Lanark – Ewes & Hoggs with Lambs at Foot – 13th May 2022

Friday 13^th May 2022

Lawrie and Symington Ltd held their weekly sale of ewes & hoggs with lambs at foot where 1393 lives were forward.

A packed ringside of local & distant buyers ensured a buoyant trade throughout, with ewes and lambs up £16.45 on the year and hoggs & lambs £7.82 up on the year.

Included in today’s sale was the Annual Show of Hoggs with Lambs at Foot ably judged by Mr E Cochrane, Richardton Farm, who awarded the Championship to a pen of 10 Texel hoggs with Beltex lambs to Messrs E Hamilton & Partners, Gilmeadowland, which went on to realise £142 per head to Messrs W Steel, Cumberhead Farm.

Reserve went to a pen of 10 Scotch Mule hoggs & Texel lambs from Messrs T Laird & Son, Carbello/Sunnyside Farm and realised £130 to Messrs A Taylor, Heatheryhall Farm.

Outwith the show suffolk gimmers sold to £138 with Texel lambs from Messrs T Laird, Carbello/Sunnyside with hill ewes selling to £79 for Cheviot with Texel lambs from Dillars and £68 for Blackface with Texel Lambs from Burnhead, Darvel.

Prize List: (Judge: Mr E Cochrane / Sponsor: L Armstrong Shearing Services, Newbigging)

Pen of Ten Scotch Mule Hoggs with Lambs at Foot –

1^st – Messrs T Laird & Son, Carbello/Sunnyside

2^nd – Messrs T Laird & Son, Carbello/Sunnyside

3^rd – Allanton Farming, Allanton

Pen of Ten Texel/Continental Hoggs with Lambs at Foot –

1^st – E Hamilton & Partners, Gilmeadowland

2^nd – Mr AJB Forrest, Hillend

3^rd – Messrs T Laird & Son, Carbello/Sunnyside

Overall Champion – E Hamilton & Partners, Gilmeadowland

Reserve Champion – Messrs T Laird & Son, Carbello/Sunnyside

Principal Prices (per life):

Hoggs with Lambs at Foot

TEX with Singles - £134 Gilmeadowland, £128 Hillend, £128 x2, £126 Gilmeadowland, £122 Muirhouse, £120 Allanton

SUF with Singles - £134 Muirhouse, £126 Kailzie Mains, £125 Sunnyside

SUF with Twins - £89 Sunnyside

X with Singles - £127 Hillend, £120 x2, £109 Sunnyside

X with Twins - £109 Allanton, £106, £101 Sunnyside

Gimmers with Lambs at Foot

TEX with Singles - £130 Hillend

TEX with Twins - £120 Carbello/Sunnyside, £110 Hillend, £102 Sunnyside

SUF with Singles - £138 Sunnyside

SUF with Twins - £110 x2 Sunnyside

X with Twins - £110 Sunnyside, £105 Hole O’Clean

Ewes with Lambs at Foot

TEX with Singles - £100 Hole O’Clean, £92 Jeanfield

TEX with Twins - £96 Dillars, £92 Jeanfield, £88 Dillars

CHE with Singles - £79 Dillars, £72 Findatie

CHE with Twins - £75 Jeanfield, £70 Findatie

X with Singles - £83 Whitegates, £81 Hole O’Clean

X with Twins - £97 Hole O’Clean, £88 Felton, £83, £82 Whitegates

BTEX with Singles - £82 Gardrum

WELSH with Singles - £51, £51 Whitegates

SOA with Singles - £27 Whitegates