Messrs Craig Wilson Ltd sold 77 store heifers in Newton Stewart on Friday to a top of £1200 per head and 254.2p per kg to average £754.10 and 205.1p, while 89 store, beef-bred bullocks peaked at £1080 and 263p to level at £825.30 and 204.7p. Fifty-eight store, dairy-bred bullocks sold to £835 and 150.5p to average £510.60 and 141.9p.
The firm went on to sell 1811 prime lambs at Ayr yesterday to a top of £80 per head and 174.4p per kg to average 145.8p (+4.1p on the week).
There were also 528 cast sheep forward when ewes sold to £90 for a pen of Suffolks and £57 for Blackfaces.
Harrison & Hetherington Ltd sold 48 prime heifers in St Boswells yesterday to a top of 254p and an average of 222.3p (-1.5p), while 25 prime bullocks peaked at 252p and levelled at 214.3p (-7p). Eight prime bulls sold to 230p and averaged 174.3p.
In the rough ring 75 beef cows averaged 119.3p (+5p) and 6 clean OTM dairy cattle levelled at 94p.
The firm also sold 2088 prime lambs to a top of £85 and 177.6p to average £64.90 and 147.1p (+6p).
The 619 cast sheep forward saw heavy ewes sell to £81 for SuffolkX and average £64.91, while light ewes peaked at £55 for Cheviots and levelled at £40.15.
The firm also sold 14 prime heifers in Carlisle yesterday to a top of 227.5p and an average of 189.3p (+9.2p), while 28 prime, beef-bred bullocks peaked at 231.5p and levelled at 185.1p (+0.6p). Ten prime, dairy-bred bullocks sold to 157.5p and averaged 138.7p (-2.8p). Fifty-seven prime, beef-bred bulls sold to 217.5p and averaged 182.2p (-1.6p), while 41 prime, dairy-bred bulls peaked at 161.5p and levelled at 137p (-3.6p).
In the rough ring 179 beef cows averaged 109.9p (-11.2p) and 292 dairy cows levelled at 79.3p (-11.5p). Six bulls averaged 92.2p (-16.2p).
There were also 2271 prime lambs that sold to £83.80 and 212.5p to average 152.5p (+3.4p).
The 330 cast sheep forward saw heavy ewes sell to £84 for Suffolks and average £60.34, while light ewes peaked at £67 for Cheviots and levelled at £46.57.
Lawrie & Symington Ltd sold 18 prime heifers in Lanark yesterday to a top of 250p and an average of 236.2p (+2.1p), while 10 prime, beef-bred bullocks peaked at 225p and levelled at 209.2p (-0.8p). Fifteen prime, B&W bullocks sold to 139.5p and averaged 135.4p (+0.9p).
In the rough ring 43 beef cows averaged 117.4p (+2.9p) and 52 dairy cows levelled at 85p (+4.9p).
The firm also sold 1322 prime lambs to a top of £83 and 188.6p to average 153p (+8.4p).
The 491 cast sheep forward saw ewes sell to £110 for a Texel and £45.26 for Blackfaces.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules here