Friday 28th November 2025
Christmas Prime Stock Competition… 10 Members competition classes. Please book them in with your fieldsman. (Minimum booking of 40 lambs)
Continental Sired Cattle
Native Sired Cattle
Organic Cattle
Continental Sired Lambs
Native Sired Lambs
Light lambs
Organic Lambs
Dairy Cows
Beef Cows
Prime Ewes
Cattle
Christmas kills are virtually completed now, with prices set to plateau or eases lightly with some (but not all) abattoirs claiming to be almost full for the next few weeks. If you are needing cattle away in 2026 please get them booked in soon. Most cattle in the last week 660-670p/kg on the R. Prices remain well above the 5 year average and over 110p ahead of last year. Attractive premiums available for Angus, Shorthorns and Galloways.
Cull cows remain a very good trade for the time of the year, with keen competition especially for well fleshed beef cows. Best cows to 565p/kg. With 3 full weeks till Christmas if you are wanting to guarantee an uplift of a large number of milkers, please let us know next week.
Store cattle are still moving, with good demand for all classes.
Sheep
November has been an excellent month in terms of lamb values with prices in the last week 680-700p/kg base which is excellent. The trade has been driven by tighter supply and strong exports to Europe. Southern European markets look very strong which is encouraging for December. Some processors are now switching over to big numbers of lights now.
Looking into the Southern hemisphere, Beef and Lamb NZ is forecasting a 1.5% decline in lamb numbers for 2025/26 due to ongoing flock contraction (on top of a 6% decline last year). It will be interesting to see whether this leads to reduced levels of exports to the UK this Winter.
Organics
Organic prime cattle are in strong demand with this set to continue for the foreseeable future with very strong premiums available by historic standards. Organic lamb volumes are running at similar levels to previous years with premiums in the region of 20p/kg or £4/lamb. Organic lamb outlook looks positive as we lookahead into 2026.
Wanted
Angus & Blue x dairy calves on and off the milk HM,JW, NG
Charolais & Angus suckled calves All
Organic store lambs-not horned AN, LB
Scottish Angus Store cattle 350-450kg AN,DM, JW, NG
Available
150 In-calf English Angus suckler cows- Genuine Dispersal NG
300 store lambs MG
Highland and highland x Shorthorn stores AN
Contacts
Jonny Williams Acting Managing Director 07817702 988
Alex Norval Acting Procurement Manager 07787826 355
Nikki Gilbertson Senior Livestock Procurement Officer- Northumberland 07595313 040
Lucy Bell Livestock Procurement Officer -Borders 07879602 962
Mandy Grierson Livestock Procurement Officer – Peebles & Lanarkshire 07831741 994
David Marshall Fieldsman for Farm Stock 07808 329 719
Colin Mair Fieldsman for Ayrshire Country Lamb 07976 605 130
Ian Douglas Fieldsman for Lothian Lamb 07885367 151
Helen Marsden Fieldsman for Dumfries and Galloway 07778 799 261
Matthew Nicolson Fieldsman for Shetland 07795 144 404
Farm Stock Scotland Office 01750 723366
