Lawrie & Symington Ltd
Lanark Agricultural Centre
Monday 26th August
Cattle prime stock report
97 cattle sold. Limousin heifer sold to 240p from David Dickinson, Brockwoodlees farm, Canonbie to S Collins butchers, Muirhead.
Heifer per head
£1440 Brockwoodlees, £1297 Muirburn, £1100 Harviestoun.
Heifer per kilo
240p & 236p Brockwoodlees, 230p & 226p Muirburn.
Bullock per head
£1260 South Arnloss, £1150 Harviestoun.
Young bulls
202p Little Kype.
Beef cow per head
£1255 & £1085 Scotstounbank.
Beef cow per kilo
140p Tippethill, 135p Scotstounbank.
Dairy cow per head
£845 & £825 Greentowers.
Dairy cow per kilo
130p Greentowers.
Cast bulls
£990 Hillend.
Calves
20 calves were forward to the fortnightly sale of calves & stirks. Top price of £460 was realised for a Charolais x heifer from Headsmuir farm.
Beef bulls
AAx - £360 Headsmuir, £190 & £180 (3x) Muirhouse.
BBx - £170 Muirhouse.
CHx - £430 Headsmuir.
Beef heifers
AAx - £180, £150 (2x) & £140 Muirhouse.
BBx - £165 Muirhouse.
CHx - £420, £410 & £390 Headsmuir.
Sheep prime stock report
2694 lambs and 1385 cast ewes and rams were sold. Another large show of 2693 prime lambs were forward to the usual busy ring of buyers with trade better than anticipated after the end of the week. The sale topped at £95 per head for texels from R & M Struthers, Collielaw, and to 209p/kg for texels from A Baillie, Broomfield. Overall average 172p/kg. (SQQ 174p/kg)
32.1-39kg
Per head
TEX – £70 Bordlands, £65 Eastfield of Wiston.
BEL - £68 Muirend.
BF - £63 Normangill.
SUF - £65 Eastfield of Wiston.
Per kilo
TEX – 179.50 Bordlands, 171.1p Eastfield of Wiston.
BEL – 174p Muirend.
39.1-45.5kg
Per head
TEX – £94 Collielaw & Broomfield, £89 Westmains, £87 Westmains & Burnetland, £86 Biggarshiels & Little Kype, £85 Broomfield.
BEL - £78, £77.50 & £76 Calton.
CHE - £68 Parks.
SUF – £79 High Dyke, £77 Ingraston, Knockenhair & Newton of Wiston, £76 Hardington Mains, £75.50 Laigh Carnduff, West Torphin & Mossplatt.
CHAR - £75 Laigh Cleughearn.
SM – £72.50 Ingraston, £70 Low Polquheys.
BDM - £72 Columbie.
Per kilo
TEX – 209p Broomfield, 208.9p Collielaw, 207p Westmains, 204.8p Biggarshiels, 197.7p Longford, 195.3p Gilmeadowland.
BEL – 195p & 190p Calton.
BF –
SUF – 175.6p High Dyke, 175p Knockenhair & Newton of Wiston.
CHE – 165.9p Parks.
CHAR – 167p Laigh Cleughearn.
SM – 161.1p Ingraston.
BDM – 180p Columbie.
45.6-52kg
Per head
TEX – £95, £93 & £92 Collielaw, £92 & £91.50 Low Polquheys, £89 Collielaw, Broomfield & Yeldabrek, £88 Hallhill.
SUF - £84.50 Southmains, £83.50 Blackhill, £82 Southmains.
CHAR - £81.50 Southmains.
NCC - £83.50 & £80 Hallhill, £80 South Arnloss.
SM - £77 Hartfield, £74 Stramulloch.
Per Kilo
TEX – 204.4p Low Polquheys, 202.1p Collielaw, 198.9p Low Polquheys, 195.7p Collielaw.
BEL –
SUF – 167.4p Hartwood, 167p Burnetland & Blackhill.
NCC – 170.4p & 170.2p Hallhill.
Lambs 52+kg
Per head
TEX - £82.50 East Cauldcoats, £82 Auchenbart, £80 East Cauldcoats, Arniston Home & Craighead.
Per kilo
TEX – 155.7p East Cauldcoats.
Ewes
A fine show of 1385 cast ewes and rams maintained recent high rates and more could have been sold to advantage. The sale topped at £138 for texels from R & M Struthers, Collielaw, and to £66 for blackface from Coubrough, Whelphill.
Goats
£49 & £48 Macilcurr.
Ewes
TEX – £138 Collielaw, £132 Craighead, £128 Maghera & Glenshieling, £126 & £124 Whitefield, £120 Collielaw.
BEL - £94 Felton.
BF – £66 Whelphill, £63 Spango & Crosswoodhill, £58 Corsebank, £55 Whelphill & Stonehall, £54 Blackcastle, Perryflatts & Robiesland.
SUF – £118 Greydyke, £85 & £84 Stonefield, £84 & £83 Hilltop.
CHAR - £94, £92 & £87 Blackhill.
NCC - £88 Glenshieling, £80 South Arnloss.
CHE - £65 Wester Dawyck, £59 Maghera.
CONT – £82 Woodside.
X – £72 Greyside, £69 High Parks, £69 Blackpark & Spango, £66 Robiesland, £65 Howburn.
BFL - £78 Upper Muirhouse, £75 West Shawtonhill, £74 Perryflatts.
Rams
TEX- £116 & £115 Yeldabrek.
BEL - £100 Glenshieling.
NCC - £120 South Arnloss.
SUFX - £118 Woodfield.
