Lawrie & Symington, Forfar had forward 28 Prime Cattle and 5 OTM’s and 571 Prime Sheep & Cast Ewes and Rams.
PRIME CATTLE
Bullocks (7) Sold to a top of 221p per kilo for a 619 kg Limousin from Nethermyres and purchased by the Firm of W.E. Fairlie Ltd., Letham and to £1496.94 for a 818 kg Simmental from Denmark and purchased by Rennie Butchers, Forfar to ave. 210p.
Heifers (21) Sold to a top of 240p per kilo for a 537 kg Limousin from Nethermyres and purchased by the Firm of J.B. Penman, Butchers, Crail and to £1442.28 for a 606 kg Limousin from Nethermyres and purchased by Scott Bros., Dundee to ave. 221p
Leading Prices per kg-
Bullocks –
Lim. 219p Gask & Nethermyres, 214p Gask; BB 215p Chapel of Barras; Sim. 206p Chapel of Barras
Heifers –
Lim. 238p Gask, West Bog & Nethermyres, 234p West Bog, 232p Pityot, 225p West Bog, 224p Mill of Inverarity (twice); Char. X 225p & 224p Pityot; Sim. 210p Pityot.
Leading Prices per head –
Bullocks –
Lim. £1463.76 Gask, £1367.99 & £1366.56.
Heifers –
Lim. £1347.08 & £1345.50 West Bog,£1309.50 West Bog, £1288.80 Nethermyres; Char. £1235.96 Findowrie; Sim. £1144.50 Pityot
COWS (4)
Lim. X £1295 (1.41p) Muirhouses; Char. £1210 (1.33p) South Leckaway; Bri. Frie. X £1020 (1.29p) South Leckaway; Saler x £840 (1.19p) Gibsonhall
BULL (1)
A.A. £1280 (1.10p) Shandford
PRIME SHEEP
PRIME LAMBS (476) sold to 186.7p per kilo from Mains of Dalrulzion and to £85 per head from Shandford to average 156p per kilo.
Leading Prices per kg –
Texel 182.6p Mains of Dalrulzion; Texel x 173.9p Fallaw
Leading Prices per head –
Texel £84 and £83 Mains of Dalrulzion; Texel x £81 Fallaw; Cont. £80 Shandford
EWES (95)
Texel £87 Shandford; Suff. £85 Shandford; Beltex £82.50 Scobshaugh; Tex. X £82 E. Cammock; B.D.M. £81 Scobshaugh.
