Around the markets
Caledonian Marts Ltd, Monday February 1: sold 895 Store Hoggets and Feeding Ewes at their fortnightly sale. A good show of Hoggets forward for numbers met a similar trade to the last sale, with the overall average for 895 Hoggets sold levelling out at £80.06. Top price of the day went to W & E Cook, Balcachie for a pen of Texel Hoggets at £108. Leading Prices: Store Hoggets per Head – Texel £104 & £102 Bower Park; Continental £100 Bower Park; Beltex X £99 Mosshead; Beltex £98 Craiglaw & Feddans; Suffolk £96 Balcachie; Cross £96 Standingfauld; exel X £95 Loig; Mule £84 Alpin Cottage; BF £78 Allanfauld & Drumardoch Feeding Ewes per Head: Texel £78 Bower Park; Cheviot X £70 Lochnell; BF £46 Innieshewan Farms. United Auctions, Oban, Tuesday January 26: sold 662 sheep of all classes. Hoggs sold to £94.00 for Suffolk Crosses from Barcaldine Home Farm to average £53.06 (+£5.59). 2021 kicked off with a bang at Oban Livestock Centre when averages in all sections of the sale recorded a substantial increase on the corresponding sale last year. Leading lots & prices: Hoggs – SuffX - £94.00, Barcaldine HF. TexX - £87.00, £77.00, £67.00, Gallanachmore. Chev £78.00, Strongorm; £76.00, Ardachy; £71.00, Daltote. Cross - £84.00, Ederline Estate; £80.00, Lochnell HF. BF - £70.00, Ormsary Farmers; £64.00, Stroneskar; £64.00, Ardachy; £63.00, Stroneskar; £63.00, Gorteneorn; £63.00, Gallanachmore; £61.00, Achalic; £61.00, Castles Estate. Ewes – TexX - £88.00, Glenamachrie. Chev - £65.00, Dunach Estate. Cross - £71.00, Wood Cottage Croft; £67.00, Lochnell HF; £64.00, Glanamachrie; £60.00, Wood Cottage Croft; £60.00, Ormsary Farmers. Mule £81.00, Ormsary Farmers; £63.00, Lusraganbeag. BF - £60.00, Barndromin. Rams – Suff - £75.00, Culbhuirg. BFL - £76.00, Saulmore. Belt - £88.00, Ormsary Farmers. Tex - £93.00, 83 Borve; £86.00, Dunach Estate; £82.00, Ardachy. Cha - £80.00, Culbhuirg. Chev - £94.00, £87.00, £80.00, Strongorm; £80.00, The Steadings; £80.00, Dunach Estate; £80.00, Ederline Estate; £80.00, Barndromin. Cross - £88.00, Barcaldine HF. BF - £85.00, Saulmore. Wedders – BF - £79.00, Stroneskar.