – Easter Buchlyvie (Suff) £120; Broachrigg (Tex) £119, Westloch (Chev) £90; Glendamph (BF) £80. Stirling – Caledonian Marts on Thursday June 14 sold 177 cattle comprising 91 prime bullocks, heifers and young bulls, five OTM cattle and 81 cast cows and bulls.
All classes met a similar trade to that of last week.
Prime bullocks averaged 220p Prime heifers averaged 231p Young bulls averaged 205p
Beef cows averaged 143p
Dairy cows averaged 102p
Heifers sold to 258p (twice) for Limousins from W Pettigrew, Faskine, Airdrie, and Miss J MacKay, Harelaw, Barrhead selling to D Campbell and Son Butchers, Callander, and Hugh A Black and Sons, Stirling and to £1705 from A S Hay, Mains of Cultmalundie, Tibbermore. Bullocks sold to 255p for a British Blue from A S Hay, Mains of Cultmalundie purchased by T Johnston Butchers, Falkirk and to £1651 for an Aberdeen Angus from F C Eccles, Bruckley, St Andrews to Buffalo Farm Butchers, Kirkcaldy.
Young bulls sold to 215p for a Limousin from Mains of Throsk, Stirling and to £1479 from the same farm. Heifers per kilo
252p and 250p Learielaw 248p and 242p Meadowend 240p (twice) Brockwoodlees 238p Meadowend and Whiteside 232p and 230p Easterton (Owen)
Bullocks per kilo
250p West Woodlane and Faskine 245p West Woodlane 242p Brockwoodlees 240p Mawcarse, Bruckley and West Woodlane 238p Over Inzievar, Bruckley, Mawcarse and Brockwoodlees 235p Meadowend and Learielaw 230p Cander Mains and Over Inzievar
Bulls per kilo
210p (twice) South Woodlane
208p Mains of Throsk
Also forward were 81 cast cows and bulls.
A much plainer show across the board of Beef cows resulted in the overall average being slightly easier, levelling out at 143p but selling to an astonishing £1800 for an AA Cow from Keithhill Cattle Company, Humbie, and to 179p from the same home.
A leaner show of Dairy cows forward averaged 102p selling to 129p from J Craig, Carneil, Carnock and to £890 from H Harper, Kaimhill, Bridge of Weir. Bulls and cast males averaged 120p selling to 154p from W A Hume and Co, Easter Clune, Dunfermline and to £1400 for a Shorthorn from P Oag, Waterloo, Caithness.
Other leading prices:
Beef cows per head:
£1660 and £1550 Humbie Mill £1540 Cairnbog £1440 Humbie Mill £1380 Burnhead
Beef cows per kilo:
178p Cairnbog 176p, 174p and 167p Humbie Mill 166p Burnhead
Dairy cows per head: £800 Kaimhill £780 Drumglass £730 Gibblaston
Dairy cows per kilo:
127p and 126p Kaimhill 115p Meldrum 113p Gibblaston
Bulls per head:
£1040 Gryffewraes £1010 Hallquarter. Dingwall and Highland Marts Ltd., (June, 12 th ) sold 9 prime cattle. Prime Bullocks (3) averaged 227.3p (-1.8p) and sold to 230.0p per kg and £1,265.60 gross.
Prime heifers (6) averaged 224.2p (-9.3p) and sold to 234.0p per kg and £1,380.60 gross. Dingwall – Dingwall and Highland Marts on June 12 sold nine prime cattle. Prime bullocks (3) averaged 227.3p (-1.8p) and sold to 230.0p per kg for a 545kg Shorthorn cross and £1,265.60 gross for 565kg Shorthorn cross both from Bridgend Farm, Dingwall and both selling to Messrs John M Munro Ltd, Dingwall.
Prime heifers (6) averaged 224.2p (-9.3p) and sold to 234.0p per kg and £1,380.60 gross for a 590kg Limousin cross from Shoreton Farms, Culbokie selling to Messrs Fraser Brothers, Butchers, Dingwall.
Other leading prices per kg: Bullocks: Bridgend Farm, (SimX), 228.0p; Bridgend Farm, (SHO), 224.0p. Heifers: Shoreton Farms, (LimX), 231.0p; Shoreton Farms, (CharX), 227.0p; Bridgend Farm, (LimX), 226.0p. Other leading prices per head: Bullocks: Bridgend Farm, (SimX), £1,254.00; Bridgend Farm, (SHO), £1,253.50.
Heifers: Shoreton Farms, (CharX), £1,305.25; Shoreton Farms, (LimX), £1,305.15; Bridgend Farm, (CharX), £1,176.00.
Dingwall and Highland Marts on June 12 sold 192 prime sheep.
New season lambs (73) averaged 238.1p (+4.3p) and sold to 255.8p per kg and £110 gross.
Old season lambs (38) averaged 178.4p (+5.5p) and sold to 207.1p per kg and £93 gross.