A Limousin cross heifer from J. Robertson and Son, Newton of Logierait, which topped the sale at £8,500.
A bid of £8,500 topped the sale of exhibition cattle at Thainstone for a Limousin cross heifer from J. Robertson and Son, Newton of Logierait, Pitlochry. Scaling 495kgs, the second prize winner in the haltered section sold to an undisclosed buyer.
The 2025 champion haltered heifer from J.S. Baillie and Son, Tankerness, Orkney, made £8,000. This February 2024-born Limousin cross heifer weighing 252kg sold to Susan and Allan Campbell, Lochgoilhead.
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Balfour Baillie, Tankerness, Orkney, sold his 196kgs Limousin cross heifer for £6,000 to Stewart and Lindsay Bett, Stirling.
Show
In the show of exhibition cattle, judge Neil Slack, Penrith, awarded the overall champion position to the 2024 champion heifer from Smallburn Farms, Plewlands, Duffus. The 476kgs Limousin cross heifer, sold for £5,500 to Blair Duffton, Huntly.
Messrs Robertson, Newton of Logierait, sold two Limousin cross heifers to Ross Withers, Cornwall. The first was a 476kg May 2024-born calf at £5,400, followed by a September 2024-born calf which sold for £4,000.
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R. and D. Wright, Ardgour, sold their 2025 champion bullock, a January-born Limousin cross, for £4,500 to A. Ireland, Darvel, Ayrshire.
The 2024 reserve heifer, a Limousin cross heifer from J. Munro and Son, Invercharron, Ardgay, achieved £4,300, selling to Sarah Cheyne, Newtonmore.
AVERAGES: Heifers, £3,546.77; bullocks, £2,758.33.
Auctioneers: Aberdeen and Northern marts.
