Sale Date: Wednesday 17th August, 2022 – Weekly Primestock Sale

THE FORFAR MART
WEDNESDAY, 17th AUGUST, 2022
Lawrie & Symington, Forfar held their sale of 17 Prime Cattle, 7 OTM and 499 Prime Lambs, Ewes and Rams.

PRIME CATTLE
Bullocks (7) Sold to a top of 2.78p per kg and £1690.24 for a 608 kg Limousin from Greenhead and purchased by Stark Butchers, Buckhaven to average 2.55p.

Heifers (9) Sold to a top of 2.83p per kg for a 550 kg Limousin from the Gask and purchased by Penman Butchers, Crail and to £1668.60 for a 618 kg Limousin from Chapel of Barras and purchased by James Ewart Ltd., Monifieth to average 2.70p

Young Bull (1) Sold to a top of 2.35p per kg and £1320.70 for a 562 kg Limousin from Briarton.

BULLOCKS –
Leading Prices per kg:-
Lim. 2.70p Gask & Greenhead, 2.38p Balgay; Here. 2.52p, 2.44p & 2.35p Balgay.
Leading Prices per head:-
Lim. £1647 Greenhead,, £1641.60 Gask, £1547 Balgay; Here. £1557.36, £1532.32 & 1405.30 Balgay
HEIFERS
Leading Prices per kg:-
Lim. 2.75p Gask, 2.70p Chapel of Barras & Greenhead; B.B. 2.75p Chapel of Barras, 2.72p Greenhead; Char. 2.70p Chapel of Barras; A.A. 2.46p Shandford
Leading Prices per head:-
Lim. £1668.60 Greenhead, £1589.50 Gask, £1556.50 Gask, £1533.60 Greenhead; B.B. £1572.16 Greenhead; Char. £1533.60 Chapel of Barras

COW (7)
Lim. £1400 (1.86p), £1260 (1.83p) Shandford, £1250 (1.68p) Waterside of Thornton
Sim. £1300 (1.82p) Shandford

PRIME SHEEP

PRIME LAMBS (448)– Topping the trade today was L.N. Petrie, Broomhead with a cracking pair of 47 kg Texel’s realising £132/280.9p per kg and purchased by Scott Bros., Dundee.
Leading Prices per head:-
Tex. - £129, £123 & £121 Southtown of Melgund; £124 Cairnleith, £120 Carsie View, Middle Drimmie, Clochie, Over Baldinnie & Southtown of Melgund
Belt. - £120 Cairnleith & Clochie, £111 & £108 Wardmill, £110 Clochie & South Ballo
Suff. - £121 & £110 Southtown of Melgund, £115 & £110.50 Middle Drimmie, £113 Cairnleith, £106 Kirkton of Kingoldrum, £101 North Balluderon, £100 Wardmill
BFL - £130 Newhouse of Glamis
B. Tex - £110 Wardmill
Dor. - £110 & £108 West Pitcorthie
Tex. X Suff. - £125 & £118 Broomhead

Leading Prices per kg:-
Tex. – 272.7p & 248.8p Carsie View, 255.3p (twice) Clochie, 252.2p & 250p Nether Logie, 250p Mill of Inverarity
Belt. – 255.3p & 239.1p Clochie, 252.3p & 245.5p Wardmill, 244.9p Cairnleith, 244.4p South Ballo
Suff. – 232.7p & 220p Southtown of Melgund, 230.6p Cairnleith, 230.2p & 225.5p Kirkton of Kingoldrum, 230p Middle Drimmie, 227.3p Wardmill,
B. Tex. – 255.8p Wardmill
Dor. – 229.8p & 229.2p West Pitcorthie
Tex. x Suff. – 245.1p & 226.9p Broomhead
CAST SHEEP – (51) – Top price per head in the cast sheep ring was H.L. Irvine, West Pitcorthie for a superb continental ewe realising £130.
EWES –
Tex. - £124 & £110 Mains of Dalrulzion, £120 & £96 Shandford, £119 & £92 Wardmill
Suff. - £120 West Pitcorthie, £108 Mains of Dalrulzion, £100 Shandford
Chev. - £70 Mains of Dalrulzion
Cross - £90 & £75 Mill of Inverarity


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