Lawrie & Symington Ltd
Lanark Agricultural Centre
Monday 10th February2025
Cattle Primestock Report
On Monday 10th February Lawrie and Symington Ltd had forward 105 cattle comprising of 38 bullocks and heifers and 67 cast cows.
Limousin heifers sold to 420p/pk from Brockwoodlees Farm to Collins Butchers or to £2531 from Brockwoodlees Farm to Black Butchers.
Limousin bullocks sold to 402p/pk from Fauldingcleugh Farm to Lawson Midseat Farm or to £2416 from Howburn Farm.
Beef cows sold to £2490 per head from Bushelhead Farm or to 303p/pk from the same home.
Dairy cow sold to £1830 per head from Moatmains Farm or to 245p/pk from Moatmains Farm.
Cast bulls sold to £2310 per head from Easter Happrew Farm or to 201p/pk from the same home.
Dairy young bulls sold to £2328 per head from Harvieston Farm or to 378p/pk from the same home.
Beef Heifers Per Head
£2531, £2528, £2508, £2352, £2314 Brockwoodlees
£2456, £2296 Collielaw
£2316 Yett
£2119, £2086, £1807 Harvieston
Beef Heifers Per Kilo
420p, 418p, 415p (twice), 410p Brockwoodlees
410p, 408p Collielaw
410p Fauldingcleugh
398p Yett
378p, 360p Harvieston
Beef Bullocks Per Head
£2416 Howburn
£2307 Fauldingcleugh
Beef Bullocks Per Kilo
402p Fauldingcleugh
400p Howburn
Dairy Bullocks & Heifers Per Head
£2139 Millhill
Young Bulls Per Head
£2232 Harvieston
Young Bulls Per Kilo
378p Harvieston
Cast Cows and Bulls
Beef Cows Per Head
AA – £2440, £2170 & £2110 Hill of Kilncadzow, £2290 & £2170 Headsmuir
SHO – £1870 Grange
LIM – £2370 & £2170 Greentowers, £2110 Wintermuir
LIM X – £2490 Bushelhead
CONT X – £1890 High Crewburn
S/DEV – £2290 Grange
Beef Cows Per Kilo
AA – 272p Howburn, 268p, 261p, 257p 253p Hill of Kilncadzow, 257p & 249p Headsmuir
LUING – 235p Coldside
SHO – 237p Grange
LIM – 275p & 271p Greentowers
LIM X – 302p, 270p & 268p Bushelhead, 272p Headsmuir, 260p Hole of Kilncadzow
CONT X – 236p High Crewburn
S/DEV – 275p Grange
Dairy Cows Per Head
FRIES – £1470 Auchmeddan
AYR – £1190 Canniehole
HOL – £1690 High Crewburn, £1530 Greentowers, £1490 Greentowers
MRI – £1830 & £1610 Moatmains
Dairy Cows Per Kilo
FRIES – 218p & 209p Auchmeddan
AYR – 204p Canniehole
HOL – 228p High Crewburn, 225 & 222p Greentowers, 208p Grangehall, 203p Auchmeddan
MRI – 244p & 238p Moatmains
Cast Bulls Per Head
SHO – £1970 Watsonhead
CHAR – £2310 Easter Happrew
Cast Bulls Per Kilo
SHO – 193p Watsonhead
CHAR – 201p Easter Happrew
Sheep Primestock Report
On Monday 10th February Lawrie and Symington Ltd sold 2813 Hoggs, 565 store hoggs and 1356 Cast Ewes through Lanark.
Hoggs
The 2813 prime hoggs were a slightly smaller show for numbers and less weight around although trade remained similar on the week. More could have been sold.
The sale topped at £219 for Texels from Hartside Farm and to 411p/kg for Beltex from Hillend Farm.
Overall Average 340p/kg (SQQ 343p/kg)
25.5-32kg
Per Head
BF – £95 & £90 Barr, £93 Rosebery Estate
CHE – £93 Laxfirth, £90 Rosebery Estate
Per Kilo
BF – 306.5p, 300p Barr, 300p Rosebery Est, 250p East Kinleith, 245.2p Corsebank
CHE – 300p Laxfirth, 281.3p Rosebery Est
SHE – 222.2p Laxfirth
JAC – 166.7p Pardovan Holdings
SWA – 219p Greyside
32.1-39kg
Per Head
TEX – £145 Yeldabrek, £138 Thethwaite & Muirhouse, £135 High Crewburn & Bogside
BEL – £143 & £140 Hillend
BF – £133 Thethwaite, £130 Craigdarroch, £128 Walston Mill, £127 Parkhall, £126 Scrogton
SUF – £130 Altarstone, £120 Laxfirth
CHAR – £128 Altarstone
CHE – £124 Laxfirth
X – £120 & £110 Ardoch, £116 & £114 Auchencorth
BFL – £110 Spittal
Per Kilo
TEX – 363.2p Muirhouses, 362.2p Carlophill, 357.1p East Law, 357.1p Hillridge
BEL – 411.8p, 397.2p Hillend
BF – 345.9p Walston Mill, 343.2p Parkhall, 341p Thethwaite, 340.5p Scrogton, 336.1p Parkhall
SUF – 351.4p Altarstone, 324.3p Laxfirth
CHAR – 336.8p Altarstone
CHE – 326.3p Laxfirth
X – 325.7p Auchencorth, 315.8p Ardoch, 305.3p Auchencorth, 289.5p Ardoch, 272.7p Greyside
BFL – 282.1p Spittal
JAC – 216.2p Pardovan Holdings
39.1-45.5kg
Per Head
TEX – £173 & £170 Collielaw, £173 Hillend, £165 West Lethans & Rusha
BEL – £172 (twice) Walkerdyke, £166 (twice) West Lethans, £155 Rusha
BF – £146 & £144 Cronan, £140 West Lethans, £137 Craigdarroch, £132 Walston Mill
SUF – £160 Thethwaite, £154 Heatheryhall, £152 Carlophill, £151 Howes Way & Blackburn Mains
CHAR – £145 & £140 Yeldabrek
CHE – £162 Rowantreehill, £148 High Dyke & £143 Thethwaite & Common, £140 Yeldabrek
CHM – £153 Carlophill, £136 Richardton, £130 Boghouse
SM – £126 Scrogton
X – £153 Walston Mill, £149 Howes Way, £145 Allanton, £140 Thethwaite, £139 Muirhouses
Per Kilo
TEX – 393.2p Hillend, 387.5p Carlophill, 384.4p Collielaw, 383.7p West Lethans, 381.6p Yeldabrek
BEL – 400p Walkerdyke, 386p West Lethans, 385p Little Galla, 382.2p Walkerdyke
BF – 340p, 327.3p Cronan, 318.2p West Lethans, 317.5p Parkhall, 314.3p Walston Mill
SUF – 363.6p, 357.1p Thethwaite, 356.1p Mid Brockloch, 354.8p Howes Way, 353.5p Carlophill
CHAR – 341.5p, 329.5p Yeldabrek
CHE – 368.2p Rowantreehill, 359p Yeldabrek, 357.5p Common, 345p Mid Brockloch, 344.2p High Dyke
CHM – 373.2p Carlophill, 316.3p Richardton, 309.5p Boghouse
SM – 315p Scrogton
X – 354.8p Howes Way, 340p Walston Mill, 337.2p Allanton, 330p Parkhall, 318.2p Thethwaite
45.6-52kg
Per Head
TEX – £180 Collielaw, £179 (three times) Gillandersland & Muirburn
BEL – £174 Ormiston, £172 (twice) West Glespin
BF – £140 Debog
SUF – £167 & £166 Heatheryhall, £164 Carwood, £159 Laxfirth & Yeldabrek
CHAR – £157 & £140 Greyside
CHE – £160 Lochurd, £156 Ormiston
CHM – £157 Richardton
X – £157 Muirburn, £146 Whitehills House Overburns, £142 Tower
Per Kilo
TEX – 384.8p, 373.9p Collielaw, 368.1p Gillandersland, 367.3p Collielaw, 365.2p Walkerdyke
BEL – 378.3p Edgehead, 351p, 344p West Glespin
BF – 285.7p Debog, 115.4p Auchencorth
SUF – 340p Carwood, 334p Thethwaite, 331.9p, 329.8p Heatheryhall, 328p Carwood
CHAR – 341.3p, 311.1p Greyside
CHE – 333.3p Lochurd, 331.9p Edgehead
CHM – 341.3p Richardton
X – 334p Muirburn, 31.6p Whitehills House, 308.7p Tower
52+kg
Per Head
TEX – £219 & £206 Hartside, £200 Crimp Cramp, £199 & £198 Cowgrove
BF – £164 Hartside, £160 Corsebank
SUF – £185 & £184 Dreva, £174 Walkerdyke, £158 Whim Park Cottage
CHE – £168 Lochurd
X – £178 Muirburn, £150 West Glespin
BTEX – £172 Dreva
Per Kilo
TEX – 349.1p, 333.3p Hill (Strathaven), 329.1p Longford, 328.6p Gillandersland, 328.3p High Crewburn
BF – 290.9p Corsebank, 282.8p Hartside
SUF – 316.4p Walkerdyke, 309.8p Whim Park Cottage, 308.3p, 306.7p Dreva
CHE – 284.7p Lochurd
X – 291.8p Muirburn, 278p West Glespin
BTEX – 344p Dreva
Store Hoggs
A larger show of 565 store hoggs met a flying trade at the start of the sale, with all classes heavily bid for and easily sold. More required each week.
The sale topped at £142 for Texels from Corehouse Home Farm.
Overall Average: £102
TEX – £142 & £136 Corehouse, £133 Hills of Dalserf, £131 Howes Way, £125 Hillridge & Whitehall, £124 Whitehall & Hills of Dalserf, £123 Yeldabrek, £122 Bents
BEL – £134 Yeldabrek
BF – £107 & £87 Moorlaws
SUF – £133 Moorlaws, £117 Yeldabrek, £106 Howes Way & Yeldabrek
CHAR – £135 Moorlaws
CHE – £121 Howes Way, £98 Yeldabrek, £96 Fintaloch
CONT – £123, £103 & £90 Ruchlaw Mains, £118, £100 & £90 Yeldabrek,
X – £115 Hillridge, £110 Howes Way, £99 Fintaloch, £98 Bents
Cast Ewes & Rams
The 1356 cast ewes and rams were a smaller show for size with more Blackface ewes on offer. Trade remained strong with big heavy ewes short of requirements.
The sale topped at £295 for Texels from Hartside Farm and to £139 for Blackface from Hamilton, Aikengal Farm.
Overall Average: £114.53
BF Average: £90.71 (511)
Ewes
TEX – £295 Hartside, £290 & £270 Cowgrove, £275 Lee Meadow, £260 High Crewburn
BEL – £250 Mid Shawtonhill, £170 Cowgrove, £165 High Crewburn, £132 & £128 Walkerdyke
BF – £139 Aikengal, £132 Howburn, £127 Glendouran, £126 East Kinleith & Auldhouseburn
SUF – £248 Carwood, £226 (twice) Cowgrove, £212 Mitchellhill, £210 Yeldabrek
CHAR – £180 Yeldabrek
NCC – £190 & £158 Brockhouse, £151 Whitehall, £140 (twice) Yeldabrek
CHE – £160 Dreva, £128 South Netherburn, £118 Howes Way, £110 Thethwaite, £108 High Dyke
CONT – £132 & £115 Yeldabrek
CHM – £175 Biggarshiels Mains, £172 Kinneil Mill, £170 Greyside, £168 Hillhead, £152 Cowgrove
X – £194 Cowgrove, £170 Carlinside, £168 Gair & Yeldabrek, £166 Biggarshiels Mains
BFL – £180 Whim Park Cottage, £172 Haystoun
LLE – £112 & £100 North Glen
BTEX – £166 Nether Brotherston
ZWA – £168 Yeldabrek, £148 Nether Balgray
JAC – £126 Pardovan Holdings
KHIL – £88 Yeldabrek
EASY CARE – £113 Bankhead
Rams
TEX – £218 University of Edinburgh, £200 (twice) Swaites, £148 Greyside
BEL – £162 Tower
BF – £128 & £104 Midlock, £117 Crossflatt, £102 Aikengal, £89 Greyside
SUF – £186 & £110 Yeldabrek, £150 Haystoun, £118 Greyside
CHAR – £156 & £122 Greyside
NCC – £120 Yeldabrek
CHE – £94 Yeldabrek, £80 High Dyke
BFL – £190 Midlock
LLE – £178 & £148 North Glen, £100 Yeldabrek
BTEX – £140 Haspielaw, £110 South Netherburn
