Livestock and crops

FORFAR– Lawrie & Symington, Forfar had forward 38 Prime Cattle and OTM’s also 563 Prime Sheep. PRIME CATTLE Heifers (29) Topping the sale was a cracking Limousin Heifer that was Champion Butchers Beast at Kirriemuir Show consigned by J.A. Peters & Son, West Bog, scaling 584 Kilos and selling to 276p per kg or £1,611.84 and purchased by the Firm of J.B. Penman, Crail to average 219p per kg. PRIME SHEEP An excellent Show of 482 Spring Lambs were forward, with trade slightly sharper on the week. Lambs sold to 232.5p for a pen of 40kg Texels from R. & A. Stoddart, Mill of Inverarity and to £101 for a 49kg Texel from the same home, to average 193.3p (plus 3.3p on the week and up 46.7p on the corresponding sale last year). SQQ lambs ave. 207.7p

PRIMESTOCK

Prices and throughputs at auctions on Tuesday were (changes compare to previous week):

SCOTLAND – Cattle up 71% to average 197.33p a kg (+16.92p); new season lambs up 21% to average 186.88p (-15.79p).

BRITAIN – Steers 183.76p a kg (+5.86p); heifers 200.62p (+3.41p); young bulls 167.11p (+1.64p); total cattle 186.84p (+4.07p); lambs new season SQQ 188p (-14.26p); old season lambs SQQ 98.57p (24.75p); new and old season lamb SQQ 187.86p (-13.95p); total pigs 111.47p (58) (nc).

FUTURES

CLOSING prices on London Futures were:

WHEAT – Nov 16 £121.25 (90p); Jan 17 £123.45 (-90p); Mar £124.95 (-90p); May £127.30 (-90p); Jul £128.90 (90p); Nov £130.55 (-90p); Jan 18 £132.20 (-90p); Mar £134 (90p); May £136.60 (-60p); Nov £136.05 (-90p).

Fish prices

PETERHEAD – Landings from four boats and four consignments totalled 3,398 boxes. Cod large £3-£4, medium £2.50-£3, selected £2.20-£2.50, small £2.50£3.20; haddock large £2-£2.50, medium £2-£2.30, selected £2-£2.50, seed £1.80-£2.60, chippers £1.25-£2.35, metros £1-£2.10, round 60p; whiting £1.50-£2.50, round 65p-£1.10p; lemon sole £2.50-£6; monks £3-£4.60, small £2.60£2.80; coley large £1.50-£1.70, medium £1.50-£1.70, selected £1.35-£1.50, small £1.10£1.40; megrim £1-£3; plaice 80p-£2.20; hake £1.40p-£3; witches 80p-£2.30; ling £1£1.40 (kg); squid £10-£13, extra small £4.70-£6.40. Boats – Sophie Louise, Orion, Boy John, Rosebloom. Consigned – Arcane, Bracoden, Moray Endeavour, Radiance.