Lawrie & Symington, Forfar had forward 25 Prime Cattle and 11 OTM’s and 661 Prime Sheep & Cast Ewes and Rams.
PRIME CATTLE
Bullocks (8) Sold to a top of 2.36p per kg for a 606 kg Limousin from Mill of Inverarity and purchased by Fleming Butchers, Arbroath and to £1458.20 for a 634 kg Limousin from Nethermyres and purchased by the Firm of W.E. Fairlie Ltd., Letham to average 224p.
Heifers (17) Sold to a top of 2.54p per kg and £1468.12 for a 578 kg Limousin from Nethermyres and purchased by the Firm of J.B. Penman, Butchers, Crail to average 233p.
Leading Prices per kg-
Bullocks –
Lim. 2.34p & 2.33p Woodhead of Mailer, 2.30p Nethermyres, 2.27p Chapel of Barras.
Heifers –
Lim. 2.43p Gask, 2.42p Nethermyres, 2.38p Mill of Inverarity, 2.35p Craignathro, 2.33p Chapel of Barras, 2.32p Gask & Woodhead of Mailer; Char. x 2.22p Chapel of Barras.
Leading Prices per head –
Bullocks –
Lim. £1434.45 Nethermyres, £1430.16 Mill of Inverarity, £1401.04 & £1400.15 Nethermyres.
Heifers –
Lim. £1440.41 Nethermyres, £1426.41, £1425.45 & 1396.64 Gask, £1389.08 West Bog.
COWS (11)
A.A. £995 (1.21p) Muirhouses, £955 (1.08p) Waterside of Thornton & £955 (1.24p) Shandford; Lim. £905 (1.28p) Muirhouses; Sim. £975 (1.21p) Suttieside.
PRIME SHEEP
PRIME LAMBS (567) were again dearer to 255.6p per kilo and £115 per head for Beltex from Scobshaugh to average 189.1p per kilo for SQQ’s and 185.8p Overall (plus 3.2p).
Leading Prices per kg –
Beltex 233.3p and 227.7p Scobshaugh; Texel 213p and 208.5p Townhead; Texel x 202.3p Cairnleith; x Texel 202.2p Nether Logie.
Leading Prices per head –
Beltex £107 and £105 Scobshaugh; Texel x £100 & £99 Ardits, Kettlehill; x Texel £98 Townhead; x Beltex £96 Shandford.
EWES (94)
Texel £81 Huntingfaulds; Texel x £80 North Mains of Dun; Cont. £80 Coilamy.
