Lawrie & Symington Ltd
Lanark Agricultural Centre
Monday 5th December
Cattle report
Lawrie and Symington Ltd had forward 229 cattle comprising of 50 bullocks and heifers, 99 cast cows and 80 calves and stirks.
Limousin heifers sold to 312p/pk from Messrs Dickinson, Brockwoodlees Farm, Canonbie to Cairns Butchers, Law or to £2004 from Messrs Dickinson, Brockwoodlees Farm, Canonbie to H Black Butchers, Lanark.
Limousin bullocks sold to 296p/pk from Messrs Dickinson, Brockwoodlees Farm, Canonbie to Chapman Butchers, Wishaw or to £1954 from Messrs Dickinson, Brockwoodlees Farm, Canonbie to Chapman Butchers, Wishaw.
Beef cows sold to £2000 per head from Messrs McCulloch, Over Hillhouse Farm, Armadale or to 260p/pk from Messrs Scott, Gateside Farm, Linlithgow.
Dairy cows sold to £1265 per head from Messrs Scott, Gateside Farm, Linlithgow or to 171p/pk form Messrs Barr, Harelaw Farm, Lanark.
Beef Heifers per head
£2004, £1844, £1842 Brockwoodlees
£1844, £1808 Hill
£1742 Huntlyhill
£1725 Dreva
£1716 Collielaw
Beef Heifers per kilo
312p, 302p, 300p Brockwoodlees
298p Collielaw
296p Dreva
292p Howburn
288p Hill
282p Heatheryhall
Beef Bullocks per head
£1954 Brockwoodlees
£1805 Howburn
£1760 Oldhill
£1722 Faskine
Beef Bullocks per kilo
296p, 292p Brockwoodlees
284p Oldhill
282p Howburn
280p Faskine
274p Kinneil Mill
Young Bulls per kilo
248p Heatheryhall
Beef cows per head
Lim - £1850 Little Kype
£1800 Dreva
£1635 Gateside
£1510 Oldhill
AA - £1670 Toxside
£1510 Harelaw
BB - £1950 Gateside
Her - £1690 Newton of Wiston
Sal - £1530 Broomhill
Char - £1650 Cleughhead
Sim - £2000, £1895 Over Hillhouse
B/G - £910 Ingraston
Beef cows per kilo
Lim - 221p Dreva
215p Little Kype
212p Little Kype
207p Gateside
AA - 207p Toxside
201p Huntlyhill
BB - 260p Gateside
Her - 197p Newton of Wiston
Sal - 195p Broomhill
Char - 208p Cleughhead
Sim - 218p Over Hillhouse
202p Huntlyhill
Dairy cows per head
Fr - £1230, £935 Auchmeddan
Ayr - £955 Swaites
Hol - £1265 Gateside
Dairy cows per kilo
Fr – 158p Auchmeddan
Ayr – 145p Swaites
Hol – 171p Harelaw
Cast Bulls
£1730 Dovecot
Calves & Stirks
80 calves & stirks were forward to the Christmas Show & Sale.
The show was kindly sponsored by Davidson Animal Feeds and judged by Mr Scott Maxwell.
The champion calf was awarded to a 2 month old British Blue bull calf from Messrs Brisbane, Gartclush, which later sold for £360 to the judge.
The reserve rosette was awarded to a 4 month old Aberdeen Angus heifer from Messrs Brown, Muirhouse which made £340.
Outwith the show, beef bull calves peaked at £390 for an Aberdeen Angus from Grangehall, with heifers topping at £385 for a British Blue from Loanfoot.
Dairy bulls sold to a top of £200 for a British Friesian stirk from Kerrytonlia.
Beef stirks sold to a top of £400 for a British Blue bull from Machrihanish.
Stirks (Over 3 Months)
Beef Bull
AA - £390 Kerrytonlia
BB - £400 Machrihanish
Beef Heifers
AA - £340 Muirhouse
Her - £345 Kerrytonlia
Lim x - £390, £360, £350 Hayston
BB - £360 Loanfoot, £300 Machrihanish
Dairy Bull
FR - £200 Kerrytonlia, Pen of 5 £100 Kerrytonlia
Hol - £150, £100 Kerrytonlia
Mont - £110 Kerrytonlia
Calves
Beef Bull
AA - £390, £360 Grangehall
Lim x - £280 Hayston, £245 Littlegill, £240 Loanfoot, £190 Littlegill
Sim - £335, £310 Cronan
BB - £360, £290, £270, £250, £240, £220 Gartclush
Beef Heifers
AA - £330, £270 Grangehall
Her - £270, £230 Swaites
Lim x - £260 Swaites
Bsh - £250 Littlegill
Sim - £230 Gartclush
BB - £385 Loanfoot, £360 Grangehall, £345 Loanfoot, £290 Machrihanish, £290 Loanfoot, £290, £280 Machrihanish
Dairy Bull
Fr- £170, £140 Nether Skellyhill, £115 Cronan
Sheep prime stock report
Lawrie and Symington Ltd sold 4958 Lambs and 2352 Cast Ewes and Rams through Lanark.
Lambs
A much larger show of 4958 lambs saw trade similar on week with best export quality easiest to sell and also heavy lambs over 52kg sold well. The sale topped at £145 per head for Texels from Struthers, Collielaw and to 300p per kg for a pen of Tex from Baillie & Co Sebay, Orkney and Laird, Carbello.
Overall Average 244pp/kg (SQQ 247p/kg)
25.5-32kg
Per Head
BF - £70 Debog
X - £70 Easter Dawyck
Per Kilo
BF – 225.8p Debog
X – 218.8p Easter Dawyck
32.1-39kg
Per Head
TEX - £108 West Torphin, £106 Yeldabrek, £103 Mid Tulloch, £101 Yeldabreck, £97 Newton of Crathie, £97 Common, £97 Brownhill, £97 Newton of Crathie, £96 Harestonhill, £96 Debog
BEL - £114 Laigh Carnduff, £109 Harestonhill, £106 Felton, £100 South Quarter
BF - £91 Gareland, £86 Shawhead, £86 Barglachan, £85 Corsebank, £85 Chesterhall, £85 Barglachan, £84 School Rd, £83 Gosland, £83 Thethwaite, £81 East Burnhead
SUF - £103 Yeldabrek, £76 High Dyke, £75 Udstonhead
CHE - £94 High Dyke, £74 Udstonhead
X – £100 Laigh Carnduff, £94 School Rd, £76 Debog, £72 North Lanrigg, £72 Easter Dawyck
ROUS - £98 Debog
HW - £80 High Dyke
WELSH - £86 Allanton
Per Kilo
TEX – 284.2p West Torphin, 273p, 271.8p Yeldabrek, 264.1p Mid Tulloch, 260p Laigh Carnduff, 259.5p Debog, 259.5p Harestonhill, 254.1p Laigh Carnduff, 248.7p Newton of Crathie
BEL – 294.6p Harestonhill, 292.3p Laigh Carnduff, 285.7p South Quarter, 278.9p Felton
BF – 245.7p, 242.9p Barglachan, 239.5p Gareland, 232.4p Shawhead, 230.6p Thethwaite, 227p School Rd, 223.7p Chesterhall Parks, 217.9p Corsebank, 217.6p High Dyke, 217.6p Mid Tulloch
SUF – 264.1p Yeldabrek, 217.1p High dyke, 214.3p Udstonhead
CHE – 247.4p High Dyke, 217.6p Udstonhead
X – 256.4p Laigh Carnduff, 241p School Rd, 230.3p Debog, 211.8p North Lanrigg, 211.8p Easter Dawyck
ROUS – 257.9p Debog
HW – 222.2p High Dyke
WELSH – 245.7p Allanton
39.1-45.5kg
Per Head
TEX - £125, £123, £120 Yeldabrek, £120 Auchtygemmell, £120 Longford, £120 Sebay, £119, £118 Yeldabrek, £118 Whitehall
BEL - £123 West Lethans, £123 Sunnyside, £123 Sebay, £122 West Lethans, £121 Sunnyside, £120 Yeldabrek, £120 West Lethans, £118 Wintermuir, £117 Bonnington Mains, £115 Mid Brockloch
BF - £102 Toxside, £102 High Dyke, £100 Silverrig, £99 Boat, £95 High Dyke, £93 Eastfield Cottage, £91 Wester Crosswoodhill, £89 Chesterhall Parks, £89 Waterhead
SUF - £112 Yeldabrek, £107 Dykehole, £107 Burnhouse, £106 North Glen, £105 Yeldabrek, £104 Newton of Crathie, £104 Newmill, £103 North Glen, £103 The Firs, £103 Harestonhill
CHAR - £102 Mid Brockloch
CHE - £109 Threestanes, £100 Newton of Wiston, £100 Mid Brockloch, £100 Thethwaite, £100 Newton of Wiston, £99 Yeldabrek, £95 Nettlingflat, £95 Jeanfield, £95 Boghouse, £95 Brockhouse
CHM - £100 High dyke
X - £106 Coldcothill, £106 Burnetland, £105 West Lethans, £104 Greenbank, £103 Silverrig, £101 Northflatt, £101 Shawhead, £100 Townfoot, £99 Yeldabrek, £95 Sunnyside
BFL - £75 The Home Farm
ZWA - £86 Auchtygemmell, £81 Burnhouse, £70 Yeldabrek
Per Kilo
TEX – 282.9p Jeanfield, 282.5p Nether Brotherston, 280p, 279.5p Yeldabrek, 277.5p Thethwaite, 276.7p Yeldabrek, 276.2p School Rd, 276.2p Jeanfield, 274.4p Yeldabrek
BEL – 300p Sebay, 300p Sunnyside, 286p, 285.7p West Lethans, 285.7p, 285p Yeldabrek, 283.7p West Lethans, 281.4p Sunnyside, 275p Netherton, 275p The Firs
BF – 238.1p Silverrig, 231.8p High Dyke, 230.2p Boat, 226.7p Toxside, 225p Boat, 222p Wester Crosswoodhill, 220.9p High Dyke, 217.1p Corsebank, 211.4p Eastfield Cottage, 207.3p Bellow Mill
SUF – 257.5p Harestonhill, 250p, 248.9p Yeldabrek, 245.2p The Firs, 244.2p Yeldabrek, 243.2p Dykehole, 242.9p Coldcothill, 242.9p The Firs, 242.9p Netherton, 241.9p Newmill
CHAR – 255p Mid Brockloch
CHE – 242.2p Threestanes, 241.5p Yeldabrek, 238.1p Mid Brockloch, 238.1p Newton of Wiston, 238.1p Thethwaite, 232.6p Newton of Wiston, 231.7p Nettlingflat, 231.7p Jeanfield, 231.7p Brockhouse, 226.2p Boghouse
CHM – 238.1p High Dyke
X – 246.5p Coldcothill, 240.5p Northflatt, 238.6p West Lethans, 236.4p Greenbank, 235.6p Burnetland, 234.9p Shawhead, 234.1p Silverrig, 230.2p Yeldabrek, 230p Shawhead
BFL – 182.9p The Home
ZWA – 200p Auchtygemmell, 188.4p Burnhouse, 170.7p Yeladbreck
45.6-52kg
Per Head
TEX - £139 Birkenhead, £132 Gillandersland, £130 Dechmont, £130 Gillandersland, £130 Auchtygemmell, £129 Skirling Craigs, £128 Netherhill, £128 Over Kypeside, £128 Craighead, £128 Netherhill
BEL - £135, £131, £130 Broomfield Lodge, £130 Yeldabrek, £129 Wintermuir, £129 Greentowers, £127 St Johns Kirk Estate, £127 Kepscaith, £127 Broomfield Lodge
BF - £111 Corsebank, £110 Overburns, £108 Shawhead
SUF - £124 Toxside, £124 Burnetland, £121 High Tarbeg, £120 Yeldabrek, £120 Rusha, £120 High Parks, £118 Netherton, £117 Yeldabrek, £116 Sebay, £116 Rutherend
CHAR - £123 Yeldabrek, £117 Spittal
NCC - £122 Sebay, £116 Yeldabrek
CHE - £120 Sebay, £114 Eastfield of Coulter
X - £117 High Dyke, £112 Eastfield of Coulter, £110 Auchtygemmell
BFL - £105 The Home
BDM - £123 Threestanes
ROM - £116 Broomfield Lodge
Per Kilo
TEX – 278p Birkenhead, 276.1p Collielaw, 263p Gillandersland, 262.5p Yeldabrek, 261.7p Collielaw, 260.4p Skirling Craigs, 260p Dechmont, 258.7p East Brackenridge, 258.7p St Johns Kirk Estate
BEL – 281.3p Broomfield Lodge, 276.6p Yeldabrek, 272.9p, 270.2p, 265.3p, 262.5p, 258.3p Broomfield Lodge, 258p Wintermuir, 258p Greentowers, 255.6p Newton of Crathie
BF – 234.8p Shawhead, 222p Corsebank, 215.7p Overburns
SUF – 250p Rusha, 244.9p Yeldabrek, 244.7p Whitehall, 243.8p Yeldabrek, 243.1p Toxside, 243.1p Burnetland, 242p High Tarbeg, 241.7p Sebay, 240p High Parks, 239.6p High Tarbeg
CHAR – 246p Yeldabrek, 243.8p Spittal
NCC – 241.7p Yeldabrek, 239.2p Sebay
CHE – 240p Sebay, 237.5p Eastfield of Coulter
X – 243.8p High Dyke, 239.1p Auchtygemmell, 233.3p Eastfield of Coulter
BFL – 214.3p The Home
BDM – 241.2p Threestanes
ROM – 236.7p Broomfield Lodge
52+kg
Per Head
TEX - £145 Collielaw, £142 Over Kypeside, £140 Townhead (Dolphinton), £137 Carlophill, £137 Skirling Craigs, £135 Craighead, £134 Over Kypeside, £134 Woodpark, £134 Rusha, £133 Blackpark
BEL - £139 West Glespin
SUF - £138 Wellhead, £137 Nettlingflat, £135 Drumalbin Farm Cottage, £134 Craigthornhill, £132 Wellhead, £131 Blackpark, £127 Wellhead, £126 Rutherend, £123 Greyside
CHE - £138, £126 Hallhill
X - £133 Wellhead, £120 CArlophill
BFL - £124 Townhead (Dolphinton), £120 The Home, £114 Easter Dawyck
Per Kilo
TEX – 252.8p Rusha, 247.2p St Johns Kirk Estate, 245.5p, 245.3p Craighead, 244.6p Skirling Craigs, 243.6p Woodpark, 243.4p Silverrig, 241.5p Huan, 241.4p Townhead (Dolphinton). 240.7p Over Kypeside
BEL – 257.4p West Glespin
SUF – 239.3p Craigthornhill, 238p Blackpark, 237.7p Rutherend, 236.8p Drumalbin Farm Cottage, 235.7p , 235.2p, 233.9p Wellhead, 232.9p Greyside, 228.3p Nettlingflat
CHE – 246.4p, 229.1p Hallhill
X – 233.3p Wellhead, 222.2p Carlophill
BFL – 218.2p The Home, 213.8p Townhead (Dolphinton), 193.2p Easter Dawyck
Cast Ewes
Another good show of 2352 Cast Ewes and Rams saw trade easier on week inline with national trend. Sale topped at £270 for Tex from R Harvie, Mayfield and to £85 for BF from Smith Wester Crosswoodhill.
TEX – £270 Mayfield, £268 Collielaw, £248 Collielaw, £240 Mayfield, £215 Yeldabrek, £215 Collielaw, £200 Greyside, £196 Collielaw, £190 Boghouse.
BEL – £136 Greyside, £128 West Lethans, £116 St Johns Kirk, £100 Haswellsykes, £100 Yeldabrek.
BF – £85 Wester Crosswoodhill, £84 Lochaber Rd, £80 High Tarbeg, £75 Wester Crosswoodhill, £75 Allanton Farming, £70 Queensberry, £70 High Tarbeg, £70 Greyside, £69 Calla, £68 High Cleughearn.
SUF – £130 Solheim Walls, £128 Huan, £120 Greyside, £110 St Johns Kirk, £108 Greyside, £107 Lochaber Rd, £94 Drumalbin, £80 Greyside, £78 Yeldabrek, £70 Haswellsykes.
CHAR - £140 Langside, £90 Cocklaw, £72 Morrison, £60 Hillside.
NCC - £106 Semple, £104 Nettlingflat, £100 Yeldabrek, £98 Allanton, £90 Yeldabrek, £90 Allanton, £90 High Cleughearn, £89 Yeldabrek, £88 Thethwaite.
CHE – £87 Calla, £80 Glendarroch, £80 Threestanes, £76 Avoncrook, £72 Yeldabrek, £70 High Cleughearn, £70 Uyea, £70 Yeldabrek, £70 Nether Brotherstone, £68 Nettlingflat.
CHM - £100 North Garngour, £98 Carlinside, £90 Thethwaite, £76 Greyside, £75 Corehouse.
X – £102 Rutherend, £100 Huan, £100 Lochaber Rd, £99 Fieldside, £99 Braeedge, £98 Fountainside, £96 Threestanes, £95 Easter Sills, £95 Lochaber Rd.
BFL – £90 Haswellsykes.
SHE - £60 North Garngour, £48 Yeldabrek.
LLE - £68 Greyside, £64 North Glen.
ZWA - £92, £70, £60 Yeldabrek.
JAC - £61 Avoncrook, £49 Upper Muirhouse, £48 Laigh Carnduff, £45 Yeldabrek.
SWA - £76 St Johns Kirk, £54 Carlophill, £48 Perryflatts.
KHIL - £86 Gloverstown, £72 Yeldabrek.
Rams
TEX – £156 Yeldabrek, £150 Muirburn, £142 Westpark, £132 Hillside, £130 Felton, £120 Uyea, £118 Galalaw, £110 Mayfield, £110 West Nerston, £108 Halley.
BEL - £130 Rusha, £108 Hillside, £104 Felton.
BF - £96 Toxside, £90 Overburns, £80 Greyside, £78 Gareland, £74 East Burnhead, £74 Newton, £68 Gair, £58 Uyea.
SUF - £130 North Garngour, £126 Uyea, £110 Nettlingflat, £88 Greyside.
CHAR - £150 Westpark, £122 Wallhouse.
NCC - £110 Greyside, £100 Uyea.
CHE - £126 Nettlingflat.
SHE - £60, £58 Yeldabrek.
LLE - £90 North Roe.
BTEX - £92 Kepscaith.
ZWA - £90 Yeldabrek.
DOR - £90 Greyside.
