Lawrie & Symington Ltd
Lanark Agricultural Centre
Monday 15th February
Cattle report
Lawrie and Symington had forward 114 cattle comprising 40 bullocks & heifers, 6 young bulls and 68 cast cows.
Limousin heifers sold to 260p per kilo (Twice) from Messrs Dickinson, Brockwoodlees Farm, Canonbie to Strachan Butchers, Blantyre and H Black Butchers, Lanark or to £1623 from Messrs Dickinso, Brockwoodlees Farm, Canonbie.
Limousin bullocks sold to 250p per kilo (Twice) from Messrs Gray, Balquharrage Farm, Lennoxtown to W Stark, Twecher and from Messrs Dickinson, Brockwoodlees Farm, Canonbie to Chapman Butchers, Wishaw and to £1625 for the same animal.
Heifer per head
£1623, £1605 Brockwoodlees, £1582 Stacks, £1463 Gillandersland, £1400 Heatheryhall, £1366 Mackiesmill, £1346 Balquharrage, £1340 Kinneilmill, £1340 Mafflat, £1322 Castlehill
Heifer per kilo
260p (Twice) 258p, 256p, 254p Brockwoodlees, 248p Balquharrage, 248p (Twice) Stacks, 244p, 242p Heatheryhall, 244p Castlehill, 236p Kinneil Mill, 236p Gillandersland, 234p Mackiesmill
Bullock per head
£1625 Brockwoodlees, £1593 Kinneil Mill, £1525 Faskine, £1470 Balquharrage, £1413 Castlehill, £1312 Gillandersland
Bullock per kilo
250p Balquharrage, 250p Brockwoodlees, 246p Faskine, 242p Castlehill, 240p Kinneil Mill
Young Bull per head
£1702 Buteland, £1577 West Glespin
Young Bull per kilo
220p Butleand, 212p West Glespin
Dairy Bullock per Head
£1527 West Backs
Dairy Bullock per kilo
180p, 176p West Backs
Beef cows sold to £1500 from JF & MB Teague, Temple House, Buteland Farm, Balerno or to 175p per kilo from Messrs Minto, Townhead Far, Dolphinton.
Dairy cows sold to £1075 from Messrs Barr, Harelaw Farm, Lanark to 155p per kilo from Messrs Marshall, Haggs Farm, Strathaven.
Beef cow per head
£1500 Buteland, £1225 Townhead, £1145 Bushelhead, £1105 Stonebytres, £1095, £1025 Scotstounbank, £1015 Dunsyre Mains
Beef cow per kilo
175p Townhead, 161p, 158p Buteland, 158p Bushelhead, 155p Greentowers, 151p Stonebyres, 147p Scotstounbank, 143p Dunsyre Mains
Dairy cow per head
£1075, £945 Harelaw, £1035 Dykehead, £965 Haggs, £845 Craigthornhill, £805 Langside, £775 Swaites
Dairy cow per kilo
155p Haggs, 123p Harelaw, 117p Dykehole, 115p Langside, 114p Thinacre, 112p Dykehead, 112p Swaites, 110p Greentowers, 110p Craigthornhill, 109p Hawksland, 106p Woodhead
CALVES
The fortnightly calf sale saw 68 calves & stirks forward to another packed ring of buyers. Stirks topped at £500 for a Charolais from Greenfield, with calves peaking at £355 for an Aberdeen Angus from Newlands.
Stirks
AY - £200 Yieldshields.
BF - £210 Hayston.
BB – £490 Thinacre.
CH - £500 Greenfield.
LM - £400 Dykehead.
Calves
Beef Bulls
AA – £355 & £320 Newlands, £255 Grangehall, £240 Over Dalserf, £220 Marshill, £210 Grangehall.
BB – £345 Craigthorn, £340 (2x) & £330 Swaites, £280 & £265 (2x) Marshill.
BSH – £270 Swaites, £270 & £260 Thinacre.
LM - £270 & £250 Hayston.
Beef Heifers
AA – £295 Newlands, £275, £215 & £200 Grangehall, £190 & £170 Over Dalserf.
BB – £340 & £330 Dykehead, £330 Hillhead, £295 Newlands & Craigthorn, £290 Marshill, £285 Grangehall, £270 (2x) Marshill.
Dairy Bulls
AY - £80 Swaites.
HO – £180 & £160 Dykehead, £160 Marshill, £145 Dykehead, £120 Grangehall.
NR - £130 Marshill.
Sheep prime stock report
Lawrie and Symington Ltd sold 2494 Hoggs and 1668 Cast Ewes and Rams through Lanark.
Hoggs
A slightly smaller show of hoggs was a mixed show for quality with more wight on offer as well as a lot of small tidy up hoggs. Best quality and export weight remained very dear.
The sale topped at £159 per head for Texels from Messrs Struthers, Collielaw and to 384 p/kg for Beltex from Messrs Patterson, Wintermuir.
Overall Average 276pp/kg (SQQ 281p/kg)
25.5-32kg
Per Head
TEX - £88 High Crewburn, £87.50, £85 Westmains, £82 Thripland, £81 Bordlands, £80 Westmains, £77 Muirhouses, £65 Newlands
BEL - £91, £88 Westmains, £73 Kepscaith
BF - £87 Clonrae, £86 Auldhouseburn, £81.50 Howes Way, £70 Swinside, £69 Muirhouses, £60 Clonrae
CHE - £90.50 Townhead, £76 x 2 Greyside
SM - £79 Easter Dawyck
X - £79.50 Muirhouses, £67 The Meadows
BFL - £64 The Meadows
SHE - £78 Thethwaite, £71 Bordlands
HW - £57 Cadgers Loan
SWA - £60 Auchinellan
Per Kilo
TEX – 291.7p Westmains, 283.9p High Crewburn, 283.3p, 275.9p Westmains, 266.5p Muirhouses, 264.5p Thripland, 253.1p Bordlands, 203.1p Newlands
BEL – 293.3p, 284.4p Westmains, 280.8p Kepscaith
BF – 271.9p Clonrae, 268.8p Auldhouseburn, 262.9p Howes Way, 237.9p Muirhouses, 225.8p Swinside, 200p Easter Dawyck, 187.5p Clonrae
CHE – 282.8p Townhead, 271p x2 Greyside
SM – 246.9p Easter Dawyck
X – 256.5p Muirhouses, 231p The Meadows
BFL – 237p The Meadows
SHE – 251.6p Thethwaite, 236.7p Bordlands
HW – 203.6p Cadgers Loan
SWA – 222.2p Auchinellan
32.1-39kg
Per Head
TEX - £120 Hill (Cumnock), £120 Newmill, £118 Muirburn, £118 Hillend, £117 Galalaw, £114.50 Burnetland, £114 Northflatt, £112 Hillend, £111.50 Greenwall, £109 Thethwaite
BEL - £127 Wintermuir, £119 Allanton, £118 Mid Shawtonhill, £112 Walkerdyke, £111.50 Newton of Crathie, £110 Walkerdyke, £108 Westmains, £108 Allanton, £107 Drumcork, £88 Walkerdyke
BF - £105.50 Auldhouseburn, £101 Boat, £99 Mid Tulloch, £97, £93.50 Clonrae, £90 Skirling Mains, £87.50, £87 Thethwaite, £87 Whiteside, £87 Ashcraig
SUF - £105 East Crookedstone, £102 East Law, £93 Bankhead, £84 Eastfield of Wiston
CHAR - £112 Laigh Cleughearn, £108 Stramolloch, £105 Walkerdyke
NCC - £113.50, £109 Drumcork
CHE - £108 Thethwaite, £104 Boat, £103.50 Townhead, £100 East Law, £96 Greyside, £95 x2 Skirling Mains, £90 Clonrae, £87 Bordlands
CONT - £107 Allanton, £104 Drumcork, £91.50 Allanton
SM - £100.50 Townhead, £98 Greenwall, £94, £88 Cardon
X – £104, £100, £93 Boat, £87.50 Muirhouses
SWA - £84 Whiteside
HAM - £101 Stramolloch, £91 Newmill
EASYCARE - £87.50 Greenwall
GOAT - £94 Greenwall
Per Kilo
TEX – 311.4p Thethwaite, 307.7p Hill (Cumnock), 307.7p Newmill, 302.6p Muirburn, 302.6p Hillend, 300p Galalaw, 300p Drochil Castle, 294.7p Hillend, 293.6p Burnetland, 292.3p Northflatt
BEL – 384.8p Wintermuir, 313.2p Allanton, 310.5p Mid Shawtonhill, 308.6p Westmains, 306p Walkerdyke, 305.7p Drumcork, 302.7p Walkerdyke, 300p Allanton, 293.4p Newton of Crathie, 244p Walkerdyke
BF – 275p Clonrae, 270.5p Auldhouseburn, 269.4p Clonrae, 267.6p Mid Tulloch, 265.8p Boat, 265.2p Thethwaite, 263.6p Ashcraig, 250p Crosswoodhill, 248.6p Whiteside, 245.7p Cardon
SUF – 283.8p East Crookedstone, 275.7p East Law, 265.7p Bankhead, 247.1p Eastfield of Wiston
CHAR – 294.7p Laigh Cleughearn, 284.2p Stramolloch, 283.8p Walkerdyke
NCC – 291p, 286.8p Drumcork
CHE – 284.2p Thethwaite, 279.7p Townhead, 277.8p East Law, 273.7p Boat, 264.7p Clonrae, 264p x2 Skirling Mains, 255.9p Bordlands, 246.2p Greyside
CONT – 281.6p Allanton, 281.1p Drumcork, 277.3p Allanton
SM – 264.9p Greenwall, 264.5p Townhead, 251.4p, 247.4p Cardon
X – 266.7p Boat, 265.2p Muirhouses, 263.2p, 238.5p Boat
SWA – 240p Whiteside
HAM – 273p Stramolloch, 245.9p Newmill
EASYCARE -250p Greenwall
GOAT – 284.8p Greenwall
39.1-45.5kg
Per Head
TEX - £159 x2v, £158, £150 x2 Collielaw, £144 High Crewburn, £141 Hill (Cumnock), £136 Thethwaite, £135 Wellhead, £133 Hill (Cumnock)
BEL - £150, £140 Bankhead, £134 Hillend, £134 Wellhead, £133 Newton of Crathie, £133 Newmill, £131 x2 Wintermuir, £131, £126.50 Newton of Crathie
BF - £115 Auldhouseburn, £111 Crosswoodhill, £108 Newton of Crathie, £101 Halmyre Mains, £70 Auldhouseburn
SUF - £124 Wellhead, £124 Netherurd Mains, £121 Westmains, £120 Woodlands, £120 Newton of Crathie, £119.50 Thethwaite, £118 East Crookedstone, £118 Edgefield, £117.50 Greenwall, £116 Malletsheugh
CHAR - £130, £125 Laigh Cleughearn, £118 Walkerdyke, £117 Laigh Cleughearn, £117 Edgefield, £113 Thethwaite
NCC - £120 Malletsheugh, £118 Sornfallow, £118 Allanton, £112 Newton of Crathie
CHE - £124 Netherurd Mains, £122.50 Newton of Crathie, £118 Woodlands, £118 Wester Dawyck, £116 Laigh Cleughearn, £113 Newton of Crathie, £111 Thethwaite, £110 Skirling Mains
SM - £105 Burnetland
X - £122 Burnetland, £110.50 Allanton, £109 Sornfallow
KHIL - £107 Newton of Crathie
Per Kilo
TEX – 378.6p, 367.4p, 357.1p, 353.3p, 348.8p Collielaw, 340p Thethwaite, 334.9p High Crewburn, 324.4p Newmill, 320p Hill (Cumnock), 315p Northflatt
BEL – 340.9p, 333.3p Bankhead, 327.5p Newton of Crathie, 326.8p Hillend, 324.4p Newmill, 316.7p Newton of Crathie, 311.6p Wellhead, 307.3p Allanton, 304.7p Wintermuir, 302.4p Newton of Crathie
BF – 267.4p Auldhouseburn, 263.4p Newton of Crathie, 252.5p Halmyre Mains, 252.3p Crosswoodhill, 212.1p Auldhouseburn
SUF – 282.9p Malletsheugh, 281p East Crookedstone, 280.5p Stramolloch, 280.5p Sornfallow, 279.8p Greenwall, 279.1p Newton of Crathie, 277.9p Thethwaite, 276.2p Newton of Crathie, 275.6p Netherurd Mains, 275.6p Wellhead
CHAR – 317.1p, 285.4p Laigh Cleughearn, 285.4p Edgefield, 284.1p Laigh Cleughearn, 282.5p Thethwaite, 281p Walkerdyke
NCC – 295p Allanton, 281p Sornfallow, 280p Newton of Crathie, 279.1p Malletsheugh
CHE – 287.8p Wester Dawyck, 282.5p Newton of Crathie, 281.8p Netherurd Mains, 277.5p Thethwaite, 276.2p Laigh Cleughearn, 275p Skirling Mains, 274.4p Woodlands, 272.2p Newton of Crathie
SM – 262.5p Burnetland
X – 283.7p Burnetland, 263.1p Allanton, 259.5p Sornfallow
KHIL – 243.2p Newton of Crathie
45.6-52kg
Per Head
TEX - £142 Galalaw, £136 Allanton, £136 Wellhead, £135 Mid Shawtonhill, £135 High Crewburn, £134 x2 Bankhead, £133 Muirburn, £133 Weston, £132 Howburn
BEL - £148 Millrigs, £134 Wintermuir
SUF - £131, £129, £128 Wellhead, £127 East Law, £126.50 Wellhead, £126.50 Newton of Crathie, £123 Cardon, £118 Walkerdyke, £118 Galalaw
CHAR - £127 Laigh Cleughearn
SM - £123 Blairmulloch
GOAT - £99 Greenwall
Per Kilo
TEX – 295.7p Allanton, 295.7p Wellhead, 284p Galalaw, 282.6p Walkerdyke, 280.4p Easter Sills, 278.3p Skirling Craigs, 275.5p High Crewburn, 271.7p Muirburn, 271.3p Burnetland, 270.8p Allanton
BEL – 308.3p Millrigs, 291.3p Wintermuir
SUF – 278.3p, 272.9p Wellhead, 270.2p East Law, 269.1p Wellhead, 256.5p Galalaw, 256.5p Walkerdyke, 256p Cardon, 253p Newton of Crathie, 252.9p Wellhead
CHAR – 264.6p Laigh Cleughearn
SM – 236.5p Blairmulloch
GOAT – 210.6p Greenwall
52+kg
Per Head
TEX - £146, £144 Weston, £140 High Crewburn, £138 x2 Millrigs, £136.50 Blairmulloch, £135 Muirburn, £134.50 x2, £134 Millrigs
BF - £122 Ashcraig
SUF - £138 Wellhead
CHE - £129 Wester Dawyck
SM - £121 Weston
X - £103 Newton of Crathie
BFL - £130, £115, £114 Tower, £112 Townhead
Per Kilo
TEX – 288p Weston, 260.4p, 253.8p Millrigs, 252.8p Blairmulloch, 250p High Crewburn, 250p Muirburn, 248.1p, 244.5p Millrigs, 243.3p Weston, 241.5p
BF – 196.8p Ashcraig
SUF – 260.4p Wellhead
CHE – 243.4p Wester Dawyck
SM – 224.1p Weston
X – 190.7p Newton of Crathie
BFL – 203.6p Townhead, 186.9p, 179.7p, 149.4p Tower
Cast Ewes
Another good show of 1668 cast ewes and rams met an animated trade and were sharper on the week. More smaller hill type ewes forward but were in demand.
Sale topped at £190 for Texels from Messrs Hamilton, Mid Shawtonhill and to £88 for Blackface from Messrs Barrie, Howburn.
TEX – £190, £186 Mid Shawtonhill, £164 Greenfield, £162 Brocklees, £152 Greyside, £146 Broomfield Lodge, £140 Glendouran, £140 Nether Stenries, £138 Brocklees, £138 Skirling Craigs
BEL – £170 x2 Nether Stenries, £168 Mid Shawtonhill, £136 Halmyre Mains, £106 Townfoot, £102 Thethwaite
BF – £88 Howburn, £82 Sweetshawhead, £80 Auldhouseburn, £80 Netherhill, £80 Clonrae, £79 Smiddyhill, £79 Greenfield, £78 Hamildean, £77 Gosland, £77 Northflatt
SUF – £142 Langside, £140 Balgreen Cottage, £139 Langside, £138 Nether Stenries, £120, £119 Balgreen Cottage, £115 Greyside, £114, £112 Nether Stenries, £110 Laigh Cleughearn
CHAR - £158, £154 Langside, £120 Townfoot, £80 Stramolloch
NCC - £108, £100 Sornfallow, £98 Nether Stenries, £98 Southholm, £95 Nether Stenries, £94 Muldron, £94 Greyside, £94 Calla, £94 Greyside, £89 Maesmawr
CHE – £95 Nether Stenries, £83 Maesmawr, £80 Calla, £79 Drumfork, £77 Southholm, £72 Maesmawr, £72 Calla, £70, £67 Maesmawr
CONT = £60 Brocklees
CHM - £118 Nether Stenries, £111 Greyside, £104 Springfield, £94 Greyside, £93 Maesmawr, £90 Nether Stenries, £80 Maesmawr
X – £100 Netherhill, £99 Nether Stenries, £96 Greyside, £96 x2 Springfield, £95 Northflatt, £95 Mossplatt, £95 Dreva, £94 Hamildean, £94 Easter Sills
BFL – £116 Greenfield, £110 The Beeches, £108 Muldron, £88 Hamildean
SHE - £76 Southholm, £40 Halmyre Mains
LLE - £54 Cadgers Loan
ROUS - £104 Thethwaite
BTEX - £138, £110, £96 Windy Gowl
SWA - £68 The Meadows
BEUL - £69 Drumfork
KHIL - £80 Stramolloch
HAM - £90 Wester Whitecastle
OTH - £100 Bickerton Hall, £65 Allanton
EASY CARE - £71 Greyside
Rams
TEX – £130 MacQueston, £128 Muirburn, £125 Hamildean, £124 Smiddyhill, £120 Westpark, £110 Greyside, £104, £100 New Nether Stenries, £90 Back Hareshaw
BEL - £96 Smiddyhill, £96, £70 Halmyre Mains
BF - £130 Tower, £98 x2 Wylliehole, £90 Greenfield, £88 Wylliehole, £88 Mitchellhill, £88, £84 Dreva, £80 Wylliehole, £80 North Sanquhar Moors
SUF - £132, £102 Nether Stenries, £90 Thethwaite
CHAR - £70 Stoneyhill
NCC - £96 Netherhill, £88 Wester Dawyck
BFL - £134 MacQueston, £128 Crosswoodhill, £88 Drumelzier
ROUS - £98 Wylliehole
BTEX - £126 Nether Stenries
