Livestock

STIRLING – Caledonian Marts sold 1,254 store lambs and feeding ewes.

Top price went to Ewan McGregor, Wester Tillyrie for a pen of Beltex X lambs at £80. Feeding ewes sold to £62 for a Suffolk X and Texel X from C MacGregor, Carstraan & J Malcom, Ochilview. Leading prices: Lambs: Beltex £77.50 Wester Tillyrie, Continental £77 Kirkland, Texel £75.50 Wester Tillyrie, Texel X £75 Ochilview, Continental X £73.50 Pendreich, Cheviot £72 Lude, Cheviot X £71 Rotmell, Mule £62 Carstraan, Cross £60 Rotmell, Blackface £65 Wester Cairnie, £61 Balmuick. Feeding ewes: Texel £59 Dalmeny, 58 Ochilview, Cheviot £57 Lude, Cross £52 Rotmell, Blackface £52 Rotmell, Cheviot X £51 Salineshaw.

FORFAR – Lawrie & Symington sold 21 prime cattle, seven OTMs and 785 prime sheep and cast ewes and rams.

Bullocks (3) ave 246p and sold to 256p per kg and to £1,512.96 for a 591kg Limousin from Nethermyres. Heifers (18) ave 237p and sold to 257p per kg for a 594kg Limousin from the Gask and to £1,557.18 also from the Gask. New season lambs (613) ave 183p and sold to 226p per kg for a pair of 45kg Beltex from Shandford and to £106 for a 48kg Beltex from the same home. SQQ averaged 189p per kg.

Ewes (172) averaged £65. Leading prices: Tex

219p Meikle Tullo, 208p Cairncortie, 206p Balcalk, 204p Cairncortie (twice) and Meikle Tullo, 202p Townhead, Shandford, Cairncortie, Meikle Tullo and Hallhill (Kinneff), 200p Firhills and Kinblethmont; Belt 221p Er Balgillo, 220 Shandford, 203p Milton, 200p Craigview Place; Suff 191p Shandford, 186p South Latch, 184p Balcalk; Cross 190p Milton, 187p Hallhill (Kinneff); Char 196p Milton.

Ewes: Tex £102 and £99 Fallaw, £96 and £94 Hallhill (Kinneff), £89 Wardmill; Suff £84 Milton; Cross £81 Hallhill (Kinneff); Chev £76, £73 and £70 Hallhill (Kinneff); Mule £73 Starr, £71 Balkemback.

DINGWALL – Dingwall & Highland Marts sold 544 weaned calves and store cattle, and eight breeding cattle.

Stot calves (332) averaged 230.5p (+22.6p on year) and sold to 329.0p per kg for a pair of 152kg CharX from Dunlichity Farm, Farr, and £1,300 for a 745kg Limousin cross from Achavraat, Nairn. Heifer calves (196) ave 228.9p (+30.9p) and sold to 336.1p per kg for a pair of 122kg Whitebred Shorthorn crosses from Dunlichity Farm, and £1,200 for a 605kg AA from Culrain Mains, Ardgay. Young bulls (16) sold to £900 from Curlew, Mybster. Breeding cattle (8) sold to £1,420 for a ShortX cow and heifer calf from Splockhill, Rogart.

DINGWALL – Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd sold 121 OTM cattle.

OTM cows (116) averaged 116.8p (+20.1p on year) and sold to 192.7p per kg for a 410kg LimX from 1 Obbe Road, and £1,250 for a 960kg LimX from Torgorm, Conon Bridge, and for a 950kg SimX from Clune Farm, Aldourie. OTM bulls (6) sold to £1,300 for an AA from Ballindalloch Home Farms.

HUNTLY – United Auctions sold 1,946 prime sheep. New season lambs (1,085) averaged 201p per kg selling to 45kg BDMX from Myreton, Insch and to £109 for Texels from Dunscroft, Huntly. Ewes (861) sold to £165 for Texels from Cairnton, Huntly. Leading prices: New season lambs: Suf £90.50 Broadland/ Inshes, 183p South Litterty; SufX £90 Woodbank, 181p South Litterty; Tex £108 Cainton, £194 Thorlees; TexX £100 Dunscroft, 191p Cairncoullie; Cont £99 Cairnton, 192p Thorlees; Chev £84 Littlemill, 181p Dorrecy; Mule £81 Honeysuckle Cottage, 184p Bogenhilt; Bel £90 Castlehill/Woodbank, 191p Followsters; CHM £89.50 Honeysuckle, 180p Bogside; Lleyn £89 Cairncoullie, 182p Asleisk; Char £95 Mains of Mosstown, 189p Inshes; CharX £92.50 Bridges, 188p Myreton; BDM £90 Honeysuckle Cottage, 195p Clatequoy; BDMX £90.50 Myreton, 190p Clatequoy.