Dairy Cattle, Calves and Stirks

AYR- TUESDAY 22^nd SEPTEMBER 2026

Messrs Craig Wilson Ltd sold 1 Dairy Cow and 146 Calves and Stirks. Another great gathering up of 146 Calves and Stirks at our weekly sale with trade being very similar to recent high rates. Top Price Calf was £1220 for a 6 Month Old British Blue Bull off Messrs Vance, Low Barledziew and Heifers to £1120 for a British Blue off the same good home. Topping the Stirks was Craig Gemmell from Hallowshean for a pen of British Blue Cross Bullocks making £1640 and Heifers to £1460 off Messrs Templeton, Knowe.

Bull Calves (Top Price Per Head) British Blue Cross: £1220 and £1120 x2 Low Barledziew, £1090 x2, £1020 and £980 South Kilbride, £920 Davidston, £860 Greenside. Limousin Cross: £1040, £970, £940 and £900 Raithhill, £840 Wee Carleton. Saler Cross: £980 and £860 Wee Carleton. Aberdeen Angus Cross: £960 High Weirston and Townhead, £920, £880 and £800 x2 High Weirston. Black and White: £580 South Kilbride, £430 and £400 Towerhill.

Heifer Calves (Top Price Per Head) British Blue Cross: £1120 and £1000 x3 Low Barledziew, £960 South Kilbride, £820 Davidston, £740 and £710 x2 Greenside. Limousin Cross: £920 x2 and £880 Raithhill, £880 x2 Wee Carleton, £860 x2 Raithhill. Saler Cross: £880 and £800 Wee Carleton. Aberdeen Angus Cross: £840 x2 High Weirston, £800 Boydston, £780 x2 High Weirston. Hereford Cross: £740 Sorbie.

Bullock Stirks (Top Price Per Head) British Blue Cross: £1640 and £1600 Hallowshean, £1410 Knowe. Limousin Cross: £1620 Collenan. Aberdeen Angus Cross: £1600 Dunduff. Charolais Cross: £1400 East Drummoddie. Hereford Cross: £1340 Whiteflat.

Heifer Stirks (Top Price Per Head) British Blue Cross: £1460 Knowe, £1320 Drummullan, £1300 South Palmerston, £1280 Knowe. Limousin Cross: £1400 MacManniston.

13 Prime Cattle. Heifers sold to a Top of 412p for a Limousin shown by C Smith, North Boig purchased by J M Nisbet, Quality Butchers Sorn and Maybole.

Bullocks sold to 390p for a Beauty of a Limousin from C Smith, North Boig purchased by N Hall for W Frasers Quality Butchers Hannover Street, Stranraer,

Young Bulls sold to 340p for a Limousin Cross from The MacTier Family at Boghouse.

Heifers (Top Price Per Kilo) Limousin: 412p and 405p North Boig, 380p South Hourat. Charolais: 392p North Boig. Simmental: 386p Boreland.

Bullocks (Top Price Per Kilo) 390p North Boig.

Young Bulls (Top Price Per Kilo) 340p Boghouse, 332p South Hourat.

173 Cattle sold in Cast Ring. More numbers forward and more meat about this week, trade dearer.  Beef Cows sold to £2550 for a Thumper of a Aberdeen Angus Cross from Norman McBurney, Balsalloch, Lendalfoot.

Dairy Cows sold to £1850 for a Holstein Friesian from Messrs Veitch, Greenside, Cumnock.

OTM Steers sold to £1820 for an Aberdeen Angus from J Sutherland, Rosemount.

Cast Bulls sold to £2400 for a Charolais from J Dunn, Martnaham Mains.

Cows (Top Price Per Head) Aberdeen Angus Cross: £2550 and £2180 Balsalloch, £2200 Low Boydston. Simmental Cross: £2300 Balsalloch, £2250 Langholm. Limousin Cross: £2300 Balsalloch, £2180 Low Carseduchan. Saler: £2020 Traboyack, £1950 Boghouse. Hereford: £2020 Oaklea. Holstein: £1850 Greenside, £1820 Common, £1840 Lochmark. Friesian: £1840 Midton.

OTM Steers (Top Price Per Head) Aberdeen Angus: £1820, £1750 and £1740 Rosemount. Galloway: £1680 Whitehurst Park.

Heifers (Top Price Per Head) British Blue: £1720 Boreland. Aberdeen Angus: £1720 and £1700 Rosemount.

Bulls (Top Price Per Head) Charolais: £2400 Martnaham Mains. Aberdeen Angus: £2300 Barodger.