Special sales

Craig Wilson sold 164 store cattle at their sale where all classes of cattle met a similar trade with 90 bullocks averaging 193.6p or £905.91; 13 Friesian bullocks at 138.3p or £746.92 and 61 heifers at 189.2p or £875.08.

Top price was £1215 for a Simmental bullock from Stoopshill or 234p for Limousin bullocks from Arnsow. Heifers peaked at £1200 for a Limousin from Rankinston or 210.5p for the same.

Friesian bullocks were topped at £830 from Crooks or 148.1p from Drongan Mains.

Also forward were 354 store hoggs where a mixed show for quality met a similar trade throughout. The sale peaked at £82 for Texel lambs from Messrs MacMillan, Lawhill Farm, West Kilbride.

LEADING prices:

Bullocks – Per head – Sim – £1215 Stoopshill, £1025 Mid Floak. A-A X – £1100 Bourtreebush, £910 Meikle Laught, £905 Hemphill, £900 Balsaggart. Stab – £1060 and £1010 Mackailston. Lim – £1050 Crooks and Trees, £1030 Castle Mains. BB – £990 Stoopshill, £900 South Ballaird and Balsaggart. Hfd – £990 Watston, £900 Balsaggart. Short – £930 South Threave. Char – £920 Mid Floak, £900 Balsaggart. Fries – £830 Crooks, £785 Drongan Mains, £780 Bourtreebush.

Heifers – Per head – Lim – £1200 Rankinston, £1105 and £1050 Auchentibbert, £1100 Crooks, £925 High Woodston. Stab – £1110 and £960 Mackailston. Sim – £1060 Auchentibbert. Char – £1000 Mid Floak and Auchentibbert, £930 High Woodston. A-A X – £920 Montgomerieston, £910 Hemphill. BB X – £870 and £850 Stoopshill.

Hoggs – Per head – Tex – £82, £70 Lawhill, £65 Auchenree, £62 Bushglen. Char – £76.50 Lagg. Chev – £65.50 Muirhouses. Cross – £62 Lagg. Belt – £60 Over Boreland. Lln – £57 Auchenree. Bf – £50.50 Lagg.

Thainstone

AT Thainstone, Aberdeen and Northern Marts sold 1633 store cattle, where 909 bullocks cashed in at 215.8p, down 12.6p on the year, while the 718 heifers levelled at 206.8p, down 13.1p.

Top price amongst the bullocks was 285.7p per kg for a pair of 280kg British Blue crosses from Uppermill Farms, Springburn, and £1450 for six Aberdeen-Angus crosses from Clunycrichton, Banchory.

Heifers peaked at 262.4p per kg for three 282kg British Blue crosses from Uppermill Farms and £1680 for a 620kg British Blue cross from Newmill, Rathen.

The 29th anniversary show and sale of store cattle, judged by Robbie Anderson, Sootywells, Laurencekirk, saw the overall champion, a 700kg, 21-month-old Charolais cross heifer from W and D Moir Livestock, Newmill, Rathen, sell for £1480 to GA Reid, Mill of Haulkerton, Laurencekirk.

Reserve and home-bred champion was a 440kg, 12-month-old Limousin cross bullock from W Patterson and Son, Upper Forgie, Keith which made £1160 to D Lumgair and Son, Gask, Letham.

Champion pen of four came from W and D Moir, Newmill, Rathen. Their 620kg British Blue cross heifers sold to average £1510.

The firm’s sale of 658 store lambs sold to £77.50 for Suffolk crosses from North Chapelhouses, Oldmeldrum.

LEADING prices:

Bullocks – Up to 300kg – Uppermill £800, 285.7p; 301-350kg – Lagaviach, Glenlivet £880, 271.6p; 351-400kg – Lagavaich £1000, 263.3p; 401-450kg – Milton of Noth, Rhynie £1095, Cluseburn, Inverbervie 258.5p; 451-500kg – Govals, Kincaldrum, £1190, Guise 250p; 501-550kg – Guise £1250, 241.2p; 551-600kg – Muckle Myre, South Ronaldsay £1320, Guise 230.1p; 601-650kg – Clunycrichton, Banchory £1330, Marywell, Ballogie 208.5p; 651-700kg – Cairndaie, Sauchen £1395, 208.2p; 701-750kg – Ranna, Tarland £1420, Clunycritchton 203.1p.

Heifers – Up to 300kg – Uppermill £740, Milton Farm, Glenbuchat 204.1p; 301-350kg – Lagavaich £820, 237p; 351-400kg – Uppermill £940, 250p; 401-450kg – Dalrachie, Ballindalloch £1100, 244.4p; 451-500kg – Wester Rarichie, Fearn £1140, Faddenhill, Millbrex 239.2p; 501-550kg – Newmill £1400, Balgairn 251p; 551-600kg – Newmill £1600, 270p; 601-650kg – Newmill £1460, 240.9p 651-700kg- Tillenturk, Torphins £1385, 209.2p; 701-750kg- Tillenturk £1420, Shougle, Birnie 196.3p.

Lambs – Tex X – Grandview, Heughhead £75.50; Suff X – North Chapelhouses £74.50; Bel – Hillview, Brae of Scurdarge £70.50; Suff – Little Barras, Fordoun £70.50; Black – Netherhill, St Fergus £70.50; Down X – Ardgeith, Strathdon £69; Ch – Dunearn, Nairn £68.50; Cont – Little Barras £68.50; Aber – Arden House, Whiterashes £66; Zwart – Little Barras £65.50.

Hexham

A SMALL entry of 135 store cattle were forward for Hexham and Northern Marts’ first sale of 2019 where all classes sold dearer than at the end of 2018.

The sale was topped at £1335 for a 20-month-old home-bred Limousin cross bullock from Willie Patterson, Halton Red House. Heifers sold to £1230 for a Limousin from Messrs Burn, Grange Houses.

All classes of store hoggs were dearer with the 1657 catalogued selling to £118 for Texel tup hoggs from WH Davison and Son, Lough Green. Mule hoggs were topped at £73 from W and PF Walton, Penpeugh, Bardon Mill.

LEADING prices:

Store cattle – 30+ months – Lim X heifers – £1060 Throp Hill. 23-30 months. Lim x steers – £1305 Rare Dean, £1145 East Uppertown, £1120 Farnamullan. Sim X steers – £1140, £1080, £1070 and £1055 Stoop Rigg. Sim X heifers – £925 Hedley West. A-A X steers – £1260, £1250 and £1210 Stoop Rigg. A-A X – heifers – £1125 and £1090 Stoop Rigg. 17 – 22 Months – Char X steers – £1170 Rare Dean. Char X heifers – £1225, £1195, £1180 and £1165 Holling Hill, £1050 Rare Dean and Holling Hill, £1135 (x2) and £1110 Holling Hill, £1105 Farnamullan, £1020 Holling Hill, £1000 Rare Dean. Lim X steers – £1335 and £1310 Halton Red House, £1300 Blackburn, £1270 Halton Red House, £1255 Lough Green, £1235 and £1220 Blackburn, £1215 Lough Green, £1195 Halton Red House, £1190 Blackburn, £1170 Blackburn, East Uppertown and Farnamullan, £1120 East Uppertown, £1110 Grange House, £1070 East Uppertown, £1040 Settlingstones, £1025 Farnamullan, £1015 and £950 Settlingstones. Lim X heifers – £1230 Grange House, £1225 and £1200 Luns House, £1195 Holling Hill and Lough Green, £1170 Lough Green, £1150 Halton Red House, £1140 Luns House, £1070 Lough Green, £1055 and £980 Luns House, £955 Farnamullan. Blonde X steers – £1165 Lough Green. A-A X heifers – £1180, £1140 and £1095 Aydonshields.11 – 16 Months – Char X heifers – £960 and £945 Farnamullan. Lim X steers – £1220 and £1205 Grange House, £1020, £1000 and £975 and Settlingstones. Lim X heifers – £1105 Grange House

Store hoggs – Tex – £118 Lough Green, £112 and £110 Low Ardley, £108 Flotterton Cottage, £99 Lough Green, £92 Low Ardley, £80 West Heddon Tex X – £98 Hetherington, £96 Butterknowes, £94.50 Butterknowes, Lough Green and Hetherington, £92 Moorlaws, £90 Flotterton Cottage, Elrington Hall and Paradise Farm, £90.50 Wydon, £90 Amerside Law (x2), £89 Butterknowes and Amerside Law, £88.50 Plainfield Farm, Ravensworth Grange & Haggwood, £88 Agars Hill, £87.50 Moorlaws and Amerside Law, £87 Elrington Hall, £86.50 Amerside Law, £86 Greenchesters and Paradise Farm, £85 Amerside Law, £84.50 Greenchesters and Butterknowes, £84 Lee Hall, £82 Greenchesters, £81.50 Agars Hill, £79.50 West Heddon and Causey View, £79 Allenheads Farm & Amerside Law, £78.50 Agars Hill, £78 Yetlington Lane and Lee Hall, £77.50 Partridge Nest. Dutch Tex X – £110 Newbiggin Hill, £100.50 Willimoteswick, £99 Newbiggin Hill, £94.50 Willimoteswick, £92 Burn House, £90 Willimoteswick, £77 Burn House. Suff – £116 and £86 Flotterton. Suff X – £99.50 Sillywrea, £92.50 Brixter Hill, £89.50 Sillywrea, £88 Amerside Law, £84 Brixter Hill, £79 Haggwood, £73.50 Ravensworth Grange, £72 Rugley Walls. Beltex X - £103 Hownsgill, £97 Whitton Glebe, £95.50 Hownsgill, £95 Bavington Hill Head, £91 and £87.50 Hownsgill, £84 Bavington Hill Head, £82 and £79 Low West House, £78 Ewesley, £73 Whitton Glebe, £71.50 Ewesley. Chev X - £66.50 and £61 Ravensworth Grange, £60 and £57 Flotterton, £56 Ravensworth Grange. SCC – £86, £80 and £77 Flotterton, £76 Sillywrea, £66 Flotterton. Mule – £73 Penpeugh, £72.50 Errington Red House £69.50 & £57.50 Coatlith. Blackface – £65.50, £64 & £48.50 Featherwood, £47 Gleedlee, £44 Flotterton. Swale – £43.50 Linshiels, £41.50 and £39 Buckshot. Cross – £72 Bavington Hill Head and Greenchesters

Wigton

TOP price at Hope’s Auctioneers’ sale of 87 store cattle at Wigton was £1165 paid for Limousin bullocks from Grahams of Longcummercattiff. Heifers sold to £1105 for British Blues for Messrs Watson, Orchard Farm.

Breeding cattle peaked at £2000 for a Limousin cow and bull calf from Robert Scott.

LEADING prices:

Heifers – BB – £1105, £925 Orchard Farm; £905 Parkgate Hall. Lim – £1015 Birkmire Farm; £965, £915 Pond House; £925 Orchard Farm. Char – £975, £935, £915 Pond House. A-A X – £975 Pond House; £825 Wolsty; £775 Beech Tree Farm. Sim – £935 Pond House.

Bullocks – Lim – £1165, £1155 Grahams of Longcummercattiff. Sim – £1045 Parkgate Hall. A-A – £955 Wolsty; £945, £915 Beech Tree Farm. Fr – £795 Parkgate Hall; £705 £645 Beech Tree Farm.

Bull – Lim – £915 Dufton House.

Breeding cattle – Lim cow and bull calf – £2000, £1500, £1350 Norman Farm. Lim cow and heifer calf – £1900, £1550, £1300 Norman Farm.

Dumfries

The opening sale of store cattle for C and D Auction Marts’ event at Dumfries attracted an entry of 150 head and a lead price of £1165 paid for an British Blue heifer from Backburn.

Top price per kg was 241.5p for a Charolais bullock from Gatehouse.

LEADING prices

Bullocks – Per head – A-A – to £1155, £1070 Ryemuir, £975 Gimmenbie, £960 High Auchneel. Sim – £1150 Backburn, £1035 High Auchneel, £960 Upper Moor. Lim – £1120, £1075 High Auchneel, £1110 Cushag, £1070, £1050 Ryemuir, £1060 Wyliehole. BB – £1070, £990 Ryemuir, £1010 Shenrick, £1005 Backburn, £965 Upper Moor. Short – £1050 Gimmenbie. Salers – £1035 Auchenfad. Mont – £1035 Gimmenbie. Per Kg – Char – 241.5p Gatehouse. Lim – 228.6p High Auchneel. BB – 220p Cocklicks. Sim – 217.9p High Auchneel.

Heifers – Per head – BB – £1165 Backburn, £1115 Cushag, £1010 Ryemuir, £960 Upper Moor. Sim – £985 Upper Moor. Limousin to £970 Ballaggan, £935 Cocklicks, £930 Cushag, £910 Wyliehole. Mont – £905 Gimmenbie. Hol – £905 Shenrick. Per kg – Lim – 228p Cocklicks, 218p Ballaggan. BB – 208p Backburn.

Bulls – Per head – Char – £960 Stockholm. Per kg – Char – 218.2p Stockholm.

Stirling (Cal)

CALEDONIAN Marts had forward 201 store cattle at their sale on Monday, where bullocks averaged 193p per kg having sold to 231p for a Limousin from D and L Graham, Mains of Burnbank, Blairdrummond, and £1160 for a British Blue from Glenside Farms, Stirling.

Heifers averaged 185p per kg peaking at 206p for Limousins from W and S McCord, Treetops, Methven, and £1050 for a Charolais from AL and J Blair, East Kerse, Lochwinnoch.

Also forward were 675 store hoggets, ewes and tups, where hoggs averaged £60.38 (+£7.52 on the year). Top price went to HJ and I Duncan, Lands of Dremhead, with Texel crosses that sold for £76 per head.

LEADING prices:

Bullocks – Per head – £1120 (x3) Mains of Burnbank; £1110 Glenside and Mains of Burnbank; £1100 Mains of Burnbank; £1090 Dalquhurn; £1070 Inchgall. Per kg – 220p Drumelzier; 217p Mains of Burnbank; 211p Treetops; 207p Mains of Burnbank; 205p Walton (Cardross).

Heifers – Per head – £1000, £980, £930 Wester Braco; £920 Humbie (Aberdour); £890 Dalquhurn and Wester Braco; £840 Wester Braco; £800 Gartclush. Per kg – 192p Drumelzier; 190p, 189p Wester Braco; 185p Easterton (Caldercruix); 184p Treetops; 183p Dalquhurn.

Hoggs – Tex X – £74 Wester Culbowie. Cross – £69 Auchenlochan. Tex – £68 Lawhead of Stobwood. Chev – £68 Victoria. Char – £67.50 Pendreich. Mule – £60 Standingfauld. BF – £60 Grant Farm.

Darlington

SOME 249 cattle and 833 sheep were forward for Darlington Farmers Auction Mart weekly sale of store and breeding stock on Monday, where the first lot in the ring – a British Blue cow with a two-month-old Limousin heifer calf from J and VM Bussey of Streatlam Close, Stainton – topped the trade at £1450.

Young bulls were led by a 13-month-old pure Limousin from CR Raine and Son, Stanhope Gate, Middleton-in-Teesdale, which sold for £1060.

Lead priced steer was a 20-month-old Angus from WB Rutter and Sons, Greengill, Scargill, that made £1090, with a black Limousin from the same home topping the heifers at £1030.

Store hoggs met a breath-taking trade with a mixed show of sheep averaged a £72.15. Top price was £90.50 paid for a pen of 27 strong Texels from DR Smith of East Roughlea Farm, Ferryhill.

LEADING prices:

Breeding cattle – Cows and calves £1450 – J and VM Bussey. In-calf heifers – £820 x2 G Te-Lintelo.

Store bulls – £1060 CR Raine and Son; £1020, £940 x2, £930, £845, £720 WH Brown; £860 x3, £845 x2, £575 x2 JT Forster and Son; £750 x2, £735, £725 x2, £720, J Curry.

Store steers – £1090, £1070, £1035, WB Rutter; £1080, £1030 GH and RG Stobbs; £960, £940 x3, £900 x2, T Sedgewick and Son; £920, £910, £900 TW Brown; £910, £880, £870, £845 CR Raine and Son; £895 x2, £890, £875 GW and M Singleton and Sons; £890, £855 x2, £810 W and JM Clifford; £890, £820, £810 F Crawford; £885 x2, M and E Webster; £865 G Bolton; £850, £810 BJS Farms; £835 J Dixon.

Store heifers – £1030 WB Rutter; £1005, £935x2, £925 GH and RG Stobbs; £995, £945 JC Thwaite; £990, £945 x2, £905 x3, £870 x2 T Sedgewick and Son; £985, £910 C Gregg; £950, £940, £895 SJ Love; £900 x2, £840, £800 MH Hodgson; £880 M and E Webster; £870, £845x2, S Beeforth; £865 W and JM Clifford. £830 F Crawford.

Store hoggs – Tex – £90.50, £86 DR Smith; £89, £87, £83.50 D and G Spry; £87.50, £78.50 I R Appleton; £84.50, £82.50 J Gilson; £80.50, £70.00 Hagg; £80 CW Cutler; £79, £75.50 C and M Burnett; £79 LF and HC Wood; £79 RW Shann and Sons; £77.50 RW and C Spry; £76 L Kidd; £75.50 E Walsh; £74.50, £73.50 CH Tindale; £72 RW Dalton; £70 D and HM Hodgson; £69 JH Johnson. Suff – £89 DR Smith; £81 IR Appleton; £80 GW Dobson; £79 £69 G A Jopling; £77.50 J Gilson; £76.50 JH Johnson; £76 E Walsh; £75 D and HM Hodgson; £70 D and G Spry; £69.50 C Watson. Mule – DR Smith £85. NCC – £75 x2 RM Guy. Zwart – £73. Swale –£69

Feeding ewes – £75, £35 GW Dobson; £59, £42 CH Tindale; £40 E Walsh; £37 GA Jopling.

Carlisle

A GOOD show of 437 hoggs sold to a keen ringside of buyers to average £62.40 at Harrison and Hetherington’s store sheep sale on Monday where a top price of £84 per head was paid for eight Dutch Texels from J Oliver and Son, Walton Woodhead.

The small consignment of 18 in-lamb Mule ewes from the late D Grindal, Greenhills, Skelton, peaked at £110.

LEADING prices

Store hoggs – Dutch Tex – £84, £74.50 Walton Woodhead; £76 Low Fauld Farm. Bel – £83 Low Fauld Farm; £83, £80.50 £71, £70 Grange View; £76 Catcrags. Suff – £82 Town Head Farm; £74.50, £72.50, £69.50, £65 Low Fauld Farm; £72 Hawksteel; £70 The Square; £68 Green Close. Hill Chev – £67 Lynnshield Farm. Gf – £66, £56 The Square; £64 Croft House; £64 Farnbury; £63 Hawksteel Farm; £57.50 Border Rigg. Mil Blue – £79, £69 Catcrags. Tex – £79 (x2), £78, £76 Pinegrove; £77, £71, £70 Low Fauld Farm; £75 Farnbury; £74 Penny Hill Park; £74 (x2) Greenhills; £74 The Square; £72 Basco Dyke Head Farm; £71 (x2) Low Buildings; £71, £70 Smithy Garth; £70 Croft House; £70 New House Farm; £68 Beechcroft. Zwart – £74.50 Catcrags.

Ayr

DAIRY cattle peaked at £2080 at Craig Wilson’s weekly sale which saw an entry of eight milking animals and 87 calves and stirks.

Topping the trade was a Holstein Friesian from J Bryson and Son, Dykehead, with the eight head averaging £1640.44.

Calves peaked at £500 for a Limousin cross bull calf from JW Kay and Son, Gass, while stirks sold to £960 for a Charolais cross bullock from A and J Wright, Pinmore Mains.

Breeding cattle hit a top of £1250 with the eight cows and heifers averaging £1145; four in-calf cows levelled at £790 and 18 bulling heifers cashed in at £953.33.

LEADING prices:

Dairy heifers – HF – £2080, £2020, £2000, £1900 Dykehead, £1720 Grange of Cree.

Bull calves – Lim X – £500 Gass, £410 Graystale, £410 Barneighthill, £350 Whitehill (Drongan), £290 Merkland (Kirkmichael). A-A X – £450 High Auchneil, £330 Meadowbank. Short X – £410 Graystale. Sim X – £400 Graystale. BB X – £370 and £360 East St Colmac, £360 Gass. Char X – £330 Graystale. Hereford Cross: £260 Philgowan.

Heifer calves – Lim X – £480 Gass, £300 Graystale, £250 Philgowan, £270 Merkland. BB X £400 and £350 Gass, £335 and £300 East St Colmac, £290 Brocklehill, £280 West Park. A-A X – £250 Philgowan.

Bullock Stirks – Char – £960 Pinmore Mains. Sal X – £800 and £750 Pinmore Mains. Lim X –£690 Acholter. Sim X – £615 Gleniron.

Breeding cattle – Lim heifer and heifer calf – £1250 x2, £1220 Perryston. A-A heifer and bull calf – £1200 Little Ittington. Sim cow and heifer calf – £1080 Parkmill. A-A in-calf cows – £1000 Kittochside.

Bulling heifers – Lim – £1200 Gateside, £1060 Moorpark. BB – £860 and £800 Gateside. A-A – £780 Gateside, £710 Tannockhill.

Longtown

STORE hoggs met a flying trade at C and D Auction Marts sale of store hoggs and cast rams and ewes at Longtown on Tuesday where the 6076 entry sold to £100 per head for Texels and Beltex from Cross Hill, with other breeds peaking at £86.50 for Charollais from Moss Side.

Cast rams and ewes (608) met a stronger trade peaking at £120 for Texel ewes from The Firth.

LEADING prices:

Store hoggs – Bel and Tex – £100 Cross Hill; £94 Crookston; £93 Lennox and Low Stanley; £92.50 Gibstown and Shankfieldhead; £92 Pallet Hill and Felton Demense. Char – £86.50 Moss Side. Suff – £81.50 East Mains; £81, £80 Felton Demense. Chev Mule – £82 Yetholm Mains; £77 Marwhirn. Gf – £75.50 Parkhouse; £74 Brayshaw and Dale House; £70.50 Shankfield Head. NCC – £85 Ericstanes; £81 Bank End. Leic – £77 Cooks House. Lln – £73.50 The Height. Hamp – £71.50 Fell House. Kendal roughs – £74 Borrowbridge House. Hill Chev – £70.50 Twislehope; £62.50 Sorbie and Cooms; Swale – £41 Laverhay. Herd – £60 Brayshaw. Bealuh – £63 Howcleugh. Bf – £69 Wardrew.

Cast ewes – Bel and Tex – £100 Cross Hill. Char – £86.50 Moss Side.

Cast rams – Tex – £106, £101 Marchbank. Chev – £89 High Thorneyburn; £81 Cooms and Marchbank; Bf – £73 High Thorneyburn; £68 Sweetbit; £67 Minsca; Swale – £62 High Thorneyburn. Lleyns – £71 The Height.

Lockerbie

CHAMPION at Harrison and Hetherington’s special show and sale at Lockerbie on Tuesday, was a 490kg Limousin cross heifer from S Ewart and Son, Belridding, which went on to top the trade at £1180 or 240.8p per kg.

Judge, Declan Foley, found his reserve in a 394kg Limousin steer from WD Wright and Son, Hunthills, which later made £870, or 220.8p.

LEADING prices:

Steers – Per head – A-A X – £1175 Cleughbrae Mill. Lim –£1170, £1130, £1050 Purdomstone; £1135 Belzies; £1120, £1060 Belridding; £1115, £950 Milnholm; £1065, £900 Cleughbrae Mill; £870 Hunthills. Hfd – £980 East Tinwald House. Char – £800 Corriehills. Per kg – Lim – 229.9p, 225.8p Belridding; 220.8p Hunthills; 205.7p, 202.1p Milnholm; 198.6p, 196.6p, 195.9p Purdomstone; 197.7p Belzies, 194p, 192.2p Cleughbrae Mill. Hfd – 203.6p, 193.7p East Tinwald House. A-A – 202.9p Cleughbrae Mill, 199.8p Darlawhill, 180.5p Maxwellbank, 178.2p Fingland, 178p Correihills, Charolais 193.2p, 179.5p, 175.5p Corriehills.

Heifers – Per head – Lim – £1180 Belridding; £1075, £1035, £900, £890, £870 Milnholm; £1000 Belzies; £910, £810 Terrona; £800 Purdomstone. BB X – £1010 Belzies. Per kg – Lim – 240.8p Belridding; 226.4p, 184.3p, 181.7p Terrona; 219.2p, 216.7p, 210.4p, 189.9p, 185.1p Milnholm; 183.8p Belzies; 179.2p, 177p Purdomstone, A-A – 197.4p Newbigging, British Blue 195.7p Belzies.

Bulls – Per head – Blonde – £980 Todholes. Per kg – 193.1p, 189.2p Todholes.

Thainstone

At Thainstone on Wednesday, Aberdeen and Northern Marts sold 139 head of adult breeding cattle, where a good show of breeding cattle sold well, with numbers forward short of buyer’s requirements.

LEADING prices:

Heifers with bull calf – Sim X – Lost, Strathdon £2300; Sim X – Backhill of Seggat, Auchterless £2080; Sal X- Lost £1980.

Heifers with heifer calf – Sim X – Backhill of Seggat £2300 (twice); Sim X – Lost £2120; Sim – Lost, Backhill of Seggat £2100; Sal X- Lost £1780.

Cow with bull calf – Short X – Wainsgate, Durris £1250; BB X – Perylieu, Clatt £980.

Cows with heifer calf – Lim X – Percylieu £1750; Sim – Rootfield, Muir of Ord £1750; Short X – Wainsgate £1220.

In calf heifers – BB X – New Achamore, Littlemill £1950 (twice); Sim X – Backhill of Seggat £1920 (twice); AA X – Caskieben, Kinellar £1880; Sim X –New Achamore £1880 (twice); Sim – Mains of Tillymorgan, Culsalmond, Backhill of Seggat £1850; Luing X – Caskieben £1800; Lim X – Backhill of Seggat £1780; BBX- Backhill of Seggat £1,750; Sim X – Floors, Grange £1700; Sim – Lower Cushieston, Meikle Wartle £1700.

In calf cows – Sim X – Cottown, Drumblade £1750 (x4); Sim – Cottown £1720 (twice); Lim X – Cotown £1420.