Lawrie and Symington Ltd sold 3192 lambs at their weekly sale. The largest show of store lambs so far this season (which included 2200 Blackface) saw a full ring side of buyers present. Lambs would sell to recent extreme rates & more could easily have been sold to the vendors advantage.
PLEASE NOTE next weeks sale is a catalogue sale and all entries to be advised no later than Wednesday 21st.
Trade was topped at £99.50 for a pen of 27 Beltex’s from Messrs Adamson, Swaites Farm.
Blackface were topped at £81.80 for a pen of 61 top draw wedders from Queensberry Farming (Dalveen).
Principal Prices:
TEX - £93, £91 Paddockhole, £89 Auldtoun Cottage, £89 Caberston, £86 Greyside, £85.50 Paddockhole, £85 Ferniehaugh, £84.50 Greyside, £79 Ferniehaugh
BEL - £99.50 Swaites, £97 Bonnington Mains, £94.50 Swaites, £94 Paddockhole, £86. £85 Bonnington Mains
BF - £81.50, £78, £77.50 Dalveen, £75.50, £73 Mitchellslacks, £70.50 Dalveen, £70 Shawhead, £66.50 Mitchellslacks, £63.50 Dalblair
SUF - £94, £93.50 Crookboat, £88 Greyside, £85 Kindrochet, £81 Hareburn View
CHE - £79.50 Greyside, £77 Auldtoun Cottage, £74.50, £70 Blackburn
SM - £95 Crookboat, £90.50, £83.50 Crookboat, £79.50 Kindrochet, £79 Caberston, £79 Blackburn, £71 Crookboat
SHE - £34 East Millrig