LAWRIE & SYMINGTON
THE FORFAR MART
Lawrie & Symington, Forfar had forward 23 Prime Cattle and 648 Prime Sheep & Cast Ewes and Rams.
PRIME CATTLE
Bullocks (11) Sold to a top of 239p for a 582 kg Limousin from Nethermyres and purchased by the Firm of W.E. Fairlie Ltd. and to a top of £1536.36 for a 651 kg Limousin from the Gask and purchased by Mr. S. Watson on behalf of a client to average 220p.
Heifers (12) Sold to a top of 258p (twice), one for a 542 kg Limousin from Gask and purchased by the Firm of J.B. Penman, Crail and second for a 539 kg Limousin from Nethermyres and purchased by the Firm of J.B. Penman, Crail and to £1447.50 for a 579 kg Limousin from Mill of Inverarity and purchased by Scott Bros., Dundee to average 237p.
Leading Prices per kg:-
Bullocks –
Lim. 236p Gask, 233p Mill of Inverarity, 230p Gask, 226p Nethermyres.
Heifers –
Lim. 250p Mill of Inverarity, 248p Nethermyres, 246p & 242p West Bog, 238p Mill of Inverarity.
Leading Prices per head –
Bullocks –
Lim. £1530.02 Nethermyres, £1455.90 Gask, £1390.98 Nethermyres.
Heifers –
Lim. £1442.32 West Bog, £1401.83 Mill of Inverarity, £1398.36 Gask, £1392.36 West Bog.
PRIME SHEEP
PRIME LAMBS (475) Were dearer to 213.6p per kilo for Beltex from Clochie and to £95 per head from Gibsonhall to average 189.6p per kilo (plus 19.5p).
Leading Prices per kg –
Beltex x 204.3p Clochie; Beltex 200p West Drums; Texel 200p Birch Ave., Scone; Texel x 197.8p Templeton.
Leading Prices per head –
Beltex £94 (twice) Clochie; Texel £94 Birch Ave. , Scone and Templeton; Texel x £92 Meikle Tullo; x Texel £91 Gibsonhall.
EWES & RAMS – (173)
Ewes –
Beltex £132 Shandford; Suffolk £86 Shandford; Texel £86 Meikle Tullo; Texel x £84 Newbigging of Ceres and Grange of Conon; B.F. £59 Pearsie.
