Lawrie & Symington Ltd
Lanark Agricultural Centre
Monday 16th October 2023
Cattle prime stock report
On Monday the 16th October 2023 Lawrie and Symington Ltd had forward 103 cattle comprising of 38 bullocks and heifers and 65 cast cows.
Lim heifers sold to 350p/kg from Messrs Dickinson, Brockwoodlees Farm, Canonbie to J Cairns Butchers, Law or to £2176 from Messrs Warnock, Hill Farm, Strathaven to N Bark, Skirling.
Her bullocks sold to 292p/kg from Messrs Drife, Netherhill Farm, Crawfordjohn to W Stark, Twechar or to £2078 from Messrs Howatson, Strutherhead Farm, Strathaven to H Black Butchers, Lanark.
Beef cows sold to £2070 per head form Messrs Warnock, Dreva Farm, Biggar or to 248p/kg from Messrs Stark, Bluebell Farm, Mains of Campsie.
Dairy cows sold to £1480 per head from Messrs Struthers, Moatmains Farm, Lesmahagow or to 190p/kg from Messrs Struthers, Moatmains Farm, Lesmahagow.
Beef Heifers per head
£2073, £2050, £2022 Brockwoodlees
£2176 Hill, Strathaven
£1902 Toxside
£1824 Kinneil Mill
Beef Heifers per kilo
350p, 248p, 245p Brockwoodlees
340p Hill, Strathaven
Beef Bullocks per head
£2078 Strutherhead
Dairy Bullocks & Heifers per head
£1729, £1576 Westtoun
Dairy Bullocks & Heifers per kilo
272p Strutherhead
Young Bulls per head
272p Kenneil Mill
Cast Cows and Bulls
Beef cows per head
Lim - £1530 Bluebell
AA - £1730 Dreva, £1670 Bagmoors
Her - £1390 Quothquan Mill, £1370 Netherhill
Sim - £1670 Haswellsykes, £1440 Bluebell
BB - £1610 Kinneil Mill, £1570 Buteland
Char - £2070 Dreva, £1930 Lookaboutye
Beef cows per kilo
Lim – 248p Bluebell, 198p Muirburn
AA – 205p Dreva, 200p Bagmoors
Her – 175p Quothquan Mill
Sim – 240p Bluebell, 195p Haswellsykes
BB – 219p Buteland
Char – 233p Dreva
Dairy cows per head
MRI - £1480 Moatmains
Dairy cows per kilo
Fr – 151p Auchmeddan
MRI – 190p Moatmains
Mont – 186p Cobblehaugh
Cast bulls per head
£1790 West Torphin
Sheep prime stock report
On Monday 16th October 2023 Lawrie and Symington Ltd sold 4508 Lambs and 3038 Cast Ewes and Rams through Lanark.
Messrs WW & IL McQuat & Sons, Brockhouse Farm, Galashiels kindly donated a Lamb for the Lamb for St Andrews Day Campaign. Over 56,000 pupils have celebrated St Andrew’s Day by cooking and eating Scotch Lamb.
Lambs
Another large show of 4508 prime lambs saw trade a fair bit sharper on the week with all classes in demand. The heavy lambs and best quality a lot dearer. The sale average was some 39p/kg above same week last year (227p).
The sale topped at £169 per head for Texels from Messrs Laird, Yeldabrek Farm, Orkney and to 315p/kg for Beltex from Messrs Shaw, West Lethans Farm, Dunfermline.
Overall Average 266p/kg (SQQ 267p/kg)
25.5-32kg
Per Head
BF – £70 Dawyck Est, £68 Glenhighton, £60 Spittal
CHE – £79 Dawyck Est
X – £66 Spittal
HEB – £64 Gilkerslceugh
RYE - £68 Meadowmains
Per Kilo
BF – 219p Glenhighton, 218p Dawyck Est, 200p Spittal
CHE – 254p Dawyck Est
X – 206p Spittal
HEB – 213p Gilkerscleugh
RYE – 212p Meadowmains
32.1-39kg
Per Head
TEX - £104 Garvald, £103 Coulterhaugh, £101 & £98 Batglachan, £85 Spittal
BEL - £106 Bushelhead, £104 Shoestanes, £100 Auchtygemmell
BF - £104 Boat, £98 Fallside, £89 Sweetshawhead, £86 Coulterhaugh, £83 Birthwood, £72 Lightshaw, £70 Sweetshawhead
SUF - £103 & £100 Yeldabrek
X – £92 Lawiresmuir, £86 Sweetshawhead, £78 Langside & Dawyck Est, £74 Lightshaw
WELSH - £90 Allanton
RYE - £74 Kypeburn
Per Kilo
TEX – 273p Garvald & Barglachan, 272p Barglachan, 271p Coulterhaugh, 242p Spittal
BEL – 278p Bushelhead, 273p Shoestane, 270p Auchtygemmell
BF – 274p Boat, 257p Fallside, 254p Sweetshawhead, 238p Coulterhaugh, 230p Birthwood, 200p Lightshaw, 189p Sweetshawhead
SUF – 264p & 263p Yeldabrek
X – 242p Lawriesmuir, 238p Sweetshawhead, 236p Dawyck Est, 200p Langside & Lightshaw
WELSH – 257p Allanton
RYE – 200p Kypeburn
39.1-45.5kg
Per Head
TEX - £128 West Lethans & Yeldabrek, £124 West Lethans, Mid Hartwood & Sandyholm, £123 Boghouse & Yeldabrek
BEL - £139 & £133 West Lethans, £129 Jeanfield & Wintermuir, £128 Yeldabrek & Carstairs Mains, £127 Haswellsykes & Jeanfield, £126 Auchenbart
BF - £109 Whelphill, £105 Hartside & Cloich, £101 Gair, £100 Hartside & Cairns, £95 High Crewburn Cottage, £84 Drumbuie
SUF - £121 Newton of Wiston, £120 Carmacoup, £117 Yeldabrek & Peatpotts, £114 Yeldabrek, £113 Muldron
CHE - £115 Heatheryhall, £112 Boghouse, £106 Tofts, £104 Jeanfield
CHM - £110 Newton of Wiston, £106 & £104 High Crewburn Cottage, £104 Craigrowan
X - £119 Hartside, £118 Allanton, £114 Hartside & Easter Sills, £112 Northflatt, £111 & £109 Coldwakening, £108 Cloich, £107 Morningside, £104 Greyside
ROM - £115 & £110 Peatpotts
EC - £102 Yeldabrek
Per Kilo
TEX – 297p West Lethans, 292p Boghouse, 288p West Lethans, 285p Bonnington Mains, 284p Yeldabrek, 281p Whinnybrae, West Lethans & Yeldabrek
BEL – 315p West Lethans, 309p Haswellsykes, 307p & 302p Jeanfield, 302p Biggarshiels Mains & West Lethans, 293p Wintermuir, 290p Carstairs Mains & Biggarshiels Mains
BF – 259p Whelphill, 250p Cloich, Cairns & Hartside, 246p Gair, 238p Hartfield, 226p High Crewburn Cottage, 210p Drumbuie
SUF – 278p, 276p, 272p & 271p Yeldabrek, 269p Brownhill, 268p Newton of Wiston, 266p Carmacoup & Yeldabrek, 265p Peatpotts
CHE – 261p Heatheryhall, 254p Boghouse, 247p Jeanfield, 235p Tofts
CHM – 260p & 258p High Crewburn Cottage, 250p Newton of Wiston, 247p Craigrowan
X – 271p Easter Sills, 267p Morningside, 264p Hartside & Coldwakening, 262p Allanton, 259p Coldwakening, 255p Hartfield, 254p Northflatt, 253p Greyside & Hartside
ROM – 261p & 250p Peatpotts
EC – 255p Yeldabrek
45.6-52kg
Per Head
TEX - £144 & £140 Collielaw, £139 Yeldabrek & Craighead, £138 & £137 Collielaw, £137 Hallhill, Yeldabrek & Cobblehaugh
BEL - £144 Nether Skellyhill, £143 & £142 Broomfield Lodge, £139 Ingraston, £138 Broomfield Lodge & Richardton, £137 & £136 High Parks
BF - £100 Overburns
SUF - £136 Lawriesmuir, £135 Carwood, £131 Auldtoun, £130 Netherton, £128 Nunnerie & Hattonknowe, £127 Nether Pratis, £125 Haughhead, £120 Yeldabrek
CHAR - £126 Carwood
CHE - £133 Yeldabrek, £126 Carlingside, £124 Upper Cornquoy, £123 Hallhill, £120 High Dyke, £110 Dewshill
X - £129 Little Galla, £126 West Montgarswood, £122 Auldtoun, £119 Woodhouse & Overburns, £118 Hartside, £117 Nunnerie & East Milrigg, £115 East Milrigg, £113 Mid Hartwood
BFL - £103 Whitehills, £95 Overburns
LLE - £117 Hillend
HW - £111 Swaites
BAD - £124 Boylston
Per Kilo
TEX – 281p Collielaw & Broomfield Lodge, 280p Sandilands & Haywoodhead, 278p Craighead, 276p Collielaw & Heatheryhall, 275p Malletsheugh
BEL – 313p Nether Skellyhill, 300p Richardton, 295p Broomfield Lodge & Heatheryhall, 293p Broomfield Lodge, 285p High Parks, 28/3p Ingraston, 282p Richardton, 275p Broomfield Lodge
BF – 212p Overburns
SUF – 275p & 270p Carwood, 266p Hattonknowe, 265p Yeldabrek, 261p Lawriesmuir, 259p Auldtoun, 255p Yeldabrek, 251p Dykehole & Lawriesmuir
CHAR – 268p Carwood
CHE – 257p Carlinside, 255p Yeldabrek, 253p Upper Cornquoy, 251p Hallhill, 235p High Dyke, 234p Dewshill
X – 263p Little Galla, 257p West Montgarswood, 244p East Milrigg, 243p Nunnerie & East Milrigg, 242p Overburns, 240p Swaites, Hartside & Mid Hartwood, 239p Auldtoun
BFL – 206p Overburns & Whitehills House
LLE – 254p Hillend
HW – 246p Swaites
BAD – 263p Boylston
52+kg
Per Head
TEX - £169 Yeldabrek, £162 Netherton, £160 Grangehall & Loanhead, £151 Yeldabrek, £150 Over Kypeside, £149 Hill (Strathaven) & Birkcleugh, £146 Loanhead & Over Kypeside
SUF - £155 Mossplatt, £151 Carwood, £141 Woodhouse & Yeldabrek, £139 Nunnerie & Blackpark, £110 Muldron
CHE - £142 Coldwakening
X - £151 Meadowfield
Per Kilo
TEX – 275p Collielaw, 271p Peatpotts, 270p Hill (Strathaven), 269p Collielaw, 266p Birkcleugh, 265p Over Kypeside, 264p Yeldabrek, Hill (Strathaven) & Burnetland, 262p Burnetland
SUF – 264p Carwood, 258p Mossplatt, 256p Woodhouse, 253p Blackpark, 251p Yeldabrek, 243p Nunnerie, 189p Muldron
CHE – 249p Coldwakening
X – 264p Meadowfield
Cast Ewes
A Larger show of 3038 cast ewes and rams were forward with trade sharper on the week. Best ewes short of requirements, BF ewes notably dearer on week.
The sale topped at £232 per head for Texels from Messrs MacArthur, Nunnerie Farm, Elvanfoot and to £72 for BF from Allanton Farming.
Overall Average £72.56
BF Average £55.46 (1067)
TEX – £225 East Cauldcoats, £222 Toxside, £210 Sandilands, £200 & £190 Boylston, £180 Tower, £172 Malletsheugh, £160 Mossdale & East Cauldcoats, £158 Sebay
BEL – £178 & £172 Grangehall, £150, £128 & £120 East Cauldcoats, £120 St Johns Kirk Est, £110 Greyside, £100 Heatheryhall, Ingraston & Haswellsykes
BF – £72 Allanton, £71 Spittal & Tower, £70 The Stable & Mitchellslacks, £69 Howpark & Nether Abington, £68 Mitchellslacks, Coldwakening & Hillend
SUF – £150 Toxside, £130 Greyside, Yeldabrek & Haughhead, £124 Brockholes & Greyside, £120 Carwood & Greyside, £116 Brockholes & Preston Mains
NCC - £130 & £100 Brockhouse, £100 Sebay, £88 & £83 Allanton, £81 & £74 Greyside, £72 Allanton
CHE – £123 Morningside, £100 Wintermuir, £83 Morningside, £80 Braeedge, £78 The Stable, £76 Hawthornbank, £74 Eastfield of Coulter, £70 Yeldabrek & High Crewburn Cottage
CONT - £65 Yeldabrek
CHM - £232 Nunnerie, £114 Craighead, £102 Boghouse, £87 Cronan, £80 Grangehall & Laigh Carnduff, £70 Greyside
X – £114 Morningside, £107 Howburn, £97 Ferniehaugh & Easter Sills, £96 Moredun, £95 Greyside, £94 Herbertshaw, Grangehall & Howford, £93 Tower
SHE - £62 Howpark, £36 Parkgatestone
LLE - £70 Mitchellslacks, £47 Yeldabrek
ROUS - £73 Debog
BTEX - £120 Yeldabrek & Boylston
ZWA - £108 Yeldabrek, £74 Craigiehall
JAC - £51 Lawhead, £44 Ingraston
HW - £69 Greenbank, £60 Glenhighton, £52 Greenbank
HB - £72 Upper Cornquoy
SWA - £50 Highfield & Perryflatts
KHIL - £40 South Grange
VAL - £50 Hillhouse
WELSH - £60 Allanton, £52 Greenbank
EASY CARE - £83 & £70 Bankhead
Rams
TEX – £155 Sebay, £142 Little Kype, £140 Toftcombs, £126 Greyside, £120 Ferniehaugh, £110 Greyside & Morningside, £98 Yeldabrek, £88 & £50 Greyside
BEL - £150 Heatheryhall, £120 Corstane, £100 Hilltop
BF - £90 Eastfield of Wiston, £80 Drumbuie, £56 Craigdarroch
SUF - £130 Yeldabrek, £100 Haughhead
CHAR - £75 Parkgatestone
NCC - £146 Sebay, £104 Hilltop
BFL - £80 Allanton & Perryflatts
SHE - £68 Yeldabrek
BTEX - £120 Hawthornbank, £86 Yeldabrek
HW - £96 Hilltop
KHIL – £90 Crawcraigs
WELSH - £60 Tardoes
ABE - £120 Hilltop
