Live sales resume in Scotland


By FWi staff


SCOTLANDs first show and sale of live animals since foot-and-mouth broke out went ahead last week after a decision by the Scottish Executive to relax its rules.


This allowed ANM Groups annual Christmas Classic show and sale of prime stock at Thainstone Centre, Inverurie, to run with live showing.


Winning the prime cattle classes was a 520kg 15-month-old Limousin steer exhibited by Stuart Hunter, from Insch, Aberdeenshire, and Wendy Paton, of Glenprosen, Angus.


Buzz, a son of Cronshill Moses, later sold for 4200 to Cambs-butchers Allan and Sue Carr.


In all, 58 steers went under the hammer averaging 139p/kg liveweight, or 877 a head, and 57 heifers levelled at 134p/kg or 769 a head.


Top of the prime lamb classes were a pair of Texel cross lambs from Calum Angus of Mey, Thurso, selling for 220 each, to Bucks-based Richardson Fine Foods.


And top price Suffolk cross lambs came from J Campbell of Todholes, Thurso, which sold for 100 each.


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