Stirling (Cally)

Beltex from R Gray, Craigmad, Falkirk, topped Caledonian Marts’ sale of 3412 store lambs selling at £131 .

Leading Prices

Lambs – Tex – £127 Blairlinnans; £125 Rhynaclach; £120 Kilt; £119 Blairlinnans; £118 Feall; £117 Kilt. Suff – £129 Balcachie; £120 Skeoch; £114 Bogside; £114 Balcachie. Mules – £116 Shankhead. Belt – £131 Craigmad; £119 Ballimore; £115 Bankhead; £112 Craigmad. Chev – £116 Ballard. BF –£70 Braes Farming; £63 Monachyle. Zwart – £91 Bankhead.

St Boswells

Texels from Reaveley Greens led at Harrison and Hetherington’s store lamb sale selling at £129.50.

Leading Prices

Lambs – Tex – £129.50, £123, £121 (x2), £117, £115 Reaveley Greens; £112 Crookham Dairy, Threeburnford. Suff – £125.50, £125, £124 (x2) Reaveley Greens; £114.50 Crookham Dairy.

Newton Stewart

Averages improved by £18 per head at Craig Wilson’s sale of 1324 store lambs, to level at £100.30.

Top price was £132 paid for a pen of 42 Suffolks from T McColm, Barncorkrie.

Leading Prices

Lambs – Belt – £116, £111, £110 Barholm Mains; £116 Kildarroch; £107 Holm. Chev Mule – £117, £102 Bardrochwood; £104 Barquhill. Chev – £104 Bardrochwood. DS – £122 Barholm Mains. Kerryhill – £105 Barholm Mains. Lleyn – £96, £89 Kiltersan. Mule – £104 Ardachie; £101 Bents; Barrhill; £98 Clugston. Suff – £132 Barncorkrie; £129, £115 Bardrochwood. Tex – £123, £106 Barnsladdie; £107 Holm; £103 Dirnow.

Lochboisdale

Suffolks from Alex Macinnes, Smerclate, Lochboisdale, secured the top price of £150 at United Auctions’ sale of 2635 lambs, which averaged £84.55 (+£12.72).

Leading Prices

Lambs – Suff X – Dunskellar House £138; Trumisgarry, Aird £137; Nunton £129; Smerclate £128; Bridgend £125; Garrynamonie £123; Trumisgarry, Sollas £120; Aird, North Lochboisdale £115; Milton £113; Failte £112; Kilphedar £111; Trumisgarry £110; Nunton, Smerclate, Drimore £109; Creagorry, Sandry, Creagorry £108; North Boisdale, Newton Ferry £107. Belt X – Rhughasinish £123, £106, £105, £100. Tex X – Stoneybridge £125; Eoligarry £120; Garrynamonie £113; Croit Na H-Aibhne £112; South Boisdale £110; Kildonan, Aird £104. Char – North Boisdale £107, £101. Chev – Dunskellar House £137; Trumisgarry £128; Nunton, Ionad Cheallaidh £120; Malaclate £115; Clachan Sands £112; Nunton £110; Saint Peters £109; Bridgend, Ionad Cheallaidh, Dunskellar House £107; Trumisgarry £105; Aird £103. Cross – Ionad Cheallaidh £116; Ormiclate £111; North Boisdale £99. Mule – Trumisgarry £98; Bridgend, Liniclate £90. Chev Mule – Croit Na H-Aibhne £121. BF – Kyles Flodda £93; Daliburgh £90; Sealladh Ard £88.

Lerwick

Shetland Livestock Marketing Group in conjunction with Aberdeen and Northern Marts’ opening store lamb sale peaked at £150 for Suffolks from I and P Johnson, Da Yard, Lochend. The sale of 1357 lambs averaged £99.82 (+£23.53 on the year).

Leading Prices

Lambs – Suff – £150 Da Yard, Lochend; £149 Lower House, Hillwell; £148 Bigton House, Bigton; £137 Lower House; £133 Boddam, Dunrossness; £130 Springbank, Twatt; £129 Gunnister, Uyeasound; £127 Da Yard, Lower House; £124 Setter, Fair Isle; £120 Bigton House, Gilbraes, Twatt, Vindas, Laxfirth; £119 Springbank, Twatt. Tex – £149 Setter; £146 Da Yard; £145 Findlins, Hillswick; £144 Skerryholm, Fair Isle, Lower House, Midhouse; £140 Findlins; £139 Burkle, Fair Isle; £136 Roadside, North Roe; £135 Berry, Scalloway; £130 Fairhaven, Exnaboe; £129 Roadside; £127 East Gate, Lower House, East Burrafirth. Chev – £121 Lower House; £116 Lower House; £100 Findlins; £99 Lower House.

Dalmally

United Auctions sold 2948 sheep of all classes, where lambs balanced out at £86.66 (+£11.21) or 290.23p per kg (+47.61p).

Texels topped the trade at £127 for David Livingstone, Achnacreemore, or to 345p

from Rhona Robinson, Homefield Croft, Colonsay.

Leading Prices

Lambs – Suff X – Drumclach Croft £109; Bunivullin £107; Fasgadh £105; Dalnafeidh, Dalmore £102. Tex X – Achnacreemore £127; Silvercraigs £123; St Clairliay £122; Cour £120; Iochdar £119; Mulroy Terrace, Achnacreemore £116; Craig £114; Lephinkill £112.50; Tigh Na Cille, Keilbeg £112; Dalmore £110.50; Blarmafoldach £108; Boorach Beg £107; St Clairliay £106. Chev – Cour £109, £98, £90; Blarour £87.50. Cross – Dalmore £114; Carie £113; Keilbeg £102; Ladyfield £99; Keilbeg £98.50. Mule – Dalmore £104; Couston £89; Leckuary £88. BF – Silvercriags £86.50; Ladyfield £80; Silvercraigs £77; Blarmafoldach, Benmore HF £75.

Stornoway

Suffolk crosses from Balallan, Lochs, topped Dingwall and Highland Marts’ sale of 3755 store lambs at £115 which averaged £62.89.

Leading Prices

Lambs – Suff X – Eordale, Ness £114, £103 Northton, Harris £110, £100; Coll, Back, £104; Lower Barvas £104. Tex X – Back, £98; Broadway View £92; Gravir £91; Sealladh A Chliseim £91. Belt X – Balallan £97. Mule – Park Barvas £82.

Dingwall

Some 10,671 store lambs came under the hammer at Dingwall and Highlands Marts’ annual sale, where trade reached £138 for Cheviot ewe lambs from White Bridge Cottage, Cawdor. Beltex cross lambs sold to £140 from Conval Street, Dufftown.

Uist consignors (1202) averaged £79.05 and peaked at £127 for Suffolk crosses from No 1 Clachan, Lochmaddy.

Leading Prices

Cheviot wedder lambs – Castle Grant Home, Grantown, £106, £99; Firth View, Spinningdale £104; Lynemore, Grantown, £101; Polly Estates, Ullapool £100; Ballindalloch Home Farms £100; Farlary, Rogart, £100; Midfearn Farms, £99; Uiginish, Dunvegan, £99, £96; Erchite, Dores £99; Balnacuile, Spinningdale £99; Proncy, Dornoch £99; Torgrianach, Ullapool £99; Kirkton, Melvich, £97; Long Acres, Strathpeffer £97 (x2).

Cheviot ewe lambs – Balnacuile £110, £92; Ashfield £104; Monkstadt £102; Wester Fearn £102; Sconser £100; Uiginish £98;.

Tex X lambs – Whitebridge Cottage £130, £116; Garguston £126; Gaich Farms £125, £113, £100; Cypress £124, £111, £102; Tomich £124, £111, £100; Achentoul, £123, £118, £111, £102; Mead Farms £122, £112,; Blackford £119; Glenavon £111; Silverwells £109; Holm £108; Glenbuchat Estate £107; Peinlich, £100; Feorlig £100. Belt X – Dulsie, Glenferness £131, £114, £113; Upperton, Glenurquhart £127; Conval Street £116; Garguston, Muir of Ord £111; Fodderletter Farms £110, £100; Drumancroy £105; Balmore, Bogallan £101. Suff X – Mead Farms £122, £119, £102; Gaich Farms £121; Silverwells £121; Glenavon £115, £107,; Balmacaan £114, £105; Proncy £114, £98; Achentoul £111; Fodderletter Farms £110, £103; Allanglach £110; Drumore £109; Davidson Croft £109; Balvullich £105; The Arr £105; Achue £105, £101; Tigh Cluaran £104; Holm, Stornoway £103, £100; Corslet £103, £101; Upper Birichen £101. Chev Mule – Tombreck £98; Creagliath £95; Carnoch £90. Mule – Balchraggan £103; Glenavon Estate £101; Gorthleck Mains £101; The Arr £94. BTL – Laurel Avenue, £118,. Char X – North Erradale, Gairloch £109; Corslet £99. Hamp – Balmacaan Road £114. Cross – Cypress £111; Corslet £100; Achentoul, Altass £100; Davidson Croft, Fodderty £100; Carn Raineach £99. Zwart – Eskdale House £100; Fodderletter £98. HB – Balvullich £94.

Tup and rig lambs – Suff X – Fodderletter £104; Holm £100; Upper Birichen £90. Zwart – Eskadale House £100. Belt X – Upperton, £100; Dulsie £95. Chev – Uiginish £98; Creagliath £98; Ballindalloch £97; Torgrianach £93; Polly Estate £92; Monkstadt £90. Tex X – Achtemerack £96; Gaich £94; Mead £94; Englishtonmuir £93.

Uist consigners – Suff X – Carinish, £123, £86; Rushgarry £122; Liniclate £120, £105, £85; Newton £119, £118, £90; No 1 Clachan £117; Liniclate £115; Templeside £114, £106; Bagh na Craoibhe £114; Sollas £109; Corunno Claddach £104; Rushgarry £102; Gramsdale £102; Middlequarter £102, (x2), £90; Rushgarry £90, £86; Claddach Illeray £89; Ahmore £89; Balranald £86. Tex X – Middlequarter £107; An Tigh Fiodh £95; Nunton Hill £89; Ahmore £86. Chev –Balranald £107; Liniclate £104; Liniclate £102; Ardnastruban £101; Clachan Sands £100; Liniclate £97; No 1 Clachan £96; Borve £95; Ahmore £95; Rushgarry £94; Fearn Brae £92; Strond £91; Templeside £91; Malaglate £90.

Caithness

North Country Cheviot ewe lambs from Balbeg, Mybster, secured the top price of £178 at Aberdeen and Northern Marts’ sale of 936 store lambs, which cashed in at £90.62.

Leading Prices

Lambs – Tex – Old Stirkoke £117; Valleyview £116; Lhaid Croft, Curlew £114; Achairn, Balbeg £113. Chev Mule – Upper Dounreay £112. Suff – Balbeg £110; Old Stirkoke, SwineyHill £109; Valleyview, Tacher £108; Valleyview, Curlew, East Murkle £100. NCC – West Catchery £108, £91; Landhallow £91. Chev – Strathtongue £94; Wattenon Croft, Keepers House £83; Tongue Mains £80. Mule – Netherside, Castletown £88.

Ewe lambs – Chev Mule – Upper Geise £145. Tex – Balbeg, Mybster £112. Chev – Tongue Mains £88; Wattenon Croft £87.

Penrith

Continental lambs from JE Bellas and Son, Croft Ends, topped Penrith and District Farmers Marts’ opening fortnightly sale of 1000 store lambs when selling for £138.

Leading Prices

Lambs – Cont – £138, £124, £106, Croft Ends; £115 Bank End Mill; £110, £108, £101, How Hill; £110 Thorneythwaite; £102 Sheild Hill Top. Tex – £128, £106 Thorneythwaite; £127, £101, £100 How Hill; £118, £112, £110 Dale Foot; £116, Chapel House. Belt – £125, £102 Bank End Mill. Mule – £114 The Old Forge; £107 Bank End Mill; £101 Mosedale End. Suff – £101 Thorneythwaite; £100 Far Bank End. Chev – £92, £80 Grandy Close; £85 Grasvegas.

Stirling UA

On Monday, United Auctions sold 7489 store lambs to a top of £136 on two occasions – for Texels from Old Manse, and for Beltex from Knowhead.

Averaged dropped on the week, with Suffolk crosses and Beltex crosses achieving £105.97 (-£2.49p) and £102.74 (-£1.25p); Texel crosses £100.71(- £6.58); Mules, £95.80 (-£1.78); Cheviot Mule and Cheviots cashed in at £87.17 (-£9.72) and Blackfaces levelled at £65.71 (-£8.54).

Leading Prices

Lambs – Tex – Old Manse £136; Weels £134.50; Netherside £133; Hangingshaw £131; Loaning £128. Belt – Knowhead £136; West Carbeth £121; Mains of Struie £117.50; Dreva £112. Char – Upper Auchenlay £134, £130. Suff – Harley Seeds £126; Whitehill £119.50; Saughland £118; Clachanton £117; Whitehill £117. Mule – Coxhill £123; Old Manse £120; Jaw £115.50. X – Dupplin £114; Newton of Logierait £110; Jaw £103.50; Over Easter Offerance £101. Cont – Oakfield £110; Tillyrie £94, £92; Scotstown £92; Clatto £91. BF – Glencorse £104; Tullochan £98; Clachanton £92; Dalmeny £87. Chev – Jaw £100; Woodlands £95; South Park £92. Chev Mule – Pinclanty £92; Knowhead £90.

Thainstone

On Tuesday, Aberdeen and Northern Marts sold 2573 store lambs to average £100.21 having sold to £130 for Suffolk ewe lambs from Castle Grant Home, Grantown on Spey.

Island consigned store lambs (669) averaged £106.90 and peaked at £119 for Suffolks from Nia-Roo, Gott, with the same breed topping the West island sheep (675) at £125 from Tigharry, North Uist, to balance out at £90.92.

Leading Prices

Store lambs – Tex – Meikle Maldron, Torphins £126. Suff – Cranna Bridge, Aberchider £124. Tex X – Drummond, Evanton £122. Suff X – Mains of Allanbuie, Keith £121. Down – Achvaich, Dornoch £121. Cont – Strathfern, Overbrae £120. Down X – Cranna Bridge £119. BFL – Cranna Bridge £116. Chev Mule – Castle Grant Home Farm £116. Cont X – Bruxie House, Mains of Bruxie £109. Chev – Netherthird, Rothienorman £108. GF – Crichie, Inverurie £100. Mule – Cranna Bridge £99.

Island consigned store lambs – Tex – Nia-Roo £116. Suf – Grunnins, Ollaberry £115. Suff X – Firva, Scousburgh £113. Tex X – Scatsa Brae £109. Chev – Nia-Roo £107. Down X – Grunnins £107. Cont – Arwick, Evie £104.

West island sheep: Suf – Balemore, Bayhead £121. Tex – Balemore, £120. Suff X – Hougharry and Ard An Runair, North Uist £119. Tex X – Knockline, Bayhead £118. Down – Bonnieview, Carnish £117. Down X – Tigharry £116. Cont – Bonnieview, Carnish £100. Chev – Claddach Kyles, North Uist £94. Chev X – Claddack, Kirkibost £92. Mule – Tigharry £89. BFL – Cairnish, North Uist £80.

Oban

Texel lambs from George Fleming, Oban Seil Croft led United Auctions’ sale of 2773 ewes and lambs, selling at £125. The sale averaged £79.53.

Leading Prices

Lambs – Suff X – Tangasdale £108; Mid £106; St Brendan Road £100; Kilbride £97; Balnagown Croft £94; Tangasdale, Balnagown Croft £92. Tex – Barcaldine HF £119; Park £118; Croft £117, £112; Park £109; Bailuacraich £105; Balnahard £103; Craigston £100; Kilbride £95; Balnagown, Bailuacraich £94.50. Chev – Borve £107; Borve £100; Tangasdale £92.50; Craigston £91; Grean £89; Kengharair £88.50. Cross – St Brendan Road £100, £98; Mid Farm £97; Fidden £92; Kilbride £91. Mule – Achalic £85; 237 Bruernish, St Brendan Road £80. Chev Mule – Cailaich £97. BF – Croft One £71.