Lawrie & Symington Ltd
Lanark Agricultural Centre
Monday 12th May 2025
Cattle Primestock Report
On Monday the 12th May Lawrie and Symington Ltd had forward 91 cattle comprising of 25 bullocks and heifers, 66 cast cows.
Limousin heifers sold to £3196 from Skirling Craig, Biggar to H Black Butchers Lanark.
Limousin bullocks to £2859 from Brownsbank Farm, Biggar to Chapman Butchers Wishaw or to 422p/pk from Brownsbank Farm, Biggar to Chapman Butchers Wishaw.
Beef cows sold to £2670 per head from Buteland Farm, Balerno or to 361p/pk from Cloverhill Farm, Biggar.
Dairy cows sold to £2040 per head from Rigghead Farm, Strathaven or to 302p/pk from Auchmeddan Farm, Lesmahagow.
Cast bulls sold to £3570 per head from East Millrig Farm, Biggar or to 305p/pk from East Millrig Farm, Biggar.
Beef Heifers Per Head
AA - £3196 Skirling Craigs
LIM - £2762 Brockwoodlees
LIM X - £2716, £2711 Brockwoodlees
BB - £2932 Skirling Craigs
CHAR X - £2622 Brockwoodlees
Beef Heifers Per Kilo
AA – 370p Skirling Craigs
LIM - 465p Brockwoodlees
LIM X – 468p, 465p, 462p Brockwoodlees
BB – 390p Skirling Craigs
CHAR X – 440p Brockwoodlees
Beef Bullocks Per Head
LIM X - £2859, £2820 Brownsbank
Beef Bullocks Per Kilo
LIM X – 422p, 412p Brownsbank
Dairy Bullocks & Heifers Per Head
HOL - £1551 Blackbog
Dairy Bullocks & Heifers Per Kilo
HOL – 295p Blackbog
Cast Cows and Bulls
Beef Cows Per Head
AA - ££2240 Weston, £2210 Traquair Knowe, £2140 Weston, £2090 Bagmoors
AA X - £1970 Silvermuir
BSH - £2040 Watsonhead
LIM - £2590, £2490, £2240 West Glespin, £2090 Weston, £2090 Scrogton, £2040 Townhead
LIM X - £2670 Buteland, £2290 Hillend, £2090 Lawriesmuir, £2090 Traquair Knowe
SIM - £1870 Hillend
HER - £2140 Quothquan Mill
SAL - £2290 Townhead, £1940 Cloverhill
CHR - £1890 Hillend
Beef Cows Per Kilo
AA – 333.3p, 317.9p Bagmoors, 313p Traquair Knowe, 304.8p Weston, 304.7p Bagmoors
AA X – 360.8p Silvermuir
BSH – 300.9p Watsonhead
LIM X – 334.8p Hillend, 332.9p Buteland, 318p Bushelhead, 308.3p, 300.7p Traquair Knowe
LIM – 334.9p Weston, 327.6p, 320.5p, 319.1p West Glespin
SIM – 288.8p Cumberhead, 285.1p Hillend
CHR – 232.2p Hillend
HER – 294.8p Quothquan Mill
SAL – 361p Cloverhill, 298.2p Townhead, 294.8p Cloverhill
Dairy Cows Per Head
FRIES - £1910, £1890 Auchmeddan
HOL - £2040 Rigghead, £1710 Blackbog, £1570 Quothquan Mill
Dairy Cows Per Kilo
FRIES – 301.9p Auchmeddan
HOL – 294.8p Rigghead, 279.4p Blackbog
Cast Bulls Per Head
LIM - £3570 East Millrig
Cast Bulls Per Kilo
LIM – 304.6p East Millrig
Calves and Stirks
66 calves and stirks were sold at our fortnightly sale. £1090 was achived for a Limousin X bullock from Messrs HP Frame & Sons, Turdees Farm.
On milk calves reached a top of £710 twice for an Aberdeen Angus X bull calf from Messrs T Taylor, Heatheryhall Farm and a British Blue X heifer calf from Messrs TC Stewart, Marshill Farm.
Off milk calves reached a high of £980 for a British Blue X bull calf from Messrs J Pirie & Sons, Machrihanish Farm.
Next sale is 26th May. Please contact Lucy for enquiries.
Stirks
LIM X - £1090, £1000 & £900 Turdees
Calves Off Milk
LIM X - £870 Machrihanish, £790 Dykehead
AA - £890 (Twice) Machrihanish, £780 Heatheryhall, £760 Dykehead, £640 Langside, £620 Craigthornhill, £550 Hillend, £500 Langside
INRA - £950, £890, £870, £790, £770 & £650 Machrihanish
BB - £980 Machrihanish, £950, £870 & £820 Dykehead, £790 Craigthornhill, £780 Swaites, £770 & £740 Dykehead, £690 Craigthornhill, £680 Over Lethame, £650 twice Swaites, £630 Skellyhill
HER - £870 3 times & £810 twice Burnfoot, £810 Bushelhead, £650 Burnfoot, £600 Skellyhill, £560 Burnfoot
Calves On Milk
AA - £710 Heatheryhall, £580 & £570 Craigthornhill
BB - £710 Marshill
SHO - £490 Marshill, £410 Shawhead, £350 Marshill
HER - £610, £570 & £550 Swaites, £540 Burnfoot
LIM - £500 Heatheryhall
AYR - £380 3 time & £340 3 times Langside
Sheep Primestock Report
On Monday the 12th May Lawrie and Symington Ltd sold 2963 Hoggs and 1042 Cast Ewes through Lanark.
Hoggs
A larger show of 2963 prime hoggs were forward with trade being firmer on the week. Especially for heavier ones. Best quality export hoggs in demand and short of requirements.
The sale topped at £188 per head for Texels from Clark, Blackhill and to 395p/kg for Beltex from Taylor, Heatheryhall.
Overall Average 294p/kg (SQQ 302p/kg)
25.5-32kg
Per Head
TEX - £94 The Beeches, £85 Springfield, £70 Debog
BEL - £110 High Dykes
BF - £84 The Beeches, £74 Springfield
CHE - £84 Waterloo, £68 Greyside
X - £82 & £62 Waterloo
SHE - £80 Waterloo
Per Kilo
TEX – 303p The Beeches, 283p Springfield, 225p Debog
BEL – 343p High Dyke
BF – 262p The Beeches, 238p Springfield
CHE – 302p Greyside, 262p Waterloo, 234p Greyside
X – 256p & 332p Waterloo
SHE – 250p Waterloo
32.1-39kg
Per Head
TEX - £131 Heatheryhall, £127 Brownhill, £125 Blunderfield, £124 The Beeches, £120 Waterloo
BEL - £154 Wellhead, £110 Westmains
BF - £113 Crow Wood Cottage, £112 Sandford Sheep, £110 Leadhills & Hawthornbank, £106 Hawthornbank
SUF - £128 Thethwaite
CHE - £129 Brownhill, £128 Middlehouse, £127 Thethwaite, £124 Greenwall, £106 Greyside
X - £107 Waterloo & Moorlaws, £104 Netherhall, £100 Waterloo & Whiteside
RYE - £80 Greyside
HEB - £90 Gilston Bridge
Per Kilo
TEX – 354p Heatheryhall, 328p Blunderfield & Middlehouse, 326p The Beeches, 325p Brownhill
BEL – 394p Wellhead, 305p Westmains
BF – 311p Sandford Sheep, 305p Heatheryhall, 290p Sandford Sheep, 289p Crow Wood Cottage & Hawthornbank
SUF – 328p Thethwaite
CHE – 339p Brownhill, 334p Thethwaite, 328p Middlehouse, 326p Greenwall, 311p Greyside
X – 297p Waterloo, 281p Netherhall, 274p Moorlaws, 270p Whiteside
HEB – 236p Gilston Bridge
RYE – 242p Greyside
39.1-45.5kg
Per Head
TEX - £178 Heatheryhall, £159 Broomfield Lodge, £157 Muirburn, £154 & £153 Heatheryhall
BEL - £165 & £157 Wellhead, £152 The Firs, £147 & £146 Wellhead
BF - £139 Thethwaite, £136 Cronan, £134 Birks, £133 Greenwall, £132 Crow Wood Cottage
SUF - £145 Thethwaite, £140 Edgehead, £139 Yeldabrek, £138 Sandford Sheep, £125 The Beeches
CHE - £153 Birks, £146 Common, £140 Wellhead & Thethwaite, £138 Middlehouse
X - £143 Birks, £138 West Browncastle & Thethwaite, £134 Sandford Sheep & Lochurd
JAC - £124 Heatheryhall, £116 Greenwall
HW – £100 Waterloo
SWA - £116 Thethwaite, £90 Greyside
BAD - £147 Blunderfield
DS - £134 Boat
EC - £110 Thethwaite
Per Kilo
TEX – 395p & 354p Heatheryhall, 353p Broomfield Lodge, 351p Muirburn, 350p Thethwaite
BEL – 380p The Firs, 375p, 365p, 350p & 342p Wellhead
BF – 331p Thethwaite, 326p Birks, 316p Greenwall, 312p Thethwaite, 309p Cronan
SUF – 337p Thethwaite, 323p Yeldabrek, 318p Edgehead, 313p Sandford Sheep, 304p The Beeches
CHE – 340p Birks, 339p Common, 326p Thethwaite, 320p Middlehouse, 319p Edgehead
X – 320p West Browncastle, 317p Birks, 311p Sandford Sheep, 306p Thethwaite, 302p Brownhill
JAC – 310p Heatheryhall, 305p Greenwall
HW – 227p Waterloo
SWA – 263p Thethwaite, 236p Greyside
BAD – 334p Blunderfield
DS – 319p Boat
EC – 244p Thethwaite
45.6-52kg
Per Head
TEX - £171 Broomfield Lodge, £165 Heatheryhall, £159 Wellhead, £156 Silverrig
BEL - £171 Dykehole, £163 Broomfield Lodge, £161 Bushelhead, £160 Wellhead
BF - £147 Middlehouse, £146 Wellhead, £134 High Dykes, £132 Lochurd
SUF - £149 Heatheryhall, £147 Yeldabrek, £145 Wellhead, £140 North Garngour, £126 Bogside
CHE - £157 Wellhead, £156 Middlehouse, £148 Birks & Common, £147 Broomfield Lodge
CHM - £145 Rowantreehill
X - £147 Walston Mill, £145 North Garngour, £142 West Browncastle, £140 Muirburn, £138 Crow Wood Cottage
SHE - £110 Orchardfield
DTEX - £140 Greenwall
KHIL - £120 High Dyke
BAD - £140 Blunderfield
RYE - £120 Winningbank
EC - £114 Sandford Sheep
Per Kilo
TEX – 349p Broomfield Lodge, 339p Silverrig, 333p Edgehead, 332p Wellhead
BEL – 356p Dykehole, 347p Wellhead, 334p & 333p Denbrae, 328p Bushelhead
BF – 312p Middlehouse, 310p Wellhead, 287p Lochurd, 279p High Dyke
SUF – 326p Yeldabrek, 323p Heatheryhall, 311p North Garngour, 284p Wellhead, 273p Bogside
CHE – 341p Wellhead, 331p Middlehouse, 321p Birks, 302p Mitchellhill, 297p Common
CHM – 315p Rowantreehill,
X – 315p West Browncastle, 306p Crow Wood Cottage & Thethwaite, 294p Walston Mill, 288p Netherhill
SHE – 234p Orchardfield
DTEX – 297p Greenwall
KHIL – 266p High Dyke
RYE – 255p & 250p Winningbank
BAD – 297p Blunderfield
EC – 300p Sandford Sheep
52+kg
Per Head
TEX - £188 Blackhill & Marshill, £178 Townhead, £170 Glenrath & Townhead
BEL - £180 Dykehole, £169 Lochurd, £168 & £166 Wellhead, £160 High Dyke
BF - £144 Glenrath, £120 Leadhills & Cairns
SUF - £167 Moorlaws, £164 Mid Auchengray & North Garngour, £160 & £159 Moorlaws
CHE - £156 Waterloo Drive, £151 Wellhead, £130 Broomfield Lodge & Wellhead
X - £156 Silverrig, £155 Mid Auchengray, £150 Silverrig, £146 Moorlaw
BFL - £148 & £100 Glenrath
BTEX - £145 Yeldabrek
Per Kilo
TEX – 290p Wellhead & Heatheryhall, 278p Moorlaws, 277p Silverrig, 276p Blackhill
BEL -333p High Dyke, 327p Dykehole, 313p & 300p Wellhead, 286p Lochurd
BF – 226p Leadhills, 211p Glenrath, 210p Cairns
SUF – 290p, 280p & 265p Moorlaws, 263p & 256p Greyside
CHE – 279p Wellhead, 255p Waterloo Drive, 245p Wellhead, 228p Broomfield Lodge
X – 292p Moorlaws, 262p Walston Mill, 260p Silverrig & Birks, 241p Silverrig
BFL – 197p & 181p Glenrath
BTEX – 290p Yeldabrek
Cast Ewes & Rams
A larger show of 1042 cast ewes and rams were forward and were in strong demand. All classes easily sold with the heavy ewes dearer again. More required each week in build up to festival.
The sale topped at £335 per head for Texels from Gibson, Cowgrove and to £139 for Blackface from Drife, Netherhill.
Overall Average £147.15
BF Average £107.57 (233)
Ewes
TEX - £335, £330 Cowgrove, £320 Kailzie Mains, £280 Robiesland, £280 Sebay View
BEL - £242 Broomfield Lodge, £214 Greyside, £165 Springfield, £160, £150 Jeanfield
BF - £139 Netherhill, £135 Walston Mill, £129 Easter Dawyck, £128 Mount Berger, £128 Kailzie Mains
SUF - £248 Cowgrove, £230 Glenrath, £214 Greyside, £210 Lawriesmuir, £194 Greyside
NCC - £192 Greyside, £186 Sebay View, £185 Greyside, £182 Yeldabrek, £178 Netherhill
CHE - £182 Broomfield Lodge, £169 Wynd, £153 Dykehole, £151 Walston Mill, £140 Wynd
CONT - £208 Springfield, £152 Yeldabrek, £145 Springfield, £140 Yeldabrek, £130 Wintermuir
CHM - £196 Greyside, £190 Meikle Carleith, £188 Hillhead, £188 The Cottage, £178 Gilmeadowland
X - £220 Braeedge, £216 Springfield, £204 Broomfield Lodge, £200 Easter Dawyck, £192 Braeedge
BFL - £230 Easter Dawyck, £222 Hattonknowe, £202 Springfield, £192 Greenfield, £128 High Dyke
SHE - £92 Orchardfield
LLE - £130 School Road
ROUS - £120 Debog
BTEX - £110 Greyside
ZWA - £180 Wintermuir
BL - £220 Springfield
ROM - £190 Yeldabrek
SWA - £120 Greyside, £100 Muirburn
EC - £158 The Cottage
HB - £200 Gilmeadowland
SXB - £280 Cowgrove
Rams
TEX - £170 Barrduff, £140 Dykehole
BEL - ££242 Broomfield Lodge, £192 Sebay View, £160 Cowgrove, £152 Haywoodhead
BF - £ 80 Shawhead
SUF - £172 North Garngour, £170 Barrduff
NCC - £210 Sebay
CHE - £145 Greyside
BFL - £200 Townhead
BTEX - £80 The Cottage
BL - £140 Greyside
