Special sales in June 8 issue

LEADING prices:

Store bullocks – Lim – £1300, £1135 Windy Nook; £1275 (x2), £1260 (x3) Cumdivock Farm; £1225 (x2), £1170  Lairdlaugh; £1205 (x2), £1100 (x2) Parcelstown; £1165, £1105 Davygill Farm; £1150 Shankfield Head; £1145 Weeds Farm; £1105 (x2) High Burnfoot. BB – £1265 Hawkrigg Farm; £1230, £1185 Sandbed Farm; £1215 Durdar Farm. Char – £1235 Horsecrook; £1225 Wicketthorn; £1175 Whiteside Farm; £1110 Brampton Fell Farm. Sim – £1185 Wicketthorn; £1135 Sheepfields; £1105 (x2) Limekilns Farm. A-A – £1185, £1120 Bampton Farm. Here – £1035 Cumcatch Farm. HF – £925 (x2), £915 Hawkrigg Farm; £915 (x2) Lodge Farm. 
Store heifers – Lim – £1285 (x2), £1155 (x2) Old Rectory Farm; £1180, £1000 Cotegill; £1125 Lairdlaugh; £1115 Kilnknowe; £1085 Low Mill; £1075 Cobble Hall; £1045 (x3) Halmyre Farm; £1040 High Burnfoot; £1020 Windy Nook; £1005 Whiteside Farm. BB – £1165 Kinkry Hill Farm; £1100 Rose Farm; £1015 Cocklicks Farm; £1005 (x4) Croftheads. Char – £1085 Whiteside Farm; £1000 Kilnknowe. A-A – £985 (x5) Rose Farm; £975 Field House. Sim – £975 Sheepfields.
Hoggs with lambs – Tex – £94 Yew Tree Farm; £90 Crummock Bank; £85 Kilnknowe. GF – £88 Yew Tree. Suff – £86 Yew Tree.
Ewes with lambs – Tex – £92, £84 (x2), £83 (x2), Kilnknowe; £80 Westcauseway Head; £80 Kilnknowe. 
Gimmers with lambs – Tex – £75 Shadwick Cottage. 

Stirling (UA)
UNITED Auctions sold 671 store cattle, last week, where 352 bullocks averaged 231.46p per kg with 21 dairy-bred bullocks at 156.37p and 286 heifers at 212.23p. 
Trade reached 292.4p for a 326kg Blonde cross bullock from Brisbane Glen and £1370 for a Shorthorn cross bullock weighing 604kg from Pathcondie. 
Heifers sold to 275.2p for a 238kg Charolais cross from Upper Ettrick and £1180 for a 532kg Aberdeen-Angus cross from Newbank, while dairy bullocks reached 168.3p and £885 for a 526kg Holstein Friesian from Berryhill.
Averaging 155.31p, the 77 beef cows peaked at 220.8p for a Simmental cross from Riccarton and £1450 for a Limousin cross from Upper Spittalton. 
Dairy cows (11) levelled at 113.67p and sold to 164.6p and £945 for a Friesian cross from Hapland. 

LEADING prices:

Bullocks –  Up to 250kg – Brisbane Glen £690, 292.4p. 251-300kg – Carscreugh £780; Brisbane Glen 263.6p. 301-350kg – Hilton of Cardross £935, 269.5p. 351-400kg – Boydston £1040, 261.3p. 401-450kg – Gillmill £1095; Gordonian Farms 251.2p. 451-500kg – Brisbane Glen £1200; Wester Kinloch 255.4p. 501-551kg – Whitecrook £1290, 246.2p. 552-601kg – Brisbane Glen £1320, 223p. 602-651kg – Pathcondie £1370, 226.8p.
Heifers – Up to 250kg – Upper Ettrick £600, 281.7p. 251-300kg – Hilton of Cardross £710, 254.5p. 301-350kg – Bankswood £835; Gateside 261.4p. 351-400kg – Brisbane Glen £950; Gordonian Farms 248.6p. 401-450kg – Pathcondie £1005; Carscreugh 224.7p. 451-500kg – Pathcondie £1110, 225.2p. 501-551kg – Newbank £1180, Carscreugh 226.1p.
OTM cows – Per head – Upper Spittalton (Lim) £1450; South Carse of Coldoch (A-A) £1410; Kincraigie (SH) £1390; Snawdon (BB) £1210; Riccarton (Sim) £1210; Loanhead of Duchally (Cont) £1170; Balhaldie (BSho) £1170; Gateside (Her) £1170; Claylands (Mont) £1130. Per kg – Riccarton (Sim) 220.8p, Riccarton (AA) 203.2p, Ballechin (Lim) 180.3p, Snawdon (BB) 161.8p, Kincraigie (Sho) 157.6p, Balhaldie (BSho) 149.6p, Gateside (Her) 149.6p, Claylands (Mont) 145.0p, Loanhead of Duchally (Cont) 141.3p.
Breeding sheep – Mule gmr with singles – £191 Dalmorton. Mule hoggs with singles – £191, £185, £184 Glengennet; £181, £180 Middlehouse; £181 Barneil. Mule hoggs with twins – £173 Pennymore. Tex hoggs with singles – £177 Dalhowan. Chev ewes with singles – £120, £118 Drumdow. Bf ewes with single Bf – £101 Drumdow.   

Ayr
SOME 404 store cattle sold through Craig Wilson’s Ayr centre, last week, where 203 bullocks averaged 230.1p per kg or £883.74 with 43 Friesian bullocks at 165.8p or £686.05 and 158 heifers levelled at 224.5p or £844.30.
Top price was £1430 paid for a Charolais bullock from Deaconhill and 285.7p for a pen of Limousin bullocks from Broadshean, while heifers peaked at £1340 for a Charolais from Darroch Brae and 255.3p for Limousins from Wee Carlton.  
The entry of Friesians sold to £960 for a pen from Bowhouse and 204.9p from South Cairnweil. 
A small show of ewes with lambs at foot was topped at £191 twice – firstly for a pen of 12 Mule hoggs with single Roussin lambs from Messrs Dunlop, Glengennet, Barr, and again for a pen of Mule gimmers with single Texel lambs at foot from D Murray, Dalmorton Farm, Straiton. 

LEADING prices:

Bullocks –  Char – £1430 Deaconhill; £1160, £1070, £1060 Auchleach; £1025 West Enoch; £1015 Martnaham Mains. A-A – £1425 Bogside; £1235 Creechan Park; £985 Lawmarnock. Lim – £1380 Cairnwhin; £1230, 31190 Barneil; £1125 Auchleach; £1050, £1030 (x2) Barleith; £1010 Lanemark. BB – £1170 Creechan Park; £1140 Muirlaught. Sim – £1125 Whitestanes; £1080 Ravenslie; £1000 Muirlaught. Her – £1110 Muirlaught. BeltGall – £1050 Knockenlee. Blo – £1020, £1015 Brisbane Glen. Frie – £960 Bowhouse; £880 Helentongate; £840 South Cairnweil; £800 Girgenti; £720 Kersepark. 
Heifers – Char – £1340 Darroch Brae; £1250 Langholm; £1200 Broadhead. Lim – £1270, £1150 Auchleach; £1200, £1140 Langholm. BB – £1250 Parkmill; £1200 Darroch Brae. Sim – £1200 Auchleach; £1050 Whitestanes. A-A – £1075, £1050 Creechan Park. Blo – £940 (x2), £930 Brisbane Glen. 
 
Thainstone
GRAZING cattle were in high demand at Aberdeen and Northern Marts’ sale of 386 store cattle as 231 bullocks averaged 233.9p per kg (+3.2p on the week) with 149 heifers at 227.3p (+7.8p). 
Bullocks topped the trade when a pair of Charolais crosses weighing 342kg from Braebuster, Deerness, made 289.5p to also top the Orkney and Shetland offering, while a 718kg Charolais cross from Stoneyhill, Longhaven, realised £1570. 
Heifers hit 271.7p for a pair of 276kg Simmental crosses from Pittenkerrie, Glassel, while a pen of three Charolais crosses weighing 672kgh from Chapelford, Buckie, made £1485. 
Among the Orkney and Shetland cattle, bullocks sold to £1090 for a 506kg Limousin from J Gaddie, Mooness, Holm.
A 354kg Simmental from Braebuster led the island heifers at 265.5p and a 610kg British Blue from J Gaddie, Mooness, sold for £1320. 
The same day, also saw the firm sell 1397 sheep where breeders sold to £112 for Mule hoggs with single lambs at foot from Bogiebrae, Rhynie, while 182 store hoggs peaked at £70.50 for Texels from Wester Wyndings, Stonehaven. 
Feeding sheep (534) hit £145 for Suffolk tups from Newmill, Crathes.

LEADING prices:

Bullocks – Up to 250kg – Woodside of Auchlee, Longside £530, 254.8p. 251-300kg – Tow, Cunningsburgh £820, 278.9p. 301-350kg –  Braebuster £990, 275.3p. 351-400kg – Fersness, Eday £1010; Pittenkerrie 261.2p. 401-450kg – Campdalmore, Tomintoul £1160; Whitefolds, Tomnavoulin 262.4p. 451-500kg – Braeside £1250, Campdalmore 255.4p. 501-550kg – Chapelford, Bridal Way, Gills £1250; Bridal Way 246.1p. 551-600kg – Chapelford, Stoneyhill £1400; Mill of Newton, Insch 238.4p. 601-650kg – Stoneyhill £1445, 233.8p. 651-700kg – Stoneyhill £1510, 224p. 701-750kg – Stoneyhill £1550, 218.7p.
Heifers – Up to 300kg – Pittenkerrie £750; Tow 243.3p. 301-350kg – Pittenkerrie £850, 254.9p. 351-400kg – Fersness £1020; Braebuster 265.5p. 401-450kg – Whitefolds £1105; Wrangham, Colpy 248.8p. 451-500kg – Ernan, Strathdon £1120, 231.4p. 501-550kg – Beboran, Harray £1220, 236.4p. 551-600kg – Chapelford £1310, 230.6p. 601-650kg – Chapelford £1400, 230.9p.
Females with lambs – Singles – Mule hogg – Cairncoullie, Glenkindie £94. Tex X hogg – Newton of Clunie, Turriff £84. Tex – Annster, South Ronaldsay £80. Cont hogg – Newton of Lower Cabrach £76. Cont X hogg – Cairncoullie £74. Suf X hogg – South Farden, Newburgh. Black hogg – South Farden. Chev – West Balhalgardy, Inverurie. Lambs and a half – Tex bm – Rumblie, Craigievar £72. Chev X bm – Loanend, Cushnie £66. Mule hogg – Newton, Lower Cabrach £62. Mule – Overhouse, Harray £51.   Twins – Mule hogg – Mill of Fowlis, Muir of Fowlis £86. Suf 2/3 crop – Inverichnie, Banff £76. Tex wm – Bogiefeulach, Tornveen £70. Mule wm/bm – Inverichnie £68. Tex X bm – Loanend £66.   
Store hoggs – Cont – New Barns, Oldmeldrum £63.50. Tex X – Moonlight, Evie, Broadmyre, Clatt £61.50. Chev – Wester Wyndings £61.50.  

Dalmally
ALL classes of stock sold well and to a good ringside of buyers at United Auctions’ store and breeding sale of 172 cattle and 902 sheep. 
Bullocks topped the stores when Charolais crosses from Barnakill peaked at £880 and Limousin crosses from 10 Eoilgarry made 321p per kg. 
Heifers reached £820 twice for Charolais crosses from Auchlyne and Limousin crosses from Invernahyle, while Limousins from Poltalloch hit 267p twice.  
A cow and heifer calf outfit from Dallachulish topped the breeding cattle at £1900, with cows with bull calves to £1720 from Scoor, Mull, and heifers with calves to £1880 from Barguillean Farm. 
Cross ewes with single lambs from Dunans made £148, while store hoggs sold to £62 for Texel crosses from Hillcrest, Tiree. 

LEADING prices:

Bullocks – Per head – Char X – £880 Barnakill; £850 Auchlyne; £800 (x5) Barnakill. Lim X – £840 10 Eoligarry; £830 (x2) Poltalloch; £830 Ardentraive; £810 Tullochcan. A-A X – £840 (x3) Poltalloch. Sim X – £830 Ellary Estate; £820 Barnakill. Sho X – £820 Barnakill. Blo – £820 (x2) 10 Eoligarry, Barra. Per kg – Lim X – 321p 10 Eoligarry; 299p (x2) Poltalloch; 282p Ardentraive; 278p Kilvaree Farm; 277p Tullochcan. Char X – 305p (x5) Barnakill. A-A X – 283p (x3) Poltalloch; 257p Barnakill. Blo X – 282p (x2) 10 Eoligarry, Barra. Sho X –252p Barnakill. Sim X –  305p Ellary Estate; 252p Barnakill.
Heifers – Per head – Char X – £820, £790 (x3) Auchlyne. Lim X – £820 Invernahyle; £780 10 Eoligarry; £760 (x2) Poltalloch. Sim X – £750 (x2) Barguillean Farm. Per kg – Lim X – 267p (x2) Poltalloch; 263p (x2) Tullochcan; 260p (x3) Keilbeg. Char X – 258p (x6) Barnakill. Sim X – 247p (x2), 244p Barguillean. Sal X – 231p (x2) Brenchoille. 
Breeding cattle – Cows and heifer calves – £1900, £1550, £1250, £1220 Dallachulish; £1150 (x2) Ellary Estate; £1720, £1300, £1200 Scoor, Mull. Heifers and calves – £1880, £1750, £1700 Barguillean Farm. In-calf heifers – £1010, £1000 Invernahyle.
Breeding sheep – Ewes with twin lambs – Cross ewes – £182, £178 Strathorchy; £172 Dunans; £168 Ellary Farm; £162 Dunans; £148 8 Kilkenneth, Tiree; £142 Maam Farm; £140 Balantyre Farm; £135 Tombuie. BF – £120 83 Borve; £114 Dunans; £112 Ellary Farm; £110 Rhunacarn, 6 Leanish, Barra and Feorline Farm. 
Store hoggs – Chev – £65 Maam Farm. Tex X – £62 Hillcrest, Tiree; £60 Ardsheal. Suff X – £60 Corncrake Cottage, Colonsay. Cross – £60 Machrins Farm, Colonsay. BF –£51 Scallasaig, Colonsay.

Quoybrae
ABERDEEN and Northern Marts sold 130 store and breeding cattle at Quoybrae, where 54 bullocks averaged 245.6p per kg and 45 heifers levelled at 241.4p. 
Heifers topped the pence per kg when a 303kg Limousin cross from Upper Northfield, Wick, made 283.8p, while three 505kg Charolais cross bullocks from West End Farm, John O Groats, realised £1210. 
Bullocks also reached 266.2p for three Simmental crosses weighing 266.2p from West Brims, Forss, with heifers to £1060 for two 445kg Charolais crosses from West End Farm.
The 31 breeding cattle sold to £3000 for an Aberdeen-Angus bull Swiney Hill, Lybster. 
Among the 31 old season store lambs, Beltex from Hillside, Killimister topped at £88, while 221 feeding ewes and rams reached £112 for Suffolks from Quoybrae, Watten.

LEADING prices:

Bullocks – Up to 250kg – Upper Northfield, Wick £530, 227.5p. 251-300kg – Bluewhin, Borrowston £780; West Brims, Forss 261.3p. 301-350kg -  Boulintogle, Scotscalder £890, 265.7p. 351-400kg – 3 Stemspter, Bridge of Westfield £945; Borgie Mains, Castletown 253.5p. 401-450kg – Cruithni, Tofts £1105; Westerloch 251.2p. 451-500kg –  Westerloch £980, 217.3p. 501-550kg – West End £1210, 239.6p.
Heifers – Up to 250kg – West Brims, Forss £660, 267.2p. 250-300kg – Upper Northfield £730, 264.5p. 301-350kg – Boulintogle £890; Upper Northfield 267.9p. 351-400kg – West Watten, Watten £920; Westerloch, Wick 241.9p.
Breeding cattle – Heifer and bull calf – Sim X – Cairnside, 36 Oldhall £2500. Her X – Nipster, Watten £2050. Sim – Cairnside £2000. Heifer and heifer calf – Sim X – Cairnside, 36 Oldhall £2400. Her X – Nipster £1950. Her – Nipster £1900. Cow and bull calf – Luing X – Swiney Hill, Lybster £2350, £2150. Cow and heifer calf – Lui X – Swiney Hill £2200. A-A X – Swiney Hill £2150. Sim X – Swiney Hill £1900. Lim X – Vauldale, Nybster £1650.
Store hoggs –Bel X – Hillside £62. Tex – Upper Catchery, Watten £56. Chev – Brackside, Reay £50. Tex X – Wattenon, Ulbster £47.
Feeding ewes and rams – Chev – Overton, Mid-Clyth £100. Leic ram – Osclay, 21 Francis Street £105. Suff – 3 Braal, Halkirk £101. Tex – Cairnside, 36 Oldhall £90. Cont – 3 Braal £86. Tex X – Ritchies Croft £80.

Castle Douglas
BREEDING ewe hoggs met a selective trade at Wallets Marts’ annual sale of Blackface and Scotch Mule ewe hoggs when they topped at £310 for a pen of Blackies from JW Kay and Co, Gass, Straiton. 
Blackface hoggs in general were not shown in as good a bloom as previous years which reflected in the trade as they averaged £128.82, a drop of £4 on the year. 
Scotch Mules levelled at £119.46, a rise of £12.20 on the year and peaked at £130 for a pen from Garrochtrie. 
On the same day, a small show of store cattle met recent rates selling to £1010 for Limousin bullocks from Glentoo and 212.4p for Limousin cross bullocks from Miltonise. 
Glentoo also topped the heifers with Limmys at £945 and 214.8p. 
A plainer show of cast cows continued to meet a fast selling trade when they reached 176p for a Limousin from Mill of Plunton and £1088.95 for a British Blue from Trolane. They averaged 128.7p. 

LEADING prices:

Ewe hoggs – BF – £310, £235, £200, £180 Gass, Straiton; £230, £162, £125 Glen, Gatehouse; £168, £155 Little Larg; £148, £138, £135 Corsebank; £148 Linfairn; £145 Kirkland, Sanquhar; £125 Burnfoot, Sanquhar; £122 Balrazzie. GF – £130, £128, £125, £122 Garrochtrie; £120 Mossend, Ayr; £118, £112 Castlegower; £112 Barglachan, Auchenleck. 
Bullocks – £1010, £945, £930 Glentoo. 
Heifers – £945 Glentoo
Cast cows – BB – £1088, £1069, £960 Trolane. Short – £920 Barbershall. A-A – £909 Barbershall; £879, £789 Lochside. Char – £749 Lochside. Lim – £753 Mill of Plunton. Ayr – £788 Mid Threave. 

Longtown
FOLLOWING a good spell of weather, buyers were keen to purchase ewes with lambs at C and D Auction Marts’ sale of 817 head, where trade reached £92 per life for Texel hoggs with single lambs from Low Stanley. 
Ewes with lambs sold to £84 for Mules with twins from Quarry House, with the same home topping the 85 gimmers at £86 for a similar outfit. 
Texels from T and M Liddon, Tundergarth House, led the store hoggs at £77. 
The company also sold 108 store cattle where bullocks peaked at £1150 for Limousins from Edenbanks and heifers sold to £990 for more of the same from Dumbretton. 

LEADING prices:

Ewes with lambs – Twins – Mule – £84 Quarry House; £74 Pilmuir; £71 Crosshill; £66 Brewery House Barn; £57 Pennyhill Park; £51, £50 Cannerhaugh. Tex – £82 High House; £82, £78 Crosshill; £71, £70 High House; £65 Pennyhill Park. Suff – £79 Pilmuir; £78 Crosshill. Char – £67 High House; £63 Crosshill. Swale – £61, £60, £50 Hazelgill. Herd – £40 Bridge End. Welsh with twins – £39 Craigshield. Singles – Tex – £76 Pennyhill Park; £71 High House; £70 Pennyhill Park. Mule – £69 Brewery House Barn; £57, £56 Monk. NCC – £68 Pennyhill Park; £67 Brewery House Barn. Clun – £62 Pennyhill Park. Chev – £60 Pennyhill Park. Swale – £54 Monk; £50 Hazelgill. Herd – £49 Bridge End.
Gimmers with lambs – Twins – Mule – £86 Quarry House. Singles – Mule – £84 Yewtree Farm.Tex – £79 Craigshield; £70 Pennyhill Park. 
Hoggs with lambs – Singles – Texs – £92 Low Stanley; £86 Yewtree Farm; £84, £83, £81, £78 Low Stanley. Mule – £87, £85 Yewtree Farm. Belt – £78, £73 Low Stanley.
Bullocks – Lim – £1150 Edenbanks; £960, £950, £945, £900, £890 (x2), £880 Gillalees; £920 Underwoodhouse; £900 High Ladore; £830 (x2) Branteth. Char – £1015 (x2) Underwoodhouse. A-A – £950 (x6) Girnwood; £940 (x3), £800 (x2) Lochanhead; £890, £830 Gillalees; £760 Whamtown. BB – £950, £860, £830 (x2) Gillalees. Dairy – £760 Underwoodhouse. 
Heifers – Lim – £990 (x2), £880 (x2), £800 Dumbretton; £980, £950, £890 Eastnewburn; £880 (x3), £775, £740 Gillalees; £850 (x2) High Ladore; £770 Branteth; £720 Nether Albie. BB – £920 Gillalees. A-A – £850 (x4), £760, £710 Craig Farm, £810 Lochanhead; £720 Edenbanks. 

Bullocks also reached 266.2p for three Simmental crosses weighing 266.2p from West Brims, Forss, with heifers to £1060 for two 445kg Charolais crosses from West End Farm.
The 31 breeding cattle sold to a top of £3000 for an Aberdeen-Angus bull Swiney Hill, Lybster. 
Beltex from Hillside, Killimister topped the 31 hoggs at £88, while 221 feeding ewes and rams reached £112 for Suffolks from Quoybrae, Watten.

LEADING prices:

Bullocks – Up to 250kg – Upper Northfield, Wick £530, 227.5p. 251-300kg – Bluewhin, Borrowston £780; West Brims, Forss 261.3p. 301-350kg -  Boulintogle, Scotscalder £890, 265.7p. 351-400kg – 3 Stemspter, Bridge of Westfield £945; Borgie Mains, Castletown 253.5p. 401-450kg – Cruithni, Tofts £1105; Westerloch 251.2p. 451-500kg –  Westerloch £980, 217.3p. 501-550kg – West End £1210, 239.6p.
Heifers – Up to 250kg – West Brims, Forss £660, 267.2p. 250-300kg – Upper Northfield £730, 264.5p. 301-350kg – Boulintogle £890; Upper Northfield 267.9p. 351-400kg – West Watten, Watten £920; Westerloch, Wick 241.9p.
Breeding cattle – Heifer and bull calf – Sim X – Cairnside, 36 Oldhall £2500. Her X – Nipster, Watten £2050. Sim – Cairnside £2000. Heifer and heifer calf – Sim X – Cairnside, 36 Oldhall £2400. Her X – Nipster £1950. Her – Nipster £1900. Cow and bull calf – Luing X – Swiney Hill, Lybster £2350, £2150. Cow and heifer calf – Lui X – Swiney Hill £2200. A-A X – Swiney Hill £2150. Sim X – Swiney Hill £1900. Lim X – Vauldale, Nybster £1650.
Store hoggs –Bel X – Hillside £62. Tex – Upper Catchery, Watten £56. Chev – Brackside, Reay £50. Tex X – Wattenon, Ulbster £47.
Feeding ewes and rams – Chev – Overton, Mid-Clyth £100. Leic ram – Osclay, 21 Francis Street £105. Suff – 3 Braal, Halkirk £101. Tex – Cairnside, 36 Oldhall £90. Cont – 3 Braal £86. Tex X – Ritchies Croft £80.

Castle Douglas
EWE hoggs met a selective trade at Wallets Marts’ annual sale of Blackface and Scotch Mules on Monday when they sold to £310 for a pen of Blackies from Gass, Straiton. 
Blackface hoggs in general were not shown in as good a bloom as previous years and averaged £128.82, a drop of £4 on the year. 
Scotch Mules levelled at £119.46, a rise of £12.20 on the year and peaked at £130 for a pen from Garrochtrie. 
A small show of store cattle met recent rates selling to £1010 for Limousin bullocks from Glentoo and 212.4p for Limousin cross bullocks from Miltonise. Glentoo also topped the heifers with Limousins at £945 and 214.8p. 
A plainer show of cast cows continued to meet a fast selling trade peaking at 176p for a Limousin from Mill of Plunton and £1088.95 for a British Blue from Trolane. They averaged 128.7p. 

LEADING prices:

Ewe hoggs – BF – £310, £235, £200, £180 Gass, Straiton; £230, £162, £125 Glen, Gatehouse; £168, £155 Little Larg; £148, £138, £135 Corsebank; £148 Linfairn; £145 Kirkland, Sanquhar; £125 Burnfoot, Sanquhar; £122 Balrazzie. GF – £130, £128, £125, £122 Garrochtrie; £120 Mossend, Ayr; £118, £112 Castlegower; £112 Barglachan, Auchenleck. 
Cast cows – BB – £1088, £1069, £960 Trolane. Short – £920 Barbershall. A-A – £909 Barbershall; £879, £789 Lochside. Char – £749 Lochside. Lim – £753 Mill of Plunton. Ayr – £788 Mid Threave. 

Longtown
FOLLOWING the good spell of weather, buyers were keen to purchase ewes with lambs at C and D Auction Marts’ sale of 817 head, where trade reached £92 per life for Texel hoggs with single lambs from Low Stanley. 
Ewes with lambs sold to £84 for Mules with twins from Quarry House, with the same home topping the 85 gimmers at £86 for a similar outfit. 
Texels from T and M Liddon, Tundergarth House, led the store hoggs at £77. 
The entry of 108 store cattle, saw bullocks top the trade at £1150 for Limousins from Edenbanks while heifers sold to £990 for more of the same from Dumbretton. 

LEADING prices:

Ewes with lambs – Twins – Mule – £84 Quarry House; £74 Pilmuir; £71 Crosshill; £66 Brewery House Barn; £57 Pennyhill Park; £51, £50 Cannerhaugh. Tex – £82 High House; £82, £78 Crosshill; £71, £70 High House; £65 Pennyhill Park. Suff – £79 Pilmuir; £78 Crosshill. Char – £67 High House; £63 Crosshill. Swale – £61, £60, £50 Hazelgill. Herd – £40 Bridge End. Welsh with twins – £39 Craigshield. Singles – Tex – £76 Pennyhill Park; £71 High House; £70 Pennyhill Park. Mule – £69 Brewery House Barn; £57, £56 Monk. NCC – £68 Pennyhill Park; £67 Brewery House Barn. Clun – £62 Pennyhill Park. Chev – £60 Pennyhill Park. Swale – £54 Monk; £50 Hazelgill. Herd – £49 Bridge End.
Gimmers with lambs – Twins – Mule – £86 Quarry House. Singles – Mule – £84 Yewtree Farm.Tex – £79 Craigshield; £70 Pennyhill Park. 
Hoggs with lambs – Singles – Texs – £92 Low Stanley; £86 Yewtree Farm; £84, £83, £81, £78 Low Stanley. Mule – £87, £85 Yewtree Farm. Belt – £78, £73 Low Stanley.
Bullocks – Lim – £1150 Edenbanks; £960, £950, £945, £900, £890 (x2), £880 Gillalees; £920 Underwoodhouse; £900 High Ladore; £830 (x2) Branteth. Char – £1015 (x2) Underwoodhouse. A-A – £950 (x6) Girnwood; £940 (x3), £800 (x2) Lochanhead; £890, £830 Gillalees; £760 Whamtown. BB – £950, £860, £830 (x2) Gillalees. Dairy – £760 Underwoodhouse. 
Heifers – Lim – £990 (x2), £880 (x2), £800 Dumbretton; £980, £950, £890 Eastnewburn; £880 (x3), £775, £740 Gillalees; £850 (x2) High Ladore; £770 Branteth; £720 Nether Albie. BB – £920 Gillalees. A-A – £850 (x4), £760, £710 Craig Farm, £810 Lochanhead; £720 Edenbanks.