Lawrie & Symington Ltd
Lanark Agricultural Centre
Monday 6th November 2023
Cattle prime stock report
On Monday 6th November 2023 Lawrie and Symington Ltd had forward 225 cattle comprising of 45 bullocks and heifers, 140 cast cows and 40 calves and stirks.
Lim heifers sold to 362p/pk from Messrs Dickinson, Brockwoodlees Farm, Canonbie to S Cairns Butchers, Law or to £2284 from Messrs Dickinson, Brockwoodlees Farm, Canonbie to H Black Butchers, Lanark.
Lim bullocks sold to 316p/pk from Messrs Lockhart, Fauldingcleugh Farm, Lockerbie to Chapman Butchers, Wishaw or to £2036 from Messrs Barrie, Howburn Farm, Biggar to W Stark, Twechar.
Beef cows sold to £1930 per head from Huntlyhill Farms, Lanark or to 208p/pk from Messrs Hamilton, Bickerton Hall, Whitburn.
Dairy cows sold to £1370 per head from Messrs Miller, Ormiston Mains, Kirknewton or to 162 p/pk from Messrs Barr, Harelaw Farm, Lanark.
Beef Heifers per head
£2284, £2201 & £2159 Brockwoodlees
£2104 Hill (Strathaven)
£2044 Walkerdyke
£1907 Howburn
Beef Heifers per kilo
362p, 360p, 355p & 354p Brockwoodlees
352p Howburn
350p Walkerdyke
345p Hill (Strathaven)
Beef Bullocks per head
£2036 Howburn
£1960 Hill (Strathaven)
£1816 & £1782 Fauldingcleugh
£1757 North Carnduff
Beef Bullocks per kilo
316p Fauldingcleugh
304p Howburn
Young Bulls per head
£1763 & £1723 Harvieston
Young Bulls per kilo
278p Harvieston
Cast Cows and Bulls
Beef cows per head
Lim - £1930 Huntlyhill, £1670 Bicketon Hall, £1630 South Mains
Belt/Gal - £1200 Posso
Char - £1430 North Carnduff
AA - £1690 Hill of Kilncadzow & Huntlyhill
Sal - £1300 Cloich
Sho - £1290 Newton of Wiston
Sim - £1690 North Carnduff, £1570 Howburn
Beef cows per kilo
Lim – 208p Bickerton Hall, 207p South Mains
Belt/Gal – 160p Posso
Char – 200p North Carnduff
Sho – 190p Watsonhead
AA – 190p Hill of Kilncadzow, 183p Huntlyhill
Sal – 177p Darnhall
Sim – 191p Roberton Mains
Dairy cows per head
Fr - £1370 Ormiston
Hol - £1250 Granagehall, £1210 Greentowers, £1130 Harelaw
Mon - £1030 Cobblehaugh
Dairy cows per kilo
Fr – 157p Ormiston
Hol – 162p Harelaw, 159p Greentowers
Cast bulls per head
£1770 Newlands
Cast bulls per kilo
145p Wester Whitecastle
Calves and Stirks
Lawrie and Symington Ltd had forward 40 stirks and young calves at their fortnightly sale. The sale topped at £620 for a BB x off of Messrs J C Ralston, Kilkivan Farm, Campbeltown. Young calves easier on the fortnight and everything else maintained recent high rates.
Stirks
Bullocks
AA - £560 (Twice) & £540 Kilkilvan
Hol - £300 Kilkivan
BB - £620 Kilkivan
Heifers
BB - £550 Kilkivan
Calves on Milk
Bullock
AA - £440 Thinacre, £360 Grangehall
Lim x - £320 & £290 Swaites
Sim – £160 Woodhead
BB - £460 Grangehall, £310 & £300 Swaites
Heifer
AA - £80 (3 Times) Woodhead
Her - £400, £390 & £370 Grangehall
Sim - £130 Woodhead
BB - £450, £430 & £420 Grangehall, £400 Kilkivan, £390 & £380 Grangehall, £320 Swaites
Sheep prime stock report
On Monday 6th November 2023 Lawrie and Symington Ltd sold 4174 Lambs and 2572 Cast Ewes and Rams through Lanark.
Lambs
Another good show of 4174 prime lambs saw all classes a fair bit sharper on the week with heavies at extreme rates and export weights short of buyer requirements.
The sale topped at £164 per head for Texels from Messrs A Kennedy & Son, Mitchellhill Farm, Broughton and to 302p/kg for Beltex from Messrs A Baillie, Broomfield Lodge, Ashgill and Texel from Messrs R & M Struthers, Collielaw Farm, Carluke.
Overall Average 265pp/kg (SQQ 265p/kg)
25.5-32kg
Per Head
BF - £65 Spango
CHE - £70 Parkhouse
SHE - £54 Tiruister
GOAT - £60 Forrestfield
Per Kilo
BF – 209p Spango
CHE – 218p Parkhouse
SHE – 200p Tiruister
GOAT – 214p Forrestfield
32.1-39kg
Per Head
TEX - £103 Kilwhinach, £98 Hareburn View, £97 Castlebrae, £92 Hareburn View, £84 Forrestfield
BEL - £101 Yeldabrek
BF - £98 Auchencorth, £97 Thethwaite, £91 Cairns, £90 Thethwaite, £88 & £84 Spango, £84 Birthwood, £83 Ashcraig, £80 Hartfield & Cairns
SUF - £84 Yeldabrek
CHE - £99 North Slipperfield, £93 Sandford, £89 Forrestfield, £79 Dawyck Est
X – £103 Auchencorth, £90 Hartfield, £86 Kilwhipnach, £85 Hartfield, £77 Castlebrae
WELSH - £86 Allanton
BAD - £86 Forrestfield
Per Kilo
TEX – 278p Kilwhipnach, 257p Hareburn View, 254p Forrestfield, 248p Castlebrae & Hareburn View
BEL – 259p Yeldabrek
BF – 262p Thethwaite, 251p Auchencorth, 250p Thethwaite, 247p Birthwood, 246p Cairns, 240p & 237p Spango, 230p Ashcraig & Dawyck Est, 216p Hartfield
SUF – 233p Yeldabrek
CHE – 267p North Slipperfield, 258p Sandfords, 240p Forrestfield, 239p Dawyck Est
X – 264p Auchencorth, 252p Kilwhipnach, 236p Hartfield, 233p Castlebrae, 223p Hartfield
WELSH –246p Allanton
BAD – 238p Forrestfield
39.1-45.5kg
Per Head
TEX - £127 Strawfrank, £126 Mid Hartwood, £125 Yeldabrek, Dykehead & Mid Hartwood, £124 Bonnington Mains, Yeldabrek, Allanton & Rutherend
BEL - £132 Auchenbart, £130 Ingraston, £128 Little Kype, £124 Carstairs Mains & Thirstaine Hill, £121 Cloverhill, £120 Biggarshiels Mains, Richardton & Bonnington Mains
BF - £110 Boat, £109 Barglachan, £108 Fallside, Barglachan & Ingraston, £105 Nether Abington, £104 Fallside, £99 Kindrochet
SUF - £120 Yeldabrek, West Torphin & Mitchellhill, £118 Greenlaw, £117 Mid Brockloch, £114 Yeldabrek & Harestonehill, £106 Harestonehill, £100 Forrestfield & Linnburn
CHAR - £114 Laigh Cleughearn, £110 East Merkland & The Law
CHE - £118 High Dyke & Coldwakening, £111 Boat, £109 Nettlingflat & Boghouse, £106 Mid Brockloch
CHM - £120 Laigh Carnduff, £118 Richardton, £105 Craigrowan
X – £120 Fallside, £117 Dykehead, £116 Cloverhill, £114 Richardton, £113 Allanton & Nether Abington, £112 Chapelhill & East Merkland, £110 Northflatt, £108 Fallside
Per Kilo
TEX – 300p Mid Hartwood, 298p Yeldabrek, 297p Mid Hartwood, 290p Northflatt, 288p Strawfrank, Wallhouse & Yeldabrek, 286p Yeldabrek, Wallhouse & Cloverhill
BEL – 300p Auchenbart, 292p Biggarshiels Mains, 288p Ingraston & Carstairs Mains, 285p Bonnington Mains, 284p Little Kype, 282p Thirstane Hill, 281p CLoverhill, Biggarshiels Mains & Dovecot
BF – 270p Fallside, 268p Boat, 266p Fallside, 257p Barglachan, 256p Nether Abington, 253p Barglachan, 245p Ingraston, 230p Kindrochet
SUF – 274p Greenlaw, 272p Yeldabrek & West Torphin, 272p Mitchellhill, 265p Mid Brockloch, 265p & 258p Harestonehill, 253p Yeldabrek, 250p Forrestfield, 238p Linnburn
CHAR – 268p The Law, 265p Laigh Cleughearn, 255p East Merkland
CHE – 274p Coldwakening, 268p High Dyke, 265p Nettlingflat, 264p Boat, 259p Boghouse, 252p Mid Brockloch
CHM – 266p Laigh Carnduff, 262p Richardton, 256p Craigrowan
X – 278p Dykehead, 272p & 270p Fallside, 267p Chapelhill, 263p CLoverhill, Coldwakening & Allanton, 262p Nether Abington, 259p Richardton, 257p Allanton
45.6-52kg
Per Head
TEX - £142 Little Kype, £141 Skirling Craigs, £140 Craighead & Drumbuie, £139 Craighead, £138 Drumbuie & Strawfrank, £137 Craighead & Collielaw
BEL - £140 & £139 Broomfield Lodge, £139 Collielaw, £138 Grangehall, £135 Auchenbart, £133 Wintermuir & Ingraston, £131 Little Kype & Broomfield Lodge
BF - £118 East Merkland, £115 Castlehill & Hartside, £111 Hartside, £107 Kindrochet, £101 Castlehill
SUF - £134 Lower Daviesdykes, £133 Toxside, £132 Woodhouse, £131 Rutherend & Westpark, £129 Yeldabrek, £128 Chapelhill, £126 Ashcraig & Yeldabrek, £125 Grangehall
CHAR - £122 Yeldabrek
CHE - £121 Nettlingflat
X - £124 Wintermuir & Toxside, £123 Sandford, £122 Burnetland, £121 Shawhead, £118 Greenfield, £117 Spango, £115 Ingraston, £110 Sandford, £109 Hartfield
BFL - £109 Auchenbart, £100 Greenfield
BTEX - £122 Laigh Carnduff
Per Kilo
TEX – 293p Strawfrank, 285p Craighead, 285p Collielaw, 284p Collielaw & High Parks, 283p Strawfrank, 282p Collielaw & Strawfrank, 280p Collielaw & Auchenbart
BEL – 302p Broomfield Lodge & Collielaw, 291p Broomfield Lodge & Little Kype, 287p Grangehall & Auchenbart, 284p Broomfield Lodge, 283p Wintermuir & Little Kype
BF – 251p East Merkland, 244p Hartside, 234p Castlehill, 231p Hartside, 227p Kindrochet, 202p Castlehill
SUF – 266p Nether Hillhouse & Toxside, 264p Ashcraig & Blackhill, 263p Mid Brockloch & Yeldabrek, 262p Lower Daviesdykes, Ashcraig & Nether Hillhouse
CHAR – 271p Yeldabrek
CHE – 268p Nettlingflat
X – 273p Sandford, 268p Shawhead, 263p Wintermuir, 256p Greenfield, 250p Ingraston, 249p Burnetland, 248p Toxside, 239p Sandford, 238p Spango, 231p Hartfield
BFL – 218p Auchenbart, 200p Greenfield
BTEX – 271p Laigh Carnduff
52+kg
Per Head
TEX - £164 Mitchellhill, £158 Boghouse, £150 Millburn & Hill, £149 Westmains & Birks, £147 Skirling Craigs, £146 Greenfield, £145 Netherton
BEL - £147 & £144 Drumbuie
SUF - £156 Westmains, £148 Wintemuir, £139 Blackpark
CHE - £134 Lower Daviesdykes, £133 Yeldabrek
X - £126 Greenfield
ZWA - £115 Ainville
Per Kilo
TEX – 270p Birks & Yeldabrek, 268p Netherton & Birks, 267p Skirling Craigs, 266p Westmains, 265p Greenfield, 264p Westmains, 263p Hill
BEL – 277p & 266p Drumbuie
SUF – 255p Westmains, 253p Blackpark, 246p Wintermuir
CHE – 252p Lower Daviesdykes, 250p Yeldabrek
X – 237p Greenfield
ZWA – 217p Ainville
Cast Sheep
The 2572 cast ewes and rams were a mixed show for quality with trade similar on the week. Best ewes and heavy ewes easily sold, smaller, plainer ewes harder to cash.
The sale topped at £232 per head for Texels from Fergusson Bros, Gilandersland Farm, Linlithgow and to £72 for Blackface from Messrs G Swinside, Rockhall Farm, Dumfries.
Overall Average £70.46
BF Average £51.73 (673)
Ewes
TEX – £232 Gillandersland, £214 Greenfield, £205 Gilmeadowland, £200 Sebay & Yeldabrek, £194 Sebay, £192 Collielaw, £190 Gillandersland, £184 Greyside
BEL – £176 Greyside, £168 Bankhead
BF – £72 Rockhall, £69 Mitchellhill, £68 Criagdarroch, Greyside & Shawhead, £67 Greenfield, £65 Easter Dawyck & Shawhead, £64 Dawyck Mill & Craigdarroch
SUF – £136 Peatpotts, £124 Greyside, £122 Peatpotts, £120 Sebay, £116 Yeldabrek, £115 Powflatts, £110 Greysdie & Yeldabrek, £100 Greyside
NCC - £110 Yeldabrek, £106 Sebay & Yeldabrek, £88 Little Galla, £87 Stagehall, £86 Yeldabrek, £80 Sebay & Spittal, £79 Yeldabrek
CHE – £80 & £78 Yeldabrek, £78 Laigh Carnduff, £76 & £73 Yeldabrek, £70 Sandford & Laigh Carnduff
CONT - £70 Greyside, £59 Wintermuir
CHM - £110 Yeldabrek, £100 Longformacus & Yeldabrek, £95 Greyside, £88 Longformacus, £87 Walkerdyke, £84 Biggarshiels Mains, £75 Longformacus, £56 Walkerdyke
X – £111 Gilmeadowland, £96 Little Galla, £94 Cobblehaugh, £90 Satchells & Howburn, £89 Biggarshiels Mains, £88 Hearthstanes Est, £87 Dovecot, £86 Greyside & Hilltop
BFL – £116 & £70 Greenfield
SHE - £60 Kerkira, £50 Yeldabrek & The Haa, £40 Yeldabrek
LLE - £58 & £35 Yeldabre
ZWA - £98 & £58 Torview
JAC - £54 Lawhead
ROM - £64 Castlebrae
HW - £59 Greyside
KHIL - £68 Yeldabrek
BAD - £41 Lawhead
EASY CARE - £70 Bankhead, £67 Kidshielhaugh, £66 Yeldabrek, £58 Greyside & Rowantreehill, £57 Mossfennan, £56 Stagehall, £49 Bankhead, £46 & £37 Kidshielhaugh
Rams
TEX – £150 Boghouse, £138 Carstairs Mains, £130 Boghouse, £108 Yeldabrek
BF - £100 Parkhall, £88 East Merkland, £77 Newton, £70 MacQueston
SUF - £44 Nia-Roo
NCC - £90 Craigdarroch & Yeldabrek, £70 Dronshiel
CHE - £86 The Haa
CHM - £80 The Haa
X - £80 & £60 Yeldabrek
BFL - £126 Easter Dawyck, £100 Culter Allers, £90 East Merkland, £48 Hartfield
SHE - £62 The Haa, £50 Nia-Roo
LLE - £90 Yeldabrek, £88 Burghmuir
BTEX - £60 Nia-Roo
ZWA - £86 Yeldabrek
EASY CARE - £88 & £72 Sandford
