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Bullocks (265) and heifers (192) averaged 294.22p per kg and 278.55p respectively at United Auctions' weekly store cattle sale.

Bullocks sold to 334.30p for a 353kg Limousin cross from Milrig, and to £1870 for a 548kg Aberdeen Angus cross from Easter Howgate.

A 474kg Charolais cross heifer realised 322.80p for Kincraigie, and to £1680 for a 602kg Limousin cross from Dairy House.

Charolais crosses from Kincraigie, led the young bulls (5) at 273.10p and £1280 for 454kg and 512kg entries respectively, to cash in at 244.44p.

Leading Prices

Bullocks – Sim – South Falfield £1925, £1850; Innerwick £1760, £1685; South Falfield £1620; Innerwick £1600. A-A – Easter Howgate £1870; Flenders £1860; Easter Howgate £1800; Mordington £1800, £1770; Moat Mains £1605; East Balscalloch £1580; Milrig £1500. Lim – Mordington £1770; Ardgate and Easter Howgate £1720; Lochend £1650; East Balscalloch £1650; Easter Howgate £1620; Milrig £1605; Kincraigie £1480; Greenwells £1430. Luing – Braidland £1720, £1415, £1260. Char – Milrig £1750; Ardgate £1650; East Balscalloch £1550; Milrig £1490; Kincraigie £1435. BS – Ardgate £1650; Kincraigie £1310; Cleuchhead £1205; Kincraigie £1120; Cleuchhead £1100; Braes of Grandtully £1070. Sal – East Balscalloch £1550. BB – Nether Craig £1480.

Heifers – Lim – Dairy House £1680; Easter Howgate £1630, £1630; Harestonhill £1580; Kincraigie £1405; Dairy House £1395; Harestonhill £1370. A-A – Dairy House £1635; East Balscalloch £1610; Shandon Wood £1580; Easter Howgate £1560; Shandon Wood £1520; Shandon Wood £1400; Blackburn and Dairy House £1280. Sim – East Balscalloch £1580; Kincraigie £1495; Harestonhill £1290. BB – Nether Craig £1555, £1470, £1320; Blackburn £1240. Char – Kaimhill £1605, £1530, £1410, £1400, £1340, £1300, £1220. Lui – Easter Howgate £1400, £1380.

Young bulls – Char – Kincraigie £1280, £1240. BS – Braes of Grandtully £1190, £1100.

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Carlisle

A strong entry of 525 store cattle were presented at Harrison and Hetherington's weekly sale having achieved an overall average of £1370.

Bullocks sold to £2000 on two occasions for a Limousin from Messrs Studholme , Ashview, Wigton and again for a Charolais from Messrs Fisher Lairdlaugh, Castle Douglas.

A Limousin from Messrs Grice, Newtown, Carlisle, led the heifer trade at £1980.

The weekly sale of weaned cattle, reached £1380 for Charolais and Limousin bullocks from Messrs Duff, The Laythes and Messrs Eve, Stubbsgill, respectively.

Limousin heifers sold to £1080 from Messrs Greenbank, The Faulds.

British Blues led the 276 calves, with a bull making £780 for Messrs Kirkpatrick, Howthat, and heifers to £605 from Messrs Bowes, Harbarrow.

Leading Prices

Store cattle – Steers – Lim – £1680, £2000, £1920 Ash View; £1980 Newtown; £1780, £1690 (x2) Campingholm; £1740 Westray; £1700, £1700 (x2) High House; £1680, £1680 (x2), £1660 (x4), £1620 (x3), Wood Head; £1620, £1580 Green; £1600 Stoneraise Place; £1560 Stubb Place. Char – £2000, £1980, £1920 Lairdlaugh; £1780 (x2), £1620,Cockleybank; £1680,Swordwellrigg. BB –£1800 Stone Flatts; £1780, £1680, £1660, £1660 (x2), £1630, £1580 Yew Tree; £1700 Wood Head; £1660, £1600 Sorrow Stones; £1630 Stone House; £1600 Bankend; £1560 (x2) Ellerslea. A-A – £1695 (x5), £1560 (x4) Newbampton; £1665 (x2), £1620 (x4), £1620 (x5), £1500 Stoneraise Place; £1650, £1570 Cockleybank; £1640 Glebe Steading; £1590 Limekilns; £1500 Haythwaite Lane. Sim – £1580, £1480 Wardpark; £1360 Parcelstown. Hfd – £1500 Burnside; £1280 (x2), £1180 (x3), £1100 (x2), Millisle; £1260 Ellerslea. HF – £1480 Hayclose; £1460 Stoneraise Place; £1400,Southerfield Hall; £1300 Cockleybank; £1200,Stubb Place. Fleck – £1420 Limekilns. Saler – £1400 Stoneraise Place. Fri – £1380 Burnside; £1220,Hayclose; £1200 Grain Head. BS – £1220 Hayclose.

Heifers – Lim – £1980, £1770, £1760 Newtown; £1820 Grange Grassing; £1740 Ash View; £1730, £1700 Town Head; £1720 (x2), Parcelstown; £1690, £1600 (x2) East Park; £1640 Westray; £1600, £1600 Shillafield; £1580, £1580 Smalmstown; £1570 Well Head; £1560, £1560 (x2) Sarkshields. Char – £1790, £1680 Cockleybank; £1460, £1460 (x2) Town Foot; £1440, £1400, £1440 Spout Bank. BB – £1770, £1560 Carleton Hill; £1590, £1440 Town Head;£1570, £1400 Smalmstown; £1530 Stoneraise Place; £1500, £1410 (x2) Gimmenbie; £1480 Wardpark; £1440, £1430 (x3) Sleightholme; £1420 (x2) Ellerslea. A-A – £1600 Westray; £1460 Limekilns; £1420 Heatheridge; £1410 Sorrow Stones; £1390 (x2) Cockleybank; £1380, £1350 Glebe Steading; £1370 (x3), £1340 Stoneraise Place; £1350 (x2) Prior Rigg. Fleck – £1450 Greengill; £1390,Stoneraise Place. Hfd – £1420, £1420 Smalmstown; £1400 Swordwellrigg. Saler – £1370 Stoneraise Place. Longhorn – £1360,Swordwellrigg. Sim – £1290 (x2) Prior Rigg; £1270 Smalmstown. Mont – £1110 Mouswald Grange.

Weaned cattle – Bulls – Char – £1380 (x2), £1330 (x3), £1270, £1200, £1190 (x2), £1150 The Laythes; £1100 The Square. Lim – £1380, £1200 Stubbsgill; £1250, £1230 Wardhall Guards; £1230 High Mansriggs. BB – £1000 The Laythes.

Steers – Lim – £1160, £1080 High Mansriggs; £1140 (x3) Hill; £1130 Douglas Square; £1100 Little Musgrave. BB – £1080, £960,(x3) St Margarets House; £1000, £900 Aldoth; £990 (x3) Douglas Square; £990 (x2), £970 Abbots Close. BS – £1000 (x2) Blue Gables. Char – £990 Ross.

Heifers – Lim – £1080 The Faulds; £990 Hill; £930 Ross. BB – £1010 St Margarets House. BS – £870 Ross. A-A – £860 (x2) Hillcrest; £800, £800 (x2) Main Street.

Calves – Bulls – BB – £780,Howthat; £650, £625 Harbarrow; £580,Waingate Head; £545 Knock Cross; £510, £500, £460, (x2) Thackwood; £500 The Buildings; £475 (x2) Wedholme Hill; £460, £460, £370 Meinside; £440 Scales; £400 Low Ploughlands. Lim – £650, £460, £455 Harbarrow; £495 Windy Hill; £485 The Faulds; £450 (x2) Bleaberry Rigg; £445 East Scales; £400 Stoneybrook. A-A – £555 Harbarrow; £530 Gaitsgill Hall; £515, £445 The Buildings; £460 Howthat; £445 (x4), £445, £440 Greigsland; £440 Evening Hill; £425, £425 Wedholme Hill; £420, £405 Wolsty Hall; £405 (x2) Woodside. Hfd – £535 Howthat; £485 Knockneen; £420 Gaitsgill Hall; £400 Moss Side. Sim – £520 Howthat; £430 Meinside. Char – £485, £485, £425, £410 Wolsty Hall.

Heifers – BB – £605 Harbarrow; £530, £450, £430 (x2) £355 Walby Hall; £480, £470 Thackwood; £460, £425, £350, (x2) Wedholme Hill; £400 (x3) Evening Hill; £370 (x2) Meinside. Lim – £585, £440, £430 Harbarrow; £440, £430,Howthat; £430 Windy Hill; £425 (x2) Bleaberry Rigg. A-A – £550 Blaiket Mains; £400, £400 Harbarrow. Hfd – £450 Howthat; £430 Moss Side. Char – £430 The Faulds; £410, £410 Wolsty Hall.


Ayr

Bullocks secured £1770 at Craig Wilson's sale of 329 store cattle, for an Aberdeen Angus off Glenlussa, whilst Limousin bullocks reached 340p per kg for Blackbyres.

Limousins from Hallrigg, led the heifers at £1770 and 350p.

On Tuesday, the firm sold 11 dairy cattle to a top of £2500 for a fresh calved Holstein Friesian heifer off Messrs Borland, Mossbog.

In calf heifers from Messrs Graham, North Biggart topped at £1180.

A monster show of 172 calves and stirks was forward, which was led by a Simmental cross heifer stirk at £1220 from Messrs McLelland, Knockshinnoch.

Bullocks made £1050 for Limousin crosses from Messrs Murdoch, Fleminghill.

Among the calves, it was a Limousin cross heifer from Messrs Parker, Auchenairney, that achieved £820, whilst a British Blue cross bull made £700 for Lynch Farms, East Brockloch.

Also forward was a small show of breeding cattle, which witnessed a Limousin heifer with a bull calf from Barleith, made £2750 twice.

Leading Prices

Bullocks – A-A – £1770 Glenlussa; £1710 Clevance; £1670, £1600 Quogach; £1590 Creechan Park; £1440 Clevance; £1430 North Two Mark; £1420 Townhead of Lambroughton. Lim – £1720 Quogach; £1500, £1410 Blackbyres; £1380 West Lochhead. Char – £1700 Glenlussa. BB – £1670 Ladyyard; £1650 Findlayston; £1560 Ladyyard; £1520 Kirkminnoch; £1500 Creechan Park; £1440 Crofthead. Luing – £1580 Pebblebank. BS – £1420, £1200 Knocknaib. Frie – £1470 Meikle Heateth; £1300, £1290 Park O’Barnaigh; £1290 Kersepark. Sim – £1350 Adamscroft; £1330 Drongan Mains; £1250 West Newton. Mont – £1210, £1200 North Two Mark.

Heifers – Lim – £1700, £1610 Hallrigg; £1550 Creagraineach; £1480 Adamscroft; £1350, £1320 Mid Skeog; £1340 Ballycurrie;£1320, £1300 Blackbyres. A-A – £1610 Clevance; £1360 Mid Skeog; £1340 Kirminnoch; £1230 North Two Mark. Char – £1580 Blackbyres; £1450 Mid Skeog; £1190 Auchenflower; £1100 West Enoch. Sim – £1520 Adamscroft; £1180 Drongan Mains. BB –£1460 Ladyyard; £1440 Crofthead; £1400, £1320 Creechan Parks; £1300 Kirminnoch and Kersepark. BS – £1330 Mid Skeog; £1310 Creagraineach, Arran Inrax; £1280 Quogach. Hfd – £1270, £1240 Mid Skeog.

Calves – Bull – BB X – £700 East Brockloch; £690 (x4) Merkland; £620 East Brockloch; £620 (x3) Low Barledziew; £580 Buistonhead; £520 Crofthead; £500 South Palmerston; £490 South Palmerston and Dunduff; £480 Croftfoot. A-A X – £650 (x2) Merkland; £580 (x5) Raith; £500 (x4) Raith; £350 (x2) Kirminnoch. Lim X – £500, £480 Cowdenmoor; £430 (x2) Burnbank and Bridgehouse; £400 Bridgehouse. Sim X – £500 Dunduff.

Heifer – Lim X – £820 Auchenairney; £550 Creagraineach; £450 Cowdonmoor. BB X – £600 (x5) Merkland; £570, £550 (x2), £540 (x2) Buistonhead; £530 (x3) Low Barledziew; £490 (x2), £480 (x2) South Palmerston; £460 Over Enoch; £440 Buistonhead. A-A X – £540 (x3) Merkland; £460 (x3), £440 (x6) Raith.

Stirks – Bullock – Lim X – £1050 Fleminghill. Black and White – £980 Garrockhill. Char X – £890 Lochhill.

Heifer – Sim X – £1220 Knockshinnoch. BS – £1190 Knocknaib. Lim – £1060 Fleminghill.

Breeding cattle – Bulls – Lincoln Red – 1600gns Drumbowie.

Heifers and calves – Lim – £2750 (x2) Barleith; £2300 Little Creoch. Sim – £2000 Bruntland. A-A – £1500 Muir. Hfd –£1520 Barnahill. BB – £1800 West Gatehead.

Cows and calves – Lim – £2200 Ballycurrie; £2050 Little Creoch. BB – £1450 Ballycurrie.

Bulling heifers – Lim – £1460, £1420, £1360, £1350 Craichmore; £1340 Drongan House.


Penrith

A smaller show of rearing calves and stirks was forward for Penrith and District Farmers' Marts' sale, having sold to £1100 for a British Blue heifer from NM Breaks, Church Stile, Clitheroe.

Calves topped at £550 for an Aberdeen Angus bull from R Dawson, Southwaite.

Leading Prices

Stirks – Heifer – BB – £1100 Church Stile; £900 Musgrave Hall; £735 (x6) Cairnbridge; £700 Hallrigg. Lim – £860, £850 (x2), £790 Musgrave Hall; £730 The Old Vicarage.

Bull – Sim – £860 Church Stile. Wagyu – £700, £670, £660 Cardew Hall. A-A – £660 (x3) Church Stile; £560 (x4) Doddick. Lim – £540 Doddick.

Calves – Bull – A-A – £550, £420, £240 Southwaite; £440, £425 Brackenburgh Home; £380, £290 Blunderfield East; £290 Wickerslack. BB – £470, £440, £430 (x2), £390 (x2), £340 Brackenburgh Home; £470, £415 Low Moor Dyke; £330 (x2), £295 (x2) Wickerslack; £295 Townhead; £285 (x2) Nether Colinhurst. Lim – £390 Clarks; £370 (x3) Cliburn Hall; £355, £335, £305 Skirwith Abbey. Hfd – £340 Townhead. Fleck – £310 Southwaite.

Heifer – A-A – £385 (x2) Southwaite; £275 Brackenburgh Home; £270 (x2) Blunderfield East. Lim – £370 (x3) Cliburn Hall; £295 (x2) Skirwith Abbey. BB – £365, £280 Cliburn Hall; £295, £280 Wickerslack; £285, £280, £270 Nether Colinhurst. Char – £310 The Bramery. Hfd – £270, £240 Nether Colinhurst.


Hexham

A small offering of store cattle sold to £1450 for an Aberdeen Angus cross heifer from Longshaws, at Hexham and Northern Marts' weekly sale.

Leading Prices

Store cattle – Heifers – Cattle 23-30months – A-A X – £1450, £1400, £1180 Longshaws. Cattle 17-22months – Lim X – £1040 Intake. Char X – £1230 Tenter House. Cattle 11-16months – Lim X – £1350, £1190, £1150 The Fawns. Char X – £1270 Tenter House. A-A X – £1090 Longshaws.


Stirling (Cally)

Bullocks and heifers cashed in at 284.67p per kg and 275.84p respectively at Caledonian Marts' store cattle sale.

Limousins led the bullock trade at 328p for A Colquhoun, Burnbrae, Gartocharn, and to £1590 for W Walker and Sons, Camregan, Girvan.

Heifers sold to 320p for Limousins from J and J Kinloch, Walton, Cardross, and to £1600 for a British Blue from DL Nelson, Cuttlehill, Crossgates.

Breeding cattle sold to £1720 for a Shorthorn cow and calf from Walker of Netherwood, whilst in-calf cows reached £1680 for a Simmental from D Cowey, Feddans.

Leading Prices

Bullocks – £1590 Camregan; £1520 Ardgate; £1510 Skeoch; £1500 Ardgate; £1450 Camregan.

Heifers – £1600, £1500 Cuttlehill; £1550, £1510, £1480, £1420 Camregan.


Dumfries

On Monday, C and D auctions held fortnightly sale of store cattle, where Charolais cross heifers led the way, having sold to £1580 for BM Ramsay, High Auchneel, and to 351.2p per kg for S Ewart and Son, Belridding.

Bullocks sold to £1520 for Aberdeen Angus crosses from FR Henderson and Son, Kirkbride and to 321.6p from RB Ferguson and Co, Killervan.

The best from JB Paterson and Co, Hartbush, led the bulls at £1560 and 321.6p.

The monthly sale of all classes of pigs was topped by pure Landrace light cutters selling at £80 per head for S Ewing, Sanquhar.

British Saddleback growers sold to £65 and Oxford Sandy Black weaners to £48.

Leading Prices

Bullocks – Lim – £1520 Kirkbride; £1440 (x2) Hartbush; £1380 Upper Moor. A-A – £1480 Kirkbride; £1460, £1400 Fardingjames; £1410 Whitecroft Mains; £1380 Backburn; £1380 Upper Moor; £1370 Highlaw. Wagu – £1480 Bleatchfield. Char – £1460 High Auchneel; £1400 Millhill. Sim – £1440 (x2) Hartbush. Fleck – £1400 Uppermoor. Longhorn – £1390 Backburn. BS – £1320 Uppermoor. Hols – £1270 Balnagleck. Frie – £1110 Balnagleck.

Heifers – Char – £1580, £1410, £1400 (x2) High Auchneel. Lim – £1510 Belridding; £1460 Newbarn. Simmental – £1430 Millhill, £1400 High Auchneel. A-A – £1420 High Auchneel; £1310 Highlaw. Norwegian Red – £1420 High Auchneel. BB – £1400 Upper Moor. Longhorn – £1180 Backburn.

Bulls – Sim – £1560 Hartbush. Lim – £1500 Hartbush.

Dairy cattle – Hols – £1343.20 Philgowan; £1290.50 Gamerigg.


Lanark

Bullocks and heifers averaged 296.1p per kg and 284.7p respectively at Lawrie and Symington's sale of 203 store cattle.

Bullocks sold to £1760 for a 604kg Limousin cross from Whitehill, and to 319.9p for a pair of 422kg Charolais crosses from Bonnington Mains.

A Limousin from Powflats, led the heifer trade at £1775 and 318p.

Dairy bullocks topped at £1260 or 218.8p for a 576kg Holstein from Craigthornhill, to average 204p.

Leading Prices

Bullocks – A-A – £1625 Lettrickhills; £1500 Newbyre; £1490 Craigthornhill; £1380 Laigh Cleughearn; £1360 Craighead; £1320, £1060 Skerrington Mains; £1280, £1090 Powflats. Hfd – £1140 Cockrig; £1130 North Bankhead. Lim X – £1760, £1750, £1550, £1520 Whitehill Gartcosh; £1560, £1480 Newbyre; £1490, £1440 Powflats. Char X – £1540, £1440 Lee Meadow; £1360, £1280 Sandilands; £1350 Bonnington Mains . BS – £1460, £1420, £1040 East Blacklaws; £1280 Lee Meadow; £1010 Midhill. Sim – £1580 Whitehill Gartcosh; £1540, £1280 Skerrington Mains. Blonde – £1440 Laigh Cleughearn. BB – £1580 Lettrickhills; £1370 Over Kypeside; £1250, £1110 (x2) Cockrig. BG – £900, £770 Eastfield. WSH – £800 East Hyndshawland.

Heifers – A-A – £1570, £1290, £1270, £1230 Skerrington Mains; £1520 Lettrickhills; £1490 Craigthornhill. Lim X – £1775, £1665, £1600, £1530 Whitehill Gartcosh; £1640, £1350 Powflats; £1430 Auchren; £1390 (x2) Powflats. Char X – £1350 Craighead; £1300 Bonnington Mains; £1260, £1250 Gibblaston; £1140 Sandilands; £900, £850 Mayfield. Char – £1260, £1250 Gibblaston. BS – £1460 Lee Meadow; £1120 Midhill. Sim – £1435, £1330, £1210 Skerrington Mains; £1400 Whitehill Gartcosh; £1260, £1250 Gibblaston. BB – £1490 Craigthornhill.

Dairy bullocks – Fries – £1150 Over Kypeside; £900 North Bankhead. Hol – £1260 Craigthornhill; £790 East Hyndshawland; £650, £640 Forrestfield. Ayr – £900 North Bankhead.