LAWRIE & SYMINGTON
THE FORFAR MART
Lawrie & Symington, Forfar had forward 27 Prime Cattle and 1 OTM and 459 Prime Sheep & Cast Ewes and Rams.
PRIME CATTLE
Bullocks (8) Sold to a top of 2.43p per kg for a 575 KG Limousin from Nethermyres and purchased by the Firm of W.E. Fairlie Ltd., Letham and to £1456.39 for a 659 kg Limousin from Woodhead of Mailer and purchased by the Firm of W.E. Fairlie Ltd., Letham to average 2.18p.
Heifers (19) Sold to a top of 2.52p per kg for a 549 kg Limousin from Nethermyres and purchased by the Firm of J.B. Penman, Crail and to £1451.88 for a 654 kg Limousin from Gask and purchased by James Ewart Ltd., Blairgowrie to average 2.31p.
Leading Prices per kg:-
Bullocks –
Lim. 2.30p & 2.27p Nethermyres, 2.21p & 2.20p Woodhead of Mailer, 2.19p Nethermyres.
Heifers –
Lim. 2.44p West Bog, 2.43p Mill of Inverarity, 2.42p Gask, 2.41p West Bog, 2.41p & 2.36p Nethermyres, 2.35p Pityot; Char. x 2.25p Pityot; Sim. x 2.24p Pityot.
Leading Prices per head –
Bullocks –
Lim. £1434.40 Woodhead of Mailer, £1425.56 & £1405.98 Nethermyres, £1402.20 Woodhead of Mailer; A.A. £1392 Woodhead of Mailer.
Heifers –
Lim. £1451.88 & £1396.72 Gask, £1388.85 Pityot, £1385.92 West Bog, £1383.48 Nethermyres, £1380.86 Mill of Inverarity; Char. x £1378.16 Pityot.
COWS (1)
Sim. x £1055 (1.24p) Newbigging of Craighall
PRIME SHEEP
PRIME SPRING LAMB sold to £113.50 for a Suffolk from Wester Oathlaw
PRIME HOGGS (408) sold to 239.1p per kilo for Beltex from The Horn and to £110 per head also from The Horn and Torrax.
SQQ Averaged 210p. Overall average for a plainer show 1.95p.
Leading Prices per head –
Beltex £107 Glenmoy; Beltex x £105 Newmill of Inshewan; Texel £102 Torrax; Texel x £100 The Horn.
Leading Prices per kilo –
Beltex 2.34p Torrax; Beltex x 233.3p Newmill; Texel 232.6p Glenmoy; C ont. 230.8p Baldovie.
EWES & RAMS
EWES
Texel £147 Westdrums; Tex.x £144 Meikle Tullo; Belt. x £131 Witton; Suff. £115 Horn.
RAMS
Tex. £111 Horn; Suff. £103 Horn