LAWRIE & SYMINGTON
THE FORFAR MART
WEDNESDAY, 3RD APRIL, 2019
Lawrie & Symington, Forfar had forward 30 Prime Cattle and 3 OTMS’s and 914 Prime Sheep & Cast Ewes.
PRIME CATTLE
Bullocks (10) Sold to a top of 2.42p per kg for a 596 kg Limousin from Nethermyres and purchased by Scott Bros., Dundee and to £1460.91 for a 627 kg Limousin from Nethermyres and purchased by the Firm of W.E. Fairlie Ltd., Letham to average 2.20p.
Heifers (20) Sold to a top of 2.50p per kg for a 538 kg Limousin from Nethermyres and purchased by the Firm of J.B. Penman, Crail and to £1430 for a 650 kg BRB from Gask and purchased by the Firm of W.E. Fairlie Ltd., Letham to average 2.17p.
Leading Prices per kg:-
Bullocks –
Lim. 2.33p Nethermyres, 2.28p Craignathro, 2.26p (twice) Nethermyres; Char. x 2.18p Chapel of Barras.
Heifers –
Lim. 2.44p Craignathro and Nethermyres, 2.40p West Bog, 2.32p West Bog, 2.30p (twice) Mill of Inverarity, 2.27p McEwan Farms; BRB 2.40p Nethermyres, 2.20p Gask; Sal. x 2.11p Gask.
Leading Prices per head –
Bullocks –
Char. x £1456.24 Chapel of Barras; Lim. £1442.32 Nethermyres, £1384.56 McEwan Farms, £1383.12 Nethermyres, £1356 Nethermyres; Char. x £1339.85 Chapel of Barras.
Heifers –
Lim. £1425.45 Gask, £1401.28 West Bog, £1359.30 Mill of Inverarity; Sal. x £1373.61 Gask; BRB £1356 Nethermyres.
COWS (2)
Lim. £855 (1.31p) and £650 (1.12p) Waterside of Thornton
BULL (1)
Lim. £990 (1.13p) Cortachy H.F.
PRIME SHEEP
PRIME HOGGS (802) were dearer to 233.3p per kilo for Texels from Torrax and £108 per head for Beltex (twice) from Easter Balgillo.
SQQ Hoggs averaged 211.9p per kilo (plus 7.7p)
Overall Hoggs averaged 198.4p per kilo (plus 4p)
Leading Prices per head –
Tex. £105 (3 times) Torrax; Belt. £101 Easter Balgillo; x Belt. £100 (twice) Newmill of Inshewan; x Tex. £98 Croft of Cultalonie.
Leading Prices per kilo –
Tex. 230.2p Gibsonhall; Belt. 229.8p Er. Balgillo; x Belt. 226.2p Balbrydie; Chev. 224.4p Glenmoy.
EWES & RAMS (112)
Ewes –
Tex. £130 (twice) Westhall; Suff. £128 Balnagarrow; x Suff. £100 Upper Tulloes; X £82 Greenford; B.F. £62 Glenisla.
Rams –
Chev. £88 Rome
