Newton Stewart

Some 1607 sheep were forward for Craig Wilson's sale with 1419 lambs averaging 259p per kg and selling to 303p for Beltex from S and A McCaig, Mount Pleasant.

Suffolk lambs made £142 for T Cannon, Clauchrie, and M MacTaggart, Dunjop.

Cast sheep sold for £128 for Texel cross ewes from DJ Campbell and Sons, Kirkford, and for Texel tups from PA Murray, High Ersock.

Huntly

Lambs (838) averaged 250p per kg at United Auctions' sale having reached 284p for Beltex from Lythebrae, Aberchirder, and to £135 for a Texel from Ernam, Keith.

Cast sheep peaked at £260 for a Texel from Newton of Tulloch, St Katherines.

Stirling (UA)

Beltex secured the top prices at United Auctions' sale having peaked at 351p per kg for West Park and £170 for Easter Ochtermuthill, with 6665 lambs cashing in at 259p.

A Texel ewe from Glenfernate, led the cast sheep at £240.

Stirling (Cally)

Caledonian Marts had forward 45 heifers and 16 bullocks which averaged 298.66p per kg and 301.68p respectively.

Heifers sold for 325p for a British Blue from WM Pettigre, Faskine, Airdrie, and to £2021 for a Limousin from J Collier and Son, Dullomuir.

A Limousin led the bullock trade at 320p for AA and J Brand, Nethermyres, Auchtermuchty, whilst a British Blue made £2093 for AW Nicholson and Son, Kinclaven, Stanley.

Limousins secured the top prices among the young bulls at 288p and £2575 for Auchenbowie Home, Stirling, and R Graham and Son, Airthery Kerse, respectively.

Beltex led the lamb section having attained 360p for G and J Davie, Harviesmailing, Denny and £170 for DS and RC Taylor, Easter Ochtermuthill, Muthill, to balance out at 270.59p.

Cast sheep sold to £170 for Beltex ewes from Easter Ochtermuthill.

Thainstone

Lambs (2055) averaged 254p per kg at Aberdeen and Northern Marts' sales with Beltex taking the top price of 285.1p for Nether Savoch, Longside.

Among the per head section a top of £150 was achieved twice, for Texels from New Mains, Glenkindie, Home Farm of Auchry, Cuminestown, and the Neuk, Nether Kinmundy.

Cast sheep averaged £81.50 and sold to £250 for Texels from Newton of Tulloch, St Katherines.

Bullocks from Sunhoney, Echt, were in demand, with a 590kg Limousin cross making 329p and a 725kg British Blue cross realising £2225.75, to level at 298.8p.

Heifers (30) averaged 283.1p and sold to 321p for a 500kg Limousin from Mains of Elrick, Auchnagatt, and to £2066.10 for a 710kg Charolais cross from Pityot, Bridge of Muchalls.

A 710kg Limousin from Mains of Elrick, led the young bulls at 314p or £2229.40

St Boswells

Harrison and Hetherington had forward 1950 lambs at their weekly sale averaging 273p per kg and selling to 339p for Beltex from Threeburnford, and to £192 for Texels from Legars.

Cast sheep (671) balanced out at £93.58 and sold to £214 for a Texel ewe from AJE Calder Ltd, Bogend.

Cattle from Learielaw, led the bullock trade at 318p and £2105.16, to cash in at 285p.

Heifers levelled at 309p and sold to 340p for both Lennoxlove and Faughhill and to £2149.68 for West Newton.

Lanark

Limousins led proceedings at Lawrie and Symington's weekly sale, with heifers realising 340p per kg from J Jardine, Yett, Lockerbie and £2114 from DM Dickinson, Brockwoodlees, Canonbie.

Limousin bullocks sold for 305p and £2231 from D and E Lockhart, Fauldingcleugh, Lockerbie.

Cast cows peaked at 226p or £1790 from JA McGarva, Nether Abington, Abington.

On the sheep front, lambs (4150) averaged 271p and sold to £167 for Texels from A Campbell, Strawfrank, Carstairs and to 322p for Beltex from A Baillie, Broomfield Lodge, Ashgill.

Cast sheep sold for £275 for Texels from R and M Struthers, Collielaw Farm, Carluke.

Dingwall

Some 805 sheep sold by Dingwall and Highland Marts witnessed lambs level at 237.3p per kg.

A top call of 270p and £138 was paid for Texel crosses from Inveruglas, Kingussie.

Cast sheep peaked at £149 for Texel cross ewes from Inveruglas

On the cattle front, heifers averaged 275.3p and sold to 284p for a Simmental cross from Easter Sheep Park, Balblair, and to £1801.25 for a Charolais cross from Kincraig, Invergordon.