WITH a good show, all classes of store cattle were easily cashed to a full ringside of buyers at Aberdeen and Northern Marts’ recent sale of 525 at Thainstone, which included a show and sale of store cattle and weaned calves judged by Grant Watt, Millbank, Udny. 
His champion was a 16-month-old Charolais bullock weighing 724kg from Blair Duffton, Steven Smith and Rebecca Stuart, of 2 Bogie Street, Huntly, which later sold for the top price of £1510 to Emslie Partners, Little Barras, Stonehaven. 
The same buyer bought the reserve for £1500, a 726kg Limousin bullock from Miller Farms, North Lurg, Midmar. 
Averages improved on the week as 336 bullocks averaged 225p per kg (+17.4p) with 187 heifers at 216.7p (+16.2p). 
Outwith the show, the sale reached 262.1p for a 412kg Charolais cross heifer from Clinterty, New Aberdour, with heifers also hitting £1280 for a 554kg Limousin cross from Woodend, Muir of Ord. 
Bullocks sold to 260.2p for a pair of 392kg Limousin crosses from Towie, New Aberdour, and £1365 for a pair of 578kg Charolais from Auchnarrow, Glenlivet.

LEADING awards:

Single bullock – Light – 1, J Cameron and Son, Corse of Kinnoir, Huntly, 488kg, £1135; 2 and 3, T and E Marks, Westfield, Fortrie, 452kg, £1120, and 400kg £1030. Heavy – 1 and champion, Messrs Duffton, Smith and Stuart, 2 Bogie Street, Huntly, 724kg, £1510; 2 and reserve, Millar Farms, North Lurg, Midmar, 726kg, £1500; 3, G Smollet, Rockyden, Wartle 604kg £1330. 
Single heifer – Light – 1, WJ Fraser and Son, Auchnarrow, Glenlivet, 506kg, £1120; 2, M Davidson and Son, Crichie, Inverurie, 410kg, £990; 3, I Lumsden, Blackriggs, Strichen, 376kg, £940. Heavy – 1 and 2, B Buchan, Clinterty, New Aberdour, 412kg, £1080, and 498kg, £1170; 3, Sheep Park Farms, Bridge of Marnoch, 522kg, £1220. 
Pairs – Bullocks – 1, Rockyden, 598kg, £1335; 2, Auchnarrow, 578kg, £1365; 3, DG and B Watt, Cairntack, Belhelvie, 354kg, £880. Heifers – 1, 2 Bogie Street, 486kg, £1170; 2, Crichie, 484kg, £1180; 3, Auchnarrow, 510kg, £1180. 
Pens of four – 1, 2 and 3, Auchnarrow, 558kg, £1250, and 544kg, £1260, and 526kg, £1210. 

LEADING prices:

Bullocks – Up to 350kg – Woodfold, Rothiemay £840, 248.5p. 351-400kg – Westfield, Fortrie £1030, 257.5p. 401-450kg – Towie, Backfield, Drumlithie £1080; Shevado Barn, Maud 250p. 451-500kg – Rorandle, Monymusk £1195; Westfield 247.8p. 501-550kg – Auchnarrow £1280, 238.8p. 551-600kg – Sheep Park, Bridge Of Marnoch £1360; Auchnarrow 236.2p. 601-650kg – Farmton, Tough, Rockyden, Meikle Wartle £1345; Rockyden 220.5p.
Heifers – Up to 350kg – Clintery £855, 250p. 351-400kg – Blackriggs, Strichen £940, 250p. 401-450kg – Clinterty £1080; Towie 254.8p. 451-500kg – Crichie £1180; Mains of Shevado, Maud 245.8p. 501-550kg – Woodend £1225; Sheep Park 233.7p. 551-600kg – Mains of Shevado £1260; Woodend 231p.