Lawrie & Symington Ltd
Lanark Agricultural Centre
Monday 14th September
Cattle report
Lawrie and Symington had forward 176 cattle comprising 45 Bullocks & Heifers, 3 Young Bulls, 68 Cast Cows & Bulls and 60 Stirks & Calves.
Heifers sold to 250p per kilo from Messrs Dickinson, Brockwoodlees Farm, Canonbie to S Collins, Muirhead or to £1608 from Messrs Dickinson, Brockwoodlees Farm, Canonbie to H Black, Lanark.
Bullocks sold to 244p from Messrs Gray, Balquharrage Farm, Lennoxtown to I Faulds, Kilmarnock or to £1523 from Messrs Allison. Muirburn Farm, Skirling to Henderson Fine Foods, Hamilton.
Heifer per head
£1608, £1530, £1500 Brockwoodlees, £1552, £1492 Todhall, £1420 Heatheryhall, £1334 Muirburn, £1224 Cornhill
Heifer per kilo
250p, 248p, 246p Brockwoodlees, 244p, 238p Todhall, 240p, 238p Heatheryhall, 240p Muirburn, 236p Faskine, 228p West park
Bullock per head
£1523 Muirburn, £1411, £1342 Balquharrage, £1250 Harvieston.
Bullock per kilo
244p, 238p Balquharrage, 238p Muirburn, 232p Faskine
Dairy Bullock Per Kilo
154p Millhill
Cast Bulls per head
£1155 Newmains
Dairy Cows Average 110.5p
Beef Cows Average 128p
Beef cow per head
£1245 Powflats, £1065 Corsebank, £1065 Midlock, £1025 Knowetop, £1055 Lochurd
Beef cow per kilo
158p Lochurd, 151p Powflats, 150p Midlock, 143p Knowetop, 138p Corsehill, 132p Birkenhead, 130p Shawhead
Dairy cow per head
£1045 Knowetop, £975 Broadfield, £885 Knowetop, £875 Nether Affleck, £865 Westtown, £855 Hill
Dairy cow per kilo
136p Nether Affleck, 126p Knowetop, 123p Broadfield, 118p Westtown, 116p Hill
CALVES
A tremendous show of 60 calves & stirks were forward to the fortnightly sale. Stirks topped at £545 for a British Blue from Archlands, with calves peaking at £365 for a Simmental from Heatheryhall.
Stirks
AA – £450 Thankerton Camp.
BB – £505 Archlands, £500 Wester Whitefield, £490 Archlands, £450 & £425 Wester Whitefield, £420 Archlands, £405 Wester Whitefield.
BSH – £425 Thankerton Camp.
Calves
Beef Bulls
AA – £280 & £265 Hillhead, £220 & £210 Over Dalserf.
BB – £345, £340, £330 & £320 Hillhead, £315 Grangehall, £305 & £280 Hillhead, £270 Wester Whitefield & Daviesdyke,
CH – £350 Heatheryhall.
SM – £350 & £345 Grangehall.
Beef Heifers
AA – £225, £220 & £200 (2x) Muirhouse, £185 & £165 Over Dalserf.
BB – £340, £310 & £305 Hillhead, £305 Daviesdyke, £300 Hillhead (2x), Grangehall & Daviesdyke, £295 Hillhead & Wester Whitefield.
BSH – £255 Swaites.
LM – £265 Heatheryhall.
Dairy Bulls
AYR – £90 Swaites.
HOL – £155 & £145 (2x) Nether Pirn, £70 Over Dalserf, £60 Goslington, £55 Grangehall & Goslington, £50 Goslington.
Sheep prime stock report
Lawrie and Symington Ltd sold 4003 Lambs and 2494 Cast Ewes and Hoggs through Lanark.
Lambs
A larger show of lambs saw all classes fractionally easier on last week although the best quality in all weight ranges was every bit as dear.
The sale topped at £131 per head for Texels from Cullen, Craighead and to 290p/kg for Beltex from Hope, Nether Skellyhill.
Overall Average 213pp/kg (SQQ 213.5p/kg)
25.5-32kg
Per Head
BF – £45 Greyside
Per Kilo
BF – 150p Greyside
32.1-39kg
Per Head
TEX – £85, £84 Brownhill, £83 High Crewburn, £83 Edston, £81 West Browncastle, £80 Blackhill, £80 Mid Hartwood, £80 Yeldabrek, £78 x2 Ferniehaugh
BEL – £94 The Firs, £85.50, £84.50 Holylee House, £80 High Crewburn
BF – £74.50 Auldhouseburn, £69.50 Greyside, £64, £60.50 East Burnhead
SUF – £77 South Collafirth, £76 Yardbent, £76 Bents, £75 West Browncastle, £65 Crow Wood Cottage
CHE – £76 South Collafirth, £75, £70 Castle Crawford, £64 Swarthoull
X – £69.50 Greyside, £68 High Crewburn, £62 Swarthoull, £60, £57 x2 Whitecraighead
ZWA – £65 Torview
Per Kilo
TEX – 219.1p Ferniehaugh, 217.9p, 215.4p Brownhill, 213.2p West Browncastle, 212.8p Edston, 212.8p High Crewburn, 210.5p Mid Hartwood, 205.1p Blackhill, 205p Yeldabrek, 200p Ferniehaugh
BEL – 241p The Firs, 235.3p High Crewburn, 231.1p, 222.4p Holylee House
BF – 193.1p Greyside, 191p Auldhouseburn, 183.3p, 182.9p East Burnhead
SUF – 197.4p South Collarfirth, 194.9p Yardbent, 194.9p Bents, 192.3p West Browncastle, 171.1p Crow Wood Cottage
CHE – 205.4p South Collafirth, 200p, 192.3p Castle Crawford, 188.2p Swarthoull
X – 200p High Crewburn, 193.1p Greyside, 182.4p Swarthoull, 172.7p, 167.6p, 153.8p Whitecraighead
ZWA – 166.7p Torview
39.1-45.5kg
Per Head
TEX – £123 x2 Collielaw, £120 Craighead, £115 Collielaw, £112 Bogside, £110 Hill, £110 Collielaw, £110 Little Kype, £110 Nether Skellyhill, £108 Cloverhill
BEL – £119 Nether Skellyhill, £115 West Millrig, £114 Daviesdykes, £114 Townfoot, £114 Grangehall, £114 West Lethans, £113 High Crewburn, £112 High Parks, £112 Calton, £11.50 Broomfield Lodge
BF – £86 Greyside, £85 Corsebank, £79 Robiesland, £78.50 Wester Crosswoodhill, £77 Dalefield, £77 Hartfield, £75 Castle Crawford
SUF – £97.50 Lesserlinn, £94 Crookboat, £92.50 Netherton, £92.50 Stramolloch, £92 Easter Sills, £91.50 Howford, £90 Sornfallow, £89 x2 West Torphin, £88 Eastoun
CHAR – £90 Mossplatt, £90 Yeldabrek, £89 Lochhill, £88 Altarstone, £87.50 Laigh Cleughearn, £82.50 Stramolloch
CHE – £92.50 Swarthoull, £90 Sornfallow, £87 Skirling Mains, £83.50 Castle Crawford, £77 Swarthoull, £76 Edinburgh University
CHM – £80 Cronan
SM – £92 Nether Abington, £90.50 Townhead, £90 Newmains Home, £89.50 Crookboat, £87 Lower Dalmeny, £86 Ingraston, £84 Nunnerie, £81.50 Howford, £78 Crookboat, £75 Hartfield
X – £95 Wester Whitecastle, £93 Bowridge, £88 The Firs, £86.50 Hartfield, £85 Whitecraighead
SHE – £76 Swarthoull
ROUS – £91.50, £90.50 Whinbush
BDM – £103, £95.50 Lesserlinn
BTEX – £88 Nether Brotherston
MB – £92, £89 Columbie
ZWA – £77 Yeldabrek
BL – £85 Daviesdykes
HAM – £87 Wester Whitecastle
Per Kilo
TEX – 273p x2 Collielaw, 266.7p Craighead, 261.9p Little Kype, 258.5p Dovecot, 255.6p Collielaw, 255p High Crewburn, 250p Nether Skellyhill, 250p Collielaw, 248.9p Bogside
BEL – 290.2p Nether Skellyhill, 275.6p High Crewburn, 266.7p Calton, 265.1p West Lethans, 259.1p Townfoot, 255.6p West Millrig, 254.8p Cronan, 254.5p High Parks, 253.7p Calton, 253.5p Bonnington mains
BF – 207.3p Corsebank, 195.5p Greyside, 192.5p Hartfield, 188.1p Robiesland, 187.5p Castle Crawford, 183.3p Dalefiled, 182.6p Wester Crosswoodhill
SUF – 217.1p West Torphin, 216.7p Lesserlinn, 212.2p, 211.9p West Torphin, 210.2p Netherton, 209.3p Sornfallow, 208.9p Crookboat, 205.6p Stramolloch, 204.4p Easter Sills, 203.3p Howford
CHAR – 214.3p Mossplatt, 209.3p Yeldabrek, 208.3p laigh Cleughearn, 202.3p Lochhill, 201.2p Stramolloch, 200p Altarstone
CHE – 210.2p Swarthoull, 209.3p Sornfallow, 203.7p Castle Crawford, 202.3p Skirling Mains, 192.5p Swarthoull, 185.4p Edinburgh University
CHM – 195.1p Cronan
SM – 204.5p Newmains Home, 204.4p Nether Abington, 203.4p Crookboat, 201.1p Townhead, 200p Ingraston, 197.7p Lower Dalmeny, 195.3p Nunnerie, 194p Howford, 187.5p Hartfield, 185.7p Crookboat
X – 211.4p Bowridge, 211.1p Wester Whitecastle, 209.5p The Firs, 206p Hartfield, 188.9p Whitecraighead
SHE – 181p Swarthoull
ROUS – 215.5p, 208p Whinbush
BDM – 234.1p, 222.1p Lesserlinn
BTEX – 214.6p Nether Brotherston
MB – 224.4p, 217.1p Columbie
ZWA – 183.3p Yeldabrek
BL – 197.7p Lower Davisdykes
HAM – 202.3p Wester Whitecastle
45.6-52kg
Per Head
TEX – £131 Craighead, £128 Collielaw, £124 Silvermuir, £122 Craighead, £121 Townfoot, £121 Kailzie Mains, £121 Craighead, £120 Nether Skellyhill, £117 Collielaw, £115 Craighead
BEL – £124 Townfoot, £107.50 Carstairs Mains
BF – £85 Skirling Mains, £85 Nunnerie
SUF – £110 Carwood, £108 Blackpark, £107 Easter Happrew, £106.50 Nunnerie, £106 Lady Wilson St, £105.50 Netherurd mains, £105 Galalaw, £103.50 Easter Sills, £100 Birks, £99.50 Yeldabrek
CHAR – £106 Altarstone, £100.50 Auldtoun, £99 Netherton, £99 x2 Yeldabrek
CHE – £105 Yeldabrek
SM – £94.50 Newmains Home, £93.50 Crookboat, £93 Sunnyside
X – £100 Mid Hartwood, £100 Blackpark, £97 Little Galla
Per Kilo
TEX – 278.3p Collielaw, 263p, 262p Craighead, 255.3p Nether Skellyhill, 254.3p Collielaw, 254.2p Craighead, 253.1p Silvermuir, 242p Kailzie, 241.3p Ingraston, 237.5p Birks
BEL – 263.8p Townfoot, 228.7p Carstairs Mains
BF – 184.8p Skirling Mains, 184,8p Nunnerie
SUF – 224.5p Carwood, 216.3p Lady Wilson Street, 215.6p Easter Sills, 214.3p Galalaw, 214p Easter Happrew, 211.7p Yeldabrek, 211p Netherurd mains, 208.8p Nunnerie, 208.7p Crow Wood Cottage, 208.3p Birks
CHAR – 215.2p Yeldabrek, 207.8p Altarstone, 205.1p Auldtoun, 202p Yeldabrek, 194.1p Netherton
CHE – 214.3p Yeldabrek
SM – 205.4p Newmains, 203.3p Crookboat, 197.9p Sunnyside
X – 208p Blackpark, 206.4p Little Galla, 200p Mid Hartwood
52+kg
Per Head
TEX – £130 Collielaw, £126 Cleughhead, £125 Woodpark, £122 Craig Douglas, £110 Blackpark, £110 Birks, £104 Muirhead, £97 Mossplatt
SUF – £129 Gala Lodge. £122 Kailzie, £115 Yeldabrek
CHE – £110 Yeldabrek
SM – £106 Auldtoun
HAM – £114.50 Blackpark
Per Kilo
TEX – 237.7p Cleughead, 236.4p Collielaw, 215.5p Woodpark, 208p Blackpark, 207.5p Birks, 192.6p Muirhead, 179.6p Mossplatt, 179.4p Craig Douglas
SUF – 238.9p Gala Lodge, 209.1p Yeldabrek, 206.8p Kailzie
CHE – 207.5p Yeldabrek
SM – 200p Auldtoun
HAM – 208p Blackpark
Cast Ewes
Another large show of 2494 cast ewes and rams saw all classes easier on the weak with a lesser show for quality on offer – Average was less on week but with over 1000 Blackface & Shetland ewes included in average.
Sale topped at £150 for Texels from Greyside and to £76 for Blackface from Crozier, Fallburns.
TEX – £150 Greyside, £148 Mid Stonebyres, £146 Strawfrank, £140 Carlinside, £136 The Howe, £131 Carlinside, £130 Greyside, £129 Rusha, £128 Longford, £126 Rusha
BEL – £106 Hillend
BF – £76 Fallburns, £68 East Fortissat, £67 Parkhall, £65 Northflatt, £62 Greyside, £61 Normangill, £61 Cloverhill, £60 Castle Crawford, £57 East Fortissat
SUF – £118 Birks, £115 Strawfrank, £108 Hardington Mains, £107 Greyside, £96 Hardington Mains, £90 Greyside, £82 Cloverhill, £80 Yeldabrek, £78 West Browncastle, £76 Stagehall
CHAR – £108, Townfoot, £100 Grangehall, £68, £54 Rockhall, £52 Normangill
NCC – £83 Brockhouse, £80 Greyside, £74 South Collafirth, £74, £73 Yeldabrek, £68 Stagehall, £68 Daviesdykes, £65 Brockhouse, £64 East Fortissat, £62 Greyside
CHE – £65 Easterhouse, £65 Castle Crawford, £64 Crow Wood Cottage, £62 Mitchellhill, £61 Normangill, £58 Lochurd, £55 Cronan, £55 East Fortissat
CONT – £60 Greyside
CHM – £90 Bowridge, £80 Cranston, £80 Muldron, £79 Collielaw, £77 Lonformacus, £77 Easterhouse, £75 Cranston, £75 Greyside, £74, £72 Lonformacus
X – £125 Rusha, £93 Howburn, £88 Hillend, £86 Brechins, £84 Redbrae, £80 Mitchellhill, £80 Greyside, £77 Muldron, £76 Muirhead, £75 Satchells
BFL – £95 Hillend, £92 Crookboat, £86 Kailzie, £80 Hillend, £60 Greyside, £58 Hillend
SHE – £62, £56 Tirvister, £52 Seafield, £45 South Collafirth, £40 Tirvister, £38 Seafield
ZWA – £90 Yeldabrek, £50 x2 Torview
JAC – £410 Easterhouse
BERR – £100 Greyside
OTH – £60 Greyside
EASY CARE – £64, £55 East Fortissat, £40 Stagehall, £38, £37 East Fortissat, £34 Greyside
Rams
TEX – £150, £138 Craig Douglas, £102 Greyside, £90 Rusha, £82 Knockenhair, £80 Normangill, £78 West Houlland, £73 Normangill
BF – £74 Greyside
SUF – £126 Kailzie Mains
CHAR – £138 Townfoot, £90 Yeldabrek, £70 Normangill, £70 Yeldabrek
X – £68 Stramolloch
BFL – £70 Kailzie Mains, £54 Greyside
SHE – £52 West Houlland, £40 Springbank
BTEX – £90 Holehouse
SHETLAND & ORKNEY
The 669 prime sheep & cast ewes consigned from the Orkney and Shetland Islands were again keenly bid for and met a fast selling trade.
Ewes topped at £136 for Texels from Thomson, Howe, Orkney with lambs to £115 for Suffolks from Yeldabrek.
Principal Prices:
LAMBS
TEX – £114.50, £114, £113, £111.50, £108 Yeldabrek
CHAR – £99 Yeldabrek
SUF – £115, £99.50 Yeldabrek
NCC – £110 Yeldabrek
CHAR – £92.50 Swarthoull (Shet), £76 South Collafirth (Shet)
EWES
TEX – £136 Howe, £113 Yeldabrek, £107 Nether Ouseness
BTEX – £86 Brechins
NCC – £74, £73 Yeldabrek, £74 South Collafirth
SUF – £80 Yeldabrek, £70 Swarthoull
SHET – £62, £56 Tirvister, £52 Seafield, £45 South Collafirth
CHE X – £41 Springbank, £40 Tirvister
