Sale Date: Wednesday 2nd November, 2022 – Weekly Primestock Sale

THE FORFAR MART
WEDNESDAY, 2nd NOVEMBER, 2022
Lawrie & Symington, Forfar held their sale of 9 Prime Cattle, 10 OTM’s and 444 Prime Lambs, Ewes and Rams. Also included today was the sale of 408 Store Lambs.

PRIME CATTLE

Stots (1) – Sold to a top of 3.00p per kg and £1764.00 for a 588 kg BB from the Gask and purchased by Stark Butchers, Buckhaven.

Heifers – (8) Sold to a top of 3.16p per kg and £1820.16 for a 576 kg Limousin from Chapel of Barras and purchased by R. Watt, Butchers, Forfar to average 2.91p.

HEIFERS
Leading Prices per kg:-
Lim. 3.00p West Bog, 2.90p Gask, 2.78p West Bog; B.B. 2.85p Greenhead; Luing 2.80p Greenhead.

Leading Prices per head:-
B.B. £1687.20 Greenhead; Luing £1668.80 Greenhead; Lim. £1662.44 & £1620 West Bog, £1612.40 Gask.

COWS (9)
Sim. £1880 (1.81p) Whitehall
Lim. £1500 (1.84p), £1370 (1.80p) & £1340 (1.78p) Meikle Coull
BRB x £1560 (1.80p) & £1360 (1.80p) Findowrie
B. Short. £1110 (1.63p) Meikle Coull
Linc. Red £1100 (1.47p) St. Fort

PRIME SHEEP

PRIME LAMBS (333) – Top Price per head for Prime Lambs was a pair of super Suffolks scaling 60 kgs and realising £122 consigned by W. Mather & Sons, Shandford Farm. Top Price per kilo was 240p for a pen of 40 kg Suffolk Cross Lambs from W. & J. Grant, Coiliamy Farm.

Leading Prices per head:
Texel - £114 & £110 Leoch, £112 & £111 Shandford, £110 Creagan, £109 Ballintuim, £108 & £107 Fawsyde
Beltex - £109 West Kinmonth, £108 Shandford, £103 Wardmill
Suff. - £120 & £119 Greenford, £119 (twice) Leoch, £115 Doldy
Char. - £104 North Main of Dun
Chev. - £119 Shandford, £110 Doldy
Chev./Mule - £106 Doldy
Scot/Mule - £105.50 & £103.50 Coiliamy, £98 Tomlea, £96 Coiliamy, £91 Berrydyke
BFL - £111 Berrydyke

Leading Prices per kg:
Texel – 238.6 Wardmill, 228p Leoch, 226.7p Tomlea, 226.2p West Kinmonth, 226.1p Coiliamy, 225p Fawsyde, 224.5p Shandford
Belt. – 225p Shandford, 223.9p Wardmill, 213.7p West Kinmonth
Suff. – 228.85p & 228.8p Leoch, 225.5p Coiliamy, 225p North Mains of Dun, 224p Shandford, 222.2p Tomlea
Char. – 231.1p North Mains of Dun
Chev. – 229.2p Doldy, 201.7p Shandford
Chev./Mule – 220.8p Doldy
Scot./Mule – 224.5p & 224.5p Coiliamy, 213p Tomlea
BFL – 241.3p Berrydyke

CAST SHEEP (111) – Top Price per head for ewes was £150 for a Texel consigned by W. Mather & Sons, Shandfrod.

EWES
Texel - £144 & £134 Clochie, £128 & £104.50 Shandford, £111 & £102.50 Balconnel
Suff. - £132 Clochie, £103 & £94 Shandford
Chev. - £85 Clochie
Chev./Mule - £97 Clochie, £86 & £76 Glensaugh
Cross - £125 & £124 Shandford
BDM - £110 Shandford

STORE LAMBS
Topping the Store Lamb sale was D. Stewart & Son, Mains of Dalrulzion for a pen of 4 tremendous Texel’s realising £106. All classes of Store Lambs met a strong trade throughout the sale.

Texel - £104 & £100 Mains of Dalrulzion, £91.50 Creagan, £90 & £84 Pitreuchie, £86 Wellbank Mains, £84 Balglassie.
Beltex - £94 & £80 Berrydyke
B.F. - £58 Doldy Farm, £57 Lednathie, £54 Nether Drumheads, £50 (twice) Glensaugh
Scotch Mule - £72 Lednathie
Cross - £56 The Ranch


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