THE FORFAR MART
WEDNESDAY, 22nd MARCH, 2023
Lawrie & Symington, Forfar had forward 20 Prime Cattle, 5 otm’s and 646 Prime Hoggs, Ewes and Rams.
PRIME CATTLE – A superb show of stock on offer which ooze quality and meat.
BULLOCKS – (4) – Sold to a top of 3.00p per kg for a 614 kg bountiful Limousin Cross from Pityot and purchased by B & T Kitson, Yorkshire and to £1973.40 for a stylish 660 kg Simmental from Woodhead of Mailer and purchased by B & T Kitson to average 2.98p.
HEIFERS – (16) – Sold to a top of 3.26p per kg for a 524 kg model of a Limousin from Mill of Inverarity and purchased by Penman Butchers, Crail and to £2105.40 for a 726 kg cracking Charolais Cross from Pityot and purchased by B & T Kitson, Yorkshire to average 3.05p.
BULLOCKS
Leading Prices per kg:-
Sim. 2.99p Woodhead of Mailer; A.A. 2.98p Woodhead of Mailer; Lim. x 2.94p Pityot
Leading Prices per head:-
A.A. £1889.32 Woodhead of Mailer; Lim. x £1887.48 & £1842 Pityot
HEIFERS
Leading Prices per kg:-
Lim. 3.20p & 3.18p Chapel of Barras, 3.16p Gask, 3.10p & 3.08p West Bog, 3.06p Barns of Airlie & Mill of Inverarity, 3.04p Gask; Cont. 3.10p West Bog
Leading Prices per head:-
Saler £2041.60 Pityot; Lim. £1989 Barns of Airlie, £19825.08 Gask, £1860 & £1847.04 Pityot, £1813.84 Gask, £1799.92 Barns of Airlie, £1780.92 Mill of Inverarity; Cont. £1872.40 West Bog.
COWS (5)
A.A. x £1620 (2.16p) Shieldrum
B. Short. X £1020 Meikle Coull
Lim. x £980 Meikle Coull
PRIME HOGGS (539) - Topping the Prime Sheep trade was T. & J. Clark & Sons, Wellhead for a pen of 4 tremendous Texels scaling 44 kg and realising £144/327.3p
Leading Prices per head:-
Tex. - £135 & £134 Leoch, £133 Gyratesmyre, £125 & £124.50 Wellhead, £125 Middlehill
Belt. - £138 & £135 Wellhead, £130 & £129 Newmill of Inshewan, £122 & £120 Balbrydie, £119 Gibsonhall, £115 Newton of Fothringham
B.F. - £112 Middlehill, £94.50 Mains of Mause, £92 Drumyellow, £90 Glenlethnot
Suff. - £124 & £120 Westhall & Leoch, £121 Newmill of Inshewan, £121 & £119 Annamuick, £115 Middlehill
Chev. - £100 Drumyellow, £95 Lochmill
Scotch Mule - £115 Lochmill, £110 Middlehill, £96 Newton
Cross - £110 Trainview
BFL - £103 6 Holding, Burrelton
Leading Prices per kg. –
Tex. – 297.8p & 273.9p North Leoch, 283p Gyratesmyre, 276.3p Newton, 266.3p Gibsonhall, 259.1p Middlehill, 256.4p Drumyellow
Belt. 314p Wellhead, 295.5p & 258p Newmillof Inshewan, 295p & 290.5p Balbrydie, 287.5p Newton of Fothringham
B.F. – 229.7p & 222.2p Glenlethnot, 225p Mains of Mause
Suff. – 269.6p Westhall, 264.4p & 237.3p Annamuick, 253.1p & 235.4p Leoch, 244.7p Middlehill, 242p Newmill of Inshewan
Chev. – 243.9p Drumyellow, 237.5p Lochmill
Scotch Mule – 240p Newton, 224.5p Middlehill
CAST SHEEP (107) – Top Price per head for Cast Sheep was £168 for Texels from W. Mather & Sons, Shandford. Rams sold to £105 for a Hampshire from Trainview Livestock.
Texel - £151 Shandford, £133 & £120 Westhall, £127 Mains of Mause, £118 & £113 Mill of Murroes
Belt. - £111 Balbrydie
B.F. - £52 & £46 East Mains of Auchterhouse, £45 Glenlethnot
Suff. - £155 Upper Tulloes, £145 Miss F. Mather, Shandford, £140 Shandford
Chev./Mule - £131 Upper Tulloes
BFL - £138 6 Holding, Burrelton
Shet. - £100 West Town of Barras
