It was Monzie Farms who took the championship at the annual Perth show and sale of store cattle. Their 550kg Limousin cross heifer, sold for £1420.

John and Craig Robertson, Newton of Logierait, took the reserve championship with a 464kg Limousin cross bullock which later realised £1220.

The 573 bullocks averaged 224.8p and sold to 268.8p per kg for a 398kg Limousin cross from Coilavoulin and £1320 for a 608kg Limousin cross from Little Inch.

Heifers (475) levelled at 221.4p and sold to 308.70p per kg for a 460kg Limousin cross from Little Inch and £1420 twice for a 460kg Limousin cross from Little Inch and for the champion from Monzie Farms.

LEADINGawards:

Bullocks – Single – 1 and reserve, J Robertson and Co, Newton of Logierait, 464kgs £1220; 2 Monzie Farms, 492kgs £1220; 3 D Blair and Son, Little Inch, 504kg £1240. Pen of four – 1 and best pen of four, RW Cameron and Son, Wester Bonhard, 537kgs £1240; 2, Monzie Farms, 482kgs £1230; 3, RW Cameron and Son, Wester Bonhard, 481kgs £1180.

Heifers – Single – 1 and champion, Monzie Farms, 550kgs £1420; 2 and champion Charolais, Ross Farms, 556kgs £1255; 3 D Blair and Son, Little Inch, 460kg £1420. Pen of four – 1, Monzie Farms, 457kgs £1180; 2, Ballechin Farms 445kgs £1140; 3, Monzie Farms 446kg £1150.

Pen of eight bullocks or heifers – 1, RW Cameron and Son, Wester Bonhard, 522kgs £1240; 2 Monzie Farms, 455kgs £1140; 3, A Doig, East Buchanty, 373kg £940.

LEADINGprices:

Bullocks – 301-350kgs – £820, 239.50p West Quarter; 351-400kgs – £1070, 268.80p Coilavoulin; 401-450kgs – £1130 Wester Kinloch Farms, 262.10p Ballechin Farms; 451-500kgs – Monzie Farms £1230, Newton of Logierait; 262.90p; 501-551kgs – £1240, 246.00p Little Inch; 552-601kgs – £1300 Kilmux, 229.20p Little Inch;602-651kg – £1320, 217.10p Little Inch.

Heifers – 301-350kgs East Buchanty £850, 260.70p; 351-400kgs- Monzie Farms £1040, 265.30p; 401-450kgs Wester Bonhard £1160, Little Inch 277.80p; 451-500kgs Little Inch £1420, 308.70p; 501-550kgs- Monzie Farms £1420, Wester Bonhard 271.30p; 551-600kgs Balthayock £1280, 225.70.

Auctioneers: United Auctions