LAWRIE & SYMINGTON
THE FORFAR MART
WEDNESDAY, 26th APRIL, 2023
Lawrie & Symington, Forfar had forward 17 Prime Cattle, 9 otm’s and 319 Prime Lambs, Hoggs, Ewes and Rams.
PRIME CATTLE – a fantastic show of butchers cattle on offer today selling to a full complement of buyers.
BULLOCKS – (2) – Sold to a top of 3.20p per kg and £1862.40 for a superb 582 kg Limousin from the Gask and purchased by Scott Bros., Dundee to average 3.13p.
HEIFERS – (15) – Sold to a top of 3.28p per kg for a fabulous 580 kg Limousin from Greenhead and purchased by Fleming Butchers, Arbroath and to £2166.60 for a 690 kg Limousin oozing meat and class from West Bog and purchased by Chapman Butchers, Wishaw to average 3.07p.
BULLOCKS
Leading Prices per kg:-
Lim. 3.06p Barns of Airlie
Leading Prices per head:-
Lim. £1860.48 Barns of Airlie
HEIFERS
Leading Prices per kg:-
Lim. 3.18p & 3.16p West Bog, 3.16p Greenhead, 3.14p West Bog & Gask, 3.10p Gask, 3.08p West Bog; Char. 3.08p Greenhead; Sim. 3.00p Pityot.
Leading Prices per head:-
Lim. £2106.30 Pityot, £2091.24 Gask, £1902.40 Greenhead, £1884.80 Gask, £1883.36 & £1850.20 Pityot, £1840.84 West Bog; Char. £1835.68 Greenhead; Sim. £1830 Pityot.
COWS (9)
Sim. £1800 (2.26p), £1760 (2.18p) & £1300 (2.13p) East Balloch
Char. X £1700 (2.20p) East Balloch
A.A. £1540 (2.14p) & £1260 (1.96p) St. Fort
Linc. Red £1230 (1.97p)
Lim. x £1380 (2.14p) Barns of Airlie
SPRING LAMB (1) – Spring lamb sold to £152 for a Suffolk from G. Mackie, Drimmie.
PRIME HOGGS (219) – Top price per head for hoggets was £166 for a pen of 4 tremendous Texels scaling 47 kg from T. & J. Clark & Sons, Wellhead Farm. Top price per kilo was 370p for a pen of 4 Beltex x beauties scaling 40 kg from C.L. Wylie, Balbrydie Farm.
Leading Prices per head:-
EasyCare - £130 & £122 Easter Denoon
Badgerface - £139 East Ingliston, £162 & £156 & £153 Wellhead, £149 Coiliamy, £145 & £144 Newton of Fothringham
Beltex - £164 & £152 Newton of Fothringham, £160 & £148 Balbrydie, £146 Newmill of Inshewan
BF - £90 Balholmie
Suff. - £140 & £134 Coiliamy, £130 & £124 Balholmie, £125 Fraser Ave., £125 Drumyellow
Cross - £136 Newton of Fothringham, £120 Fraser Ave.
Leading Prices per kg. –
EasyCare – 251.3 & 236p Er. Denoon
Badgerface – 272.5p East Ingliston
Texel – 353.2p, 337.5p & 330.4p Wellhead
Beltex – 356.5p Newton of Fothringham, 324.4p Newmill of Inshewan, 319.4p & 315.8p & 313.7p Balbrydie
Suff. – 275.6p Balholmie, 271.1p Coiliamy, 260.4p Drumyellow
Cross – 295.7p Newton of Fothringham
CAST SHEEP (99) – Topping the ewe trade was R. Anderson, Newton of Guthrie with a run of suffolks at £170 and £168
Ewes:
Tex. - £132 Newton of Fothringham
Belt. - £122 Drumyellow
B.F. £80 Third Row, £75 Seventrees
Suff. - £158 & £124 Drimmie, £134 Starr
Char. - £74 Kinrive
Chev. - £123 Starr
Cont. - £134 Croft of Cultalonie
Chev/Mule - £133 Starr
Scotch Mule - £74
Cross - £78 Balholmie
Hampshire - £143 Balhall Cresc.
