Around the markets
STIRLING – Caledonian Marts Lts on Thursday February 8 sold 174 cattle, comprising 105 prime bullocks, eifers and young bulls, and 69 cast cows and bulls. All classes of prime cattle upheld recent late rates and many more could have been sold to a large ringside of buyers. Bullocks averaged 218p; Heifers averaged 218p; Young beef bulls averaged 205p; Young dairy bulls averaged 130p;
Beef cows averaged 142p; Dairy cows averaged 105p; Bullocks sold to 245p (twice) for Limousins from Balquharrage, Lennoxtown, and Learielaw, Broxburn, purchased by T Connor, Butcher, Troon and
T J Johnston Butcher, Falkirk, respectively.
Heifers sold to 248p (twice) for Limousins, both from Knockhouse, Dunfermline to G Kirk & Sons, Butcher, Denny and Hugh A Black & Sons.
Bulls sold to 232p for a Limousin from Upper Spittalton, Blairdrummond to W W Wales Ltd, Wholesaler, Kilmarnock, and to £1603 from the same farm.
Dairy Bulls sold to 170p from Easter Clune, Dunfermline. Leading Prices: Bullocks ppkg:
242p Learielaw; 240p Balquharrage & Learielaw; 235p (twice) East Camps; 232p Bankhead (Kerr); 230p Seggersdean; 228p (twice) Moorfield & Candermains; 225p Seggersdean & East Camps.
Heifers ppkg;
242p and 240p Learielaw & Knockhouse; 238p Bankhead (Kerr); 235p Bankhead & Annfield (Johnston); 232p Moorfield, Turniemoon, Faskine & Todhall; 230p West Mains, Todhall & Knockhouse; 225p Upper Kinneil, Moorfield & Todhall.
Also forward were 69 OTM cattle, cast cows and bulls.
All classes of cast cows and bulls required on a weekly basis to keep up with the demand. Please contact Oliver Shearman on 07730 046252 for more information.
OTM cattle sold to 188ppkg and to £1,492.72 for a Limousin from R Graham &Son, Airthrey Kerse.
Beef cows averaged 142ppkg selling to a whopping 192.5p for a British Blue from W Dick, Mains of Throsk, and to £1,700 for the same beast.
Dairy cows averaged 105ppkg selling to 121.5p from P Quigley & Sons, Harvieston and to £880 from the same home. Other leading prices:
OTM cattle per head: £1,365.30 Airthrey Kerse. OTM Cattle per Kilo:
185p Airthrey Kerse.
Beef Cows per head: £1,440 Westerton,
£1,300 Airthrey Kerse, £1,260 Learielaw,
£1,180 Gartness & Learielaw, £1,160 Bailanstruth,
£1,150 Turniemoon,
£1,140 Highflat.
Beef cows per kilo:
175.5p Learielaw,
170p Learielaw,
165p Offers,
164p Airthrey Kerse,
152p Turniemoon,
150p Highflat.
Dairy Cows per head:
£870 Harvieston,
£820 Sgriob-Ruadh (Mull), £810 Barbeth & Harvieston, £800 Gallamuir,
£780 & £750 Blairmains. Dairy Cows per kilo:
121p & 119p Harvieston, 114.5p Barbeth,
114p Sgriob-Ruadh (Mull), 112p Gallamuir,
111p Sgriob-Ruadh (Mull). Cast bulls sold to £940 for a Simmental from Braes Farming Co, Inverlochlarig.
The next sale of calves will be today, Thursday February 15. Please contact Laura Bailey on 07561 305922 for more information.
STIRLING – United Auctions on Thursday February 8 sold 5,602 prime sheep comprising 4,023 old season lambs selling to an average of 196.8 ppkg and 1,579 ewes and rams.
Old season lambs (4,023) Luckenburn (Btex) £110; Strone (Tex) £106.50, Forebank of Canterland (Suff) £105.50; Old Faskally (X) £102; Westwood (Chev) £99.50; Pearsie (Mule) £97; Parks of Keilour (Hamp) £85.50; North Balloch (Chev/ Mule) £94; Cadogan (BF) £91.50; Quixwood (Char) £89; Easter Happrew (BFL) £87.50; Parks of Keillor (Hamp) £85.50; Abercairny (Swale) £80.50. Old season lambs (4,023) Luckenburn (Btex) 250p; Plean (Tex) 233p; Snawdon (Chev) 216p; Groan (Suff) 212p; Dalchalloch (X) 206p; Parks of Keillour (Hamp) 206p; Quixwood (Char) 202p; Snawdon (BF) 197p; Dalchalloch (Mule) 196p; Plean (Chev/Mule) 195p; Abercairny (Swale) 187p; Easter Happrew (BFL) 173p.
Ewes (1,579) Oatfield (Tex) £135; Lochend (Suff) £116; Kinloch (Btex) £102; Quixwood (BFL) £88; Upper Auchenlay (Char) £87; Gilston (Chev) £85; Longcarse (Mule) £84; Glenrath (BF) 76.
Rams Killellan (X) £114; Cally Estate (Tex) £107; Longcarse (BFL) £88; Cally Estate (BF) £82.
DINGWALL – Dingwall and Highland Marts on Thursday February 8 sold 786 sheep of all classes.
Lambs (388) averaged £46.09 and sold to £73 gross for Cheviots from Achosnich, Dornoch.
Ewes (329) averaged £52.55 and sold to £93 gross a Suffolk from Glebe of Deisher, Boat of Garten.
Rams and feeding sheep (69) averaged £55.64 and sold to £102 gross for a Texel ram from 14 Airdens, Bonar Bridge. A spokesman said: ‘A mixed show saw strong and fleshy lambs meet a keen demand, smaller kinds easier. Top end ewes were dearer others at similar rates.’
Other leading prices per head: Lambs:
Cross – Shepherds Cottage, Tain, £72, Achosnich, £70; CharX – Shepherds Cottage, £70.50;
Chev – Hallcroft, Brora, £69.50, Sheildaig, Strathcarron, £56; Mule – Gorthleck Mains, Inverness, £68;
SuffX - 17 Englishtonmuir, Inverness, £66;
BF – 9 Sasaig, Teangue, £65, Gorthleck Mains, £58; TexX – Carnoch Farm, Errogie, £64.50, Dell Farm, Whitebridge, £63.50, 14 Airdens, £63; BeltX – Loanreach, Ardross, £59.50.
Ewes:
BFL – Glebe of Deisher, £85; Chev – Linnie, Tore, £82, Lochdhu, Nairn, £75;
TexX – Drummond Farm, Evanton, £79, Lochdhu, £78 (twice), 17 Englishtonmuir, £74;
SuffX – 14 Airdens, £74; Char – Ankerville, Nigg, £69.50; Mule – Dell Farm, £66, Ankerville, £58.50;
Cross – Lochdhu, £55.50. Rams:
Chev – Muie and Rhein Club, Rogart, £77, Sheildaig, £70, Craigmhor, Glenelg and Leckmelm, Ullapool, £64; Tex – Lynton, Staffin, £74; BFL – Gorthleck Mains, £58.
Dingwall Highland Marts Ltd on Tuesday February 6 sold 26 prime cattle.
Prime bullocks (8) averaged 203p (-14.5p) and sold to 214p and £1,415.50 gross.
Prime heifers (18) averaged 209p (-7.8p) and sold to 215p per kg and £1,394.00 gross. Dingwall and Highland Marts also sold 26 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (8) averaged 203p (-14.5p) and sold to 214p for a 610kg Limousin cross from Easter Hardmuir, Nairn selling to Messrs John M. Munro Ltd., Dingwall, and £1,415.50 gross for a 745kg Limousin cross from Ashley, North Kessock. Prime heifers (18) averaged 209p (-7.8p) and sold to 215p per kg for a 600kg Charolais cross from Easter Hardmuir to Messrs John M. Munro Ltd, and £1,394.00 gross for a 680kg Limousin cross from Balvaird Farm, Muir of Ord. Other leading prices per kg: Bullocks: Bridgend Farm, Dingwall, (LimX), 208p; Balvaird Farm, (SimX), 202p. Heifers: Easter Strath of Auchterflow, Killen, (LimX), 213p, Easter Hardmuir, (LimX), 213p, Ashley, (LimX), 212p. Other leading prices per head: Bullocks: Bridgend Farm, (CharX), £1,407.60, Balvaird Farm, (LimX), £1,350, Easter Hardmuir, (LimX), £1,305.40. Heifers: Ashley, (LimX), £1,356.60, Easter Strath of Auchterflow, (CharX), £1,333.50, Easter Hardmuir, (CharX), £1,290. Dingwall and Highland Marts also sold 1,556 prime sheep. Old season lambs (1,268) averaged 199.0p (+4.7p) and sold to 228.2p per kg and £97 gross for a pen of 42.5kg Texel crosses from Torgorm, Conon Bridge. SQQ 36.5kg to 45.5kg (1,094) averaged 201.1p (+0.2p) per kg. Feeding sheep (288) sold to £108 gross for a Texel ewe from Burnside Croft, Jamestown. Other leading prices per head and per kg:
Old season lambs:
TexX – Allanglach, North Kessock, £96, 223.3p; SuffX – Dunballoch, Beauly, £94, Torgorm, 216.3p; Cross – Dunballoch, £92, Easter Sheep Park, Balblair, 200.0p; Chev – Raitcastle Farm, Nairn, £91, Aldourie, Dores, 210.0p; Tulloch Farm, Dingwall, £90, Abersky, Dores, 195.1p; Mule – Dell Farm, Farr, £88, 196.3p. Feeding sheep:
Tex ewe – Little Kildrummie, Nairn, £107;
Suff ewe – 17 Newmore, Muir of Ord, £105; Tex ram – Burnside Croft, £102; Cross ewe – 2 Dounie, Edderton, £99; Chev ewe – Belmaduthy, Munlochy, £91.