A RECENT sale saw 1064 store hoggets and ewes with lambs at foot trade hands.
Held on Monday May 9 at Caledonian Marts Ltd in Stirling, Dry Hoggets (231) sold to £112 for Mules from R M Dunlop, Windyedge, Dalry. Hoggets with Lambs at foot (151) sold to £200 for a Texel from R McNee Ltd, Woodend, Armadale – averaging £165.47 (-£4.16 on the year). Ewes with Lambs at foot (331) sold to £172 for Texels from Miss Nicole Stevenson, Bowridge, Denny – averaging £134 (-£5 on the year).
Leading Prices: Dry Hoggets: Mule: £108 Mains of Burn-bank, Mule: £100 Inchie, Mule: £100 Windyedge, Black-face: £85 High Tarbeg, Texel: £84 Greenside. Hoggets with Lambs at foot: Mules with Twins: £172 Mains of Burn bank, £168 Gibbleston, £166 Woodend, £165 Craighead. Mules with Singles: £172, £168 (3 times) Gibbleston, £166 (Twice) Woodend. Gimmers with Lambs at Foot: Mules with Twins: £176 Mains of Burnbank. Chev with Twins: £158 Stepend. Mule with Single: £160 + £152 Mains of Burnbank. Chev with Single: £152 Stepend. Ewes with Lambs at Foot: Tex with Twins: £170 Summerhouse, Mule with Twins: £165 Dewshill, Cross with Twins: £162 Stepend, Chev with Twins: £162 Findatie, Tex with Twins: £162 Bowridge, Mule (BM) with Twins: £152 Boreland and Muirhouses. Tex with Single: £158 + £140 Bowridge, Tex X with Single: £152 Summerhouse, Suff with Single: £152 Langfaulds, Cont with Single: £142 Wood-end, Mule (BM) with Single: £112 Boreland, Cross (BM) with Single: £110 Muirhouses, Jacob (BM) with Single: £105 Stepend, Zwarble (BM) with Single: £90 Stepend, Shetland with Single: £69 Rosebank.