Lawrie & Symington Ltd

Lanark Agricultural Centre

Monday 22nd June 2026

Cattle Primestock Report

Lawrie and Symington Ltd had forward 88 cattle comprising of 22 bullocks and heifers, 26 cast cows and 48 calves.

Calves and Stirks

A good show of 48 tremendous calves were forward for Today’s sale with no let up on price. Topping the sale at £900 was a British Blue cross heifer calf from Marshall, Haggs Farm and also for a Limousin cross bull calf from Taylor Heatheryhall Farm. On milk calves topped at £900 for the same calf from Heatheryhall Farm.

Calves On Milk

LIM X – £900 & £840 Heatheryhall, £800, £700(twice) & £680 Ladehead

AA – £760 Ladehead

HER – £760 & £700 Heatheryhall, £540 (twice) & £400 Muirhouse

B/SWISS – £610 Muirhouse

BB – £810 Swaites, £660, £650, £640 & £600 Muirhouse

CHAR X – £860 Dreva

HOL – £360 Craigthorn

Calves Off Milk

LIM X – £780 Cronan

AA – £800, £790, £760, £740, £720 & £700 Hillhead, £780 Swaites, £740, £700 (twice) & £620 Wolfclyde, £710 & £700 (twice), £620 (twice) & £600 Craigthorn

BB – £900, £880 & £840 Haggs, £800 Cronan, £780 & £760 Over Kypeside

SHO – £740 Bonny Brae

 Store Cattle

A smaller show of store cattle forward for our fortnightly sale. Achieving top price today was a single Aberdeen Angus X Heifer from Fleming, Craigthorn Farm achieving £1780. Top PPH was awarded to a single Simmental X Bullock from Wyllie, High Millrig Farm reaching 466pph.

 Prime Cattle

Limousin Heifers sold to £2800 from Brockwoodlees Farm to H Black Butchers or to 450 p/kg from the same home.

Bullocks sold to 395p/kg from East Millrig Farm to A Elliot Butchers.

Young Bulls sold to £2470 per head from East Merkland Farm or to 332p/kg from the same home.

 Beef Heifers Per Head

LIM – £2752 Brockwoodlees

LIM X – £2799 (twice) & £2617 Brockwoodlees

BB – £2446 Brockwoodlees

 Beef Heifers Per Kilo

LIM – 430p Brockwoodlees

LIM X – 450p & 432p Brockwoodlees

BB – 440p Brockwoodlees

 Beef Bullocks Per Head

CHAR – £2128 East Millrig

 Beef Bullocks Per Kilo

LIM X – 395p East Millrig

CHAR – 380p East Millrig

 Dairy Bullocks & Heifers Per Head

HOL – £1761 Haggs

Dairy Bullocks & Heifers Per Kilo

HOL – 330p Westtown, 290p Haggs

AYR – 275p Langside

Young Bulls Per Head

SIM – £2470 East Merkland

Cast Cows and Bulls

Beef cows sold to £2310 per head from Bagmoors Farm or to 294p/kg from Ingraston Farm

Dairy cows sold to £1710 per head from Muirhouse Farm or to 265p/kg from the same home.

Beef Cows Per Head

AA – £2310 Bagmoors, £2170 Ingraston, £2090 Bagmoors

LIM X – £2090 East Millrig

HER – £1740 Corramore

Beef Cows Per Kilo

AA – 294p Ingraston, 288p Bagmoors, 282p Ingraston, 280p Bagmoors

LIM X – 289p East Millrig

HER – 234p Corramore

 Dairy Cows Per Head

FRIES – £1710 Muirhouse

 Dairy Cows Per Kilo

FRIES – 265p Muirhouse

 Sheep Primestock Report

Lawrie and Symington Ltd sold 645 Lambs, 214 Hoggs and 881 Cast Ewes through Lanark.

Lambs

Another good show of 645 new season lambs saw trade a little steadier apart from 48kg plus lambs which continue to achieve extreme rates. Lighter lambs 35-38kg selling to £150-£170, why hold on?

The sale topped at £254 per head for Suffolk Cross from Wight, Carwood Farm and to 487p/kg for Beltex from Purdon, Brownsbank Farm.

Overall Average 426p/kg (SQQ 424 p/kg)

32.1-39kg

Per Head

TEX – £177 Burnhouse, £170, Cloverhill, £166 Muirhouse, £164 Wester Whitecastle, £160 & £150 Blunderfield, £160 & £152, £152 Bushelhead, £150 Birniehall

BEL – £170 Burnhouse, £170 Bushelhead, £168 High Dyke, £160 Muirhouse

SUF – £160 Prior Rigg, £158 & £154 Floors, £150 Branxton, £150 Dykeneuk, £140 Branxton, £120 Prior Rigg

Per Kilo

TEX – 453p Balgreen Cottage, 436p Muirhouse, 435p Cloverhill, 432p & 428p Blunderfield, 431p Wester Whitecastle, 430p & 421p Branxton, 422p Bushelhead

BEL – 444p The Firs, 435p Balgreen Cottage & Bushelhead, 430p High Dyke

SUF – 416p & 415p Floors, 410p Prior Rigg, 405p Dykeneuk, 394p & 388p Branxton

39.1-45.5kg

Per Head

TEX – £208 Howburn, £204 Brownsbank, £200, £197, £192 & £190 Cowgrove, £196 Hamildean, £193 Cloverhill, £192 Crawcraigs, £189 High Crewburn

BEL – £205 & £200 Muirhouse

SUF – £200 Brownsbank, £189 Auchenhard, £186 Newton of Wiston, £186 Muirhouse, £186 Hartside, £180 Hamildean, £179 Dykeneuk, £173 & £172 Wester Whitecastle

CHAR – £170 Crawcraigs, £170 Nether Brotherston, £170 Langside

CHE – £165 Wester Whitecastle

X – £170 Nether Brotherston

BTEX – £170 Eight Acres

DTEX – £170 Crawcraigs

Per Kilo

TEX – 463p Brownsbank, 462p Howburn, 457p, 454p & 437p Cowgrove, 450p Blunderfield & Balgreen Cottage, 448p Cloverhill, 442p Townhead, 439p High Crewburn

BEL – 435p & 455p Muirhouse

SUF – 459p Brownsbank, 432p Newton of Wiston, 429p Auchenhard, 426p Dykeneuk, 425p & 413p The Firs, 422p Hartside, 414p Dreva, 409p Wester Whitecastle & Hamildean

CHAR – 425p Crawcraigs, Langside & Nether Brotherston (twice)

CHE – 402p Wester Whitecastle

X – 404p Nether Brotherston

BTEX – 425p Eight Acres

DTEX – 425p Crawcraigs

45.6-52kg

Per Head

TEX – £235 Carwood, £234 Overburns, £233 Auchenhard, £230 Hartside, £227 University of Edinburgh, £226 Sornfallow, £226 Howburn (twice)

BEL – £234 Brownsbank

SUF – £234 Sornfallow, £230 & £228 Kailzie Mains, £210 Sornfallow, £202 Middlehouse, £196 Greenbank

X – £222 Carwood, £150 Hamildean

DTEX – £222 Crawcraigs

Per Kilo

TEX – 485p Auchenhard, 480p Howburn (twice) & Sornfallow, 477p Overburns, 469p Hartside, 468p Howburn, 465p Kailzie Mains, 463p Greenbank (Kilncadzow), 451p Carwood

BEL – 487p Brownsbank

SUF – 465p & 460p Kailzie Mains, 450p & 437p Sornfallow, 429p Middlehouse, 426p Greenbank (Kilncadzow), 414p Auchenhard, 404p Dreva

X – 435p Carwood

DTEX – 444p Crawcraigs

 52+kg

Per Head

TEX – £249 Kailzie Mains, £245 & £244 Carwood, £244 Howburn, £244 Middlehouse

SUF – £254 Carwood

Per Kilo

TEX – 456p Middlehouse, 445p Carwood, 444p Kailzie Mains, 443p Howburn & Carwood, 428p Middlehouse

SUF – 445p Carwood

Hoggs

A small show of 214 Prime Hoggs were very, very poor quality with only good flesh and heavy weights easy to sell.

The sale topped at £238 per head for Texel from Mair, Hill Farm and to 360p/kg for a Texel from Bryson, Laigh Carnduff Farm.

Overall Average 286p/kg

32.1-39kg

Per Head

TEX – £90 North Boig, £80 Netherhall, £70 Hillhouse, £70 Castlebrae

BF – £90 Hill (Falkirk), £69 Hillhouse, £60 Netherhall, £57 East Burnhead

HEB – £70 Hill (Falkirk)

Per Kilo

TEX – 250p North Boig, 228p Netherhall, 212p Hillhouse, 194p Castlebrae

BF – 250p Hill (Falkirk), 209p Hillhouse, 172p East Burnhead, 171p Netherhall

HEB – 212p Hill (Falkirk)

39.1-45.5kg

Per Head

TEX – £120 North Boig

BF – £130 North Boig, £100 Castlebrae, £100 North Boig

CHE – £140 Hill (Falkirk)

X – £50 North Boig

HW – £100 North Boig, £90 Dunthrun

Per Kilo

TEX – 300p North Boig

BF – 288p, 250p North Boig, 222p Castlebrae

CHE – 325p Hill (Falkirk)

X – 119p North Boig

HW – 222p North Boig, 214pp Dunthrun

45.6-52kg

Per Head

TEX – £160 Alton, £152 North Boig, £148 Hill (Cumnock), £144 Castlebrae, £138 Woodhouse

BF – £150 Hill (Falkirk)

SUF – £152 Carwood

CHE – £140 Lumsdaine

X – £178 Hilltop, £160 East Burnhead

SWA – £120 Hill (Falkirk)

Per Kilo

TEX – 320p Alton, 313p Castlebrae, 310p North Boig, 30p Hill (Cumnock), 293p Woodhouse

BF – 300p Hill (Falkirk)

SUF – 323p Carwood

CHE – 304p Lumsdaine

X – 356p Hilltop, 320p East Burnhead

SWA – 260p Hill (Falkirk)

 52+kg

Per Head

TEX – £238 Hill (Cumnock), £232, £228 Branxton, £222 Brownsbank, £202 Laigh Carnduff, £150 Lumsdaine

SUF – £166 Hamildean

SM – £210 Hamildean

X – £150 Woodhouse

DTEX – £226 Fieldside

Cast Ewes & Rams

An excellent show of 881 cast ewes and rams sold at recent high rates and well short of buyer requirements. More needed each week to satisfy Scotland’s largest ring of primestock buyers.

The sale topped to £330 per head for Texel from Midlock Farms and to £148 for Blackface from Minto, Townhead Farm.

Overall Average £141.80

BF Average £100.18

Ewes

TEX – £330, £300 Midlock, £290 Hartside, £290, £280 Langside

BEL – £235, £225, £200 & £195 Birniehall, £170 Woodside

BF – £148 Townhead, £142 Sweetshawhead, £137 Rockhall, £130 Whelphill, £126 Fairview

SUF – £260 & £252 Carwood, £230 Langside, £218 Carwood, £208 Cowgrove

CHAR – £265 Langside

NCC – £175 & £138 Crathie

CHE – £200 Dreva, £184 Hill, £154 Newton of Wiston, £128 Castlebrae, £108 Brims Mains

CONT – £138 & £116 Howpark

CHM – £196 Newton of Wiston, £170 Blunderfield, £168 Newton of Wiston, £108 Branxton

X – £194 Dreva, £188 Midlock, £186 Cowgrove, £180 Townhead

BFL – £175 Hamildean, £168 Dreva, £118 Dykeneuk

ZWA – £148 Branxton

Rams

TEX – £270 Greenshields, £220 Rowantreehill, £200 Craigmad, £160 Brownsbank

BF – £165 Kailzie Mains, £150 Ulzieside

BFL – £165 Rowantreehill

X – £220 Blackpark