Lawrie & Symington Ltd
Lanark Agricultural Centre
Monday 24th June 2024
Cattle Primestock Report
On Monday the 24th June 2024 Lawrie and Symington Ltd had forward 141 cattle comprising of 35 bullock and heifers, 50 cast cows and 56 calves and stirks.
Limousin heifers sold to 345p/pk from Dickinson, Brockwoodlees Farm to Black Butchers, Lanark or to £2166 from Dickinson, Brockwoodlees Farm to Black Butchers, Lanark.
Beef cows sold to £2110 per head from Taylor, Skirling Craigs Farm, or to 236p/pk from the same home.
Dairy cows sold to £1370 per head from Broadfield Farm or to 169 p/pk from Mitchell, Ainville Farm.
Beef Heifers Per Head
£2166, £2130, £2065, £2010, £1945 Brockwoodlees
Beef Heifers Per Kilo
345p, 335p (three times), 332p (twice) Brockwoodlees
Beef Bullocks Per Head
£1860, £1779 West Backs
Beef Bullocks Per Kilo
288p (twice) West Backs
285p Cronan
Dairy Bullocks & Heifers Per Head
£1944, £1791 Millhill
Dairy Bullocks & Heifers Per Kilo
225p, 220p Millhill
Young Bulls Per Head
£2358 Parkhall
£2240 Skirling Craigs
£1868 Mackiesmill
Young Bulls Per Kilo
270p Mackiesmill
268p Skirling Craigs
262p Parkhall
Cast Cows and Bulls
Beef Cows Per Head
AA – £1870 & £1540 Hillhead, £1650 & £1310 Newton of Wiston
GALL – £1110 Spango
LIM – £1770 Greenshields, £1550 Bickerton Hall
LUING – £1750 & £1670 Allanton
MRI – £1030 Bents
SIM – £2110 Skirling Craigs, £1330 Boghouse & Montgomery, £1270 Montgomery
SALER – £1740 Spango, £1250 March Cottage
HER – £1370 Mackiesmill, £1330 Hillhead
CHAR X – £1350 Montgomery
Beef Cows Per Kilo
LIM – 234p Greenshields, 220p & 219p Bickerton hall
HER – 198p Mackiesmill
LUING – 212p & 206p Allanton
SALER – 214p Spango, 201p March Cottage
LUING – 225p & 215p Allanton
Sim – 216p Boghouse
Dairy Cows Per Head
FRIES – £1270 Ainville
HOL – £1370, £1270 & £1230 Broadfield, £1290 Loanfoot
MONT – £1010 Cobblehaugh
Dairy Cows Per Kilo
FRIES – 168p Ainville, 153p Muirhouse
HOL – 185p & 175p Broadfield
AYR – 187p Swaites
Cast Bulls Per Head
HOL – £1690 Carskerdo
Cast Bulls Per Kilo
HOL – 139p Carskerdo
Calves and Stirks
A strong sale of 59 claves forward for the last sale of June 2024. An Aberdeen Angus Heifer from Greyside Farm claimed the top price of £560.
On milk calves reached a top of £310 on three occasions. Two British Blues from Montgomery, Drumglass Farm and Stewart, Marshill Farm and a Hereford heifer from Brown, Muirhouse Farm.
An exceptional run of off milk calves reached a high of £520 for Aberdeen Angus and British Blue bull calves both from Bryson, Dykehead Farm.
Stirks
Bullocks
AA – £485 (twice), £465 (twice), £340 Kilkivan
HOL – £210 (five times) Kilkivan
Heifers
AA – £560 Greyside, £400 (twice) Kilkivan
Calves On Milk
SHO – £210 Marshill
BB – £310 Drumglass & Marshill, £305 Marshill, £206 Drumglass
GALL – £120 Skirling Mains
HER – £310, £300, £280 (twice), £260, £250 (twice), £230 (three times), £225 & £220 (twice) Muirhouse, £280 Marshill, £275 Drumglass
FRIES – £160 (twice) & £100 Muirhouse
Calves Off Milk
LIM X – £390 Skirling Mains
AA – £520 & £390 Dykehead, £490 & £410 (twice) Cronan
BB – £550, £520, £450, £410, £380 & £290 Dykehead, £260 & £250 Loanfoot, £250 Drumglass
SHO – £300 The Firm of Shawhead
HOL – £290 Loanfoot
FRIES – £340 Skirling Mains
Sheep Primestock Report
On Monday 24th June, Lawrie and Symington Ltd sold 325 Lambs, 175 Hoggs and 933 Cast Ewes through Lanark.
New Season Lambs
A few more new season lambs forward but numbers are slow in coming as lambs lacking flesh are in need of some warm grazing weather. Weight still paying but short of requirements.
The sale topped at £216 per head for a Texel from Smith, Westpark Farm and to 440p/kg for a Texel from the same home.
Overall Average 365p/kg (SQQ 361p/kg)
32.1-39kg
Per Head
TEX – £136 Nether Brotherston
Per Kilo
TEX – 348p Nether Brotherston
39.1-45.5kg
Per Head
TEX – £196 Cardon, £184 (twice) Overburns & Westpark, £177 Westpark
BEL – £160, £157, £150 & £147 Muirhouse, £155 Burnhouse
SUF – £160 Haystoun, £157 Overburns, £150 (twice) The Firs & Newton of Wiston
CHAR – £148 (twice) Nether Brotherston, £145 Parkgatestone
X – £157 Burnhouse
Per Kilo
TEX – 435p Cardon, 418p Westpark, 408p Overburns, 400p Crawcraigs, 395p An-Glasach
BEL – 390p, 382p, 365p & 350p Muirhouse, 378p Burnhouse
SUF – 375p Burnhouse, 355p & 353p Haystoun, 350p Chesterhall Parks, 248p Overburns
CHAR – 361p & 336p Nether Brotherston, 353p Parkgatestone
X – 373p Burnhouse
45.6-52kg
Per Head
TEX – £216 Westpark, £212 Overburns & Howburn, £210 Overcairn, £209 Cardon
SUF – £170 Yeldabrek, £158 Nether Brotherston
Per Kilo
TEX – 440p Westpark, 433p High Crewburn, 424p Overburns, 424p Howburn, 420p Overcairn
SUF – 340p Yeldabrek, 303p Nether Brotherston
Hoggs
A mixed show of hoggs saw the best fleshed heavy hoggs dear but quality on the whole very poor.
The sale topped at £200 per head for a Suffolk from Muirhead, Auldtoun Farm and to 360p/kg for a Texel from Johnstone, Boghouse Farm.
Overall Average 230p/kg
32.1-39kg
Per Head
TEX – £80 & £60 Westcroft, £70 Howpark, £65 Greyside
BEL – £106 High Dyke
BF – £87 Glenrath, £74 Easterhouse, £70 Netherhall, £56 Greyside
SUF – £80 High Dyke
CHE – £90 Easterhouse, £70 Netherhall
X – £106 High Dyke, £60 Greyside
Per Kilo
TEX – 216p &157p West Croft, 184p Howpark, 175p Greyside
BEL – 278p High Dyke
BF – 223p Glenrath, 211p Easterhouse, 200p Netherhall, 164p Greyside
SUF – 228p High Dyke
CHE – 236p Easterhouse, 200p Netherhall
X – 271p High Dyke, 157p Greyside
39.1-45.5kg
Per Head
TEX – £124 Rowantreehill, £120 Yeldabrek, £100 Haswellsykes & Westcroft
BF – £70 Netherhall
SUF – £50 Greyside
HW – £70 Easterhouse
X – £100 High Dyke
SWA – £70 Greyside
Per Kilo
TEX – 292p Yeldabrek, 275p Rowantreehill, 238p Westcroft, 232p Haswellsykes
BF – 166p Netherhall
SUF – 111p Greyside
X – 232p High Dyke
HW – 155p Easterhouse
SWA – £170 Greyside
45.6-52kg
Per Head
TEX – £186 Sandilands, £152 & £86 Greyside, £132 Auldtoun, £120 Yeldabrek
BF – £162 & £134 The Riggs, £140 Handaxwood
BTEX – £150 The Cheviots
CHE – £168 Easterhouse
Per Kilo
TEX – 357p Sandilands, 292p & 187p Greyside, 264p Auldtoun, 255p Yeldabrek
BF – 311p & 268p The Riggs, 291p Handaxwood
CHE – 336p Easterhouse
BTEX – 288p The Cheviots
52+kg
Per Head
TEX – £198 Yeldabrek, Shodshill, Boghouse & Sandilands, £196 Sandilands
BF – £172 Lochlyoch
SUF – £200 Auldtoun
CHE – £170 West Handaxwood
BAD – £148 The Cheviots
Per Kilo
TEX – 360p & 320p Boghouse, 350p & 309p Sandilands, 339p High Dyke
BF – 291p Lochlyoch
SUF – 250p Auldtoun
CHE – 283p West Handaxwood
BAD – 259p The Cheviots
Ewes & Hoggs with Lambs at Foot
Ewes and lambs at foot sold to a top of £100 for Mules with Texel Twins from Morrison, Dalwyne Farm.
Kerryhills to £90 & £88
Blackface with Blackface lambs to £82 & £78
Hoggs & Lambs
TEX – £60 Brownrigg
Ewes & Lambs
BF – £82, £78, £72 & £64 Dalwyne, £64 Brieryside
X – £100 Dalwyne
JAC – £54 Brownrigg
KHIL – £90, £88 & £78 Dalwyne
VAL – £60 Brownrigg, £54 Brieryside
Cast Ewes & Rams
A larger show of 933 cast ewes and rams saw trade dear in all classes and short of buyer requirements. Many more required to meet demand.
The sale topped at £284 per head for a Texel from Greyside Farm and to £117 for Blackface from Brown, Cardon Farm.
Overall Average 119.61p/kg
BF Average £89.77 (205)
Cast Ewes
TEX – £282 Greyside & Boghouse, £268 & £252 Boghouse, £260 Whitelairds
BEL – £215 & £180 High Crewburn, £192 & £168 Greyside, £172 Yeldabrek
BF – £117 Cardon, £113 Greyside, £109 Lochlyoch, £108 Haystoun, £107 Dreva
SUF – £183 Nunnerie, £182 Dreva, £180 North Boig, £179 Auldhouseburn, £174 Greyside
CHAR – £170 & £152 Yeldabrek
NCC – £140 Blaircochrane, £132 Muckraw, £131 Yeldabrek, £130 & £124 Greyside
CHE – £115 Boghouse, £113 Easterhouse & Yeldabrek, £110 Blaircochrane, £87 Yeldabrek
CHM – £131 Yeldabrek
X -£154 (twice) Birniehall, Greyside & Auldtoun, £152 Yeldabrek
BFL – £188 Haystoun, £170 Dreva & Birniehall, £120 Dreva
BTEX – £196 Dreva, £188, £140, £138 & £120 Greyside
ZWA – £150 North Boig
OTH – £174 Greyside
CONT – £90 Yeldabrek
Rams
TEX – £202 Yeldabrek, £200 Toftcombs, £108 Greyside & Yeldabrek, £168 Greyside
BEL – £168 & £160 Greyside, £120 High Dyke, £100 Haswellsykes
BF – £136 Greyside, £118 Cloverhill
SUF – £204 Yeldabrek, £198 & £140 Greyside
NCC – £150 Greyside
X – £120 Greyside
DOR – £148 Greyside
DS – £118 Castlebrae
EASY CARE – £86 Greyside