A SHOW and sale of store cattle through Lawrie and Symington's Lanark mart saw the champion, a British Blue heifer weighing 424kg from AC and S Currie, Stonebyres, sell for £1480 to the judge, John Currie, of South Hook, Kilmaurs. 

The reserve, a 518kg Blue bullock from JA McGarva, Nether Abington, went on to sell for £1300 to top the bullock entry but it was a Limousin heifer from JR Graham and Partners, Greenshields, that topped the sale at £1700. 

Overall, the 792 bullocks averaged 231.4p per kg or £966.49, with 575 heifers at 225.7p or £902 and 20 dairy-bred cattle at 150.2p or £620. 

LEADING prices:

Bullocks – Per head – BB – £1300, £1190 Nether Abington; £1140 Netherton; £1140, £1110 South Flakefield. Lim – £1280 (x2), £1250 (x2) Greenshields; £1250 (x2) Holehouse; £1190 (x2) Buteland; £1160, £1150 Hartside. A-A – £1220 Newbigging Mill; £1120 Lochlyoch; £1060 Laigh Carnduff; £1000 Blackburn. Char – £1180 Dreva; £1150 Holehouse; £1140 Cloverhill; £1130 Darnhall, Dreva. Sim – £1030, £1180, £1110 Bogside; £1060 Underlaw; £1030 Lochlyoch; £1010 Ingraston. Sho – £990 Little Gala; £930 Darnhall; £910 Drochil Castle; £910 Blackhill. Per kg– Lim – 278.4p, 268.4p Lochlyoch; 267.9p, 259p, 258.5p Greenshields; 267.5p Nisbet; 264.3p Holehouse; 261p Dreva. Char – 252p, 255p (x2) Dreva; 250p, 253p Dykehead; 250p Nisbet; 250p Greenfield. A-A – 251.4p Lochlyoch; 238.8p Spango; 233p Kneuocklaw; 230p Bordlands. BB – 251p, 277p Nether Abington; 258p Holehouse; 252p Netherton. Sim – 236.2p Clydeside; 233p Hartfield; 229p Ingraston; 225p Laigh Carnduff. Sho – 226p Little Gala; 225p Kneuocklaw; 220p Blackhill; 219p, 217p Haswellsykes. Dairy – 165p Langholm; 147p East Hyndshawland. 
Heifers – Per head – Lim – £1700, £1130, £1110, £1100 Greenshields; £1260, £1190, £1140 Holehouse; £1160 South Carnduff; £1140 Gillbank. Sim – £1170, £1100, £1020 Hartfield, £1040 Holehouse, £1280, £1180, £1130, £1120 Biggarshiels Mains. Char – £1100 Holehouse, £1060, £1050 Crofthills, £1030 Darnhall, £1020 South Mains, Hillhead. A-A – £1050, £1040, £980 Kneuocklaw, £940 Bordlands, £880 Cloverhill. Sho – £860 Crofthills. Sal – £750 Darnhall. Per kg – Lim – 410p, 278p, 270p Greenshields; 276p Holehouse; 274p Hillend; 265p, 259p Lochlyoch. BB – 349p Stonebyres; 276p Clydeside; 261p Holehouse; 241p Kingside. Char – 278p, 237p Dykehead; 245p Laidlaw Steel; 244p, 238p Hillend; 241p Holehouse. Sim – 242p, 217p, 212p Hartfield; 232p Laigh Carnduff; 229p Silvermuir. A-A – 218p, 210p Spango; 205p Bordlands; 202p Kneuocklaw. Sal – 200p Darnhall.