A LIMOUSIN heifer from Messrs Wyllie claimed the supreme championship before selling for the top price at a show and sale of suckled calves at Craig Wilson, Ayr. 
Picked out by judge, David Bell, of Hoddamtown, was a black Limousin cross shown by Andrew Wyllie, of Skeldon Drive, which tipped the scales at 325kg and was knocked down for £3400, or £10.46 per kg. 
The reserve, a 315kg Limousin bullock from Tormitchell Farms, later sold for £1300, or 412p per kg. 
Overall, calves were 20kg lighter than last year and weathered sorts were harder to sell – the 215 bullocks levelled at 254.4p per kg, or £756.19 with 184 heifers at 241.7p, or £689.59.
Outwith the sale, Limousins topped throughout as heifers hit £1800 from Auchenairney and 490.2p from Tormitchell, while bullocks topped at £1450 from Sunnyside and 400p from Auchenairney.

LEADING awards:

Bullocks – Char – 1 and 2, Dykes, 365kg, £1150, 315.1p, and 210kg, unsold. Lim – 1 and reserve, Tormitchell, 315kg, £1300, 412.7p; 2, Duffin, 300kg, £1200, 400p; 3, Tormitchell, 235kg, £1400, 595.7p. 
Heifers – Char – 1 and 3, Pinmore Mains, 330kg, £1800, 545.5p, 235kg, £780, 331.9p; 2, Dykehole, 285kg, £1000, 350.9p. BB – 1, Langalbuinoch, 275kg, £1050, 381.8p. Lim – 1 and champion, Skeldon Drive, 325kg, £3400, 1046.2p; 2, Little Creoch, 315kg, £1000, 317.5p; 3, Auchenairney, 280kg, £1800, 642.9p. Born before February 1, 2017 – 1, Dykehole, 350kg, £950, 271.4p.  


LEADING prices:

Bullocks – Per head – Lim –£1450, £1100 Sunnyside; £1120, £1100 Auchenairney; £1100 Evergreen; £950 Busbiehill; £920 West Brockloch; £900 Tormitchell; £900 Dykes Farms. Char – £1180, £1000 Fisherton; £920, £900 Tormitchell; £920 Corsencone; £900, £890 Barskelly; £890 Polnoon; £870 Shieldhill. Sim – £940 Dykes (Dalry); £760 Lawhill. BB – £1150 Sunnyside. A-A – £830 Auchentibert; £700 High Cairn. Per kg – Lim – 400p Auchenairney; 386.7p Sunnyside. Char – 380.7p, 357.1p Fisherton. BB – 338.2p Sunnyside. Sim – 240.4p Dykes. A-A – 224.4p High Cairn. 
Heifers – Per head – Lim – £1800 Auchenairney; £1250, £1150, £1050 Tormitchell; £1800 Sunnyside; £1020 Skeldon Drive; £1000, £950 Little Creoch; £980 Auchenairney; £950 Knockgerran. BB – £1200 Sunnyside. Char – £1000 Dykes Farms; £860 Birgidaleknock; £780 Pinmore Mains; £740 Polnoon; £740 Barskelly, £735 East Moorhouse. A-A – £820 Evergreen. Sim – £810 and £740 Dykes. Per kg – Lim – 490.2p Tormitchell. BB – 358.2p Sunnyside. Char – 350.9p Dykes. Sim – 248.9p Rowanston. A-A – 218.7p Evergreen.