Lawrie & Symington Ltd
Lanark Agricultural Centre
Monday 29th January 2024
Cattle prime stock report
On Monday 29th January 2024 Lawrie and Symington Ltd had forward 133 cattle comprising of 46 bullocks and heifers and 87 cast cows.
Limousin Heifers sold to 334p/kg from Messrs DM Dickinson, Brockwoodlees Farm, Canonbie to Mitchell Butchers, Glenrothes or to £1911 from Messrs DM Dickinson, Brockwoodlees Farm, Canonbie to H Black Butchers, Lanark.
Limousin Bullocks sold to 290p/kg from Barrie Farmers, Howburn Farm, Biggar to N Bark, Skirling or to £1990 from Messrs AW Bryson, Mafflat Farm, Quarter to C Anderson, Dumfries.
Beef cows sold to £1940 per head from Mr A Lindsay, Kepscaith Farm, Whitburn or to 222.5p/kg from Mr A Lindsay, Kepscaith Farm, Whitburn.
Dairy cows sold to £1390 per head from Messrs RL Miller, Ormiston Mains Farm, Kirknewton or to 185p/kg from Greentowers Farm, Lanark.
Beef Heifers per head
£1911, £1837 Brockwoodlees
£1852, £1847 Collielaw
£1646 Fauldingcleugh
Beef Heifers per kilo
334p, 332p, 325p, 324p Brockwoodlees
332p, 310p Collielaw
298p, 282p Muirburn
292p Fauldingcleugh
Beef Bullocks per head
£1990 Mafflat
£1925 Howburn
£1768 Brocklees
£1621 Dykehead
Beef Bullocks per kilo
290p Howburn
288p Brocklees
272p Dykehead
Dairy Bullocks & Heifers per head
£1632, £1473 Millhill
Dairy Bullocks & Heifers per kilo
238p Millhill
Young Bulls per head
£1632, £1560 Harvieston
Young Bulls per kilo
255p Harvieston
Cast Cows and Bulls
Beef cows per head
AA – £1690 Hillhead & Scotstounbank, £1440 Huntlyhill
LIM – £1940 Kepscaith
LIM X – £1740 Gateside & Howburn
BB – £1440 Dykehead, £1430 Netherurd Mains
LUING – £1590 Blackhill
BSH – £1110 Mid Tulloch
SHORT – £1070 Carco
CONT X – £1140 Drochil Castle
SIM – £1490 Drochil Castle, £1410 Blackhill
HER – £1190 Wellhead, £1170 Hills of Dalserf
SALER – £1390 Drochil Castle, £1270 Darnhall Mains
Beef cows per kilo
AA – 187p Hillhead, 185p Scotstounbank
HER – 169p Hills of Dalserf
SALER – 187p Drochil Castle
LIM – 222p Kepscaith
LIM X – 222p Drumalbin, 214p Gateside, 208p, 205p & 201p Drumalbin, 200p Howburn
LUING – 178p Blackhill
BSH – 187p Mid Tulloch
CHAR X – 221p Blackhill
CHAR – 172p Darnhall Mains
CONT X – 172p Drochil Castle
SIM – 216p Easton, 198p Cumberhead
BB – 186p Dykehead
Dairy cows per head
HOL – £1370 Greentowers, £1170 Broadfield & Netherholm, £1010 Drumglass
AYR – £1050 Craigends
FRIES – £1390 Ormiston Mains, £1330 Netherholm
MONT – £1310 Cobblehaugh
Dairy cows per kilo
FRIES – 170p Ormiston Mains, 155p Netherholm
AYR – 158p Craigends
HOL – 185p Greentowers
MONT – 157p & 156p Cobblehaugh
Cast bulls per head
AA – £1640 Scotstounbank
Cast bulls per kilo
AA – 164p Scotstounbank
Sheep prime stock report
On Monday 29th January 2024 Lawrie and Symington Ltd sold 1585 Cast Ewes and 3079 Hoggs through Lanark.
Hoggs
A larger show of 3079 prime hoggs saw trade good again, with all classes easily sold and more required to fill buyer requirements.
The sale topped at £180 per head for a Suffolk from Messers T & R Harper, Southmains and to 363p/kg for Beltex from Messers B & E Dickie, Spango.
Overall Average 292p/kg (SQQ 292 p/kg)
25.5-32kg
Per Head
BF – £80 The Riggs, £76 High Crewburn, £72 Gareland, £66 debog
BEL– £92 & £78 Carnduff, £90 Spango
EC– £50 Greyside
CHE – £76 High Crewburn, £ 60 Forrestfield
SUF– £70 Forrestfield
TEX – £89 & £79 Carnduff, £60 Forrestfield
Per Kilo
TEX – 287.1p, 263.3p Laigh Carnduff, 214.3p Forrestfield
BEL – 287.5p Laigh Carnduff, 281.3p Spango, 278.6p Laigh Carnduff
BF – 257.1p Gareland, 253.8p Debog, 253.3p High Crewburn Cottage, 250p Gosland
SUF – 233.3p Forrestfield
CHE – 253.3p High Crewburn Cottage, 206.9p Forrestfield, 104p High Crewburn Cottage
EASY CARE – 178.6p Greyside
32.1-39kg
Per Head
BEL – £138 Spango, £133 & £93 Haswellsykes, £122 & £120 Ingraston, £119 Cobblehaugh, £116 The Firs, £50 Newhouse
DS– £109 Balgrey
BF – £112 Ashcraig, £111 Netherhill, £110 Heatheryhall, Posso, Carco, Spango & Walston Mill, £109 Greenfield, £108 Cloverhill, £107 Gair
SUF – £120 Boat, £118 Raahead, £116 Dalwyne, £108 Altarstone, £101 Daviesdyke, £60 Greyside
BTEX– £105 Balgrey
X – £105 44 Howes Way & High Crewburn, £104 High Crewburn, £99 Greenwall, £92 Carnduff,
CHM– £108 High Crewburn
CHE– £117 Thethwaite, £107 Heatheryhall, £100 Dalwyne, £99 Greenwall, £987 The Law, £95 DAviesdyke,
TEX– £130 Wintermuir, £120 Craigside, £119 Northflatt & Ingraston, £118 Yeldabrek, £117 Galalaw & Thethwaite, £116 Sandilands, £115 Southmains
Per Kilo
TEX – 333.3p Wintermuir, 329.4p Haswellsykes, 316.2p Galalaw, 313.5p Sandilands, 312.1p Debog, 311.1p East Law, 308.3p Altarstone, 308p Craigside, 305.9p Heatheryhall, 305.1p Northflatt
BEL – 363.2p Spango, 341p Haswellsykes, 324.3p Ingraston, 322.2p The Firs, 313.2p Cobblehaugh, 312.8p Ingraston, 281.8p Haswellsykes, 131.6p Turdees
BF – 300p Netherhill, 297.3p Walston Mill, 297.2p Gair, 297.1p Heatheryhall, 294.7p Ashcraig, 294.4p Ingraston, 294.3p Heatheryhall, 294.3p Gair, 291.9p Cloverhill, 289.5p Heatheryhall
SUF – 314p Dalwyne, 307.7p Boat, 307.7p Sornfallow, 302.6p Raahead, 284.2p Altarstone, 273p Lower Daviesdykes, 171p Greyside
CHE – 307.9p Thethwaite, 291.2p Greenwall, 289.2p Heatheryhall, 288.2p The Law, 285.7p Dalwyne, 279.4p Lower Daviesdykes
CHM – 300p High Crewburn Cottage
X – 297.1p High Crewburn Cottage, 278.8p Laigh Carnduff, 276.3p Howes Way, 267.6p Greenwall
BTEX – 291.7p Nether Balgray
DS – 279.5p Nether Balgray
39.1-45.5kg
Per Head
TEX– £145 Sandilands, £140 Skirling Craigs, £136 Allanton, £135 Northflatt, Craigside & Hallhill, £134 Nerston & Allanton
BEL – £157 & £148 Broomfield, £144 & £138 Spango, £138 Allanton, £132 Rowentreehill, £130 Ingraston, Biggarshiels Mains & Spango
SUF – £132 & £123 Sornfallow, £130 Blackburn Mains & Raahead, &120 Muckraw & Thethwaite, £118 Dalwyne, £117 Thethwaite
BF-£126 Netherhill, £124 Spango, £120 Walston Mill, £118 Heatherhall & Cloverhill, £115 Boylston, £114 Mitchellhill, Spango, Netherhill & Boat
CHE – £136 Walston Mill, £1310 Sornfallow, £123 Grangehall, £118 Heatheryhall, £116 Boat & Thethwaite, £110 Wintermuir
CHAR– £114 Altarstone
SM –
X – £127 Grangehall, £124 & £122 Burnetland, £123 Greenwall, £114 Spango & Greenfield, £108 Cloverhill, £100 Ingraston
ZWA– £110 Nether Balgrey
KHIL– £117 Greenwall
Per Kilo
TEX – 322.2p Sandilands, 321.4p Northflatt, 319.5p Thinacre, 318p Skirling Craigs, 316p Allanton, 315p Wintermuir, 312.2p Cobblehaugh, 311.9p Spango, 310p Cobblehaugh, 307.3p Yeldabrek
BEL – 349p Broomfield Lodge, 336.6p, 334.9p Spango, 329p Broomfield Lodge, 322p Rowantreehill, 317.1p Ingraston, 317.1p Spango, 314p Allanton, 312.5p East Law, 309.5p Biggarshiels Mains
BF – 295p Heatheryhall, 292.3p Netherhill, 288.4p Spango, 286.4p Netherhill, 285.7p Walston Mill, 285p Boat, 280.5p Boylston, 278p Spango, 275p Posso, 274.4p Cloverhill
SUF – 308p Sornfallow, 295.5p Blackburn Mains, 293.3p Sornfallow, 292.7p Muckraw, 288.9p Raahead, 287.8p Dalwyne, 285.7p, 285.4p Thethwaite
CHAR – 285p Altarstone
CHE – 309.1p Walston Mill, 295.5p Sornfallow, 290p Thethwaite, 287.8p Heatheryhall, 286p Grangehall, 282.9p Boat, 268.3p Wintermuir
X – 288.6p Grangehall, 285p Greenfield, 279.5p Greenwall, 277.3p, 275.6p Burnetland, 270p Cloverhill, 259.1p Spango, 250p Ingraston
ZWA – 250p Nether Balgray
KHIL – 278.6p Greenwall
45.6-52kg
Per Head
TEX – £166, £158, £156 & £155 Collielaw, £158 Drumbuie, £156 Hill, £155 Feoch, Hill & Glendouran,
BEL – £170, £169, £156 & £155 Broomfield, £165 & £161 Drumbuie, £158 Drumcork, £157 Little Kype, £155 Glendouran, Calton
BF – £129 Meggathead, £125 Snar, £119 Crosswoodhill
SUF -£155 Little Kype, £153 feoch, £143 Easterhouse, £138 Southmains
CHE – £146 Sornfallow, £140 Belstane, £139 Hallhill, £128 Thethwaite
X – £138 Cloverhill, £137 & £134 Silverrig, £130 Walston Mill, £125 O’Cathain
ZWA – £130 Dalwyne
DOR– £104 Greyside
Per Kilo
TEX – 331.9p, 325.5p, 322.9p, 322.4p Collielaw, 320.8p thinacre, 317.8p West Nerston, 317.4p Skirling Craigs, 317p, 316p Collielaw, 315.2p Broomfield Lodge
BEL – 354.2p, 338p, 337p Broomfield Lodge, 335p Drumbuie, 334p Little Kype, 325p Broomfield Lodge, 317.3p Drumbuie, 316p, 311.1p Drumcork, 311.1p West Glespin
BF – 258p Meggathead, 253.2p Wester Crosswoodhill, 250p Snar
SUF – 298.1p Little Kype, 294.2p Feoch, 286p Easterhouse, 282p Southmains
CHE – 286.3p Sornfallow, 283.7p Hallhill, 274.5p Belstane, 266.7p Thethwaite
X – 273.5p, 268.6p Silverrig, 265.4p Cloverhill, 255.1p O’Cathain, 254.9p Walston Mill
ZWA – 260p Dalwyne
DPR – 221.3p Greyside
52+kg
Per Head
TEX – £169 Lower Daviesdykes, £165 West Glespin & Feoch, £164 Feoch, £163 Collielaw, £160 Hill (Strathaven), £157 Easterseat, £156 West Glespin & Silverrig, £155 Skirling Craigs
BEL – £160 Drumcork
BF – £149 Snar, £146 Whelphill, £142 Wester Crosswoodhill, £140 Mitchellhill, £135 Snar, £132 Meggathead
SUF – £180 Southmains, £179 Posso, £151 Southmains
CHE – £162 Hallhill
X – £147 Jackson Est
BL – £152 Lower Daviesdykes
KHIL – £155 Wester Crosswoodhill
Per Kilo
TEX – 305.6p Feoch, 301.9p Collielaw, 298.2p Feoch, 298.1p Skirling Craigs, 298.1p Dykehead, 296.2p Belstane, 294.3p West Glespin, 294.3p Silverrig, 291.4p Lower Daviesdykes, 290.6p Silverrig
BEL – 296.3p Drumcork
BF – 254.7p Snar, 241.4p Mitchellhill, 2240p Meggathead, 239.3p Whelphill, 229p Wester Crosswoodhill, 212.9p Snar
SUF – 269.6p Southmains, 238.7p Posso, 225p Southmains
CHE – 289.3p Hallhill
X – 241p O’Cathain
BL – 262.1p Lower Daviesdykes
KHIL – 254.1p Wester Crosswoodhill
Cast Sheep
Another 1585 cast ewes ans rams were a fair bit sharper on ther week with all classes easily sold. Best ewes remain very dear and more needed each week.
The sale topped at £258 per head for Beltex from Messers A Baillie, Carstairs Mains and to £89 for Blackface from Mr J &T Dunn, Greyside.
Overall average 94.45p/kg.
BF Average £68.68 (498)
Ewes
TEX – £220 Birniehill, £205 Toftcombs, £184 Yeldabrek, £180 Posso & Gillandersland, £178 Millriggs, £174 Gillandersland, £172 Carstairs Mains, £170 Daviesdyke & Boghouse
BEL – £258, £210 & £170 Carstairs Mains, £186 Hillend, £166 & £158 Greyside
BF – £89 Greyside, £86 Cloverhill, £84 & £83 Wester Middleton, Calla & Howburn, £83 Netherhill, £80 Westmains, Tower & Easterhouse
SUF – £148, £130 & £125 Greyside, £144 Millrigs, £138 Woodside Avenue & Gragehall £126 Easterhouse & Yeldabrek
CHAR – £52 Muckraw
NCC – £138, £118, £108, £104 Yeldabrek, £104 Sornfallow, £99 & £95Netherhill, £96 Millrigs, £94 & £88 Calla,
CHE – £142 Easterseat, £105 Carstairs Mains, £103 Parkhouse & Townfoot, £101 &£98 Boghouse, £96 Cairnhouse, £92 Easterhouse, £89 Yeldabrek, £88 Mayfield
EASY CARE – £113 Greyside, £87 Bankhead, £86 Yeldabrek, £78 Crow Wood Cottage
WELSH– £64 & £ 56 Turdees
HB– £98 Boghouse
CHM – £134 Bogside, £122 Greyside, £120 Millrigs, £114 Toftcombs, £111 Parkhouse, £110 Greyside, £108 Toftcombs, £99 Easterhouse, £95 Whitfield
X – £137 Birniehall, £132 The Law, £125 Auchenhard, £114 Sornfallow, £110 Netherhill, £107 Bogside, £106 Lesserlinn, £105 Weston, £102 East Kinleith, £101 Millrigs
BFL – £148 Sunnyside, £128 Cloverhill, £100 Parkhouse, £70 Crow Wood Cottage
LLE – £104 Burghmuir, £89 Millrigs, £82 & £68 Yeldabrek
ROUS – £114 Debog
BDM – £94 Lesserlinn
BTEX – £108 Hawthornbank
ZWA – £112 Woodside
BL – £112 & £86 Whitelee Gate
JAC – £67 Greyside & £61 Turdees
ROM – £94 Greyside
KHIL – £45 Dalwyne, £40 Forrestfield, £34 Lesserlinn
HAM – £90 Greyside
Rams
TEX – £136 Lower Daviesdykes, £115 Blackburn Mains
BEL – £158 Carstairs Mains, £145 Lesserlinn, £130 Yeldabrek, £118 Carstaird Mains
BF – £96 Parkhall, £90 Tower, £86 Mitchellhill, £80 Hartside, £78 Whelphill, £74 Crow Wood Cottage, £70 Greyside, £68 Crow Wood Cottage, £54 Mitchellhill
SUF – £150 Nether Hillhouse, £120 Calla, £104 Greyside, £70 Woodside
NCC – £100 Woodside, £90 Sornfallow & Calla
BFL – £88 Hartside
LLE – £120 & £80 Yeldabrek
ROUS – £130 Raahead
EASY CARE – £64 Greyside