Lawrie & Symington Ltd
Lanark Agricultural Centre
Monday 24th March 2025
Cattle Primestock Report
On Monday the 24th March Lawrie and Symington Ltd had forward 75 cattle comprising of 32 bullocks and heifers and 43 cast cows.
Limousin heifers sold to 465p/pk from Brockwoodlees Farm to S Collins & Son Butchers or to £3091 from Lookaboutye Farm to Telinco Farms.
Limousin bullocks sold to 440p/pk from Brownsbank Farm to Black Butchers or to £2944 from Brownsbank Farm to Telinco Farms.
Beef cows sold to £2390 per head from Headsmuir Farm or to 317p/pk from Cumberhead Farm.
Dairy cows sold to £1970 per head from Greentowers Farm or to 263p/pk from Greentowers Farm.
Cast bulls sold to £2830 per head from Cobblehaugh Farm or to 238p/pk from Mayfield Farm.
Young bulls sold to £2542 per head from Threepwood Farm or to 285p/pk from the same home.
Beef Heifers Per Head
LIM – £2504 Rigghead
LIM X – £3039, £2934, £2658 Brockwoodlees, £2525 & £2508 Walkerdyke, £2474 Howburn
SIM – £2439 Kingside
BB – £2580 Brockwoodlees
CHAR – £3091 Lookaboutye
CHAR X – £2774 Brownsbank, £2457 Brockwoodlees
Beef Heifers Per Kilo
LIM X – 465p, 460p (twice), 455p Brockwoodlees, 445p Howburn, 440p (twice) Walkerdyke
SIM – 425p Kingside
BB – 448p Brockwoodlees, 425p Fauldingcleugh
CHAR – 420p Lookaboutye
CHAR X – 455p Brockwoodlees
Beef Bullocks Per Head
LIM X – £2807 Brownsbank, £2705 Westtown, £2520 Greentowers
BB – £2352 Fauldingcleugh
CHAR X – £2943 Brownsbank
Beef Bullocks Per Kilo
LIM X – 440p Brownsbank, 435p Westtown, 395p Greentowers
SIM – 395p Holms of Glengavel
BB – 420p Fauldingcleugh
CHAR X – 410p Brownsbank
Dairy Bullocks & Heifers Per Kilo
HOL – 295p Westtown
Young Bulls Per Head
SHO – £2542 Threepwood
Young Bulls Per Kilo
SHO – 285p Threepwood
Cast Cows and Bulls
Beef Cows Per Head
AA – £2390 & £2210 Headsmuir
LIM – £2340 Greentowers, £2240 Kepscaith,
LIM X – £2340 Headsmuir, £2310 Townhead, £2240 Headsmuir & Greenfield, £2110 Hartside, £2090 Townhead, £1970 Headsmuir, £1890 Lightshaw
SHO – £1990 Headsmuir
BB – £1570 Cumberhead
HER – £2040 Cardon
Beef Cows Per Kilo
AA – 312p & 300p Headsmuir, 290p Mayfield
LIM – 306p Kepscaith, 297p Greentowers
LIM X – 317p Cumberhead, 306p Headsmuir, 302p Cumberhead, 299p Headsmuir, 299p Townhead, 297p Hartside & Greenfield, 295p Headsmuir & Sandilands
SHO – 303p Headsmuir
HER – 289p Cardon
SALER – 265p Cardon
Dairy Cows Per Head
FRIES – £1570 Cromlet
HOL – £1970 & £1590 Greentowers, £1690 Drumglass, £1670 Wolfclyde
Dairy Cows Per Kilo
FRIES – 259p Cromlet
HOL – 263p & 255p Greentowers, 234p Wolfclyde, 230p Kirklands, 221p Drumglass, 212p Wolfclyde
Cast Bulls Per Head
AA – £2830 Cobblehaugh
CHR – £2370 Mayfield
Cast Bulls Per Kilo
AA – 230p Cobblehaugh
HOL – 234p Langside
CHR – 237p Mayfield
Sheep Primestock Report
On Monday Lawrie and Symington Ltd sold 3114 Hoggs, 107 Store Hoggs and 948 Cast Ewes through Lanark.
Hoggs
A smaller show of 3114 (including 750 Blackface Hoggs) was forward with light weight and export types dear and heavily bid for. Heavy hoggs still harder to cash.
The sale topped at £190 per head for Texels from South Arnloss Farm and to 413p/kg for Beltex from Townfoot Farm.
Overall Average 334p/kg (SQQ 341p/kg)
25.5-32kg
Per Head
TEX – £82 Easter Sills
EC – £70 Newton
BF – £88 Midlock, £76 Ardoch, £70 Little Blackdyke
X – £89 Wintermuir, £56 Brackendale
Per Kilo
TEX -282p Easter Sills
EC – 250p Newton
BF – 283p Midlock, 262p Ardoch, 250p Little Blackdyke
X – 278p Wintermuir, 200p Brackendale
32.1-39kg
Per Head
TEX – £150 & £138 Rowantreehill, £146 Hillend, £144 Chesterhall Parks, £136 Little Blackdyke
BEL – £138 & £125 Westmains, £130 (twice) Townfoot
BF – £127 Crow Wood Cottage, £125 & £123 Spango, £125 Carco, £124 Flemington
SUF – £115 Altarstone, £106 East Law
CHAR – £120 & £100 Altarstone
CHE – £134 Bridgehouse, £131 Little Blackdyke, £130 Bridgehouse & East Law
X – £137 East Law, £107 Ardoch
SHE – £110 & £102 Queyfirth
EC – £106 Longhouse
GOAT – £122 & £120 Easter Sills
Per Kilo
TEX – 384p Rowantreehill & Hillend, 369p Chesterhall Parks, 367p Little Blackdyke & East Law
BEL – 361p Townfoot, 353p Westmains, 333p Townfoot, 328p Westmains
BF – 357p Carco, 344p Flemington, 341p Spango, 331p Parkhall, 328p Spango
SUF – 319p Altarstone, 311p East Law
CHAR – 315p & 303p Altarstone
CHE – 363p Little Blackdyke, 362p & 361p Bridgehouse, 351p East Law
X – 370p East Law, 314p Ardoch
SHE – 282p & 268p Queyfirth
EC – 286p Longhouse
GOAT – 342p & 338p Easter Sills
39.1-45.5kg
Per Head
TEX – £176 Collielaw, £165 Mid Brockloch & Edgehead, £164 Heatheryhall, £163 Richardton
BEL – £182 Townfoot, £177 & £166 Broomfield Lodge, £168 Newton, £150 Ardoch
BF – £152 Spango & Newton, £151 Glendouran, £149 Carco, £148 Heatheryhall
SUF – £154 Edgehead, £150 Ardoch, £149 & £146 Newton, £146 Easter Sills
CHE – £158 Netherhill & Heatheryhall, £157 Thethwaite, £155 Bridgehouse, £154 Heatheryhall
X – £156 Glendouran, £150 Newton, £146 Burnetland, £140 Heatheryhall, £139 West Glespin
SHE – £128 Kerkira
BTEX – £155 Boylston
DOR – £149 Newton
Per Kilo
TEX – 392p Mid Brockloch, 391p Collielaw, 376p Hillend, 376p Thethwaite, 375p Edgehead
BEL – 413p Townfoot, 411p Broomfield, 400p Newton, 386p Broomfield, 363p Wintermuir
BF – 361p Spango, 354p Carco, 350p Glendouran, 346p Thethwaite, 341p Heatheryhall
SUF – 347p & 346p Newton, 342p Edgehead, 333p Ardoch, 331p Easter sills
CHE – 387p &380p Bridgehouse, 367p Netherhill, 365p Thethwaite, 357p Mid Brockloch
X – 354p Glendouran, 339p Burnetland, 333p West Browncastle & Newton, 331p Weston
SHE – 284p Kerkira
BTEX – 360p Boylston
DOR – 331p Newton
45.6-52kg
Per Head
TEX – £175 (twice), £174 & £172 Hill, £170 Netherton
BEL – £188 (three times) & £175 Broomfield Lodge, £168 West Glespin
BF – £154 Heatheryhall, £152 & £149 High Tarbeg
SUF – £163 Thethwaite, £157 & £110 Newton, £150 Mid Brockloch
CHE – £161 Netherhill, £160 Wellhead (twice) & Netherton, £158 Bridgehouse
SM – £150 Thethwaite & East Law, £148 Glendouran
X – £145 Blackhill
BFL – £139 Chesterhall
SHE – £136 Kerkira
LLE – £160, £155 & £150 Skaill
ZWA – £130 Laigh Cleughearn
Per Kilo
TEX – 375p Newton, 373p Hill, 366p Thethwaite, 357p Hill (twice)
BEL – 383p, 364p & 361p (twice) Broomfield, 350p Weston
BF – 310p & 304p High Tarbeg, 296p Heatheryhall
SUF – 362p Thethwaite, 348p Newton, 306p Mid Brockloch, 275p Newton
CHE – 347p Wellhead, 342p Netherhill, 337p Lochurd, 336p Bridgehouse, 329p Wellhead
X – 333p Thethwaite, 312p East Law, 308p Glendouran, 302p Blackhill
BFL – 278p Chesterhall Parks
SHE – 283p Kerkira
LLE – 340p, 337p & 300p Skaill
ZWA – 282p Laigh Cleughearn
52+kg
Per Head
TEX – £190, £184 & £180 South Arnloss, £187 Craigdarroch, £180 Crow Wood Cottage
BEL – £180 Birniehall
BF – £155 High Tarbeg, £152 Hartside, £150 Calla, £130 Chesterhall Parks
SUF – £161 Newton
CHE – £166 Calla
X – £166 Glendouran
LLE – £156 Skaill
DOR – £182 Blackbog
Per Kilo
TEX – 325p Glendouran, 322p Oldhill, 314p Netherton, 311p Broomfield, 309p Netherton
BEL – 285p Birniehall
BF – 298p High Tarbeg, 276p Hartside, 260p Chesterhall Parks, 241p Calla
SUF – 287p Newton
CHE – 272p Calla
X – 307p Glendouran
LLE – 300p Skaill
DOR – 303p Blackbog
Cast Ewes & Rams
The 948 (including 530 Blackface) cast ewes and rams met extreme rates with heavy big ewes short of requirement and more needed.
The sale topped at £300 per head for Texels from Eilean Farm and Craigdarroch Farm and to £153 for Blackface from Carco Farm.
Overall Average £121.49
BF Average £110.18 (530)
Ewes
TEX – £300 Eilean & Craigdarroch, £288 Collielaw, £262 Glendouran, £248 Eilean
BEL – £220 Biggarshiels Mains, £212 Burnetland, £150 Mid Brockloch
BF – £153 & £149 Carco, £143 Spango, £141 Greyside, £140 Taiglim
SUF – £240 Eilean, £210 The Riggs, £200 Taiglim, £198 Rowantreehill, £195 Roan
CHAR – £288 & £260 Langside, £142 Whitehall
NCC – £186 & £148 Bridgehouse, £149 Netherhill, £100 Spittal
CHE – £172 Glendouran, £138 Thethwaite, £128 Greyside, £126 Rosebery Est, £120 Swarthoull
CHM – £190 Greyside, £172 Whitesykes, £168 Glendarroch
X – £236 Crosswoodhill, £196 Spango, £194 Greyside & Midlock, £193 Netherhill
BFL – £260 Crosswoodhill, £218 Midlock, £195 Spittal
SHE – £80 Swarthoull
ZWA – £80 Newton
ROM – £132 Swarthoull
SWA – £110 Crow Wood Cottage
EASY CARE – £110 Greyside
GOAT – £100 Easter Sills
Rams
TEX – £225 South Arnloss, £210 Burnetland, £185 Carlinside, £172 Brackendale, £160 Glendouran
BF – £112 & £80 Crow Wood Cottage
CHE – £130 Swarthoull, £122 Crow Wood Cottage
BFL – £210 Burnetland, £200 Glendouran
SHE – £70 Swarthoull
DS – £150 Drumlanrig Park
Store Hoggs
TEX – £104 & £84 Whitehall, £100 Legholmshiels, £82 Galalaw
BF – £100 & £66 Culter Allers
SUF – £118 Roan, £99 Legholmshiels
CHE – £102 Legholmshiels
X – £86 Roan
Motherless Lambs
A large show of 111 orphan lambs met strong demand with many volume purchasers in attendance.
£40 Carstairs Mains (three times) & Kinninghall, £35 (fourteen times) North Boig, £32 (Six times) Kinninghall, £26 Carwood, £25 Carwood (four times) & Rowantreehill (twice)
