THE FORFAR MART
WEDNESDAY, 9TH NOVEMBER, 2022
Lawrie & Symington, Forfar held their sale of 15 Prime Cattle, 7 OTM’s and 548 Prime Lambs, Ewes and Rams.
PRIME CATTLE
Stots (2) – Sold to a top of 2.80p per kg for a 636 kg Limousin from the Gask and purchased by Rennie Butchers, Forfar and to £1821.60 for a 660 kg Limousin from Pityot and purchased by Yorkes of Dundee to average 2.78p.
Heifers – (13) Sold to a top of 3.00p per kg for a 576 kg Limousin from West Bog and purchased by Stark Butchers, Buckhaven and to £1863.04 for a 656 kg Limousin from Greenhead and purchased by Rennie Butchers, Forfar to average 2.83p.
BULLOCKS
Leading Prices per kg:-
Lim. 2.76p Pityot
Leading Prices per head:-
Lim. £1780.80 Gask
HEIFERS
Leading Prices per kg:-
Lim. 2.94p (twice) Chapel of Barras, 2.92p Gask, 2.84p & 2.82p Greenhead, 2.82p West Bog, 2.80p Gask; Sim. 2.80p Pityot; Luing 2.80p Greenhead
Leading Prices per head:-
Lim. £1793.52 Greenhead, £1769.52 Gask, £1731.48 & £1728 West Bog,£1691.20 Gask, £1656.88 Chapel of Barras; Char. £1792.80 Pityot; Sim. £1702.40 & £1647 Pityot
COWS (6)
A.A. £1340 (1.77p) Dunlappie, £1200 (1.73p) Waterside of Thornton
Here. £1490 (1.85p) Tomlea
Lim. £1130 (1.61p) Tomlea
Sim. £1080 (1.43p) Waterside of Thornton
BULL (1)
A.A. £1760 (1.55p) Dunlappie
PRIME SHEEP
PRIME LAMBS (492) – Hitting the top spot in the Prime Lamb ring was D. Stewart & Son, Mains of Dalrulzion for a tremendous 66 kg Texel realising £146. Top price per kilo for lambs was 286p for a shapely 43 kg Texel from A.D. Beaton, Newmill of Inshewan.
Leading Prices per head:
Tex. - £140 Mains of Dalrulzion, £136 (twice) Mains of Dalrulzion, £130 Newmill of Inshewan & Cairnleith, £129 Gibsonhall
Belt. - £121 & £120.50 Kinclaven, £121 Mains of Dalrulzion
Suff. - £130 & £122 Greenford, £123.50 Prieston, £122 Margie, £119.50 Shandford, £119 Cairnleith
Char. - £114 & £112 West Mains of Turin
Chev. - £110 Mains of Dalrulzion, £107 Auchronie
Chev./Mule - £110 Margie, £108 & £105 Cairnleith, £107.50 Newmill of Inshewan
Leading Prices per kg:
Tex. – 279.2p & 272p Mains of Dalrulzion, 260p Newmill of Inshewan, 258.1p Cairnleith, 258p & 253.2p Gibsonhall, 252.4p Grange of Conon, 251.2p Prieston
Belt. – 275p Mains of Dalrulzion, 237.3p & 231.7p Kinclaven
Suff. – 244.4p & 231.3p Lochmill, 243.5p & 239p Shandford, 243.2p Cairnleith, 238p Greenford, 234.8p Prieston
Char. – 237.5p & 228.6p West Mains of Jolly
Chev. – 229.2p Mains of Dalrulzion, 217.5p & 214p Auchronie
Chev./Mule – 228.3p & 220.4p Cairnleith, 220p Margie, 212.5p & 210.8p Newmill of Inshewan
CAST SHEEP (56) – Top Price per head for ewes was £133 for a cracking Texel consigned by W.N. Lindsay, Cairnleith
EWES
Tex. - £131 & £126 Cairnleith, £108 Gibsonhall
B.F. - £55 Gannochy, £54 Kirkton Farmhouse
Suff. - £72 Gibsonhall
Chev./Mule - £95 Cairnleith