Lawrie & Symington Ltd
Lanark Agricultural Centre
Monday 19th February, 2024
Cattle prime stock report
Lawrie and Symington Ltd had forward 139 cattle comprising of 58 bullock and heifers, 81 cast cows.
Limousin heifers sold to 348p/pk from Messrs Dickinson, Brockwoodlees Farm, Canonbie to Cairns Butchers, Law or to £2067 from Messrs Dickinson, Brockwoodlees Farm, Canonbie to Hugh Black Butchers, Lanark.
Limousin bullocks sold to 308p/pk from Howburn Farmers, Biggar to Chapman Butchers, Wishaw or to £1960 from Messrs D Graham, West Backs Farm, Campbeltown to Messrs Gibb, Biggar.
Beef cows sold to £2370 per head from Messrs Taylor, Heatheryhall Farm, Biggar or to 253p/pk from Messrs Taylor, Heatheryhall Farm, Biggar.
Dairy cows sold to £1430 per head from Messrs Wilson, Carskerdo Farm, Cupar or to 209p/pk from Messrs Lennox, Netherholm Farm, Strathaven.
Beef Heifers per head
£2067, £2058, £2047, £2033, £2021 Brockwoodlees
£1960, £1904 Collielaw
Beef Heifers per kilo
348p, 342p, 340p, 338p Brockwoodlees
330p Collielaw
Beef Bullocks per head
£1960, £1907 West Backs
£1841 Howburn
Beef Bullocks per kilo
308p Howburn
290p West Backs
Dairy Bullocks & Heifers per head
£1564, £1527, £1475 West Backs
£1457 Millhill
£1427 West Backs
Dairy Bullocks & Heifers per kilo
240p West Backs
210p, 208p Greentowers
Young Bulls per head
£2111, £2073 West Glespin
£1715 Gowmacmorran
Young Bulls per kilo
288p, 260p West Glespin
265p Harvieston
Beef cows per head
BB – £2370 Heatheryhall
AA – £1990, £1870 Hill of Kilncadzow
LIM – £1870, £1640 West Glespin
£1450 Dillars House
LIM X – £1670 Heatheryhall
£1610 Howburn
£1490 Kilwhipnach
£1350 Greenfield
S/DEV – £1670 Hillend
SAL – £1570, £1370 Scotstounbank
BSH – £1290 Wintermuir
SIM – £1370 Ryeflatt
£1330 Bents
HER – £1030 Knowetop
GAL – £890 Twizell
Beef cows per kilo
BB – 252p Heatheryhall
LIM – 224p, 203p West Glespin
200p Richardton
200p Dillars House
LIM X – 221p Heatheryhall
214p Howburn
206p Kilwhipnach
202p Greenfield
AA – 223p, 221p Hill of Kilncadzow
190p Knowehead
S/DEV – 210P Hillend
SAL – 199.2p Scotstounbank
SIM – 190p Bents
Dairy cows per head
FR – £1370 Over Kypeside
HOL – £1430 Carskerdo
£1270 Drumglass
£1250 Netherholm
£1170 Carskerdo
£1150, £1130 Greentowers
Dairy cows per kilo
FR – 185p Over Kypeside
HOL – 209p Netherholm, 179p Carskerdo, 165p Greentowers
Cast bulls per head
£1970 Hillend
£1630 High Dyke
Cast bulls per kilo
196p Hillend
Calves and Stirks
On Monday 19th February 2024 Lawrie and Symington Ltd held their fortnightly calf and stirk sale with 49 calves and 4 stirks forward. More could have been sold to sellers advantage.
The sale was topped by a 8 and a half month old Limousin X bullock from Messrs HP Frame, Turdees Farm, Motherwell, selling to a top of £775. On milk calves topped at £370 x3 with a 1 month old Limousin X heifer calf from Mr T Taylor, Heatheryhall Farm, Biggar and two 3 month old Aberdeen Angus X bull calves from Messrs J & K Frame, Cronan Farm, Ayrshire
Stirks
Bullocks
LMX– £775, £740 & £480 Turdees,
AA- £420, £400 Jeanfield
Heifers
LMX- £590 Turdees
Calves on Milk
Lim x – £300 Heatheryhall
AA – £370 Cronan, £155 & £150 Woodhead
BB- £330 Heatheryhall, £250 Swaits, £200 Swaites
BELT/GAL- £190 Heatheryhall
LIM- £370 Heatheryhall
Calves off Milk
AA – £470 Machrihanish
BB- £510 Over Kypeside, £500 & £450 Machrihanish, £480 Over Kypeside, £470, £460, £440 & £410 Jeanfield, £470 Jeanfield, £460 Jeanfield & Over Kypeside
LIM X – £300 Hayston, £200 & £170 Ladyurd
FRIES- £300, £130 Hayston
HOL- £240 & £207 Machrihanish
CHAR- £605, £500, £490, £480 & £470 Machrihanish
Sheep prime stock report
On Monday the 19th February 2024 Lawrie and Symington Ltd sold 1261 Cast Ewes, 2978 Hoggs and 302 Store Hoggs through Lanark.
Hoggs
A smaller show of hoggs were a mixed offering for quality and that was evident in the trade and the best fed and heavier hoggs were easily sold and short of requirements. Others were on a par.
The sale topped at £213 per head for Suffolk from Mr E Orr, Lawhead Farm, Tarbrax and to 360p/kg for Beltex from High Parks Farm, Hamilton.
Overall Average 315 p/kg (SQQ 317 p/kg)
25.5-32kg
Per Head
BAD- £65 Dalwyne
TEX- £98 Feoch, £80 Glendouran, £70 Forrestfield
BF – £84 44 Howes Way, £81 Shawhead, £80 The Law & Allanton, £70 East Burnhead
CHE – £99 The Law
BEL- £99 Muirhouse
SUF- £70 Forrestfield
X- £98 The Law, £80 12 Fenton Place
Per Kilo
TEX – 306.3p Feoch, 275.9p Glendouran, 218.8p Forrestfield
BEL – 309.4p Muirhouse
BF – 279.3p Shawhead, 262.5p Howes Way, 258.1p Allanton, 258.1p The Law, 225.8p East Burnhead
SUF – 225.8p Forrestfield
CHE – 309.4p The Law
X – 306.3p The Law, 258.1p Fenton Place
BAD – 216.7p Dalwyne
32.1-39kg
Per Head
TEX – £131 & £126 Feoch, £125 Northflatt, £124 Springfield, £121 Bedlormie Mains
BEL – £130 Hill, Little Kype, Haspielaw, £126 High Parks, £112 Wintermuir
BF – £126 Toxside, £122 Boat, £120 Dalwyne, £117 Springfield, £116 Allanton
SUF – £127 Springfield, £111 West
CHE- £127 Boat, £123 Allanton, £114 20 School Green, £113 Wintermuir, £104 Fenton Place
X – £123 & £107 Kilwhipnach, £116 Boat, £109 Glendouran, £104 Springfield
HEB- £75 Lamancha Home
KHIL- £80 Dalefield
GOAT- £50 Dalwyne
Per Kilo
TEX -344.7p, 331.6p Feoch, 330.3p Springfield, 328.9p Northflatt, 327p Bedlormie
BEL – 360p High Parks, 342.1p Hill (Cumnock), 333.3p Little Kype, 333p Haspielaw, 305.6p Wintermuir
BF – 331.6p Toxside, 322.2p Allanton, 321.1p Boat, 308.8p Thethwaite, 307.7p Dalwyne
SUF – 326p Springfield, 284.6p Greyside
CHE – 325.6p Boat, 323.7p Allanton, 316.7p School Green, 313.9p Wintermuir, 305.9p Fenton Place
X – 324.2p, 323.7p Kilwhipnach, 305.3p Boat, 289p Springfield, 286.8p Glendouran
HEB – 208.3p Lamanch Home
KHIL – 222.2p Dalefield
GOAT – 131.6p Dalwyne
39.1-45.5kg
Per Head
TEX – £158, £156 & £154 Broomfield, £151 High Parks, £150 Sebay
BEL – £156 & £154 Broomfield, £151 Boat, 3146 Muirhouse, £144 Muirhouse View
SUF – £149 & £147 Thethwaite, £46 Aikeerness, £135 Eastshield, £133 Dewshill
BF- £140 Heatheryhall, £139 Allanton, £134 Shawhead, £132 East Kinleith, £130 Allanton
CHE – £151 Townhead, £147 Little Galla, £145 Allanton, £141 Lochurd, £136 Stoneyhill
CHAR– £140 Yardbent
X -£140 Carco, £137 Hill, Little Galla & Glendouran, £136 Hill
BFL- £120 Hartside, £112 Chesterhall Parks, £101 Cloverhill
KHIL- £90 Forrestfield
Per Kilo
TEX – 354.5p Broomfield Lodge, 351.2p High Parks, 351.1p Broomfield Lodge, 348.8p Sebay, 346.5p Glendouran
BEL – 359.5p Boat, 351.2p High Parks, 348.7p Haspielaw, 346.7p Broomfield Lodge, 342.9p Muirhouse
BF – 325.6p Heatheryhall, 317.5p Cronan, 317.1p, 315.9p Allanton, 312.2p Shawhead
SUF – 341.9p Thethwaite, 331.8p Aikerness, 331.1p Thethwaite, 314p Eastfield, 309.3p Dewshill
CHAR – 311.1p Yardbent
CHE – 343.2p Townhead, 337.2p Allanton, 334.1p Little Galla, 325p Nettlingflat, 322p Thethwaite
X – 326.2p Hill (Cumnock), 319p Blackburn Mains, 318.2p Carco, 313p Haspielaw, 311.9p Dewshill
BFL – 266.7p Hartside, 254.5p Chesterhall Parks, 229.5p Cloverhill
KHIL – 214.3p Forrestfield
45.6-52kg
Per Head
TEX – £170 & £168 Collielaw, £167 Broomfield
BEL – £167 & £165 Broomfield, £163 & £159 West Glespin
BF – £149 & £145 Heatheryhall
SUF -£157 Thethwaite, £153 Aikerness, £150 Rutherend & Dewshill, £149 Dalwyne
CHE – £158 Castle Crawford, £155 9 Waterloo Drive, Allanton & Ormiston, £153 Auchtygemmell
X – £163 Glendouran, £143 Nisbet, £110 Breckerny
BFL – £137 Chesterhall Parks
KHIL- £139 Dalwyne
Per Kilo
TEX – 354.2p, 342.9p Collielaw, 341.3p Bonnington Mains, 340.8p Broomfield Lodge, 340p Aikerness
BEL – 355.3p, 346.7p, 343.8p, 340.8p Broomfield Lodge, 332.7p West Glespin
BF – 308.5p, 298p Heatheryhall
SUF – 326.1p Rutherend, 326.1p Dewshill, 320.4p Thethwaite, 312.2p aikerness, 298p Dalwyne
CHE – 332.6p Auchtygemmell, 329.8p Allanton, 322.9p Edgehead, 314.6p Heatheryhall
X – 313.5p Glendouran, 286p Nisbet, 224p Blackpark
BFL – 279.6p Chesterhall Parks
KHIL – 302.2p Dalwyne
52+kg
Per Head
TEX – £200 Midlock, £195 Hartside, £194 Glendouran & Lawhead, £189 Hartside
BEL – £170 Biggarshiels Mains
SUF – £213 Lawhwead, £189 Toxside, £161 Little Kype, £137 Heavyside
CHE- £170 9 Waterloo Drive
BF- £158 Ashcraig, £155 Peel, £144 Blackhope, £140 Mitchellhill
X- £184 Glendouran
BFL- £160 Midlock, £140 Chesterhall Parks, £125 Birniehall,
BTEX- £186 Stoneyhill, £175 Strawfrank
Per Kilo
TEX – 325p Hartside, 323.3p Lawhead, 318.2p Collielaw, 317.9p Longford, 316.4p Glendouran
BEL – 314.8p Biggarshiels Mains
BF – 271.7p Blackhope, 263.3p Ashcraig, 258.3p Peel, 250p Mitchellhill
SUF – 309.8p Toxside, 303.8p Little Kype, 280.3p Lawhead, 274p Heavyside
CHE – 283.3p Waterloo Drive
X – 296.8p Glendouran
BFL – 254p Midlock, 233.3p Chesterhall Parks, 227.3p Birniehall
BTEX – 312.5p Strawfrank, 310p Stoneyhill
Cast Ewes
A lesser show of 1261 cast ewes and rams were short of requirements and much sharper on the week. All classes heavily bid for and more could be sold to advantage. Hill type ewes fat and lean defiantly dearer.
The sale topped at £295 per head for Texel from Mr A Campbell, Strawfrank Farm, Carstairs and to £90 (x3) for Blackface from Messrs M Hamilton, Woolfords Farm, Messers N Laing Perryflatts Farm and Messrs A Kennedy, Mitchellhill Farm.
Overall Average 93.06p/kg
BF average £76.02 (417)
TEX – £295 Strawfrank, £222, £214 Greyside, £196 Whitehall
BEL – £128 Heatheryhall, £100 Muirhouse, £100 Stoneyhill
BF – £90 Woolfords, £90 Perryflatts, £90 Mitchellhill, £89 Chesterhall Parks, £88 Posso
SUF -£145 Nettlingflat, £140 Dreva, £138 Whitehall, £137 Greyside, £135 Lochaber Rd
NCC – £120 Lochaber Rd, £112 Yeldabrek, £109 Thripland, £108 Lochaber Rd, £107 Hillhead
CHE – £107 Bickerton Hall, £106 Roseltes Rd, £100 Craighead, £98 Whitehall, £92 Springfield
CHM – £78 Heavyside, £114 Greyside, £78 Nether Brotherston
X – £120 Bedlormie Mains, £119 Lochaber Rd, £118 Biggarshiels Mains, £117 Mitchellhill, £117 Rutherend
BFL – £100 Birniehall, £100, £90 Stoneyhill
SHE – £50 Mitchellhill, £50 Yeldabrek
ZWA – £64 Hilltop
JAC – £76 North Lanrigg
ROM – £96 Broughton Place
HW – £64 Millmoor
SWA – £44 South Glen
OTH – £50 Springfield
EASY CARE – £84 Greyside
Rams
SCC – £114 Windhill Cottage
TEX – £128 Allanton, £122, £120 Yeldabrek, £120 Greyside, £110 Lawhead
BEL – £122 Muirhouse
BF – £98 Woolfords, £96 Posso, £90 Mitchellhill, £80 Stoneyhill, £76 Midlock
SUF – £150 Yeldabrek, £130 Greyside, £100 Yeldabrek
NCC – £124 Yeldabrek, £118 Allanton, £104 & £100 Yeldabrek, £88 South Glen
X – £128 Legars
BFL – £130 Midlock, £104 Allanton, £78 Greyside
EC – £68 Greyside
Store Hoggs
The 302 Store hoggs were a mixed show for the quality but all classes heavily bid for and more could be sold. Topping at £114 for Texel from Corehouse Commercials LTD, and Mr D Brown, Chesterhall Parks.
TEX – £144 Chesterhall Parks & Corehouse, £107 Whitehall, £103 Corehouse, £91 Whitehall, £90 Springfield, £75 Chesterhall Parks, £70 Lamancha Home & Wester Blackcastle
BF – £88 West, £87 Chesterhall Parks, £74 & £63 Cademuir, £50 Shawhead, £40 Springfield
SUF – £100 Chesterhall Parks & West, £88 Roadside, £69 West, £58 Wester Blackcastle, £46 West
CHE – £99 Greenhead, £70 & £45Yeldabrek
X – £100 West, £94 Springfield, £70 North Lanrigg, £54 Kilwhipnach
CHAR– £94 & £40 Springfield
SHE- £36 Roadside & Yeldabrek, £25 Roadside
JAC- £55 Lamancha Home
