THE FORFAR MART
WEDNESDAY, 8th MARCH, 2023
Lawrie & Symington, Forfar had forward 13 Prime Cattle, 3 OTM and 626 Prime Hoggs, Ewes and Rams.
PRIME CATTLE – Met an excellent demand with a superb entry of quality.
HEIFERS – (13) – Sold to a top of 3.24p per kg for a 562 kg cracking Limousin from West Bog and to £2146.20 for a 730 kg bountiful BB from Pityot to average 2.96p.
Leading Prices per kg:-
Lim. – 3.10p Wellhead, 3.06p Pityot, 3.00p Wellhead, 2.96p Pityot, 2.92p Mains of Melgund & Pityot (twice), 2.90p Mains of Melgund; 2.94p Pityot
Leading Prices per head:-
Lim. - £2028 Wellhead, £2006.88 Pityot, £2002.60 Wellhead, , £1946.16 & £1915.52 Pityot, £1820.88 West Bog, £1801.80 & £1769.52 Mains of Melgund, £1670.40 West Bog
COWS (2)
Blonde Aquitaine £2000 (2.20p) East Blackiemuir; B. Short. X £1220 (1.79p) Scobshaugh
BULL (1)
Lim. £1960 (1.68p) Scobshaugh
PRIME HOGGS (491) - Topping the Prime Hogg trade was T. & J. Clark & sons, Wellhead Farm with a trio of Beltex beauties scaling 47 kg and realising £133 and to 307.3p for a cracking 41kg Beltex from the same home.
Leading Prices per head:-
Tex. - £131 & £127 Wellhead, £130 & £124 Middlehill, £124.50 Hatton of Cargill, £122 Newton, £120 Balconnel
Belt. - £128 & £125.50 Balbrydie, £126 Wellhead
BF - £90.50 Afflochie, £90 Glenisla & Glencally
Suff. - £120 & £117 Hatton of Cargill, £109.50 Cairnleith, £108 & £105 Afflochie, £105 Leoch & Newton, £103 Govals
Chev. - £115 Hatton of Cargill, £110.50 & £108.50 Scotston, £110 Middlehill, £106.50 & £105.50 Auchronie
Cont. - £104 Cairnleith, £95 Drumyellow
Chev./Mule - £112 Middlehill, £107 Cairnleith
Scotch Mule - £108 Middlehill, £105 & £102.50 Auchronie, £103 Mains of Creuchies
Cross - £115 & £105.50 Cairnleith
BDM - £106 Mains of Creuchies
Zwartble - £99.50 Lindsay Lodge
Leading Prices per kg. –
Tex. – 272.9p & 268.9p Wellhead, 261.9p Newton, 255.8p Drumyellow, 243.6p Templeton
Belt. – 304.8p & 298.8p Balbrydie, 283p Wellhead
B.F. – 220.7p Afflochie, 204.5p Glenisla & Glencally
Suff. – 234.1p Govals, 228.3p Newton, 223.5p Cairnleith, 223.4p Afflochie, 220.9p Newmill of Inshewan, 218.8p Leoch, 214.8p Crowwood
Chev. – 273.8p Hatton of Cargill, 242.2p Newton, 234.4p & 232.6p Auchronie, 225p Newton, 222.7p Newmill
Cont. – 254p Newton, 231.1p Cairnleith, 220.9p Drumyellow
Chev./Mule – 218.4p Cairnleith, 200p Middlehill
Scotch/Mule – 211.8p Middlehill, 210.2p Mains of Creuchie
Cross – 224.5p Cairnleith, 215.9p Drumyellow
BDM – 216.3p Mains of Creuchies
CAST SHEEP (138) – Top Price per head for ewes was £145 for a Texel from W.J.R. Knox, Templeton
EWES –
Tex. - £123 & £112 Ring
BF - £79 Mains of Creuchies, £77 & £68 Glenisla & Glencally
Suff. £137 Wellbank Mains, £126 Ring
Chev. - £120 Leoch, £100 & £70 Neilston Cottar Ho.
Cont. - £123 & £112 Balconnel
Chev./Mule - £75 Ashmore & Strone
Scotch/Mule - £86 Ring, £76 Franklin St.
Cross - £72 Neilston Cottar Ho.
Jacob - £55 Glebe Ho.
Swale - £76 Mains of Creuchies
RAM –
Suff. - £142 Drimmie
