THE FORFAR MART
WEDNESDAY, 12th APRIL, 2023
Lawrie & Symington, Forfar had forward 16 Prime Cattle, 5 otm’s and 182 Prime Hoggs, Ewes and Rams.
PRIME CATTLE – We had a fantastic show of cattle on offer today.
BULLOCKS – (1) – Sold to a top of 2.86p per kg and £1979.12 for a 692 kg shapey Limousin from Barns of Airlie and purchased by Chapman Butchers, Wishaw.
HEIFERS – (15) – Sold to a top of 3.42p per kg for a 564 kg cracking Limousin from West Bog and purchased by Penman Butchers, Crail and to £2022.72 for a 688 kg superb Limousin from Pityot and purchased by Chapman Butchers, Wishaw to average 3.11p.
HEIFERS
Leading Prices per kg:-
Lim. 3.36p Gask, 3.26p Barns of Airlie, 3.24p Gask, 3.12p Greenhead, 3.10p Pityot (twice) & West Bog, 3.08p & 3.06p Greenhead.
Leading Prices per head:-
Lim. £1989.68 Greenhead, £1971.36 West Bog, £1958.40 Greenhead, £1952.28 Pityot, £1928.88 West Bog, £1928.16 Greenhead, £1922 West Bog; BB £1900.32 Pityot.
COWS (4)
A.A. £1900 (2.22p) St. Fort
Char. X £1840 (2.03p) The Hillocks
Simm. £1220 (1.76p) The Hillocks
BULL (1)
Simm. £1400 The Hillocks
PRIME HOGGS (161) – Topping the hogget sale was T. & J. Clark, Wellheads for a pen of five 47 kg tremendous Texels realising £157. Top Price per kilo was 340.9p twice, for 44 kg Texels and 44 kg Beltex’s from T. & J. Clark & Sons, Wellhead.
Leading Prices per head:-
Tex. - £150 Wellhead, £145 & £140 Kirkton of Kingoldrum , £145 Wellbank Mains, £143 & £138 Pitairlie
Belt. - £150 Wellhead, £136 & £126 Newmill of Inshewan, £135 & £131 Balbrydie
B.F. - £125 Seventrees, £116 Redford Smithy, £98 West Kinmonth, £90 Drumyellow
Suff. - £147 Wylie St., £143 Wellhead, £130 Newmill of Inshewan, £125 Drumyellow
Scotch Mule - £120 & £119.50 Drumyellow
B. Texel - £124 The Haugh
Leading Prices per kg. –
Tex. – 334p Wellhead , 316.7p Wellhead, 3.05p Herdhillmuir, 302.5p Kirkton Kingoldrum & Southtown of Melgund
Belt. – 329.3p & 319.5p Balbrydie, 315p Newmill of Inshewan
BF – 245p & 237.8p West Kinmonth, 236.8p Drumyellow, 231.5p Seventrees
Suff. – 291.8p Wellhead, 282.1p Pitairlie, 262.5p Wylie St.
Scotch Mule – 306.4p Drumyellow, 248.8p Woodend
B. Tex. – 258.3p The Haugh
CAST SHEEP (21) – Top Price per head for cast sheep was £172 for a char. X from P. Cooper & Son, Govals.
Ewes:
Tex. - £170 & £169 Govals, £150 Shandford, £134 Wellbank
Belt. - £125 Scobshaugh
BF - £80 & £70 Newmill of Inshewan
Suff. - £129 Shandford & £111 Shandford
BDM - £158 & £131 Scobshaugh
Zwar. - £132 Redford Smithy
