Special sales to include Thainstone, Stirling and Hexham

Charolais crosses led the bullock trade, having sold to 359.10p for a 402kg entry from Taiglim and to £2040 for a 735g animal from Holehouse.

Heifers sold for 327.20p for a 434kg Charolais cross from Helentongate, and to £1870 for a 634kg Limousin cross from Elmscleugh.

Aberdeen-Angus crosses led the young bull trade at 286.20p for Philiphaugh, and to £1440 for Glaive Avenue, with 24 cashing in at 265.19p.

Also forward were 814 stores and feeding sheep where Beltex took the lead average of £105.60.

Romney and Texels cashed in at £98.18 and £96.38 respectively, with Mule at £96.00, Suffolk at £94.75, Cheviot at £91.35, crosses at £90.93 and Blackface balancing out at £87.12.

The sale was topped at £106.50 for Beltex from Blackburn Mill.

Leading Prices

Bullocks – A-A – Hoprigshiels £1860; Ayton 308.50p; Caddell and Elmscleugh £1780; MacKailston 303.60p; Shields £1760; Elmscleugh 301.70p; Hoprigshiels £1710; Bankhead of Tinwald 301.60p; Mid House £1670; The Firs 300.60p; Shields £1610; Ayton 300.50p; MacKailston £1570; Ardlebank 299.00p; Pitcairn £1550; Hoprigshiels 298.30p. BS – Elmscleugh £1660; Mid Knockglass 326.20p; Mid Knockglass £1590; Fisherton 310.20p; Bogside and Fisherton £1530; Mid Knockglass 303.10p; Mid Knockglass £1520 and £1470; Elmscleugh 300.20p. BB – Dyke £1830, 310.20p; Elmscleugh £1790, Blair Mains 301.00p; Dykeneuk £1690; East Balscalloch 299.20p; Coxhill £1540; Norrieston 288.60p; Blair Mains £1460; Coxhill 277.50p. Char – Holehouse £2040, £1980; Taiglim 359.10p, 359.00p; Elmscleugh £1980, £1960; Coalhill 358.30p; Holehouse £1900; Rednock 358.00p; Kings Arms £1880; Fisherton 354.10p; Holehouse £1870; Ashmark 352.60p. Lim – Elmscleugh £1970, Helentongate 339.10p; Lomondmuir £1960; Dykes 334.20p; Holehouse £1870; Ardlebank 326.30p; Shields £1850; Mid Knockglass 326.20p; Pitcairn £1820; Helentongate 321.60p; Elmscleugh £1800,£1780; West Auchenlongford 316.90p. Sim – Labothie £1780, £1750, Ayton 306.30p; Holehouse £1740; Mid House 302.70p; Labothie £1705, £1675, £1655, West Park 301.40p, 300.00p; Coxhill £1650, 300.00p. Saler – Elmscleugh £1800; Bogside 309.30p; Midhouse £1480; Coalhill 301.20p; Bogside £1370; Elmscleugh 286.90p. Luing – Shields £1610, £1550, 286.50p, 279.80p. STX – Braendam £1695, £1610, £1450, £1430, 297.50p, 296.30p, 292.90p, 289.10p.

Heifers – A-A – Mid House £1770; Bankhead of Tinwald 291.10p; Elmscleugh £1720; Over Abington 289.80p; Hoprigshields £1620; Norrieston 289.60p; Wester Mye and Elmscleugh £1600; Killellan 283.30p; Pitcairn £1500;, Craighead 281.60p; MacKailston £1475; Pitcairn 277.80p. BS – Coxhill £1540, Mid Knockglass 306.10p; Mid Knockglass £1515, £1370; Coxhill 296.40p. BB – Wester Mye and Blackburn Mill £1535; Pitcairn 284.70p; Shields £1485; Wester Mye 279.10p, 279.10p; Pitcairn £1395; Blackburn Mill 277.10p. Char – Knockshinnoch £1840; Helentongate 324.90p; Blaelochhead £1800, £1760; Windshiels 318.20p; Knockshinnoch £1760; Netherton 317.50p; Shields £1750; Fisherton 315.60p; Knockshinnoch £1740; Coalhill 315.40p. Lim – Elmscleugh £187; Lomondmuir 327.20p; Handaxwood £1750; Pitcairn 320.90p; West Park £1740, £1730; Coxhill 317.90p; Elmscleugh £1720, £1700, Mid Knockglass 314.10p; Lomondmuir £1690, 313.00p; Elmscleugh £1660, £1620, Cumnock House 310.00p. Sim – West Park £1680; Coxhill 296.40p; Coxhill £1640, £1540; West Park 289.70p; Collymoon £1495, £1340 Coxhill 287.70p. Saler – Shields £1750, 286.90p. STX – MacKailston £1500, £1475, 273.10p, 266.70p.

Young bulls – A-A – Glaive Avenue £1440; Philiphaugh 286.20p; Mosshall £1250, £1150; Mosshall 258.40p. Lim – Lomondmuir £1390, 257.40p.

Store sheep – Belt – Blackburn Mill £106.50; Newton of Logierait £105. Romm – Craigarnhall £105.50. Tex – Newton of Logierait £128.50; Station View £109; Newton of Logierait £105; Blackburn Mill £104; Station View £103, £101; Middlesteads £100. Mule – Hutlerburn £96. Suff – Middlesteads £103.50; Earlston Cottage £100; Hutlerburn £98.50. Chev – West Murdieston £97, £96. X – Newton of Logierait £102.50; Middlesteads £97.50. BF – Hutlerburn £100.00; Hutlerburn £86.

Carlisle

Steers averaged £1400.53 while heifers levelled at £1280.50 at Harrison and Hetherington's store cattle sale.

Topping the sale at £2000 was a Limousin cross steer from Messrs Magnay, Greenwrae, Gretna, whilst heifers peaked at £1640 for more of the same breed from Messrs Dickinson, Low House, Wigton.

Among the weaned cattle, Limousin bulls reached £1170 for Messrs Emslie, Peterhead.

Limousins from Messrs Mattinson, Burthwaite led the heifer and bullock trade at £1300 and £1260 respectively.

British Blues from Messrs Wadsworth, Big Balcraig, led the calf trade, having sold to £600 and £460 for bulls and heifers respectively.

The weekly sale of store lambs achieved an average of £94, having sold to £120 for Texels from GHB Mallinson, Rack Beck.

Leading Prices

Store cattle – Steers – Lim – £2000, £1870 Greenwrae; £1560, £1480, £1440, £1320 Broathill. Mont – £1810, £1680 Greenwrae; £1420 Low Meadows; £1390 Swordwellrigg. Sim – £1760 Nirvana. Char ­– £1720 Swordwellrigg; £1690, £1650 (x3) Newbampton. Hfd – £1640 Swordwellrigg. BB – £1610 Broathill; £1490 (x3), £1460 (x3) Chapel; £1395 (x2), £1370 (x2), £1260 Hollands; £1310, £1300 The Beeches. Fleck – £1530 Limekilns. HF – £1350 (x2) Carrick Dean. A-A – £1300 (x2), £1230 (x3) Millantae; £1260 (x4) Crailinghall. Frie – £1245 (x5) Fordlands.

Heifers – Lim –£1640, £1480, £1460, £1400, £1340 Low House; £1550 Broathill; £1460, £1295 Beckhall; £1400 (x3), £1290 Grange; £1290, £1250 (x2) Boghead; £1290 Nirvana. HF – £1510 (x2) Middleton Mill House. Sim – £1470 Nirvana; £1310 Newbampton. A-A – £1450, £1320 Limekilns; £1390 (x2) Cote House; £1245 Beckhall. Char – £1400 Nirvana. Saler – £1380 Beckhall. Ayrshire – £1350 Middleton Mill House. BB – £1320 (x2) Thornby Villa; £1300 (x3) Low Meadow; £1295 (x2) Cote House; £1260 The Beeches.

Weaned cattle – Heifers – Lim – £1300, £1210 Burthwaite; £1130, £1085 Lesson Hall. BB – £1030 Nether Harsley; £870 (x5) Bailey Town. BS – £820 Field Croft.

Steers – Lim – £1260 Lesson Hall; £1200 Nether Harsley; £1060, £940, £930 Burtreeford. Sim – £1170 (x2), £1010 High Wood End. BS – £1060 Blackcleugh; £790 Broomhills. A-A – £860 (x10) Rawfoot. BB – £770 (x4), £680 Bailey Town.

Bulls – Lim – £1170 (x2), £900 Brae of Coynach; £1160 Burthwaite. Char – £1160 Broomhills. BS – £880 Field Croft. BB – £660, £630 Frizington Parks. Mont – £450 (x2) East. HF – £350 (x6) Stone Flatts; £300 Frizington Parks. Frie – £350 (x5) Stone Flatts. Ayrshire – £340 (x4) Marleycote Walls.

Calves – Bulls – BB – £600 Big Balcraig; £560 (x4), £515 (x2), £510 (x2) Netherfield; £560, £510 East; £560 Monks House; £520 Boggle Hall; £520 Heathfield; £520 Hadderdale; £520 Brunt Hill; £510, £480 Monks House; £500, £470 Dormanstead; £500, £490 Berrier Head; £500, £470 Torpenhow Hall; £495, £470, £460 Greenmoorside; £490 Park. Lim – £555, £545 Big Balcraig; £480 Windy Hill; £470 Brunt Hill; £435 Boggle Hall; £330 Torpenhow Hall. A-A – £540 (x2), £400 Lodge of Kelton; £520 (x2), £460, £440, £430 Big Balcraig; £460 Gaitsgill Hall; £445, £425 Brunt Hill; £380, £330 Heathfield; £370 (x3), £300 Tempest Tower; £340 (x2) Evening Hill; £320 Boggle Hall. Fleck – £400 (x2), £300 East Bowhill. Char – £375 Low House. HF – £330 Woodside.

Heifers – BB – £460 Big Balcraig; £435, £365 Dormansteads; £430 Milton Hill; £420, £410, £320 (x2) Netherfield; £415 Brunt Hill; £345 Waingate Head; £340, £320 (x2) Tempest Tower; £340 Mounsey Bank; £330 East; £330, £320, £315 Chalk Lodge; £330 The Hill; £320 Berrier Head. Lim – £440, £390 Windy Hill; £430 Big Balcraig; £390 Brunt Hill; £320, £295 Heathfield. A-A – £410 (x2), £375 (x2) Lodge of Kelton; £350 Winter Tarn; £325 (x2) Boggle Hall. Fleck – £340 East Bowhill.

Store sheep – Tex – £120, £100 Rack Beck; £113, £108 Swinburn; £110 Home; £108 Chapel House; £106 Fellview; £105 (x2), £104, £96, £94 Fellside; £100 Chapel House; £100 Millholme; £99, £95 Middle Gill; £99 Bavington; £96, £93 Smithy Garth; £91 Ashley Grove. Mules – £107 Home; £106 Fellview; £92 Little Swinburne; £81 Fellside. Suff – £104 Millholme; £104 High Dovecote; £95 Fellside. Hill Chev – £95, £76 Middle Gill; £92 High Dovecote.

Thainstone

On Tuesday, 2080 store sheep achieved an overall average of £86.38 at Aberdeen and Northern Marts' weekly sale.

Texels from Garvelside, New Pitsligo, led proceedings at £144, with 1569 store lambs cashing in at £86.81.

Island consigned store lambs (511) balanced out at £85.04 and reached £130 for Beltex from Macdonald Park, South Ronaldsay.

Leading Prices

Store lambs – Char – Garvelside £130. Pure Tex – Blackmyre, St Fergus £125. Tex – West Cairnhill, Culsalmond £124. Tex X – Wester Wyndings, Stonehaven £123. Cont – Belniden, Strathdon, Lochhead, Skene £120. Cont X – West Crichie, Auchnagatt £117. ChEv – St Johns Wells, Fyvie, Aulton, Craigellachie £116. BF – Speylea, Fochabers £113; Chev X – St Johns Wells £112. Suf – Tillypronie, Tarland £110. Suf X – Mains of Allanbuie, Keith, Newton, Tullynessle £104. Ker – Newton £96. Mule – Backhill Clackriach, Maud £86. BF – Backhill Clackriach £86.

Island consigned store lambs – BF – South Breck, Burray £110. Belt X – Little Howes, Holm £106. Suf – Quoy Belloch, Deerness £105. Tex – South Breck £104. Suf X – Quoy Belloch £96. Tex X – Braehead, Cairston £92. Cont – Balfour Estates, Shapisay £87. Cont X – Skelbister, Orphir £86.

Penrith

A Limousin bull stirk from Messrs Awde, The Old Vicarage, led Penrith and District Farmers’ Mart LLP sale when selling for £805.

British Blue heifers stirks realised £480 for Macherquhat Farm.

The calf section topped at £610 for a Limousin bull calf from DW Mallinson, Lodge, whilst British Blue heifers peaked at £270 for Brackenburgh Home Farm.

Leading Prices

Stirks – Bull – Lim – £805, £790 (x2) The Old Vicarage. BB – £730 The Old Vicarage; £690 (x2), £680 Frizington Parks; £600 (x2), £540, £530 (x2) Macherquhat. A-A – £670 (x2) Macherquhat. Black and White – £600 (x8) Auldby; £490, £425 (x2) Sooty Hill. Hfd – £560 Little Blencowe.

Bullock – BB – £680, £600 Lamonby Hall. Hfd – £590, £500 (x3) Little Blencowe.

Heifer – BB – £480 (x2), £450 (x2) Macherquhat; £460 Lamonby Hall; £420 (x4) Nether Colinhurst. Hfd – £470 (3) Little Blencowe. Black and White – £400 Sootyhill.

Calves – Bull – Lim – £610, £540 (x2) Lodge. BB – £405, £385, £380, £345, £325, £295, £275 (x2) The Bramery; £300 The Elephant; £285 Brackenburgh Home. A-A – £310, £290 The Bramery; £270 (x2), £250 Blunderfield East. Black and White – £260, £235 Lodge; £115 (x3) Kaber Fold; £115 The Elephant; £102 (x2) Blunderfield East; £100 Low Moor Dyke. Hfd – £178 (x2), £175, £172, £152 Townhead.

Heifer – BB – £270, £255, £240 Brackenburgh Home; £260 The Bramery; £250 Low Moor Dyke. A-A – £230 Brackenburgh Home; £220 (x2) Catterlen Hall; £210, £185 Blunderfield East; £210, £170 Low Moor Dyke; £160 The Bramery. Hfd – £155 (x2), £145 Townhead.

Hexham

An average of £1343 was achieved for 175 store cattle and suckled calves at Hexham and Northern Marts' first sale of the year.

A black Limousin cross steer from Devenport Farms, Blakelaw, led proceedings at £2020, whilst a Charolais cross from VS Allgood, Nunwick, secured the lead priced heifer at £1870.

Also forward were 3008 store hoggs which averaged £93.46, up £15.74 on the year, having reached a high of £145 for a pair of Beltex cross hoggs from A S Whitfield, High Castle Dene.

Leading Prices

Store cattle – Steers – Cattle 23-30months – A-A X – £1960 Church; £1870, £1810 Sunniside; £1800 Church. Cattle 17-22months – Lim X – £2020 Blakelaw; £1840 Lunns House; £1740 Lee Hall; £1690 Lunns House; £1670, £1650 Sweethope; £1640 Camphill and Lunns House. Char X – £1900 Nunwick. BB X – £1580 (x2), £1330 Camphill. A-A X – £1090 Rugley Walls. Cattle 11-16months – A-A X – £1470 Linacres. BB – £1300 Camphill. Sim X – £1100 Baal Hill. Cattle 10 months and under – Lim X – £1200, £1150, £1120 (x2) Baal Hill. Sim X – £1090 Hedley West.

Heifers – Cattle 23-30months – Lim X – £1380 New Houses. A-A X – £1180 Sunniside. Cattle 17-22months – Lim X – £1690 Cornhills; £1640 East Matfen; £1630 East Uppertown; £1590, £1580 Cornhills; £1560 East Uppertown and Cornhills. Char X – £1870, £1660 Nunwick. BB X – £1760, £1700 Lee Hall; £1480 Blakelaw. A-A X – £1400 East Uppertown and New Houses; £1310 Stoop Rigg. Cattle 11-16months – Lim X – £1420 Middle Heads; £1360, £1210 Rusheylaw. BB – £1390 Rusheylaw; £1195 High Lovelady Shield. A-A X – £1520, £1360 Linacres. Sim X – £1250, £1220 Wydon. Cattle 10 months and under – Sim X – £1095 Hedley West.

Store hoggs – Tex X – £142 Cornhills; £140 Town; £135, £133 West End; £132 High Castle Dene; £129 Bensons Fell; £128 Halfway House; £126 Greyside; £125 Loadman and Haggwood; £124 Holling Hill and High Castle Dene; £123 West House. Dutch Texel – £132 Lodge House; £131 Fell Lane. Suff X – £128 Holling Hill; £123 Broomhall and Fairley; £121 Lodge House; £120 Holling Hill; £119 Greyside and Cheviot; £116 Fairley. Belt – £126 Town. Belt X – £145 High Castle Dene; £130 Holling Hill; £128 West End; £126 West End and Town. Char X – £112 Fairley. Mule – £98 Chattlehope; £96 Farneyshield and Chirdon; £95 Farneyshield and Broomhall; £94 Blakelaw; £93 Greyside. Chev – £99 North Churchlands; £96 Bellshiel. BF – £115 Hareshaw; £109 Cleughfoot; £106 Broomhall. Swale – £99 White Hill. Kerry Hill – £86 Grange House. Easycare – £84 Milfield Demesne.

Stirling (Cale)

Bullocks and heifers averaged 293p per kg and 281p respectively at Caledonian Marts' fortnightly sale of 482 store cattle.

Limousins from M Campbell, Glenstockadale, Stranraer, were in demand topping both the bullocks and heifers at 353p and 354p respectively.

Among the per head section, a top call of £1860 was paid for British Blue bullocks from Broughton Estate, Biggar, whilst Aberdeen Angus heifers from D Gibb, South Mains, Bearsden, made £1690.

Also forward were 493 store hoggs, which soared to £98 for Texels from J and D McNicol, Whitecross, Dunblane.

Leading Prices

Bullocks – £1860, £1850, £1820, £1800, £1770 Broughton; £1760 Hill O’Harthill.

Heifers – £1690 South Mains; £1620 Wester Braco; £1580 Lochhead; £1550 South Mains; £1550 Pitcairn; £1550 Hill O’Harthill.

Store hoggs – £98 McNicol; £96, £89, £86, £85 Loig; £92 Malling.

Dumfries

Heifers led C and D Auctions' sale of store cattle, with Norwegian Red cattle from the Slacks, making £1590, and Aberdeen Angus realising 310p per kg for Gatehouse.

Bullocks sold to £1540 for Beef Shorthorns from Archbank, and to 306.9p for Aberdeen Angus from New Farm.

Simmental bulls from Newbie Mains, made £1260 and 296.4p.

Leading Prices

Bulloks – BS – £1540 (x2), £1480 Archbank. Char – £1520 West Lanegate; £1420 Bridgestone; £1410 Shenrick. A-A – £1520, £1440 Boreland; £1410, £1380 Highlaw; £1410, £1370 Backburn; £1390 Seafield. Lim – £1490, £1480 Ballaggan; £1480, £1390 Seafield; £1380 Shenrick; £1370 Backburn. BB – £1430 Seafield; £1400 Highlaw; £1340 Backburn; £1320 Upper Moor. Sim – £1430 High Auchneel; £1400 Mouswald Grange; £1380 Upper Moor. Hfd – £1380 Mouswald Grange; £1320 Backburn. Mont – £1380 Seafield; £1360 Mouswald Grange. BG – £1330 Boreland. Flec – £1300 Shenrick.

Heifer – Nor Red – £1590, £1420 Slacks. A-A – £1580, £1470, £1450, £1400 High Auchneel; £1580 Highlaw; £1510 Gatehouse; £1370 Backburn; £1350 Gatehouse. Flec – £1570, £1430, £1420 (x2), £1360 Slacks. Lim – £1490, £1370 Backburn. BB – £1490 Backburn. BS – £1430, £1410 Archbank. Char – £1410 West Lanegate.

Bull – Sim – £1260 Newbie Mains.

Ayr

On Tuesday, Craig Wilson auction market sold nine dairy cattle to a top of £2400 for Friesian heifers from the Kennedy family at Perryston.

Among the stirks prices peaked at £1100 for Aberdeen Angus bulls from Hillend, whilst British Blue heifers made £980 for East St Colmac.

Bull calves achieved a top call of £570 on two occasions, firstly for Limousins from Dykehead, and again for Aberdeen Angus from Meikle Kilchatten, who also sold the top priced heifers at £540.

Leading Prices

Calves – Bull – A-A – £570 Meikle Kilchatten; £515, £500, £460 Knowe; £460 Dykehead; £430 Dormieston. Lim – £570 Dykehead; £460 Over Enoch. BB – £540 Knowe; £470 Dormieston; Auchleand and Strandhead; £440 (x2) Auchleand; £430 Strandhead. Sim – £480 Newhouse. Frie – £290 Meikle Kilchatten.

Heifer – A-A – £540 Meikle Kilchatten; £420 Dykehead; £410, £400 Knowe. Lim – £500 Meikle Kilchatten; £400 Whitehill. BB – £440, £340 Dormieston; £330 Auchleand and Dormieston; £320 Over Enoch. BS – £380 Little Speirston.

Stirks – Bulls – A-A X – £1100 (x3) Hillend. BB – £990 Acholter; £690 Drummullan. Frie – £600 Low Castleton; £490 Drummullan; £385 Glenconner; £370 Drumsuie. A-A – £1020 Easr St Colmac; £930 Acholter; £780 Ballochmartin. BB – £1000 East St Colmac; £770 Garrockhill. BS – £910 Clachanton with Poundland. Char – £680 Craig. Frie – £460 Garrockhill.

Heifer – BB – £980 East St Colmac. A-A – £920 East St Colmac; £910 Acholter.

Breeding cattle – Bull – Lim – 1950gns Rosemount. In-calf heifers – Hfd – £1200 Pitdinnie.

Lockerbie

On Tuesday, Harrison and Hetherington held its first sale of the year of store cattle, where trade reached £1680 for two Limousin bullocks from Messrs Richardson, Purdomstone and Messrs Wilson, Belzies.

Messrs Wilson, Belzies, also produced the lead priced heifer at £1630.

Among the pence per kg section, a top call of 409p was paid for Limousin bullocks from Messrs Robson, Laverockhall, whilst Aberdeen Angus heifers realised 314.1p for Newbigging.

Leading Prices

Steers – Lim – £1680, £1620, £1590, £1590, £1540, £1470 Purdomstone; £1680, £1590, £1510 Belzies; £1400, £1390 Laverockhall. A-A – £1540 Purdomstone; £1520 Greenbeck; £1370, £1180 Newfield;, £930 Esbie. BB – £1480 Belzies; £1260 Laverockhall; £1030 Esbie. Sim – £1410 (x2), £1400, £1370 Middlebiehill; £1400, £1180 Newfield. Char – £1400, £1270 Newfield; £1300, £1140 North Corrielaw. BS – £1350 North Corrielaw. Frie – £920 Esbie. Hfd – £710 East Tinwald House.

Heifer – Lim – £1630 Belzies; £1500 Penlaw. Hfd – £1500 Pearsbyhall; £770 East Tinwald House. BS – £1450 Penlaw. Luing – £1440, £1350, £1220 Tundergarth Mains. A-A – £1400 Pearsbyhall; £1380, £1310 Newbigging. Longhorn – £1270, £1200 Pearsbyhall. Char – £1150 North Corrielaw.

Lanark

Aberdeen Angus bullocks from Iain Walker Farming, Hills of Dalserf Farm, Larkhall, secured £1990 at Lawrie and Symington's sale of 718 store cattle, with heifers to £1830 for a 568kg Limousin from J and J Dunn, Corramore, Sandilands.

Charolais led the pence per kg sections having sold to 372p for a bullocks weighing 371kg from James Nisbet, Sorn Mains, Sorn, to average 304p, whilst heifers peaked at 324.5p for a pair of 265kg from Messrs Haddow, Lawriesmuir, Lesmahagow, to level at 272.8p.

Dairy bullocks sold for £1510 on two occasions, firstly for 604kg Holsteins from G Watson and Co, The Law, Uphall, and again for 606kg Montbéliarde from D and M Russell, Cobblehaugh, Lanark.

Leading Prices

Bullocks – AA – £1990 Hills of Dalserf; £1800 Newbigging Mill; £1790 Cobblehaugh; £1780 Newbigging Mill; £1775 Mafflat; £1750 Cobblehaugh; £1740, £1640, £1620 Bottoms. Gall ­– £950 North Park. Hfd –£1320 Thornyhills; £1140 North Bankend;£910 Forrestfield. Saler – £1420, £1410 Hillridge; £1340 Cloverhill. Lim – £1300 Calton. Lim X – £1900 Birkhill; £1830 Hillridge; £1710 Corramore; £1650 Birkhill; £1630 Bottoms; £1540 Corramore; £1530 Thinacre; £1500 Ladyurd; £1470 West Montgarswood; £1420 Bottoms. Char X – £1850, £1750 Knockshinnoch; £1690 The Law; £1650 Knockshinnoch; £1630 Blackhill; £1620 Knockshinnoch; £1600 Netherton; £1580 Thornyhills; £1570 Netherton; £1510 Cloverhill. BS – £1790 Newbiggin Mill; £1410 Thornyhills; £1350 Haswellsykes; £1270 Kingledores; £1190 Midhill; £1170 Thornyhills; £1130, £1120 Baillieshall. Cont X – £1090, £980 Newlands. Longhorn – £1210 Eastfield of Wiston. Sim – £1660, £1570 Ladyurd; £1550 West Montgarswood; £1460 The Law; £1400, £1390 Ladyurd; £1340 West Montgarswood; £1210 Eastfield of Wiston. BB – £1620 Craigthornhill; £1510 Dovecot and Higher Daviesdykes; £1400 Dovecot; £1390 Bottoms; £1180 North Bankend; £1120 Sherifflatss; £1090 Newlands. Char – £1100, £980 Lawriesmuir.

Heifers – AA – £1510 Higher Daviesdykes and Woodhouse; £1500 Parklea; £1400 Newbyre, Craighead and Townhead Croft; £1390 East Gartmillan, Dechmont, Higher Daviesdykes and Haswellsykes. Hfd – £1550 The Law; £1370 Dechmont; £1360 The Law. Saler – £1380 Ladyurd. Lim – £1350 Dechmont. Linred – £870 Townhead Croft. Lim X – £1830 Corramore; £1670 Birkhill and Corramore; £1610 Haswellsykes; £1590 Corramore; £1580 Millmoor; £1520, £1480 Bottoms; £1480 The Law; £1470 Millmoor. Char X – £1650 Knockshinnoch and Craighead; £1600 Knockshinnoch and ladyurd; £1580 Netherton; £1560 Mossplatt; £1530 Craighead and Hillridge; £1520 Mossplatt; £1510 Blackhill. BS – £1460 Bottoms; £1370 Ladyurd; £1360 Bottoms; £1210 Midhill; £1200 West Nerston; £1050 Midhill. Longhorn – £1050 Eastfield of Wiston. Sim – £1490, £1480 The law; £1470 Millmoor; £1300, £1290, £1190 Ladyurd; £1060, £910 Lawriesmuir. BB – £1390 Newbyre; £1380 Haswellsykes; £1360 Craigthornhill; £1090 Newlands; £1060 Dovecot; £940 Forrestfield; £890 Mid St Colmac and Sherifflatts. Char – £1600 Knockshinnoch; £1045, £910, £860 Lawriesmuir.

Dairy bullocks – Mont – £1510, £1450, £1385 Cobblehaugh. BF – £1490 Tanhill; £1100 Parklea; £1010, £955, £900 North Park. Hol – £1510 The Law; £1480 Higher Daviesdykes; £1270 Bottoms; £1200 Craigthornhill; £1180 Bottoms.

Huntly

Averages jumped on the year at United Auctions' sale of 618 cattle, with bullocks (326) and heifers (262) cashing in at 317.7p per kg (+43.9p per kg on year) and 292.9p (+34.7p).

Limousin crosses were in demand, having attained 394.7p for 375kg bullocks from Coleburn, Elgin, and to 354.6p for 502kg heifers from Birselawsie, Midmar.

Among the per head section it was Charolais crosses that led proceedings at £2000 for 597kg bullocks from Ardlewie, Cabrach, and to £1940 for 651kg heifers from Gunnhill, Inverurie.

Leading Prices

Bullocks – 251-300kg – £1060, 353.3p Lower Lynemore, Drummuir. 301-350kg – £1180, 374.6p Coleburn, Elgin. 351-400kg – £1490, 394.7p Coleburn, Elgin. 401-450kg – £1590, 382.7p Cobbleheugh, Dinnet. 451-500kg – £1700 Mains of Mosstown, Udny; 344.5p Home, Aberlour; 344.5p Home, Aberlour. 501-551kg – £1800 Ardlewie, Cabrach; 339p Mains of Mosstown, Udny. 552-601kg – £2000, 335.6p Ardlewie, Cabrach. 602-651kg – £1730 Hill of Culbeuchly, Banff; 292.1p Mains of Mosstown, Udny. 652-701kg – £1960, 286.5p Innes Hill of Culbeuchly, Banff.

Heifers – 301-350kg – £1200, 342.9p Cobbleheugh, Dinnet. 351-400kg – £1400, 350p Cobbleheugh, Dinnet. 401-450kg – £1460, 347.6p Cobbleheugh, Dinnet. 451-500kg – £1530 Birselawsie, Midmar; 312.5p Gunnhill, Inverurie. 501-551kg – £1780, 354.6p Birselawsie, Midmar. 552-601kg – £1750, 315.3p Whinbrae, Huntly. 602-651kg – £1940, 305.8p Gunnhill, Inverurie.