Livestock

THAINSTONE, Aberdeen and Northern Marts sold 139 head of adult breeding cattle. “A good show of breeding cattle sold extremely well, with numbers forward short of buyers’ requirements.” Leading prices: Heifer with bull calf: SimX - Lost, Strathdon £2,300; SimX - Backhill of Seggat, Auchterless £2,080; SalX - Lost £1,980. Heifer with heifer calf: SimX - Backhill of Seggat £2,300 (twice); SimX - Lost £2,120; Sim - Lost, Backhill of Seggat £2,100; SalX - Lost £1,780. Cow with bull calf: ShoX - Wainsgate, Durris £1,250; BBX - Perylieu, Clatt £980. Cow with heifer calf: LimX - Percylieu £1,750; Sim - Rootfield, Muir of Ord £1,750; ShoX - Wainsgate £1,220. In-calf heifer: BBX - New Achamore, Littlemill £1,950 (twice); SimX - Backhill of Seggat £1,920 (twice); AAX - Caskieben, Kinellar £1,880; SimX - New Achamore £1,880 (twice); Sim - Mains of Tillymorgan, Culsalmond, Backhill of Seggat £1,850; LuX - Caskieben £1,800; LimX - Backhill of Seggat £1,780; BBX - Backhill of Seggat £1,750; SimX - Floors, Grange £1,700; Sim - Lower Cushieston, Meikle Wartle £1,700. In-calf cow: SimX - Cottown, Drumblade £1,750 (x4); Sim - Cottown £1,720 (twice); LimX - Cotown £1,420.

FORFAR, Lawrie & Symington sold 32 prime cattle and 849 prime sheep and cast ewes. Bullocks (4) sold to a top of 2.56p per kg and £1,635.84 for a 639kg Lim from Nethermyres and to average 2.46p/kg. Heifers (28) sold to a top of 2.62p per kg for a 556kg Lim from Nethermyres, and to £1,515.26 for a 634kg Char from Woodhead of Mailer and to average 2.36p per kg. Prime hoggs (665) sold to 239.5p per kilo for Beltex from Scobshaugh and to £106 per head for Texel from Mains of Dalrulzion. SQQ hoggs averaged 203.1p per kg (+8.3p). Overall average 198p per kg (+6.7p).

LANARK, Lawrie & Symington 808 store cattle. Bullocks averaged 202.2p per kg. Heifers averaged 189.9p per kg.