UNITED Auctions held its annual Perth show and sale at its Stirling centre, where judge Will Hamilton, of Bee Edge, selected a bullock from Monzie Farms, Gilmerton, as his choice of champion. 

Weighing in at 484kg, it went on to sell for £1260 while the reserve, a bullock weighing 452kg from J Prentice, Pittentian, realised £1200. Best pen of four came in the shape of bullocks from Graham Cameron, Wester Bonhard, which tipped the scales at 457kg and went on to sell for £1210.

Selling for the top price of £1360, however, was a British Blue cross heifer weighing 594kg from William and Gill Lawrie, Newton of Abirlot. Heifers also sold to 293.8p per kg for a 422kg Limousin cross from Monzie Farms, with the same home selling a 523kg Charolais cross bullock for £1290. Leading the pence per kg trade at 301.9p was a 414kg Limousin cross from Willie Stevenson, Coilavoulin. 

Overall, the 541 bullocks cashed in to average 243.6p with the 486 heifers at 234.9p. 

LEADING awards:
Single calves – Heifer – 1, G Cameron, Wester Bonhard, 490kg, £1190; 2, J Prentice, Pittentian, 496kg, £1220. Bullock – 1 and champion, Monzie Farms, 484kg, £1260; 2 and reserve, Pittentian, 452kg, £1200. Char – A Doig, East Buchanty, 518kg, £1180. 
Pens – Eight – 1 and 2, Wester Bonhard, 449kg, £1180, and 431kg, £1100. Four heifers – 1 and 2, Monzie Farms, 417kg, £1120, and 457kg, £1210. Four bullocks – 1, best pen of four, and 2, Wester Bonhard, 457kg, £1210, and 511kg, £1240.

LEADING prices:
Bullocks – 251-300kg – Nochnary £825, 283.5p. 301-350kg – Monzie Farms £870, 256.6p. 351-400kg – Monzie Farms £1090, 282.4p. 401-450kg – Coilavoulin £1250, 301.9p. 451-500kg – Monzie Farms £1260, 270.9p. 501-550kg – Monzie Farms £1290; Stanley 249p. 551-600kg – Kilmux £1190, 208.80p.
Heifers – 251-300kg – Monzie Farms £730, 258.9p. 301-350kg – East Buchanty £830, 239.9p. 351-400kg – Monzie Farms £1050, 274.9p. 401-450kg – Monzie Farms £1240, 293.8p. 451-500kg – Monzie Farms £1300, 279p. 501-550kg – Newton of Abirlot £1230, 236.5p. 551-600kg – Newton of Arbirlot £1360, 229p.