The pre-sale champion, a 354kg British Blue heifer from J Drysdale and Son, Kinneswood, secured £1900 at United Auctions’ show and sale of 1058 suckled calves at Stirling.

Heifers (401) averaged 288.56p and sold to 566.00p per kg for a pen of 10 265kg Salers crosses from Rannagulzion,

Bullocks (617) reached a high of 380.00p for a 332kg Limousin cross from Tom of Cluny and to £1520 for a 454kg Charolais cross from Auldallan, to level at 303.44p.

Judge, Wilson Peters, Monzie, found his reserve champion in a 324kgs Limousin heifer from Cloquhat Farms, which went on to make £1600.

Leading Awards

Bullock – 1, 346kg, £1300 J Drysdale and Son, Kinneswood; 2, 352kg, £1300 J Drysdale and Son, Kinneswood; 3, 288kg, £1020 Cloquhat Farms.

Heifer – 1 and champion, 354kg, £1900 J Drysdale, Kinneswood; 2 and reserve, 324kg, £1600 Cloquhat Farms; 3, 314kg, £1320 Cloquhat Farms.

Pen of eight cattle – Bullocks – 343kg, £1260 Limousins Cloquhat Farms.

Heifers – 272kg, £970 Limousins Cloquhat Farms.

Leading Prices

Bullocks – A-A – Greenlands £1080, Balcalk 318.80p; Balcalk £1020; Rainheath Ltd 296.10p. Lim – Auldallan £1420; Tom of Cluny 380.00p; Lynedoch £1400; Kinneswood 375.70p; Kinneswood £1300, £1280; Tom of Cluny 372.50p; Cloquhat £1260, 367.30p; Auldallan, Tom of Cluny, Dunruchan and Lynedoch £1260; Barmurrie 362.90p; Lynedoch £1240; Culdees 356.50p. BB – Kinneswood £1300 (x2), £1260, £1240, 369.00p, 338.50p; Doldy £1160; Kinneswood 324.60p, 318.20p; Cuttlehill £1080; Doldy 310.50p, 308.60p, 308.50p; Kinneswood £1070, 300.60p; Cuttlehill £1060; Doldy 283.20p. Char – Auldallan £1520; West Friarton 364.90p; Binzian £1410, 336.50p; The Ross £1390; Auldallan 334.80p; Shanry £1320; Laighwood 334.30p, 333.30p; The Ross £1290 (x2); West Friarton 330.50p; Binzian £1200; The Ross 327.80p, 327.30p. Sim – Binzian £1300; Doldy 334.60p; Mains of Struie £1190; Greenlands 331.10p; Greenlands £1150; Binzian 329.90p; Mains of Struie £1120, £1110, £1100; Barmurrie 325.20p. Hfd – Balcalk £1010; West Friarton 281.60p, 279.00p. BS – Drygate £1140, 320.60p; Tulchan Croft £1090; Doldy 310.00p, 307.70p; Drygate and Tulchan Croft £1080; Tulchan Croft 305.10p.

Heifers – BB – Kinneswood £1900, £1400, £1380, £1160, £1080, 529.00p, 391.90p, 384.00p, 372.30p, 276.90p. Lim – Cloquhat £1600, 493.80p; Balcalk £1520, 457.20p; Barmurrie £1500, £1400; Cloquhat 420.40p; Kinneswood £1380, 384.40p; Cloquhat £1320, 356.60p; Parkhouse £1280; Drygate 339.80p; Newhouse of Glamis £1150; Hilton of Beath 336.60p; Lynedoch £1120; Dunruchan 335.60p; Barmurrie £1090; Cloquhat 335.50p. Char – Binzian £1200; The Ross 317.60p; The Ross £1120; Binzian 315.00p; Shanry £1090; Rannagulzion 310.60p; West Friarton £1030, 309.80p; Shanry £1020; The Ross 300.30p; Rannagulzion £1000; West Friarton 298.60p. Saler – Rannagulzion £1500, 566.00p.