Lawrie & Symington Ltd
Lanark Agricultural Centre
Monday 22nd January 2024
Cattle prime stock report
On Monday 22nd January 2024 Lawrie and Symington Ltd had forward 223 cattle comprising of 80 bullocks and heifers, 90 cast cows and 53 calves and stirks.
Limousin heifers sold to 335p/kg from Messrs DM Dickinson, Brockwoodlees Farm, Canonbie to N Stark, Skirling or to £2146 from Messrs DM Dickinson, Brockwoodlees Farm, Canonbie to H Black Butchers, Lanark.
Limousin bullocks sold to 312p/kg from Barrie Farmers, Howburn Farm, Biggar to H Black Butchers, Lanark or to £2029 from Messrs D Graham, West Backs Farm, Campbeltown.
Beef cows sold to £1890 per head from Messrs J Black, Drochil Castle Farm, West Linton or to 221p/kg from Greentowers Farm, Lanark.
Dairy cows sold to £1330 per head from Messrs J Kerr and Sons, Kirklands Farm, Lanark or to 192p/kg from Messrs A Struthers and Son, Auchmeddan Farm, Lesmahagow.
Beef Heifers per head
£2144, £2060 Brockwoodlees
£1992 Collielaw
£1829 Harvieston
£1760 West Backs
£1727 Oldhill
£1656 Howburn
Beef Heifers per kilo
335p, 334p, 328p Brockwoodlees
290p Harvieston
332p Collielaw
300p Howburn
Beef Bullocks per head
£2029, £1992, £1981 West Backs
£1972 Haughhead
£1903 Howburn
£1681 Harvieston
£1562 Westtown
£1560 Holms of Glengavel
Beef Bullocks per kilo
312p Howburn
294p Harvieston
290p West Backs
285p Haughhead
Dairy Bullocks & Heifers per head
£1869 Millhill
£1562 Westtown
£1431 West Backs
£1212 Auchmeddan
Dairy Bullocks & Heifers per kilo
228p, 224p West Backs
228p Auchmeddan
222p Westtown
205p Millhill
Young Bulls per head
£2063 East Merkland
£2009 Haughhead
Young Bulls per kilo
285p East Merkland
Cast Cows and Bulls
Beef cows per head
AA – £1890 Drochil Castle, £1430 Cleugh, £1210 Nether Balgray
Lim – £1710 & £1410 South Carnduff, £1370 West Millrig
Lim x – £1540 Bushelhead
Luing – £1310 West Millrig
Saler – £1610 Drochil Castle
Her – £1510 Thornyhills
Sho – £1330 Auldtoun
Sim – £1710 Howburn, £1430 Wintermuir
BB – £1640 & £1510 Kilwhipnach
Beef cows per kilo
AA – 220p Oldhill, 198p Drochil Castle, 197p Sweetbit, 178p Cleugh, 174p Sweetbit
Lim – 215p South Carnduff, 210p West Millrig
Lim x – 221p Greentowers, 216p & 184p Wintermuir
Saler – 172p Drochil Castle
Her – 185p Thornyhills
Sho – 210p Auldtoun
Sim – 217p Howburn
BB – 201p Kilwhipnach
Dairy cows per head
Fries – £1270, £1110 & £1090 Auchmeddan
Hol – £1330 Kirklands, £1310 Harelaw
Dairy cows per kilo
Fries – 191p & 179p Auchmeddan
Hol – 177p Harelaw, 163p Kirkland, 162p Harelaw & Kirklands, 150p & 140p West Brackenridge
Calves and Stirks
On Monday 22nd January 2024 Lawrie and Symington Ltd sold 53 young calves and stirk. The sale topped at £545 for a 5-month-old British Blue Cross Bullock from Messrs J C Ralston & Son, Kilkivan Farm, Campbeltown.
On milk calves topped at £390 for a 3-month-old British Blue Bull Calf from Messrs A & E Lawrie, Grangehall Farm, Pettinain.
Dairy bred calves topped at £260 for a 3-month-old Holstein Bull Calf from Messrs J Pirie & Sons, Machrihanish Farm, Campbeltown.
Stirks
Bullocks
Her – £400 Midhill
BB – £545, £535, £500, £495 & £485 Kilkivan
Oth – £415, £405 & £400 Machrihanish
Heifers
AA – £460 & £440 Kilkivan
BB – £500, £470, £455 & £440 Kilkivan
Oth – £380 Machrihanish
Calves on Milk
Lim x – £280 & £230 Swaites
Sim – £325 & £280 Grangehall
BB – £390 & £335 Grangehall
Her – £280 Grangehall
Calves off Milk
AA – £390 Cronan, £380 Muirhouse, £370 & £330 Cronan, £220 Kingsbeck
Hol – £300 Kilkivan, £270 & £260 Machrihanish
BB – ££375 & £320 Machrihanish
Oth – £335 Muirhouse
Sheep prime stock report
On Monday 22nd January 2024 Lawrie and Symington Ltd sold 2724 Hoggs and 1384 Cast Ewes and Rams through Lanark.
Hoggs
Another good show of 2724 hoggs (including 1007 Blackface) were forward meeting an outstanding trade and well short of buyers requirements. All classes exceeded expectations and more needed each week to fill Scotlands largest ringside of Prime Sheep Buyers.
The sale topped at £177 per head for Texels from Messrs W A Wilson, Hutlerburn Farm, Selkirk and to 352p/kg for Beltex from Messrs J S Shaw, West Lethans Farm, Dunfermline.
Overall Average 295p/kg (SQQ 296p/kg)
25.5-32kg
Per Head
BF – £85 Traquair Knowe, £70 Midlock, £65 Mid Tulloch
SHE –£76 & £55 Holehousemuir
Per Kilo
BF – 265p Traquair Knowe, 232p Mid Tulloch, 225p Midlock
SHE – 237p & 189p Holehousemuir
32.1-39kg
Per Head
TEX – £125 Laigh Cleughearn, £122 The Boat, £117 Dykehole, £116 & £115 Gallalaw, £114 East Kinleith, £112 Scotstounbank, £101 North Lanrigg, £96Pentland Science Park
BEL – £114 Greenlaw
BF – £116 & £114 Gareland, £108 High Dyke, £104 Kilwhipnach, £100 Snar, £99 Gareland, £96 Hutlerburn, £95 Mid Tulloch, £93 Thethwaite, £87 Crow wood Cottage
SUF – £120 Thethawaite, £110 Greenlaw
CHE – £115 Thetawaite, £114 Sornfallow, £104 Brockhouse, £97 North Lanrigg
SWA – £93 & £70 Birniehall,
X – £110 Kilwhipnach, £109 Mitchellhill, £102 Kilwhipnach, £80 Mid Tulloch
Per Kilo
TEX – 328p Laigh Cleughearn, 312p Boat, 308p East Kinleith, 307p Dykehole, 305p Galalaw, 302p Scotstounbank & Galalaw, 274p Moredun, 273p North Lanrigg
BEL – 308p Greenlaw
BF – 305p & 300p Gareland, 291p High Dyke, 282p Gareland, 281p Kilwhipnach, 263p Snar, 259p Hutlerburn, 258p Thethwaite, 250p Mid Tulloch, 248p Crow Wood Cottage
SUF – 307p Thethwaite, 289p Greenlaw
CHE – 300p Sornfallow, 294p Thethwaite, 281p Brockhouse, 277p North Lanrigg
X –289p Kilwhipnach, 286p Mitchellhill, 283p Kilwhipnach, 242p Mid Tulloch
SWA – 238p & 205p Birniehall
39.1-45.5kg
Per Head
TEX -£148 Blackhill, £147 Cleughearn, £146 Easter Clevage, £144 Strawfrank, £141 Whinbush, £140 Blackhill, £139 Thethwaite & Sornfallow, £138 Whinbush, £136 Auchenhard
BEL – £148 West Lthans, £145 Mid Brockloch £ West Lethans, £144 High Dyke £138Mid Brockloch, £134 West Lethans, £133 Blackhope, £129 Bushelhead, £127 Blackhope, £126 Bushelhead
SUF – £135 Sornfallow, £132 Mid Brockloch, £131 Carwood, £124 Chapelhill, £120 Hardington Mains,£119 Southmains, £108 Brockhouse, £105 Legholmshields
BF – £130 Heatheryhall, £127 Corsebank & Heatheryhall, £126 Corsebank, £125 Thethwaite, £124 Craig Douglas & Cronan, £123 Heatheryhall, £121 Gareland & Craig Douglas
CHAR – £128 Cleughearn
CHE – £133 Sornfallow & Nettlingflat, £129 Mid Brockloch & Sornfallow, £128 Whelphill, £127 Heatheryhall, £124 Sornfallow
SWA – £111 Birniehall
X – £135 Stawfrank, £133 West Lethans, £130 Sornfallow, £124 Kilwhipnach, £120 Blackhope, 3116 Traquqir, £115 Mid Brockloch, £110 Crow wood Cottage, £108 Dykehole, £105 Towe
Per Kilo
TEX – 341p Laigh Cleughearn, 331p Easter Clevage & Blackhill, 328p & 325p Blackhill, 325p Rowantreehill & Easter Clevage, 234p Blackhill, 322p Easter Clevage, 320p Whinbush
BEL – 352p & 345p West Lethans, 329p Mid Brockloch, 324p Blackhope, 320p Mid Brockloch & High Dyke, 319p West Lethans, 317p Blackhope, 307p Bushelhead
BF – 312p Thethwaite, 302p Cronan & Corsebank, 300p Gair, 295p Heatheryhall, 292p Boat, 288p Heatheryhall & Gareland, 287p Mitchellhill, 286p Corsebank
SUF – 306p Sornfallow, 300p Mid Brockloch, 297p Carwood, 295p Chapelhill, 292p Hardington Mains, 276p Brockhouse, 270p Southmains, 256p Legholmshiels
CHAR – 304p Laigh Cleughearn
CHE – 310p & 309p Sornfallow, 309p Nettlingflat, 307p Sornfallow & Mid Brockloch, 302p Heatheryhall, 297p Whelphill
X – 310p Kilwhipnach, 309p Sornfallow & West Lethans, 306p Strawfrank, 290p Traquair Knowe, 279p Dykehole, 267p Mid Brockloch, 261p Crow Wood Cottage, 250p Tower
SWA – 258p Birniehall
45.6-52kg
Per Head
TEX – £161& Collielaw, £160 Collielaw & Gillandersland, £159 Dykehole & West Glespin, £158 Collielaw, Glendouran & Gillandersland, £157 Collielaw & North Garngour
BEL – £168 Gillandersland, £ 160 Gareland, £157 Broomfield Lodge, £156 Hazelside & Broomfield Lodge, £154 & £152 Broomfield Lodge
BF – £144, £135 & £133 Heatheryhall, 3132 Corsebank, £123 Glendouran, £119 Corsebank
SUF – £145 Traquair Knowe, £141 North Garngour, Carnwood & Southmains, £140 Sornfallow, £136 Nettlingflat, £135 Greenlaw & Carwood, £134 Chapelhill
CHE – £145 Edgehead, £140 Dykeneuk & Nettlingflat
X – £139 Sornfallow, £125 Heatheryhall & Whinbush, £120 Birniehall
Per Kilo
TEX – 340p Collielaw, 331p West Glespin & Easter Clevage, 327p North Garngour & Collielaw, 326p Gillandersland, 325p & 322p Collielaw, 319p West Glespin, 318p Dykehole
BEL – 336p Gillandersland, 333p Gareland, 327p, 325p & 318p Broomfield Lodge, 312p Hazelside, 310p & 308p Broomfield Lodge
BF – 288p, 283p & 281p Heatheryhall, 261p Glendouran, 258p & 253p Corsebank
SUF – 304p Sornfallow, 302p Nettlingflat, 295p Traquair Knowe, 293p North Garngour & Greenlaw, 291p Chapelhill, 282p & 275p Carwood, 271p Southmains
CHE – 304p Nettlingflat, 302p Edgehead, 280p Dykeneuk
X – 278p Sornfallow, 271p Whinbush, 260p Birniehall & Heatheryhall
52+kg
Per Head
TEX – £177 Hutlerburn, £170 Strawfrank, £168 Dreva, £165 West Glespin & Kailzie Mains, £164 Glendouran, £162 Gillandersland, £160 Glendouran, £159 Gillandersland
BF – £151 Hazelside, £140 Corsebank & Midlock, £137 Auldhouseburn
SUF – £160 North Garngour, £159 Nettlingflat, £156 Southmains, £155 Kailzie Mains
X – £170 Tower Steading, £145 Dykeneuk, £138 Tower
BFL – £176 Tower Steading, £164 Tower, £130 Birniehall
Per Kilo
TEX – 305p Gillandersland, 301p & 300p West Glespin, 298p Scotstounbank & West Glespin, 292p & 290p Glendouran, 289p Gillandersland, 286p Easter Clevage, 283p Strawfrank
BF – 254p Midlock, 251p Hazelside, 249p Auldhouseburn, 241p Corsebank
SUF – 285p North Garngour, 278p Nettlingflat, 276p Kailzie Mains, 269p Southmains
X – 268p Dykeneuk, 246p Tower, 226p Tower Steading
BFL – 240p Birniehall, 220p Tower Steading, 218p Tower
Cast Sheep
The 1384 cast ewes and rams were a good show for quality with trade sharper on week and all classes easily sold. Best quality ewes again short of numbers.
The sale topped at £315 per head for Texels from Messrs A J Clark, Blackhill Farm, Carluke and to £84 for Blackface from Messrs DG & JD Walker, Tower Farm, Dumfries.
Overall Average £87.15
Blackface Average £57.21
Ewes
TEX – £315 Blackhill, £301 North Garngour, £240 & £239 Sandilands, £235 Blackhill, £230 Greyside, £225 Muirhouse, £212 Greyside, £198 Whinbush & Hutlerburn
BEL – £198 Birniehall, £104 Haspielaw, £76 Easter Frew
BF – £84 Tower, £80 Hazelside & Crow Wood Cottage, £77 South Stane & Crow Wood Cottage, £75 Crow Wood Cottage, £74 Blairmulloch, £73 Tower, £72 Dreva, £69 Haspielaw
SUF – £155 Blackhill, £143 Peatpotts, £142 Carwood, £140 Traquair Knowe, £138 Dreva, £135 Greyside, £134 Carwood & Hutlerburn, £128 Nettlingflat & Traquair Knowe
CHAR – £184 Haspielaw, £106 Greyside
NCC – £119 & £1118 Nettlingflat, £100 Sornfallow, £98 Greyside, £96 Nettlingflat & Thethwaite, £92 & £88 Sornfallow, £81 Greyside, £80 Nettlingflat
CHE – £85 High Crewburn Cottage, £83 Hillhead, £82 Dreva, £76 Rowantreehill, £71 Dykehead, £69 Greyside, £68 Easter Frew, £62 North Lanrigg, £60 High Dyke
CHM – £93 Blackhill, £82 Hillhead
X – £116 Scotstounbank, £114 Nunnerie & Thurston Mains, £112 Tower, £109 South Stane, £106 Dreva, £105 Biggarshiels Mains & Thurston Mains, £103 South Stane, £100 Blythbank
BFL – £134 Dreva, £114 Dykeneuk, £110 Birniehall, £100 Greyside, £94 Kailzie Mains, & Hutlerburn, £84 Anniston Grange, £64 Blairmulloch
SHE – £57, £50 & £40 Easter Frew
BDM – £60 Haspielaw
JAC – £48 & £46 North Lanrigg
HEB – £40 Prior Rigg
SWA – £64 Rowantreehill
DOR – £50 Greyside
KHIL – £80 Westtown
WELSH – £42 North Lanrigg, £40 Easter Frew
EASY CARE – £70 Greyside, £68 & £50 Easter Frew
Rams
TEX – £150 Tower, £140 Hutlerburn, £127 Birniehall, £110 Hutlerburn & Auldhouseburn, £100 Dykehead, £96 Hillhead, £84 Legholmhiels, £78 Greyside
BEL – £130 Hillhead, £100 Tower, £92 Birniehall
BF – £89 Hutlerburn, £76 Broughton Place, £72 Auldhouseburn, £63 Greyside
SUF – £110 Hutlerburn
BFL – £118 Tower, £114 Hutlerburn, £108 Blairmulloch, £94 North Garngour
ABE – £140 Hutlerburn
