The annual Final Fling Sale staged at Lawrie and Symington’s Lanark Market witnessed 578 rams and ram lambs come under the hammer.

It was once again the Blackface breed that led the trade at £2600 for a ram lamb from Alan Blackwood, Auldhouseburn, Muirkirk. This son of £160,000 Dyke is bred from a £30,000 McCurdy dam and sold to T Muirhead, Ptarmigan House, Blair Atholl, Perth.

Blackface shearlings sold to £1700 for the best from Tom Renwick, Williamhope, Galashiels, when the hammer fell to RJ Anderson and sons, Penchrise, Stobs, Hawick.

The Hamiltons, Allanton Farming, Darvel, purchased the top priced Texel shearling at £1100 from W and J Boyd, Dechmont, Cambuslang.

A shortage of Suffolk rams reached a high of £1000 from Messrs Gilmour, Broomknowes, Maybole when selling to Messrs Brown, Clachaig, Arran.

Leading Prices

Aged rams – SCC – £500, £500 Mainside. NCC – £450 Hillhead. BFL – £700 Skirling Mains; £380 Upper Hindhope. Tex – £800 Bents; £700 Sauchenhall and Cambwell; £580 Kilmichael. Suff – £450 South Netherburn. Char – 400 Dunnabie House. X – £450 Bowmanhurst.

Shearlings – SCC – £500 Windhill; £350 Tushielaw; £350 (x2) Windhill; £320 Tushielaw. NCC – £380, £300 Newton Cottage; £260 Toxside and Greenaton. BFL – £950 Cockrig; £900 Sweetshawhead; £900, £850 Kirkton of Crawford; £850, £820, £800 Hartside; £780 Kirkton of Crawford; £750 Leadburn. BF – £1700, £1100 Williamhope; £550 Parkhall; £520 Challochglass and Williamhope; £500 Corsebank and Borthwickshiels. Bad X Tex – £400 Newton Cottage. Tex – £1100, £1000 Dechmont; £1000 Dreva and Kinninghall; £950 Bents; £900 Commonside; £880 Kinninghall and Greenfield; £850, £820 Dechmont. Belt – £750 Corrielea; £720 Woodside Avenue; £700 Fowler; £680 East Cauldcoats; £650 Woodside Avenue and Fowler; £620 Fowler and Auchenbart; £600 Corrielea and Auchenbart. Suff – £1000 Broomknowes; £900 (x2) Langside; £880 Broomknowes; £820 Langside; £800, £700, £620 Broomknowes. X – £720 Newton Cottage; £620 Collielaw; £580 Finnieness; £550 Bogrie; £500 Killail and Perryflatts; £480 Dovecot and Collielaw; £450 Millside and Butterknowes. Belt X – £420, £400 Strawfrank. MB – £520 Bowmanhurst; £450 Bogrie. D Tex – £320 Whinnybrae.

Ram lambs – BFL – £680 Birniehall; £580, £550 Cockrig; £500 Birnirhall, Broomie Bank and East Nethershields. BF – £2600 Auldhouseburn; £1800 Orchilmore; £1600 Auldhouseburn; £650 Orchilmore; £500 Parkhall. Tex – £900 (x2) Midlock; £620 Silvermuir; £600 Cambwell; £550, £520 (x2) Sauchenhall; £520 Collielaw and Midlock; £500 Silvermuir. Belt – £480, £400, £300 (x2) Auchenbart. Suff – £880 Broomknowes; £650 Bents. Belt – £380 Millside; £320, £300 Strawfrank; £300 (x2) Millside.

Aged ewes – BFL – £600, £400 Midlock.