A BRITISH Blue heifer from CS Fleming and Son, Strone, claimed the champion ticket at the first show and sale of autumn-born calves at Lawrie and Symington's Forfar mart, on Tuesday, before selling for the top price per kg of 283p.

Picked out by judge David Peters, West Bog, and tipping the scales at 480kg, she also realised £1360 as the 144 heifers cashed in to average 218p.

In reserve was a 555kg bullock from the Simpson family, Mains of Creuchies, which realised £1330 but it was a 600kg Limousin bullock from D Blair and Son, Little Inch, that led the gross trade at £1365.

The 217 bullocks, which averaged 224p, also sold to 253p twice – firstly for a 455kg Blue from the Firm of Donald R Hood, Middlehill, and again for a 400kg Aberdeen-Angus from Little Inch.

LEADING awards:

Single calves – Bullock – 1 and reserve, R Simpson and Son, Mains of Creuchies, 555kg, £1330; 2, TM and R Wilson, Wairds of Alpity, 510kg, £1235; 3, WN Lindsay, Cairnleith, 480kg, £1115. Heifer – 1 and champion, CS Fleming and Son, Strone, 480kg, £1360; 2, Cairnleith, 535kg, £1260;

Pair – 1, DR Hood, Middlehill, 455kg, £1150; 2, Cairnleith, 450kg, £1100; 3, Wairds of Alpity, 510kg, £1235.

LEADING prices:

Bullocks – Per head – Char – £1350, £1210 Knowehead of Duntrune; £1300, £1280 Pityot. BSho – £1340, £1230 Westbank. Lim – £1330 Mains of Creuchies; £1235 Wairds of Alpity; £1230, £1220 Glenkilrie. Sim – £1295, £1260 Pityot; £1260 Brucemill; £1220 Lenahowe (Orkney). BB – £1245 Middlehill. A-A – £1120 Brucemill; £1060 Easter Cammock; £1010 Little Inch. Per kg – Lim – 252p Middlehill; 246p Glenkilrie; 242p Wairds of Alpity. BB – 244p, 240p Middlehill; 233p, 232p Cairnleith. A-A – 236p, 231p Woodhill; 236p, 231p Ballintuim; 228p Brucemill; 228p Hunthill. Char – 231p Whitehills; 230p Bishopston; 226p Knowehead of Duntrune. Sim – 230p, 225p Bishopston 230p Whitehills; 223p Woodhill; 223p Ballintuim. Sal – 230p Cluseburn.

Heifers – Per head – Lim – £1280 Glenkilrie; £1260, £1170 Cairnleith. BB – £1100 Cairnleith. Sim – £1095, £1060 Witton Farms; £1060, £1050 Hunthill. A-A – £1080 New Bourtreebush; £990, £900, £880 Hunthill. BSho – £1060 Hunthill; £1015 Westbank. Char – £990 Cluseburn; £980 Lenahowe (Orkney); £860 Waterside of Thornton. Per kg – Lim – 257p, 244p Cairnleith; 246p Glenkilrie. BB – 244p, 238p, 229p Cairnleith; 223p, 219p Hunthill. Char – 225p, 221p, 212p Cluseburn; 209p Lenahowe (Orkney). Sim – 225p Woodhill; 225p Ballintuim; 223p, 221p Witton Farms; 220p Hunthill. A-A – 223p New Bourtreebush; 223p, 220p Hunthill; 217p Woodhill; 217p Ballintuim.