Lawrie & Symington Ltd
Lanark Agricultural Centre
Monday 6th October 2025
Cattle Primestock Report
Lawrie and Symington Ltd had forward 144 cattle comprising of 65 bullocks and heifers, 80 cast cows.
Limousin Heifers sold to £2864 from Brockwoodlees Farm, Canonbie to Black Butchers, Lanark, or to 452p/pk from Brockwoodlees Farm, Canonbie to Cairns Butcher, Law.
Limousin bullocks sold to £2709 from Brownsbank Farm, Biggar to Black Butchers, Lanark or to 415p/pk from Hill Farm, Strathaven to Black Butchers, Lanark.
Beef Cows sold to £2290 per head from Traquair Knowe, Innerleithan or to 327p/pk from Bogside Farm, Carluke.
Diary cows sold to £2240 per head from Dewshill Farm, Shotts or to 261p/pk from Dewshill Farm, Shotts.
Young Bulls sold to £2368 per head from Feoch Farm, Darvel or to 358p/pk from Mackies Mill Farm, Johnstone.
Cast Bulls sold to £2300 per head from Huntlyhill Farm, Lanark or to 228p/pk from Townhead Farm, Dolphinton.
Beef Heifers Per Head
AA - £2215 West Backs
LIM - £2696 Hill Farm, £2418 Faskine
LIM X - £2864 & £2847 Brockwoodlees
CHX - £2522 Brownsbank, £2405 Brockwoodlees
BSH - £2352 Harvieston
SIM - £2335 Broachrigg
Beef Heifers Per Kilo
AA – 372p West Backs
LIM - 435p Faskine, 420p Hill Farm
LIM X – 452p, 448p & 446p Brockwoodlees
CHX – 422P Brockwoodlees
BB – 446p Brockwoodlees
Beef Bullocks Per Head
AA - £2366 West Backs
High - £2034 Westbank
LIM - £2597 Hill Farm, £2336 Muirburn
LIM X -£2274 Harvieston
CHX - £2709 Brownsbank
BB - £2396 Broachrigg
Beef Bullocks Per Kilo
AA – 388p West Backs
HIGH – 325p Westbank
LIM - 415p Hill, 400p Muirburn
LIM X – 405p Faskine
BB – 405p Muirburn
CHX – 395p Brownsbank
Dairy Bullocks & Heifers Per Head
FRIES - £1898 Harvieston
HOL - £1795 Broadfield
Dairy Bullocks & Heifers Per Kilo
FRIES – 335p Harvieston
HOL – 335p Broadfield
Young Bulls Per Head
Luing- £2368 Feoch
CHX - £2357 Mackiesmill
BB - £2255 Mackiesmill
Young Bulls Per Kilo
Luing – 338p Feoch
CHX – 355p Mackiesmill
BB – 358p Mackiesmill
Cast Cows and Bulls
Beef Cows Per Head
AA - £2090 Haswellsykes
SAL - £2190 East Forth
LUI - £1740 Spango
LIM X - £2010 Haswellsykes, £1990 Traquair
BSH - £2110 Berryhill
SIM - £2290 Traquair, £2040 Kilblaan
Beef Cows Per Kilo
AA – 311p Bagmoors, 299p Haswellsykes, 284p Bagmoors
LIM - 296p Watsonhead
SAL – 305p East Forth
LIM X -327p Bogside, 305p Traquair
SIM - 307p Bogside, 284p East Crookedstone
BB – 265p East Crookedstone
Dairy Cows Per Head
FRIES - £1840 Auchmeddan
HOL - £2240 & £1840 Dewshill, £1840 Mafflat, £1690 Wolfclyde
Dairy Cows Per Kilo
FRIES – 240p (twice) & 229p Auchmeddan
AYR – 200p Canniehole
HOL – 261p Dewshill, 257p Mafflat, 244p Dewshill
Cast Bulls Per Head
£2300 Huntlyhill
Cast Bulls Per Kilo
AA - 228p Townhead
Dairy Cattle Sale
Lawrie & Symington Ltd had forward 21 head at their Monthly Dairy Sale.
In-Milk Heifers:
£3000 (twice) Grangehall
£3000 & £2800 Blyth
£2600 & £2550 Loanfoot
In-Milk Cows:
£2250 Drumglass
Heifer Calf:
£500 Littlegill
Lawrie & Symington Ltd would like to thank all the buyers and sellers for their support today and look forward to seeing you all at the next sale on Monday 3rd November.
Calves and Stirks
On Monday Lawrie and Symington Ltd held their fortnightly calf sale with a strong show of 69 calves forward for the first sale in October. Topping the sale was a pen of 3 Aberdeen Angus x heifers from Ralston, Killivan reaching £1200.
On milk calves topped at £680 for a British Blue x bull calf from Adamson, Swaites.
Calves On Milk
BB - £680 Swaites, £330 Carstairs Mains
AYR - £300, £280 (Twice) Langside, £240 Swaites
HOL - £300 (Twice) Dykehead, £290 Auchmeddan, £290 Dykehead
Calves Off Milk
LIM X - £720, £700 Langside, £650 High Crewburn, £590 Langside
AA - £1200 (3 Times), £1180 (4 Times), £1160 (3 Times), £1060 Kilkivan, £800 Common, £700, £600 Dykehead
HER - £900 The Law, £610 Ceann an Locha Croft, £590, £560 Muirhouse, £510, £500 Swaites
BB - £720 (Twice) Langside, £690 Dykehead, £680, £640, £610, £600 (3 Times) Ceann an Locha Croft, £580 High Crewburn, £580, £570, £550 Langside
SIM - £920 Littlegill
HOL - £1020 (Twice) Kilkivan, £790 Penicuik Est
Sheep Primestock Report
On Monday 6th October Lawrie and Symington Ltd sold 3524 Hoggs and 3202 Cast Ewes through Lanark.
Lambs
Another large show of lambs saw trade similar on the week again with plenty of weight on offer. Export types easily sold but again a lot if leaner lambs shown.
The sale topped at £186 per head for Texels from Laird, Yeldabrek Farm and to 376p/pk fpr Beltex from Purdon, Brownsbank Farm.
Overall Average 304p/kg (SQQ 306p/kg)
32.1-39kg
Per Head
TEX - £120 Roughazie, £112 Columbie, £110 Castlehill, £100 Whiteside, £90 Powflats
BF - £100 Castehill (twice), £100 Kypehill
CHE - £100 Kypehill
CHM - £110 Columbie
X - £118 Carco, £108 Townhead
Per Kilo
TEX – 307p Roughazie, 295p Columbie, 294p Whiteside, 284 Castlehill, 243p Powflats
BF – 278p Kypehill, 270p & 256p Castlehill
CHE – 285p Kypehill
CHM – 289p Columbie
X – 310p Carco, 284p Townhead
39.1-45.5kg
Per Head
TEX - £152 Scrogton, £149 Sunnyside, £143 Boghouse, £142 Hill of Harthill & Gilmeadowland
BEL - £155 Muirhouse (Twice), £141 West Torphin, £140 Laigh Carnduff & Jeanfield
BF - £118 Barglachan, £110 Southholm
SUF - £136 Chapelhill, £134 Muirhouse & Hareshawmuir, £133 Peatpotts, £132 Newton of Wiston
CHAR - £129 Crawcraigs
NCC - £132 Newton of Wiston
CHE - £136 Boghouse, £130 Greenlaw & Nettling Farm
CHM - £137 Newton of Wiston, £115 Columbie
SM - £128 Allanton, £123 Shawhead, £112 Greenhill, £100 Lawhead
X - £128 Scrogton, £124 Perryflatts, £116 Auchencorth, £114 Castlehill (twice)
BFL - £90 Scrogton
ROUS- £137 Debog
HAM - £117 Gascoigne
Per Kilo
TEX – 345p Scrogton, 333p Laigh Carnduff, 331p Sunnyside, 323p Castlehill (twice)
BEL – 352p Muirhouse, 335p West Torphin, 325p Laigh Cairnduff & Jeanfield, 318p Jeanfield
BF – 287p Barglachan, 282p Southholm
SUF – 309p Peatpotts, 304p Muirhouse & Hareshawmuir, 302p Chapelhill & Nettlingflat,
CHAR – 300p Crawcraigs
NCC – 300p Newton of Wiston
CHE – 302p Boghouse, 295p Greenlaw, 288p Nettlingflat
CHM – 304p Newton of Wiston, 287p Columbie
SM – 290p Allanton, 286p Shawhead, 266p Greenhill, 250p Lawhead
X – 305p Auchencorth, 292p Castlehill, 290p Scrogton, 285p Castlehill, 282p Greenhill
BFL – 236p Scrogton
ROUS – 304p Debog
HAM – 300p Gascoigne
45.6-52kg
Per Head
TEX - £176 & £170 Craighead, £168 Collielaw, £166 Craighead, £162 Collielaw
BEL - £188 Brownsbank, £176, £173 & £172 (twice) Oldwalls
BF - £130 Hareshawmuir
SUF - £156 Hattonknowe, £154 Yeldabrek, £152 Greenlaw & Carwood, £150 Cockrig
CHE - £139 Greenlaw
CHM - £145 Little Galla
SM - £140 Midlock. £138 Ingraston, £133 Allanton
X - £148 Cockrig, £143 Westpark, £137 Sunnyside, £136 Auchencorth
MB - £153 Threestanes
HAM - £138 Gascoigne
Per Kilo
TEX – 352p, 346p & 340p Craighead, 337p Threestanes, 336p Yeldabrek
BEL – 376p Brownsbank, 369p West Lethans, 346p & 344p Oldwalls, 342p Haswellsykes
BF – 288p Hareshawmuir
SUF – 325p Dykes, 310p Gilmeadowland, 308p Yeldabrek, 304p Greenlaw, 302p Sunnyside
CHE – 289p Greenlaw
CHM – 290p Little Galla
SM – 297p Midlock, 289p Allanton, 281p Ingraston
X – 302p Auchencorth, 286p Westpark, 284p Cockrig, 279p Sunnyside
MB – 312p Threestanes
HAM – 300p Gascoigne
52+kg
Per Head
TEX - £186 Yeldabrek, £184 Carwood, £181 South Arnloss, £180 Craighead, £178 South Arnloss
BEL - £185 & £167 Southholm, £160 Ingraston
SUF - £182 Carwood, £167 Brownsbank, £162 & £159 Cockrig, £154 Yeldabrek
X - £149 Cockrig
Per Kilo
TEX – 333p & 332p Craighead, 306p South Arnloss, 305p Blackbog, 298p Boghouse
BEL – 309p Southholm, 301p Ingraston, 293p Southholm
SUF – 305p Cockrig, 303p Brownsbank, 300p Cockrig, 290p Yeldabrek, 288p Carwood
X – 281p Cockrig
Cast Ewes & Rams
Another show of 3202 cast ewes and rams saw trade remain good. All classes easily maintained recent rates with only the plainer end easier.
The sale topped at £320 per head for Texels from Gibb, Toftcombs Farm and to £150 for Blackface from Firm of Shawhead Farm.
Overall Average £102.03
BF Average £73.06 (1423)
Ewes
TEX - £320 Toftcombs, £295 Braeedge, £290 Toftcombs, £270 Yeldabrek, £255 Toftcombs
BEL - £255 Oldwalls, £250 Dykes, £240 Braeedge, £210 West Lethans, £200 Cockrig
BF - £150 Shawhead, £130 Cockrig, £118 West Shawtonhill, £114 Shawhead, £114 Culter Allers
SUF - £190 Lawhead, £188 Yeldabrek, £186 Blackburn Mains, £180 High Parks, £168 North Garngour
CHAR - £188 Yeldabrek
NCC - £222, £188 Upper Cornquoy, £170 Yeldabrek, £150 Boghouse, £144 Nettlingflat
CHE - £182 Southmains, £162 Yeldabrek, £120 Wolfcrooks, £116 Fieldside
CONT - £142, £100 Yeldabrek, £90 Seafield, £88 Dalmahoy
CHM - £206 Braeedge, £148 Whitesykes, £148, £112 Yeldabrek
X - £178 Braeedge, £175 Heatheryhall, £174 Yeldabrek, £170, £168 Southmains
BFL - £166 Braeedge
SHE - £80 Yeldabrek
ROUS - £100 Debog
HW - £92 Yeldabrek
ZWA – £128, £100 Yeldabrek
DS - £128, £120 Yeldabrek
OTH - £225 High Parks
EC - £85, £79 East Fortissat
Rams
TEX - £290 Heatheryhall, £260 Northflatt, £230 Hill of Harthill, £185 Yeldabrek, £175 Hartside
BEL - £200 Dykes, £168 Braeedge, £150 Yeldabrek, £150 West Lethans
BF - £128 7 Holylee Farm
SUF - £190, £165 Yeldabrek, £150 Blackburn Mains
NCC - £175, £165 Yeldabrek
CHE - £90 Yeldabrek
SHE - £65 Yeldabrek
HEB - £116 Craigievern
VAL - £132 Spango
DS - £185 Yeldabrek