The champion, a 420kg Limousin cross bullock from the Laird family of Carbello/ Sunnyside secured the top pence per kg of 333p at Lawrie and Symington's show and sale of 981 store cattle.

The reserve champion selected by the judge, James Crichton, Egremount, Cumbria, came in the form of a 492kg Charolais cross bullock from Dreva, which sold for the top price of £1580, with bullocks averaging 244.2p.

Heifers peaked at £1630 for a Simmental from Penicuik Estates, and to 311.1p for a 450kg Charolais from Dreva, to level at 231.49p.

Dairy bullocks sold to £1060 on two occasions, firstly, for a 519kg Holstein bullock from Mid St Colmac, Rothesay, and again for a pair of 527kg Friesian bullocks from Bottomas, to level at 197.4p.

LEADING awards

Continental bullock – 1, T Laird and Son, Carbello/Sunnyside; 2, J Warnock and Sons, Dreva; 3, A and CS Comrie, Stonebyres Mains.

Continental heifer – 1, AF and R Cruickshank, Little Kype; 2, J Warnock and Sons, Dreva; 3, T Laird and Son, Carbello/Sunnyside.

Native bullock – 1, JR Kerr, Newbigging Mill; 2, Ingraston Farm Account, Ingraston.

Native heifer – 1, Ingraston Farm Account, Ingraston; 2, JR Kerr, Newbigging Mill; 3, Ingraston Farm Account, Ingraston.

Four continental bullocks – 1, J Warnock and Sons, Dreva; 2, JR Hamilton and Sons, Bickerton Hall; 3, A Minto and Son, Townhead.

Four continental heifers – 1, J Warnock and Sons, Dreva; 2, T Laird and Son, Carbello/Sunnyside.

Four native bullocks – 1, JR Kerr, Newbigging Mill.

Four native heifers – 1, Ingraston Farm Account, Ingraston; 2, JR Kerr, Newbigging Mill.

LEADING prices

Bullocks – A-A – £1390 Tinto View; £1315, £1260 Newbigging Mill; £1300, £1230 Mid St Colmac; £1290 North Bankhead; £1285 Walston Mill;£1230 Bottoms. Hfd – £1320 Tinto View; £995 Cronan; £940 Parkerston; £925 Dovecot. Saler – £985, £960 Easter Hassockrigg. Lim – £1260, £1045 Bickerton Hall; £1190, £1170 Little Kype; £1180 Upper Muirhouse; £910 Boghouse. Luing – £1100 Easter Hassockrigg. Lim X – £1430 Dalbhraddan; £1400, £1330 Carbello/Sunnyside; £1380 West Quarter, Tinto View and Crookboat; £1350 Crookboat, £1320 Holehouse. Char X – £1580, £1520, £1460, £1360 Dreva; £1440, £1350 Holehouse; £1350 Crookboat; £1340 Townhead. BS – £1295, £1180 Upper Muirhouse; £910 Whiteside; £850 Berryhill. OTH – £810 Carnbroe Estates. Sim – £1520, £1430, £1365, £1340, £1300, £1270 Huntlyhill; £1290 Bents; £1220 Hall of Torbane. Blonde – £1090 Mid Stonebyres. BB – £1440 Back Rogerton; £1370 Stonebyres Mains; £1310 Mid Shawtonhill; £1300 Bottoms; £1260 Bickerton Hall and Carbello/Sunnyside; £1240 North Bankhead; £1220 Carbello/Sunnyside. Char – £1270 Upper Muirhouse; £1100 Dreva.

Heifers – A-A – £1220 Cairnie and Kilblaan; £1210 Ingraston; £1200 Dalbhraddan; £1180 Newbigging Mill; £1155 North Bankhead; £1150 Walston Mill, £1150 Cairinie. Hfd – £940 Holehouse. Saler – £1000 Blackhill. Lim – £1200, £1190 Little Kype; £1185 Upper Muirhouse; £1055 Buteland; £980 Carbello/Sunnyside. Lim X – £1380, £1270 Holehouse; £1335, £1270 Crookboat; £1300 Carbello/Sunnyside; £1300 Buteland; £1280, £1270 Dreva. Char X – £1410 Crookboat; £1400, £1320, £1300, £1280, £1175, £1150 Dreva; £1150 Hillend. BS – £1350, £1295, £970 Upper Muirhouse. Cont X – £920 Skerrington Mains. Sim – £1630, £1470 Penicuik Estates; £1265, £1240, £1210 Kilblaan; £1070, £1050 Skerrington Mains; £1015 Hall of Torbane. Blonde – £1070 Mid Stonebyres. BB – £1540, £1170 Bottoms; £1370 Bogside; £1355, £1280, £1190 Tinto View; £1210 North Bankhead; £1180 Hillhead.

Dairy bullocks – Fries – £1260, £930 Bottoms; £1035, £1025 Nether Skellyhill. Hol – £1060 Mid St Colmac; £930 Bottoms.