THE FORFAR MART
WEDNESDAY, 13th JULY, 2022
Lawrie & Symington, Forfar held their sale of 18 Prime Cattle, 3 OTM’s and 377 Prime Lambs, Ewes and Rams.
PRIME CATTLE
Bullocks (5) Sold to a top of 2.78p per kg for a 624 kg Limousin from Greenhead and purchased by Yorkes of Dundee and to £1833.12 for a 684 kg A.A. from Balgay and purchased by J. Chapman, Butchers, Wishaw to average 2.71p.
Heifers (13) Sold to a top of 2.84p per kg twice, one for a 586 kg Limousin from Chapel of Barras and purchased by Penman Butchers, Crail and second for a 586 kg Limousin from West Bog and purchased by Scott Bros., Dundee and to £1720.20 for a 610 kg Limousin from Greenhead and purchased by Rennie Butchers, Forfar to average 2.74p,
BULLOCKS –
Leading Prices per kg:-
Here. 2.76p Balgay; A.A. 2.68p Balgay; Lim. 2.67p (twice) Balgay
Leading Prices per head:-
Lim. £1740.84 Balgay, £1734.72 Greenhead; Here. £1727.76 Balgay.
HEIFERS
Leading Prices per kg:-
Lim. 2.84p West Bog, 2.83p Greenhead, 2.82p Gask & Greenhead; B.B. 2.80p Gask.
Leading Prices per head:-
Lim. £1690.70 & £1672 Greenhead, £1664.24 Chapel of Barras, £1664.04 Greenhead, £1625.40 & £1613.12 West Bog.
COWS (3)
Short. £1320 (1.87p) & £1200 (1.80p) Cairncross
PRIME SHEEP
PRIME LAMBS (268)– Topping the sale was a tremendous 50kg Texel consigned by A. Strachan, Clochie realising £157 and purchased by J.B. Penman, Butchers, Anstruther.
Top price per kg of the sale was 323.3p for a peachy pair of Beltex’s scaling 43kgs from W. Stewart & Son, Newton of Inshewan.
Leading Prices per kg:-
Tex. 3.20p Shandford, 3.14p & 309.1p Clochie, 304.3p Knockhill, 304.2p Templeton, 298.9p & 297.7p Newton of Inshewan
Belt. 317.8p 239.5p Clochie
Suff. 293.6p Knockhill, 291.3p & 287.8p Shandford, 280.9p Lednathie
Leading Prices per head –
Tex. £146 & £142 Newton of Inshewan, £146 & £141 Nether Logie, £146 Templeton, £144 Shandford, £142 & £140 Clochie, £142 Over Baldinnie
Belt. £143 & £135 Clochie, £139 Newton of Inshewan
Suff. £138 & £134 Knockhill, £134 & £118 Shandford, £132 & £118.50 Lednathie
CAST SHEEP – (109) – Top price per head in the cast ring was £137 for a BDM Ewe from J.W. Farquharson, Horn
EWES –
Tex. - £130 Shandford, £127 Templeton, £110.50 Kinnordy
Belt. - £120 Miltonbank, £117 Horn
B.F. - £89 & £75 Dalbog
Suff. - £74 Horn
Chev. - £89 & £80 Kinnordy, £79 Auchleish
Cross - £100 & £93 Balkemback, £90 Kinnordy
Rouge - £69 Horn
BFL - £129 Horn, £123 & £115.50 Clarks Hill
