A joint top price of £4500 was achieved at United Auctions’ sale of 238 lots of beef breeding cattle on Monday.

A British Blue heifer with bull calf from Pitcairn sold for this money as did a similarly bred outfit with heifer calf at foot from West Thomaston.

LEADING prices

Bulling heifers – Sim – £2300, £2250 (x2), £2200 Innerwick. Sim X – £1950 (x4), £1850 Huntingfaulds. Cont X – £1460 East Merkland. A-A X – £1370 Airhouse.

Heifers and bull calves – BB – £4500, £4200 Pitcairn. BP – £4300 West Thomaston. Lim X – £4100 Pitcairn. Cont X – £4000 Derrie. X – £3900 The Ross. A-A – £2700 Chartershall.

Heifers and heifer calves – BB – £4500 West Thomaston. Cont X – £4200 Derrie. Lim X – £4200, £4000 The Ross. BP – £4000 Pitcairn and West Thomaston. BS X – £2700 Chartershall. A-A X – £2700 Parkhouse.

Cows and bull calves – A-A X – £2050 Banchory. Sim X – £1950 Banchory. BS X – £1900 Banchory. Lim X – £1900 Kinneswood.

Cows and heifer calves – Lim X – £4000 West Thomaston; £2000 Banchory. BS X – £1950 Banchory. A-A X – £1850 Banchory.

Bulls – BS – £3000 Bughtknowes.