Top prices in Ayr and Carlisle amongst a lower store trade

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Bullocks (214) and heifers (117) averaged 286.03p per kg and 276.90p respectively at United Auctions’ weekly store cattle sale.

Bullocks peaked at 359.70p for a 303kg Simmental cross from Kirkland, and to £1730 for a 562kg Aberdeen Angus cross from Ardagte.

A 510kg British Blue cross from Humeston, led the heifers at 300.0p, whilst a 652kg Limousin cross led the gross trade at £1735 for Nethertown.

A 576kg Limousin cross from Flenders, led the young bulls at 271.70p and £1565, to average 212.89p.

Leading Prices

Bullocks – A-A – Ardgate £1730; Wester Lochdrum £1680, £1670; Broompark £1640; Nethertown £1625; Blackwater £1515; Flenders £1510; Kirkland £1505; Harestonhill £1500. Char – Dunduff £1700; Wester Clunie £1620; Ardgate £1615, £1520; Wester Clunie £1390; High Mildovan £1380, £1330; Blackwater £1280; Kirkland £1090, £1020. Lim – Holehouse £1690; Holehouse £1690; Nethertown £1650; Ardgate £1615; Broompark £1595; Holehouse £1585 (x2); Ardgate £1585; Harestonhill £1510. Hfd – Ardgate £1550. MO – Nethertown £1530; Caddell £1425. Sim – Ardgate £1520; Harestonhill £1440; Blackwater £1355; Auchnotteroch £1320, £1290; Balgreggie £1200, £1190, £1175, £1125. BB – Stewarton £1460; Westerboard £1400; Flenders £1400. Sal – Kaeside £1380.

Heifers – Lim – Nethertown £1735, £1670; West Brackly £1595; Hillhouse £1515; West Brackly £1495; Hillhouse £1445; Nethertown £1440; Branxton £1250. A-A – Nethertown £1675; Broompark £1510; Little Kenny £1210; Little Kenny £1160; Stewarton £1100; Westerboard £1065. Sim – West Brackly £1595; West Brackly £1495; Forestmill £1490; Branxton £1250; Auchnotteroch £1210; Greenhill £1160. Char – Wester Clunie £1500, £1495, £1390; Blackwater £1170; Blairoer £1120, £1100. Sal – Kaeside £1460. BB – Hillhouse £1585; Humeston £1530; Hillhouse £1440; Stewarton £1290.

Young bulls – Lim – Flenders £1565.

Carlisle

Aberdeen Angus bullocks from Peter and Mick Lawson, New House, Penton, topped Harrison and Hetherington’s store cattle sale selling at £1940.

A British Blue from Messrs Lockhart, Fauldingcleugh, topped the heifers at £1740

A Limousin bull from Messrs Ewing, Dumbretton, led the weaned cattle at £1660.

Messrs Gill and Kennedy, Moory Lea, sold a British Blue cross bullock for £1620, whilst Messrs Langcake, Sandhills sold the top priced Limousin cross heifer at £1580.

The sale of 338 calves, saw bulls and heifers average £440 and £378 respectively, having sold to £690 twice – for a British Blue bull from T and E Dun, Jeanfield, Carnwath, and a Limousin bull from G and ED Sisson, Grain Head, Hethersgill.

A British Blue from Gillespie, led the heifers at £680.

Leading Prices

Store cattle – Steers – A-A – £1940 New House; £1700 Stainton House; £1670 West House; £1660 West House; £1660 Rye Close; £1660 High Flowery Hirst; £1640 Woodside. Hfd – £1840, £1660 Rye Close. Lim – £1790 Newby; £1780 Greengill; £1680 Grange Grassing; £1680, £1660 Rye Close; £1660 Howrigg. Char – £1780 Old Silloth; £1660 Howrigg; £1600 Grange Grassing. Fleck – £1720, £1640 Rye Close; £1540 Limekilns. BB – £1700 Greengill; £1700, £1690 (x2) Bankend; £1690 The Wreay; £1660 Hayclose. BS – £1680, £1490 Rye Close; £1170 Briggle. Frie – £1415, £1390, £1370 Rye Close. Hol – £1360 Gill House. HF – £1360 Gill House.

Heifers – BB – £1740 Fauldingcleuch; £1640 Smalmstown; £1560 Old Silloth; £1560 Grange; £1520 Sandbed. Char – £1700 Linden House; £1570, £1560, £1540 Spout Bank. A-A – £1660, £1600 New House; £1550 Randalinton; £1540 Greengill. Lim – £1580, £1500 New House; £1560 Newby; £1500 Linden House. Luing – £1450 Campingholm. BS – £1510 Campingholm; £1480 New House. Fries – £1470 Hayclose. Hfd – £1460, £1270 Millisle. Sim – £1390 Hayclose; £1340 Town Head. Fleck – £1370 Briggle.

Weaned cattle – Steers – BB – £1620 Moory Lea; £1090 Cocklet Hill; £1090 Brackenslack. BS – £1470 Hutlerburn. Lim – £1320 Burthwaite; £1290 Pasture House; £1160 Broomberry; £1160, £1110 Horsemoor Hills. A-A – £1000 Barsalloch Farms. Char – £1130 Brackenslack; £1000 Barsalloch Farms. HF – £1000 Barsalloch Farms. Hols – £950 Barsalloch Farms. DShort – £950 Barsalloch Farms.

Heifers – Lim – £1580, £1400, £1280, £1200 Sandhills; £1390 Greengatehouse; £1300 Burthwaite; £1140 Temple House; £1140 Pasture House. Char – £1460 Cocklet Hill; £1180 Pasture House; £1090 Whitehills. BB – £1280 Whitehills; £1260 Bridgestone; £1260 (x2) Greensyke. A-A – £1180 Laggonmore; £1160 Greensyke. Fleck – £1090 Barsalloch Farms. DShort – £1040 Barsalloch Farms. HF – £940 Barsalloch Farms.

Bulls – Lim – £1660, £1560 Dumbretton; £1590 Moory Lea; £1570, £1500, £1470 Old Irvine; £1480 Ravenwood; £1450 Crookholm. BS – £1490, £1470 (x3), £1420 Hutlerburn. Sim – £1400 Hutlerburn. BB – £1400 Crookholm. Char – £1260 Bents. A-A – £1230 Barsalloch Farms. Mont – £1000 Rowanburn Foot. BG – £750 Dumbretton.

Calves – Bulls – Lim – £690 Grain Head; £620 Broomberry; £540 Grain Head; £525 Windy Hill. BB – £690 Jeanfield; £685 Jeanfield; £650 Jeanfield; £640 Jeanfield; £640 Moss Side House; £620 Anguswell; £615 Tempest Tower; £600 Tempest Tower. Char – £640 (x2) Gillespie. Sim – £600, £520 Broomberry. A-A – £570 Brunt Hill; £545 Wood; £525 Gillespie; £505 Moss Side House. WShor – £540 Broomberry. Hfd – £480 Harrington Ling; £455 Harrington Ling. Mont – £450 Gillespie; £415 Moor Park.

Heifers – BB – £680 Gillespie; £630, £540 Jeanfield; £590 Broomberry. Sim – £580, £500 Broomberry. Lim – £580 Broomberry; £515 Greigsland. A-A – £530, £475 Gillespie. Char – £450 Gillespie. WShort – £440 Broomberry; £430 Broomberry.

Ayr

Bullocks topped Craig Wilson’s sale of 447 store cattle, having sold to £1950 for an Aberdeen Angus from Clevance, and to 339p per kg for Charolais from Mossend, Ayr.

Heifers peaked at £1780 for a Salers from Coalhilll, and to 315p for a pair of Limousins from Auchentibbert.

Bulls sold to £1600 or 269p for Aberdeen Angus from Laigh Drumdow.

On Tuesday, the sole dairy heifer, a fresh calved Holstein Friesian from Messrs Steel, Ditton, made £2200.

The show of 83 calves and stirks peaked at £1260 for a Simmental heifer from Messrs MacDougall, Muirhouse, whilst bullocks peaked at £1000 for British Blues from Messrs Carmichael, Macmannieston.

Calves sold to £700 for a British Blue cross bull and a Limousin bull both from Messrs Smith, South Kilbride.

Heifer calves were topped at £640 on two occasions – for a Simmental cross from Kaimhill and a British Blue from Messrs Vance, Low Barledziew.

Leading Prices

Store cattle – Bullocks – A-A – £1950 Clevance; £1750 Kildonnan; £1660 Burnton; £1590 Littleton; £1570 Garthland Mains and Brieryside; £1530 Kildonnan. BB – £1680 Ladyyard; £1640 Brieryside; £1590 Dormieston. Char –£1580 Auchneight; £1400, £1380, £1300 Hallowshean. Sim – £1480 Burnton; £1460 Adamcroft; £1360 Drongan Mains. Lim – £1440 Adamcroft; £1370 Chipperlagan. Hfd – £1420 Littleton. Fleck – £1390 Holmpark. Saler – £1360 Balsaggart. BS – £1340 Dormieston; £1170 Mossneuk. Frie – £1410, £1300 Park O’Barnaigh; £1280 Slatehole; £1190 West Lochridge. Mont – £1280 North Two Mark.

Heifers – Saler – £1780, £1490 Coalhill; £1260 Auchentibbert. BB – £1700, £1650, £1620, £1490 Holmpark; £1550, £1490 Ladyyard; £1490, £1480 Dormieston. A-A – £1660, £1640, £1510 Ladyyard; £1650 Balsaggart; £1510 Brieryside; £1450 Benston and Clevance. Lim – £1550, £1520 Auchentibbert; £1400 Drongan Mains. Sim – £1530 Adamcroft; £1450 Auchentibbert; £1440 Burnton. Hfd – £1440 Drummullan. BS – £1400 Benston; £1340 Mossneuk.

Calves – Bull – BB – £700, £640 South Kilbride; £590, £500 Low Barledziew; £500 Brocklehill. Lim – £700, £670 (x2), £650 South Kilbride; £600, £590 (x2) Meikle Kilchattan. Black and White – £640 (x2) Barnahill. A-A – £600, £590, £550 Meikle Kilchattan; £530 (x2) Kaimhill.

Heifer – Sim – £640 Kaimhill. BB – £640 (x2) , £630 Low Barledziew. Lim – £630 (x2), £620 South Kilbride; £550 Meikle Kilchattan. A-A – £550 (x2) Low Barledziew. Black and White – £580 Barnahill.

Stirks – Bullock – BB – £1000 Macmanniston. A-A – £880 Boghouse. Black and White – £630 Drummullan.

Heifers – Sim – £1260 Muirhouse; £800 Millaffleck.

Newton Stewart

Some 116 store cattle went under the hammer at Craig Wilson’s sale, where Limousins led the way with bullocks from W Gemmell and Son, Holm, making 320p per kg, and heifers from Kildarroch selling at 317p.

Top prices per head were £1650 for an Aberdeen Angus cross heifer from J Paterson and Co, Kildarroch, and £1460 for Charolais bullocks from M Milroy, Laigh Sinniness.

Leading Prices

Bullocks – A-A – £1440, £1340, £1320 Low Skeog; £1230, £1150, Waulkmill; £1220 Mid Skeog. Char – £1460, £1390 Laigh Sinniness; £1370, £1270 Low Skeog. Lim – £1320, £1270 Low Skeog; £1250 Waulkmill, and Barfad; £1105 Waulkmill. Sim – £1310 South Cairnweil. BB – £1370 South Cairnweil. Fleck – £920 South Cairnweil. Black and White – £1080 South Cairnweil and Laigh Sinniness.

Heifers – A-A – £1650 Kildarroch; £1560 South Cairnweil; £1300, Waulkmill; £1100 Laigh Sinniness. Lim – £1190 Kildarroch;£1000 Holm and Waulkmill. Sim – £1310 South Cairnweil. BB – £1330, £1300 South Cairnweil. Char – £1620 South Cairnweil; £1130 Laigh Sinniness.

Dairy cattle – In-milk cows – Hols – £2100, £2000 Mount Clifton.

In-milk heifers – £1500 Middleton Mill. DShort – £1500 Lockholme Hall.

Stirling (Cally)

Limousin bullocks topped Caledonian Marts’ sale of 237 store cattle, having sold to 325p per kg for Ditch Farms, Stirling, and to £1580 from Overton Farm, Stirling, to average 281.67p.

Heifers cashed in at 272.72p having sold to 295p for Simmentals from T and W Stodart, Garelwood, and to £1400 for a British Blue from E McGregor, Wester Tillyrie.

Leading Prices

Bullocks – £1580 Overton; £1490 Balgreggan; £1440 Low Barbeth; £1440 Redhouse; £1380, £1340 Balgreggan.

Heifers – £1400 Wester Tillyrie; £1280 Cowdens; £1200 Glenside; £1200 Cuttlehill.

Quoybrae

On Monday, Aberdeen and Northern Marts sold 556 store and breeding cattle where bullocks and heifers improved by 6.6p and 3.6p per kg respectively on the year.

Bullocks averaged 289.9p having sold to 353.2p for 361kg Charolais crosses from Nottingham Mains or £1950 for a 693kg similarly bred animal from Brae Edge, Castletown.

Heifers were topped at 333.3p for four Simmental crosses from Grantown Mains, Bower or £1680 for four Charolais crosses from Hoy, Castletown. They averaged 268.7p.

Breeding cattle (30) peaked at £2450 for a Simmental heifer with heifer calf at foot from Cairntack, Belhelvie.

Champion at the pre-sale show was a 602kg Limousin cross bullock from K Sinclair, Latheron, which sold for £1780. The reserve, selected by judge Ronald Sime, Bruceland, Elgin, was a 662kg Charolais cross from DA Budge, Brae Edge, Castletown, which also made £1780. Both entries were purchased by W and J Cameron, Burnside of Edingight, Keith.

Leading Awards

Single bullock – 1 and champion, K Sinclair, Latheron Mains, Latheron 602kg, £1780; 2 and reserve, DA Budge, Brae Edge Castletown, 662kg, £1780; 3, JK Manson, Upper Northfield, Wick, 512kg, £1470.

Single heifer – 1 and 2, JK Manson, Upper Northfield, 432kg, £1310 and 433kg, £1190

Leading Prices

Bullocks – Up to 350kg – Haster Farm, Wick (Sim X) £1185, 338.6p; 351-400kg – Nottingham Mains, Latheron (Char X) £1275, Boultach, Latheron (Char X) 327.8p; 401-450kg – Hillhead, Lybster (Char X) £1365, Quarryside Casteltown (Lim X) 324.5p; 451-500kg – Hoy, Castletown (Lim X) £1635, Quarryside (Lim X) 334p; 501-550kg – Hoy (Char X) £1720, 320.7p; 551-600kg – Hoy (Char X) £1730, 310p; 601-650kg – Lower Thura (Lim) £1610, 264.8p; 651-700kg – Latheron Mains (Lim X) £1780, Brae Edge (Char X) 281.4p.

Heifers – Up to – 300kg – Winless Mains (St) £830, 293.3p; 301-350kg – Raodside, Gills (Lim) £1085, 314.5p; 351-400kg – Hillview, Sarclet (Char X) £1175, 302.1p; 401-450kg – Mavsey, Lybster (Sim) £1370, Quarryside (Lim X) 307.6p; 451-500kg – Hoy (Char X) £1580, 321.8p; 501-550kg – Hoy (Char X) £1620, Slickly (A-A X) 302p; 551-600kg – Hoy (Char X) £1680, 294.7p; 601-650kg – Glengolly, Thurso (Lim) £1650, 267.9p.

Breeding cattle – Cow and bull calf – Westerloch £2050, £1580. Cow and heifer calf – Westerloch £2000, £1800. Heifer and bull calf – Cairntack £2200, £2150. Heifer and heifer calf – Cairntack £2200, £1950.

Dumfries

Aberdeen Angus cattle from Crawford, Lotts, secured the top spots at C and D Auction Marts’ store cattle sale, with heifers and bullocks making £1580 and £1400 respectively.

Leading Prices

Bullocks – A-A – £1400 Lotts; £1310 High Auchneel. Lim – £1300 Belridding; £1290 High Auchneel.

Heifers – A-A – £1580 Lotts; £1320 High Auchneel; £1210 Boreland of Southwick. Char – £1410 Oxgang; £1320 High Auchneel. Sim – £1410 Oxgang. Lim – £1370, £1340 High Auchneel. Hfd – £1340 High Auchneel. BS – £1240 Boreland of Southwick. BB – £1210 Rockhallhead.

Lanark

Bullocks and heifers averaged 280.2p per kg and 256.4p respectively at Lawrie and Symington’s store cattle sale.

Bullocks peaked at £1640 for Aberdeen Angus from Powflats, and to 307p for Limousin crosses from Ramoan.

Aberdeen Angus crosses from Powflats, led the heifers at £1750 and 293p.

Dairy bullocks sold to 243p for a British Friesian from Tanhill.

Leading Prices

Bullocks – A-A – £1640, £1450 Powflats; £1580 Craigthorn; £1560 Tanhill; £1540 Sherifflatts. Lim X – £1550, £1430, £1260 Ramoan; £1250 Dovecot. BS – £1060 Burnfoot. BB – £1550, £1500 Sherifflatts.

Heifers – A-A – £1750, £1620, £1470, £1380 Powflats; £1350 Craigthorn; £1300 The Law. Hfd – £1410 The Law. Lim X – £1180 Powflats; £1130 Dovecot; £1010 Nether Balgray. Char X – £1550, £1450 Bonnington Mains; £1460, £1210 The Law. BS – £790 Burnfoot. Sim – £950 (xw) Raws. BB – £1420 Craigthorn; £960 High Garphar.

Dairy bullocks –Fries – £1390, £1180 Tanhill; £910 North Bankend. Hol – £1270 Craigthorn; £1090 Sherifflatts.