Carlisle

Limousin crosses from Messrs Slack, Newby, Carlisle, proved popular at Harrison and Hetherington's weekly sale of store cattle, with steers and heifers selling to £1980 and £1820 respectively.

Among the weaned cattle, bullocks topped at £1540 for a Limousin from Messrs Ward of Whinstonehill, whilst the same breed led the heifers at £1280 for Messrs Pattinson, Bonshawside and Messrs Nixon of Hunters Hall.

British Blues from Messrs Reed, Moss Side House, led the weekly sale of calves with bulls to £550 and heifers to £440.

On Monday, the firm conducted their weekly sale of store lambs and early breeding sheep sale, where a small entry of in-lamb sheep were forward with a top price of £130 paid for a pen of three-crop mules with twins from Mr Nicholson, Hen Moss.

Store lambs met a serious demand with the sale being £10 up on the week, topping the sale was a single Texel from Mr Lamb, High Troweir, at £93.

LEADING prices

Store cattle – Steers – Lim – £1980, £1840 Newby; £1690, £1670 Blackrigg; £1650 (x2) Petteril Hill; £1620 Chapel House; £1620, £1580 Demesne; £1690, £1560 High Knells; £1590, £1510 Bolton Wood Lane; £1540, £1530, £1500 (x3) Rye Hill; £1490 Hawkrigg; £1480 Raygarth Field; £1470 Brampton Fell; £1430 Clappers; £1430 Croft House. BB – £1950 Bolton Wood Lane; £1840, £1710 Blackrigg; £1650 (x2) Petteril Hill; £1580 (x2) High Knells; £1480 (x2) Cockleybank; £1480 (x2), £1340 Town House; £1470 Halldykes; £1440, £1380 Espland; £1410, £1390 Stenries; £1400, £1340 (x2) Keepershield; £1390 Cardewlees; £1380 Rye Close. Char – £1690, £1540, £1440 Cockley Bank; £1470 (x2) Wardwarrow; £1440 Hillhead; £1390 Ladyhousesteads; £1380 Hillhead. A-A – £1640 (x2) Quarrypark; £1560 Brampton Fell Farm, £1490 (x2) £1400 Halldykes £1480 Demesne Farm, £1480 (x2) £1430 (x3) Chapel; £1460, £1430 (x2), £1430, £1420 (x3), £1360 (x2), £1350 (x3) Hayclose; £1460 (x2) Quarrypark; £1440, £1400 Lawston; £1370 Cumcatch; £1360 (x2) Burn House. Hfd – £1470 Demense; £1380 (x3), £1270, £1240 Beech House; £1290 (x2) Espland. HF – £1460 Greenwrae; £1280 Nirvana; £1280 (x2) Hawkrigg. Fleck – £1460, £1280 Cockleybank; £1390 (x2) Limekilns. Sim – £1390 Chapel House; £1355 (x2) Lawston. BS – £1390 Halldykes. Saler – £1380 (x2) Cockleybank. Hols – £1370 Nirvana. Mont – £1370 Cockleybank; £1360 (x2), £1290 Greenwrae.

Heifers – Lim – £1820, £1700, £1620 Newby; £1620, £1400 Blackrigg; £1500, £1400, £1380 Haresceugh Castle; £1480, £1400, £1390 Castlehill; £1460 Gimmenbie; £1430 Rigg Head; £1380 (x4) Raygarth Field. BB – £1710 Blackrigg; £1430 (x3) Newbampton; £1390 Nirvana; £1390 Halldykes; £1380, £1370 (x2), £1355 (x2), £1340 (x2) Cockleybank; £1360 Newbampton; £1360 (x3), £1330 Cardewlees; £1350 (x4) Townhead; £1340 Crookdake Hall; £1320 (x4) Townhead. Char – £1710, £1560, £1480 (x2), £1460 (x5), £1390 Newmains; £1560, £1440 Wardwarrow; £1400 Stenries; £1380 Cockleybank; £1340 Rigg Head; £1320 Hillhead. A-A – £1590, £1360 Cockleybank; £1500 Crookdake Hall; £1400 Brampton Fell; £1330 (x2) Quarrypark; £1330 (x2) Halldykes; £1220 (x2) Dearham Hall; £1220 Limekilns. Hfd – £1480 Cockleybank; £1340 Rigg Head; £1290 Demesne; £1140 Cumcatch; £1130 Crookdake Hall; £1120 Cardewlees. BS – £1510 Rigg Head. Sim – £1360 Hesket Demain; £1260 Ellerslea; £1240 Bloutfield; £1240, £1190 (x4) Mouswald Grange.

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Weaned cattle – Steers – Lim – £1540 Whitstonehill; £1300 Quarry House; £1100, £1070, £1030, £900 (x2) Hesleywell; £920 Davygill; £880 (x3) Lees Hall; £860 High Troweir. Sim – £1140, £950 Church View. Cont – £850 Sockbridge Hall. A-A – £825 (x2) Sandysike Farmhouse; £690 (x2) Caton Street. BB – £740, £710 Lees Hall. Hfd – £640 (x2) Caton Street. Frie – £590 Town Head.

Heifers – Lim – £1280, £1260, £1250, £1190 Bonshawside; £1280 Hunters Hall; £1220, £1160, £990 Quarry House; £1050 Mid Bishopton; £1020, £990 (x2) High House; £970, £960 (x2), £950 Hesleywell. BB – £970 High House; £930 (x2) £840 Hollands; £830 (x2) Nunfield. Char – £960 (x3), £950 (x3), £940, £930 (x2) Northhouse. A-A – £885 (x2) Pinegrove; £750 Nunfield.

Bulls – Lim – £1260, £1210, £1190 Evistone; £1180, £1060 Mid Bishopton; £1100 Low; £800 Hunters Hall. Char – £1230 Mid Bishopton. BB – £1050 (x4), £1000 Wardwarrow; £1000, £960 Killiecrankie; £940 Low. A-A – £1030 Low; £980 Slacks; £950 Braehead; £940 (x2) Killiecrankie; £900 Quarrypark. Fleck – £990, £980, £900, £885 (x2), £880 (x3) Slacks. BG – £965 Evistone. Hfd –£950 Braehead. Blonde – £890 (x3) Braehead. Saler – £820 (x2), £780 Nunfield.

Calves – Bulls – BB – £550 Moss Side House; £520 Torhousemuir; £515 Meinfoot; £485 (x2), £440, £430 Chalk Lodge; £480 (x2), £475 (x2) Meinside; £425, £405 East Scales; £420 Woodside; £415 Stoneybrook; £410 Anguswell; £410 Mainhill; £405 Park. A-A – £495 (x3), £300 Whitrigg Grange; £425 Moss Side House; £410, £325 (x3) Crookdake Hall; £325 Coombe Crag; £325 Park; £300 The Buildings; £300 Woodhouses; £295 Drummodie; £290 (x3) High Field. Lim – £430 (x2), £400 (x2) Windy Hill; £425 Stonewalls; £370 (x2), £290 (x2) Stoneybrook; £330 Coombe Crag; £330, £300, £290, £275 Aigle Gill; £325 Part Tarbreoch; £300 Hazel Head; £280 Cross Hill; £270 Meinside. Hfd – £380, £260 Woodside; £365 (x2) Sockbridge Hall. Fleck – £280, £275 (x2), £255, £250 (x2) East Drummodie; £245 Hazel Head. Dairy Shorthorn – £255 (x3) Breckney Hill. HF – £255 (x3) Meinfoot; £210 Crookdake Hall. Mont – £250 Stonewalls. Longhorn – £240, £215 Mainhill.

Heifers – BB – £440, £390, £370 Moss Side House; £405 Meinfoot; £340 (x2) Tempest Tower; £340 Mainhill; £330 (x2) Angus well; £330, £310 Chalk Lodge; £330 Stoneybrook; £310 Park; £300 (x2) Woodside. Lim – £390 Windy Hill; £325 (x2) Stoneybrook; £300, £275, £265, £215 Aigle Gill; £230 Cross Hill; £220 Woodhouses; £210 Hazel Head. A-A – £330 Moss Side House; £300 (x2) Whitrigg Grange; £300 Meinfoot; £240 Tempest Tower; £215 (x2) The Buildings. Sim – £290 Meinside. Cont – £275 Guillyhill. Hfd – £270 Sockbridge Hall. BS – £240 Boreland of Colvend.

Store sheep – Tex – £93, £80, £79, £75, £74, £72, £70 High Troweir; £85 High Springfield; £75 Whinney Hill; £68 Border Rigg. Belt – £92 Far Brownrigg. Hill Chev – £77 £61 Micklethwaite. Badger Faced – £60 Ellonby Road. Herd – £44 Border Rigg.

Stirling UA

Bullocks (465) and heifers (423) averaged 261.34p per kg and 251.42p respectively at United Auctions' weekly sale.

Bullocks sold to 295.0p for a pen of six, 461kg Aberdeen-Angus crosses from Starr, and to £1720 for a 650kg Limousin cross from Farmton.

A 454kg British Blue cross from Lochhead, led the heifers at 295.20p, whilst a 656kg Limousin cross made £1610 for Cuttlehill.

An Aberdeen-Angus cross from Callochant, led the young bulls at 255.20p and £1100.

Also forward were 76 rearing cattle which reached £650 for a Simmental cross bullock from Messrs Yorke, Holmes of Caaf.

Store hoggs achieved a top price of £88 for Texels from Thistle Dhu.

LEADING prices

Bullocks – 251-300kg – Knollhead £800, 287.8p. 301-350kg – Balcalk £925, 282.0p. 351-400kg – Westhouse £1120; Braidland 283.9p. 401-450kg – Easter Manuel £1300, 323.4p. 451-500kg – Fornought £1680; East Balscalloch 309.30p. 501-551kg – East Balscalloch £1680, 310.0p. 552-601kg – Sheilds £1690, 285.5p. 602-651kg – Farmton £1720; Wester Mye 269.0p. 652-701kg – Patrickfield £1710, 262.3p.

Heifers – 251-300kg – Spittalhill £755, 259.0p. 301-350kg – Crosshouse £930, 276.0p. 351-400kg – Dun Mor £1090, 283.1p. 401-450kg – Fornought £1270, 286.7p. 451-500kg – Ballagan £1410; Lochhead 295.2p. 501-550kg – Sheilds £1510, 282.7p. 552-601kg – East Doura £1490, 261.4p. 602-651kg – Over Hill House £1580, 259.4p. 651-701kg – Cuttlehill £1610; 245.4p.

Breeding cattle – Cow and calves – Heifer calf – Sim – £2600 Powblack. Lim X – £2600, £2450 West Mains. Bull calf – Lim – £2550, £2450 West Mains.

In-calf heifers – Sim – £2000, £1800 Powblack.

Store hoggs – Tex – Thistle Dhu £88; High Dalrioch £85; Auchenbothie £84; Braehead £83; High Dalrioch and Auchenbothie £78; Aithrey £76, £75; Ardgate £75. Suff – Thistle Dhu £84; Golland £74; Easter Deans £64. Easy – Treaton £78.50. Chev – Glenlyon £74. Mule – Glenquey £67.50; Aithrey Kerse £64; Over Shannochhill £62.

Thainstone

Charolais proved popular at Aberdeen and Northern Marts' weekly sale of 765 store cattle and young bulls, when 390kg bullocks from Coldhome, Dallas, made 315.4p per kg, and a pen of three 452kg heifers from Tomnavoulin Farm, Glenlivet, achieved 309.7p.

Bullocks (375) averaged 278.6p and sold to £1970 for a 740kg Limousin from Loanend, Lumphanan, whilst heifers (301) cashed in at 267.9p and peaked at £1840 for a 604kg Simmental from Wester Coltfield, Kinloss.

Bulls sold to 258.2p for 426kg Limousins from Clinterty, New Aberdour, and to £1390 for a 650kg Beef Shorthorn from Meikle Tullo, Edzell.

On Tuesday, 1165 store sheep including island consignments came under the hammer, with a top price of £104 paid for Texels from West Davoch, Tarland, to cash in at £78.78.

Island consigned store lambs (355) averaged £81.13 and sold to £101 for Texel crosses from Braebuster, Deerness.

LEADING prices

Bullocks – Up to 300kg – Ballaterach £760, 271.9p. 301-350kg – Haugh £990, 292.9p. 351-400kg – West Quarter £1255, 313.8p. 401-450kg – Bush £1350; Clinterty 314.6p. 451-500kg – Birkenburn £1500, 313.8p. 501-550kg – Bush £1640; New Moan 311.8p. 551-600kg – Lower Cushieston £1725, 289.4p. 601-650kg – Loanend £1770, 276.9p. 651-700kg – Loanend £1860, 276.8p. 701-750kg – Loanend £1970, 268.5p.

Heifers – Up to 250kg – Backmuir £570, 235.5p. 251-300kg – Backmuir £700, 244.5p. 301-350kg – Clinterty £1010, 307.9p. 351-400kg – Birkenburn £1160, 300.5p. 401-450kg – Wester Coull £1280; Raich, Forgue 303.8p. 451-500kg – Bush £1520, 308.9p. 501-550kg – Wester Coltfield £1650; Rorandle 306.3p. 551-600kg – Wester Coltfield £1720; Tomnavoulin 301.8p. 601-650kg – Mill of Gellan, Wester Coltfield £1780; Wester Coltfield 304.6p. 651-700kg – Mucklehouse £1660, 253p.

Bulls – Up to 400kg – South Auquhorthies £930, 256.9p. 401-450kg – Clinterty £1100; South Auquhorties 237.2p. 451-500kg – Milton of Collieston £1100, 242.4p. 601-650kg – Meikle Tullo 213.8p.

Store lambs – Pure Tex – Coburty Mains, Rosehearty £100. Tex – West Davoch £98. HB – Lethen, Rothienorman £98. Tex X – East Bradieston, Laurencekirk £97. Cont – East Bradieston, Quithel, Old Deer £95. Suf – West Davoch £94. Cont X – Acrestrype, Auchterless £93. Suff X – West Davoch £92. Down – Mains of Allanbuie, Keith £87. Bel – Cotbank, Drumlithie £85. Down X – Tulchan Farm, Advie £84. Chev X – Coburty Mains £83. DutSpt – Coldhome, Alvah £83. Blu Tex – Cotbank, Drumlithie £82. BF – Coldhome £82.

Island consigned store lambs – Belt – Strathore, Balfour £100. Belt X – Strathore £98. Black – Braebuster, Deerness £98. Tex – Braebuster £93. Tex X – Moan, Harray £90. Suf – Quendale, Dunrossness £89. Cont – Quendale £87. Chev X – Upper Onston, Stenness £82. Chev Mule – Knockhall, South Ronaldsay, Upper Onston £80.

Ayr

On Tuesday, Craig Wilson sold just one dairy cow in the form of a third calver from Messrs Steel, Ditton, at £2000.

A much smaller show of 59 calves and stirks peaked at £970 for a Charolais cross bull stirk from Messrs Stevenson, Auchenflower.

Top price calf was £470 for a British Blue cross bull from W Lennox, Netherholm, whilst heifers made £370 on two occasions, both for British Blue crosses firstly from Netherholm, and another from Messrs Craig, Tannockhill.

LEADING prices

Calves – Bulls – BB X – £470 Netherholm; £435 Tannockhill; £430, £425 Lochside. Lim X – £350, £200 (x2) Ladehead. Sim X – £350 Ladehead. A-A X – £320 Tannockhill. Black and White – £200 Burnton.

Heifers – BB X – £370 Netherholm and Tannockhill; £365 Blackwood; £350 (x2) Lochside; £335 Netherholm; £315 Tannockhill. Lim X – £260 Ladehead; £240 Airtnoch.

Stirks – Bullock – Char X – £970 Auchenflower; £930 Fardenreoch. Lim X – £755,£665 Raithhill. BB X – £750, £670 Raithhill.

Heifer – Lim X – £710, £650 Raithhill. BB X – £670, £600 Raithhill.

Lanark

Lawrie and Symington sold 504 store cattle at their fortnightly sale, where bullocks and heifers averaged 257.2p per kg and 245.3p respectively.

Bullocks sold to £1650 for a pen of 623kg Aberdeen-Angus from Underlaw, and to 310.6p per for a 322kg Limousin from Burnbrae, Lesmahagow.

It was a 698kg Aberdeen-Angus from Hills of Dalserf, that led the heifer trade at £1590, whilst a 530kg Limousin from West Millrig, made 283p.

Dairy bullocks topped at £1300 for Friesians from The Law, and to 231.2p for Montbeliarde from Cobblehaugh to cash in at 204.7p.

LEADING prices

Bullocks – A-A – £1650 Underlaw; £1610, £1570 Newbigging Mill; £1480 Cobblehaugh; £1420 Barr; £1400 Underlaw; £1390 Mafflat; £1380 Hills of Dalserf; £1370 North Carnduff; £1360 Parklea. Hfd – £1410 Hills of Dalserf; £1350 Parklea; £820 East Hyndshawland. Sal – £1250, £1220 Darnhall Mains. Lim – £1210, £1200 West Dykes. Lim X – £1570 Brocklees; £1510 West Millrig; £1480, £1440 Netherurd Mains; £1410, £1400, £1390, £1370 Millmoor; £1360 Parklea; £1360 Bottoms. Char X – £1570 Wester Hassockrigg; £1480 Netherurd Mains; £1460 Hattonknowe; £1420 Darnhall Mains; £1410 Haswellsykes; £1400 Netherurd Mains; £1360 Darnhall Mains; £1360 Wester Hassockrigg; £1350 Haswellsykes; £1340 Wester Hassockrigg. BS – £1395 Cobblehaugh; £1360 West Millrig; £1320 Cobblehaugh; £1280 Elsrickle Mains. Sim – £1440 Badenheath Park; £1410 Hattonknowe; £1380 Wester Hassockrigg; £1370 The Law; £1355 Wester Hassockrigg; £1240 Bents. Blo – £1210 Holehouse. BB – £1480, £1460 Brocklees;£1350 Underlaw; £1300 Newbyre; £1250 Hattonknowe; £1240 Langside.

Heifers – A-A – £1590 Hills of Dalserf; £1430 Mafflat; £1410, £1390, £1370 Underlaw; £1340 The Law; £1320 Cobblehaugh; £1305 North Carnduff; £1220 West Millrig; £1210 Hills of Dalserf. Hfd – £1270 Kittymuir. Sal – £1210 Hattonknowe. Lim – £1500 West Millrig. Lui – £1270 Candermains. Lim X – £1540, £1490 Brocklees; £1460 West Millrig; £1435 Netherurd Mains; £1360 Brocklees; £1270 Millmoor; £1230 Newbyre; £1215 Millmoor; £1210 Hattonknowe. Char X – £1470, £1450 Netherurd Mains; £1380, £1300 The Law; £1290 Hattonknowe; £1200 Brownhill. BS – £1385 Cobblehaugh; £1330 West Millrig; £1300 Cobblehaugh. Sim – £1560, £1420 Badenheath Park; £1410 Candermains; £1360 The Law. BB – £1350 Bottoms; £1260 Newbyre.

Dairy – Frie – £1300, £1125 The Law; £1020 Hattonknowe; £1020 Over Kypeside; £940 Letham. Ayr – £900 Langside. Hol – £1300 The Law; £1120, £940 Bottoms. Mont – £1230 Cobblehaugh.

Penrith

Some 400 store hoggs were forward for Penrith and District Farmers’ Mart LLP fortnightly sale, where a joint top price of £91 was paid on two occasions, firstly for a pen of three hoggs from N and BM Ireland, Newhouse, and again for a single hogg from DS and P Wells, Hallgarth.

The firm also held their fortnightly sale of 176 rearing calves and stirks, which topped at £880 for a Beef Shorthorn bullock from J and B Donald, Lamonby Hall.

Young calves reached £430 for an Aberdeen-Angus bull from Messrs Messenger, Howes.

LEADING prices

Store hoggs – Cont – £91 Newhouse; £91 Hallgarth; £90, £61 Hill Top; £77, £65 Braithwaite Shields; £70 Middle Gill; £66 Brigham Bank; £66 Yew Tree; £61 Midtown; £60 Brougham Castle. Chev – £85 Hill Top; £79 Colstons; £63 Midtown. Tex – £80, £68, £66 Eden Park. Mule – £80 Eden Park.

Stirks – Bullock – BS – £880, £800 Lamonby Hall. Hfd – £800, £590 (x3) Lamonby Hall. Sim – £700, £630 (x2) Mount Clifton. A-A – £560 (x5) Cairnbridge; £540 Plumpton Foot. Mont – £530 (x2), £410, £405 Mount Clifton. BB – £520 Fowrass. Heifers – BS – £680 Lamonby Hall. Hfd – £640 (x4), £595 (x3), £550 (x3) Lamonby Hall. BB – £550 Macey Bank; £450 Fowrass; £425 (x3) Skirwith Abbey. Sim – £540, £480 (x2) Mount Clifton. A-A – £480 (x6) Cairnbridge. Lim – £420 High Barn; £405 (x5) Skirwith Abbey.

Bull – Lim – £570 (x2), £465 (x4) Skirwith Abbey. BB – £530 (x2), £510 (x3), £500 Skirwith Abbey; £480 (x3) High Barn.

Calves – Bullock – Hfd – £375 Causeway Foot; £205 (x2), £195 (x2), £175 (x3) Greengill Head

Bull – A-A – £430, £405 (x2) Howes; £270 Blunderfield East; £240 Brackenburgh Home. BB – £400, £390 Howes; £380, £330 Monks House; £340, £305, £270 Brackenburgh Home; £315, £310, £300, £285, £270 Blunderfield East; £315, £280 Plumpton Head. Lim – £330 Greenah Cragg; £285 High Grounds. Char – £320 Bank View. Hfd – £300 Howes; £280 (x2) Causeway Foot. Mont – £295 Howes. Black and White – £275 (x5), £165 (x2), £150 (x2), £140 (x3) The Elephant; £240 Causeway Foot; £170 High Grounds; £142 Yew Tree; £142 Howes.

Heifers – BB – £350, £300, £290, £270 (x2), £260 Brackenburgh Home; £320, £300, £260 Monks House; £270, £240 Plumpton Head. A-A – £300 Howes; £240 (x2) Bank View. Lim – £290 Greenah Cragg. Char – £210 Bank View; £160 Prospect House.

Dumfries

Cheviot store hoggs secured £91 for West Auchensheen, at C and D Auction Marts' weekly sale.

Among the 265 store cattle, a top price of £1450 was paid for Limousin heifers from FR Henderson and Son, Kirkbride, whilst British Blue bullocks from South Carthat made £1390.

Limousins from Lantonside, led the pence per kg section at 307.1p per kg for bullocks and to 303.5p for heifers.

LEADING prices

Store hoggs – Chev – £91, £77.50 West Auchensheen. Tex – £89, £88 Shawhill; £80 Greenshields. Chev Mule – £87, £78 Newlands. X – £70 Hayfield.

Feeding ewes – Chev – £82 West Auchensheen.

Bullocks – A-A – £1390, £1345, £1240 South Carthat; £1260 3 Stonehouse; £1250, £1240 Highlaw;£1205 Crawesknowe. Lim – £1340, £1290, £1230 Lantonside; £1290 Crawesknowe; £1250 High Auchneel; £1225 Highlaw. BB – £1295 Upper Moor; £1160 Fauldie. Sal – £1250 High Auchneel. Flec – £1250 Upper Moor. Hfd – £1225 Rockhallhead. BS – £1185 Backburn; £1140 Pilmuir. Fri – £1070 Crawesknowe.

Heifers – Lim – £1450, £1290 Kirkbride; £1410 Highlaw; £1350, £1260 Ballaggan; £1350, £11290, £1190 Lantonside; £1220 Upper Moor. A-A – £1400, £1380 South Carthat; £1380 Kirkbride; £1280, £1200 Upper Moor; £1140 High Auchneel. BS – £1375, £1110 Pilmuir. Hfd – £1330, £1130 High Auchneel. BB – £1320, £1200, £1190 Seafield. Char – £1300 Shenrick. Sim – £1270, £1140 High Auchneel. Sal – £1140 High Auchneel.

Bulls – Hfd – £1140 Baltersan.

St Boswells

Shorthorn cross bullocks from Messrs Pass, Midburn, secured the top price of £1070 at Harrison and Hetherington's sale of store cattle.

Bullocks averaged 254p per kg, with heifer cashing in at 235p.

Store hoggs attained £90 for Suffolk from Gilston.

LEADING prices

Store cattle – Bullocks – Luing – £880 Synton Mill. BS – £1070 Midburn. Sim – £1050 Midburn.

Heifers – Luing – £835 Synton Mill. BS – £900 Midburn. Sim – £985 Midburn.

Store hoggs – Suff – £90 Gilston; £87.50 Stottencleugh; £78 Crosslaw; £74.50 Stottencleugh. Tex – £87.50 Blackburn Mill; £79.50 Treaty Park; £77.50 Stottencleugh; Blackburn Mill; £74 Venchen. NCC – £78, £77 Gilston; £75 Shaws. Half Bred – £72.50 Blackburn Mill. Hill Chev – £69, £55, £50 Whitefield. GF – £63 Treaty Park; £60 Stottencleugh. BF – £51, £41.50 Stottencleugh.

Stirling (Cale)

On Monday, Caledonian Marts sold 386 store cattle where Aberdeen-Angus form J Laird, West Shirva, Twechar, topped both the bullocks and heifers at £1450 and £1430 respectively.

Bullocks averaged 249p per kg and sold to 311p for Limousins from GS Stewart, Wester Whin, Slamannan, whilst heifers cashed in at 257p and hit 304p for more of the same breed this time from WHM and W Sloan, Mull Of Galloway, Drummore.

Limousins also led the bull trade at £1370 for Bonkle Estate, and to 273p for West Montgarswood.

Also forward were 723 store hoggs and feeding ewes, which soared to £98 for a pen of Texel lambs from I and W Wilson, Wood of Auldbar, Angus.

LEADING prices

Bullocks – £1450, £1400 West Shirva; £1310 Ormiston and West Shirva; £1260 Balcachie.

Heifers – £1430 West Shirva; £1370 Middle Ballat; £1360, £1320 Hillhead; £1300 Ormiston and Wester Braco; £1230 Gryffewraes.

Store sheep – Tex – £93, £92 Wood of Auldbar; £90 Donibee Livestock. Suff – £84 Standingfauld. Mule – £70 Walton.

Hexham

Hexham and Northern Marts offered 258 store cattle at their weekly sale, where trade peaked at £1860 for a Charolais cross steer from Ken Sisterson, Newlands Haugh.

Heifers were led by an Aberdeen-Angus from Graham Tweddle, Springwell, Tow Law, at £1650.

Some 2140 store hoggs sold to an improved trade on the week, where a pair of Suffolk crosses from S Robson, Airey Cottage, achieved £114.

LEADING prices

Steers – Cattle 23-30months – Lim X – £1580 Duddo Hill. BB X – £1670 Rennys Barn. A-A X – £1650 Duddo Hill; £1600, £1570 Springwell. Cattle 17-22months – Lim X – £1760, £1750, £1710 Lunns House; £1650 Berry Edge; £1640, £1630, £1620 Kirkley March; £1600 Duddo Hill; £1570 Gibbet; £1560 Lunns House and Berry Edge; £1500 Kirkley March; £1480 Kirkley March and Berry Edge. Char X – £1860, £1760, £1750 Newlands Haugh; £1680, £1630 Hay-A-Park; £1600, £1590 Gibbet; £1480 (x2) Hay-A-Park. BB X – £1680 Newlands Haugh; £1480 Hay-A-Park. A-A – £1340 Davyshiel. A-A X – £1740 Newlands Haugh; £1640 Allendale; £1580 (x2) Allendale and East Uppertown; £1570 Springwell, Newlands Haugh and East Uppertown; £1510 Springwell; £1500 Duddo Hill and East Uppertown. Parthenais X – £1760 Newlands Haugh. Blonde X – £1380 Hay-A-Park. Cattle 11-16months – Lim X – £1250 St Oswalds; £1240 Highside; £1210 St Oswalds. Char X – £1360 Wheat Hall; £1320, £1210 The Tofts. A-A – £1300 Wheat Hall. A-A X – £1300 Ricknall Mill. BS – £1310 Kingside. Cattle 10 months and under – Lim X – £1340 St Oswalds. Char X – £1280, £1110 Wheat Hall. Luing – £1070 Low Chesterhope.

Heifers – Cattle 17-22months – Lim X – £1640 Berry Edge; £1510, £1490, £1460, £1400 Lunns House; £1350, £1290 White House; £1200 Stotsfold. Char X – £1300, £1250, £1200 (x2) White House. A-A X – £1650 Springwell; £1530 Allendale. Hfd – £1250, £1220, £1200 East Fourstones. Hfd X –£1270 East Fourstones. Cattle 11-16months – Lim X – £1610, £1360, £1350, £1310, £1300 (x2), £1260 Stotsfold; £1240 St Oswalds. Char X – £1340 The Tofts; £1130, £1110 Wheat Hall. BB – £1380 Wheat Hall. A-A X – £1240, £1220, £1190 Ricknall Mill. Cattle 10 months and under – Char X – £1210, £1100 (x2), £1080 Wheat Hall.

Store hoggs – Tex X – £108 Shawwood; £106 Willimoteswick; £104 Cheeseburn Estate; £98 Whitchester and Low Espley; £96 Cheeseburn Estate; £95 Cheeseburn Estate and Willimoteswick; £94 Featherwood and Redesmouth; £93 Whitchester, Haggwood and Kirkley Hall; £92.50 Cheeseburn Estate; £91 Bensons Fell and Willimoteswick. Suff X – £114 Airey Cottage; £106 Whitchester; £96 Kirkley Hall; £93.50 Black Hedley; £90 Airey Cottage; £88 Black Hedley. Belt X – £107 Low Espley. Dutch Tex – £105 Fell Lane. Chev – £106, £91 Low Espley; £86 Bellshiel; £80 Linbrig. Mule – £96.50, £90.50 Redesmouth; £87 Bellshiel; £86 Redesmouth; £82 Airey Cottage; £81 Birtleyshield. BF – £77 Bellshiel; £76 Airey Cottage; £75 Blakehope; £71 Bellshiel. Swale – £55 Dyke Nook; £51 Stobby Lea. Jacob – £91 Airey Cottage. Ryeland – £85 Airey Cottage.

Lockerbie

All types of cattle were sought after at Harrison and Hetherington's sale of store cattle, where a high of £1530 was achieved on two occasions, firstly for a British Blue heifer from Messrs Wilson, the Belzies, and again for an Aberdeen-Angus from Messrs Jardine, Newbigging.

British Blue bullocks achieved £1380 from Messrs Wilson, Belzies.

Among the pence per kg, Charolais bullocks reached 280p for Messrs Spence, North Corrielaw, while Limousin heifers sold to 283p from Messrs Paterson, Terrona.

LEADING prices

Steers – BB – £1380 Belzies. Char – £1370, £1320, £1260, £1220 Maryfield; £1095, £1000, £990 North Corrielaw. Lim – £1350 Belzies; £1220 (x2) Nether Dargavel; £1130 Maryfield. A-A – £1320 Maxwellbank; £1275 Newbigging; £1145 Middlebiehill; £960 North Corriehill. Sim – £1160 Maxwellbank. BS – £10502, £1040, £1030 North Corrielaw.

Heifer – BB – £1530 Belzies A-A – £1530 Newbigging; £1170 Marchbank; £960 Esbie. Lim – £1400 Belzies; £1150 Middlebiehill; £960, £950 Terrona. Sim – £1370, £1260, £1090 Oakrigg; £1190, £1185 Maxwellbank Farming. Char – £1320, £1310 Maryfield; £1010 North Corrielaw. BS – £1240 Crossdykes; £1130, £1040 Marchbank; £1040 North Corrielaw.

Longtown

On Tuesday, C and D Auction Marts had forward 4504 store hoggs, cast rams and feeding ewes, which witnessed a top call of £125 for Texel feeding ewes from the Dykes.

A Beltex from High Hall, Westward, led the store hoggs at £109.

A mixed show of breeding sheep reached £340 for a pair of pure Texel gimmers from Messrs Connell, Wanton Walls, who sold one crop ewes at £310 and other gimmers to £280.

LEADING prices

Store hoggs – Belt – £109, £104 High Hall, Westward; £101 Low Dunashery. Tex – £108, £105 Henrys Hill; £107, £103 Shankbridge End. Suff – £97 Hazelbank; £93 Logie. Half-Breds – £87 Earlside. GF – £87 Brieredge; £85 Killdarroch; £81 Hethpool and Swaites. Chev Mules – £86 Hillside. NCC – £91 Logie; £88 Drumyeonmore. BFL – £90 Brieredge. Romneys – £87, £82, £81 Holm. Hill Chev – £90 Cara View; £78 Hillside; £76 West Deloraine. BF – £107 Lanehead; £97 Brieredge and West Deloraine. Swale – £61 Whitfield Estate; £60 Laverhay. Zwart – £70 Hazelbank.

Feeding ewes – Tex – £125 The Dykes. GF – £93 Maidencots. Suff – £93 Hallrule Mill. Chev Mules – £80 Halfway House. BF – £73 Glenoe Estates. Chev – £69 Logie; £64 Meikle Whitriggs.

Ewes – Tex – £310 Wanton Walls. Suff – £145 Kershopefoot. Mule – £125, £118 Steilston. Zwart – £115 Sheepfields. Kerry Hill – £102 Kershopefoot. NCC – £100 (x2), £98, £94 Buckles.

Gimmers – Tex – £340, £280, £230 Wanton Walls. Belt – £190 Maidencots. Chev Mule – £150, £140 Glen Darroch. Mule – £140 Glen Darroch; £120 Maidencots and Blair.