Lawrie & Symington, Forfar had forward 29 Prime Cattle and 6 OTM’s and 1021 Prime Sheep & Cast Ewes and Rams.
PRIME CATTLE
Bullocks (6) Sold to a top of 230p per kg and £1439.80 for a 626 kg Limousin from Nethermyres and purchased by J. Chapman (Butchers) Ltd, Shotts to average 225p.
Heifers (23) Sold to a top of 260p per kg for a 538 kg Limousin from Nethermyres and purchased by the Firm of J.B. Penman, Butchers, Crail and to £1444.60 for a 620 kg Limousin from the Gask and purchased by James Ewart Ltd., Butchers, Blairgowrie to average 224p.
Leading Prices per head:-
Bullocks –
Lim. £1424.38 Gask, £1403.35 & £1390.80 Nethermyres, £1370.25 Craignathro.
Heifers –
Lim. £1398.80 Nethermryes, £1358.61 West Bog, £1332.87 Craignathro, £1328.86 Mill of Inverarity; BB £1325.66 Gask; Char. £1224.09 Shandford; Sim. £1215.52 Pityot.
Leading Prices per kg –
Bullocks –
Lim. 229p Gask, 228p Nethermyres, 225p Craignathro.
Heifers –
Lim. 253p West Bog, 250p Nethermyres, 247p Mill of Inverarity, 244p West Bog, 242p Chapel of Barras; BB 238p Gask.
COWS (6)
Sim. £1015 (130p) Suttieside; A.A. x £1120 (128p) Dunlappie, £960 (127p) Suttieside; Lim. X £850 (128p) Suttieside.
PRIME SHEEP
PRIME LAMBS (847) sold to 184.8p per kilo for Texels from Whitemyre and to £87 per head for Texels from Templeton to average 156.4p per kilo (-3.5p)
Leading Prices per kg –
Belt. 182.6p Clochie; Texel 177.1p Whitemyre; x Belt. 174.5p Shandford; x Tex. 170.7p Meikle Tullo.
Leading Prices per head –
Texel £85 (twice) Whitemyre; Belt. £84 & £83 Clochie; Tex. X £81 Shandford & Templeton; Cont. £81 Eight Acres; Suff. X £80 North Mains of Dun.
EWES (174)
Tex. £91 Sidlaw; Tex.x £89 Templeton; Belt. £86 & £85 Scobshaugh; Cont. £83 West Pitcorthie
