Special sales in Jan 16 issue

LEADING prices:

Bullocks – Up to 250kg – Dalvey £580, 232.00p; 251-300kg – Taiglim £740, 249.20p; 301-350kg – Dykehead £860, Laight 248.50p; 351-400kg – Dykes £1060, 273.20p; 401-450kg – Dykes £1070, Calton 251.20p; 451-500kg – Elmscleugh £1140, Farden 237.50p; 501-550kg – Boydston £1190, Farden 224.90p; 551-600kg – Wolfhill £1280, 217.30p; 601-650kg – Holehouse £1310, 214.80p; 651-700kg – Wolfhill £1300, 194.60p; 701kg+ – Bottoms £1260, 176.50p.
Heifers – Up to 250kg – Barmurrie £540, Taiglim 238.10p; 251-300kg – Taiglim £750, 269.80p; 301-350kg – Taiglim £810, 247.60p; 351-400kg – Graystale £910, Taiglim 243.00p; 401-450kg – Ashfield £1070, Gateside 241.90p; 451-500kg – Farden £1190, 245.20p; 501-550kg – Graystale £1210, Brisbane Glen 233.20p; 551-600kg – Brisbane Glen £1190, West Park 214.00p; 601-650kg – Cormiston Towers £1100, 181.50p.

Carlisle
CHAROLAIS crosses from Blocklerigg, Lockerbie, led Harrison and Hetherington’s first store sale of the year, securing the top two highest prices in the bullock and heifer sections.
A smaller offering than usual saw a lead price of £1230 for a steer, with a heifer from Blocklerigg selling for £1230.
Leading the weaned calf trade at £980 and £970, were nine-month-old Limousin cross bullocks from Messrs Thompson and Baird, Midtown.

LEADING prices:

Store cattle – Bullocks – Char – £1230, £1150 Brocklerigg. Lim – £1175, £1115, £1080 Beech House; £1155 Hill Farm. A-A – £860 East Town End Farm.
Heifers – Char – £1200, £1160, £1120 Brocklerigg; £1070 East Town End Farm. BB – £1135, £1115 Burnside; £1120 Fishergill. Lim – £1115 (x2), £1095 Fishergill; £1100 Beech House; £925 Stockber. Sim – £1010 East Town End Farm; £960, £930 Greystone House. A-A – £1000 Burnside. BS – £900 Burnside.
Weaned calves – Bullocks – Lim – £980, £970, £880, Midtown Farm; £945 Stockholm Farm; £880 Beamwham; £880 Barvennan Farmhouse. BB – £830, £825 Beamwham. Char – £800 Stockholm Farm. A-A – £595, £580 (x2), £580 Natland Millbeck Farm. Hol – £340 (x7) Croft Ends Farm; £325 Stockholm Farm.
Bulls – Sim – £825 Palace Farm. Char – £780 Longrigg. Lim – £695 Quarrypark. A-A – £690 Barvennan Farmhouse. Fleck – £600 Lowther Low Moor. Hol – £325 (x6) Woodhouse.
Heifers – Sim – £815 Skiddaw View Cottage. Lim – £810 Midtown Farm. A-A – £805 High House. Char – £740 Stockholm Farm.
Thainstone
STORE hoggs met a strong demand at Aberdeen and Northern Marts’ sale of 2320 hoggs and feeding sheep at Thainstone, where 151 cast cows and bulls were also sold.
Leading the old season lambs, were Suffolks at £70 from West Davoch, Tarland, while feeding ewes and rams peaked at £120 for Texel ewes from Clinterty, New Aberdour.
Beef cows averaged 125.7p having sold to 185.7p per kg for a 630kg British Blue from Balgairn, Ballater and £1330 for a 915kg Charolais from Quoynee, Halkirk.  
Dairy cows hit a top of 88.6p per kg for a 660kg Friesian from West Knock, Stuartfield and £605 for a 785kg Friesian from Braehead, Drummuir.
LEADING prices:

Store hoggs – Tex – Gates of Birselawsie, Midmar £69; Suff – Rhynie, Fearn £69; Cont – Mains of Hatton, Techmuiry £68; Tex X – Rhynie £67; Cont X – Bogengarrie, Ardallie £66.50; Suff X – Belnaglack, Glenbuchat £65.50; Down – 14 Deveron Road, Turriff £65; Down X – Bullenie, Harpsdale £64.50; Mule – Mains of Glenbuchat £59.50; BF – Glenlethnot, Stirling £54.50; Chev – Mains of Murthly, Aberfeldy £52.50.
Ewe hoggs – Mule – Newton of Hassiewells, Rothienorman £77.
Feeding ewes – Tex – South Mains Balgaveny, Rothienorman £100; Tex X – Rhynie £87.50; Cont – South Mains Balgaveny £85.50; Cont X – Mains of Leask, Slains £83.50; Suff – Mains of Orchardtown, Udny £79.50; Chev – Newton of Begshill, Drumblade £78.50; Suff X – Backhill of Clackriach, Maud £77.50; Chev Mule – Mains of Leask £75.50; BFL – Newton of Hassiewells £74.50; Down – Raich, Forgue £73.50; Char – Lochdhu, Nairn £73.50; Mule – Mill of Alvah, Banff £67.50; GF – Rhynie £66.50; BF – Home Farm, Cairness £47.50.
Feeding rams – Chev – Cormalet, Cairnie £88.50; Tex – Greenmyre, Oldmeldrum £87.50; BF – Auchorachan, Glenlivet £79.50.

Ayr
ALL classes of store cattle met a firm trade at Craig Wilson’s sale of 208 head at Ayr, where a top price of £1200 was paid for a Limousin heifer from Blairbowie, or 247.6p per kg for Limousin steers from Arnsow.
Arnsow also topped the pence per kg section amongst the heifers at 231.8p, with Charolais crosses from Carsloe, leading the gross trade in the steers at £1150.
Overall, 105 bullocks average 218.5p per kg or £924.48 per head with 97 heifers at 214.5p or £898.51. The 26 black and white bullocks levelled at 145.9p or £717.12, having sold to 155p per kg or £930 from Watston.
A poorer show for quality amongst the 586 store hoggs peaked at £64 for Suffolk crosses from Mountop, Paisley.

LEADINGprices
Bullocks – Per head – Char – £1150, £1015 Carsloe; £1110, £1100 High Woodston; £1000 Eskechraggan. Lim – £1145 Perryston; £1105 Cairnwhin; £1055 Ballycurrie; £1050 Balsaggart; £1010 Castlemains; £1000 Burnhouse, Newton Mearns. BB – £1095, £1035 Castlemains; £1075 South Ballaird. A-A – £1075 Montgomerieston; £1010 Balsaggart; £975 Carbieston Mains. Sim – £1060 Stevenston; £1030 Carsloe. Black and White – £930 Watston; £835 Gabrockhill. Per kg – Lim – 247.6p Arnsow. Sim – 237.1p Kilpatrick. Char – 230.9p Mossend. BB – 217.2p South Ballaird. A-A – 219.5p Gabrockhill. Black and White – 155p Watston.
Heifers – Lim – £1200, £1130, £1105, £1100 Blairbowie; £1085 Lanemark and East Revoch; £1080 Watston; £1050 Gass; £1040 Ballycurrie. BB – £1145 South Ballaird. Hfd – £1040 Balsaggart. A-A – £1015 East Revoch; £950 Gabrockhill; £945 Watston. BS – £885 Haugh. Per kg – Lim – 231.8p Arnsow. A-A – 223.1p East Revoch. Char – 222.3p Burnton. BB – 218.1p South Ballaird. Sim – 217.1p Howcommon.
Store hoggs – Suff – £64, £58 Mountop; £57 Crossgates (Noble). Tex – £63 Kirkland; £62 Ravenscroft. NCC – £62 Muirhouse (McDougall). Mule – £60, £57 Ardoch (Anderson). Cont – £59, £58 Windyedge (Duffin). Belt – £58, £57 Glendoune; £57 Crossgates (Noble). Blue Tex – £55 South Craig; £52 Whitehill. Llyn – £54, £51 East Altercannoch. Char – £52 Mountop. Rouge – £51 (x2) Glendoune. Bf – £33 South Annan.

Dumfries
A LARGE attendance of buyers ensured a buoyant trade at C and D Auction Marts’ sale of
1670 store hoggs and 784 cast ewes and rams.
Hoggs peaked at £81 for Texels from East Arndarroch, with cast sheep selling to £125 for Texel ewes from Dressertland Cottage.
On Monday, the firm sold 243 store cattle which saw 176 bullocks average 200.3p, 61 heifers level at 195p and six bulls cash in at 173p.

LEADINGprices
Store hoggs – Tex – (ave £59.71) – £76 Keyla park, £75, £72.50, £71 Backburn, £74.50 Carton Croft. Suff – (ave £65.40) – £75 Keyla Park and Townfoot, £70.50 Gibbonhill, £70 Bettyknowes. Cross – (ave £45.62) – £66.50 Gibbonhill,  £59.50 Guelt. BF – (ave £45.38) – £64, Terregles, £62.50 Glenmanna. Chev – (ave £52.14) – £63.50 Auchenage and Archbank.
Chev Mule – (ave £55.88) – £61 Archbank. Jac – (ave £53.79) – £57 Aar Dar.  NCC – (ave £51.30) – £55 Archbank.
Tup hoggs – Tex – (ave £69.46) – £78 Townfoot, £76 The Bush, £72 Burrance of Courance.
NCC – (ave £62.67) – £68 Archbank. BF – (ave £51.66) to £65, £61 Glenmanna, £61 Lagghead.
Zwart – (ave £65) – £65 Keyla Park. Chev – (ave £55.25) – £63.50, £54 Chanlockfoot, £55.50 Clenries. Suff – (ave £56.50) – £56.50 Mid Murthat,
Breeding ewes – Tex – £128  Carton Croft.
Cast ewes – Tex – £125 Dressertland Cottage, £121 Townfoot, £119 Glenlaugh. Hb – £78, £70 Hartbush. Suff – £70 Shawhill. NCC – £70 Annelfield. Zwart – £70 Wallacetown. Cross – £69 Capenoch, £66  Dressertland. Chev – £65 Alton. BF – £41 Low Garleffan and Hannaston.
Cast rams – Tex– £119 Capelfoot, £113 Gelnlaugh, £110 Hannaston. Suff X – £98 Glenkiln, £88 Marwhirn. BFL – £83 Annefield. Chev – £79 Laghead, £78 Clenries. BF – £79 Midlock, £74 Store cattle – Bullocks – Lim – £1200 Bankswood; £1165, Kirkbride; £1140, Ryemuir, £1105 Ballaggan. BB – £1145 No 6 Howes; £990, £985 Upper Moor. Char – £1130, £1095 Hillhead. A-A – £1125 Ryemuir; £1095 Ballaggan; £1090, Kirkbride. Lim – £1095 Ballagan. Mont – £1090, Gimmenbie; £1015, Midtown. Fleck – £1085, Slacks; £1015, Midtown. Hfd – £1005 Midtown. Sim – £995 Backburn. N Red – £945 Midtown.
Heifers – Sim – £1130 Cormaddie. A-A – £1100 Raeburnhead. BB – £980, Upper Moor. Lim – £890 Backburn.

Quoybrae
OLD season prime lambs sold to 181.3p per kg or £78 per head for a pen of 32kg Beltex from Achavanich, Latheron, at Aberdeen and Northern Marts’ sale at Quoybrae on Monday.
Texels also topped the entry of 146 store hoggs, with Clevanagreen, Skirza, selling a pen at £74.50 per head with the overall average levelling at £52.34.
Cheviots from Messrs Crowe, Overton, Mid-Clyth, led the entry of 30 feeding ewes and rams which averaged £54.37, selling at £90.

LEADINGprices
Old season prime lambs – Suff – West Watten (Thomson) £66.50, 149.1p; Tex – West Watten £64, Achavanich 157.1p.
Store hoggs – Tex – Newlands of Geise and Inver, Dunbeath £63; Cont – Newlands of Geise £60.
Feeding ewes and rams – Tex – Myrelandhorn (Mccarthy) £71; Chev – 120 Newlands £59.
 
Castle Douglas
MOST sheep forward headed south for further finishing at Wallets Marts’ sale of 1548 store hoggs, cast ewes and rams, last weekend, where Suffolk crosses from JJ and I Baird, Potterland, topped the trade selling at £75.
A Blackface and a Suffolk ram led the cast trade with both making £100 for Cullinaw and Upper Barr, respectively.

LEADINGprices
Store hoggs – Suff – £75 Potterland; £68 Ardwall; £66 Clonyard. Tex – £74 Potterland; £71 Clonyard. Belt – £64.50 Copelaw; £64.50 Kelloside. Chev – £63.50 Dirnow; £63.50, Murrayton; £62, Cluden. Gf – £67 South Quintinespie; £66.50 Miefield; £64.50 Copelaw. Lln – £58 Auchenbainzie. BFL –  £67, £63 Grennan. Bf – £66.50, Miefield; £64 Upper Hardland; £62.50, Chanlockfoot. Dorset – £60.50 Old Cluden.
Cast ewes – Tex – £90 South Quintinespie. Gf – £67 Cullinaw; £66 Potterland. Lln – £58 Auchenbainzie; BFL – £75 South Qunitinespie. Bf – £49.50 Newfield. Rams – Bf – £100 Cullinaw. Suff – £100 Upper Barr. Tex – £80 Auchenleck. Chev – £72 Chanlockfoot. BFL – £86 Ardwall.

Stirling (Cale)
SOME 359 store cattle and 818 store hoggs and feeding ewes were sold at Caledonian Marts’ sale at Stirling on Monday, where bullocks averaged 214p per kg and heifers cashed in at 208p.
Bullocks peaked at 276p from Glenside Farms and £1180 from East Kerse, Lochwinnoch, with heifers selling to 226p from Mains of Burnbank, Blairdrummond and £1200 from Wester Braco, Airdrie.
Leading the young bull trade at 182p and £870 was a Limousin from Balircessnock, Port of Menteith, with the section averaging 122p per kg.
Black and white bullocks hit a top of 172p from Wester Whitefield, Dunfermline and £920 from Gryfeside, Kilmacolm, to level at 136p.
More store hoggs could have been sold to the vendors advantage with trade peaking at £64 for Suffolks from Balcachie, Girvan.

LEADINGprices
Bullocks – £1090 Eskechreggan; £1080 Wester Braco, Eskechreggan and Bowridge; £1070 Holm Park; £1060 High Crewburn and Avoncrook; £1050 Glenside. Pence per kg – 267p Glenside; 238p Walton; 236p Portend; 235p Mains of Burnbank and Portend; 232p Glenside.
Heifers – £1170 Hill o Harthill; £1120 East Kerse; £1110, £1100 Wester Braco; £1100 Hattrick Farms; £1080 Hill o Harthill; £1060 Eskechreggan; £1030 Holm Park; £1020 Hill o Harthill. Per kg – 222p Wester Whitefield and Lochridgehills; 221p Eskechreggan; 220p Gibblaston; 219p Easterton and Hill o Harthill; 218p Hattrick
B and W bullocks – £800, £780, £740 Gryfeside. Per kg – 158p, Gryfeside and Macrindleston;
139p Gryfeside (x2).
Store hoggs – Suff – £62 Easter Fordell. Belt X – £61 Craiglaw. Tex – £61 Craiglaw. Suff X – £60 Balcachie. Cont – £60 Baluskie. Cross – £60 South Hourat. Chev – £56 Ardchonnel. Bf – £46 Kinrara Est.
Feeding ewes – BF – £36 Craigton.
Ewe hoggs – BF – £37 Wester Whin. Chev – £37 Mains of Struie.

Longtown
STORE sheep met the dearest trade of the season and C and D Auction Marts’ sale of 5206 store hoggs and cast ewes and rams on Tuesday, where a top price of £80.50 was achieved for Beltex from Crookston, Heriot.
Cast sheep also peaked at £100 paid for a Texel from Mossband Hall.

LEADINGprices
Store hoggs – Belt – £78 Keld Farm; £76.50 Francis Street. Tex – £80 Kilnhill, £78.50 Mossband Hall; £75.50 Crosshill and Drumcruilton. Lln – £79, £74 Height (Dixon). NCC –  £71.50, £65.50, £65 Yetholm Mains. Suff – £70 Mains, £68.50 Tarrasfoot. Chev Mule – £68.50 Francis Street, £68 Yetholm Mains. Char – £67.50 Partridge Nest. Gf – £66 Gill Head, £65.50 Francis Street; £65 Mouldy Hill. Hill Chev – £64.50 High Thorneyburn; £59 Burnfoot of Ewes, £58.50 Newbank. Bf – £58.50 Halterburnhead. Swale – £57.50 High Thorneyburn.
Cast ewes – Tex – £77, Partridge Nest. Suff – £64 Francis Street. Gf – £60 Francis Street, Tushielaw and Partridge Nest. Chev – £56.50 High Thorneyburn; £50 Tushielaw. Bf – £37 Penchrise. Swale – £34 Nirvana. Herd – £34 Hagg.
Cast rams – Tex – £100 Mossband Hall; Oxf – £84 Mount Pleasant. BFL – £80 Tushielaw. Char – £79 Thompson Walls. Chev – £78 Birneyknowe. Suff – £77 Shaw Cottage.

Lockerbie
TOP price per kg at Harrison and Hetherington’s first show and sale of 240 store cattle at Lockerbie, on Tuesday, was 316.9p per kg, paid for a home-bred heifer from Gary Bell, Haas Side.
The same home also produced the overall champion, an eight-month-old Limousin cross heifer which made £1080.
Lead price overall however, was £1230 paid for a Limousin cross steer from Messrs Ewart, Belridding Farm, Dumfries.  
The reserve champion, a Limousin heifer from J Common and Son, Crossdykes, Lockerbie, made £1225.

LEADINGprices
Steers – Lim – £1230, £1180 (x2), £1170 Belridding Farm; £1185, Purdomstone. BB – £1165, £1095 Belzies, £1060 Beckhall Farm. Char – £1065, £1040, Corriehills Farm. BS – £1000 Penlaw. A-A – £990 (x2), Newbigging; £945 Greenbeck. Sim – £930 South Corrielaw. Hfd – £710, East Tinwald House. Fr – £695 Esbie Farm. Per kg – Char – 265.2p, 262.4p South Corrielaw. Lim – 248.1p Whitehill, 244.9p Mosshead Farm. Hfd – 253.6p, 238.1p East Tinwald House. Sim – 250p South Corrielaw. A-A – 230.5p, 227p Courstein. BB – 228.4p Beckhall Farm. BS – 203.9p Crossdykes Farm.
Heifers – Lim – £1225, Crossdykes Farm; £1165, £1080, Haas Side Farm; £1065 Penlaw. BB – £1105 Beckhall Farm. Char – £980, £900 Craigielandshill. Per kg – Lim – 316.9p, 276.9p, 270.7p, 268.4p, 252.5p, 248.8p Haas Side Farm; 231.1p Crossdykes Farm. Char – 238p, 236.6p South Corrielaw. BB – 236.1p Beckhall Farm. A-A – 193.9p Penlaw.