Lawrie & Symington Ltd
Lanark Agricultural Centre
Monday 21st June
Cattle report
Lawrie and Symington had forward 94 cattle comprising 30 Bullocks and Heifers, 4 Young Bulls and 60 Cast Cows and Bull. Heifers sold to 264p (four times) from Messrs Dickinson Brockwoodlees Farm, Canonbie. Blks sold to 270p from Messrs Gray Balquharrage Farm, Lennoxtown.
Heifer per head £1742 Brockwoodlees, £1684 Brockwoodlees, £1561 Birkenhead, £1481 Calla, £1447 Heatheryhall, £1423 Balquharrage.
Heifer per kilo 264p (4 times) Brockwoodlees, 262p, 260p Brockwoodlees, 258p Heatheryhall, 258p Calla, 256p Balquharrage.
Bullock per head £1537 Calla, £1490 Balquharrage
Bullock per kilo 270p, 264p Balquharrage, 252p Calla
Cast Bulls per head £1770 Couch
Young Bull per head £1754 Newsteading, £1494 Penicuik Estate
Young Bull per kilo 228p, 226p Newsteading
Dairy Bullock & Heifer per kilo 216p, 206p Millhill, 190p Westtown, 212p, 208p Westertoun
Dairy Bullock & Heifer per head £1568 Millhill, £1527 Westertoun
Beef cows sold to £1705 or 216p per kilo from Messrs Wight, Midlock Farm, Biggar, Dairy Cows sold to £1365 or 173p per kilo from Messrs Struthers Moatmains Farm, lesmahagow.
All classes of cows dearer on the week. Beef Cows averaged 152.6p, Dairy Cows averaged 124.5p.
Beef Cow per kilo 216p 200p Midlock, 202p Little Kype, 174p Cloverhill, 174p Thripland, 174p Auchenhard, 166p West Millrigg, 165p Cambwell, 161p Auldtoun, 160p Wester Whitecastle, 158p Cambwell.
Beef Cows per head £1705, £1595 Midlock,
31635, £1485 Auchenhard, £1545 Little Kype, £1485 Thripland, £1285 Birkenhead, £1265 Cambwell, £1255 Wintermuir, £1175 Cloverhill, £1135 Wester Whitecastle, £1115 West Millrig.
Dairy Cows per kilo 173p Moatmains, 153p Greentowers, 151p Goslington, 151p Newlands, 145p Cobblehaugh, 141p Over Dalserf, 137p Muirhouse.
Dairy Cows per head £1365, £1315 Moatmains, £1355 Greentowers, £1085 Goslington.
Calves & Stirks
A good show of 99 calves & stirks were forward to another busy ring of buyers. Stirks topped at £500 for a Limousin bullock from Heatheryhall, or to £475 for Holstein Friesian bulls from Morningside. Beef bull calves topped at £470 for an Aberdeen Angus from Thripland, with heifers peaking at £410 for a British Blue from Wester Whitecastle. Dairy bull calves topped at £175 from East Brackenridge.
Stirks
Beef Stirks
BB - £460 Branchalburn.
LM - £500 Heatheryhall.
Dairy Stirks
HF - £475 Morningside, £340 & £330 Branchalburn.
Calves
Beef Bulls AA – £470 & £440 Thripland, £340 Over Newton, £305 Over Dalserf, £295 Westerboard, £265, £235 & £225 Grangehall.
BA – £370 & £360 Boag.
BB – £345 Loanfoot, £335 Hillhead, £330 Westerboard, £325 Over Dalserf, £320 Newlands & Hillhead, £315 West Newton, £305 Westerboard, £285 Craigthorn & Grangehall.
BSH - £355 Gosland, £340, £325 (3x), £320 (2x), £300 & £290 Thinacre, £290 Gosland.
LM - £350 Little Kype & Heatheryhall, £330 & £295 Thinacre.
Beef Heifers
AA – £370 Thripland, £300 Over Dalserf, £295 Hillhead, £285, £270 & £240 Over Dalserf.
BA – £285 & £270 Boag.
BB – £410 Wester Whitecastle, £340 Loanfoot, £335 Loanfoot & Newlands, £330 Loanfoot, Newlands & Hillhead, £315 West Newton.
BSH – £315 Thinacre.
LM – £365 Heatheryhall, £265 Thinacre, £250 Hartside, £235 Craigthorn.
SM - £295 Gosland, £270 Heatheryhall.
Dairy Bulls
HF - £175 East Brackenridge, £110 Hillhead & Westerboard, £100 Hillhead, £90 Over Dalserf, £70 & £65 Muirhouse, £60 Grangehall.
Sheep prime stock report
Lawrie and Symington Ltd sold 700 Lambs, 262 hgts and 1167 Cast Ewes and Rams through Lanark.
Another 700 lambs saw a good show for quality but not a lot of weight. Trade easier on the week in line with national trend but good lambs and heavy lambs still easily sold. Trade likely to steady up as more numbers come forward. The sale topped at £158 per head for Texels from Clark Lee Meadow and to 350p per kg for Beltex from Walker, High Parks.
Lambs
Overall Average 281pp/kg (SQQ 281.5p/kg)
25.5-32kg
Per Head
TEX - £78 Blackhouse
Per Kilo
TEX – 251.61 BLackhouse
32.1-39kg
Per Head
TEX - £122 Rowantreehill, £119 Dovecot, £118 Midlock, £115 Brockloch, £114 Brownhill, £114 Felton, £112 An-Glasach, £111 The Firs, £111 Crawcraigs,
BEL - £125 High Parks, £115 The Firs, £113 Brockloch, £109 Dovecot
SUF - £112 Brockloch, £111 Cardon, £110 The Firs, £108 Easter Haprew, £94 Ladyurd, £94 An-Glasach,
X - £90 Crawcraigs
BTex – West Shawtonhill
Per Kilo
TEX – 312.80 Rowantreehill, 305.10 Dovecot, 302.60 Mid Brockloch, 302.60 Carwood, 300.0 Felton, 292.30 Brownhill, 2857.20 An-Glasach, 286.80 Kilnhills, 286.10 Kilnhills, 284.60 Crawcraigs
BEL – 320.50 High Parks, 305.40 Mid Brockloch, 302.80 Dovecot, 294.90 The Firs,
SUF – 294.70 Mid Brockloch, 292.10 Cardon, 282.10 The Firs, 276.90 Easter Happrew, 276.50 An-Glasach, 261.10 Ladyurd
BTEX – 305.10 West Shawtonhill
X –243.20 Crawcraigs
39.1-45.5kg
Per Head
TEX £144 Balgreen, £143 North Garngour, £139 Balleny, £139 High Parks, £138 Oldwalls, £135 Richardton, £134 Lee Meadow, £132 North Garngour, £132 High Parks, £131 Balleny
BEL - £144 Carstairs Mains, £139 Ingraston, £138 Biggarshiels Mains, £138 Muirhouse, £135 Carstairs Mains, £134 Drumbuie, £131 Richardton, £130 Grangehall, £129 Muirhouse, £124 Biggarshiels Mains
SUF - £129 Ingraston, £125 Dreva, £123 Carwood, £123 Cardon, £119 Howford, £118 Cardon, £117 Newton of Wiston, £116 Balgreen, £115 Balleny, £115 Millmoor,
CHAR - £116 Westtown, £113 Westtown,
X - £106 Grangehall
BDM - £121 Muirhouse, £117 Lesserlinn
MB - £14 High Parks
Per Kilo
TEX – 330 North Garngour, 327.30 Balgreen, 317.80 North Garngour, 315.90 High Parks315 Rowntreehill, 311.60 Lee Meadow, 310 West Shawtonhill, 308.90 Balleny, 306.80 Richardton, 306.70 Oldwalls
BEL – 334.90 Carstairs Mains, 326.80 Drumbuie, 325 Grangehall, 320.90 Biggarshiels Mains, 310 Biggarshiels Mains, 310 Carstairs Mains, 308.90 Ingraston, 306.80 Carstairs Mains, 306.70 Muirhouse, 304.70 Richardton
SUF – 293.20 Ingraston, 292.90 Carwood, 292.50 Newton of Wiston, 286.0 Cardon, 284.10 Dreva, 282.90 Balgreen, 281 Cardon, 280.50 Balleny, 280.50 Millmoor, 278.0 Bents Farm
CHAR – 282.50 Westtown, 276.20 Westtown,
X – 258.50 Grangehall
BDM – 292.50 Lesserlinn, 288.10 Muirhouse
MB – 350 High Parks
45.6-52kg
Per Head
TEX - £156 Braeedge Farming, £152 Langside, £149 An-Glasach, £146 High Parks, £146 Dreva, £142 Nisbet, £141 Lee Meadow, £140 Midlock, £134 Silverrig
SUF - £150 Lawhead, £148 An-Glasach
SXB - £148 High Parks
Per Kilo
TEX – 317.40 High Parks, 317.40 Dreva, 310.40 An-Glasach, 306.50 Lee Meadow, 304.0 Langside, 300 Braeedge, 297.90 Midlock, 289.80 Nisbet, 285.10 Silverrig
SUF – 296.0 An Glasach, 288.50 Lawhead
SXB – 308.30 High Parks
52+kg
Per Head
TEX - £158 Lee Meadow, £154 Lee Meadow, £130 Hillend, £120 Blackhouse
SUF - £140 Carwood
Per Kilo
TEX – 285.20 Lee Meadow, 282.10 Lee Meadow, 230.80 Blackhouse, 191.20 Hillend
SUF – 233.30 Carwood
Hoggs The 262 hoggs forward saw a great show of well fleshed sheep and resulted in all classes being easily sold. The good fleshed hoggs are always going to be wanted. The sale topped at £162 per head for Texels from Gibson, Greenwalls and to 275p per kg for BF from the firm of Shawhead.
Overall Average 240pp/kg (SQQ 235p/kg)
25.5-32kg
Per Head
CHM - £52 Parkhouse
X - £58 The Meadows
Per Kilo
CHM – 173.30 Parkhouse
X – 193.30 The Meadows
32.1-39kg
Per Head
TEX - £88 The Meadows, £60 Parkhouse
BF - £94 The Meadows, £80 Mid Tulloch, £70 Ladyurd, £60 Parkhall, £52 Allanton
CHE - £109 Greyside, £68 Ladyurd
X - £87 Howthat, £50 Howthat
JAC - £50 Greyside
HW - £88 Strutherhead
Per Kilo
EASYCARE – 189.20 Upper Garson,
TEX – 244 The Meadows, 171.40 Parkhouse
BF – 241 The Meadows, 210.50 Mid Tulloch, 200 Ladyurd, 171.40 Parkhall, 157.60 Allanton
CHE – 302.80 Greyside, 206.10 Ladyurd
HW – 231.60 Strutherhead
JAC – 142.90 Greyside
X –241.70 Howthat, 151.50 Howthat
39.1-45.5kg
Per Head
TEX - £111 Hillfield, £108 Parkhouse, £105 Greyside, £100 Scrogton, £86 Midlock
BF - £110 Shawhead, £109 Allanton, £107 Strutherhead, £105 Flemington
CHE - £108 Netherhill
X - £50 Netherhill
ZWA - £82 Nether Balgray
Per Kilo
TEX – 270.70 Hillfield, 263.40 Parkhouse, 244.20 Greyside, 227.30 Scrogton, 200 Midlock
BF – 275 Shawhead, 259.50 Allanton, 253.70 Parkhall, 250 Flemington, 243.20 Strutherhead, 225 Greenfield, 186 Scrogton,
CHE – 240 Netherhill
ZWA – 190.70 Nether Balgray
X – 122 Netherhill
45.6-52kg
Per Head
Easy Care - £108 Upper Garson
TEX - £140 Sandford, £123 Greenwall, £122 Sandford, £121 Hillfield
BF - £126 Parkhall, £119 Thurston Mains, £118 Sandford, £118 The Meadows, £117 Sandford
SUF - £120 Hillfield, £118 Greenwall
CHAR - £125 Sandford
SM - £126 Thurston Mains, £114 Shawhead
X - £118 Hillfield
BL - £118 Hilltop
SWA - £105 Greyside
Per Kilo
TEX – 269.20 Sandford, 257.40 Hillfield, 254.20 Sandford, 251.0 Greenwall
BF – 254.30 Sandford, 253.20 Thurston Mains, 247.10 Parkhall, 236.00 The Meadows, 226.90 Sandford,
SUF – 250 Hillfield, 245.80 Greenwall
CHAR – 255.10 Sandford
SM – 252.0 Thurston Mains, 247.80 Shawhead
X – 256.50 Hillfield
BL – 240.80 Hilltop
SWA – 228.00 Greyside
52+kg
Per Head
TEX - £162 Greenwall, £148 Flemington, £148 West Millrig, £144 Tinto View, £137 Hillfield
BF - £128 Whelphill
SUF - £136 Hilltop Farming
Char - £148 Sandford
CHE - £146 West Millrigg
X - £144 Hillfield, £138 Fieldside, £128 Ashcraig
Per Kilo
TEX – 245.30 Lee Meadow, 244.60 Hillfield, 241 Reedsmouth, 238.20 Greenwall, 236.10 Tinto View, 232.10 Greens, 224.20 West Millrig, 170.10 Flemington
BF – 241.50 Whelphill
SUF – 223.0 Hilltop
CHAR – 227.70 Sandford
CHE – 243.30 West Millrig
X – 244.10 Hilfield, 213.30 Ashcraig, 212.30 Fieldside
Cast Ewes Another good show of 1167 Cast Ewes and Rams were forward and remained a good selling trade. An excellent choice of best Texel ewes saw trade very dear with BF and Chev Hill Ewes still in demand. Fatter Ewes easier. Sale Topped at £209 for Texels from Midlock and to £100 for BF from Whelphill.
TEX – £209 Midlock, £198 Blackhouse, £196 Midlock, £192 Langside, £186 Lee Meadow, £186 Langside, £184 Blackhouse, £182 Blackhouse, £178 West Millrig
BEL – £170 Mid Shawtonhill, £156 Mid Shawtonhill, £142 Thethwaite, £130 Grangehall, £130 Muirhouse View, £124 Toftcombs, £96 Thethwaite, £82 Strutherhead, £70 Greyside
BF – £100 Whelphill, £95 Sweetshawhead, £94 Derrie, £94 Westhouse, £94 Ladyurd, £92 Craigdarroch £90 Greyside, £90 Glenrath, £88 Nisbet, £88 Thurston Mains
SUF – £160 Balgreen, £150 Langside, £144 Derrie, £138 West Farm, £136 Lawhead, £135 Oldwalls, £130 Strutherhead, £128 Yeldabrek, 126 Dreva, £126 Lawhead
CHAR - £180 Langside, £140 Crathie Est, £121 Townfoot, £120 Grangehall, £92 Mosshead, £86 Greyside
CHE – £105 Parkhouse, £104 Skirling Mains, £98 Westhouse, £90 Yeldabrek, £90 Greyside, £90 Rockhall, £90 Westhouse, £84 Muirhouse, £84 Greyside, £80 Westhouse
CHM - £130 Ingraston, £130 North Garngour, £116 Toftcombs, £116 Mid Shawtonhill, £112 Toftcombs, £108 Strutherhead, £100 Easter Clevage, £100 West Millrig, £90 Thethwaite,
X – £116 Greyside, £113 Thurston Mains, £110 Ingraston, £110 Balleny, £110 Dreva, £110 West Millrig, £109 Yeldabrek, £109 Newton of Wiston, £108 Westpark, £107 Thethwaite
BFL – £138 Greyside, £115 Scrogton, £106 Perryflatts, £90 Spittal, £90 The Firs, £82 Warnock, £80 Perryflatts
SHE - £40 The Firs, £38 Mosshead
LLE - £90 Yeldabrek, £64 Crathie est
ROUS - £88 Greyside
BDM - £70 Crathie Est
BTEX - £149 Greyside, £124 Braeedge
ZWA - £118 Greyside, £98 Blackhouse
HW – £55 Cooper Farms, £54 Ladyurd, £38 Cooper Farms
SWA - £80 Perryflatts, ££79 Skirling Mains, £77 Ladyurd, £68, £60, £57 Ladyurd
OTH - £88 Perryflatts, £60 Cooper Farms, £50 Allanton, £50 Cooper Farms, £42 Allanton
EASY CARE - £88, £60 Greyside
Rams
TEX – £136 Bogside, £80 Yeldabrek
BF - £98 Shawhead
SUF - £127 Greyside, £118 Bogside
CHE - £122 Sandford
BFL - £132 Ashcraig
JAC - £80 Greyside
SWA- £106 Greyside
DOR - £96 Greyside
