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Bullocks (199) and heifers (117) averaged 286.93p per kg and 270.74p respectively at United Auctions' weekly store cattle sale.

Charolais crosses from Ashfield, were in demand with a 480kg bullock realising 333.3p and a 382kg heifer making £1750.

Simmental crosses from Smeaton Shaw, led the per head sections at £1980 for a 780kg bullock, and to £1750 for a 686kg heifer.

Young bulls (9) averaged 248.40p and sold to 280.7p for a 652kg Simmental cross from Almont, and to £2020 for a 738kg Charolais cross from Falleninch.

LEADING prices

Bullocks – Sim – Smeaton Shaw £1980, £1800 (x2), £1790; Temples £1700; High Crewburn £1690, £1670; Ardgate £1530. Lim – Ardgate £1710; Lochend £1705; Cleddans £1680; Ardagte £1670, £1640, £1620; Cassindilly £1620,; High Crewburn £1570, £1500. A-A – Ardagte £1705; Bourtreebush £1580; Saughlands £1500; Gartentruach £1490; Saughland and Cleddans £1450. Char – Ardgate £1670, £1620; Ashfield £1600; Ardgate £1530; Cassindilly £1490; Ashfield £1400. Hfd – Saughland £1590, £1470, £1445, £1355, £1200. LR – Cleddans £1560. BS – Ardgate £1530; Lindsayston £1400; Cleddans £1380. BB – Drummuir £1440.

Heifers – Sim – Smeaton Shaw £1750; Temples £1700; Smeaton Shaw £1630; Temples £1605; Smeaton Shaw £1600. A-A – Temples £1580; Flenders £1540; West Park £1480; Kirkland and West Park £1440; Inverquharity £1340. STX – Braendam £1500, £1395. Cont – South Allan £1470. BB – Drummuir £1460. Lim – West Park £1410; Almont £1345; Kaimhill £1300. Char – Ashfield £1170. GA – Kirkland £1140.

Young bulls – Char – Falleninch £2020. Sim – Smeaton Shaw £1910; Almont £1830. BS – Mount Benger £1800. Hfd – Saughland £1360. A-A – Upper Star £1180; Bourtreebush £1090.

Breeding cattle – Lindertis – Herd average £2306 for 62 cows and calves – £3000, £2800 (x2), £2700, £2600 (x4), £2500 (x9).

Greenriggs – £1750 (x3), £900.

High Crewburn – £3300.

Carlisle

An overall average of £1460 was achieved for store cattle at Harrison and Hetherington's weekly sale, with 54 selling above £1700.

Trade peaked at £2080 for Charolais cross bullocks from Messrs Moir, Home Farm, Caithness, whilst Limousin cross heifers reached £2000 from Messrs Grice, Newtown, Carlisle.

Simmental bulls from Messrs Fairhurst, Bank End, topped the weaned cattle at £1960.

British Blue bullocks hit £1330 from Messrs Hill, Wolsty, while Limousin heifers sold to £1390 from Messrs Wharton, Highfield.

The weekly sale of 380 calves sold to £690 for a Charolais bull calf from Messrs Bunting Midtown.

Heifers reached £520 on two occasions, firstly for British Blues from Messrs Dun, Jeanfield, and again for Aberdeen Angus from Connel Farms, East Drummodie.

LEADING prices

Store cattle – Steers – Char – £2080, £2000, £1900, £1790 (x2), £1700 (x7) Moir Livestock; £1860 (x4), £1860 (x2), £1730, £1600 (x5) Smalmstown; £1780, £1690 (x4), £1620, £1610 (x2) Newbampton; £1700 (x2) Spout Bank. Lim – £1950, £1940 (x2), £1900 (x2), £1780, £1700 Ratlinggate; £1890 Ash View; £1860, £1800 Newtown; £1860 Prospect House; £1840, £1780, £1620 Moir Livestock; £1700, £1660, £1600 Smalmstown; £1600 Prior Rigg. BB – £1900 Crown Point; £1740 Sandbed; £1700, £1600 (x2), £1580 Stone House; £1690 Barton Dale; £1690, £1680 New Bampton; £1640, £1600 (x4) Grassings; £1640 Kirtlebank; £1600 (x2) Park House; £1600 (x2), £1590 (x2) Ellerslea; £1590 Red Hall; £1570 (x2) Flimby Hall; £1560 Southerfield Hall. Fleck – £1870 Crown Point; £1640 Broom. BS – £1840 Brisco Hall; £1650 (x2) West End. Sim – £1790, £1780 Brisco Hall. A-A – £1780, £1720, £1650, £1570, £1540, £1520 Milton; £1640 Rottington Hall; £1600 Kirtlebank; £1570 Limekilns; £1550 (x4) Grassings; £1540 Newbampton; £1530 Town Head; £1500 Brisco Hall. Hfd – £1680 Westray; £1480 Red Hall. Saler – £1400 Broom. Fri – £1390 (x2) Fordlands. HF – £1390 Bulls Head.

Heifers – Lim – £2000, £1700 Newtown; £1980, £1800 Ash View; £1870 Crown Point View; £1680 Smalmstown; £1660, £1560 (x2) Fauldingcleuch; £1610 Westray; £1470 Fawcettlees; £1440 Westray; £1430 Kelsick House. Sim – £1900, £1580 Smalmstown. Char – £1810 Town Head; £1730 Crown Point; £1700, £1480 (x2), £1400 Smalmstown; £1700 Fauldingcleugh; £1500 Boreland. BB – £1760 (x3), £1550 (x2), £1540 (x3) Thistledown; £1690, £1630, £1490 Ellerslea; £1630, £1520 Town Head; £1600 Park House; £1600 Westray; £1570 Stonewalls; £1500 Sandbed; £1500 Lawrence Holme; £1490 Kirtlebank; £1460 Old Silloth; £1450 (x4) Park House; £1440 Bulls Head. A-A – £1680 Westray; £1620 (x2), £1490 (x2) Campingholm; £1420 (x2) Prior Rigg. Hfd – £1320 Lawrence Holme. Saler – £1300 Fauldingcleugh; £1300 Broom.

Weaned cattle – Bulls – Sim – £1960, £1940, £1920, £1860, £1720 (x2), £1400 (x3), £1350 (x2) Bank End; £1390, £1280, £1180 Drumflower. Lim – £1580 Wintershields; £1560, £1540, £1500, £1480, £1440, £1430 Church Road; £1430 Wyseby Hill Cottage; £1340, £1250 Lower Griseburn; £1270 Wintershield; £1220 Wallhead. Char – £1540, £1440 (x2), £1410 (x2), £1380, £1240 (x3), £1180 (x2) The Laythes; £1190 Barnbackle. Blonde – £1510 (x2) Oulton Hall. BB – £1460 (x2) Wintershield; £1100 High House. A-A – £1230 (x2) Drumflower.

Heifers – Lim – £1390, £1370, £1300, £1240, £1140, £1130, £1100 Highfield; £1250 Stamp Hill; £1200 (x2), £1140 (x3), £1100 (x3) Duncrahill Farm House; £1130 Park View. Hfd – £1350 The Height. BB – £1340 Cooper House; £1140 (x3), £1100 (x2). Char – £1110 Pasture House. A-A – £1140 Highfield; £1120 (x3) Wolsty.

Steers – BB – £1330, £1290, £1200 (x2) Wolsty; £1210, £1080 (x4) Cranberry; £1190 Pasture House. Lim – £1300, £1290 Pasture House; £1130 Mid Bishopton; £1100 Kirkland Farm; £1100 (x2) Fauldingcleugh. A-A – £1140 (x3) High Plains. Mont – £1120 Roseleigh.

Calves – Bulls – A-A – £590, £585, £580, £555, £540, £525, £510 (x2), £500 (x2) East Drummodie; £530 Groundy Croft; £475 West House; £470 Smalmstown; £460 Greengatehouse; £450 Park House; £440 Jeanfield. BB – £570, £535, £495, £485 Dormanstead; £515 Moor Park; £510, £500, £495, £480 Jeanfield; £470, £445, £440 (x2) Thackwood; £460 Meinbank; £450 Woodhouses; £440 (x2) Whitehills. Mont – £495, £240 Moor Park; £320 Panlands. Lim – £475 Greengatehouse; £455 Hazel Head; £440, £370 Moor Park; £435 (x3) Cobble Hall Barn; £415, £400 Bleaberry Rigg; £415, £405 Boggle Hall; £400, £385, £375, £290 Stoneybrook; £390 Howthat; £380 Beyond the Moss. HF – £470 Smalmstown; £335 (x2) Knockshiffnock; £335 Jeanfield. Sim – £445, £385 Whitehills; £440 Hazel Head; £395 (x2), £390, £350 Meinside; £380 Howthat. Hfd – £420 (x2), £350 Park House; £390, £340, £250 Howthat; £215 (x2) Cairnhead. Hols – £370, £295 (x2), £275 Home. Fleck – £280 (x2), £260 (x3), £225 (x2), £210 (x2) £200 Threapland Lees. Char –£690 Midtown; £600 East Drummodie; £300 Low House.

Heifers – Char – £670 Midtown. A-A – £520 East Drummodie; £410 Jeanfield; £370 (x2) Knockshiffnock; £360 West House; £340 Wheelbirks; £320, £285 Burton House; £310, £290 Gaitsgill Hall. BB – £520, £500 (x2), £465, £450 Jeanfield; £450 Park House; £440 Monks House; £435 Thackwood; £430 (x2) Meinside; £420 Woodclose; £420 Hazel Head; £420, £415, £410 (x3) West House. Lim – £470 Midtown; £410, £375, £340 Howthat; £410 Hazel Head; £380, £350 Stoneybrook; £375 (x2) Bleaberry Rigg; £360 Woodhouses; £350 Greengatehouse; £330 East Scales. Hfd – £400 (x2) Park House; £340 (x2) Gaitsgill Hall; £340, £330, £290 Howthat. BS – £315 Whitehills.

Ayr

Craig Wilson Limited sold 347 store cattle to a top of £1720 for a Limousin cross heifer from Laura Purdie, Ravenscroft, and to 354p per kg for more of the same from Messrs Burns, Glenside, Kirkmichael.

Bullocks peaked at £1710 for an Aberdeen Angus cross off Messrs Speirs, Clevance, and to 326p for a Limousin cross from Messrs Jamieson, Lochnaw Home.

On Tuesday, the firm sold seven dairy cattle to a top of £2000 for a fresh calved Holstein Friesian heifer from Messrs Chalmers, Muirlaught.

Stirks peaked at £1020 for a bull off Messrs Mathewson, Thorn Farm.

British Blue crosses from Messrs Stevenson, Drumsuie, led the calf trade, with bulls and heifers making £700 and £600 respectively.

LEADING prices

Store cattle – Bullocks – A-A X – £1710 Clevance; £1700 Fore Rogerton and Clevance; £1550 Mackailston and Bridgend; £1490 Mackailston; £1480 Bridgend and Pirleyhill; ££1460 Killantringan; £1420 Pirleyhill; £1410 Blackbyres and Benston. Lim X – £1690 Barmickhill; £1630 Adamscroft; £1580 Drongan House and Blackbyres; £1500 Bridgend; £1460 Adamscroft. Sim – £1680 Knocknaib; £1660 Adamscroft; £1640 Bridgend; £1540 Adamscroft. BS – £1650, £1580 Knocknaib. BB X – £1650 Fore Rogerton; £1570 Bridgend; £1520 Bogwood; £1510 High Boreland; £1500 Drongan House and Blackbyres; £1430 Lindsayston. Hfd X – £1460 Benston. Fleck – £1140, £1100 Glaik. Black and White – £1410 Lochnaw Home; £1250 Turnerhill; £1200, £1120 Lochnaw Home.

Heifers – Lim X – £1720 Ravenscroft; £1680 Glenside; £1460 Glenside; £1440 Bridgend. Sim X – £1670 Adamscroft; £1420 Bridgend. A-A – £1650, £1560 Pirleyhill; £1520 Slatehole; £1480 Turnerhill and Pirleyhill; £1460 Faulds; £1450, £1440 Benston; £1430 Mackailston; £1420 Pirleyhill; £1400 Killantringan. BB X – £1570 Bridgend; £1350 South Two Mark; £1300 High Boreland. Char X – £1450 Bougang; £1360 Shutterflat; £1320 Bougang. Hfd X – £1380 Faulds.

Calves – Bull – BB X – £700 (x2), £670 Drumsuie; £530 Bowes; £480 Newlands; £380 Cochno. Sim X – £620 Kaimhill. Lim X – £570, £560, £520 High Park; £450 Ballycurrie; £440 Newlands. Saler X – £510 Wee Carleton. Char X – £490 Ashmark. Hfd X – £470, £390 Bowes; £380 Broadhead.

Heifer – BB X – £600 (x2), £580 Drumsuie; £480 Newlands; £470 Cochno. Lim X – £600 (x2) Drumsuie. Hfd X – £560 Cochno; £420 Bowes. A-A X – £490 Hoodsyard; £450 (x4) Hoodsyard; £410 Kaimhill and High Weirston. Saler X – £360 Wee Carleton.

Penrith

A Hereford bull stirk from JJ Henderson and Son, Park House, led Penrith and District Farmers’ fortnightly sale when selling for £790.

Limousin heifer stirks peaked at £720 for Burtree Ford and to £705 for Aberdeen Angus bullocks from Cairnbridge.

Calves topped at £590 for a Limousin cross bull from DW Mallinson, Lodge, whilst heifers realised £515 for Limousins from Lodge Farm.

LEADING prices

Stirks – Bull – Hfd – £790, £660, £630 Park House. Lim – £780 (x2) Burtree Ford. BB – £760, £660, £620 Threapthwaite; £650, £570 Park House; £510 Cliburn Hall. A-A – £620 (x2) Park House.

Heifer – Lim – £720 Burtree Ford; £495, £450 (x2) Cliburn Hall. A-A – £650 (x9) Cairnbridge; £625 (x4), £530 (x2) Low Thornley. BB – £550 Low Thorn.

Bullock – A-A – £705 (x14) Cairnbridge; £670 (x5), £570 Low Thornley. BB – £700 (x3), £640 (x2) Low Thornley.

Calves – Heifer – Lim – £515, £430 Lodge; £350 High Barn; £330 Skirwith Abbey. BB – £460 (x2) Brackenburgh Home; £390 Threapthwaite; £360, £350 Skirwith Abbey; £350 Park House. Blonde – £440 The Harras. Sim – £410 Bank View. Char – £380 The Bramery; £330 Yanwath Woodhouse. A-A – £345, £310 Blunderfield East; £310 Brackenburgh Home; £280 The Bramery; £225 (x3) Wickerslack. Saler – £300 Blunderfield East.

Bull – Lim – £590, £560, £550, £480, £445 Lodge; £550, £405 Skirwith Abbey. BB – £560 Brackenburgh Home; £470 (x2), £410 Park House; £460 (x2), £450, £400 Blunderfield East; £450 (x2), £410 (x3) Threapthwaite. Black and White – £490, £440 (x3) Auldby; £355 Park House; £350, £270, £230 (x2) Town Head; £300, £290 (x2), £240 The Harras; £280 (x6) The Elephant; £250 Bank View; £245, £230 Skirwith Abbey. A-A – £480 The Harras; £440 Threapthwaite; £410, £400 Brackenburgh Home. Char – £450 The Bramery; £440 Yanwath Woodhouse. Hfd – £440 (x2), £415, £390 Nether Colinhurst.

Huntly

Bullocks led the proceedings at Untied Auctions' sale of store cattle, having sold to 300p per kg for a 433kg Limousin cross from Braeside of Fortrie, Rora, and to £1520 for a Salers cross from Braeside of Fortrie, Rora.

Heifers sold to 250p and £950 for a 380kg Aberdeen Angus cross from Blairdinnie, Rhynie.

LEADING prices

Bullocks – 351-400kg – £1190, 298p Meikle Cantly, Grange. 401-450kgs – £1320, 299p Braeside of Fortrie, Rora. 451-500kgs – £1400, 298p Braeside of Fortrie, Rora. 501-551kgs – £1520, 292p Braeside of Fortrie, Rora.

Heifers – 351-400kgs – £950, 250p Blairdinnie, Rhynie.

Stirling (Cally)

Bullocks and heifers averaged 281.35p per kg and 267.96p respectively at Caledonian marts' store cattle sale.

Aberdeen Angus led the bullocks at 328p for T and W Stoddart, Garelwood,and to £1630 for R Brewster, Broom.

Heifers sold to 334p for Limousins from Broich Home Farm, Stirlingshire, and to £1490 for an Aberdeen Angus from Yonderton, Maybole.

LEADING prices

Bullocks – £1630, £1500, £1440 Broom; £1630, £1600 Yonderton; £1500 Back of Moss; £1490 Ardgate.

Heifers – £1490, £1400 Yonderton; £1440, £1380 Back of Moss; £1370 Cowdens; £1350 Spindleside.

Dumfries

Limousin cross bullocks achieved the top prices of £1590 and 321.2p per kg at C and D Auctions' fortnightly sale of store cattle for S Ewart and Son, Belridding.

Charolais cross heifers from D and G McClanachan, Millhill, attained £1430 and 333p.

LEADING prices

Bullocks – Lim – £1590 Belridding; £1380, £1300 Upper Moor; £1360 Herries; £1340 Belridding; £1310, £1300 Seafield. Mont – £1430, £1360, £1340 Shenrick. A-A – £1400 High Auchneel; £1380 Auchencrieff; £1380 Gamerigg; £1370 Auld Mills; £1310, £100 Clonhie; £1300 Seafield. BB – £1350 Upper Moor; £1280 Herries Farms. Char – £1340, £1300 West Lanegate. Sim – £1320 Herries; £1260 Clonhie. Fleck – £1300 Upper Moor. Saler – £1290 Herries Farms.

Heifers – Char – £1430 Millhill. Sim – £1340 Millhill. Lim – £1400, £1300 Belridding; £1300 Cormaddie. A-A – £1390, £1360, £1310 High Auchneel; £1290 Cormaddie; £1280 Auld Mills; £1280 Upper Moor. BB – £1380, £1270 Upper Moor.

Hexham

Charolais cross bullocks from James Herdman, Edlingham Newtown, Alnwick, led Hexham and Northern marts' weekly sale of store cattle, at £1860.

Limousin crosses from Messrs Dixon, Middle Heads, topped the heifer trade at £1760.

Also forward were 1509 store lambs which averaged £111.16, up £18.36 on the same sale last year.

Topping the sale at £156 was a trio of Texel cross lambs from O Harrison, Aimshaugh.

LEADING prices

Steers – Cattle 23-30months – Lim X – £1780, £1770, £1760, £1640 Make-Me-Rich. A-A X – £1600 Longshaws; £1510 Little Harle; £1360 Ravensworth Grange (x2). Luing – £1600, £1490, £1480, £1440 Blackcarts. Blue Grey – £1500 Cartington. Gall – £1340 Cartington. Hfd X – £1300 North Shotton. Cattle 17-22months – Lim X – £1580 Kingside; £1560 Edlingham Newtown; £1400 Little Harle. Char X – £1860 (x2), £1840 Edlingham Newtown. BB X – £1480 Greyside. A-A X – £1830 Edlingham Newtown; £1460 Warden Law. Cattle 11-16months – Lim X – £1630, £1590, £1500 (x2), £1450 Greyside; £1440 Low Staples and Greyside; £1400 Greyside. A-A X – £1420 Longshaws. Luing – £900, £840 Brinkburnhope.

Heifers – Cattle 23-30months – Lim X – £1440 Low Hall; £1430 Make-Me-Rich; £1420 Low Hall. Char X – £1540 Little Harle;£1530 Make-Me-Rich. Hfd X – £1260 China Hall. Cattle 17-22months – Lim X – £1760 Middle Heads; £1570 Kingside; £1540, £1480, £1300 (x2) Make-Me-Rich. Char X – £1680, £1650, £1540, £1530, £1420 Edlingham Newtown. BB X – £1310 North Shotton. A-A X – £1380 Warden Law. Cattle 11-16months – Lim X – £1720 Brownsleazes; £1690 Greyside; £1650 Brownsleazes; £1500 Middle Heads; £1490 Low Staples; £1440 Middle Heads. Char X – £1640 Edlingham Newtown. Blonde X – £1700, £1560, £1550 Brownsleazes. A-A X – £1400 Greyside.

Store lambs – Tex X – £156 Aimshaugh; £142 West Bolton; £141 Buskin; £133 Stonehall; £132 Snitter; £130 Aimshaugh and Wittonshields; £129 Errington and Snitter; £127 Errington; £126 Westwood; £125 Wingates Moor and Aimshaugh; £124 Aimshaugh; Lee Hall and Waite; £123 Aimshaugh, Wittonshields and Swarland Old Hall; £122 West Bolton and Errington; £121 Stonehall; £120 Errington and Swarland Old Hall. Suff X – £145, £141 Buskin; £140 Linkshead; £131 Wingates Moor; £130 Hownsgill. Belt X – £119, £117 Hownsgill. DS – £120, £119 Wallhouses. Mule – £112 Penpeugh.

Lanark

Limousin cross bullocks from I Tennant, Oldhill, led Lawrie and Symington's sale of 326 store cattle, when selling to £1760 for a pair of 598kg and to 322p for a pen of three scaling 413kg, with bullocks cashing in at 286.4p.

Heifers peaked at £1660 for a 620kg Hereford from W and J Boyd, Dechmont, and to 315.7p for a pair of 472kg Limousins from J and J Dunn, Corramore, to level at 264.6p.

Dairy bullocks topped at £1350 for a 554kg Holstein Friesian from J and AJ Smith, Drumalea, and to 252.8p for five British Friesians scaling 451kg from JB Taylor and Sons, Blackburn Mains, to average 226p.

LEADING prices

Bullocks – A-A – £1640 Dechmont and Gatehead; £1620, £1570 Gatehead; £1560, £1510, £1400, £1360 Drumalea; £1350 Craighead; £1300 High Crewburn. Hfd – £1580 Dechmont; £1530, £1445, £1280 North Brackenridge. BG – £1660 Letham. Lim – £1690 Nethertown. Luing – £1280 Woodlands. Lim X – £1760 Oldhill; £1660 Corramore; £1650 Oldhill; £1620, £1550 Corramore; £1550 Gatehead; £1520 Corramore; £1500 Letham; £1470 High Crewburn. Char X – £1580 Gatehead; £1380 The Dyke; £1350 Bonnington Mains; £1320 The Dyke and Bonnington Mains; £1290 High Crewburn; £1280, £1190 Craighead. BS – £1240 Midhill. Sim – £1440 High Crewburn; £1260 Woodlands; £1250, £1230, £1170, £1100 South Common; £1070, £1000 Woodlands. BB – £1400, £1260, £1250 Drumalea; £1200 Stonebyres Mains.

Heifers – A-A – £1470 Faulds; £1450 Nethertown; £1400 Drumalea and Faulds; £1370, £1310, £1240, £1180 Drumalea; £1110 Kilburn. Hfd – £1660 Dechmont; £1400 Faulds. Lim – £1490 Corramore. Lim X – £1560, £1500, £1470 Corramore; £1180 South Common. Char X – £1390, £1340 Bonnington Mains; £990 Burnfoot. BS – £1100 Burnfoot; £1070 Midhill. Sim – £1470 Hartfield; £1440 East Crookedstone; £1190 Woodlands; £1130 Mid Auchengray; £1050 Woodlands. BB – £1400, £1310 Drumalea; £1200 Stonebyres Mains; £1180 Drumalea; £1100 Dechmont.

Dairy bullocks – Mont – £1380 Nethertown. Fries – £1140 Blackburn Mains; £1100 South Common; £990 Blackburn Mains; £970 North Bankend; £810 Letham. Hol – £1350 Drumalea; £1130 Letham; £1000 East Gartmillan and Kilburn.