Lawrie & Symington, Forfar had forward 29 Prime Cattle and 5 OTM’s and 831 Prime Sheep & Cast Ewes and Rams.
PRIME CATTLE
Bullocks (9) Sold to a top of 231p per kg for a 604 kg Limousin from the Gask and purchased by the Firm of W.E. Fairlie Ltd. and to £1411.20 for a 630 kg Limousin from Nethermyres and purchased by James Ewart Ltd., Butchers, Blairgowrie to ave. 215p.
Heifers (20) Sold to a top of 246p per kg for a 553 kg Limousin from Nethermyres and purchased by the Firm of J.B. Penman, Butchers, Crail and to £1383.81 for a a 579 kg from the Gask and purchased James Ewart Ltd., Butchers, Monifieth to ave. 223p.
Leading Prices per head:-
Bullocks –
Lim. 229p Chapel of Barras, 224p & 219p Nethermyres.
Heifers -
Lim. 240p & 239p Gask, 238p Nethermyres, 236p West Bog, 234p Mill of Inverarity, 233p West Bog; Char. 215p Shandford; Sim. 213p Pityot; Short. 200p Pityot.
Leading Prices per kg –
Bullocks –
Lim. £1395.24 Gask, £1386.27 & £1382.44 Nethermyres; Sim. £1304.82 Pityot.
Heifers –
Lim. £1360.38 Nethermyres, £1326.85 West Bog, £1296 Gask, £1290.24 Mill of Inverarity; Char. £1259.67 Shandford; Sim. £1195.68 Pityot; Short £1172.
COWS (4)
Sim. £1130 (1.32p) & £700 (1.16p) East Balloch; A.A. £825 (1.20p); Lim. X £790 (1.22p).
BULL (1)
Char. £1095 (1.10p) East Balloch
PRIME SHEEP
PRIME LAMBS (704) Were cheaper to 195.1p per kilo for Beltex from Scobshaugh and £91 per head for Beltex from Clochie to average 157.6p per kilo (-11.6p)
Leading Prices per kg –
Beltex 193.6p Clochie; Texel 191.3p Fallaw; Texel x 183p Shandford.
Leading Prices per head –
Texel £88 (twice) Fallaw; Beltex £88 Shandford; Texel x £85 (twice) Clochie; x Texel £83 Mains of Creuchies and Kirkton of Kingoldrum.
EWES (127)
Suffolk £107 Kirkton of Kingoldrum; Beltex £106 Mains of Dalrulzion; x Beltex £105 Shandford; Texel £95 Mains of Creuchies and Newton of Guthrie; x Texel £95 South Cassingray
