High of £9,000 at Thainstone Spectacular

 The sale leader was a February 2024-born Limousin cross heifer, which took the 2024 haltered heifer championship before selling to Susan and Allan Campbell, Lochgoilhead.

The champion heifer in the 2023 section, went onto sell for the second top price of the day of £6,000. This was a 10-month-old 440kg Limousin cross heifer from G. and J. Greenlaw, Balgairn Farms, Ballater which went to an undisclosed telephone bidder.

Graham Sutherland, Lybster, sold his 286kg Limousin cross heifer, Belinda, for £5,600 to Slack and Haugh, Penrith.

 Stewart Bett, Stirling, judged the show of exhibition cattle awarding the overall championship to the 2023 champion bullock, a Limousin cross bullock from Balfour Baillie, Tankerness, Orkney. The Limousin cross by Huntershall Rosco went onto sell to John D. Work, Mains of Dumbreck, Udny, Ellon for £3,400.

Two Limousin cross heifers, both by Redriver Powerful, and from Balfour Baillie, sold for £4,000 apiece. First was a May 2023-born 450kg calf and the second was a five-month-old 243kg heifer selling to Sophie Weir, Morayshire.

A March-born Limousin cross bullock won the 2024 section for the Fraser family, Lethen, Nairn, and sold for £3,900 to Julie Sedgewick, Aycliffe, Durham.

The Robertson family of Newton of Logierait, Pitlochry, achieved £3,500 for their January 2024-born 302kg Limousin cross Charolais heifer which took the reserve champion 2024 haltered heifer, and sold to A. Ireland, Darvel, Ayrshire.

J. Scott Watson, Carnoustie, bought a May 2023-born 59kg Limousin cross heifer from J. S. Youngson, Echt for £3,200.

 The Robertsons then sold a 495kg Limousin cross heifer for £2,700 to Wilson Peters, Monzie, Crieff.

Just behind at £2,500 was a six-month-old, 306kg Limousin cross heifer, Jojo from G. Sutherland, Lybster, which sold to Emslies Livestock, Mintlaw, Peterhead.

 Averages – heifers, £7.657/kg (£3,155.79); bullocks, £4.880/kg (£2,301.82); 30 calves overall, £2,842.67 (+£509.34 on the year).

 Auctioneers: Aberdeen and Northern Marts.

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