A large attendance ensured a strong trade throughout and a 92% clearance at Lawrie and Symington's Final Fling multi-breed ram sale at Lanark, where a Blackface tup lamb from Hugh and Alan Blackwood, topped the trade at £7000.

The sale which included all types of Cheviots, Suffolks, Texels, Beltex and Bluefaced Leicesters, was led by a Blackface lamb from the father and son duo from Auldhouseburn, Muirkirk, which sold to Neil and Stuart Barclay, buying for their Harestone flock from Insch, Aberdeenshire. A son of the £75,000 Dalchirla lamb bought at Dalmally last year, he is bred from a ewe by a £50,000 Crossflatt.

Second top price was £5000 paid for a Blackface lamb from John Harkin, Loughash, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland, which sold back across the Irish Sea after a telephone bid from Veronica Fullerton. He is by a £5500 Elmscleugh ram.

Alan McClymont, Kirkstead, Yarrow, topped the shearling trade with a Blackface at £1500 purchased by W Thomson.

Cheviots peaked at £1000 for a shearling from Castle Crawford, purchased by Mrs LG Leuscher, Megdale.

LEADING prices

Bf – Ram lambs – Auldhouseburn – £7000, £1900; Loughash – £5000, £1500; Glenrath – £1100, £1000, £500; Tofthouse – £820, £750. Shearlings – Kirkstead – £1500, £580; Williamhope – £900, £500; Westhills – £620; Gass – £600, £550; Dryhope – £580; Drannandow – £580, £520; Riskenhope – £520.

SCC – Shearlings – Castle Crawford – £1000, £620, £340; Crosscleugh – £340, £340, £320.

NCC – Shearlings – Hillhead – £400, £320; Toxside Cottage – £400, £340; Kingside – £380.

BFL – Shearlings – Fleminghill – £700, £620; Scrogton – £650, £500; Kirkton of Crawford – £650, £580, £520; Dreva – £620; Spittal – £620. Tappitlane – £520. Skirling Mains – £520. Ram lambs – Midlock – £750, £440, £420, £340; Cretlevane – £420; Assloss – £390, £380; Dreva – £320. Females – Midlock – £850, £600, £450; Auchens – £310, £240, £200; Mid Auchengray – £300, £250.

Suff – Shearlings – Broomknowes – £550, £520; Toxside – £520, £480; Craigthornhill – £500, £480; The Yett – £480; Drumdow – £420. Ram lambs – Craigthornhill – £650, £400, £250; Broomknowes – £260; Stairhaven – £260.

Tex – Shearlings – Toxside – £900, £820, £750, £680 – Glenlude – £780, £750; Cambwell – £750; Parkhouse – £720, £700, £650; Townhead – £720; Carstairs Mains – £700, £650; Dreva – £700; Swaites – £620; Dyke – £620. Ram lambs –

Auchenbart – £600; Daviesdyke – £600, £350; Strawfrank – £520, £340, £320; Midlock – £520, £350 (x2), £320 (x2);

Silvermuir – £420, £320; Greenbank – £400; Easterseat – £320; Cambwell – £320.

Belt – Shearlings – Bowmanhurst – £420; Carstairs Mains – £400 (x2); Heatheryhall – £400, £340; East Cauldcoates – £360; Townfoot – £350; Walkerdyke – £340, £320 (x3); Lyonpark – £320. Ram lambs – Stairhaven – £190, £160, £150.

Belt X – Shearlings – Heatheryhall – £480, £350; Greenbank – £480; Toxside – £480, £460, £450, £400 (x2); Kirkton of Crawford – £360, £320; Lawhead – £320; Newton of Wiston – £300.

Tex X – Ram lambs – Millside – £240; Blackburn Mains – £220; Townhead – £220; Daviesdyke – £200.

Char – Shearlings – East Cauldcoates – £520.

BL – Shearlings – Elsrickle Mains – £120.