Stirling UA

Limousin crosses led all sections at United Auctions' store cattle sale, with bullocks securing 372.60p per kg for a 263kg entry from Catslackburn, and to £1885 for an 694kg animal from Hole O Clean.

Bullocks (443) and heifers (579) cashed in at 295.63p and 276.17p respectively.

Heifers reached 344.60p for a 354kg Limousin cross from Auchnotteroch, and to £1865 for more of the same weighing 706kg from Elmscleugh.

Young bulls (55) averaged 238.80p and sold to 274.60p for a 386kg Charolais cross from Upper Ettrick, and to £1510 for a 608kg Simmental cross from Coxhill.

Leading Prices

Bullocks – Sim – Hole O Clean £1885; Elsmcleugh £1745; Ballagan £1670; Ballagan £1560; Elsmcleugh £1500; Bemersyde £1420; Easterton £1395; Garvald Mains £1390; Ashfield £1330; Easterton £1280. Lim – Hole O Clean £1885; Elsmcleugh £1755; Whiteside £1710; Borland £1680; Ballagan £1670; West Quarter £1660; Elmscleugh £1620, £1595; Ballagan £1590; Kirkton Barns £1560. A-A – Elmscleugh £1735; Whiteside £1700; Garvald Mains £1550; Elmscleugh £1510; Borland £1480; Garvald Mains £1430; Graystale £1430; Bourtreebush £1350. Char – Elmscleugh £1735, £1730; Whiteside and Cassindilly £1700; Elmscleugh £1695; Whiteside £1680; Cassindilly £1605 (x2); Ardgate £1540; Cassindilly £1515. Sal – Ashfield £1130, £1110. BS – Stoopshill £1720; Elmscleugh £1620; Stoopshill £1605 (x2), £1480, £1455; Coxhill £1450; Borland £1290; Hatton Knowe £1175. BG – Stoopshill £1635. BB – Strone £1535; Ballagan £1530; Elmscleugh £1500; Ardgate £1445; Rossiebank £1420; Ardgate £1400; Strone £1350; East Pitcothrie £1340.

Heifers – Lim – Elmscleugh £1865; Nether Dalkeith £1805; Nether Dalkeith £1805; Elmscleugh £1800; Whiteside £1750; Nether Dalkeith £1710, £1625; Elmscleugh £1595; Nether Dalkeith £1580. A-A – Lochelbank £1760; Glenkilre £1665; Drumelzier £1590; Garvald Mains £1495, £1475, £1465; Borland £1450; Lochelbank £1445; Graystale and Howslack £1400. Char – Elmscleugh £1760; Elmscleugh £1460, £1450; Cleddans £1435; Glenrath and Cassindilly £1410; The Hillocks £1265. Sal – Whiteside £1750; £1190. BS – Whiteside £1685 (x2); Naemoor £1450; Borland £1380; Naemoor £1295, £1200; Carelton £114. Sim – Kirkland £1485; Muirmealing £1430; Cockerstone £1425; Naemoor £1400; Cleddans £1350; Cockerstone £1340; Woodland Trust £1310; Ballagan and Muirmealing £1280. BB – Auchenflower £1250, £1240; Strone £1230; Auchenflower £1200; Ballagan £1135; Hatton Knowe £1080; Westerboard £1040.

Young bulls – Sim – Coxhill £1510; Ballagan £1080. Char – Scotshall £1300. A-A – Whitburgh £1240; Oakersdyke £1210.

Thainstone

A Limousin cross heifer with a Limousin cross heifer calf from S Stephen, Meikle Geddes, achieved £4100 at Aberdeen and Northern Marts' sale of 210 head of adult breeding cattle.

The same home topped the heifer with bull calves at £4000 with a similar outfit.

Cows topped at £3950 for a Simmental with a Simmental steer calf from Cameron Maciver, Wester Coltfield, Kinloss.

A top price of £5000 was achieved on two occasions among the bulls, firstly for a British Blue from S Stephen, Meikle Geddes, and again for a Limousin from J Dow, Upper Sauchen, Ordhead.

Among the store cattle bullocks (291) and heifers (440) averaged 317p and 290.1p respectively.

Bullocks sold to 430.1p for a pen of four 272kg Charolais crosses from Barns, Crathes, and to £1950 for a 702kg Limousin from Brangan, Boyndie.

A 310kg British Blue cross from Mains of Dalvey, Cromdale, led the heifers at 361.3p, whilst a 738kg Simmental cross from Milton of Collieston, Ellon, made £1850.

Bulls (22) sold to 306.5p for a 460kg Limousin cross from New Bourtreebush, Newtonhill, and to £1790 for a 736kg Aberdeen Angus from Milton of Collieston, Ellon.

On Tuesday, the firm sold 896 ewes with lambs at foot to average £92.69 having sold to £152 for Beltex ewes with lamb and half from Muirfield, Everton of Auchry.

Store lambs (84) cashed in at £95.99 having peaked at £150 for Continentals from Bogengarrie, Croft Ardallie.

Leading Prices

Heifer with bull calf – Lim X – Meikle Geddes £3700, £3350; Lost £3600; Wester Bleaton £3550,£3400; Smallburn £3500, £3400. Sim X – South Blachrie £3550; Wester Bleaton £3450; Towiemore £3450, £3350, £3300; Lost £3350; Pitgersie £3150. BB – Witton Mains £3450, £3050. Lim – Witton Mains £3300, £3250, £3150.

Heifer with heifer calf – Sim X – Lost £4050; Wester Bleaton £3350, £3200 (x2), £3150; South Blachrie £3050. Lim X – Wester Bleaton £4000, £3500 (x2), £3350; Smallburn £3400; Mains of Drumdollo £3150; Pitgersie £3150. Sim – Mill of Inverarity £3500; Wester Bleaton £3300; Mains of Drumdollo £3200; Witton Mains £3100; Pitgersie £3100. Lim – Witton Mains £3400, £3150.

Cow with bull calf – Sim – Wester Coltfield £3800. Lim – Smallburn £3100, £3000, £2950. A-A X – Witton Mains £3000, £2850. BB X – Wester Manbeen £2500. Sal – Meikle Geddes £2100.

Cow with heifer calf – Sim X – Wester Coltfield £3750. Sim – Wester Coltfield £3700 (x2). Lim X – Smallburn £2900, £2700. Lim – Smallburn £2800. A-A X – Witton Mains £2800; Whiteley £2500; Little Kenny £2000.

Store cattle – Bullocks – Up to 250kg – Banks, Sourin £830, 351.7p. 251-300kg – Barns £1170; Fleck 381.5p. 301-350kg – Whitehouse £1400, 404.6p. 351-400kg – Braebuster £1480; Barns 399.4p. 401-450kg – Bankhead £1540, 366.7p. 451-500kg – Seafield Park £1570, 324.5p. 501-550kg – Seafield Park £1750, 321.7p. 551-600kg – Seafield Park £1750, 307p. 601-650kg – Brangan £1790; Wallfield 279.9p. 651-700kg – Brangan £1860, 271.9p. 701-750kg – Brangan £1950, 277.8p.

Aberdeen-Angus bullocks – Up to 350kg – Greencraig £925, 285.5p. 351-400kg – North Canterbury £1155; Huntly Lodge 286.1p. 401-450kg – North Canterbury £1360, 315.1p. 451-500kg – Howally £1410; West Davoch 306.3p. 501-550kg – North Canterbury £1420, 278.4p.

Heifers – Up to 250kg – Banks, Sourin £700, 315.3p. 251-300kg – Fleck £950, 359.8p. 301-350kg – Pittenkerrie £1130, 344.5p. 351-400kg – Wrangham £1340, 351.1p. 401-450kg – Seafield Park £1505; Buchaam 358.2p, 451-500kg – Strone £1510, 321.7p. 501-550kg – Seafield Park £1840, 340.7p. 551-600kg – Broomhill £1670; North Crannoch 293.5p. 601-650kg – Milton of Collieston £1710; Biggings 277.2p. 651-700kg – Broomhill £1830, 275.6p. 701-750kg – Milton of Collieston £1850, 250.7p.

Aberdeen-Angus heifers – Up to 300kg – Dunlichity £750, 250p. 301-350kg – Gellybrae £900, 276.1p. 351-400kg – West Newtonleys £1210; North Canterbury 276p. 401-450kg – East Jeanfield £1175, 286.6p. 451-500kg – East Jeanfield £1450, 303.8p. 501-550kg – East Jeanfield £1510, 288.2p. 551-600kg – Hall of Tankerness £1580, 277.2p. 601-650kg – Hall of Tankerness £1730, 275.5p.

Bulls – Up to 350kg – Burnside of Whitefield £950. 401-450kg – Greenfield, Rothes £1180. 451-500kg – New Bourtreebush £1410. 501-550kg – Greenfield £1445. 551-600kg – Milton of Collieston £1410. 651-700kg – Milton of Collieston £1710. 701-750kg – Milton of Collieston £1750.

Ewes with lambs – Singles – HB – Home Farm, Fraserburgh £140. X – Home Farm £120. Cont – Lost Farm £118, £117; Easter Bogieside, Rhynie £112. Mule – South Camaloun, Fyvie £110. Cont – Lost Farm, Strathdon £105; Ballaterach Farm, Dinnet £100.

Lamb and half – Suff X – Easter Bogieside £128. Cont – Easter Bogieside £120; South Farden, Newburgh £118; Bogiefeulach, Tornaveen £115; South Farden £100. SC – Gairn Terrace £80.

Twins – Tex – Greystone, Peterhead £120. HB – Home Farm £118. Cont – South Camaloun £112. Mule – Mill of Inverarity, Forfar £106. Cont – Lost £105. Mule – South Camaloun £102. Zwa – North Shawbost, Isle of Lewis £102. Mule – South Camaloun £100. Cont – Place of Tillyfoure, Monymusk £95. Chev X – South Farden, Newburgh £90.

Triplets – Cont – Bogiefeulach £118.

Store hoggs – Suff X – Glencat, Ballogie £148. BF – Glencat £130. X – Balranald, North Uist £125.

Carlisle

A weekly Wednesday record was achieved at Harrison and Hetherington's sale of 487 store cattle, when Limousin cross heifers from Messrs Fowlie, Guise, Aberdeen, realised £5500 and £5200.

The sale averaged £1406.

Bullocks sold to £2080 for a Beef Shorthorn from Messrs Robinson, Gelt Hall, Brampton.

Among the weaned cattle, Simmental bullocks made £1430 for Messrs Ward, Whinstonhill, whilst Limousin heifers attained £1420 for Messrs Salisbury, Beech.

A smaller show of bulls peaked at £1400 for a Limousin from Messrs Pearson, The Faulds.

British Blues from Messrs Dun, Jeanfield, led the calves at £625 and £600 for bulls and heifers respectively.

On Monday, the firm conducted its end of May show and sale of ewes and lambs, which achieved an overall average of £128.20.

Topping the sale was a single outfit from Messrs Livingstone, Kirtlevale selling to £255 a life.

The same home sold a single hogg and lamb to £240 a life.

The pre-sale show was judged by Peter Dent, Elm House, who awarded his championship to continental gimmers from J Browell, Quarry House, which later realised £210.

Leading Prices

Store cattle – Steers – BS – £2080, £1950, £1820, £1800 Gelt Hall. Lim – £1920 Gelt Hall; £1880 Whitrigg; £1760, £1700 Stone House; £1740, £1620 (x3) Upper Hindhope; £1740 Windy Nook; £1730 Osborne; £1700, £1620 (x2), £1550 High Knells; £1640 Haresceugh Castle; £1620, £1600, £1590 Guise; £1580 Broathill; £1570 Fellside; £1570 Littlewater; £1560 Ibrak. Sim – £1742 Chapel House. BB – £1740, £1720, £1540 Stubbyknowe; £1700, £1640, £1610, £1540 Bankend; £1620, £1580, £1560 Stone House; £1700 Southerfield Hall; £1600, £1560, £1560 Broathill; £1600 Marina House; £1600 Beckhall; £1570, £1540 Flothers; £1560 (x3) Woodslee; £1540 Harwood on Teviot. HF – £1660, £1530 Stubbyknowe. Blonde – £1520 Whin Bank. A-A – £1490, £1360 Sandbed; £1490 Gimmenbie; £1460 (x2) Broathill; £1460 (x2), £1400 (x2) Hayclose; £1410 Windy Nook. Pie – £1480, £1460 (x2), £1440, £1420 Hayclose. Char – £1400 Mossband Hall; £1400 Kirkhouse. Mont – £1340 Swordwellrigg.

Heifers – Lim – £5500, £5200, £3400, £2100 (x3), £1900, £1700 (x3), £1650 (x2) Guise; £1900 (x2), £1820, £1710, £1650 Osborne; £1660 Bolton Wood Lane; £1660 Chapel House. BB – £2100, £2000, £1740, £1600 (x2), £1500, £1380 (x4), £1350, £1340, £1310 Guise; £1730, £1680 Osborne; £1580, £1510 (x2) Broathill; £1570 Brampton Fell; £1560 Tarn Lodge; £1520 Low Greenside; £1390 Sandbed; £1380 Harwood on Teviot; £1360 Bolton Wood Lane. Char – £1540 Swordwellrigg. A-A – £1500, £1400 Flothers; £1500, £1480 (x2) Broathill; £1450, £1380 Ingledene; £1400 Brampton Fell; £1360 (x2) Noble Croft; £1360 (x3) Gimmenbie. BS – £1370 Greenwrae.

Weaned cattle – Steers – Sim – £1430 (x4), £1300 Whitstonehill. A-A – £1300 (x2) Whitstonehill; £1140 (x2), £1080 Long Park; £1100 Nickies Hill; £1080 Kirkland. Char – £1280 (x2), £1200 (x2) Netherton; £1170, £1150, £1090, £1070, £1050 (x2) Airds of Balcary; £1000 (x2). Lim – £1260, £1110 (x2), £1070 (x2), £1040 (x2) Netherton; £1170, £1160, £1040 (x3) Barwhanny; £1160 Desoglin; £1030 Airds of Balcary. BB – £1200 Aikton House; £1010 (x2) Netherton.

Heifers – Lim – £1420 Beech; £1200, £1120 Wydon Eals; £1200 Halfway House; £1140, £1100 Lawston; £1130 (x3), £1100 (x4) Halmyre. BB – £1360 Bridgestone; £1000 West Heddon. A-A – £1220 Bridgestone; £1000 Wydon Eals. Sim –£1050 Chirdon.

Bulls – Lim – £1400, £1390 The Faulds; £1300 (x4), £1280, £1220 (x2) Halmyre; £1130, £1110 Davygill; £1000 Broomberry. A-A – £1170 (x2) Shaw of Dryfe. Hfd – £1000 Ross.

Calves – Bulls – BB – £625, £615, £695, £595, £590 (x2), £560 Jeanfield; £600, £580 (x5) Tempest Tower; £540 Monks House; £515, £510 Meinside; £500, £450 Eachwick Red House; £460, £435 (x2) Blunderfield; £400 (x2) Red House. A-A – £570 Whitrigg Grange; £560, £400 (x2) Carsewalloch; £310 East Scales. Lim – £510 Elrington Hall; £385 Coombe Crag.

Heifers – BB – £600, £550, £515 (x2), £510 (x3) Jeanfield; £520 (x4) Tempest Tower; £410 Blunderfield East; £410 (x2), £400 Hadderdale; £400 East Scales; £395 (x2), £390 Meinside; £390, £380, £360 Monks House. A-A – £470, £435 (x2), £400, £340 Carsewalloch; £410 (x2) Whitrigg Grange; £380 The Buildings. Lim – £410 Greenah Cragg; £400 Beyond the Moss. Sim – £330 Greenley Cleugh. Saler – £330 Blunderfield East.

Ewes and lambs – Tex – £255 Kirtlevale; £210, £155, £150, £142, £130 Quarry House; £165, £120 Wall End; £162 Bromfield Hall; £146 Wallhead; £140, £134 Leigh Croft; £132 Longrigg; £121, £120 High Drybarrows. Blue Tex – £200 Cumbrae. Suff – £192 Bromfield Hall; £138 Waterloo. DS – £160 Crag Nook. GF – £110, £104 Villa; £91 High Drybarrows; £88 Thornton Towers. Char – £104 Parkside. Hill/Chev – £94 Greyrigg House.

Gimmers and lambs – Tex – £210, £195, £150 Quarry House; £200 Wall End; £192 Kirtlevale; £170, £168 Hunley; £140 (x2) Cumbrae. Suff – £152 Wall End. GF – £134 Villa; £116 Longrigg. DS – £98 Cragg Nook.

Hoggs and lambs – Tex – £240, £235, £230, £220, £200 Kirtlevale; £175, £160, £150 (x2) Tercrosset; £165 Seymour; £160, £158 Wall End; £150 Highwood; £148 Shitlington; £146 Parkside. Belt – £230, £200, £178 Tercrosset. Blue Tex – £160, £155 Cumbrae. Suff – £160, £150 Cumbrae; £150 Wall End; £146 Thornton Towers; £128 Garden Cottage; £117, £101 Lazonby Estate. GF – £132, £122, £94 Stone House; £126 (x2), £124, £112, £110 Shankfield.

St Boswells

The dispersal from George and Kris Weallans, Angelrow, Greenlaw, was the star attraction at Harrison and Hetherington's May Term sale of breeding cattle, with 38 cows and calves and 12 heifers and calves averaging £2530 and £3400 respectively.

The run of Simmental cross heifers and calves reached £3700 on two occasions and £3800 for their bull.

Heifers with calves from Gospelhall, achieved £3600 and £3400, whilst Aberdeen Angus bulling heifers from Upper Nisbet realised £1700 on two occasions.

Among the store cattle heifers and bullocks averaged 257p and 267.73p respectively.

Bullocks sold to £1330 for Aberdeen Angus from Lamberton, and to 285p for Simmentals from Bemersyde.

Simmentals from East Learmouth, led the heifers at £1700, whilst Aberdeen Angus from Broomiebank, made 268.8p.

Beltex with singles lambs led the ewes with lambs sale at £118 for Wester Ulston.

Leading Prices

Heifers with calves – Gospelhall £3600, £3400 (x2), £3200; New Blainslie £2430; Allanbank £2150.

Newton, Hawick – £2550, £2400, £2300 (x2).

Shotton, Mindrum – £3000, £2500, £2450.

Bulling heifers – A-A – Upper Nisbet £1700 (x2). Lim – £1570, £1500 Craighouse.

Store cattle – Bullocks – A-A – £1330, £1310 Lamberton; £1300 Bemersyde; £1290 Bowershield. Sim – £1300, £1130 Bemersyde. Stab – £1290, £1100 (x2) Bowershield. BS – £1230 Broomiebank.

Heifers – Sim – £1700, £1100 East Learmouth. A-A – £1500 Lamberton; £1330, £1290 Broomiebank. Char – £1320 Wester Middleton. BS – £1200 Broomiebank.

Ewes and lambs – Singles – Belt – £118 Wester Ulston; £116 Threeburnford. Kerry X – £115 Borthwickshiels. Tex – £115 Hallrule Mill; £107 Reddishall. Chev Mule – £114 Wester Ulston. Half bred – £106, £102 Hallrule Mill. Mule – £89 Kirk O’Er. Romney – £96, £92 West Bastlebog.

Twins – Belt – £114, £110 Wester Ulston. Kerry X – £106 Borthwickshiels. Tex – £110 Reddishall;£106 Threeburnford. Chev Mule – £110, £108 Wester Ulston.

Ayr

Bullocks (204) and heifers (194) averaged 298.4p and 285.3p respectively at Craig Wilson's store cattle sale.

Bullocks led the proceedings at £1860 for an Aberdeen Angus from Clevance, and to 374p for Salers from Kirkton.

Aberdeen Angus from Bogside, topped the heifers at £1800, whilst Charolais from Auchneight, made 347p.

Some 545 ewes and lambs sold to £150 per life for 12 Mule hoggs and Abermax lambs from Messrs Dunlop, Glengennet.

Ewes with lambs at foot peaked at £138 per life for Texel ewes with single lambs from Miss D Logan, Mauchline Road, Ochiltree.

On Tuesday, the firm sold one fresh calved dairy heifer from A and B McHarg, Broadhead, for £2000.

The 137 calves and stirks sold to £1190 for a Simmental bullock stirk from Messrs Currie, Pinclanty, whilst heifers peaked at £1110 for a British Blue off Garrockhill.

A British Blue cross heifer led the calves at £620 for Messrs Vance, Low Barledziew. Bull calves sold to £610 on two separate occasions firstly for an Aberdeen Angus off Kaimhill and again for a Limousin cross from Messrs Mackie, Meadowbank.

Leading Prices

Bullocks – A-A – £1860, £1580 Clevance; £1660 Laigh Drumdow; £1480 Stafflar; £1470 Eskechraggan. Lim – £1720 Littlemill; £1690 Adamcroft; £1660 North Waterland; £1600 Littlemill; £1560 Drongan House; £1550 Knockterra and North Waterland. BB – £1700, £1550 Whiteflat; £1640 Rankinston; £1440 Baltersan; £1400 Stafflar. Sim – £1680 Clevance; £1400, £1350 Thorn; £1350 Baltersan. Char – £1550 Rushaw; £1420 West Lochhead; £1410 Eskechraggan. Frie – £1440, £1380 High Branchal; £1220 Kersepark. Ayrshire – £1290 East Tarelgin. BS – £1340 Ardoch; £1190 Eskechraggan. Saler – £1150 Auchneight. Hfd – £1090 Kirkhill. Fleck – £1060, £1010 Glaick. Gall –£1020 Bushglen.

Heifers – A-A – £1800 Bogside; £1500, £1360 Laigh Drumdow; £1480, £1440 Stafflar; £1440 Baltersan. Char – £1750 Trees; £1480 Torr; £1450 West Lochhead. Lim – £1700 North Waterland; £1650 Ballycurrie; £1550 Littlemill; £1540, £1410 Pinvalley; £1530, £1520 North Waterland; £1470 Over Auchentibber; £1400 Back O’Hill. BB – £1550 Knockterra; £1540 Littlemill; £1540, £1470 Over Auchentibber; £1440 Stafflar. Sim – £1420, £1220 Baltersan; £1390 Adamcroft; £1180 Boylston. Hfd – £1350 Whiteflat; £1130 Kirkhill. BS – £1250 Ardoch. Saler – £1050, £1000 Wee Carleton.

Breeding sheep – Hoggs and lambs – Singles – Mule – £150, £148, £142 Glengennet. Tex X – £138 Muir. Suf – £128 Eskechraggan.

Twins – Mule – £122 Glengennet. Tex X – £140 Muir.

Ewes and lambs – Single – Tex – £138 Mauchline Road, Ochiltree; £122 Ingleston, £118 Auchenflower. BF – £88 Darroch Brae. Mule – £115 Eskechraggan.

Twins – Suff – £112 Dunduff. Mule – £120 Eskechraggan. Chev – £92 Thorn.

Gimmers and lambs – Twin – £122 Creagraineach.

Singles – Mule – £118 Creagraineach.

Calves – Bull – A-A X – £610 Kaimhill; £580, £560 Haysmuir; £550 Kaimhill; £500 Barward and Haysmuir; £490 Kiltersan;£480 Barward; £370 Philgowan. Lim X – £610 Meadowbank; £590 Newlands; £570 Haysmuir and Meadowbank. BB X – £600 Haysmuir; £600 (x3) Low Barledziew; £580 Newlands; £560, £540 Barward; £480 West Mosside; £460 Bowes; £450 West Mosside; £440 West Tarelgin. Sim X – £550 Philgowan. Hfd X – £410 Philgowan.

Heifers – BB X – £620 Low Barledziew; £580 Haysmuir; £580 (x2) Low Barledziew; £530 Haysmuir; £500 West Tarelgin; £490 Craigie Mains; £480 Bowes; £460 Barward; £450 Craigie Mains. Lim X – £540, £500 Meadowbank; £480 Newlands. A-A X – £520 Haysmuir; £490 Kaimhill. Hfd X – £440 (x4) Bowes.

Stirks – Bullock – Sim X – £1190 Pinclanty. Lim X – £1130 Garrockhill; £1110 Back O’Hill; £950 Bowhouse. A-A X – £940 Watston, £870 High Cairn. Hfd X – £1080 Watston. Black and White – £880 Bowhouse.

Heifer – BB X – £1110, £980 Garrockhill. Lim X – £970 Bowhouse. Sim X – £960, £920 Pinclanty.

Penrith

One of the dearest trades for youngstock at Penrith and District Farmers’ Marts' fortnightly sale was witnessed for the 180 rearing calves and stirks forward.

A Limousin cross heifer stirk topped the trade at £1010 for BR Davidson, West View, whist British Blue bullock stirks made £850 for B Hogg, Cairnbridge.

A Charolais bull led the calf section at £580 for JAH Walton and Son, Bank View.

A small entry of 38 dairy cattle sold to £1900 for a second calved cow from G and EA Harrison, Mount Clifton.

Leading Prices

Stirks – Heifer – Lim – £1010, £950, £940 West View; £620 Bowfield. Char – £950, £880 West View. BB – £930 Cape Farm; £820 Penny Hill Park; £750 (x2) Cairnbridge; £690 Grahamsfield. A-A – £870 Penny Hill Park; £820, £760, £700 Bowfield; £530 (x6) Plumpton Foot; £505 Nether Colinhurst.

Bullock – BB – £850 (x5) Cairnbridge.

Bull – Lim – £820 Bartondale. BB – £670, £630 (x2), £600 Dearham Hall. Black and White – £640, £470 Lamonby Hall. Fleck – £610 Nether Colinhurst. A-A – £540 (x2), £500 Dearham Hall.

Calves – Bull – Char – £580 Bank View. BB – £545, £520, £510 Brackenburgh Home; £540 (x2), £495 (x2), £490 (x2), £380 Threapthwaite; £535, £480 Skirwith Abbey; £415 (x2), £380 Blunderfield East. Lim – £515, £465, £460, £380, £340 Skirwith Abbey. A-A – £435 Bank View; £260 Holme Wrangle. Black and White – £330 (x2), £325, £305 (x2), £300 Auldby; £305, £260, £245 Harras; £285 Town Head; £275 Skirwith Abbey; £250 (x2) Bank View; £240 Brackenburgh Home. Hfd – £270 (x2), £240, £225 (x4), £200 Cairnhead.

Heifer – BB – £485 (x2) Skirwith Abbey; £485, £470, £430, £420, £375 (x2), £300 Threapthwaite; £350 Blunderfield East. Hfd – £455 The Harras. Lim – £450 (x2), £445, £430, £390 Skirwith Abbey. A-A – £210 Blunderfield East; £200 Holmewrangle. Saler – £205 Blunderfield East.

In-milk cows – Hols – £1900, £1850, £1800, £1650 Mount Clifton. Dairy Shorthorn – £1800 Mount Clifton. British Friesian – £1220, £1180, £1150 (x2), £1120 (x2), £1100 (x2), £1000 Sootyhill.

Stirling (Cally)

Bullocks led the proceedings at Caledonian Marts' sale of store cattle, having sold to 339p per kg for Limousins from R Purdon, Easterton, Airdrie, and to £1670 for Charolais from J Taylor, Jawpark, Falkirk, to average 271.34p.

Heifers achieved 300p per kg on two occasions for Aberdeen Angus from C Hastie, Easter Gartfarran, Balfron, and from W and W Stewart, Knockoyd, Kircolm, with a top per head of £1360 paid for British Blues from D T Marshall, West Kirkland, Newton Stewart, having cashed in at 270.26p.

Also forward were 616 lives among the ewes and lambs at foot, which reached £150 for Texel hoggs with lambs from R McNee Ltd, Woodend, Armadale.

Leading Prices

Bullocks – £1670, £1650, £1480 Jawpark; £1470 Kincaple; £1460 Hill.

Heifers – £1360, £1300, £1230 West Kirkland; £1200 Gilmour.

Hoggs with lambs – £150, £146, £140, £132, £128, £128 Woodend; £124, £124 Rhoin.

Ewes with lambs – £96 Humbie; £84, £82 Carloonan; £82 Findatie; £80 Carloonan; £80 Kilbryde Farms.

Lanark

Scotch Mule dry ewe hoggs from Messrs Park, Dalpeddar, secured £200 at Lawrie and Symington's weekly sale of ewes and hoggs with lambs at foot, also including dry hoggs.

Ewes and lambs sold to £144 per life for a Suffolk ewe with a Texel lamb from Messrs Morrison, Dalwyne.

On Tuesday, 434 store cattle witnessed bullocks and heifers average 290.2p per kg and 279.85p respectively.

A top price of £1750 was paid for a 722kg Aberdeen Angus bullock from Wester Walston, and to 345.8p for a pair of 402kg Limousin crosses from Bickerton Hall.

Limousins led the heifers at £1660 for a 594kg entry from Whitehill Farm, Gartcosh, and to 331.9p for a pair of 473kg animals from Weston.

Dairy bullocks sold to £1280 for a pair of 538kg British Friesians from Parklea, and to 254.2p for a 354kg Friesian from East Hyndshawland, to average 210.3p.

Leading Prices

Ewes and lambs – Tex – £131, £122 Dillars House; £103 Smiddyhill. BF – £68 Hawthorn; £67 East Mains. HW – £72, £66 West Browncastle. Suff – £144 Dalwyne. Chev – £99, £90 Findatie; £95 East Mains; £93 Smiddyhill. BAD – £124 Dalwyne. KH –£108, £96 Dillars House; £100 Dalwyne.

Gimmers and lambs – Tex – £101 Dillars House. BF – £62 Hawthornbank. Chev – £86 East Mains. Belt – £132 Dalwyne. X – £118, £104, £102 North Moorhouse. Lle – £94, £90 East Mains. Bad – £135 Dalwyne.

Hoggs and lambs – Tex – £104 Castlehill. Suff – £97 Heatheryhall. Chev Mule – £108 (x2) Kingside; £104 Heatheryhall and Kingside. X – £141 Dalpeddar; £102 (x2) Mid Wellwood.

Dry ewes hoggs – X – £200 Dalpeddar.

Bullocks – A-A X – £1750, £1570 (x2), £1340 Wester Walston; £1600 Whitehill; £1370, £1360 Ladyurd; £1130 Skipness Estate; £1100 Red Lees. Hfd – £1290 Bogside; £1190, £1180 Newhouses; £1020 Nether Balgray. Lim – £1420 (x2), £1410, £1300 Bickerton Hall. Luing – £1260 Ladyurd. Lim X – £1690 Wester Walston; £1540 Whitehill; £1480, £1400 Weston; £1430 Bogside; £1420 Netherurd Mains and Muldron; £1410 Netherurd Mains; £1405 Muldron; £1390 Bickerton Hall. Char X – £1380 (x2) Cleugh; £1370, £1200, £1140 West Handaxwood; £1360, £1340, £1090 Watermeetings; £1310 Lawriesmuir; £1110 Parklea. BS – £1370, £1335 Ladyurd; £1180 Kirkton of Crawford. Sim – £1480, £1310, £1260 Ladyurd; £1370, £1360 Bogside; £1340 Noblehall; £1140 Bents; £1130 (x2), £1120 Skipness Estate. BB – £1400 Sherifflatts; £1360 Parklea; £820 East Hyndshawland. Gall – £750 Walston Mill. High – £770 Blackburn. Saler – £1180 Ladyurd. Cont X – £1400 Parklea. Oth –£1600 Whitehill. Blonde – £1120, £900 Holehouse.

Heifers – A-A – £1450, £1190, £1130 Ladyurd; £1330, £1160, £1140 Bagmoors; £1170 Sherifflatts; £1100 East Mains of Ballencreiff; £1080 Ladyurd and Blackhill. Hfd – £1160 Bogside; £790 Newhouse. Lim – £1570 Weston; £1275 Ladyurd; £1090 Nether Balgray. Char – £1140 Lawriesmuir. Lim X – £1660 (x2), £1650, £1500 (x2) Whitehill; £1630, £1380 Netherurd Mains; £1570 Weston; £1540 Ladyurd; £1400 Bickerton Hall. Char X – £1590 Whitehill; £1490, £1320 Mackiesmill; £1440 Cleughhead; £1400 Netherurd Mains; £1370, £1360 Cleugh; £1280 Parklea; £1230 The Dyke; £1205 Ladyurd. BS – £1240 Ladyurd; £1100 Hattonknowe; £1000 Kirkton of Crawford. Sim – £1260 Ladyurd; £1160 Bogside; £940, £880 (x2), £760 Skipness Estate; £730 Blackburn. BB – £1400 Sherifflatts; £1320 Parklea; £1200 Whitehill; £1170 Mackiesmill and The Dyke; £1070 Parklea; £910 East Hyndshawland. Gall – £670 Walston Mill. Saler – £1140 Ladyurd. Blonde – £810 Holehouse.

Dairy bullocks – BF – £1280, £1160, £1100 Parklea; £990 North Bankend; £900 East Hyndshawland; £840 Auchencorth. Hol – £1150 Bottoms.

Hexham

A Limousin bullock from Frank and Reg Simpson, Square House, Quebec, County Durham, achieved £2070, at Hexham and Northern Marts' store cattle sale.

Heifers peaked at £1860 on two occasions, firstly for British Blue crosses from John Carruthers, Silloans, Rochester, and again for Limousins from Andy Thompson, East Unthank, Haltwhistle.

An end of season show of store hoggs sold to £170 twice, firstly for a Blackface trio from Brieredge, and then a pen of 11 Texels from J Thompson and Sons, Springwell Cottage.

Leading Prices

Steers – Cattle 23-30months – Lim X – £1840, £1800 Lunns House; £1760 (x2), £1740 Great Chesters; £1700 Thackwood; £1600 Great Chesters. A-A X – £1940, £1900 Church; £1770 Fairley; £1760, £1660 High Yarridge; £1540 Fairley. Cattle 17-22months – Lim X – £1830 Lunns House; £1820 Great Chesters; £1740 Thackwood; £1720 Lunns House; £1650 Great Chesters. Char X – £1900, £1890, £1820 Great Chesters. A-A X – £1840 Linacres; £1810 Redesmouth and Fairley; £1720 Church. Stab – £1780, £1550 Nunwick. Hfd X – £900 Hedley West. BF – £1060 High Trewhitt. Cattle 11-16months – Lim X – £2070, £1850 Square House; £1820 Square House and Hill Head; £1810, £1800, £1780 Square House; £1750 Silloans and Armond Carr; £1700 Hill Head; £1690 Square House; £1680 Silloans and Square House; £1660 High Trewhitt; £1640 Hedley Park; £1630 Square House; £1600 Silloans and Square House. Char – £1120 Hill Head. Char X – £1640, £1600, £1420 Tenter House; £1390 Redsteads. A-A X – £1560 Lowfield; £1500 Lowfield and Linacres; £1390 Linacres;£1350 Lowfield; £1340 Redsteads; £1320 Lowfield and Redsteads. BB – £1250 Silloans. Blonde X – £1720, £1600, £1580, £1540 Brownsleazes. Hfd X – £1710, £1600, £1500 High Wooley. Parth X – £1360 Linacres. Stab – £1560 Nunwick; £1150 High Trewhitt. Sim – £1280 Hill Head; £1190 Wydon. Cattle 10 months and under – Lim X – £1440 Kirkhouse; £1380 Thornton Tower; £1360 Tenter House; £1200, £1180 Thornton Tower; £1160 High Warden; £1140 Longlea and Round Meadows. BB X – £1150 Longlea. Char X – £1210 Wydon.

Heifers – Cattle 23-30months – Lim X – £1860 East Unthank; £1850 Silloans; £1830 Great Chesters; £1780 (x2), £1760, £1700 Silloans; £1640 Great Chesters; £1620, £1600 Thackwood. Char X – £1820 Great Chesters. BB X – £1860, £1770 Silloans. Stab X – £1170 High Trewhitt. Cattle 17-22months – Lim X – £1680 Silloans; £1600 High Dalton; £1580 Thackwood; £1540 Barrasford Green; £1520 Wingates South; £1470 Comb Hills. Char X – £1740 Great Chesters; £1440 Comb Hills. BB X – £1300 Comb Hills. A-A X – £1780, £1680 Redesmouth. Stab – £1500 Nunwick. Luing – £930, £920 Townshields. Cattle 11-16months – Lim X – £1700 Brownsleazes; £1660 Hedley Park; £1650 Armond Carr; £1610 Comb Hills; £1580 Silloans and Hedley Park; £1560 Hedley Park; £1540 Armond Carr; £1520 Low Eshells and Kirkhouse; £1500 Silloans; £1430 Hill Head; £1400 Westburnhope; £1380 Kirkhouse; £1370 Silloans and Thornton Tower. Char X – £1500 Tenter House; £1410, £1280, £1265 Redsteads. BB – £1390 Thornton Tower; £1330 Comb Hills. Blonde X – £1800 Brownsleazes. A-A X – £1600 Barrasford Green; £1580, £1480 Linacres; £1360 Redsteads and Barrasford Green; £1300 Barrasford Green; £1270 Linacres; £1200 Barrasford Green. Stab X – £1220 High Trewhitt. Sim X – £1060, £1010 Wydon. Cattle 10 months and under – Lim X – £1180 Longlea and Thornton Tower; £1130, £1120, £1060 Longlea. Char X – £960 East Plenmeller.

Young bulls – A-A X – £1480 High Yarridge. Lim – £1060 Dyke Nook.

Store hoggs – Tex X – £170 Springwell Cottage; £162 South Side; £155 South East; £150 Houxty Bank Head. Suff X – £164 Great Bavington. Mule – £150 Brieredge. BF – £170 Brieredge; £156 Harsondale.

Wooler

Aberdeen Angus crosses realised £1220 and £1220 for bullocks and heifers respectively both coming from Messrs Riddell, West Hall, at Harrison and Hetherington's store cattle sale.

Limousin cross bullocks from Messrs Harvey, Shotton, led the pence per kg sections, with bullocks at 375p and heifers peaking at 315.8p.

Leading Prices

Bullocks – Lim – £1220, £1210 West Hall. A-A – £1210, £1060 West Hall. Char – £900, £880 Shotton.

Heifers – A-A – £1200, £900 West Hall. Lim – £1000, £960 West Hall; £900 (x2) Shotton.

Dumfries

Bullocks led the proceedings at C and D Auction Marts' fortnightly sale of store cattle, having sold to £1560 for Aberdeen Angus from Maxwell Farming, Druidhall, and to 361.50p per kg for Limousins from Ellary Farms, Lochgilphead.

Heifers attained £1500 for Aberdeen Angus crosses from D and T Lockhart, Auld Mills, and to 311.1p for Limousin from A and E Hyslop, Maryfield.

Leading Prices

Bullocks – A-A – £1560 Druidhall; £1470, £1400 High Auchneel; £1420 Henderland. BB – £1270 Upper Moor. Char – £1460 Maryfield. Lim – £1400, £1390 Maryfield. Saler – £1260, £1220 Auchenfad.

Heifers – A-A – £1500 Auld Mills; £1460, £1400 High Auchneel; £1440 Henderland; £1220 Druidhall; £1200 Upper Moor; £1100 Highlaw. BB – £1410 Backburn; £1300 Upper Moor. Lim – £1460 High Auchneel; £1460, £1400 Maryfield; £1300 Backburn.

Bulls – Lim – £1260 Lochbank.