Sale Date: 5 Oct 2018

Lawrie & Symington Ltd
Lanark Agricultural Centre

Friday 5th October

L&S had forward 2396 sheep on Friday at their weekly Store Lamb sale. Another large  entry of 1856 Store Lambs were forward to the usual ring of buyers. Best quality lambs met a very fast trade throughout.

Blackface lambs upheld recent high rates with even the smaller end of lambs selling easily. The sale topped at £68 for Texels from Messrs Orr, Hill of Harthill Farm.

Principle Prices:-

TEX - £68 Hill of Harthill, £67.50 Gair, £65 Clachaigm, £62 Hill of Harthill, £61 Gair, £60 Woodcockdale & Hill of Harthill, £59.50 & £59 Woodcockdale.

CHAR - £62 Hill of Harthill.

CHE MULE - £57 Spittal.

BL - £57 Clachaig.

X - £65 Clachaig, £55 Nisbet, £49 & £48.50 Liscleugh.

SX - £55 Thirwell, £49 Spittal.

BF - £44 & £39.50 Winterhope Burn, £39 & £38 Clachaig, £38 & £35 Winterhope Burn, £35 (2x) Normangill, £34.50 Dalblair.

CONT - £54.50 (2x), £53.50 (3x) Fallhill.

 

A good show of 542 Cast and Feeding Ewes were forward today with trade being similar to most other centres this week. However, best quality ewes and strong ewes remained easily cashed and short of buyer requirements. The sale topped at £132 for a pen of excellent Texel ewes from Mr Laird, Yeldabrek, Orkney.

Principal Prices:-

TEX - £132 Yeldabrek, £118 Burnton, £108 & £105 & £95 Yeldabrek, £90 & £88 Southfield, £80 (3x) Hartree.

BFL - £80 Burnton, £76 Hillend.

X - £58 & £54 Gair, £58 Yeldabrek.

CHAR - £79 Yeldabrek.

BF - £50 Nisbet, £45 Easter Fortissat, £36 Nisbet, £35 Easter Fortissat.

CHEV - £48 & £45 £41 Holm Farm.

Rams

TEX - £108 & £87 Yeldabrek.

BF - £80 Ashcraig.


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