Lawrie & Symington Ltd
Lanark Agricultural Centre
Monday 31st August
Cattle report
Lawrie and Symington had forward 168 cattle comprising of 39 bullocks & heifers, 3 young bulls and 76 cast cows & bulls and 50 stirks & calves.
Heifer sold to 252p (four times) from Messrs Dickinson, Brockwoodlees Farm, Canonbie to J Cairns, law, A Elliot, Lanark, S Collins, Muirhead and H Black, Lanark or to £1637 from Messrs Wainwright, Todhall Farm, Cupar.
Bullocks sold to 246p from Messrs Grey, Balquharrage Farm, Lennoxtown to C Imrie, Torrance or to £1405 from R Warnock, Hill Farm, Strathaven.
Heifer per head
£1637, £1452 Todhall, £1477, £1466 Brockwoodlees, £1313 Harvieston
Heifer per kilo
252p (4 Times), 248p, 244p Brockwoodlees, 244p, 242p, 240p Todhall, 236p Hillend
Bullock per head
£1405 Hill, £1333 Balquharrage, £1242 Westerton, £1392 Mafflat
Bullock per kilo
246p Balquharrage, 235p Hill
Cast Bulls per kilo
£1500 Riccarton, £1410 Glenrath, £1350 Westmains
Young Bull per head
£1304 Harvieston
Beef cows sold to £1275 or 167p per kilo from Allanton Farming Co, Allanton, Darvel.
Dairy cows sold to £1035 from Messrs Baird, Auchnotroch Farm, Auchenheath.
Beef Cows Average 144.1p
Dairy Cows Average 106.1p
Beef cow per head
£1275, £1255, £1205 Allanton, £1065 Todhall, £1045 Netherurd
Beef cow per kilo
167p, 163p Allanton, 144p Townhead, 143p Spango, 136p Todhall, 136p Netherurd
Dairy cow per head
£1035 Auchnotroch, £975 Greentowers, £965 Harelaw, £815 Over Kypeside
Dairy cow per kilo
131p Millhill, 119p Harelaw, 117p Grentowers, 116p Over Kypeside, 101p Grangehall
CALVES
A good show of 50 calves & stirks were forward to the fortnightly sale. Stirks topped at £515 for a British Blue from Wester Whitfield, with calves peaking at £380 for a Charolais from W Steel, Cumberhead.
Stirks
AA – £500 Wester Whitfield, £405 & £400 Headsmuir.
BB – £440 Wester Whitfield.
HER – £405 Nether Pirn.
HOL – £270 & £230 Nether Pirn.
Calves
Beef Bulls
BB – £350 & £335 Hillhead, £335 Newlands, £335 & £320 Gartclush, £305 Hillhead, £300 & £260 Wester Whitfield, £260 & £250 Grangehall.
BSH – £260 Swaites.
CH – £380 Cumberhead.
LM – £330 Mayfield.
Beef Heifers
AA – £290 & £240 Headsmuir, £195 Hillhead, £170, £160 & £155 Muirhouse.
BB – £350 Newlands, £345 Gartclush, £325 Swaites, £280 Grangehall, £235 & £210 Marshill.
BSH -£265 Swaites.
SIM – £295 Gartclush.
Dairy Bulls
AYR – £110 Swaites.
HOL – £125 & £105 Gartclush, £90 & £80 Grangehall.
Sheep prime stock report
Lawrie and Symington Ltd sold 3463 Lambs and 2161 Cast Ewes and Hoggs through Lanark.
Lambs
A larger show of 3463 prime lambs saw all classes much sharper on week and many more could have been sold. Best quality still maintaining a premium.
The sale topped at £123 per head for Texels from Struthers, Collielaw and to 275 p/kg for Beltex from Lambie, Drumbuie.
Overall Average 215.8pp/kg (SQQ 218.5p/kg)
25.5-32kg
Per Head
BF – £50.50 Eastside
CHAR – £63 Crockroy
Per Kilo
BF – 168.3p Eastside
CHAR – 203.2p Crockroy
32.1-39kg
Per Head
TEX – £89 Brownhill, £89 Kepscaith, £85 Blackburn, £85 Kepscaith, £83 Brownhill, £82.50 Liscleugh, £82 Ferniehaugh, £82 Whistleberry Ind Est, £81.50 Auldhouse, £79.50 Whistleberry Ind Est
BEL – £96.50, £93, £87.50 Biggarshiels
BF – £75.50 Blackburn, £75 Auldhouse, £72 Wester Crosswoodhill, £67 Blacksidend, £65.50 Eastside
SUF – £79 Brownhill, £73.50 Eastfield of Wiston
CHAR – £81, £72.50 Crockroy
CHE – £78.50, £72 Crockroy
X – £79 School Road, £78.50 Blackburn, £64.50 Eastfield of Wiston
DTEX – £50 Hamilton Road
Per Kilo
TEX – 247.2p Kepscaith, 228.2p Brownhill, 217.9p Kepscaith, 217.9 Blackburn, 217.1p Liscleugh, 215.8p, 213.9p Ferniehaugh, 213.6p Crockroy, 212.8p Brownhill, 210.3p Whistleberry Ind Est
BEL – 247.4p, 238.5p 224.4p Biggarshiels
BF – 204.1p Blackburn, 197.4p Auldhouse, 191.4p Blacksidend, 184.6p Wester Crosswoodhill, 182p Eastside
SUF – 210p Eastfield of Wiston, 202.6p Brownhill
CHAR – 213.2p, 213p Crockroy
CHE – 218.2p, 218.1p Crockroy
X – 206.6p Blackburn, 202.6p School Road, 195.5p Eastfield of Wiston
DTEX – 151.5p Hamilton Road
39.1-45.5kg
Per Head
TEX – £120 Collielaw, £112 Strawfrank, £107.50 West Lethans, £107 Strawfrank, £106 Dalefield, £105.50 Bogside, £105 Strawfrank, £104 Carsewell, £104 Collielaw, £104 West Lethans
BEL – £114 Burnetland, £111.50, £110 Drumbuie, £109.50 Calton, £106 Cronan, £104 x2 Drumbuie, £100 High Parks, £100 Muirhouse, £100 Auldhouse
BF – £89.50 School Road, £78.50 Wester Crosswoodhill
SUF – £98.50 Howford, £98 Sunnyside, £97 Netherton, £96 Howford, £94 Easter Sills, £94 Herbertshaw, £93.50 Mossplatt, £93 Eastshield, £91.50 West Torphin, £91 Herbertshaw
CHAR – £104.50, £95.50 Grangehall, £93.50 School Road
CHE – £94 Daviesdykes, £84 Yeldabrek, £75 Cocklaw
CHM – £95.50, £92 East Law, £87 Cronan
SM – £81 Ingraston, £79 Greenfield, £78 Mid Wellwood, £76 Whistleberry Ind Est
X – £88 Dalefield, £86 West Lethans, £84 West Browncastle, £75 Eastfield of Wiston
BDM – £92 West Broadshaw
Per Kilo
TEX – 266.7p Collielaw, 266.7p, 254.8p Strawfrank, 248.8p Swaites, 246.4p Broomfield Lodge, 244.3p West Lethans, 242.7p Strawfrank, 241.9p Collielaw, 241.7p Auchenbart, 241.5p Dalefield
BEL – 275p, 272p Drumbuie, 267.1p Calton, 260p Drumbuie, 259.1p Burnetland, 247.6p Drumbuie, 243.9p Muirhouse View, 238.1p Auldhouse, 235.6p Cronan, 233.3p Muirhouse
BF – 198.9p School Road, 186.9p Wester Crosswoodhill
SUF – 223.9p Howford, 220.5p Netherton, 219.5p Ingraston, 218.3p Mid Brockloch, 217.9p West Torphin, 217.8p Sunnyside, 217.4p Mossplatt, 215.5p Dykehead, 213.6p Herbertshaw, 213.3p Howford
CHAR – 248.8p, 222.1p Grangehall, 212.5p School Road
CHE – 210p Yeldabrek, 208.9p Daviesdykes, 187.5p Cocklaw
CHM – 222.1p, 214p East Law, 202.3p Cronan
SM – 197.6p Ingraston, 195p Mid Wellwood, 190p Whistleberry Ind Est, 188.1p Greenfield
X – 200p West Browncastle, 195.6p Dalefield, 195.5p West lethans, 174.4p Eastfield of Wiston
BDM – 224.4p West Broadshaw
45.6-52kg
Per Head
TEX – £123 Collielaw, £118 Craighead, £118, £117 Collielaw, £116 Broomfield Lodge, £116, £115, £113 Craighead, £112 Collielaw, £111 Broomfield Lodge
BEL – £113 Cronan
SUF – £107.50 Carwood, £107 Netherurd Mains, £104 Howford, £103 Carwood, £102.50 Howford, £102 Yeldabrek, £100.50 Netherton, £100 Yeldabrek, £100 Mossplatt, £99.50 Carwood
NCC – £98 Hallhill
SM – £95 Easter Deans, £94.50 Sunnyside, £92.50 Townhead, £91 Mid Wellwood
X – £100.50 West Broadshaw
BFL – £88 Biggar Road
DTEX – £108 Hamilton Road
Per Kilo
TEX – 267.4p, 254.3p Collielaw, 252.2p Broomfield Lodge, 245.8p Craighead, 241.3p Broomfield Lodge, 239.1p, 238.3p Collielaw, 237p, 236.2p Jeanfield, 234p Collielaw
BEL – 245.7p Cronan
SUF – 216.3p Carwood, 212.8p Yeldabrek, 212.2p Howford, 210.8p, 210.2p Carwood, 209.4p Netherton, 209.2p Howford, 206.4p Galalaw, 206.4p Stagehall, 206.3p Skirling Craigs
NCC – 213p Hallhill
SM – 207p Easter Deans, 197.8p Mid Wellwood, 196.9p Sunnyside, 196.8p Townhead
X – 201p West Broadshaw
BFL – 169.2p Biggar Road
DTEX – 229.8p Hamilton Road
52+kg
Per Head
TEX – £120 West Lethans, £120 Collielaw, £108 Galalaw
BEL – £105 Auldhouse
ZWA – £107.50 Blackpark
Per Kilo
TEX – 200p Galalaw, 190.5p Collielaw, 179.1p West Lethans
BEL – 198.1p Auldhouse
ZWA – 171p Blackpark
Cast Ewes
Another large show of 2161 cast ewes and rams were forward with a tremendous show for quality on offer. Many more big ewes sold today with fewer hill types on offer.
Sale topped £169 for Texels from Kennedy, Mitchellhill and to £77 for Blackface from Black, Drochil Castle.
TEX – £169 Mitchellhill, £167 Highfield, £162 Sebay, £161 Yeldabrek, £159 Rusha, £159 Greyside, £158, £156 Yeldabrek, £151 Lawhead, £148 Rusha
BEL – £132 Sunnyside, £80 Greyside, £74 Mid Tulloch
BF – £77, £72 Drochil Castle, £67 Hartfield, £65 Crookboat, £63 Sunnyside, £59 Mitchellhill, £56 Toftcombs, £54 Liscleugh, £54 Greyside, £50 Glendouran
SUF – £120 Lawhead, £120 Carwood, £120 Sebay, £110 Yeldabrek, £110 Burnhead, £110 Edgefield, £108 Carwood, £100 Burnhead, £99 Little Kype, £95 Cranston
CHAR – £108 Cranston
NCC – £110 Sebay, £90 Yeldabrek, £79 Sebay, £78 Swinside, £78 Cranston, £78 Stagehall, £76 School Road, £75 Yeldabrek, £74 Uphouse, £71 Grayside
CHE – £133 Hallhill, £84 Denbrae, £74 Gair, £68 Yeldabrek, £66 Swinside, £66 Howburn, £65 Yeldabrek, £60 Toftcombs, £59 Lamorlaye, £58 Greyside
CONT – £79 Ruchlaw, £75 Yeldabrek, £66 Ruchlaw, £64 Greyside, £58 Ruchlaw, £55 Mid Tulloch, £50 Greyside, £50 Boat
CHM – £98 Denbrae, £96, £89 Greyside, £86 Toftcombs, £80 Swinside, £79 Greyside, £75 Swinside, £74 Toftcombs, £70 Swinside, £66 Cranston
SM – £122 Felton, £98 East Law, £93 Edgefield, £93 East Law, £91 Netherton, £89 Hilltop, £89 Whitehall, £89 Greyside, £88 Dykehead, £88 Easter Deans
X – £78 Cocklaw, £78 Greyside, £76 Whistleberry Ind Est, £76 Whinbush, £73 Hillhouse, £70 Swinside, £70 Cocklaw, £66 Greenbank, £65 Carsewell, £64 Greyside
BFL – £50 Highfield
SHE – £49 Gunnister, £46 Lamorlaye, £40 Boat, £35 Uphouse, £35 Gunnister
ROUS – £60 Debog
BTEX – £138, £80 Hamilton Road, £72 Mid Tulloch
HEB – £30 Knocklea
SWA – £50, £29 Greyside
GOAT – £58 Mid Tulloch
EASY CARE – £68 Stagehall, £54 Greyside
Rams
TEX – £134 Burnhead, £128 Yeldabrek, £127 Greyside, £126 Glendouran, £110 Rusha, £110 Greyside, £102 Wintermuir
BEL – £99 Yeldabrek
BF – £90 Glendouran, £78 Mid Tulloch
SUF – £110 Netherurd Mains, £100 Greyside
BFL – £70 Crookboat
ZWA – £124 Hamilton Road
BERR – £82 Whistleberry Ind Est
Included in our sale was our weekly consignment of 549 Prime Lambs and Ewes from Orkney and Shetland Isles.
Topping at £162 for Texel ewes from Baillie & Co, Sebay, Orkney, and lambs to £104.50 for Texels from Laird, Yeldabrek.
Principal Prices:
(Ewes)
TEX – £162 Sebay, £161, £158, £156 Yeldabrek, £142, £124 Sebay, £122, £120 Yeldabrek
SUFF – £120 Sebay, £110 Yeldabrek
NCC – £110 Sebay, £94, £90 Yeldabrek
CHEV & SHE – £75, £68 Yeldabrek, £74 Uphouse, Shetland
HILL CHEV – £66, £65, £59 Yeldabrek, £59 La Morlaye, Shetland, £50, £49 Foraness, Shetland
MULES – £89 Whitehall
SHE – £46 La Morlaye, Shetland, £38 Foraness, Shetland, £35 Uphouse, Shetland, £35 Gunnister, Shetland
(Lambs)
TEX – £104.50, £102, £100.50 (x4) £100 Yeldabrek, £100 Whitehall
CHAR – £99.50, £98 Yeldabrek
SUF – £102, £100 Yeldabrek, £97 Whitehall
