Livestock

THAINSTONE – Aberdeen and Northern Marts sold 1,154 hoggs, gimmers and ewes with lambs at foot, which averaged £77.62 and sold to £120 for Mule hoggs with singles from Bogiebrae, Rhynie. Leading prices: Single - Texx Gmr - Broadwater, Skene £114; Tex Gmr - Broadwater £104; Chv 4 Crop - Broadwater £84. Lamb and Half - Chvmule Hgts - Scarhill, Glenkindie £118; Mule Hgts - Scarhill £110; Tex Gmr - Broadwater, Waterside, Forbes £93; Texx Gmr - Waterside £90; Suf 2/3 Crop - Haugh, Birse £85; Cont Gmr - Waterside £84; Sufx 2/3 Crop - Haugh £83; Contx Gmr - Waterside £82; Mule Gmr Scarhill £81. Twins - Sufx 3 Crop - Broadwater £92; Blue Tex Gmr - Broadwater £90; Suf Gmr - Broadwater £86; Sufx 2 Crop - Broadwater £84; Texx 2/3 Crop - Haugh £84; Tex 2/3 Crop - Haugh £81; Mule WM - East Backburn, Netherley £81; Tex BM Burnside of Whitefield, Forglen £78. Triplets - Mule BM Upper Cotburn, Turriff £61. THAINSTONE – Aberdeen and Northern Marts sold 176 head of adult breeding cattle. Heifer with bull calf (70) averaged £2,806.57 and sold to £3,800 for a British Blue cross from Towiemore, Keith. Heifer with heifer calf (78) averaged £2,593.72 and sold to £3,800 (twice) firstly for a Limousin cross from Wester Bleaton and for a Limousin Cross from Towiemore.

Cow with bull calf (12) averaged £2,304 and sold to £3,000 for a Limousin from Backfield, Drumlithie. Cow with heifer calf (18) averaged £1,933.13 and sold to £2,900 (three times) firstly for a Limousin cross from Seafield Park, Nairn, and finally for a Limousin cross twice from Wester Bleaton. In-calf cows (one) sold to £1,420 for a Limousin from Tarves. DINGWALL – Dingwall & Highland Marts sold seven prime cattle and 358 prime sheep.

Prime bullocks (four) averaged 238.6p (-1.1p) and sold to 241.0p per kg for a 580kg Simmental cross from Poyntzfield Mains, and £1,440.00 for a 600kg Beef Shorthorn cross from Bridgend Farm, Dingwall. Prime heifers (three) averaged 239.9p (-4.1p) and sold to 251.0p per kg for a 485kg Limousin cross from Poyntzfield Mains, and £1,231.20 for a 540g Charolais cross from Bridgend Farm. New season lambs (seven) averaged 272.2p (-20.2p) and sold to 279.6p for a pen of 46.5kg Suffolks from 9 Lochussie, Dingwall, and £132 for a 55kg Zwartbles from Culnaskeath, Evanton. Old season lambs (227) averaged 284.0p (-8.8p) and sold to 338.5p per kg for a 39kg Cheviot from 5c Balnabeen, SQQ lambs 36.5kg to 45.5kg (172) averaged 293.8p (-4.7p) per kg.