Lawrie & Symington, Forfar had forward 22 Prime Cattle and 3 OTM’s and 676 Prime Sheep & Cast Ewes and Rams.
PRIME CATTLE
Bullocks (3) Sold to a top of 226p per kg (twice) for a 657 kg and 642 kg Limousins from Nethermyres and both purchased by the Firm of W.E. Fairlie Ltd., Letham and to £1494.08 for a 667 kg Limousin also from Nethermyres and purchased by the Firm of W.E. Fairlie to average 225p.
Heifers (22) Sold to a top of 246p per kg and £1394.82 for a 567 kg Limousin from Nethermyres and purchased by the Firm of J.B. Penman, Butchers, Crail to average 211p.
Leading Prices per kg-
Bullocks –
Lim. 224p Nethermyres
Heifers –
Lim. 235p Mill of Inverarity, 230p & 228p Nethermyres, 227p Mill of Inverarity; BB 220p Nochnary 210p Pityot & Nochnary; Sim. 212p & 208p Pityot.
Leading Prices per head –
Bullocks –
Lim. £1484.82 & £1450.92 Nethermyres
Heifers –
B.B. £1311.20 Nochnary; Sim. £1292.04 & £1275.10 Pityot; Lim. £1264.84 Mill of Inverarity; Char. £1219.80 Findowrie.
COWS (3)
A.A. £1015 (1.12p) Dunlappie; Lim. X £980 (1.27p) Kirkton of Kingoldrum
PRIME SHEEP
PRIME LAMBS (521) sold to 177.8p per kg for Beltex from Scobshaugh and to £84 per head from Templeton to average 160.6p per kilo (plus 6p)
Leading Prices per kg –
Texel 177.3p (twice) Mains of Dalrulzion; Texel x 172.3p Sidlaw View and Whitemyre; BDM 171.7p Shandford.
Leading Prices per head –
Texel £83 Balcarresward; Tex.x £81 Falls of Holm; x Tex. £81 Sidlaw View and Whitemyre
EWES & RAMS (155)
EWES
Beltex £89 Wardmill; Texel £88 Wardmill
RAMS
Texel £71 Balnabroich