LAWRIE & SYMINGTON
THE FORFAR MART
Lawrie & Symington, Forfar had forward 24 Prime Cattle and 2 Cows and 1079 Prime Sheep & Cast Ewes and Rams.
PRIME CATTLE
Bullocks (4) Sold to a top of 249p per kilo for a 597 kg Limousin from Nethermyres and purchased by the Firm of W.F. Stark, Butchers, Buckhaven and to £1524.60 for a 660 kg Limousin also from Nethermyres and purchased by the Firm of W.E. Fairlie Ltd., Letham to average 236p per kg.
Heifers (20) Sold to a top of 254p per kilo for a 503 kg Limousin from West Bog and purchased by the Firm of J.B. Penman, Crail and to £1456.68 for a 597 kg Limousin from Fallaw and purchased by Rennie Butchers, Forfar to ave. 230p per kg.
Leading Prices per kg:-
Bullocks –
B.B. 244p Nethermyres; Lim. X 231p Nethermyres.
Heifers –
Lim. 250p Nethermyres, 244p Fallaw, 241p Mill of Inverarity, 240p Craignathro & Mill of Inverarity, 237p Craignathro, 236p Nethermyres.
Leading Prices per head –
Bullocks –
B.B. £1520.12 Nethermyres, Lim. £1486.53 Nethermyres.
Heifers –
Lim. £1413.64 Nethermyres, £1400.82 West Bog, £1332.73 Mill of Inverarity, £1327.50 Nethermyres; Sim. £1370.72 Shandford; Char. £1335.63 Shandford.
COWS (2)
Sim. £1100 (130p) and £1000 (127p) Scobshaugh
PRIME SHEEP
PRIME LAMBS (762) Sold to 218.2p per kilo for Beltex from Scobshaugh and £96 per head for the same lambs to average 172.8p per kilo (plus 0.2p)
Leading Prices per kg –
Beltex 211.9p and 211.4p Scobshaugh; x Beltex 208.8p and 200p Westdrums; Texel 185.7p Clochie; x Texel 185.6p West Pitcorthie.
Leading Prices per head –
Beltex £93 Scobshaugh; Beltex x £91 Clochie; Texel £90 Balcormo; Texel x £85 Templeton.
EWES (246)
Texel £100 Cairnleith; Texel x £97 Clochie; Cont. £93 Gallowshade; Suff. £93 Balnagarrow; x £70 Cairnleith.
Also forward were 71 Texel Cross Store Lambs which sold to £65 per head from Parkhead.
