Special sales to include Thainstone, Ayr and Lanark

Stirling UA

Bullocks (640) and heifers (709) averaged 294.3p and 281.93p respectively at United Auctions' weekly store cattle sale.

Bullocks sold to 370.8p for a pair of 383kg Charolais crosses from Kilmux, and to £1980 for an 782kg Aberdeen Angus from Humbie.

A 337kg Aberdeen Angus led the heifers at 344.2p for East Balscalloch, whilst a 648kg Limousin realised £1800 for Nether Dalkeith.

Aberdeen Angus led the young bulls (27) at 294.3p for a 316kg entry from St Fort Estates, and to £1950 for an animal weighing 740kg from Newbank, to cash in at 266.64p.

The firm also sold 398 breeding cattle, which soared to £5600 for British Blue heifers with bull calves from Craig and Teen Malone, Pitcairn.

The same home sold heifers with heifer calves for £5400.

Topping the cows and calves was Limousins with bull calves from Lower Greenyards at £4000.

Leading Prices

Bullocks – A-A – Humbie £1980, £1800; How of Rora £1770; Middleton £1595; Kaemuir £1590. Lim – Middleton £1855; Howe of Rora £1800, £1795, £1790. Char – Logan £1820; Howe of Rora £1800; Binn £1580, £1560; Logan £1560. Sim – Stottencleugh £1760; Middleton £1575, £1480; Logan £1375. BB – Kaemuir £1640, £1570; Hillhouse £1515, £1460. Hfd – Hood £1605; Balmeadie £1580, £1325. BS – West Deloraine £1550; Borland £1425; West Deloraine £1420. Sal – Howe of Rora £1350; Edinbeg £1250. Dev – Chapel £1315. Lui – Braidland £1310; Burnfoot £1220; Dunruchan £1220. Cont – Borland £1305; Logan £1275. Hol – Blackbog £1250; Hillotown £1070.

Heifers – Lim – Nether Dalkeith £1800; Sloehabbert £1700; Nether Dalkeith £1680, £1675; Baldastard £1630; West Meikle Pinkerton £1625. Sim – North Deanhead £1765; Easterton £1680; Overton £1595; Ayton Cocklaw £1590; SRUC £1580; Kaemuir £1540. Char – Newhouse of Glamis £1670, £1640; Middleton £1590; Logan £1530; Baldastard £1515; Borland £1450. A-A – Humbie £1595; Ayton Cocklaw £1590; Parks of Garden £1520; Kaemuir £1500; Easterea £1400; Craigo £1395. Stab – Loanleven £1590 £1155. Sal – Edinbeg £1460, £1210. BB – Baldastard £1460; Kaemuir £1355; Lamberton Rd £1350, £1290. Lui – Dunruchan £1300, £1230; East Pitcorthie £1100. BS – Wester Mye £1285; Netherwood £1110; Hyndhope £1085; Auchencarroch £1080. Hfd – Langdale £1230; Blackbog £1190.

Young bulls – A-A – Newbank £1950, £1440; Dalswinton £1250. Char – Dunans £1485. Lim – Castlecary Mill £1460; Muirpark £1390. Sim – SRUC £1300.

Breeding cattle – Heifers with heifer calves – BB – Pitcairn £5400. Lim – West Thomaston £5200. Red Lim – Middlehill £4800, £4300. Cont – Wester Bleaton £4600, £4500. Sim – Porterston £3600.

Heifers with bull calves – BB – Pitcairn £5600. Lim X – West Thomaston and Derri £5000. Lim – Wester Bleaton £4600. Cont – The Ross £4300, £4200. BP – Little Kilchattan £4000 (x3). X – Mill of Inverarity £3800. Sim – Porterston £3500 (x2).

Cows with heifer calves – BB – Hill Side £2600. A-A – Parbroath £2200. Sht – Loak £2200.

Cows with bull calves – Lim – Lower Greenyards £4000, £3900. A-A – Rossieochil £2500, £2400. Sim – Coshieville £2200.

Bulls – Lower Greenyards £3600, £3000.

Stock cows with bull calves – Sim X – Dalswinton £3100. ShtX – Dalswinton £2900. A-A X – Dalswinton £2900.

Stock cows with heifer calves – A-A – Dalswinton £2500. Sim – Dalswinton £2500. Sht – Dalswinton £2400 (x3).

Stock bulls – Sht – Dalswinton £2400. A-A – Dalswinton £4000.

Ayr

On Tuesday, Craig Wilson sold four dairy cattle to a top of £2250 for a fresh calved Holstein Friesian heifer from Messrs McHarg, Crofthead.

A small offering of 72 calves and stirks reached £1080 for a pair of Limousin cross bullock stirks from Messrs Hill, Drumfork, whilst heifers peaked at £1070 for a British Blue cross off East Barr Farm.

Calves sold to £580 for a British Blue cross bull from Messrs McCoull and Son, Over Enoch, and to £460 for an Aberdeen Angus cross heifer from Messrs Rennie, Brocklehill.

Leading Prices

Calves – Bull – BB X – £580 Over Enoch; £550 (x2) Dunduff; £480 (x2) Over Enoch; £470, £450 Strandhead; £400 Broadhead. Sim X – £530 Over Enoch. A-A X – £470 Brocklehill; £440 Philgowan. Hfd X – £430, £380 Brocklehill.

Heifer – A-A X – £460, £430 (x2) Brocklehill; £370 Philgowan. BB X – £400 Broadhead and Strandhead. Hfd X – £370 Brocklehill. Wagyu X – £340 (x2) Fowler.

Stirks – Bullock – Lim X – £1080 Drumfork; £960 Garrockhill. BF – £1020 Watston. A-A X – £1000 Farden. Sim X – £920 Cleeves. BS – £1000 Balig.

Heifer – BB X – £1070 East Barr; £910 Garrockhill. A-A X – £1000 West Cairngarroch; £980 Drumbeg.

Thainstone

Heifers led the way at Aberdeen and Northern Marts' sale of store cattle, when selling to 398p per kg for a 336kg Limousin cross from Glebe of Deisher, Boat of Garten, and to £1840 for 520kg Simmental crosses from Drodland, Newmill.

Heifers (598) averaged 296.7p whilst bullocks (672) cashed in at 310p.

Limousin crosses topped the bullocks at 395.2p for entries weighing 248kg from Birsebeg, Birse, and to £1745 for a 638kg animal from Mill of Meadaple, Rothienorman.

Bulls (47) sold to 300p for a 320kg British Blue cross from Milton Farm, Glenbuchat, and to £1700 for a pair of 627kg Aberdeen Angus from Milton of Collieston, Ellon.

Leading Prices

Bullocks – Up to 250kg – Birsebeg £980; Leys of Dummuie 292.7p. 251-300kg – Tullyglens £1080; Glebe of Deisher 372.4p. 301-350kg – Braemorlich £1300; Birsebeg 389.6p. 351-400kg – Gowanwell £1470; Braemorlich 377.8p. 401-450kg – Lagavaich £1620, 366.5p. 451-500kg – Burnton, Wester Coull £1630; Burnton 354.3p. 501-550kg – Kirkton of Kingoldrum £1620; Backley 310.8p. 551-600kg – Netherwood £1705; Mill of Meadaple 299.5p. 601-650kg – Wallfield, Glackmuick £1650; Mill of Meadaple 273.5p.

Aberdeen-Angus bullocks – Up to 300kg – Glebe of Deisher £920, Dale 319.1p. 301-350kg – Craigenkerrie £1105, 325p. 351-400kg – Dowalls £1280; North Calder 326.3p. 401-450kg – Midthird £1335; North Calder 311.6p. 451-500kg – Workwell £1465, 314.4p. 501-550kg – North Calder £1445, 283.3p. 551-600kg – North Fornet £1590, Knowehead 289p.

Heifers – Up to 250kg – Milton £860, 355.4p. 251-300kg – Glebe of Deisher £1060, 353.3p. 301-350kg – Glebe of Deisher £1340; Glackmuick 355.5p. 351-400kg – Odmoston £1390, 352.8p. 401-450kg – Burnton, Glackmuick £1500; Lagavaich 344.1p. 451-500kg – Crossburn £1620; Lagavaich 339.9p. 501-550kg – Wallfield £1480; Drodland 353.8p. 551-600kg – Bogie Street £1640, 279.9p. 601-650kg – Newton of Auchindoir £1740; Knowehead 271.8p.

Aberdeen-Angus heifers – Up to 350kg – Drumdurno £980; North Calder 288.7p. 351-400kg – West Davoch £1190; Finnercy 293.8p. 401-450kg – North Calder £1190; Daleigh 289.4p. 451-500kg – Dowalls Croft £1260, 272.7p. 501-550kg – West Davoch £1400, 279.3p.

Bulls – Up to 300kg – Glebe of Deisher £780, 280.8p. 301-350kg – Milton, Glenbuchat £960; Bigton House 259.7p. 351-400kg – Milton £1100, 283.5p. 401-450kg – Milton £1250, 293.4p. 451-500kg – Lower Gaich £1390, 283.7p. 501-550kg – Hillbrae £1500; Kinclune 276.7p. 551-600kg – Lower Gaich £1560, 280.6p. 601-650kg – Milton of Collieston £1700, 271.1p.

Horse – Gypsy Cob 2000gns.

Cattle – Ayrshire cow and calf 850gns; Highlander 850gns; Belted Galloway 810gns.

Pigs – Saddleback piglets 90gns, 80gns; Duroc Piglets 55gns.

Store and breeding sheep – Blue Texel gimmer 300gns; Zwartble gimmer 160gns; Ryeland ram 125gns; Teeswater ram 120gns; Kerryhill ram 120gns; Valais Blacknose ram 100gns; Shropshire ram 95gns.

Ewes with lambs – Dorset – 180gns. Blue Tex – 155gns. Zwart – 115gns. Kerryhill – 110gns.

Goats – Pygmy female with kids 200gns; Pygmy wether 200gns; Boer Billy 200gns; Boer female with triplet kids 100gns.

Penrith

A top price of £920 was achieved on three occasions at Penrith and District Farmers’ Marts' fortnightly sale of 208 rearing calves and stirks, firstly was a pair of Limousin bullocks and again for an Aberdeen Angus bullock all coming from EA and W Strong, Ploveriggs.

Limousins led the heifer trade at £900 for Messrs Strong, Ploveriggs.

Calves topped at £550 for a Charolais from Messrs Harrison, Penny Hill Park, with bulls following at £485 for Limousins from Messrs Todhunter, The Beeches.

On Monday, the firm held their fortnightly sale of store cattle, which topped at £1895 for a Limousin cross bullock from Messrs MTP and SD Wills, Fawcett Park, the same home led the heifers at £1825.

The annual newfair sale of beef breeding cattle reached £2900 for a British Blue cross heifer with Limousin bull calf at foot, from CD Slinger and LJ Eaton, Holme, Sedbergh.

Leading Prices

Stirks – Bullock – Lim – £920 (x2), £890 (x2) Ploveriggs; £580 (x2) High Barn. A-A – £920 Ploveriggs; £615 (x7) Cairnbridge. BB – £890 (x2) Rash Mill Cottage; £730, £690 Fox Tower View; £640, £570 (x2) High Barn. Black and White – £630 Grahamsfield; £420 (x5) Holme. Hfd – £560 Lamonby Hall.

Heifer – Lim – £900 (x2), £840, £830, £820 (x2), £640 Ploveriggs. Sim – £830 (x2) Fowrass. BB – £590, £520 High Barn; £580 Fox Tower; £500 (x2) Dearham Hall. A-A – £560 (x7) Cairnbridge; £405, £370 (x3) Greengill Head; £400 South Dyke; £390 (x2) Dearham Hall.

Bull – BB – £690 The Grange; £650 Clarks; £600 Cliburn Hall; £580 (x5) Dearham Hall; £560 (x3), £540 (x2) The Grange. Lim – £670 Cliburn Hall; £630 Grahamsfield; £600 Clarks. BS – £615 Clarks. A-A – £530 Dearham Hall; £500 Clarks; £500 Greengill Head; £440 Nether Colinhurst. Hfd – £480 The Grange. Black and White – £400 (x5) Lamonby Hall/

Calves – Heifer – Char – £550 Penny Hill Park. A-A – £510 Penny Hill Park; £295 Fordsyke; £200 Brackenburgh Home. Sim – £510 Penny Hill Park. Lim – £410, £390 Lodge. BB – £340 Beeches; £300 (x2) Blunderfield East.

Bull – Lim – £485 Beeches; £480, £365, £332 Cliburn Hall. BB – £480 Beeches; £450 Cliburn Hall; £440 (x2) Blunderfield East; £390 Brackenburgh Home; £380 Clarks. A-A – £425, £400, £380 The Harras; £365, £285 Brackenburgh Home; £270 Blunderfield East. Black and White – £305, £235 (x3), £230 (x3) The Elephant; £290, £150 Clarks; £220 The Harras. BS – £225 Clarks. Hfd – £205, £165 Townhead.

Store cattle – Bullocks – Lim – £1895, £1775 Fawcett Park; £1745, £1485 Nook; £1645, £1580, £1525 (x3), £1395, £1265 Low Row; £1635, £1575, £1555, £1525, £1495, £1485 (x2) Newlands Mill; £1575 Far Close; £1465, £1435, £1405, £1265 Town Head; £1375 Claylands; £1365 Nook. Sim – £1675, £1495, £1355 Newlands Mill. Hfd – £1625 South Field. A-A – £1585 (x2), £1545, £1355 (x2) South Field; £1425 Low Row; £1425 Nelson Hill. Pie – £1515, £1505 Newlands Mill. Char – £1425 Thackwood; £1115 Bowderdale. Blonde – £1425 Newlands Mill. Black and White – £1415 (x3), £1215 (x3) Low Row; £1215 (x2) Stepends. BB – £1375, £1365, £1355 (x2), £1325, £1285 (x3) Brampton Hall; £1365, £1355, £1335, £1285 Town Head; £1365 Thackwood; £1295 (x2) Low Row; £1275 (x2), £1215 Bonny; £1275 (x2) South Field. Fleck – £1235 Town End. Mont – £1235 Town End. South Devon – £1145 Low Row.

Heifers – Lim – £1825, £1805, £1775 Fawcett Park; £1785, £1775 Skelling; £1675, £1395 (x2), £1355 Low Row; £1625 The Elephant; £1585 (x2), £1495, £1385 Nook; £1545 Thorneycroft; £1495, £1435, £1375 Thackwood; £1485, £1475, £1435, £1295, £1285 (x2),£1255 Barnskew; £1435, £1275 Scales; £1435, £1240 Highgriseburn; £1205 Town Head. BB – £1665, £1585, £1535, £1525, £1485 Far Close; £1465 Macey Bank; £1305 Low Row; £1295 Bonny; £1285, £1265 The Elephant; £1245, £1225, £1215 Pennine View; £1245, £1205 Thackwood; £1235 (x3) Town End; £1225 Nelson Hill. South Devon – £1555 Low Row. Sim – £1545, £1425, £1345 Thorneycroft; £1425, £1385, £1345 High Griseburn; £1205 Skelling. Char – £1495, £1285 Low Row. A-A – £1395 (x3), £1345 (x2) South Field; £1395 Low Row; £1365 (x2) Nelson Hill; £1315 Bonny; £1245 Town.

Breeding cattle – Heifers and heifer calves – BB – £2900, £2500 Holme; £2700, £2500 Milburn Grange; £2650 Lonscale. Lim –£2750, £2500 Town Head; £2300 Dancing Gate. Cont – £2300 Glebe.

Heifers and bull calves – Lim – £2800, £2700 (x2), £2650, £2550, £2500, £2400 Town Head; £2800 Lime House; £2600 Lonscale. BB – £2650, £2600 Lonscale; £2300 Holme; £2300 Milburn Grange.

Cow and heifer calf – BB – £2400 Dancing Gate.

Cow and bull calf – BB – £2400 Dancing Gate.

Lanark

An overall average of £115.00 was achieved at Lawrie and Symington's weekly sale of 2539 ewes and hoggs with lambs at foot.

Leading the sale was a pair of Cheviot ewes with Suffolk lambs from Kenny O’Connor and family, Woodside, which sold on behalf of RSABI, for £185.

The annual show and sale of 1145 hoggs with lambs at foot was judged by Tom Neill, Upper Tinwald, who awarded his champion pen to Scotch Mule hoggs and lambs from T laird and Son, Carbello and Sunnyside, which reached £157 to Messrs Graham, Greenshields.

Texel crosses from Allanton Farming, took the reserve ticket and later realised £167 when selling to Messrs Taylor, Dashwellgreen.

Ewes and lambs averaged £97.54 (+ £16.92 on the year), with gimmers and hoggs with lambs at £125.83 (+ £15.48) and £131.440 (+ £11.03) respectively.

Leading Prices

Ewes and lambs – Tex – £160, £140 Dillars House; £138, £133 Jeanfield. BF – £81, £80 West Browncastle; £79 East Burnhead. Shet – £71, £68, £67, £66 High Dyke. Suff – £116, £114, £112 West Browncastle. X – £118 West Browncastle; £110 Fullarton; £109 Kailzie Mains; £108 Stoneyhill; £104 Smiddyhill. Chev – £185 Woodside; £99 Findatie. Chev X – £100, £99, £98 Rowantreehill. Belt – £140 Jeanfield; £124 Cloich.

Gimmers and lambs – Tex – £152, £142 Cloich; £138 Hillend; £134 Sunnyside/Carbello and Hillend. Belt – £130 Hillend. Suff – £144, £128 Fullarton. X – £132, £128 Sunnyside/Carbello; £120 Cloich and North Moorhouse; £119 North Moorhouse,

Hoggs and lambs – Tex – £176, £174, £152 Gilmeadowland; £167, £164 Allanton; £150 Daviesdyke and Allanton; £145 Sunnyside/Carbello; £143 Daviesdyke. Lleyn – £130, £120 Carlophill. Suff – £170, £158 Sunnyside/Carbello; £152 Kailzie Mains; £142 Calla. X – £157, £140 Sunnyside/Carbello; £154, £150 Allanton. Abe X Tex – £154, £146 Allanton Farming. Abe X BF – £120 Little Galla.

Dumfries

A Limousin bull from J Common and Son, Crossdykes, secured £4300 at C and D Auctions' annual spring sale of beef breeding cattle.

Ben Radley, Loaningfoot, sold British Blue cross heifers with Limousin heifer calves at £3400.

Cows sold to £2000 for a Hereford with heifer calf from W Sloan and Co, Ryemuir.

An Aberdeen Angus cross from DA Goldie Farms, Longbridgemuir, topped the bulling heifers at £1420.

Leading Prices

Heifer with bull calf – BB – £3050 Rigghead. Lim – £2700 Rigghead. A-A – £2600 Rigghead; £2450 Tregallon. Saler – £2500, £2400 Kildarroch. Hfd – £2500 Rigghead.

Heifer with heifer calf – Lim – £3400 Loaningfoot; £2700, £2600 Rigghead. Hfd – £2950 Rigghead. BB – £2900 Rigghead. Saler – £2750, £2500 Kildarroch. A-A – £2650 Rigghead.

Cows with heifer calf – Hfd – £2000 Ryemuir. Lim – £1750, £1700 Boghead. A-A – £1650 Brickhouse.

Bulling heifers – A-A – £1420 (x2) Longbridgemuir. Lim – £1220 Seafield.

Bulls – Lim – £4300 Crossdykes.

Stirling (Cally)

Heifers and calves from Craig and Teen Malone, Pitcairn, proved the star of the show at Caledonian Marts' sale, having sold to £5800.

The same home also produced the pre-sale champion, which later realised £5100.

Heifers and calves averaged £4150.

Bulls sold to £3500 for an Aberdeen Angus from Mosston Muir, Forfar.

Leading Prices

Heifers and calves – £5800, £5100, £4100, £4000 Pitcairn; £5000 Sheldon Drive.

Castle Douglas

A buoyant demand was met at Wallets Marts' store cattle sale, where heifers realised £1720 for Aberdeen Angus heifers from Palmallet Farms and to 322.1p per kg for Limousins from Boghouse.

Bullocks sold to 343.9p for Simmentals from Messrs Thomson, East Altercannoch, and to £1340 for Limousins from Barskeoch Mains.

Centre records were achieved at Monday's breeding cattle sale, when heifers with calves at foot sold to £5200 and £5000 for Limousin heifers with calves at foot from Messrs Hamilton, Derrie.

Topping the sale was £6500 for a Limousin bull from Messrs Hansell, Nether Barr.

Leading Prices

Store cattle – Bullocks – Lim – £1340, £1270, £1220 Barskeoch Mains. Sim – £1310 Garrarie; £1310, £1300, £1290 Little Galdenoch; £1260 Garrarie. A-A – £1150 Garrarie. BS – £1180, £1140 Gass. Saler – £1070 East Altercannoch; £1000 Glenlaugh. Gall – £950 Gass.

Store cattle – Heifers – A-A – £1720 Palmallet. Sim – £1240, £1150 Little Galdenoch. Lim – £1060, £1050 Boghouse. Char – £1060 Glenlaugh.

Breeding cattle – Bulls – Lim – £6500, £5200 Nether Barr; £5000, £4500 Bankswood. A-A – £3700 Palmallet. Sim – £3400 (x2) Drumphumphry; £3400, £3200 Cannee.

Heifers with bull calves – Lim – £5200, £4200 Derrie; £4000, £3900, £3800 Flathill. BB – £2900 Halket Leathes. A-A – £2100 South Balfern; £2000 Maryfield.

Heifers with heifer calves – Lim – £5000, £4500, £3800 Derrie; £4000(x2), £3800 Flathill. BB – £2800, £2700 Flathill; £2700 Halket Leathes. A-A – £2700, £2500 South Balfern; £2400, £2350 Maryfield. Char – £2100 South Balfern. Hfd – £1900 Buittle Mains.