LAWRIE & SYMINGTON
THE FORFAR MART
Lawrie & Symington, Forfar had forward 30 Prime Cattle and 4 Cows also 693 Prime Sheep & Cast Ewes and Rams.
PRIME CATTLE
Bullocks (9) Sold to a top of 234p per kilo and £1401.66 for a 599 kg Limousin from Nethermyres and purchased by the Firm of W.E. Fairlie Ltd., Letham to average 204.5p.
Heifers (21) Sold to a top of 252p for a 496 kg Limousin from Nethermyres and purchased by the Firm of J.B. Penman, Crail and to £1399.48 for a 593 kg Limousin from the Gask and purchased by Yorkes of Dundee to average 224.5p.
Leading Prices per kg:-
Bullocks –
Lim. 222p Nethermyres, 205p Gask, 200p Chapel of Barras (twice).
Heifers –
Lim. 240p Mill of Inverarity, 236p Gask and Craignathro, 232p West Bog and Mill of Inverarity, 231p Hilton of Beath.
Leading Prices per head –
Bullocks –
Lim. £1375.55 Gask, £1354.32 Pityot, £1345.32 Nethermyres.
Heifers –
Lim. £1375.76 West Bog, £1367.50 Nethermyres, £1363.44 Craignathro; Sim. £1242.30 Pityot; BB £1231.70 Nochnary.
COWS (5)
Lim. £985,£915, £905 & £895 Hilton of Beath; B. Short. £980 Scobshaugh
PRIME SHEEP
PRIME SPRING LAMBS (585) Sold to 195.5p per kilo for Beltex from Clochie and to £86 per head for the same Lambs to average 172.2p per kilo (-13p)
Leading Prices per kg –
Beltex 192.7p Newton of Inshewan; Texel 188.6p Clochie; Tex.x 185p Mill of Murroes; x Tex. 181.3p Little Fithie.
Leading Prices per head –
Texel £85 and £83.50 Wood of Auldbar; Beltex £84 & £83 Clochie; B.D. M. £84 Shandford; Texel £84 Wairds of Alpity.
EWES & RAMS – (108)
Ewes
Tex. £96 Mains of Creuchies; Tex.x £91 Upper Balgray; Beltex £81 Witton; Suffolk £78 Witton
Rams
Beltex £81 Witton
