Dairy Cattle, Calves and Stirks

AYR- TUESDAY 18^th AUGUST 2026

Messrs Craig Wilson Ltd sold 4 Dairy Cattle and 216 Calves and Stirks. A mixed offering of Dairy Cattle Topped at £1800 for a Fresh Calved Holstein Friesian Cow off Messrs Prentice, Blackwood. Another Monster show of 216 Calves and Stirks at our weekly sale with a Massive Ringside of Buyers present to ensure all types were a dream to sell from start to finish. Top Price Calf was £1120 for a Limousin Cross Bull off Messrs Smith, South Kilbride and Heifers Topped at £1000 for a Limousin Cross off South Kilbride again. Stirks Peaked at £2080 for a Charolais Bullock off Messrs Paton, Millenderdale and Heifers to £1820 for a Limousin Cross off Messrs Anderson, Ardoch.

Bull Calves (Top Price Per Head)

Limousin: £1120 South Kilbride, £980 and £970 Wellhouse, £910 High Barness, £880 Whitehill, £870 Dormieston, £840 High Park. Aberdeen Angus: £1080 Stafflar and South Kilbride, £1040 Lochside and Stafflar, £910 Davidston, £900 Wellhouse, £880 x3 Meikle Kilchattan, £870 and £830 Meikle Kilchattan, £830 High Weirston and Meikle Kilchattan. British Blue: £950 Wellhouse, £940 Nether Craig, £920 Wellhouse, £910 Lochside, £900 South Kilbride, Knowe and Wellhouse, £820 High Branchal. Black and White: £850 Meikle Kilchattan.

Heifer Calves (Top Price Per Head)

Limousin: £1000 South Kilbride. British Blue: £940 Lochside, £900 South Kilbride, £880 Davidston, £860 x2 High Branchal, £850 x2 Lochside, £840 x2 Davidston, £820 Davidston and High Weirston, £810 High Barness, £800 High Branchal. Aberdeen Angus: £840 Meikle Kilchattan and Stafflar, £830 Meikle Kilchattan, £820 High Weirston, South Kilbride and Davidston, £810 Meikle Kilchattan. Hereford: £680 x2 Bowes.

Bullock Stirks (Top Price Per Head)

Charolais: £2080 and £1760 Millenderdale, £1600 Auchneight. Shorthorn: £1780 Maryport. Aberdeen Angus: £1500 and £1460 Maryport.

Heifer Stirks (Top Price Per Head)

Limousin: £1820 Ardoch. Saler: £1780 Millenderdale. Charolais: £1720 Millenderdale. Aberdeen Angus : £1420 Maryport.

Messrs Craig Wilson Ltd sold 156 Prime and Cast Cattle at their sale in Ayr. Prime Cattle remain good to sell.

9 Heifers Averaged 382.13p or £2131.44

1 Bullock 390p or £2632.50

6 Young Bullocks Averaged 325.75p or £1758.75

Top Price of the day was 418p for a Smart Limousin Cross Heifer from The Smith Family at North Boig and was purchased by J M Nisbet, Quality Butchers Sorn and Maybole.

British Blue Cross Bullock off the same good home sold to 390p.

Young Bulls to 368p for a Shorthorn off South Hourat or £2337.30 for a Charolais off High Monkcastle.

Heifers (Top Price Per Head)

Limousin: 418p and 410p North Boig, 404p Borland. Shorthorn: 380p South Hourat. Hereford: 375p Borland. Aberdeen Angus: 351p Woodside.

Young Bulls (Top Price Per Head)

Shorthorn: 368p South Hourat. Limousin: 360p South Hourat. Charolais: 318p High Monkcastle.

Rough Ring- plain Dairy Cows were easier on the week.

Bulls (Top Price Per Head)

Aberdeen Angus: £2500 Holm, £2400 Kilmaurs Mains and Merkland. Simmental: £2150 Whitestanes. Limousin: £1880 Dykefield.

Cows (Top Price Per Head)

Aberdeen Angus: £2120 and £2000 Laigh Drumdow, £1950 Mid Floak, £1940 Low Barness. Limousin: £2100 and £2020 East Polquhirter, £1920 Ardoch. Saler: £2080 Laigh Alticane, £2000 Mossend (Ayr), £1950 x3 Laigh Alticane. Friesian: £1880 West Park and Perryston, £1780 Knowe. Charolais: £1850 Mid Floak. British Blue: £1820 Knockterra. Hereford: £1800 Millenderdale.