Lawrie & Symington Ltd
Lanark Agricultural Centre
Monday 4th November
Cattle prime stock report
163 cattle sold comprising of 35 prime bullocks & heifers, 3 young bulls, 100 cast cows & bulls and 25 calves. Limousin heifer sold to 246p/kg from D Dickinson, Brockwoodlees, Canonbie, to J H Cairns butchers, Law.
Heifer per head
£1522 & £1405 Brockwoodlees, £1352 Muirburn, £1333 Howburn, £1253 Hill, £1221 Harviestoun.
Heifer per kilo
246p & 242p Brockwoodlees, 233p Hill, 230p Muirburn & Howburn, 226p Girtridge, 222p Little Kype, 220p Castlehill.
Bullock per head
£1407 Collielaw, £1345 Girtridge, £1342 Muirburn, £1211 Mafflat.
Bullock per kilo
226p Muirburn, 222p Collielaw, girtridge & Castlehill.
Young bull
190p Little Kype
Beef cow per head
£1255 Auchenbart, £1085 Posso, £1055 East Mains, £1050 Bushelhead, £1045 Addiewell, £945 Harviestoun.
Beef cow per kilo
136p Bushelhead & East Mains, 130p Auchenbart, 128p Posso, 125p Millmoor.
Dairy cow per head
£915 & £825 Moatmains, £855 Greentowers, £735 Harelaw.
Dairy cow per kilo
108p Moatmains, 105p Greentowers.
Cast bulls
£1050 High Crewburn, £1040 Huntlyhill.
Calves
25 calves met a busy ringside of buyers at the fortnightly calf sale where trade remained strong, peaking at £350 for an Aberdeen Angus bullock from Muirhouse Farm.
Beef bulls
AA – £350 Muirhouse, £210, £200 (2x), £195 (2x) Woodhead, £170 Over Dalserf.
BB – £260 (2x), £250 Airthrey Kerse, £110 (2x) Coulter Allers.
BSH – £240 East Mains.
BSx – £255 Auchnotroch.
FKV - £235 Auchnotroch.
LMx - £250 Hartfield.
Beef heifers
AA – £220 & £200 Over Dalserf.
BB – £260 & £240 Airthrey Kerse.
BSH – £230 East Mains.
LMx - £260 Hartfield.
Sheep prime stock report
2760 lambs and 1780 cast ewes were sold. A larger show of 2760 prime lambs saw trade sharper in all classes especially for the best quality which obtained a good premium. More could have been sold to advantage. The sale topped at £104 per head for Beltex from Cochran, Richardton, and to 217p/kg for Beltex from the same home. Overall average 171.4p/kg (SQQ 173.5p/kg).
25.5-32kg
Per head
TEX - £57 Turlood House.
X - £50 Downie Farming.
Per kilo
TEX– 178.1p Turlood House.
32.1-39kg
Per head
TEX - £73 East Merkland, £69 Back o Hill, £68 Whinbush.
BEL - £73 Haswellsykes.
BF - £64.50 Castle Crawford, £62.50 East Merkland.
CHE - £67 Castle Crawford.
X - £65 Newton, £64 High Parks.
Per kilo
TEX – 187.2p East Merkland, 186.5p Bock o Hill, 183.8p Whinbush.
BEL – 208.6p Haswellsykes.
BF – 169.7p Castle Crawford, 164.5p East Merkland.
CHE – 176.3p Castle Crawford.
X – 173p High Parks, 171.1p Downie Farming.
39.1-45.5kg
Per head
TEX - £94, £92 & £91 Collielaw, £91 Loanfoot & Lawhead, £90 Collielaw & Laigh Cleughearn, £89 Drumbuie.
BEL – £91 Blairston Mains, £90 Cloverhill, £89 Broomfield, £87 Sunnyside, £85 & £83 Haspielaw.
BF - £73 Posso, £67 Boat & Birthwood, £65 Boat, Auchencort & High Tarbeg, £64.50 Castle Crawford, East Merkland & Haspielaw.
SUF – £78.50 Laigh Cleughearn, £75 Ingraston, £74.50 Sornfallow, £74 Galalaw, Yeldabrek & Hall of Torbane.
CHAR - £77 East Millrig, £75 Hall of Torbane.
CHE - £75.50 Yeldabrek & Castle Crawford.
CHM - £68 Spittal.
SM – £69 Sunnyside & Shawhead, £68.50 Burnetland, £65 Nether Abington & Howford.
MB - £78.50 High Parks.
Per kilo
TEX – 208.9p & 206.8p Collielaw, 206p Loanfoot, 204.7p Yeldabrek & Shawhead, 204.4p Collielaw, 203.5p Longford, 202.3p Hill & Collielaw.
BEL – 206.8p Blairston Mains, 204.5p Cloverhill, 202.4p Haspielaw, 202.3p Broomfield, 197.7p Sunnyside & Haspielaw.
BF – 167.5p Birthwood & Crow Wood, 162.5p High Tarbeg, 162.2p Posso, 161.3p Castle Crawford.
SUF – 180p Yeldabrek, 178.4p Laigh Cleughearn, 173.8p Peatpotts & West, 172.6p Haswellsykes, 172.1p Yeldabrek, 172p Dykehole.
CHAR – 183.3p East Millrig.
CHE – 179.8p Castle Crawford, 167.8p Yeldabrek.
NCC – 1682p Newton.
CHM – 158.1p Spittal.
SM – 169.3p Mid Hartwood, 165.6p Laigh Carnduff, 164.4p Mid Hartwood, 162.5p Nether Abington, 160.5p Shawhead.
45.6-52kg
Per head
TEX – £97 Blairston Mains, £91 Drumbuie, £89.50 East Law, £89 Cloverhill, £88.50 Southholm, £88 Yeldabrek, £87.50 Southholm, £86 Ingraston & Hill.
BEL - £104 & £100 Richardton, £93 & £92 Broomfield, £91 & £90 Southholm.
SUF – £82.50 Burnetland & Haswellsykes, £80 Southmains, £79.50 Sornfallow & Westmains, £79 Southmains, £78 Sunnyside & Broomfield.
BF - £74 Nether Abington.
CHAR - £84.50 Altarstone, £80 Southholm.
CHE - £75 Over Hillhouse.
NCC - £76 Sornfallow.
SM - £76 Mid Hartwood, £70 Nether Abington & Boylston.
ROUS - £75 Whinbush.
BTEX - £85 Boylston.
Per kilo
TEX – 210.9p Blairston Mains, 195.6p Yeldabrek, 193.5 Cloverhill, 190.2p Southholm.
BEL – 217.4p & 216.7p Richardton, 202.2p & 200p Broomfield, 193.6p, 191.5p & 180p Southholm.
SUF – 166.7p Southmains, 166p Broomfield, 165.6p Westmains & Sornfallow, 165p Haswellsykes & Burnetland.
CHAR – 173.9p Southholm.
CHE – 159.6p Over Hillhouse.
NCC – 165.2p Sornfallow.
SM – 155.1p Mid Hartwood, 152.2p Nether Abington.
ROUS – 163p Whinbush.
BTEX – 180.9p Boylston.
52+kg
Per head
TEX – £84 Carwood, £80 Castlehill Knowe, Glendouran, Chesterhall, Southmains & Nunnerie.
SUF - £85.50 Carwood, £80 Southmains & Netherton.
NCC - £78 Over Hillhouse.
Per kilo
TEX – 158.5p Carwood.
SUF – 161.3p Carwood.
Another good show of 1780 cast ewes and rams saw trade sharper on the week in all classes apart from over fat mules. Sale topped at £154 for Texels from I Laird, Yeldabrek, and Blackface to £58 from Allanton Farming.
Ewes
TEX - £154 Yeldabrek, £148 Collielaw, £147 Boylston, £145 Crow Wood, £144 High Parks, Collielaw & Crow Wood, £140 West & Boghouse, £138 Yeldabrek, £138 & £137 Yeldabrek, £136 Hartwood & Chesterhall, £133 High Parks, £126 Yeldabrek, £120 Birks & Broomfield, £114 East Law.
BEL – £82 Waltonside.
BF - £58 Crow Wood & Allanton, £53 Allanton & Wester Crosswoodhill, £52 Nunnerie, £50 Blackpark, Dreva & Grayside, £49 Crow Wood & Auchencorth.
SUF - £92 High Parks, £90 Hartwood, £88 Birks & Udstonhead, £87 Carwood & High Tarbeg, £86, £85 & £83 Yeldabrek, £82 Allanton.
CHAR - £89 West, £86 Avoncrook.
NCC - £83 & £80 Yeldabrek, £77 Brockhouse, £75 West, £71 Nettlingflat & High Parks.
CHE - £68 High Tarbeg, £65 Burnside, £63 Broomfield, £60 Bankhead & Yeldabrek, £59 Chesterhall, £56 Avoncrook & Spittal.
CHM - £76 Allanton, £70 Greyside & East Law, £68 Nettlingflat, £65 Howburn.
X - £67 Blackpark & Low Polquheys, £66 Whinbush, Altarstone, Allanton & Broomfield, £65 Nether Brotherstone & Overburns.
BFL - £79 Haswellsykes.
SHE - £39 & £38 Yeldabrek.
BL - £72 Millmoor.
SOA - £36 Yeldabrek.
HW - £29 East Mitchellton.
Rams
TEX – £117 Overburns, £94 Crow Wood, £88 Barrduff.
BEL – £80 High Parks.
BF – £63 Normangill, £59 Posso & Flemington, £56 Newton, £54 Crow Wood.
CHAR - £80 Normangill.
NCC - £80 Tankerness, £70 Yeldabrek.
CHE - £58 Yeldabrek.
BDM - £88 High Parks.
ZWA - £64 Yeldabrek.