Lawrie & Symington Ltd
Lanark Agricultural Centre
Monday 7th April 2025
Cattle Primestock Report
On Monday 7th April Lawrie and Symington Ltd had forward 79 cattle comprising of 27 bullocks and heifers and 52 cast cows.
20 heifers sold to 462p/pk from Brockwoodlees or £3009 from Brownsbank.
7 bullocks sold to 436p/pk from Howburn or to £2934 from South Arnloss.
Beef cows sold to £2770 per head from Carlinside or to 312.5p/kg from Newbigging Mill.
Dairy cows sold to £2350 per head from Harelaw or to 293.2p/pk from Blackbog.
Beef Heifers Per Head
SHO – £2145 Newbigging Mill
LIM – £2892 & £2553 Brockwoodlees
LIM X – £2741, £2733, £2634, £2535 Brockwoodlees, £2533 South Arnloss
SIM – £2493 Brockwoodlees
BB – £2704 Brockwoodlees, £2351p Fauldingcleugh
CHAR X – £3009 Brownsbank
Beef Heifers Per Kilo
SHO – 346p Newbigging Mill
LIM – 462p & 448p Brockwoodlees
LIM X – 456p (twice), 454p, 450p & 448p Brockwoodlees
SIM – 450p Brockwoodlees
BB – 460p Brockwoodlees, 442p Fauldingcleugh
CHAR X – 410p Brownsbank
Beef Bullocks Per Head
LIM X – £2933, £2774, £2747, £2679 South Arnloss, £2520 Howburn
CHAR X – £2917 Brownsbank
Beef Bullocks Per Kilo
LIM X – 436p Howburn, 410p, 408p, 406p & 380p South Arnloss
CHAR X – 388p Brownsbank
Dairy Bullocks & Heifers Per Head
HOL – £2152 Sherifflatts & £1940 Greentowers
Dairy Bullocks & Heifers Per Kilo
HOL – 346p Sherifflatts, 330p Greentowers
Cast Cows and Bulls
Beef Cows Per Head
AA – £2150 Auchenhard, £2130 Gillbank, £1930 West Blackmoss, £1590 Carmacoup
SHO – £2190 & £1730 Carlinside
LIM – £2170 & £1530 Auchenhard, £1710 & £1650 South Carnduff
LIM X – £2290 Greenfield, £2070 Hall of Torbane, £2050 Newbigging Mill, £1970 Headsmuir, £1670 West Blackmoss
MONT – £2130 High Crewburn
SHORT – £2770 Carlinside
SIM – £1950 & £1690 Middle Mains, £1830 High Crewburn, £1470 Carmacoup
HIGH – £1410 Westbank, £1330 & £1190 Gray Brae
SAL – £2110, £2070 & £1190 Cloverhill
Beef Cows Per Kilo
AA – 292p Auchenhard & West Blackmoss, 271p Gillbank, 254p Carmacoup
SHO – 289p & 267p Carlinside
LIM – 309p & 236p Auchenhard, 304p & 264p South Carnduff
LIM X – 312p Newbigging Mill, 297p Headsmuir, 291p Greenfield, 289p Hall of Torbane, 275p Headsmuir
SIM – 285p & 266p Middle Mains, 245p High Crewburn, 244p Carmacoup
MONT – 244p High Crewburn
SHORT – 291p Carlinside
HIGH – 230p Westbank, 219p & 211p Gray Brae
SAL – 308p & 300p Cloverhill
Dairy Cows Per Head
HOL – £2350 & £2030 Harelaw, £2150 (twice), £2070 & £1730 Blackbog, £1470 Broadfield
AYR – £1510 Swaites
Dairy Cows Per Kilo
AYR – 247p Swaites
HOL – 293p, 269p & 256p Blackbog, 287p & 254p Harelaw, 257p & 251p Broadfield, 252p Greentowers
Sheep Primestock Report
On Monday 7th April Lawrie and Symington Ltd sold 2848 Hoggs, 201 Store Hoggs and 572 Cast Ewes.
Hoggs
A larger show of 2848 prime hoggs forward with more heavy weight on offer and again proving harder to cash. Export weights and light weights easily sold if well fleshed. Still lots of lean grassy hoggs on offer.
The sale topped at £200 per head for texel from Greyside and to 420p/kg for Beltex from Baillie, Broomfield. Overall average 320p/kg (SQQ 330p/kg).
Overall Average pp/kg (SQQ p/kg)
25.5-32kg
Per Head
TEX – £85 Bushelhead
BF – £86 Mid Tulloch
CHE – £40 Little Blackdyke
WELSH – £116 Allanton
Per Kilo
TEX – 274p Bushelhead
BF – 268p Mid Tulloch
CHE – 153p Little Blackdyke
WELSH – 362p Allanton
32.1-39kg
Per Head
TEX – £144 Gibsley, £140 Collielaw, £137 & £131 Little Blackdyke, £130 Sandilands
BEL – £140 Hawthornbank
BF – £123 Allanton, £122 Thethwaite, £110 Mid Tulloch & Greenwall, £108 Greenwall
SUF – £90 Auldtoun
CHE – £127 & £119 Little Blackdyke
SHE – £100 Greenwall
X – £116 Hawthornbank, £114 Little Blackdyke, £100 Nether Abington, £90 Hartfield
Per Kilo
TEX – 369p Gibsley, 360p & 344p Little Blackdyke, 359p Collielaw, 345p Bushelhead,
BEL – 359p Hawthornbank
BF – 332p Allanton, 312p Thethwaite, 300p & 289p Mid Tulloch, 291p Greenwall
SUF – 264p Auldtoun
CHE – 343p & 340p Little Blackdyke
SHE – 285p Greenwall
X – 322p Hawthornbank, 308p Little Blackdyke, 257p Hartfield, 256p Nether Abington
39.1-45.5kg
Per Head
TEX – £172 Collielaw, £163 Broomfield Lodge, £162 Crow Wood Cottage, £160 Muirburn, £157 Thethwaite
BEL – £172 & £170 Collielaw, £168 Broomfield Lodge, £162 & £160 High Parks
BF – £137 East Kinleith & South Carnduff, £136 Crow Wood Cottage, £133 Thethwaite, £132 Edgehead Farming
SUF – £148 Mid Brockloch, £146 Blackburn Mains
CHE – £158 Balleny, £155 & £150 Thethwaite, £154 Sornfallow & Townhead
X – £149 Little Galla, £146 Taiglim, £132 West Browncastle, £130 Hawthornbank, £128 Greenwall
BTEX – £140 Hawthornbank
JAC – £120 Nobelhall
SWA – £115 Crow Wood Cottage
DOR – £110 Nobelhall
VAL – £110 Nobelhall
Per Kilo
TEX – 382p Collielaw, 380p Wellhead, 373p Broomfield Lodge, 372p Muirburn
BEL – 420p & 400p Broomfield Lodge, 390p Walkerdyke, 387p Broomfield Lodge, 386p Collielaw
BF – 326p South Carnduff, 324p Thethwaite & Crow Wood, 322p Edgehead, 320p South Carnduff
SUF – 336p Mid Brockloch, 331p Blackburn Mains
CHE – 366p Townhead, 359p Balleny, 352p Gibsley, 348p Thethwaite & Crow Wood
X – 338p Little Galla, 331p Teiglum, 330p West Browncastle, 325p Hawthornbank, 304p Greenwall
BTEX – 325p Hawthornbank
JAC – 272p Noblehall
SWA – 302p Crow Wood
DOR – 268p Noblehall
VAL – 275p Noblehall
45.6-52kg
Per Head
TEX – £190 Collielaw, £183 & £173 Broomfield Lodge, £179 Mid Shawtonhill, £176 Wellhead
BEL – £188 (three times) & £184 (twice) Oldwalls
BF – £150 Heatheryhall, £138 Hawthornbank, £135 Lightshaw, £130 Hazelside & Crow Wood Cottage
SUF – £150 Sornfallow, Hall of Torbane, Greenbank & Oldwalls, £148 Thethwaite
CHE – £150 Allanton, Dykehead & Crow Wood Cottage, £148 Taiglim & Coldwakening
X – £150 Taiglim, £146 Greyside, £144 Muirburn, £140 Eastfield & East Links
BDM – £156 & £152 High Parks, £150 Bickerton Hall, £149 Bushelhead
BTEX – £130 Burnfoot
Per Kilo
TEX – 395p Collielaw, 382p Wellhead, 376p Broomfield Lodge, 372p Mid Shawtonhill, 356p Kames
BEL – 408p, 400p (twice), 383p & 368p Oldwalls
BF – 313p Hawthornbank, 306p Lightshaw & Heatheryhall, 288p Hazelside, 276p Crow Wood Cottage
SUF – 324p Balleny, 324p & 322p (twice) Thethwaite, 319p Oldwalls
CHE – 333p Crow Wood Cottage, 328p Coldwakening & Thethwaite, 314p Teiglum, 312p Dykehead
X – 311p East Links, 304p Greyside, 300p Muirburn, 294p Taiglum, 281p Balleny
BDM – 337p High Parks, 333p Bickerton Hall, 331p High Parks & Bushelhead
BTEX – 295 – Burnfoot
52+kg
Per Head
TEX – £200 Greyside, £186 Crow Wood Cottage, £180 Collielaw, £174 Sornfallow & Greyside
BF – £158, £155 (twice) & £154 Heatheryhall, £146 Gair
SUF – £160 Greyside & Dykehead (twice), £156 & £155 Dykehead
CHE – £156 Sornfallow
X – £150 Hazelside, £146 Nether Abington, £144 Crow Wood Cottage
BFL – £130 Greyside
BDM – £170 Greyside
Per Kilo
TEX – 328p Sornfallow, 326p Kames, 312p Lochurd, 310p Collielaw & Crow Wood Cottage
BF – 292p (twice), 265p & 263p Heatheryhall, 270p Gair
SUF – 281p, 280p, 269p & 266p Dykehead, 231p Greyside
CHE – 300p Sornfallow
X – 276p Crow Wood Cottage, 265p Nether Abington, 241p Hazelside
BFL – 200p Greyside
BDM – 293p Greyside
Cast Ewes & Rams
A smaller show of cast ewes and rams were forward and in strong demand for all classes. Many more required to fill buyer requirement.
The sale topped at £350 per head for texel from Dunlop, An-Glasach and to £138 for Blackface from Allanton Farming. Overall average £131.64. Blackface average (235) £98.03.
Ewes
TEX – £350 An-Glasach, £345 Townhead, £315 Kailzie Mains, £295 Little Galla & Greenwall, £275 Mossplatt, £260 Collielaw & Haggs, £258 Bowridge
BEL – £280 Mid Shawtonhill, £140 Greyside, £120 Wellhead, £100 Spango & Burnfoot
BF – £138 Allanton, £132 Greyside, £128 Greenbank, £126 Allanton, £120 Upper Wellwood, £116 Toxside, £115 Glencaple, £114 Devonburn View, £110 Greenbank, £108 Hazelside
SUF – £285 Langside, £250 Mid Shawtonhill, £230 Kailzie Mains, £170 Lesserlinn, £132 Muirburn
NCC – £166 Allanton, £142 Coldwakening, £142 Allanton, £140 Wellhead, £118 Burnbrae, £110 Allanton
CHE – £135 & £100 Thethwaite, £98 Thripland, £90 Hall of Torbane
CHM – £170 West Handaxwood, £164 Allanton
X – £235 South Arnloss, £220 Gair, £200 Ainville, £195 Greyside & Handaxwood, £190 Kailzie Mains, Allanton & Auldtoun, £178 West Handaxwood & Greyside
BFL – £200 Kailzie Mains
BDM – £140 Lesserlinn
ZWA – £90 Ainville
ROM – £135 Greyside
SWA – £228 Greyside
GOAT – £80 Branxton
EASY CARE – £136 & £100 Greyside
Rams
TEX – £265 West Handaxwood, £195 Craigenhill, £190 Muirhead, £170 Skirling Craigs, £165 Ainville, £150 Greyside, £130 Ainville
BF – £120 Greenbank, £102 Crow Wood
SUF – £250 Langside
CHAR – £200 Langside, £100 Thripland
NCC – £165 Greyside
CHE – £165 Greyside, £160 Crow Wood
BFL – £100 Greyside
Store Hoggs
The 201 store hoggs were mixed for quality with best end still easily sold. Sale topped at £130 for texel from Currie, Bogside and £90 for Blackface from Dumfries Estates.
TEX – £130 & £110 Blackbog, £80 Spango, £70 Clyde Valley Family Park & Spango
BF – £90 & £85 Ulzieside, £80 Burnbrae, £60 Ulzieside & Spango
SUF – £88 Clyde Valley Family Park
X – £80 East Links
DOR – £100 Clyde Valley Family Park
Motherless Lambs
122 motherless lambs were sold at our weekly sale. A strong trade was present throughout averaging £18.68 with countless lambs over £20. Please contact Lucy regarding entries for next weeks sale.
£42 Wolfclyde, £34 (12 times) Ingraston, £28 (6 times) Muirhouse, £25 (twice) Carwood, £22 (5 times) University of Edinburgh, £22 (4 times) Lee Meadow, £22 (7 times) Carwood
