Sale Date: Wednesday 31st August, 2022 – Weekly Primestock Sale

THE FORFAR MART
WEDNESDAY, 31st AUGUST, 2022
Lawrie & Symington, Forfar held their sale of 12 Prime Cattle, 10 OTM’s and 607 Prime Lambs, Ewes and Rams.

PRIME CATTLE
Bullocks (2) Sold to a top of 2.84p per kg for a 598 kg Limousin from Greenhead and purchased by Yorkes of Dundee and to £1768.08 for a 636 kg BB from the Gask as purchased by J. Chapman Butchers, Shotts to average 2.81p.

Heifers (10) Sold to a top of 2.88p per kg for a 580 kg Limousin from the Gask and purchased by Rennie Butchers, Forfar and to £1716.72 for a 622 kg Limousin from West Bog and purchased by James Ewart Ltd., Blairgowrie to average 2.79p.

BULLOCKS –
Leading Prices per kg:-
BB – 2.78p Gask
Leading Prices per head:-
Lim. - £1698.32 Greenhead
HEIFERS
Leading Prices per kg:-
Lim. 2.87p Gask, 2.82p West Bog, 2.76p (twice) West Bog; BB 2.81p, 2.80p & 2.78p Greenhead; Sim. 2.70p (twice) Fallaw
Leading Prices per head:-
BB £1701.36 & £1643.40 Greenhead ; Lim. £1693.30 & £1670.40 Gask, £1661.52 West Bog; Sim. £1609.20 & £1533.60 Fallaw.

COWS (10)
Sim. - £1610 (1.88p) Meikle Coull
Lim. - £1600 (1.87p) Inverquharity
Romagnola - £1580 (1.94p) Meikle Coull
B. Short. - £1510 (1.95p) Shandford

PRIME SHEEP

PRIME LAMBS (519)– Topping the Prime market was a tremendous texel lamb scaling 66 kg consigned by F. Dandie, Hatton of Carse Farm and realising £144. Top price per kilo of the sale was 283p for a trio of Beltex beauties scaling 47 kgs and consigned by Alexander Strachan, Clochie Farm.
Leading Prices per head:-
Tex. - £138 Hatton of Carse, £134 Newton of Crathie, £133 Clochie, £126 & £125 Townhead, £124.50 & £124 Fallaw, £123 Grange of Conon & Fallaw.
Belt. - £127 Cairnleith, £119 & £117 Clochie, £115.50 Govals
Suff. - £116 Southtown of Melgund, £115 Scobshaugh, £112 North Mains of Baldovan, £111 Cairnleith, £110 Fidlerswell, £108.50 Govals
Cross - £115 Cairnleith
BDM- £103.50 Govals
B. Texel - £115 Grange of Conon
Dorset - £115.50 & £104 West Pitcorthie
Tex. X Suff. - £126 Cairnleith

Leading Prices per kg:-
Tex. – 273.50 & 266.7p Newton of Crathie, 268.6p Govals, 268.1p & 266p Townhead, 266.7p Newton of Crathie, 259.4p & 258.3p Fallaw
Belt. – 268.6p Govals, 259.2p & 244.2p Cairnleith, 253.2p & 243.8p Clochie
Suff. – 240.9p & 235.9p Govals, 238.3p North Mains of Baldovan, 230p Scobshaugh, 229.2p Fidlerswell
BDM – 235.2p Govals
B. Tex. – 244.7p Grange of Conon
Dorset – 231p & 226.1p West Pitcorthie
Tex. x Suff. – 252p & 220p Cairnleith

CAST SHEEP – (88) – Top price per head for ewes was £152 for a superb Continental Ewe consigned by H.L. Irvine, West Pitcorthie
EWES –
Tex. - £138 & 132 Shandford, £130 & £126 Little Fithie, £125 Shandford, £120 Balconnel
Suff. - £125 Shandford
Cont. - £143 & £125 Broomhead
Chev. Mule - £116 Cairnleith
Cross - £111 Broomhead, £103 Templeton
Zwart. - £95 Brackenbrae Croft


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