Lawrie & Symington Ltd

Lanark Agricultural Centre

Monday 2^nd December

Cattle prime stock report

176 cattle sold comprising 55 prime bullocks & heifers, 7 young bulls, 94 cast cows. Limousin heifer sold to 250p/kg from D Dickinson, Brockwoodlees, Canonbie, to S Collins butchers. British Blue bullock sold to 242p/kg from Messrs Wainwright, Todhall, Cupar, to Hastie butchers, Markinch.

Heifer per head

£1535 & £1562 Brockwoodlees, £1473 Todhall, £1416 Greenshields, £1378 Kinneil Mill, £1280 Castlehill, £1255 Little Kype.

Heifer per kilo

250p & 248p Brockwoodlees, 242p & 240p Todhall, 238p Castlehill & Hill, 236p Greenshields, 232p Kinneil Mill & Muirburn, 232p & 230p Calla, 228p Howburn, 222p Harviestoun, 218p Little Kype, 216p Auchenstarry.

Bullock per head

£1564 Greenshields, £1447 Todhall, £1412 Harviestoun, £1327 Kinneil Mill, £1300 Howburn.

Bullock per kilo

242p Todhall, 232p Castlehill, 220p Stonebyres, 218p Muirburn, 216p Howburn, 208p Kinneil Mill, 200p Greenshields & Harviestoun.

Young bulls

204p West Glespin.

Beef cow per head

£1165 & £1095 Allanton, £1085 Little Kype, £1065 Robiesland, £1045 Kilwhipnach, £1015 Canderside.

Beef cow per kilo

151p Allanton, 140p Kilwhipnach, 136p Little Kype, 130p Canderside.

Dairy cow per head

£785 Cobblehaugh, £775 Mill & Hawksland, £735 West Brackenridge.

Dairy cow per kilo

100p Mill.

The Christmas show & sale of calves & stirks saw a smaller entry forward. Ably judged by Mr Douglas Byres, Gimmenbie farm, Lockerbie, the champion rosette was awarded to a Limousin x bull calf from J & W Baillie, Hillhead, Thankerton which went on to make £250 selling to the judge. The reserve ticket was awarded to a British Blue heifer from Messrs W Steele, Kypeside, Lesmahagow, later realizing £265.

Other top prices include:

Beef bulls

AA – £305, £265 & £260 Muirhouse, £165 Over Dalserf.

BB – £270 Muirhouse, £185 Grangehall.

Beef heifers

AA – £270 Muirhouse, £185 & £150 Over Dalserf.

BB – £190 Grangehall, £165 Kypeside.

LM – £215 Hillhead.

Prime sheep report

2355 lambs and 1078 cast ewes were sold. Another good show of 2355 prime lambs were forward to a busy ring of buyers all keen for sheep. More heavy lambs were forward with export weights short of requirements. Many more could be sold to advantage. Out with the Christmas show, the sale topped at £104 per head for Blue Texels from Alexander, Millside, and to 263p/kg for Texels from Hammond, Auchenbart and Beltex from Currie, Haswellsykes. Overall average 189.3p/kg. (SQQ 190.8p/kg).

Today also held the annual Christmas show & sale of prime lambs where over 400 head were presented to judge Mr R Lawson, Eastmains, who made a fine job eventually awarding the champion to a pen of 5 Beltex from Messrs Anderson, Old Walls, which scaled 45kg and realised £200 or 444p/kg to Country Refreshments (Mr G Thomson). Reserve went to weekly local consignors Messrs R & M Struthers, Collielaw, which also scaled 45kg and realised £145 or 322p/kg selling to Chapman butchers, Wishaw. Blackface lambs were the largest section and topped at £92.50 for 1^st prize heavys scaling 49kg from Messrs Taylor, Heatheryhall, selling to Farmers Fresh.

CHRISTMAS SHOW & SALE OF PRIME LAMBS

MONDAY 2^ND DECEMBER, 2019

JUDGE – MR R LAWSON, EAST MAINS FARM, NEWBIGGING

CLASS 20 – 5 SUFFOLK CROSS LAMBS

1^st – Mr A Leggate, Stramolloch Farm – 47kg £89 Janan Meats.

2^nd – Mr W Borthwick, Auchenraith Farm – 50kg £90.50 Janan Meats.

3^rd – James A Taylor, Skirling Craigs Farm – 54kg £90.50 Janan Meats.

CLASS 21A – 5 TEXEL CROSS LAMBS (UNDER 43KG)

1^st – Messrs R & B Dickie, Spango Farm – 41kg £99 Janan Meats.

CLASS 21B – 5 TEXEL CROSS LAMBS (43KG AND OVER)

1^st – Messrs R & M Struthers, Collielaw Farm – 45kg £118 S Collins butchers, Muirhead.

2^nd – Mr R Orr, Lawhead Farm – 50kg £110 West Scottish Lamb.

3^rd – Ferguson Brothers, Gillandersland Farm – 49kg £104 West Scottish Lamb.

CLASS 22A – 5 BELTEX CROSS LAMBS (UNDER 43KG)

1^st – Messrs TF Padkin & Son, Muirhouse Farm – 42kg £106 Vivers Scotlamb.

2^nd – Mr A Baillie, Broomfield Farm – 42kg £100 Vivers Scotlamb.

3^rd – Messrs JB Currie & Son, Haswellsykes Farm – 37kg £94 Janan Meats.

CLASS 22B – 5 BELTEX CROSS LAMBS (43KG AND OVER)

1st – Messrs R Anderson & Son, Old Walls Farm – 45kg £200 Country Refreshments.

2^nd – Messrs R & M Struthers, Collielaw Farm – 45kg £145 Chapman butchers, Wishaw.

3^rd – Mr I Laird, Yeldabreck Farm – 44kg £99 Pak Mecca Meats.

CLASS 23 – 5 ANY OTHER CONTINENTAL CROSS LAMBS

1^st – Mr A Leggate, Stramolloch Farm – 45kg £86.50 West Scottish Lamb.

2^nd – Mr HP Jackson, Boat Farm – 42kg £80 Yorkshire Halal Meats.

CLASS 24A – 10 BLACKFACE LAMBS (UP TO 39KG)

1^st – DC & JJ Marshall LLP, Gosland Farm – 37kg £78 Janan Meats.

2^nd – DC & JJ Marshall LLP, Gosland Farm – 36kg £74 Janan Meats.

3^rd – The Firm of Shawhead Farm, Shawhead Farm – 38kg £80 West Scottish Lamb.

CLASS 24B – 10 BLACKFACE LAMBS (40KG – 43KG)

1^st – Mr T Taylor, Heatheryhall Farm – 43kg £80 Mr R Lawson.

2^nd – Messrs R & B Dickie, Spango Farm – 41kg £77 Pak Mecca Meats.

3^rd – Messrs P Smith & Son, Cloverhill Farm – 41kg £76.50 Yorkshire Halal Meats.

CLASS 24C – 10 BLACKFACE LAMBS (44KG AND OVER)

1^st – Mr T Taylor, Heatheryhall Farm – 49kg £92.50 Farmers Fresh.

2^nd – Mr JA McGarva, Nether Abington Farm – 47kg £80 Scotbeef.

3^rd – Messrs A Smellie & Partners, Posso Farm – 45kg £80.50 Mr R Lawson.

CLASS 25 – 10 SCOTCH MULE LAMBS

1^st – Messrs P Smith & Son, Cloverhill Farm – 47kg £85.50 Mr R Lawson.

2^nd – Messrs R & B Dickie, Spango Farm – 45kg £77 West Scottish Lamb.

3^rd – The Firm of Shawhead Farm, Shawhead Farm – 48kg £84 Janan Meats.

CLASS 26 – 10 CHEVIOT LAMBS

1^st – Mr T Taylor, Heatheryhall Farm – 49kg £85 Janan Meats.

Champion – Messrs R Anderson & Son, Old Walls Farm, Galston, with the 1^st Prize pen of 5 Beltex Cross Lambs (43kg and Over) – 45kg £200 Country Refreshments.

Reserve Champion – Messrs R & M Struthers, Collielaw Farm, with the 2^nd Prize pen of 5 Beltex Cross Lambs (43kg and Over) – 45kg £145 Chapman butchers, Wishaw.

Show sheep Per head

TEX – £118 Collielaw, £110 Lawhead, £104 Craighead & Gillandersland, £102.50 Skirling Craigs & Gillandersland, £99 Spango, £95.50 Yeldabrek.

BEL – £200 Old Walls, £145 Collielaw, £109 Lawhead, £106 Muirhouse, £104 Lawhead, £99 & £98 Yeldabrek, £95 West Lethans, £94 Haswellsykes.

BF – £92.50 Southholm, £80.50 Posso, £80 Shawhead, Southholm & Nether Abington, £78 Gosland, £77 Spango &Cloverhill, £76.50 Gosland.

SUF – £90.50 Auchinraith & Skirling Craigs, £89 Stramulloch, £86 Auchinraith.

CHE – £85 Southholm.

CONT – £86.50 Stramulloch, £80 Boat.

SM – £85.50 Cloverhil, £84 Shawhead, £82.50 Nether Abington, £81.50 Spango, £79.50 Shawhead, £76.50 Cloverhill.

Per kilo

TEX – 251.1p Collielaw, 244.4p Lawhead, 241.5p Spango, 226.7p Gillandersland, 222.1p Yeldabrek, 220p Lawhead, 216.7p Craighead, 212.2p Gillandersland, 205p Skirling Craigs.

BEL – 444.4p Old Walls, 322.2p Collielaw, 254.1p Haswellsykes, 252.4p Muirhouse, 247.7p Lawhead, 235p West Lethans, 231.7p West Lethans, 225p Yeldabrek, 221.3p Lawhead, 220p Yeldabrek.

BF – 210.8p Gosland, 210.5p & 210p Shawhead, 205.6p Gosland, 200p & 194.1p Eastfield, 190.5p & 188.8p Southholm, 187.8p Spango, 187.5p Nether Abington.

SUF – 189.4p Stramulloch, 181p & 172p Auchinraith, 167.6p Skirling Craigs.

CHE – 188.9p Southholm.

CONT – 192.2p Stramulloch, 190.5p Boat.

SM – 182.1p & 182p Cloverhill, 181.1p Spango, 180.7p Shawhead, 175.5p Nether Abington, 175p Shawhead.

25.5-32kg

Per head

TEX – £56 Standhill.

KHIL – £53.50 West.

Per kilo

TEX – 180.6p Standhill.

32.1-39kg

Per head

TEX – £77.50 Yeldabrek, £77 Kinneil Mill, £76.50 Auldtoun & Kinneil Mill, £76 & £75 Harestonhill, £75 Auchterhead, £74.50 Netherburn.

BEL – £87.50 Haswellsykes, £85 Weston, £84 Holehouse.

BF – £72 & £70 Boat, £69 Dalefield, £64.50 Birthwood.

SUF – £69 High Bellochantuy, £68 Broomlee.

CHE – £75 Arniston, £72 Altarstone.

Per kilo

TEX – 208.1p Kinneil Mill, 204p Yeldabrek, 202.7p Auchterhead, 197.4p Harestonhill, 196.2p Kinneil Mill & Auldton, 196.1p South Netherburn, 194.9p Harestonhill, 194.6p & 190.8p Auldtoun.

BEL – 230.3p Haswellsykes, 217.9p West Glespin, 215.4p Holehouse.

BF –  189.7p Birthwood, 189.2p & 184.6p Boat, 181.6p Dalefield.

SUF – 176.9p High Bellochantuy, 174.4p Broomlee.

CHE – 197.4p Arniston, 194.6p Altarstone.

39.1-45.5kg

Per head

TEX – £94 Greenbank, £92 Yeldabrek & Dovecot, £89.50 Sandilands, £89 Ashcraig & Mossdale, £88 Ashcraig, Ingraston & Carlinside, £87.50 South Arnloss.

BEL – £99 Auchenbart, £94 Laigh Carnduff, £89 West Lethans, £88.50 Hillridge, £84.50 Ingraston, £84 & £80 West Lethans, £80 Jeanfield.

BF – £76 Scrogton & Nether Abington, £72 Cloverhill, £70 Toxside.

SUF – £84 Lawriesmuir, £80 Rutherend & Ingraston.

CHAR – £84 Lochhill, £82 Altarstone.

CHM – £76 Spittal.

SM – £81.50 Spango, £76.50 Cloverhill, £75.50 Burnetland, £74 Shawhead.

Per kilo

TEX – 218.6p Greenbank, 214p Dovecot, 211.9p & 209.5p Ashcraig, 209.1p Yeldabrek, 207p Mossdale, 205p Toxside & Spango, 204.8p & 201.3p Yeldabrek.

BEL – 230.2p Auchenbart, 222.5p West Lethans, 210.7p Hillridge, 208.9p Laigh Carnduff, 204.9p West Lethans, 196.5p Ingraston, 195.1p West Lethans.

BF – 190p Scrogton, 180p Cloverhill.

SUF – 190.5p Rutherend, 186.7p Lawriesmuir, 182p Ingraston.

CHAR – 191p Lochhill.

CHM – 181p Spittal.

SM – 188.8p Burnetland, 185.2p Spango, 182.1p Cloverhill.

45.6-52kg

Per head

TEX – £108 Ashcraig, £107 Collielaw, £102 Mitchellhill, £99 Toxside, £98.50 Sandilands, £97 Stonebyres, £96 West Nerston, £95.50 Shawhead, £93.50 Greenbank, £93 Northflatt.

BEL – £96 Holehouse, £95 Hihg Parks, £92 Laigh Carnduff.

BF – £87 Silverrig, £85 Mitchellhill, £77 Cloverhill.

SUF – £90.50 Greenside, £88 Yeldabrek, £87.50 Carwood, £87 High Bellochantuy & Toxside, £86 Lochhill, £83 Auchinraith & Howford.

NCC – £85 Toxside Cottages.

CHE – £86 South Arnloss.

SM – £83.50 Silverrig.

Per kilo

TEX – 225p Ashcraig, 222p Shawhead, 218.4p Collielaw, 208.7p West Nerston, 201.1p Yeldabrek, 198p Stonebyres & Toxside, 197p Sandilands, 196.2p Mitchellhill, 195p Greenbank.

BEL – 208.7p Holehouse, 206.5p High Parks, 191.7p Laigh Carnduff.

BF – 170p Mitchellhill, 167.3p Silverrig, 163p Bellow Mill.

SUF – 179.3p Burnetland, 179p Lochhill, 172.9p Howford, 172.5p Yeldabrek, 171.6p Carwood, 170.6p High Bellochantuy.

NCC – 170p Toxside Cottage.

CHE – 187p & 181.9p South Arnloss.

SM – 182p Silverrig.

52+kg

Per head

TEX – £94 Ashcraig, £92 Laigh Carnduff, £90 Stonebyres & Yeldabrek, £87.50 Stonebyres, £87 Auchinraith, £85 Kailzie Mains.

SUF – £90 Yeldabrek.

BTEX – £104 & £100 Millside.

Per kilo

TEX – 170.9p Ashcraig, 163.6p Yeldabrek.

SUF – 157.9p Yeldabrek.

BTEX – 188.7p Millside.

Cast Ewes

Another big show of 1078 cast ewes saw trade again firmer on the week in all classes especially Blackface ewes which made up more than half the sale. Ewes topped at £180 for Texels from Hammond, Auchenbart, with Blackface to £68 from Walker, Tower.

GOA – £72 Dornan, £64 Badenheath.

TEX – £180 Auchenbart, £172 Greenbank, £169 Auchenbart, £160 Mitchelhill, £144 Greenside, £140 Auchenbart & Mitchellhill, £138 Greenbank, £136 Greenwall, £128 Yeldabrek.

BF – £68 Tower, £67 Toftcombs, £65 Shawhead, £63 Tower, £60 Haswellsykes, £59 Cardon, Shawhead, Lochaber & Burnetland.

SUF – £97 & £94 Brownfield, £92 Kailzie Mains, £90 Howford, £89 Westmains, £88 Cardon, £84 Netherurd, £80 Carwood.

NCC – £81 Greyside, £80 Yeldabrek & Toxside Cottage, £79 Yeldabrek, £73 Greyside, £71 Arniston, £70 Yeldabrek.

CHE – £68 Badenheath, £62, £58 & £57 Yeldabrek, £54 Dunduff.

X – £80 Brownpark, £79 Netherurd & East Brackenridge, £78 Netherurd, £76 Howford, £74 Burnetland & Toftcombs, £70 Cardon, Brownpark & Westmains.

BFL – £92 Kailzie Mains, £88 Cocklaw, £85 Cardon.

ROUS – £83 Netherurd.

SWA – £54 Lochaber.

Rams

TEX – £108 Hillridge, £90 Yeldabrek & Easterbush, £82 Ashcraig.

BF – £76 Sweetshawhead.