Lawrie & Symington Ltd
Lanark Agricultural Centre
Monday 23rd October 2023
Cattle prime stock report
On Monday 23rd October 2023 Lawrie and Symington Ltd had forward 232 cattle comprising of 52 bullocks and heifers, 121 cast cows and 59 calves and stirks.
Limousin heifers sold to 350p/pk from Messrs Dickinson, Brockwoodlees Farm, Canonbie to Cairns Butchers, Law or to £2131 from Messrs Dickinson, Brockwoodlees Farm, Canonbie.
Limousin bullocks sold to 342p/pk from Messrs Wainwright, Todhall Farm, Cupar to Hastie Butchers, Markinch or to £2089 from Messrs Wilson, Carskerdo Farm, Cupar to Hugh Black Butchers, Lanark.
Beef cows sold to £1610 per head from Messrs Wainwright, Todhall Farm, Cupar or to 236p/pk from JM Livestock, Roan Farm, Maybole.
Dairy cows sold to £1230 per head from Messrs Bryson, Dykehead Farm, Lesmahagow or to 158p/pk form Messrs Armstrong, South Brackenridge, Lesmahagow.
Beef Heifers per head
£2131, £2070, £2066, £2051 Brockwoodlees
£1996 Walkerdyke
£1843 Howburn
£1683 Fauldingcleugh
Beef Heifers per kilo
350p, 340p (twice) Brockwoodlees
328p Howburn
325p Fauldingcleugh
322p Walkerdyke
Beef Bullocks per head
£2089 Carskerdo
£1990 Todhall
Beef Bullocks per kilo
342p Todhall
302p Carskerdo
298p Fauldingcleugh
Dairy Bullocks & Heifers per head
£1696 West Backs
£1333 Netherholm
£1328 Over Dalserf
£1305 Machrihanish
Dairy Bullocks & Heifers per kilo
258p West Backs
250p Machrihanish
215p Over Dalserf
Beef cows per head
Lim – £1600 Carramore
£1590 Townhead
£1300 Corsebank
AA – £1580 Todhall
£1510 Townhead
£1510 Scotstounbank
Sim – £1610 Todhall
£1470 Roberton Mains
BB – £1490 Haughhead
Cont – £1530 Birkenhead
BSH – £1010 Cleugh
Sal – £1210 Scotstounbank
£1030 Lawhead
Her – £1530 Roan
£1530 Todhall
Beef cows per kilo
Lim – 223p Corramore
181p Todhall
181p Townhead
AA – 197p Todhall
185p Scotstounbank
Sim – 190p Todhall
160p Overcairn
Her – 192p Todhall
BB – 181p Haughhead
Sal – 156p Lawhead
Her – 236p Roan
Dairy cows per head
Fr – £1030 South Brackenridge
Hol – £1230 Dykehead
£1150 Harelaw
£1100 Carskerdo
Dairy cows per kilo
Fr – 158p South Brackenridge
140p Auchmeddan
Ayr – 138p Newlands
Hol – 145p Dykehead
135p Carskerdo
131p Harelaw
115p Loanfoot
Cast bulls per head
£2070 Lochurd
Cast bulls per kilo
170p Burnhead
Calves and Stirks
Lawrie and Symington Ltd had forward 59 stirks and young calves at their fortnightly sale. The sale topped at £700 for a Lim x BSH off of Messrs TH Gray & Sons, Highflat Farm, Carmunnock. With a full ringside of buyers, all classes were in demand.
Stirks
Bullocks
AA – £530 & £460 Nether Skellyhill
BB x – £480 Loanfoot
Fries – £410 & £390 Nether Skellyhill
Lim x – £700 Highflat, £550 Turdees
BB – £500 Loanfoot, £495 Machrihanish, £470 Loanfoot, £460 Machrihanish
Heifers
AA x – £520, £480 & £450 Nether Skellyhill
Lim – £410 Loanfoot
Lim x – £680, £570 & £560 Turdees, £470 Over Kypeside
BB – £470 Machrihanish, £460 Loanfoot, £450 Over Kypeside, £440 Loanfoot
Calves on Milk
Bullock
BB – £390 Machrihanish, £360 Loanfoot
Her – £330 (Twice) Swaites
Hol – £60 Loanfoot
FR – £190 Nether Skellyhill
AYR – £75 Swaites
Heifer
Her – £280 Swaites
Lim – £290 Loanfoot
Lim x – £350 Byretown
BB – £390 Machrihanish, £380 Loanfoot
Sheep prime stock report
On Monday 23rd October 2023 Lawrie and Symington Ltd sold 5120 Lambs and 1970 Cast Ewes and Rams through Lanark.
Lambs
Another massive show of 5120 prime lambs again saw a good selling trade but a lot more weight on offer from 47kg plus. Export and heavy weight lambs short in number.
Average up 35p on year (222p – 2022)
The sale topped at £162 per head for Texels from Messrs J Warnock, Sandilands Farm, Lanark and to 306p/kg for Beltex from Messrs D & W Paterson, Wintermuir Farm, Biggar.
Overall Average 257pp/kg (SQQ 257p/kg)
25.5-32kg
Per Head
BEL – £75 Burnfoot
CHAR – £96 Laigh Cleughearn
CHE – £40 Watermeetings
X – £55
Per Kilo
BEL – 234p Burnfoot
CHAR – 300 Laigh Cleughearn
CHE – 142p Watermeetings
X – 196 Hillhouse
32.1-39kg
Per Head
TEX – £105 Bogend, £102 Carlophill & Eastfield, £100 Mid Tulloch & Heatheryhall, £99 Carlophill, £98 Mid Tulloch & Westtown
BEL – £102 Carco
BF – £97 Knock, £92 Sweetshawhead, £91 Carco, £90 Hartside, £86 Dalwyne, £84 East Burnhead, £74 Hazlieburn, £72 Sweetshawhead, £70 Dalwyne, £60 East Burnhead
SUF – £97 Hartfield, £90 Yeldabrek, £83 High Cleughearn
CHAR – £100 Yeldabrek, £88 Turdees
CHE – £98 Yeldabrek, £96 & £95 Heatheryhall, £94 Stobo Home
CHM – £89 Spittal
X – £93 Wolfcrooks, £88 Hillhouse, £83 Newlands, £75 Dalwyne, £72 Newlands
ROM – £80 Hillhouse
WELSH – £84 Allanton
Per Kilo
TEX – 283p Bogend, 275p, 268p & 267p Carlophill, 263p Mid Tulloch, 261p Barglachan, Holehouse & Eastfield, 259p Hartfield
BEL – 268p Carco
BF – 252p Carco, 248p Knock, 245p Dalwyne, 242p Sweetshawhead, 230p Hartside, 215p East Burnhead, 211p Sweetshawhead, 205p Dalwyne & Hazlieburn, 176p East Burnhead
SUF – 255p Hartfield, 244p High Cleughearn, 243p Yeldabrek
CHAR – 256p Yeldabrek, 244p Turdees
CHE – 257p Yeldabrek, 256p & 252p Heatheryhall, 247p Stobo Home
CHM – 247p Spittal
X – 244p Wolfcrooks & Hillhouse, 218p Newlands, 208p Dalwyne, 200p Newlands
ROM – 210p Hillhouse
WELSH – 247p Allanton
39.1-45.5kg
Per Head
TEX – £127 Lawhead, £126 Cloverhill, £124 Toftcombs, £122 March, £121 East Law, Sunnyside, Nether Abington, Dykehead & Allanton
BEL – £135 Wintermuir, £125 Toftcombs & Muirhouse, £120 Carco, Mid Brockloch & Oldhill, £119 Muirhouse, £118 Gilmeadowland, £117 West Torphin
BF – £104 Thethwaite, £100 Upper Wellwood, £97 Boat, £96 & £92 Whelphill, £90 Birthwood & Knock, £89 Carco & Hartside
SUF – £122 Kailzie Mains, £118 Rutherend, £115 Eastshield, £113 Yeldabrek & Howford, £110 Greenlaw, £109 Muldron, Chapelhill & Mid Brockloch
CHAR – £120 Lower Daviesdykes, £110 Altarstone & Laigh Cleughearn, £105 Mid Brockloch, £100 Westtown & Yeldabrek
CHE – £119 East law, £117 Sornfallow, £116 Wolfcrooks, £112 Nettlingflat & Yeldabrek, £109 Boat, Boghouse & Yeldabrek, £107 Auchencorth, £105 Allanton
CHM – £110 & £95 Stobo Home
SM – £105 Newmains Home
X – £116 Sunnyside, £114 Cloverhill, £110 Allanton, £109 Wolfcrooks, £108 Hartside, £106 Craigmailing, £100 Turdees, Newlands, Lawhead & School Rd
ROUS – £104 Debog
DOR – £101 East law
Per Kilo
TEX – 295p Lawhead, 293p Cloverhill, 288p Toftcombs, 283p March, 282p Felton, 281p Toftcombs & Yeldabrek, 278p Gilmeadowland, 276p Lawhead, 275p Northflatt
BEL – 306p Wintermuir, 300p Carco, 295p Gilmeadowland, 290p Toftcombs, 287p Biggarshiels Mains, 285p Mid Brockloch, 284p Muirhouse, 280p 7 Holding, 276p Muirhouse
BF – 248p Boat, 241p Thethwaite, 232p Upper Wellwood, 230p & 228p Whelphill, 222p Carco, 217p Hartside, 214p Knock, 209p Birthwood
SUF – 271p Kailzie Mains, 268p Rutherend, 265p Newmill, 262p Yeldabrek, 261p Eastshield, 259p Mid Brockloch, 253p Muldron, 251p Stobo Home & Howford, 250p Greenlaw
CHAR – 279p Higher Daviesdykes, 256p Yeldabrek & Mid Brockloch, 255p Laigh Cleughearn, 250p Altarstone & Westtown
CHE – 264p East Law, 263p Wolfcrooks, 260p Yeldabrek & Sornfallow, 256p Thethwaite, 255p Heatheryhall, 254p Nettlingflat & Yeldabrek, 253p High Crewburn & Yeldabrek
CHM – 250p & 243p Stobo Home
SM – 250p Newmains Home
X – 259p Cloverhill, 257p Sunnyside, 255p Allanton, 250p Turdees, Newlands & School Rd, 247p Wolfcrooks, 245p Hartside, 236p & 235p Craigmailing
ROUS – 247p Debog
DOR – 240p East law
45.6-52kg
Per Head
TEX – £144 Broomfield Lodge, £143 Collielaw, £140 Sornfallow & Collielaw, £139 Easterseat & Collielaw, £138 Collielaw, Easterseat & Little Kype, £136 Muirhead
BEL – £144 Little Kype, £143 Broomfield Lodge, £141 Mid Shawtonhill, Oldwalls & Kailzie Mains, £140 Easterseat & Sunnyside, £136 Ingraston, Oldwalls & Thirstane Hill
SUF – £133 & £130 Toxside, £130 & £128 Sornfallow, £128 Blackburn Mains& Nettlingflat, £126 North Garngour, £125 & £122 Yeldabrek
CHAR – £127 Yeldabrek, £116 Altarstone, £115 Grangehall
CHE – £122 & £120 Yeldabrek, £119 Brownhill, £118 Yeldabrek, £117 Nettlingflat
SM – £113 Newmains Home
X – £126 Sandilands, £115 Auchencorth, Greenwall & Dykehole, £113 Wolfcrooks, £111 Richardton
DOR – £110 East Law
DS – £125 Mid Shawtonhill
Per Kilo
TEX – 297p Collielaw, 293p Easterseat, 291p, 289p & 287p Collielaw, 283p Muirhead, 282p Oldhill, 282p Broomfield Lodge, 281p Collielaw & Little Kype
BEL – 300p Mid Shawtonhill, 289p Oldhill & Little Kype, 288p Little Kype, 287p Collielaw, 286p Broomfield Lodge, 282p Oldwalls & Kailzie Mains, 281p Collielaw & Broomfield Lodge
SUF – 266p Howford, 265p Yeldabrek, 260p Toxside & Sornfallow, 258p & 257p Sornfallow, 257p North Garngour, 256p Nettlingflat, 254p Toxside
CHAR – 259p Yeldabrek, 250p Grangehall, 246p Altarstone
CHE – 258p Brownhill, 254p Nettlingflat, 254p, 240p & 236p Yeldabrek
SM – 251p Newmains Home
X – 255p Dykehole, 252p Sandilands, 241p Richardton, 235p Wolfcrooks, 234p Auchencorth, 230p Greenwall
DOR – 229p East Law
DS – 271p Mid Shawtonhill
52+kg
Per Head
TEX – £162 Sandilands, £161 Glenrath, £160 Cowgrove, £154 Glenrath & Collielaw, £152 Silvermuir, £150 North Garngour, £149 Greenwall, £145 Sornfallow, £144 Sandilands
BEL – £148 Sunnyside, £144 Little Kype, £140 Sunnyside & Oldhill, £139 Oldwalls
SUF – £153 Oldwalls, £140 Yeldabrek & Rutherend, £139 Chapelhill & Kailzie Mains, £138 Blackpark & Yardbent, £134 Netherton, £133 Greenlaw
X – £94 Greenwall
Per Kilo
TEX – 270p Sandilands, 266p Cowgrove, 263p Rutherend, 262p Silvermuir, 261p Sandilands, Greenwall & Collielaw, 260p Haininghead, 258p Sornfallow, 256p Glenrath
BEL – 279p Sunnyside, 271p Little Kype, 264p Oldhill, 262p Oldwalls, 259p Sunnyside
SUF – 263p Oldwalls, 262p Kailzie Mains, 259p Rutherend, 255p Yardbent, 252p Chapelhill, 251p Yeldabrek & Blackpark, 250p Greenlaw, 248p Netherton, 200p Yeldabrek
X – 174p Greenwall
Cast Sheep
The 1970 cast ewes were also sharper on week as numbers begin to tighten with only the plainer, leaner end hard to sell.
Many more best ewes could be easily sold.
The sale topped at £248 per head for Texels from Messrs W Allison, Laigh Cleughearn Farm, East Kilbride and to £77 for BF from Messrs Spurway, Dykefoot Farm, West Calder
Overall Average £75.70
BF Average £53.53 (625)
Ewes
TEX – £248 & £224 Laigh Cleughearn, £220 & £215 Glenrath, £200 Meikle Carleith, Sunnyside, Yeldabrek & Glenrath, £190 Laigh Cleughearn
BEL – £144 Bankhead, £100 Cairndinnis, £78 Greyside, £50 Eastfield
BF – £77 Dykefoot, £75 Greyside & Greenwall, £74 Howburn & MacQueston, £73 Thethwaite & Newmains Home, £71 Greyside, £70 Posso, £69 Townfoot
SUF – £150 Cowgrove, £126 Peatpotts, £120 Cowgrove, £119 & £118 Greyside, £118 Roughazie, £116 Greyside, £110 Blackburn Mains & Chapelhill
CHAR – £114 Townfoot, £90 Wintermuir, £80 Greyside, £78 West Broadshaw
NCC – £120, £108 & £85 Yeldabrek, £84 Greyside, £80 & £76 Meikle Carleith, £70 & £66 Greyside
CHE – £104 Thethwaite, £90 Parkerston, £86 Thethwaite, £85 Sornfallow, £83 Parkhouse, £82 Parkerston, £80 Stobo Home, £78 Stirkfield, £70 Howmains, £69 Stobo Home
CONT – £121 Greyside, £120 O’Caithain, £65 Newlands
CHM – £110 Meikle Carleith, £69 Parkhouse, £68 West Handaxwood
X – £110 Howburn, £107 Cowgrove, £105 Rutherend, £100 Townfoot, £99 Yardbent, £98 Muirsland, £94 Dewshill, £93 Blackhill, £91 Yardbent
BFL – £117 Glenrath, £100, £96 & £68 Sunnyside
SHE – £61 Yeldabrek
BTEX – £126 Yeldabrek
ROM – £68 Greyside
HW – £52 Greyside, £40 Greenwall
SWA – £51 Turdees
BEUL – £60 Greyside
RYE – £60 Yeldabrek
DS – £89 Yeldabrek
OTH – £121 & £87 Greyside, £70 Debog
EASY CARE – £72 Greyside, £71 Bankhead, £70 & £56 Greyside
Rams
TEX – £136 Killail, £124 Laigh Cleughearn, £98 Heatheryhall, £80 Parkerston, £56 Mid Tulloch
BEL – £120 Muirhouse, £104 Carstairs Mains, £100 Oldwalls, £58 Mid Tulloch
BF – £104 Upper Wellwood, £98 Birthwood, £90 Hillridge, £50 Mid Tulloch
SUF – £110 Yeldabrek, £88 Greyside
CHE – £96 Stobo Home, £90 Parkhouse
BTEX – £130 Mid Shawtonhill
BL – £88 Greyside
RYE – £90 Yeldabrek
