Special sales remain firm throughout the country, from various auction markets.

Stirling UA

Bullocks (857) and heifers (612) averaged 305.52p per kg and 297.20p respectively at United Auctions' weekly store cattle sale.

A 362kg British Blue cross from Upper Inchwood, led the bullocks at 414.40p, whilst a 710kg Charolais cross made £1880 for Blacksheils.

Heifers peaked at 371.70p for a 269kg Charolais cross from West Friarton, and to £1800 for a 548kg Limousin cross from Uigle.

Limousin crosses from Muirhouses, led the young bulls (21) at 298.40p and £1450, having cashed in at 270.24p.

Also forward were 503 store sheep and breeding sheep, which witnessed Suffolk hoggs from Sunderland make £183.

Ewes and lambs reached £132 for a Dutch Spotted ewe with triplet Texel cross lambs at foot from Stewart House.

Leading Prices

Bullocks – Char – Blackshiels £1880; Compestonend £1780; Strath £1765; Hoprigshiels £1730, £1700; Nether South Bar £1700; Compestonend £1700; Masterfield £1660; Kinnaniel £1650; Starth £1640. A-A – Newton of Inchewan £1860; Broompark £1800; Newton of Inchewan £1780; Coalhill £1770; Coalhill £1770; Langhill £1760; Broompark £1655; Coalhill £1650; Borland £1630; Coalhill £1620. Lim – Uigle £1850; Nether South Bar £1770; Borland £1760; Upper Inchwood £1740; Nether South Bar £1730, £1720; Nether South Bar £1700; Broompark £1700; Coalhill £1690. BB – Craigend £1810, £1800; Wester Mye £1700; Coalhill £1600, £1595, £1570; Baldastard £1560; Craigend £1485. Sim – Newton of Inshewan £1780; Strath £1765; Borland £1760; Nether South Bar £1700; Coalhill £1695; Borland £1650; Wester Mye £1660. BS – Wester Mye £1650; £1600, £1565, £1545, 302.10p; Nether South Bar £1545; Lesserlinn £1470; West Broadmass £1410; Lesserlinn £1400 (x2); Grange of Lindores £1385. BF – Broompark £1620, £1220; Knockraich £1155; Craigend £1050. Sal – Glenkiln £1525; Deanfoot £1330; Glenkiln £1320; Deanfoot £1300; Boghall £1260; Deanfoot £1250; Boghall £1235; Nether Falla £1170; Laigh Alticane £1130. HF – Langhill £1435, £1310 (x2). Hfd – Dinnans £1270. BA – South Brownhill £1160, £1090. Luing – Balbuthie £1240; Hutlerburn £1175; Balbuthie £1170, £1120, £1110; Hutlerburn £1090; Balbuthie £1090, £1065, £1020. LR – Marigold £1105.

Heifers – Lim – Uigle £1800; Upper Inchwood £1710; Broompark £1570; Bowridge £1550; Newton of Inchewan £1540; Baldastard £1515, £1480; Blackshiels £1480; Borland £1475; Newton of Inshewan £1465. Char – Blackshiels £1725; Borland £1700; Blackshiels £1670; Borland £1620; Strath £1620; Borland £1600, £1590; Lesserlinn £1580; Kinnaniel £1550. BA – Borland £1700, £1645. Hfd – Balbuthie £1670; Little Auchengibbert £1175. A-A – Gartentrauch £1670; Mosshall £1645; Broompark £1615; Castlehill £1590; Broompark £1500; Kininmonth £1490; Castlehill £1450. Sim – Newton of Inshewan £1660; Borland £1620; Strath £1620; Kinnaniel £1520; Kinnaneil £1485. BS – Borland £1495; Borland £1395; Grange of Lindores £1365; Lesserlinn £1285. BB – Baldastard £1480, £1380; Upper Inchwood £1275; Upper Inchwood £1160; Percival £115. Sal – Boghall £1215; £1160; Laigh Alticane £1080.

Young bulls – Lim – Muirhouses £1450, £1280; West Barckly £1220. A-A – Mosshall £1410; Muirhouses £1150. Sal – Glenkiln £1370. BS – South Brownhill £1250; Hutlerburn £1090. BA – South Brownhill £1180. Sim – Hutlerburn £1130.

Store hoggs – Suff – Sunderland £183; Lossit and Kilchiaran £153; Coultorsay £144; Sunderland £134; Coille £127. Tex – Balglassie £180; Fairview £170; Balglassie £159; West Park £146, £135; Lyrabus Moor £122; Dunlossit £113. X – Fairview £165, £145; Lyrabus £124; Kilchiaran £115. BF – Lorgbaw £165; Monzie £138; Invergeldie £137; Fairview £135; Lossit £134; Coille £130; Monzie £115; Kilchiaran £114; Monzie £110 (x2). Chev – Fairview £150, £130; Coille £120. Belt – West Park £146, £122. BFL – South Mains £125.

Ewes with lambs at foot – BFL – Twins – South Mains £116. Singles – £90. DS – Triplets – Stewart House £132, £104. Mules – Balrobert cottages £91, £90.

Carlisle

Heifers and bullocks levelled at £1300 and £1400 respectively at Harrison and Hetherington's weekly store cattle sale.

A Limousin cross heifer from Messrs Morton, Church Farm, Penrith, topped the sale at £2200, with the same breed leading the bullocks at £1980 for Messrs Gent, Brecks Farm, Newark.

Bulls led the weaned cattle trade at £1510 for a British Blue from Messrs Burrows, Lodge Farm.

Limousins led the bullocks and heifers at £1340 from Messrs Scott, Cockermouth, and to £1400 for Messrs Batty, Penrith, respectively.

The weekly sale of calves reached £620 for a British Blue bull from Messrs Simpson, Waingate Head, with the same breed topping the heifers at £580 for T and E Dun, Jeanfield, Carnwath.

A smaller entry of breeding cattle was forward, which peaked at £2200 for Limousin heifers from Morton, Church Farm.

On Monday, the firm conducted the weekly sale of ewes and lambs, which attained a top price of £198 per life for a Beltex gimmer outfit from BJ Park, Kirklands, Holmrook.

Hoggs with lambs topped at £140 per life for Texel crosses from NJ and JM Todhunter, Greyrigg House, Wigton.

A centre record for a pet lamb was also achieved this week, for a Valais Blacknose ram lamb from Anne Garthwaite, Satur Mill, making £200.

In all 52 pet lambs cashed in at £22.30.

Leading Prices

Store cattle – Heifers – Lim – £2200 Church; £1840, £1540 Ladyhousesteads; £1800 (x2), £1500 (x2) Edenlin; £1760, £1500 Keskadale; £1750, £1540 Wardhall Guards; £1690, £1680 (x2), £1630 (x2) Mosshead; £1620, £1580, £1500 Tarn Lodge; £1620 Shield Green; £1520 Brecks; £1500 (x2) Upper Higham. BB – £1720 Standing Stonerigg; £1600 Carleton Hill; £1590 Beckhall; £1580, £1560, £1460 Tarn Lodge; £1520, £1400 Carleton Hill; £1500 (x2) Lawrence Holme; £1500, £1360 Wardhall Guards; £1490, £1460 Snape. A-A – £1680 Church; £1420, £1390 Lawrence Holme; £1390 (x4), £1220 Cockleybank; £1300 (x2) Gimmenbie; £1300 Upper Higham Lane; £1300 (x2) Long Park. Char – £1660, £1420 (x2) Sideway Bank; £1640, £1530 Ladyhousesteads; £1460 Woodend. Sim – £1620 Church. Blue Albion – £1400 Orchard House. Saler – £1390, £1300 Mosshead. Hols – £1380 (x2) Ribton House. Hfd – £1340 Cockleybank. HF – £1340 (x2) High Skeog.

Steers – Lim – £1980, £1780 (x2), £1690 (x3), £1640 (x3) Brecks; £1900, £1700 High Knells; £1820, £1740 (x2), £1690, £1620 Tarn Lodge; £1820, £1700 Demesne; £1780 Westray; £1700 Town House; £1610 New Sandsfield; £1600 Green. BB – £1860, £1640 Thackmire; £1860, £1700 Town House;£1800 Barton Dale; £1690, £1620, £1600, £1540 Hainings; £1660 New Sandsfield; £1640 Bankend; £1600, £1580 Carleton Hill; £1590 Tarn Lodge; £1580 Beckhall; £1530 (x2) Harley Croft Cockleybank. A-A – £1700, £1580 (x3) Ribton House; £1680, £1580 (x2), £1400 (x4) Cockleybank; £1540 Crake Trees Manor; £1540 Thorneyland; £1520 (x2) Bankend; £1410 Moss Side House. Char – £1660 Sideway Bank; £1500 Swordwellrigg; £1320 Bulls Head; £1300 Upper Higham Lane. Hfd – £1700 (x2) Demesne; £1580 Clappers; £1420 Swordwellrigg. HF – £1700, £1540 Howrigg. Sim – £1680 Thorneyland. Baza – £1650 (x2) High Knells. Gall – £1550 (x3), £1440 (x4) Low Three Mark. BS – £1550, £1360 Cumcatch; £1430 Swordwellrigg. Mont – £1440 Harley Croft.

Weaned cattle – Bulls – BB – £1510, £1500 (x3), £1490 (x3), £1480 (x3), £1410 Lodges; £920, £850 Westfield Cottage. Lim – £1500 Lodges; £1400 (x2) Walton Woodhead; £1080, £990 (x3) Changue; £1070 Walton Woodhead; £950 Blue Gables; £940 Westfield Cottage. Char – £1440 Shaw Head; £990 £980 Barlane Cottage. Dairy Shorthorn – £1160 Rye Close. Sim – £1320 (x2), £1180 (x6), £1100 (x6), £970 Waterloo.

Heifers – Lim – £1400 (x2), £1180 (x3) Dry Evers Cottage; £1360, £1240 (x3), £1210 (x2) Cowranside; £1180 (x2) Keepershield; £1160, £1010 Pasture House; £1120, £1050, £1040 Rotherhope; £1110 Manor; £1090, £980 Bleabank; £1040 (x3) High Wreay; £1000 (x5) Marlborough Hall; £980 Newlands. BB – £1240 Barton Church; £1160 (x3) Sark Tower;£980 Wall End; £980 Pasture House; £960, £890 (x3) Broomhills; £900 (x2) Evening Hill; £750 Bank. A-A – £1160 (x4) Home; £1040 Beck. Hfd – £1150 Home. Char – £1060 Pasture House. Saler – £980 (x2) Barton Church.

Steers – Lim – £1340 (x2) Bleabank; £1320 Changue; £1310 (x2), £1250, £1140 (x2) Netherton; £1300 Bleabank; £1270 Dry Evers Cottage; £1260 Barn Croft; £1200 (x2), £1180 (x5) High Wreay; £1180 (x5), £1100, £1060, £1020 (x3) Duncrahill Farm House; £1140 (x2) Pasture House; £1120 Blue Gables; £1030 Broomhills. Sim – £1290, £950 Mark. A-A – £1280 Netherton. BS – £1250, £1060, £1020 Duncrahill Farm House. BB – £1190, £1090 (x3), £970 Evening Hill; £1010 Westfield Cottage; £1000 (x2), £970 Broomhills. HF – £1070 Broomhills.

Calves – Bulls – BB – £620, £550 Waingate Head; £575, £570, £565 (x2), £550, £520 (x2), £500 Jeanfield; £570 Mounsey Bank; £570, £540 Brunt Hill; £540 (x2) Bowbridge; £535 (x2), £480 (x2) Tempest Tower; £530 Gaitsgill Hall; £480 Big Balcraig. A-A – £580 Brunt Hill; £540, £525, £520, £490 Big Balcraig; £520 (x2) Mounsey Bank; £485 (x2) Tempest Tower; £485 Bowbridge; £465 Hill House; £460 (x2) Evening Hill; £430, £410 Gaitsgill Hall. Lim – £470 Bleaberry Rigg. Hfd – £410 Harrington Ling.

Heifers – BB – £580, £540, £500 (x2), £480, £440 Jeanfield; £550 Waingate Head; £540, £510, £490, £420 Big Balcraig; £520 Holmes Mill; £460 Gaitsgill Hall; £455 (x2), £435 Tempest Tower. Lim – £420 Big Balcraig; £360, £335 Bleaberry Rigg. Hfd – £420 (x3) Harrington Ling; £320 Gaitsgill Hall. A-A – £400, £370 Big Balcriag; £385, £360, £330 Hill House; £380 (x2), £325 Gaitsgill Hall; £340 Evening Hill; £330 Tempest Tower. Char – £380 Dockray Hall.

Bulling heifers – Limousin £2200 Church. A-A – £1680 Church. Sim – £1620 Church.

Heifers and calves – A-A – £1280 Kerricks.

Cow in calf – Char – £1420 Craigburn. Lim – £1180, £1100 Craigburn. A-A – £1100 Craigburn.

Heifer in calf – Hfd – £1400 Valley Fields. Mont – £1350, £1280 Valley Fields.

Breeding sheep – Gimmers with lambs – Suff – £140 Cragg. Tex – £140 Birniehall; £138 Town Head; £135 High House; £128 (x2) Greyrigg. Chev Mule – £91 Greyrigg.

Ewes and lambs – Belt – £198, £195 (x2), £155, £142, £140, £138 (x2) Kirklands. Tex – £155, £142, £128 Cawfields; £148, £143, £140, £138, £130, £122 Birniehall; £132, £130 High House; £128, £125, £122 Bolton Hall; £122, £118 Buckley Hill Lane; £112 Greyrigg; £112 (x2) Whitchester. Suff – £142 Bolton Hall; £138 Cragg; £123 Buckley Hill Lane; £110 Cragg. GF – £92, £84 Upper Senwick; £85 Greyrigg; £82 Shankfield. Swale – £70 Buckley Hill Lane.

Hoggs and lambs – Tex – £140, £125, £122 Greyrigg. Chev Mule – £115 Greyrigg.

Ewe lambs – Tex – £101 Rook.

Pet lambs – Valais Blacknose – £200 Satur Mill. Tex – £32, £28 Whitehill; £19 Satchels; £18 (x2) Todburn. DS – £22 Todburn. Chev – £19 (x2) Satchels. Suff – £15 (x3) Whitstonehill.

Dingwall

Simmental heifers from Blackford, Croy, secured the top prices at Dingwall and Highland Marts' store cattle sale, having achieved £2350 and 459.4p per kg for 580kg and 468 entries.

Heifers (538) averaged 293.2p per kg, with bullocks (553) cashing in at 312.0p.

Limousins led the bullock trade at 383.1 for a 355kg animal from Wester Tomloan, Nairn, and to £1680 for 588kg bullocks from Hallum, Forss.

Limousin crosses from Lower Whitebog, led the young bulls at 311.0p and £1400.

Leading Prices

Bullocks – 301-350kg – Wester Tomloan £1310, £1220; Borlum, Scaniport £1170; Dunain Mains £1160; Dowally, Ballinluig, £1140, £1080; Charleston, Barrock, £1140, £1110; Braebost £1090, £1080; Auchmore, Muir of Ord, £1080; Upper Thrumster, £1080; Badentoul, Fordyce, £1070, £1060; Wester Lochend, Flemington £1070; Tomchrasky £1060. 351-400kg – Wester Tomloan £1400, £1380, £1360, £1340, £1320, £1260; Foddery £1330; Kinchyle, Scaniport, £1320, £1290; Lochdhu, Nairn, £1320, £1260; New Rose Cottage Croft, Inchvannie, £1310; Meikle Ussie, Lochussie, £1310; Ardgayhill, Ardgay, £1310; Totescore, £1300, £1280, £1270; Strone, Banavie, £1280; Borlum, £1280, £1260; Sornum, Easter Kinkell, £1270; Easter Springfield, Balblair, £1260; Dowally £1260; Charleston £1260. 401-450kg – Glaick, Ardross, £1420; Kinchyle £1400, (x2), £1360, (x2), £1320; Strone £1400; Clynelish, Brora £1380, (x2), £1260; Dunain Mains £1370, £1330, £1320, £1310, £1280; Meikle Ussie £1360; Badentoul £1360; Borlum £1350; Kinnahaird, Contin £1340; Tomchrasky £1340, £1300, £1250; Lochend, Barrock £1330; Lochdhu £1320, £1300; Flashadder £1320; Braebost £1320; Wester Tomloan £1280; Easter Templand, Fortrose £1270, £1260; Englishtonmuir £1260. 451-500kg – Lochend £1550; The Cloy, Fortrose £1540, £1450; Kinchyle £1520, £1390; Lochdhu £1480; Totescore £1480; Meikle Ussie £1460, £1440; Balnuran, Culloden £1460, £1420; Bornesktaig £1450; Easter Templand £1430; Sornum £1430; Borlum £1400; Flashadder £1390; Easter Craggach, Kirkhill £1370, £1360, £1350; New Rose Cottage Croft £1360; Kinnahaird £1360; Lochend £1350. 501-550kg – Meikle Ussie £1660; Kinchyle £1570; The Cloy £1570; Lochend £1550; Rothiemurchas Estate £1540, £1500; Easter Springfield £1500; Sornum £1480. Over 551kg – Tomchrasky £1600; Hallum £1580; Upper Thrumster £1540; Rothiemurchas Estate £1540.

Heifers – Up to 350kg – Wester Tomloan £1240, £1040; Braebost £1090; Whitebog, Fortrose £1040; Totescore £1030; Badentoul £1020. 351-400kg – Kinnahaird £1480; New Roes Cottage Croft £1310; Dunain Farms £1300; Borneskitaig £1260; Wester Tomloan £1240, £1220; Badrain, Culbokie £1220; Flashadder £1220; Clynelish £1200; Clury, Dulnain Bridge £1200; Dowally £1220, £1200; Badentoul £1200; Lochdhu £1320. 401-450kg – Kinnahaird £1780, £1720; Upper Blairnain, Aberlour £1500; Little Kildrummie, Nairn £1500; Tomcluich, Cawdor £1480; Smallburn Farms, Elgin £1420. 451-500kg – Blackford £2150; Kinnahaird £2000, £1900, £1800, £1620; Wester Dunnet £1750, £1540, £1420; Tomcluich £1720, £1580, £1420; Upper Blairnain £1520; The Cloy £1450; Sornum £1410. 501-550kg – Blackford £2300; Smallburn Farms £1600; Upper Thrumster £1580, £1500, £1480; Tomcluich £1550; Upper Blairnain £1550; Ardgayhill £1460, £1440; Sornum £1440; Rothiemurchas £1420. 551kg and over – Blackford £2300; Upper Thrumster £2000, £1850, £1550; Kinnahaird £1900, £1680; Smallburn Farms £1850, £1750, £1700, £1520; Balnuran £1580; Glaick £1560.

Ayr

Aberdeen Angus bullocks led proceedings at Craig Wilson's sale of store cattle, having sold to £1930 on two occasions, for Straid Farms and Stoopshill, and to 335p per kg for Aitkenhead.

Bullocks (284) and heifers (200) £1276.55 and £1195.20 respectively.

Limousins led the heifer trade at £1860 for Knockterra, and to 335p for Little Creoch.

Mule gimmers with twin lambs from D and M Drummond, The Bridge House, Hollybush, secured £140 per life.

A small show of store hoggs sold to £150 for Suffolks from J Young, Lanemark.

On Tuesday, the firm sold one Ayrshire dairy heifer for £1400 from A and B McHarg, Broadhead.

Among the 89 calves and stirks, trade peaked at £1230 for an Aberdeen Angus cross heifer stirk from RJ Beckett, Meikle Auchengree, with bullocks selling to £1000 for a pair of Holsteins from Jack Craig and Co, Tannockhill.

British Blue crosses from Messrs Vance, Low Barledziew, led the calves with heifers and bulls making £610 and £540 respectively.

Leading Prices

Bullocks – A-A – £1930 Straid and Stoopshill; £1690 Carbieston Mains; £1630 Straid; £1600, £1530 Cardrain; £1570 Stoopshill; £1520 Fore Rogerton. Saler – £1840 Ravenslie. Lim – £1830, £1790, £1680 Straid; £1600 (x2) Craigbrae; £1600 Ravenslie; £1540 Drongan House; £1500 Eskechraggan and Adamcroft. BB – £1720, £1580 Stoopshill; £1620, £1440, £1410 Cardrain. Sim – £1720 Ravenslie; £1550 Linfairn; £1480 Adamcroft; £1410 Cloquhairnan; £1400 Kirkland. Stab – £1550, £1400 Linfairn. Char – £1500 Straid; £1420 Eskechraggan. BS – £1430, £1300 Eskechraggan. Hfd – £1370 Auchenkist; £1310 Whiteflat. Frie – £1320 Gabrockhill; £1300 Drongan House; £1260 Bowhouse; £1240 Stevenston. Fleck – £1140 Cardrain.

Heifers – Lim – £1860 Knockterra; £1700 Straid; £1680, £1620 Drongan House; £1640 Barmickhill; £1630 High Woodston; £1580 Burnbank. A-A – £1830 Straid; £1710 Knockterra; £1700 Clonbeith; £1640 Stoopshill; £1460 Fore Rogerton. Sim – £1580 Stoopshill; £1400 Linfairn and Adamcroft. Fleck – £1560 Raith. BB – £1430 Drongan Mains. Char – £1390, £1360 Burnbank; £1320 Dustyhall and Eskechraggan. Hfd – £1330 Dustyhall.

Gimmers with lambs – Mule – £140, £134 The Bridge House; £126, £118, £114 Birgidale Knock. Zwart – £90 Drumdow.

Ewes with lambs – £118 Cairndale; £116 Balig.

Store hoggs – Suff – £150, £130, £125 Lanemark.

Calves – Bull – BB X – £540 Low Barledziew; £490 Over Enoch; £410, £390 Barward; £350, £340 Parkmill; £320 Croftfoot. A-A X – £480 Low Ballees; £290 (x2) High Weirston. Hfd X – £360 Low Ballees.

Heifer – BB X – £610 Low Barledziew; £590 Low Ballees; £570 (x3) Low Barledziew; £560 Burnton; £520 Low Barledziew; £510 (x2), £500 Over Enoch. A-A X – £500 Low Ballees; £390 Dunduff; £390 High Weirston. Lim X – £460 Garheugh Farm Partnership. Hfd X – £350 Low Ballees.

Stirks – Bullock – Hols – £1000 Tannockhill. A-A X – £910 Moorston; £560 Parkmill; £550 Lochend. Hfd X – £850, £740 Drummullan.

Heifer – A-A X – £1230 Meikle Auchengree; £1130 Birgidale Knock; £1050 Meikle Auchengree. Hfd X – £980 Woodside. Sim X – £720 Auchentibber; £510 Lochend.

Thainstone

A 458kg British Blue cross heifer from East Sinnahard, Glenkindie, secured 458.5p per kg and £2100 gross at Aberdeen and Northern Marts' store cattle sale.

Heifers (410) averaged 298.3p, with bullocks (492) cashing in at 310.1p.

Bullocks sold to 405.2p for 306kg Charolais from Dales, Stromness, and to £2030 for a 742kg Limousin cross from Moa, Stenness.

Bulls (12) sold to 253.2p for a 316kg Beef Shorthorn cross from Hobbister, Orphir, and to £1690 for a 690kg Simmental cross from Mains of Newton, Craigellachie.

On Tuesday, the firm sold 848 store hoggs to average £108.88, with a top price of £190 paid for Texels from Mormond Prop, New Pitsligo.

Ewes and gimmers with lambs at foot (525) cashed in at £103.29 per life and sold to £150 for Texel cross gimmers with twins from Wester Biffie, Maud.

Leading Prices

Bullocks – Up to 300kg – Lower Reiss £1050, 350p. 301-350kg – Dale £1240, 405.2p. 351-400kg – East Sinnahard £1435, 377.6p. 401-450kg – Nether Drumallochie £1530; Auchernack 365.7p, 451-500kg – Brackens £1535; Braebuster 323p, 501-550kg – East Sinnahard £1660, 312p, 551-600kg – Steelsbrae £1780, 299.7p, 601-650kg – South Breck £1810; Little Blackpots 299p. 651-700kg – Windsoer £1830, 278.1p. 701-750kg – Windsoer £1870; Moa 273.6p.

Aberdeen-Angus bullocks – Up to 250kg – Quendale £660, 268.3p. 251-300kg – Lynemore £985, 337.3p. 301-350kg – Strathvaich £1100, 325.4p. 351-400kg – Clunycrichton £1285; Ben Bhraggie Drive 271.6p. 401-450kg – Clunycrichton £1485; Little Kenny 338.9p. 451-500kg – Torispardon £1360, 285.7p. 501-550kg – Ben Bhraggie Drive £1500, 276.8p. 601-650kg – Netherton £1830, 298.4p. 651-700kg – Diamonds £1705, 253p.

Heifers – Up to 250kg – Upper Clochforbie £620; Chapelton 265.8p. 251-300kg – Auchernack £1080, 362.4p. 301-350kg – Barns £1190, 342p. 351-400kg – Nether Drumallochie £1425, 359.8p. 401-450kg – East Sinnahard £1900, 427.9p. 451-500kg – Nether Drumallochie £2000, 413.2p. 501-550kg – Brackens £1610, 315.7p. 551-600kg – Home Farm, Fetteresso £1630, 272.6p. 601-650kg – Steelsbrae £1800, 277.8p.

Aberdeen-Angus heifers – Up to 350kg – Torispardon £1005; Dale 298.2p. 351-400kg – Clunycrichton £1230, 312.2p. 401-450kg – Little Kenny £1285; Borgie 295.1p. 451-500kg – Little Kenny £1440, 302.5p. 501-550kg – Strath £1445, 268.6p. 551-600kg – Strath £1580, 266.9p.

Bulls – Up to 300kg – Corshelloch £705, 244.8p. 301-350kg – Corshelloch, Hobbister, Greenbrae £800; Corshelloch 238.1p. 351-400kg – Corshelloch £900, 251.4p. 501-550kg – Greenbrae £1330, 241.8p. 651-700kg – Mains of Newton £1690, 244.9p.

Ewes with lambs at foot – Singles – Cont X – Smallburn, Duffus £148. Tex X – Wester Biffie £136. Belt – Leys of Dummie, Huntly £130. Suff X – Mains of Auchmedden, Pennan £116. Cont – Mains of Auchmedden £114. BF – Mains of Craignell £100.

Lamb and half – Chev Mule – Smallburn £140. Belt X – Leys of Dummie £128. Cont – Everton of Auchry, Cuminestown £117. Chev – West Cranloch, Ythanwells. Cont – West Cranloch £110; Mill of Inverarity, Forfar £106. Mule – Meikle Ardrone, Keith £99; Mains of Craignell £90. Suff X – Mains of Auchmedden £90. BF – Mains of Auchmedden £80.

Twins – Suff X – Mill of Inverarity £134. Tex X – Wester Biffie £132; Mill of Inverarity £132. Cont – Mill of Inverarity £126. Suff X – Wester Biffie £120. Tex X – Mains of Craignell £120. Chev – Meikle Ardrone £112.

Store hoggs – Bel – Cockardie, Torphins £175. Tex – Meikle Kirkhill, Maud £171. Suf – Cockardie £170. Belt X – Mormond Prop £160. Suff X – Little Chapelton, Leslie £159. Zwa – Glenlea, Lumphanan £156. Tex X – Newells, Oldmeldrum £154. Cont – Newmill, Crathes £150. Down – Ledmacoy, Strathdon £146. Chev – Diamonds, Deerness £146; ChvX - Oskamull Farm, Ulva £145; ContX – 104 Abbotswell Crescent, Kintore £143; DownX – Balcraig, Kintore £141; Black – Newmill, Crathes £139; Dor – Blairindinnie, Gartly £134; BF – Knockhourn, Knockando £126.

Penrith

Limousins from W Routledge, Lords Town, led Penrith and District Farmers’ Mart LLP fortnightly sale of 200 store cattle, with bullocks and heifers to £1955 and £1825 respectively.

Leading Prices

Bullocks – Lim – £1955, £1525 Lords Town; £1755, £1675, £1425 Brampton Hall; £1755, £1625, £1575 Thackwood; £1665 (x7) Blands; £1605, £1575, £1545, £1455 Littlebeck; £1495 Home; £1485 Glaslyn House. BB – £1765 Lords; £1655 Thackwood; £1605, £1585, £1385, £1375 Brampton Hall; £1545 (x2) Town End; £1525 (x2) Glaslyn House; £1395, £1385 Holme Far. Char – £1765 (x2), £1675, £1525 Lords Town. Hfd – £1635 Town Head; £1555 Yew Tree; £1445 Town End; £1235 (x4) Mellgates. BS – £1475, £1445, £1335, £1305, £1295 Hawbank. Fleck – £1435 Town End. Black and White – £1385 (x2), £1175 (x2) Town End. A-A – £1365 (x3) Town End; £1335 Glaslyn House; £1295 Mellgates. Sim – £1275, £1255 Bowness. Jersey – £1175 Town End.

Heifers – Lim – £1825 Lords Town; £1675 Thackwood; £1625 (x2), £1545, £1405 (x4), £1335 (x2) Blands; £1495 Glaslyn House; £1345 Ratten Castle; £1345 Dalvorich Cottage. Char – £1755 (x2), £1575 (x2) Lords Town; £1555 Yew Tree. BB – £1675 Lords Town; £1505 Yew Tree; £1425 (x3), £1345 (x3) Town End; £1355 Glaslyn House. Hfd – £1535 Town Head; £1505 Yew Tree; £1455 (x2) Town Head. A-A – £1505 Yew Tree; £1345, £1335 Ratten Castle; £1295 (x2) Town End.

Hexham

A top call of £2000 was achieved on two occasions at Hexham and Northern Marts' weekly store cattle sale both for Aberdeen Angus crosses, with steers from G and JH Tomlinson and Son, Sunniside, and again for a heifer from K Hall, West Butsfield.

Some 481 store hoggs sold to £224 for Texel cross tup hoggs from AW Dixon, West Heddon.

Leading Prices

Steers – Cattle 23-30months – Lim X – £1900, £1890 Lunns House; £1600 Arnold House. Char X steers – £1460 Arnold House. BB – £1400 North Shotton; £1350 Arnold House. A-A X – £2000 Sunniside; £1940 Greencarts; £1930 Sunniside. Hfd – £870 East Fourstones. Cattle 17-22months – Lim X – £1860, £1740 Lunns House; £1480 Arnold House. Char X – £1200 Harnham Hall. A-A X – £1360 Arnold House; £1240, £1220 Ravensworth Grange; £1200 Arnold House. Hfd X – £1320 Shaftoe Moor. Cattle 11-16months – Lim X – £1740 West Butsfield; £1650 Woodhead; £1620 Tarset Hall; £1610 Quarry House; £1570 Tarset Hall; £1560 Quarry House; £1520 Shitlington Hall and Lee Hall; £1490 Kirkhouse and Tarset Hall; £1480 Kirkhouse and Tedcastle. Char X – £1550 Harnham Hall; £1490 White Hills. A-A – £1300, £1160, £1150, £1145 Byreside. A-A X – £1580, £1510 West Butsfield; £1380 (x2) East Butsfield; £1340 Lowfield and East Butsfield; £1280 Lowfield. BB – £1500 Woodhouse; £1400 Woodhead. Sim X – £1530, £1460, £1350 White Hills. Hfd X – £1470, £1250 High Wooley; £1220, £1200 Burntshieldhaugh. BS – £1200, £1070 High Warden; £1040 Blindburn. Saler X – £970 East Fourstones. Cattle 10 months and under – Lim X – £1360 Lee Hall; £1340 Windy Hill and Low Acton; £1280 Lee Hall.

Heifers – Cattle 23-30months – Lim X – £1650, £1640, £1600 White House. Char X – £1530, £1400 Arnold House. BB X – £1400 East Fourstones. A-A X – £2000 West Butsfield; £1650 Greencarts. South Devon – £1580 The Deans. Blonde X – £1370 Arnold House. Saler X – £1340 Arnold House. BS – £1380 Arnold House. Hfd X – £1190 Shaftoe Moor. Cattle 17-22months – Lim X – £1710 Quarry House; £1620 Shitlington Hall; £1600 North Shotton; £1580, £1560 Hard Riding. Char X – £1440 Arnold House; £1360 Comb Hills and Harnham Hall. BB X – £1410 Hard Riding. A-A – £1050 Wallish Walls. Saler X – £1380 Arnold House. South Devon – £1220 The Deans. Cattle 11-16months – Lim X – £1630 Comb Hills; £1540 Windy Hill and Quarry House; £1490 Quarry House; £1480 Kirkhouse; £1430 Tedcastle; £1420 Shitlington Hall; £1400 Comb Hills. BB – £1530, £1390, £1300 Woodhouse. A-A X – £1390 East Butsfield; £1105, £1100 High Barns. BS – £800, £700 (x3) Blindburn.

Cattle 10 months and under – Lim X – £1510 Lee Hall.

Young bulls – Lim – £1320 Tedcastle.

Ewes and lambs – Tex X – £149 High Hedleyhope. Mule – £98 High Hedleyhope. X – £110 High Hedleyhope.

Store lambs – Tex – £224, £199 West Heddon. Tex X – £206 West Heddon; £198 Willimoteswick; £192 West Heddon; £188 East Newham; £182 Holling Hill; £178 Howlett Hall; £176 West Heddon; £169 Highwood; £166 Rye Hill and Howlett Hall; £165 West Heddon; £164 Howlett Hall and Bankfoot; £162 Rye Hill; £160 Crescent and High Knitsley; £158 Lambshield; £156 Holling Hill; West Heddon and Howlett Hall; £155 Bankfoot; £152 Ochrelands. Suff X – £198 Woodlands Hall; £174 Holling Hill; £164 Bankfoot; £154 Rugley Walls; £150 Moorlaws. Mule – £154 Burn House and Allenheads; £150 Chirdon; £140 Rugley Walls; £136 East Fourstones. Chev Mule – £160, £150 Lynesack. BF – £145 Holling Hill. Swale – £111 Allenheads. Easycare – £114 Moorlaws (x2). Zwart – £130 Allenheads. X – £155 Woodlands Hall.

Lochboisdale

On Monday, United Auctions sold 50 store cattle, where bullocks and heifers averaged 293.01p per kg (+23.9p on the year) and 266.35p (+13.79p) respectively.

Limousin cross bullocks from JJ and CSA Macdonald, Carnan, Eochdar, led the proceedings at £1550 and 325p.

The same home topped the pence per kg heifers at 305p, whilst a Simmental cross from A Macmillan, Bornish House, Lochboisdale, made £1440.

Leading Prices

Bullocks – A-A X – Ormiclate £1320; Askernish £1070. BS X – Balivanich £1100, £1060. Lim X – Ormiclate £1470 (x2); Carnan £1460, £1300; Ormiclate £1290; Milton £1140; Ormiclate £970. Sal – Griminish £900.

Heifers – A-A X – Drimore £920, £900. BS X – Balivanich £960, £900. BA X – Dunganichy £1220. Lim X – Carnan £1160; Howmore £1020; Hillview £1000. Sim X – Bornish House £1440, £1390 (x2), (x2) £930.

In-calf cow – West Gerinish £1000.

Farrow cows – A-A X – Askernish £1680. Lim X – Carnan £1560; Howmore £1420; Daliburgh £1020. Sim X – Daliburgh £1190.

Sheep – Hoggs – Tex – Bornish £156, £150, £148; West Gerinish £124; Grimsay Island £118; Eoligarry £106. Chev – Hoebeg £125, £122. X – Grimsay Island £146; Eoligarry, Ardivachair £120;19 Kilphedar £106; Grimsay Island £102. BF – Kilphedar £85.

Castle Douglas

On Monday, Wallets Marts sold 1506 store cattle to a top of £1800 for Charolais bullocks from Messrs Porteous, Lower Ardmannoch and £1780 for Aberdeen Angus heifers from Glenkiln.

Among the pence per kg section, heifers reached 420.5p for Limousins from Messrs Hansell, Nether Barr, whilst bullocks peaked at 381.7p for British Blues from Romesbeoch.

Leading Prices

Store cattle – Bullocks – Char – £1800 Lower Ardmannoch; £1630 Kirranrae; £1600 Compstonend. Lim – £1740, £1680 Nether Barr; £1720 Romesbeoch; £1700 Mains of Larg; £1640 Mains of Collin. A-A – £1690 Redbank; £1600 Glenkiln; £1500 Kirranrae. Sim – £1630 High Borgue; £1480 Dinnans; £1440 Hillside. Hfd – £1470 Torhousekie. BB – £1450 Nether Barr; £1420 Romesbeoch; £1310 Hightae. Luing – £1410 Hillside. BS – £1340 Lochside; £1340, £1290 Breconside; £1260 Trowdale. Saler – £1330 Awhirk; £1300, £1250 Knockiebae; £1200 Boreland of Girthon. Gall – £1270, £1230 Ardwall; £1270 Romesbeoch. White Gall – £1270, £1230 Ardwall.

Heifers – A-A – £1780 Glenkiln; £1470 Cannee; £1400 Park of Tongland. Sim – £1680 Glenkiln; £1530 Shangan. Lim – £1660, £1600 Nether Barr; £1600, £1500 Mains of Larg; £1560 Barlure. Char – £1560 Glenkiln; £1540 Knockiebae; £1470 Compstonend. Saler – £1560 Glenkiln; £1360 Park of Tongland. Luing – £1420 West Preston. Gall – £1180 Romesbeoch. BB – £1130 Hightae. Hfd – £1060 Earlston Stable.

Lockerbie

Limousins led all sections at Harrison and Hetherington's fortnightly store cattle sale, with bullocks from Messrs Taylor, Little Red Hall, making £1690 and heifers from Messrs Sloan, Hunterhouse, realising £1310.

Topping the pence per kg was a heifer from Messrs Wilson, Reddings, at 388p, whilst bullocks peaked at 348p from Messrs Howatson, Heithat.

Leading Prices

Steers – Lim – £1690 Redhall; £1240, £1160 Heithat. A-A – £1440 Redhall; £1400 Newbigging; £1340 Cleughbrae Mil. Hfd – £1380 (x2) Cleughbrae Mill. Char – £1240, £1180, £1100 Relief. Sim –£1180 Relief; £1130 Heithat. BB – £1100 Hunterhouse. BS – £1100 Penlaw.

Heifer – A-A – £1400 Newbigging; £1120 Pearsbyhall. Lim – £1310 Hunterhouse; £1300, £1280 Reddings; £1070 Terrona. BB – £1260 Bridge End. BS – £1120 Pearsbyhall. Char – £1060 (x2), £1010, £1000 Relief. Sim – £930 Heithat. Hfd – £820 Hunterhouse.