Around the markets
– Dingwall and Highland Marts Ltd on Wednesday February 28 sold 385 store cattle and two adult head of breeding cattle.
Bullocks (209) averaged 236.9p and sold to 313.7p per kg for a pair of 255kg Simmental crosses from Refouble, Glenferness and £1,310 gross for a pair of 698kg Aberdeen Angus crosses from Raitcastle
Farm, Nairn.
Heifers (166) averaged 229.8p and sold to 298.5p per kg for a pair of 268kg Simmental crosses from Refouble, and £1,240 gross for a 660kg Simmental cross from Tomcluich, Nairn.
Young bulls (10) averaged 171.2p per kilo and sold to 215.7p per kg for a 510kg Simmental and £1,100 gross for a 510kg Simmental both from Wellhouse, Beauly. Breeding cattle (2) sold to £1,127 gross for a Simmental cross Heifer in calf from Mill of Buckie, Banff. “All classes continued at recent keen rates.”
Other leading prices per head and per kg:
Bullocks up to 250kg – Refouble, £600, 250.0p; 251-300kg – Coul of Fairburn Farm, Urray, £880, 294.3p; 301-350kg – Dalchalm, Brora, £900, Meddat Farm, Kildary, 269.6p; 351-400kg – Glebe Farm, Allarburn, £950, Raitcastle Farm, 264.2p; 401-450kg – Druid Temple Farm, Inverness, £1,100, 261.9p; 451-500kg – Kindeace Farm, Invergordon, £1,220, Druid Temple Farm, 257.6p; 501-550kg – Easter Kinkell, Dingwall, £1,220, Lochdhu, Nairn, 234.3p; 551-600kg – Corrieben, Dingwall, £1,090, 194.6p. Heifers up to 250kg – Coul of Fairburn Farm, £600, 241.9p; 251-300kg – Refouble, £800, Upper Thrumster, Wick 263.2p; 301-350kg – Druid Temple Farm, £995, Longreens Croft, Wick and Upper Thrumster, 263.3p; 351-400kg – Dunain Mains, Inverness, £960, Druid Temple Farm, 260.5p; 401-450kg
– Kindeace Farm, £1,075, Druid Temple Farm, 253.7p; 451-500kg – Raitcastle Farm, £1,165, 235.4p; 501-550kg – Lochdhu, £1,160, 221.0p; 551-600kg – Raitcastle, £1,140, 196.6p. DINGWALL, Dingwall and Highland Marts Ltd., (February, 28th) sold 33 OTM cattle.
OTM prime and feeding cows (29) averaged 119.9p and sold to 157.5p per kg for a 705kg Aberdeen
Angus cross from Strathglass Farms, Beauly, and £1,270 gross for a 820kg Simmental cross from Culmaily Farm, Golspie.
OTM Bulls (4) sold to 109.2p per kg and £1,200 gross for a Charolais from Kindeace.
Other leading prices per head: OTM prime and feeding cows: Culmaily Farm, (SimX) and Strathglass Farms, (AAX), £1,110; Culmaily Farm, (LUI), £1,090; 3 Corrie Place, Muir of Ord, (AAX) and Penick Farm, Nairn, (BBX), £1,050. Other leading prices per kg OTM prime and feeding cows: Culmaily Farm, (SimX), 154.9p; Culmaily Farm, (LUI), 153.5p; Strathglass
Farms, (SAX), 134.9p; Penick Farm, (BBX), 133.8p.
Dingwall and Highland Marts Ltd on Tuesday February 27 sold 1,775 prime sheep.
Old season lambs (1,673) averaged 216.8p (+4.5p) and sold to 269.8p per kg and £116 gross for a pen of 43kg Beltex crosses from Torgorm, Conon Bridge. SQQ 36.5kg to 45.5kg (1,373) averaged 220.4p (+5.1p) per kg. Feeding sheep (102) sold to £118 gross for a Texel cross ewe from Ardnagrask, Muir of Ord. Other leading prices per head and per kg:
Old season lambs: BeltX – Torgorm, £115.00, 267.4p; TexX – Torgorm, £110.00, 261.9p; CharX – Ankerville, Nigg Station, £99.00, 216.9p; Chev – The Dell of Killiehuntly, Kingussie, £98.00, The Cloy, Fortrose, 225.3p; SuffX – Charleston, North Kessock, £98.00, Torgorm, 227.4p; Cross – Bunchrew Farm, Inverness, £97.00, 215.9p; BF – Viewhill Croft, Easter Kinkell, £96.50, Bunchrew Farm, 220.9p.
Feeding sheep: Tex ewe – Ballicherry Farm, Balblair, £107.00; SuffX ewe – Ballicherry Farm, £102.00; CHM ewe – Ballicherry Farm, £101.00; CharX ewe – Ballicherry Farm, £99.00; TexX ewe – Kinnahaird Farm, Contin, £95.00.
– Caledonian Marts on Tuesday February 27 sold 2185 prime hoggets, ewes and tups. All classes of hoggs sharper on the week, with 1594 hoggs averaging 211.5ppkg (+4.6p on the week), with 1100 hoggs (39-52kg) averaging 217ppkg.
Top price of the day went to Doune Farms, West Lundie for a 57kg Beltex at £120. Top price per kg went to Ian Campbell, Meikle Seggie for a pair of Beltex X at 257ppkg.
Leading prices per head:Beltex £118 West Lundie (twice) Beltex X £118 and £117 Craigend Texel X £117 Easter Ochtermuthill Texel £116 and £115 Strageath Char £118 Over Finlarg
Suff £98.50 Easter Buchlyvie
Suff X £95.50 Hilltarvit Mains Mules £99 Coulshill
BF £100 Burnshot
Leading prices per kg:Beltex 256p Strageath (twice) Texel 255p and 254p Meikle Seggie Beltex X 254p West Lundie
Texel X 254p Easter Buchlyvie Suff 225p Meadowfield
Suff X 224p Hilltarvit Mains Mules 214p West Thomaston
BF 219p Burnshot
Also forward were 591 cast ewes and tups. 194 heavy ewes averaged £75.41 selling to £104.50 for a pen of Texels from J and D McNicol, Whitecross. 337 export ewes averaged £50.41. 57 cast tups averaged £77.46 selling to £130 for a Texel from W M Bell and Son, Craigend.
Other leading prices:Texel £104 Pett £100 Craigend and Whitecross £95.50 Whitecross £92 Graystale
£90 Easter Dullatur
BF £74 Auchenrivoch £68 Over Finlarg £63 Drumnessie £60 Auchenrivoch and Windyedge £54.50 Shankhead £54 Bogside, Easter Dullatur and Drumnessie Chev £96 Over Finlarg £83.50 Over Finlarg
Beltex £100 Craigo £92 Leysbent Mule £80 Ballinkinrain £76 Windyedge £75 Hilltarvit
Cross £94 Barduff £88 Hilltarvit £78 Barduff £77 Bogside
Tups:
Texel £129 Wester Ochtermuthill £124 Three Views (twice) and Wester Ochtermuthill £113 Pett
Suff £88 Middle Ballat
BF £63 Mid Linthills £60 East Mitchelton
BFL £109 Craighall £100 Windyedge Beltex £96 Pett
Cross £86 East Mitchelton