Lawrie & Symington Ltd
Lanark Agricultural Centre
Monday 22nd September 2025
Cattle Primestock Report
Lawrie and Symington Ltd had forward 120 cattle comprising of 40 bullocks and heifers and 80 cast cows.
Limousin heifers sold to £3064 from Brockwoodlees Farm, Canonbie to H Black Butchers, Lanark or to 450p/pk from Fauldingcleugh Farm, Lockerbie.
Aberdeen Angus bullocks sold to £3003 from Couplaw Farm, Stonehouse to N Bark, Skirling or to 398p/pk from Mid Shawtonhill Farm, Chapelton to Cooper Butchers, Bellshill.
Beef cows sold to £2270 per head from Corsebank Farm, Sanquhar or to 316p/pk from Westtown Farm, Stonehouse.
Dairy cows sold to £1940 per head from Broadfield Farming Co or to 265p/pk from Nether Affleck Farm, Lanark.
Cast bulls sold to £2700 per head from Scotstounbank Farm, West Linton or to 248p/pk also from Scotstounbank Farm, West Linton.
Beef Heifers Per Head
AA – £2152 Thinacre
LIM – £3064 Brockwoodlees, £2675 Hill (Strathaven)
LIM X – £2804, £2768 Brockwoodlees, £2613 Easter Frew, £2374 Millwell
LUI – £2741 Brockwoodlees
BB – £2421 Fauldingcleugh
CHAR x – £2819 Lochurd, £2581 Mid Shawtonhill
Beef Heifers Per Kilo
LIM – 440p Brockwoodlees, 440p, 430p Hill (Strathaven)
LIM X – 448p (Four Times) Brockwoodlees, £430 Easter Frew
BB – 450p Fauldingcleugh
CHAR x – 438p Brockwoodlees, 415p Mid Shawtonhill
Beef Bullocks Per Head
AA – £3003 Couplaw
LIM X – £2746 Mid Shawtonhill
HIGH – £1719 Hamilton Hall
Beef Bullocks Per Kilo
LIM X – 398p Mid Shawtonhill
Dairy Bullocks & Heifers Per Head
HOL – £2150 Grangehall
Cast Cows and Bulls
Beef Cows Per Head
AA – £1840 Brownsbank, £1710 Barmulloch
LIM X – £2270 Corsebank, £2240 Whitehill, £2210 Heatheryhall
SIM – £2170 Easter Hassockrigg
BB – £1990 Barmulloch
LUI – £2070, £2040 Allanton, £1910 Wester Hassockrigg
HER – £2070 Knowetop, £1940 Muldron
CHAR x – £2070 Wester Hassockrigg
CHR – £2440 Easter Hassockrigg
BSH – £2190 Carlinside
CONT – £1990 Midhill
Beef Cows Per Kilo
AA – 270p Brownsbank, 263p Barmulloch, 262p Hill (Strathaven)
LIM X – 304p Whitehill, 299p Biggarshiels, 297p Corsebank, 296p Hillridge
HER – 272p (Twice) Knowetop
LUI – 273p Wester Hassockrigg
BSH – 269p Carlinside
SIM – 316p Westtown
SAL – 280p Hillridge
BB – 270p Forrestfield, 269p Boghouse
Dairy Cows Per Head
FRIES – £1770 Nether Affleck
HOL – £1940, £1870 Broadfield, £1740 Kirklands
Dairy Cows Per Kilo
HOL – 259p Broadfield, 270p Westtown, 270p Broadfield
FRIES – 265p Nether Affleck
Cast Bulls Per Head
AA – £2700 Scotstounbank
SAL – £2200 Carlophill
LIM – £2280 Whitehill
Cast Bulls Per Kilo
AA – 248p Scotstounbank
LIM – 228p Whitehill
Calves and Stirks
89 outstanding calves were sold at our fortnightly sale, a credit to all vendors.
Topping the sale was an Aberdeen Angus x bull calf from Lawrie, Cuthill Towers Farm achieving £1020. On milk calves topped at £860 for a pure Limousin bull calf from Montgomery, Drumglass.
Calves On Milk
LIM – £860 Drumglass, £620 Heatheryhall
AA – £600, £580 Newlands, £580 Dykehead, £420 Eastfield of Coulter, £560 Newlands, £460, £400 Mount, £410 Woodhead, £390 Mount, £360, £350 (Twice) Woodhead, £310 Eastfield of Coulter
HER – £650, £600 (Twice) Ceann An Locha Croft, £610 Swaites, £500 Drumglass
BB – £630 Swaites, £620, £590 Drumglass, £590 Newlands, £590 Swaites, £530 Skellyhill, £500 (Twice), £500 Eastfield of Coulter, £490, £470 (Twice) Eastfield of Coulter, £430, £420 Eastfield of Coulter, £410 Woodhead, £410 Eastfield of Coulter
CHR – £650 Heatheryhall
MONT – £470 (Twice), £450 Eastfield of Coulter
HOL – £210, £200, £180 Eastfield of Coulter, £180 Marshill, £180 Eastfield of Coulter
FRIES – £260 Ainville
AYR – £320 Swaites
Calves Off Milk
LIM – £860 Heatheryhall
LIM x – £810 Machrihanish, £810 Over Kypeside, £700 Cronan, £600 Over Kypeside
CHAR x – £760 Scrogton, £610 Carwood
AA – £1020, £1010 Cuthill Towers, £980 Skellyhill, £810 Cuthill Towers £740 Skellyhill, £660 Dykehead
INRA – £950, £940, £830, £800, £780, £760 Machrihanish
BB – £940, £890 Skellyhill, £890 Machrihanish, £850 Cronan, £800 Machrihanish, £800 Over Kypeside, £710, £700, £680 Dykehead, £690 Swaites, £680 (Twice) Newlands, £680 Swaites, £670 Over Kypeside, £660 Dykehead
HER – £700 Skellyhill, £600 Ceann An Locha Croft
HOL – £770 (Three Times) Forrestfield
Sheep Primestock Report
On Monday 22nd September Lawrie and Symington Ltd sold 4630 Lambs and 2504 Ewes through Lanark.
Lambs
The largest show for sometime of 4630 prime lambs saw trade similar. A lot more weight on offer today, still realizing good pounds per head. Best export types dearer and easily sold. Light weight lambs short of buyers requirements.
The sale topped at £190 per head for Suffolks from Hodge, Dykes Farm and to 381p/kg for Beltex from Dun, Jeanfield Farm.
Overall Average 303p/kg (SQQ 305p/kg)
25.5-32kg
Per Head
TEX – £90 Parkhouse
HW – £70 Greyside
EC – £86 Greyside
Per Kilo
TEX – 281p Parkhouse
EC – 277p Greyside
32.1-39kg
Per Head
TEX – £123 & £120 Ferniehaugh, £121 Carco, £120 Columbie, £117 Brae
BEL – £120 Greyside
BF – £106 Upper Wellwood
SUF – £121 & £117 Yeldabrek, £115 Blaircochrane
CHE – £114 Carcant
SM – £105 Carcant
X – £114 Mount Lothian
WELSH – £115 Brae
Per Kilo
TEX – 318p Carco, 315p Ferniehaugh, 314p & 311p Yeldabrek
BEL – 333p Greyside
BF – 286p Upper Wellwood
SUF – 318p & 316p Yeldabrek, 302p Blaircochrane
CHE – 300p Carcant
SM – 283p Carcant
X – 300p Mount Lothian
WELSH – 294p Brae
39.1-45.5kg
Per Head
TEX – £146 West Shawtonhill, £145 Auchtygemmell, £144 Yeldabrek & (twice) Haywoodhead
BEL – £168 & £151 Jeanfield, £158 Richardton, £152 Bridgestone, £151 Muirhouse
BF – £128 Yeldabrek, £120 Upper Wellwood
SUF – £141 Yeldabrek, £136 Lochurd, £133 Mid Brockloch, Traquair Knowe & Nettlingflat
CHAR – £129 Nether Brotherston
CHE – £129 Muirhouse, £128 & £124 Nettlingflat, £125 & £119Muldron
CHM – £124 Stobo Home, £117 Parkhouse & Stobo Home
SM – £135 East Merkland, £134 Shawhead, £129 Whelphill & Scrogton, £128 Allanton
X – £110 Nether Brotherston, £108 Mount Lothian
ZWA – £120 & £116 Brownhill
HAM – £115 Gascoigne
Per Kilo
TEX – 331p West Shawtonhill, 327p Yeldabrek, 323p Allanton, 322p Auchtygemmell & West Torphin
BEL – 381p Jeanfield, 367p Richardton, 348p Biggarshiels, 346p Wintermuir & Biggarshiels
BF – 285p Upper Wellwood, 284p Yeldabrek
SUF – 320p Yeldabrek, 314p Gilmeadowland, 309p Mid Brockloch & Nettlingflat, 307p Blaircochrane
CHAR – 307p Nether Brotherston
CHE – 310p Nettlingflat, 300p Muirhouse & Parkhouse, 297p Nettlingflat, 290p Muldron
CHM – 302p Stobo Home, 292p Parkhouse & Stobo Home
SM – 300p Spango & East Merkland, 297p & 295p Shawhead, 293p Whelphill
X – 289p Nether Brotherston, 284p Mount Lothian
ZWA – 297p & 292p Brownhill, 200p Greyside
HAM – 273p Gascoigne
45.6-52kg
Per Head
TEX – £178, £172 & £170 (twice) Craighead, £166 East Merkland
BAD – £149 Bridgestone
BEL – £176 Sunnyside, £170 (three times) & £168 Collielaw
BF – £130 Ingraston
SUF – £155 Netherurd Mains, £154 Brownsbank, £152 Hamildean, £151 Toxside, £150 Belstane
CHAR – £156 Belstane, £149 Langside, £136 Lochhill
CHE – £137 Yeldabrek
CHM – £133 Stobo Home
SM – £143 Sunnyside, £142 Hamildean, £139 Lightshaw, £138 Townfoot, £130 Yeldabrek
DTEX – £135 (twice) Auchtygemmell
BERR – £140 Bridgestone
KHIL – £143 Wester Hassockrigg, £139 The Law
HAM – £136 Gascoigne
Per Kilo
TEX – 345p East Merkland, 344p, 342p & 340p Craighead, 343p Greenfield
BAD – 323p Bridgestone
BEL – 356p Broomfield, 352p Sunnyside, 350p & 346p Collielaw, 341p Broomfield
BF – 270p Ingraston
SUF – 306p Yeldabrek & Belstane, 304p Hamildean (twice), 302p Muirhouse
CHAR – 323p Langside, 305p Belstane, 283p Lochhill
CHE – 297p Yeldabrek
CHM – 302p Stobo Home
SM – 293p Townfoot, 291p Sunnyside, 289p Lightshaw, 284p Hamildean, 282p Yeldabrek
DTEX – 281p Auchtygemmell (twice)
BERR – 304p Bridgestone
KHIL – 295p Law, 291p Wester Hassockrigg
HAM – 295p Gascoigne
52+kg
Per Head
TEX – £180 Muirhead, £178 Kailzie & Hill (Strathaven), £173 & £170 Collielaw
BEL – £176 Langside
SUF – £190 Dykes, £175 & £174 Kailzie, £169 Southmains, £166 Netherurd Mains
SM – £147 Belstane
KHIL – £160 Wester Hassockrigg
Per Kilo
TEX – 320p Collielaw (twice), 318p & 306p Hill, 303p Craighead
BEL – 303p Langside
SUF – 300p Langside (twice) & Carwood, 298p Southmains & Yeldabrek
SM – 267p Belstane
KHIL – 285p Wester Hassockrigg
Cast Ewes & Rams
The 2504 cast ewes and rams were yet another fine trade as our busy ring of buyers remain keep for sheep. The plainest, leanest end a little less but the best ewes remain dear.
The sale topped at £292 per head for Texels from Laga Farms and to £128 for Blackface from Provan, Parkhall Farm.
Overall Average £100.80
BF Average £79.35
Ewes
TEX – £292 Laga & Kilncadzow, £265 (twice) Cambwell, £262 Toxside
BEL – £172 & £100 Kepscaith, £150 Mid Brockloch
BF – £178 Biggarshiels Mains, £128 Parkhall, £126 Corsebank, £124 Bellow Mill, £120 Whelphill
SUF – £205 & £184 Toxside, £180 Bents & Kailzie, £172 Yeldabrek
NCC – £182, £138 & £137 Yeldabrek, £145 & £141 Brockhouse
CHE – £124 Glendouran, £114 & £104 Muirhouse, £98 & £95 Yeldabrek
CONT – £136 Hill, £128 & £116 West Lethans, £125 Hill, £113 Yeldabrek
CHM – £182 Yeldabrek, £180 Cobblehaugh, £140 Greyside, £136 & £112 Gilmeadowland
X – £170 Glenrath, £169 Howburn, £164 Nether Abington & Overburns, £162 Lochhill
BFL – £176 Cloich, £134, £130 & £128 Glenrath
BDM – £108 High Parks
DTEX – £150 West Shawtonhill
ZWA – £70 Yeldabrek
BL – £180 Kilncadzow
EC – £136, £120, £118, £117 Greyside
ABE – £128 Lee Meadow
HB – £152 Broomfield Lodge
ROM – £119 Yeldabrek
Rams
TEX – £220 Glenrath, £114 Ingraston
BEL – £158 Bents
BF – £155 Corsebank, £154 & £116 Peel
SUF – £90 Hangingshaw
NCC- £110 & £88 Stobo Home, £90 Carcant
CHE – £138 Dykes, £138 & £128 Yeldabrek
KHIL – £112 Yeldabrek
