Special sales in April 8 issue

Heifers peaked at £1290 for two Limousin pairs, firstly from W Cairns and Sons, Windy Nook, and again from PE Robinson, Pelutho Park. 

Weaned calves (258) reached £1170 for a British Blue bull from AT Dixon, Chirdon, with heifers to £990 for a Limousin cross from W and B Nichol, Lawston, with bullocks to the same for a Limmy cross from R Maughan, Greencarts. 

A few days later the firm held a small show of breeding cattle where all classes met a good trade to top at £2250 for a Limousin cross heifer with heifer calf at foot from TN Cowan, The Ash, Roadhead. Bulling heifers averaged £1341 and sold to £1500 twice for pure Limousins from JE Carruthers, Silloans. 

On Monday, the firms sold breeding sheep to a top of £97 per head for a Texel gimmer with Charolais-sired lamb at foot from Miss Charlotte Goddard, Gall Farm, Lockerbie. A top price per unit of £243 was paid for a pen of Suffolk two-shears with twins by a Texel from Messrs Brough, Clappers. 

LEADING prices:

Store bullocks – BB – £1380, £1295, £1285 Durdar; £1270, £1200, £1150 Hainings; £1250 (x2), £1225, £1180, £1150, £1140 Rose Farm; £1180, £1130 Dacre Road; £1160 (x3) Carleton Hill; £1155 (x3) Hitchell Farms; £1135 (x3), £1110 Yew Tree Farm. Lim – £1340 Pelutho Park; £1245, £1155, £1140 (x2) Four O Boot; £1230, £1200 £1145 (x2) Hitchell Farms; £1210 Crookdyke; £1200, £1160 (x2), £1155 (x3) Midtown; £1200 Redhouse; £1195, £1185, £1180, £1165 Fishergill; £1180, £1175 (x3) Rye Close. Char – £1290 (x2) £1180 Whiteside; £1190 Hitchell Farms, £1180 (x2) £1115 Sideway Bank; £1130, £1120 Redhouse. Blo – £1205, £1140 Brackenthwaite. BSho – £1200, £1135 Harper Hill; £975 (x4), £960 (x3) £935, £910 (x4) Branetrigg. A-A – £1135, £1070 Bank Head; £1095 Crookdyke; £1085 Yew Tree; £1035 (x3) Stoneraise Place. Sim – £1065 (x2), £1000 (x3) Briggle. Mont – £910 Branetrigg; £900 Mouswald Grange. HF – £895 (x2) £850 (x2) Rose Farm; £875 Kilnknowe; £800 (x4) Crookdyke. Frie – £840 Raby Grange. 
Store heifers – Lim – £1290 (x2) Windy Nook; £1290 (x2) Pelutho Park; £1170 (x2) Lairdlaugh; £1160, £1020 Shield Green; £1140 Boghall; £1085 Brecon Hill; £1050, £1020 Rye Close; £1050 Cold Shields; £1045 Stockber; £1035 (x2) Midtown; £1030 Old Town Farm; £1010 Marina House. Char – £1275, £1200, £1115, £1080 Boghall; £1185 Rye Close; £1115 Whiteside; £1065, £1040 Sideway Bank. Sim – £1265, £1200, £1180 (x5), £1155 (x2), £1120, £1095 (x2), £1080 (x4), £1045 Boghall; £1090 Carleton Hill. Fleck – £1190 Wardpark. Parth – £1190 Marina House. BB – £1160, £1100 Old Town Farm; £1070 (x3) Yew Tree; £1060 Rye Close; £1035 (x4), £1015 (x2) £1000 Boghall; £1030 West Brownrigg. A-A – £1100 Crookdake; £950 Hayclose. Blo – £1100 Brackenthwaite; £1100 Stockber. BS – £1005 Yew Tree. 
Weaned bulls – BB – £1170 Chirdon; £935 (x2) Light Birks ; £780 Harrington Ling; £700 Chalkside. Lim – £1090, £1010 (x2), £900 (x2), Stanger Hill; £1080, £1000, £970, £915 Kirkburn; £1000, £980 (x2), £960 South Thornberry. A-A – £1045, £790 Borthaugh; £510 South Slealands. Blo – £830 Borthaugh. Sim – £735 Chalkside. Her – £610 (x2), £580 Wydon Eals; £580 (x3) Beck Farm. DR – £580 Little Blencow. BSho – £570 Gall. HF – £490 (x4) Castle Rigg; £490 (x6), £480, £440 (x4) Chalkside. 
Weaned bullocks – Lim – £990 £950, £860 Greencarts; £980, £920 Greenside Keep Cottage; £930 (x2) Tarn How; £915 Snab Farm. Char – £930 (x3) Maidencoates. A-A – £900 (x3) Burn House; £805 Gall Farm. BB – £830, £790 Cherry Tree; £800 (x3), £750 Skiddaw View Cottage. Sim – £830 Gall Farm; £795 (x3) Dornock Mains. HF – £825 Parks Farm; £510 Windy Hill; £500 Hillhead; £470 (x2) Gullielands. Sal – £760 Skiddaw View Cottage. Sho – £755 Snab Farm; £740 Hillhead. Ayr – £500 (x5) Hillhead. 
Weaned heifers – Lim – £990, £970, £860 Lawston; £925 Tarn How; £850 Dykehead; £830, £790 Beyond the Moss; £800 Crindledykes; £800 (x3) Wall End; £795 Holmewrangle; £785 Snab Farm. BB – £865 Snab; £745 (x6) Dykehead; £740 Skiddaw View Cottage; £720 Viewley Hill. A-A – £850, £750 Lowther Low Moor; £640 Snab. Blo – £780 (x2), £750 Mill Farm. Sim – £730 Snab; £660 Park Road. Char – £725, £660 Maidencoates. High – £690 Park Road. Her – £620 Hillhead. WP – £600 West Rennington. 
Females with calves – Heifers – Lim – £2250, £1900 The Ash; £2180 Flatt; £1920 Lane Head. Cows – Lim – £1920 Bonshawside. 
In-calf heifers – BB – £1500 (x2), £1480, £1450 The Hill. Lim – £1450, £1150 Wanton Walls; £1150 The Flatt. A-A – £1150 The Flatt.
Bulling heifers – Lim – £1500 (x2), £1420 (x2) £1250 Silloans; £1480 (x3), £1450 (x2), £1380 (x2) £1320 (x3) Dundraw. 
Breeding bulls – Sim – £1575 Oakrigg. 
Females with lambs – Gimmers – Tex – £97, £74 Gall Farm. Ewes – Suff – £81, £80, £74 Clappers. Tex – £76, £66 Gall Farm; £74, £72, £71, £69, £68 (x2), £65 Clifton Moor; £66 High House. GF – £55, £54, £52.50 The Green. Hoggs – Tex – £65.50 Corncockle.

Dingwall
ALL classes met a firm demand at a show and sale of store cattle at Dingwall and Highland Marts, where judge C MacIver, Easter Strath of Auchterflow, picked out a Limousin cross bullock as his champion. 

Consigned by W Kellas, Burnside Croft, the stot weighed in at 490kg and later sold to Backmuir Livestock, Keith, for £1200. In reserve was a 410kg Limousin cross heifer from W Mackintosh, Lyne of Urchany, which sold to Mr MacIver for £1100. 

Topping the trade at £1310 and 294.4p per kg, however, was a 445kg Charolais heifer from Wester Craiglands, Fortrose, with the 386 heifers cashing in to average 226.4p.

Bullocks (695) averaged 235.1p and sold to 277.3p for a 375kg Limousin cross from Seafield Park, Nairn, and £1305 for a 620kg Charolais cross from Torgorm, Conon Bridge.

Also on offer were 39 OTM cattle, where the 38 cows averaged 130.3p. They were topped by Limousin crosses at 154.2p from Cambusmore Farming, Dornoch, and £1290 from Kinnahaird, Contin. 

LEADING awards:

Single calves – Bullock – 1 and champion, W Kellas, Burnside Croft, Strathpeffer, Lim X, 490kg, £1200; 2, W Mackintosh, Lyne of Urchany, Nairn, Lim X, 430kg, £1080. Heifer – 1 and reserve, Lyne of Urchany, Lim X, 410kg, £1100; 2, Burnside Croft, Lim X, 370kg, £830.
Pens – Pair – 1, Conon Brae Farms, Torgorm, Conon Bridge, Char X, 484kg, £1140; 2, Lyne of Urchany, Lim X, 455kg, £1060. Pen of four – 1, Lyne of Urchany, Lim X, 459kg, £1125; 2, IJ Stewart, Lower Whitebog, Fortrose, Lim X, 425kg, £1080.

LEADING prices:

Bullocks – Up to 250kg – 5A Ormlie Hill, Thurso, £560, 260.5p. 251-300kg – 5A Ormlie Hill, £780, 260p. 301-350kg – Balvullich, Muir of Ord, £800; Comar, Cannich, 265.2p. 351-400kg – Wester Craiglands, £1060, 268.4p. 401-450kg – Torgorm, £1145; Heathfield, Muir of Ord, 271.3p. 451-500kg – Kindeace, Alness, £1200, 258.1p. 501-550kg – Wester Craiglands, £1220; Torgorm, 234.4p. 550-600kg – Udale, Poyntzfield, £1290, 224.2p.
Heifers – Up to 250kg – Balvullich, £650, 285.1p. 251-300kg – 5A Ormlie Hill, £770, 264.4p. 301-350kg – Milton of Culloden, Inverness, £905; Balvullich, 269.8p. 351-400kg – Milton of Culloden, £1000, 251.3p. 401-450kg – Kincraig Farm, Invergordon, £1130, 275.6p. 451-500kg – Seafield Park, £1135, 245.7p. 501-550kg – Kincraig Farm, £1200, 239p. 551-600kg – Kincraig Farm, £1300, 234.2p.
Cast cows – BB X – Wester Moy, Urray, £1190, 152.6p. Lim X – Kilmorack, Beauly, £1170; Kinnahaird, 153.6p. A-A X – Easter Sheep Park, Balblair, £1110. Lui X – Ravensview, Strathpeffer, £1090, 143.4p. Char X – Keppoch Farm, Dundonnell, £1070, 143.6p. Sim X – 4 Glaick, Ardross, £1050. Her X – Glenurquhart, Cromarty, 148.5p. 

Stirling (UA)
CHAROLAIS crosses from South Port O Spittal topped the pence per kg trade at United Auctions, where a 253kg bullock sold for 294p per kg and a 269kg heifer made 263.9p.

A 725kg Simmental cross bullock from High Currochtrie led the gross trade at £1360 and a 578kg Charolais cross heifer from Moolies realised £1300. 

Overall, the 1226 bullocks averaged 228.66p with 668kg heifers at 220.44p. 

Dairy bullocks (71) levelled at 165.74p having peaked at 191.2p from Stoopshill and £740 from Nether Pratis, while young bulls (57) averaged 202.43p and sold to 226.4p for an Aberdeen-Angus cross from Titwood as well as £1090 for a Simmental cross from South Slipperfield. 

Averaging 140.05p, the 146 cast beef cows sold to 197.5p for a Limousin cross off Goddens and £1410 for a Simmental cross from Binn. Dairy cows (16) reached 125.4p from Craigend, £995 from Easter Greenhill, and averaged 109.74p. 

Of the 708 store hoggs and breeding sheep, hoggs reached £86.50 for Texels from Deuchar with breeders to £162 for Texel crosses with twins from Dalowie. 

LEADING prices:

Bullocks – Up to 250kg – Springfield £680, 290.6p. 251-300kg – Springfield £780; South Port O Spittal 294p. 301-355kg – Kirkland £885; South Flanders 268.4p. 351-400kg – The Hill £1000; Hall 265.5p. 401-450kg – Longyester £1080; Derrie 247.5p. 451-500kg – Longyetser £1145, 240.1p. 501-550kg – Victoria £1285; Mains of Balhall 243.1p. 551-600kg – West Mains £1285, 231.9p. 601-650kg – Forneth Estate £1300; Victoria 212.6p. 651-700kg – Cuttlehill £1300, 199.4p. 700kg+ – High Currochtrie £1360, 187.6p. 
Heifers – Up to 250kg – South Port O Spittal £570, 254.5p. 251-300kg – Glenkiln £730; South Port O Spittal 263.9p. 301-350kg – Auchenflower £850; Polquhairn 258.5p. 351-400kg – Longyester £950, 250p. 401-450kg – Upper Obney £1100, 243.9p. 451-500kg – Moolies £1160, 238.2p. 501-550kg – Moolies £1200, 233p. 551-600kg – Moolies £1300, 224.9p. 601-650kg – Couplaw £1290, 200.9p. 651kg+ – Blairmore £1150, 173.7p.
Cast cows – Sim – Binn £1410; Trowdale 191.1p. Lim – West Park, Aberfeldy £1390; Goddens 197.5p. A-A – Quixwood £1390, 175.1p. BB – Binn £1390; West Park, Aberfeldy 194.3p. Cont – Binn £1270, 150.5p. Sho – Loaning £1030, 135.9p. 
Store hoggs – Deuchar (Tex) £86.50; Cruachan (X) £65; Morenish (Mule) £65; Cherryfeild (Suff) £63.50; Glenfernate (BF) £61.50; Morenish (Swa) £48. 
Ewes with lambs – Dalowie (Tex X with twins) £162, (Tex X with single) £108, (Suff X with single) £129.

Ayr
CRAIG Wilson sold 514 store cattle where all classes continued to sell well as 262 bullocks averaged 226.7p per kg with 73 dairy types at 149.8p and 179 heifers at 217.5p. 

Aberdeen-Angus led the bullock section at £1360 from Ardwell and 264.6p from Merrymouth, while dairy bullocks reached £860 from Little Ittington and 193.9p from Ardwell Mains. 

Heifers reached £1320 for a Charolais from Caprickhill and 252.2p for a pen of Limousins from East Polquhirter. 

A small show of 86 store hoggs and breeding sheep saw Texels from Glendoune top at £56, while a pen of Mule ewes with Suffolk-sired twins at foot from Raithhill topped the breeders at £114.

LEADING prices:

Bullocks – Per head – A-A – £1360 Ardwell; £1040 Low Ballees; £1000 Walston; £990 Merrymouth. Sim – £1265, £1170, £1140 Low Ballees; £1120 High Garphar; £1095 Ardwell. BB – £1210, £1140, £1135 Gass, Straiton; £1160, £1130 Muirlaught; £1140, £1130 Barleith. Char – £1140, £1120, £1095 Chapelton; £1125 Helentongate; £1040 (x2), £1010 Langhill. Her – £980 Kildrochat Mains. Dairy – £860 Little Ittington; £840, £805, £800 Lochlands; £805 Drongan House; £800 High Garphar. Per kg – A-A – 264.6p Merrymouth. Lim – 261.8p Broadshean. Char – 260.6p Langhill. Sim – 255.6p Middleton. Sho – 243.4p Knockneen. Dairy – 193.9p Ardwell Mains; 172.1p Little Ittington. 
Heifers – Per head – Char – £1320, £1140 Caprickhill; £1060 Helentongate; £1055, £970 South Ballaird; £1030 Langhill; £990 Chapelton; £970 Linfairn. Lim – £1270, £1045 Linfairn; £1200 Ardwell; £1160, £1070, £1030 Craigbrae; £1140 Helentongate; £1100 Hallrigg; £1020 Nether Ardroscadale. A-A – £1170, £940 Walston; £940 Chapelton. Sim – £1140 Ardwell; £1050 Low Ballees. BB – £970 Mossneuk. Per kg – Lim – 252.2p East Polquhirter. Sho – 238.7p Mossneuk. Sim – 230.8p Nether Ardroscdale. A-A – 228p Merrymouth. BB – 230.1p Castlemains. Her – 219.2p Middleton. 
Store hoggs – Tex – £56, £50 Glendoune; £46 South Grange. Roussin – £46, £38 Glendoune. Suff – £46, £36 Mounttop. 
Ewes with lambs – £114 (Mule with twins), £110 (Tex with twins), £107 (Tex gmr with single), £1010 (Mule with single) Raithhill. 

St Boswells
TRADE was as buoyant as ever at Harrison and Hetherington, where 558 store cattle sold to a top of £1365 for a pen of Charolais bullocks from MEssrs Weir, Cortleferry. 

More Charolais bullocks, this time a pen of nine from MEssrs Ridgeway, Nether Howden, led the pence per kg trade at 289.3p, and bullocks cashed in to average 233.96p or £993.37. 

Heifers reached £1270 for Charolais from Coxydene, 283.6p for Limousins from Woodheads, and averaged 226.45p or £884.94. 
Ewes with lambs (70) peaked at £180 for pure Suffolks with singles from Kypie. 

LEADING prices:

Bullocks – Per head – Char – £1365, £1350, £1190, £1160 Cortleferry; £1190 Nether Howden; £1175 Hopton; £1150 Stoneypath; £1145 Todshawhaugh; £1120 Stobswood. Lim – £1320, £1190, £1170, £1140, £1120 Outerston; £1220, £1150, £1130, £1110 Woodheads L; £1165 Hopton; £1130 Cortleferry; £1115 Stoneypath; £1110, £1100 Howahill; £1110 Hendersyde. A-A – £1190 Todshawhaugh; £995 Nether Howden; £980 Harwood on Teviot. Sim – £1150, £1040 Roxburgh Mill; £1140 Birkenside; £1040 Trows; £1015, £900 Parkhill; £845 South Common Coxydene. Blo – £1110 Outerston. BB – £1030 Harwood on Teviot. Baz – £890 Coxydene. Per kg – Lim – 292p, 268p, 267.8p, 254.4p Holm Farm; 256.7p, 256.3p Parkhill; 250p Hendersyde; 250p, 241.3p Woodheads L; 249.3p, 242.1p (x2), 241p Netherhall; 248.1p Todshawhaugh; 242p Stoneypath; 240.5p Howahill. Char – 289.3p, 252.9p, 242.7p Nether Howden; 264.3p, 261.1p, 253.7p, 248.1p, 242.7p Stobswood; 263.2p Todshawhaugh; 259.2p, 247.p9 Cortleferry; 251.3p Hopton; 250p Stoneypath; 247.1p Netherhall. Baz – 269.7p Coxydene. Sim – 242.9p, 225.6p, 225p Parkhill; 234.7p South Common; 226.1p Trows. BB – 242.4p, 223.8p Harwood on Teviot. A-A – 234.1p Nether Howden; 223.3p Harwood on Teviot; 225.9p Todshawhaugh. Sal – 233.9p Houdshall. Blo – 217.6p Outerston.
Heifers – Per head – Char – £1270 Coxydene; £1190, £1175, £1160 Cortleferry; £1085, £1070 Nether Howden; £1055 Hopton. Lim – £1140 Timpendean; £1140, £1040, £1020 Coxydene; £1090, £1050, £1035, £1005 Woodheads L; £1000 Hendersyde. Sim – £1110, £1105 Trows. Sal – £900 Houdshall. Per kg – Lim – 283.6p, 280p, 259.3p, 251.4p, 234.7p Woodheads L; 275.5p, 236.6p, 234.2p Nether Howden; 256.8p, 236.4p Timpendean; 256.4p, 234.8p Hendersyde; 244.1p Parkhill. BB – 280p Woodheads L. Char – 255.9p, 252.9p, 248.7p (x2), 247.1p Nether Howden; 250p, 236.8p, 233.3p Netherhall; 245.8p Cortleferry; 245.3p, 238.6p, 234.8p, 232.5p, 232.1p (x2) Stobswood. Sim – 236.4p South Common; 228.2p Parkhill; 227.8p Coxydene. Baz – 227.8p Coxydene.
Ewes with lambs – Pure Suff with single – £180, £170 (x2), £165 Kypie. Mule with twins – £138 (x2), £135 (x2) Redpath East End.

Thainstone
IT was the pre-sale champion from guise Farm Partnership, Alford, that went on to top the heifer section at Aberdeen and Northern Marts’ sale of 1368 store cattle at £1380.

Picked out by judge Stuart Walker, Culfork, Alford, that was a 478kg Limousin cross heifer that later sold to Backmuir Trading, Keith, while the reserve, a 552kg Limmy cross bullock from A and E Grant, Glendamph, later sold to D and V Buchan, Savoch, for £1300. 

Best animal from the islands was a 516kg Limmy cross bullock from T and J Leslie, Quoymorhouse, Shapinsay, which also sold to Backmuir Trading, this time for £1350 and the top price of the Orkney and Shetland cattle.

Charolais cattle led the rest of the trade when bullocks hit £1445 for a 644kg bullock from Westerton of New Rayne, Insch, and 306.9p per kg for a pen of 378kg bullocks from Burnton, Laurencekirk, while heifers also sold to 286.1p for one weighing 416kg from Kennieshillock, Lhanbryde. 

Overall, the 888 bullocks averaged 237.5p (+6.7p on the week) with 468 heifers at 229.5p (+1p). Young bulls (12) sold to 208.3p for a 456kg Salers cross from Ringesta, Quendale, and £1110 for 686kg Charolais from Burnside of Whitefield, Forglen.

Of the Orkney and Shetland cattle, bullocks also sold to 285.8p for pair of 390kg Limousins from Sebay Cottage, Tankerness, and £1350 for a 516kg Limousin from Quoymorhouse, Shapinsay, while heifers reached 265.3p for a pair of 392k Aberdeen-Angus from Hammerbrake, Sanday, and £1170 for a 500kg British Blue from Quoymorhouse.

Also on offer were 2390 sheep of all classes. where Texels from Burnside, Newmachar, topped the 1149 store hoggs at £89 and more from 8 Meadow Park, Kirkwall, topped the 27 island hoggs at £66.

Ewes with lambs (12) peaked at £60 per life for Zwartbles gimmers from New Bungalow, Quarryhead, and grit ewes (244) sold to £98 for Texels from Gaitnip, St Ola. Feeding ewes and rams (958) sold to £150 for Texels from Mains of Orchardstown, Udny. 

LEADING prices:

Bullocks – Up to 300kg – Crathie Lodge, Laggan £760; Harmar 266.2p. 301-350kg – Edendiack, Gartly £940; Sauchentree, New Aberdour 278.1p. 351-400kg – Burnton £1160, 284p. 401-450kg – Govals, Kinaldrum, Kennieshillock £1140; Kennieshillock 275.4p. 451-500kg – Kennieshillock £1230, 255.2p. 501-550kg – Meikle Ardrone, Keith, Fieldhead, Newmill £1240; Govals, Kincaldrum 241p. 551-600kg – Bendauch, Kinellar £1420, 237.5p. 601-650kg – Bendauch £1440, 232.3p. 651-700kg – Westerton of New Rayne, Insch £1380, 209.7p.
Heifers – Up to 250kg – Harmar, Balthangie £600, 245.9p. 251-300kg – Harmar £780; Coilcreich Inn, Ballater 278.2p. 301-350kg – Edendiack, Gartly £900; Meikle Cultain, Fordyce 269.2p. 351-400kg – Bankhead, Clatt £1010; Uppermill, Kintore 261.8p. 401-450kg – Edendiack £1220, 278.5p. 451-500kg – Kennieshillock £1180; Glendamph, Glenisla 255.5p. 501-550kg – Govals £1230; Bendauch, Kinellar 229.1p. 551-600kg – Northfield £1250, 224.8p. 601-650kg – Mains of Pitlurg, Keith £1280; Northfield 220.9p.
Young bulls – Up to 300kg – Wynford, Kingswells £500. 351-400kg – Bruckhills, Rothienorman £800, 202p. 401-450kg – Newton, Tullynessle £820, 202p. 451-500kg – Ringesta £950. 651-700kg – Burnside of Whitefield £1080.
Ewes with lambs – Zwa gmr – New Bungalow £56. Mule – Towiemore, Keith £49. 
Grit ewes – Suff – Yonderton, Hatton £84. Tex – Gaitnip £80. 
Store hoggs – Belt – Pittenkerrie, Glassel £77. Tex – Auchmar, Leslie £76.50. Cont – Pittenkerrie £75. Chev – Barnyards, Mintlaw £75. Suff – Pittenkerrie £73. Lleyn – Yonderton, Hatton £71.50. Tex X – Glenbervie, Dalriach £71. Suff X – Bruckhills, Rothienorman £70.50. Cont X – Barnyards £70.50. Char – Mains of Leask, Slains £69.50. Mule – Pittenkerrie £69.50. BF – Dunearn, Nairn £69. Down – Clachenshields, Rickarton £67.50. GF – Pittenkerrie £66. Down X – Craskins, Tarland £66. Chev X – Backlass Croft, Watten £65.50. 
Island hoggs – Suff – Norville, Norby £60.50. Suff X – Upper Onston, Stenness £60. Belt – Upper Onston £59.50. 
Feeding ewes – Pure Tex – Logie Durno, Pitcaple, Veltigar, Tankerness £140. Char – Logie Durno £123. Cont – Logie Durno £120. Tex X – Mains of Orchardstown £120. Cont X – Home Farm of Auchry, Cuminestown £112.50. Char X – Skilmafilly, Auchnagatt £110.50. Belt – Bithnie, Forbes £107.50. Belt X – Hillhead, Glen of Newmill £103.50. Suff – Logie Durno £102.50. Down – Skilmafilly £99.50. BFL – Logie Durno £94.50. Lleyn – Kinkinockie, Mintlaw £90. Lei – Woodhead, Cairness £84.50. HB – Townhead of Gight, Methlick £83.50. Chev – Hallhill, Kinneff £82.50. Mule – Raich, Forgue £77. BF – Little Muddie, Lumphart £60. 
Feeding rams – Tex – Ironhill, Rosehearty £94.50. Lleyn – Woodlands, Dyce £86.50. 

Huntly
UNITED Auctions held a show and sale of store cattle, where judge G Taylor, Old Mill of Shivas, picked out a Limousin cross bullock from G Carroll, Edendiack, Huntly, as his champion. 

Weighing in at 390kg, it later sold to Messrs George, Parks, for £1130 or 289.7p per kg. 

The reserve, a British Blue cross heifer weighing 515kg from S Riddoch, Tochineal, which sold to W Cameron for £1210 or 235p. 

Overall averages rose on the year as 719 bullocks levelled at 234.8p (+13.2p) with 414 heifers at 231.6p (+13.7p). The entry topped at 305.5p for a pen of four Limousin cross bullocks from Deershill, Cuminestown, and £1370 for bullocks from Mosstown, Kinnoir. Heifers peaked at 294.6p for Limmy crosses from Slydie, Sauchen, and £1400 for Simmental crosses from Myreton, Insch. 

A Simmental cross from Fordmouth, Tomintoul, topped the 12 cast cows at £970 and 150p. 

LEADING prices:

Bullocks – 251-300kg – £845 Newfields, Blackhills; 305.5p Deershill, Cuminestown. 301-350kg – £990 Edendiack, Gartly; 300p West Cranloch, Ythanwells. 351-400kg – £1130, 302.8p Edendiack, Gartly. 401-450kg – £1150 Coleburn, Elgin; 274.4p Ballintomb, Dulnain Bridge. 451-500kg – £1180 Roebank, Grange; 251.1p Bankhead, Clatt. 501-550kg – £1305, 242.7p Tochineal, Cullen. 551-600kg – £1310 Upper Cook, Crudie; 226.8p East Powlair, Tarland. 601-650kg – £1315, 208.2p Mosstown, Kinnoir. 651-700kg – £1370, 207.6p Mosstown, Kinnoir.
Heifers – 251-300kg – £790 Bainshole, Huntly; 290.1p Stonedyke, Rhynie. 301-350kg – £950 Greencraig, Drybridge; 276.5p Coleburn, Elgin. 351-400kg – £1090, 294.6p Slydie, Sauchen. 401-450kg – £1110 Roebank, Grange; 256.8p Carbrotach, Cairnie. 451-500kg – £1190, 253.2p Mains of Tarryblake. 501-550kg – £1260, 235.5p Tochineal, Cullen. 551-600kg – £1300 Gladhill, Garmouth; 223.2p Coleburn, Elgin.

Stirling (Cal)
JUDGING a show of store cattle at Caledonian Marts was Ross Johnston, North Medrox, who picked out a Charolais bullock from J and D Mitchell, Offers, as his champion. 

Scaling 480kg, it sold to AC Bruce, Glendavny, while the reserve, a 395kg Limousin heifer from D and L Graham, Mains of Burnbank, sold to A Kerr, East Cairnbeg, for £830. 

Burnbank also had the best pen of four heifers which later realised £920 at a weight of 378kg, while the best pen of four bullocks weighing 492kg from R McNee, Woodend, sold for £1100. 

Overall, bullocks averaged 222p per kg and sold to 268p for a Simmental from G Stewart, Wester Whin, and £1300 twice – for a Simmental from A Peock, Bowhouse, and again for a Salers from J and J Brown, Loanrigg. Levelling at 217p, heifers peaked at 260p for a Limousin from A McDowall and Son, Mid Ervie, and £1230 for an Aberdeen-Angus from TJ Paterson, Alton Muirhouse. Dairy bullocks sold to 195p and £1170 from JC Orr, Baldastart, and averaged 152p. 

Also on offer were 1036 sheep, where ewe hoggs reached £77 for North Country Cheviots from Woodend Cottage and breeding sheep hit £158 for Texel ewes with twins from Tullygarth. 

LEADING prices:

Bullocks – Per head – £1270 (x2), £1250, £1240, £1210 Loanrigg; £1270 Alton Muirhouse; £1260 Lower Crawtree; £1240, £1220, £1210, £1200 Callendoune; £1240 Bowhouse. Per kg – 266p, 257p, 256p Mid Ervie; 266p Midton; 264p Walton; 262p Craigievern; 258p Wester Whin; 255p Offers. 
Heifers – Per head – £1160, £1150, £1140, £1130, £1100, £1090, £1080 Alton Muirhouse; £1150, £1040 Woodcockfaulds; £1100 Reivoch; £1050 Coillabus (Islay); £1040 Bowhouse; £1040 Bowridge. Per kg – 250p, 248p, 247p Mid Ervie; 249p, 243p, 240p Keirsbeath; 247p, 243p, 241p Mains of Burnbank; 246p Walton (Kinloch); 240p Robertsonlane; 240p Offers. 
Dairy bullocks – Per head – £850, £770, £760 (x2), £740 Gryfeside; £800 Lochnaw, Home Farm; £730 Knockraich. Per kg – 179p Lochnaw, Home Farm; 169p Knockraich; 158p Gryfeside; 149p West Kirkland. 
Ewe hoggs – NCC – Woodend Cottage £77. Chev X – Duallin £72. Chev – Scoor, Isle of Mull £69. Cross – Treshnish, Isle of Mull £64. BF – Dirnanean £49; Duallin £47. Swale – Rossal, Isle of Mull £35. 
Grit ewes – Cross – Woodend £91. Shet – Arns £38. 
Ewes with lambs – £158 (Tex with twins) Tullygarth; £100 (X with single), £100 (BF with twins), £50 (BF with single) Wester Whitefield. 

Lockerbie
ALL classes of cattle met a strong demand at Harrison and Hetherington on Tuesday, where bullocks averaged 239p per kg and heifers levelled at 220.47p. 

A British Blue cross heifer from DA Wilson, Belzies, topped at £1240 with heifers also hitting 292.3p for a 284kg Limousin cross from J Common and Son, Crossdykes. Bullocks were led by entries from IT Goldie, Greenfield, at £1190 for a pen of 466kg Charolais stots as well as 283p for pens of Salers and Charolais crosses from Greenfield. 

LEADING prices:

Bullocks – Per head – Char – £1190, £1175, £1140, £1115, £1110 (x2), £1080, £1040 (x2), £1000 Greenfield. BB – £1170 Belzies. Lim – £1060 Langdyke Cottage; £1010, £940 Hunterhouse; £980, £930 Isle of Dalton; £930 Greenfield. A-A – £1055 Newbigging. Sim – £950 Meikleholm. Sal – £945 Greenfield. Per kg – Char – 283p, 280.6p, 268.9p, 255.4p, 253.4p, 244.3p, 238.9p, 238.7p, 237p Greenfield. Sal – 283p, 265.4p, 260p Greenfield. Lim – 275.3p, 265p (x2) Isle of Dalton; 261.1p Hunterhouse; 252.9p, 250p Crossdykes; 242.2p Greenfield. A-A – 243.3p Copewood. 
Heifers – Per head – BB – £1240, £1090 Belzies. A-A – £1200, £1150 Newbigging. Lim – £1060, £985 Holmhead; £1055, £890 Kirkburn; £985 Belzies; £970, £880 Isle of Dalton; £895 Meikleholm; £870 Crossdykes. Char – £1040, £1030, £1020, £1000 Maryfield. Per kg – Lim – 292.3p, 262p Crossdykes; 253.9p Belzies; 251.3p, 234p Isle of Dalton; 248.8p, 232.2p, 228.2p Kirkburn; 230.4p, 223.9p Holmhead. BB – 226.1p Belzies. Char – 223.7p Maryfield. A-A – 221.2p Newbigging.

Longtown
STORE hoggs maintained late high rates at C and D Auction Marts, on Tuesday, where Greyface ewe hoggs from Cooilingel topped at £75. 

A small opening show of ewes with lambs at foot peaked at £60 per life for Texel ewes with singles from Midtown. 

LEADING prices:

Store hoggs – GF – £75 Cooilingel. Tex – £72 38 Stanley Road. Berr – £71 Wardrew. Suff – £56.50 Milfield Demesne. Chev – £68 Wardrew; £62 Potholm. Char – £68.50 38 Stanley Road. Zwa – £63 Cottage Farm. GF – £60 Milfield Demesne. EC – £57 Croys Lodge. BF – £58.50, £57.50 Balker Farms. Swale – £47.50 Cooilingel. Herd – £54.50 Rowhead.
Ewes with lambs – Tex – £60, £47, £46 Midtown; £55 High House. BdM – £55 High House. Cross – £42 Midtown.