IT was a good day at C and D Auction Marts' Dumfries centre for the team at Herries Farm, Lantonside, when bullocks claimed both the single and pens of four championships on Monday.

Judged by John Howie, from West Cluden, champion was a 10-month-old Limousin cross stot which tipped the scales at 375kg and sold to local showman, Billy Boyd, for £1110.

The best pen of bullocks, more 375kg Limousin crosses from Lantonside, also realised £1110 when sold to D Lockhart, Fauldingcleugh.

Best of the heifers was a 330kg entry from Drumburn which sold for £980, while Newfield had the best pen of four in the shape of a 300kg pen which sold for £800.

With trade outwith the show cattle remaining firm for all classes, the 236 bullocks averaged 220.8p per kg (with 32 Holstein bullocks at 136p) and sold to £1300 for Charolais from Marwhin as well as 293.3p from Lantonsid

Heifers (225p) peaked at £1075 for British Blues from Low Glasnick as well as 297p for more of the same from Drumburn. They averaged 225p.

LEADING prices:

Bullocks – Per head – Char – £1300, £1210 Marwhirn. Lim – £1140, £1110, £1100 (x2), £1090, £1080 (x2), £1070, £1060 (x2) Herries; £1085 Ryemuir; £1075 High Threave; £1065 Mid Locharwoods; £1065 Shenrick. Sim – £1110 Hayfield; £1035 Woodhead. A-A – £1075 Kirkland; £1035 Woodhead; £1020 Shenrick. BB – £1060, £1010, £1000 Low Glasnick; £1020, £1000 Ryemuir. Mont – £985 Gimmenbie. Frie – £795 Fardingjames. Per kg – Lim – 293.3p, 282p (x2), 281p, 278p, 267p, 260p Herries; 260.9p Bush of Craigs; 252.4p High Threave. Char – 267p Netherfield; 244.4p, 241.6p Cormaddie. Sim – 260.9p Bush of Craigs. BB – 252p Drumburn. Sal – 243.1p East Kirkcarsewell. A-A – 235.7p Brickhouse. Sho – 219.4p Tregallon.

Heifers – Per head – BB – £1075, £950 (x2), £900 Low Glasnick; £980 Drumburn. Char – £990, £970, £940, £930, £925 Cormaddie; £900 Netherfield. Sim – £970, £930, £925 Cormaddie; £960 Upper Portrack. Lim – £925 Newfield; £925 Cormaddie. Per kg – BB – 292.5p, 236p Drumburn; 238.9p, 227p Low Glasnick. Lim – 266p Newfield; 241p High Threave.

Bulls – Per head – Lim – £1100 Rashgill Park; £1010 Stockholm. Char – £1060, £1030 Stockholm. Per kg – Lim – 264p, 248p Stockholm. Char – 252.2p St Ninians Grove.