Lawrie & Symington Ltd
Lanark Agricultural Centre
Monday 24th February 2025
Cattle Primestock Report
On Monday 24th February Lawrie and Symington Ltd had forward 75 cattle comprising of 30 bullocks and heifers and 45 cast cows.
Limousin heifers sold to 438p/pk from Brockwoodlees Farm to Stark Butchers or to £2813 from Strawfrank Farm to S Green, Hamilton.
Limousin bullocks sold to 425p/pk from Fauldingcleugh Farm to T Clark, Livingston or to £2640 from Howburn Farm to Chapman Butchers.
Beef cows sold to £2190 per head from Hill of Kilncadzow or to 280p/pk from Wintermuir Farm.
Dairy cows sold to £2090 per head from Newlands Farm or to 255p/pk from Kirkland Farm.
Shorthorn Cast bulls sold to £1970 per head from Blackburn Farm or to 195p/pk from the same home.
Aberdeen Angus x young bulls sold to £2997 per head from Hill of Kilncadzow Farm or to 362p/pk from the same home.
Beef Heifers Per Head
LIM – £2813 Strawfrank
LIM X – £2738, £2677 & £2664 Brockwoodlees, £2485 Collielaw
BB – £2434 Skirling Craigs, £2341 Dunsyre Mains
Beef Heifers Per Kilo
AA – 375p Mafflat
LIM – 415p Strawfrank
LIM X – 438p, 436p (three times), 432p Brockwoodlees, 430p Collielaw, 425p Howburn & Collielaw
BB – 378p Skirling Craigs
Beef Bullocks Per Head
LIM – £2388 Fauldingcleugh
LIM X – £2640 Howburn
Beef Bullocks Per Kilo
LIM – 425p Fauldingcleugh
LIM X – 405p Howburn
Dairy Bullocks & Heifers Per Head
HOL – £2215 Millhill, £2077 East Brackenridge
Dairy Bullocks & Heifers Per Kilo
HOL – 335p East Brackenridge, 290p Millhill
Young Bulls Per Head
AA X – £2997 Hill of Kilncadzow
Young Bulls Per Kilo
AA X – 362p/pk Hill of Kilncadzow
Cast Cows and Bulls
Beef Cows Per Head
AA – £2190 (twice) & £2010 Hill of Kilncadzow, £1840 Hazelside
SHO – £1640 Hazelside
LIM X – £1990 Howburn & Greentowers
SIM – £1690 Wintermuir
HER – £1790 Spango
LUING – £2070 Wintermuir
Beef Cows Per Kilo
AA – 271p, 264p 257p Hill of Kilncadzow
SHO – 267p Auldtoun, 250p Hazelside
LIM – 249p Strawfrank
LUING – 243p Wintermuir
LIM X – 280p North Quarter, 277p Howburn, 261p Townhead, 249p Huntlyhill, 246p Hill of Kilncadzow
SIM – 280p Wintermuir
HER – 266p Spango
CONT X -231p Colmslie
Dairy Cows Per Head
HOL – £1990 Broadfield, £1790 Kirklands, £1750 Greentowers
AYR – £2090 Newlands
Dairy Cows Per Kilo
HOL – 255p Kirklands, 252p Broadfield
AYR – 243p,232p & 228p Newlands
Cast Bulls Per Head
SHO – £1970 Blackburn
Cast Bulls Per Kilo
SHO – 195p Blackburn
Sheep Primestock Report
On Monday 24th February Lawrie and Symington Ltd sold 4049 Hoggs and 1427 Cast Ewes through Lanark.
Hoggs
A much larger show of 4049 prime hoggs saw a good show for quality and a trade that rose all day, especially for export and light weight hoggs.
The sale topped at £220 per head for Texels from Mitchellhill Farm and to 441p/kg from Beltex from Laigh Carnduff Farm.
Overall Average 351p/kg (SQQ 361p/kg)
25.5-32kg
Per Head
TEX – £90 Wintermuir, £100, £93 Rosebery Est, £80 Ardoch
CHE – £110 Greenwall
X – £70 Greyside
SHE – £70 Vementry
RYE – £60 Downie Farming
Per Kilo
TEX – 300p Wintermuir
BF – 333p, 300p Rosebery Est, 275p Ardoch
CHE – 343p Greenwall
X – 250p Greyside
SHE – 241p Vementry
RYE – 222p Downie Farming
32.1-39kg
Per Head
TEX – £152 West Handaxwood, £150 Downie Farming, £148 Ingraston, £146 Mid Tulloch
BEL – £166 Downie Farming, £156 Sunnyside, £150 Laigh Carnduff, £147 Hillend, £146 Jeanfield
BF – £140 Thethwaite, £127 Mitchellhill, £118 Auchencorth, £114 Chesterhall Parks, £110 Greenwall
SUF – £122 South Netherburn, £120 Ardoch, £120 Whim Park Cottage, £100 Greyside
CHE – £152 Mid Tulloch, £149 Craigdarroch, £144 Mid Tulloch, £144 Craigdarroch, £140 Jeanfield
SM – £106 West Handaxwood
X – £124 Auchencorth, £118 Rosebery Est, £118 Chesterhall Parks
SHE – £125 Greenwall
RYE – £120 Yeldabrek
GOAT – £120 Eastersills
Per Kilo
TEX – 389p West Handaxwood & Ingraston, 384p Downie Farming & Mid Tulloch, 378p Yeldabrek
BEL – 441p Laigh Carnduff, 425p Downie Farming, 400p Sunnyside, 388p Yeldabrek, 386p Hillend
BF – 359p Thethwaite, 343p Mitchellhill, 337p Auchencorth, 325p Chesterhall Parks, 314p Kilnford Cresent
SUF – 329p South Netherburn, 324p Ardoch, 307p Whim Park, 294p Greyside
CHE – 389p (twice) Mid Tulloch, 382p, 379p & 378p Craigdarroch
SM – 311p West Handaxwood
X – 364p Auchencorth, 318p Chesterhall Parks & Leithenwater
SHE – 328p Greenwall
RYE – 315p Yeldabrek
GOAT – 307p Easter Sills
39.1-45.5kg
Per Head
TEX – £183 Muirburn, £176 Allanton, £176 Muirburn, £173, £172 Gillandersland
BEL – £183 Wellhead, £180 Sunnyside, £180 Muirburn, £174 Broomfield Lodge, £167 Walkerdyke
BF – £155 West Lethans, £153, £152 Heatheryhall, £150 Downie Farming, £144 Midseat
SUF – £163 Thethwaite, £158 Whim Park Cottage, £156 Downie Farming, £155 Thethwaite, £154 The Firs
CHAR – £145 Lochhill
CHE – £161 Mid Tulloch, £160 Craigdarroch, £158 Heatheryhall, £158 Thethwaite, £156 Edgehead
CHM – £156 Kinneil Mill, £139, £134 High Crewburn Cottage
SM – £128 Ardoch, £123 Sunnyside
X – £148 Boat, £146 Allanton, £144 Downie Farming, £144 Bridgehouse, £140 Craigdarroch
BTEX – £130 South Netherburn
KHIL – £137 Yeldabrek, £130 Cleughhead
DS – £158 Heatheryhall
GOAT – £142 Eastersills
Per Kilo
TEX – 415p & 400p Muirburn, 409p Allanton, 393p West Lethans, 392p Newmill
BEL – 428p Muirburn, 415p Wellhead, 414p Broomfield, 409p Sunnyside, 404p Silverrig
BF – 360p West Lethans & Thethwaite, 345p & 340p Heatheryhall, 341p Mitchellhill
SUF – 362p Downie Farming & Thethwaite (twice), 360p Thethwaite, 358p The Firs
CHAR – 353p Lochhill
CHE – 385p Heatheryhall, 383p Mid Tulloch, 373p Boat, 372p & 368p Craigdarroch
CHM – 346p Kinneil Mill, 339p & 335P High Crewburn
SM – 312p Ardoch, 300p Sunnyside
X – 361p Boat, 342p Bridgehouse, 339p Allanton, 331p Roseberry Estate, 327p Downie Farming
BTEX – 317p South Netherburn
KHIL – 311p Yeldabrek, 309p Cleughhead
GOAT – 330p Easter Sills
DS – 351p Heatheryhall
45.6-52kg
Per Head
TEX – £188 Muirburn, £184 Broomfield Lodge, £183 Drumbuie, £180 Collielaw, £178 Hill (Strathaven)
BEL – £190 Downie Farming, £186 Muirburn, £186 Broomfield Lodge, £185 Walkerdyke, £185 Muirburn
BF – £160 Heatheryhall, £156 Mitchellhill, £154 Downie Farming, £150 Mitchellhill, £149 Midseat
SUF – £167 Silverrig, £163 Thethwaite, £161 Yeldabrek, £160, £156 Longhouse
CHE – £164 Boghouse, £160 Yeldabrek, £158 Thethwaite, £153 Yeldabrek
CHM – £160 Hill of Harthill
SM – £159 Silverrig, £158 Hattonknowe, £150 Glendouran, £137 Sunnyside
X – £155 Midseat, £150 Whim Park Cottage, £150 Midseat, £150 Chesterhall Parks, £144 Rosebery Est
BTEX – £160 South Netherburn
ROM – £154 Yeldabrek
Per Kilo
TEX – 383p Broomfield Lodge, 381p Yeldabrek, 376p & 371p Wellhead, 373p Drumbuie
BEL – 404p Broomfield Lodge & Muirburn, 400p Walkerdyke, 395p Downie Farming, 385p Muirburn
BF – 333p Heatheryhall, 325p & 306p Mitchellhill, 320p Downie Farming, 317p Midseat
SUF – 347p Silverrig, 342p Yeldabrek, 334p Eastshield, 326p & 319p Longhouse
CHE – 343p Thethwaite, 340p & 333p Yeldabrek, 328p Boghouse
CHM – 313p Hill of Harthill
SM – 318p Silverrig, 309p Hattonknowe, 306p Glendouran, 297p Sunnyside
X – 327p Roseberry Estate, 326p & 322p Midseat, 319p Whim Park Cottage, 312p Chesterhall
BTEX – 333p South Netherburn
ROM – 334p Yeldabrek
52+kg
Per Head
TEX – £220 Mitchellhill, £218 Lee Meadow, £210 Yeldabrek, £210 Heatheryhall, £208 Kailzie Mains
BEL – £190 Downie Farming, £183 Heatheryhall
BF – £176 Heatheryhall, £173 Mitchellhill, £164 Posso, £162 Mitchellhill, £162 Waterhead
SUF – £186 Whim Park Cottage, £176 Kailzie Mains, £170 Downie Farming, £164 Yeldabrek
CHE – £168 Yeldabrek
BFL – £170 Chesterhall Parks, £168 Tower
DTEX – £162 Greyside
DOR – £174 Stobilee
Per Kilo
TEX – £334p Skirling Craigs (twice) & Hallhill, 332p Muirburn, 329p Heatheryhall
BEL – 345p Downie Farming, 326p Heatheryhall
BF – 308p Heatheryhall, 305p & 288p Mitchellhill, 277p The Riggs, 273p Posso
SUF – 321p Yeldabrek, 314p Downie Farming, 308p Kailzie Mains, 286p Whim Park Cottage
CHE – 317p Yeldabrek
BFL – 283p Chesterhall Parks, 240p Tower
DTEX – 300p Greyside
DOR – 290p Stobilee
Cast Ewes & Rams
The 1427 cast ewes and rams were a very dear trade from start to finish and short of buyer requirements. More needed each week to fulfill demand.
The sale topped at £308 from Jeanfield Farm and to £139 for Blackface from Wester Crosswoodhill Farm
Overall Average £126.06
BF Average £98.56 (571)
Ewes
TEX – £308 Jeanfield, 299p & £268 Sunnyside, £270 Longhouse, £268 Hill
BEL – £232 The Riggd, £228 Muirhouse & Broomfield Lodge, £220 Perryflatts
BF – £139 Wester Crosswoodhill, £138 Whelphill, £137 Lillielaw, £135 Lochlyoch, £134 Dundalston
SUF – £230 Haughhead, £220 Sunnyside, £218 Longhouse, £210 Rowantreehill, £190 The Riggs
CHAR – £230 & £204 Yeldabrek, £190 Haughhead
NCC – £190 Greyside, £186 Sunnyside, £168 Little Galla, £162 & £151 Kettlehill
CHE – £148 Greyside, £144 Jeanfield, £140 Kettlehill, £138 Kettlehill & Cloqhairnan
CONT – £150, £146, £118 & £110 Yeldabrek, £126 Jeanfield
CHM – £180 Hillhead, £179 Greyside, £168 Hearthstanes & Kettlehill, £158 Rowantreehill
X – £188 Dunsyre Mains, £183 Little Galla, £180 Burnhead & Stobo Home Farm, £179 Broomfield Lodge
BFL -£200 Newton & Whim Park Cottage, £190 Stobo, £170 Yeldabrek & Dreva
BDM – £212 & £190 Jeanfield, £140 Greyside
BTEX – £208 Longhouse, £132 Hill
ZWA – £140 Greenwall, £122 Torview
ROM – £220 Yeldabrek
SWA – £90 Silverrig
KHIL – £144 Yeldabrek
DS – £160
ROUGE – £150 Haughhead
EASY CARE – £130 Greyside
Rams
TEX – £275, £210 & £162 Yeldabrek, £260 Boghouse, £202 Hill of Harthill
BEL – £160 The Firs
BF – £148 Lochlyoch, £132 Dundalston & Posso, £128 Cademuir
SUF – £230, £150 & £120 Yeldabrek, £148 Haughhead, £128 Whim Park Cottage
CHAR – £100 Greyside
NCC – £202, £150 & £124 Yeldabrek, £135 Ennisfirth
BFL – £175 Hattonknowe, £140 Easterhouse & Lochlyoch, £125 Whim Park Cottage
SHE – £93 Vementry, £90 Yeldabrek
BTEX – £150 Longhouse
BAD – £170
