Around the markets

Oban – United Auctions on Tuesday August 28 sold 3,224 lambs and sheep at their third sale held within Oban Livestock Centre. A good attendance of buyers were present and all stock was cleared as levels above sellers’ expectations. Lambs sold to £68 for Texel crosses from Park Farm, Kilninver and averaged £46.39 per head, recording a rise of £2.58 on the corresponding sale last year. Principal lots and prices: Lambs:

SUFFx: £67.50 – No 3 Killean: £61.50 – Achnacree Beag: £60.50 – Frackersaig.

TEXx: £68.00 – Park Farm: £67.00 – 58 Tangasdale: £65.00 – 4 Balure: £64.00 – Barcaldine H

F : £62.00 – Park Farm: £61.50 – Baleveolan and 14 Kilvaree: £60.50 – Baligarve: £60.00 – Bridgend and Balnagown. CHEV: £63.00 – 85 Borve, Barra: £62.00 – Drumfingal: £57.50 – Ballard, Coll: £56.50 – Glenmore, Ardnamurchan.

CROSS: £41.00 – Caddleton Farm. MULE: £56.00 – Frackersaig. BF: £39.00 – Achinduin. Ewes:

SUFF: £80.00 – Barcaldine HF TEXx: £74.00 and £72.00 – Barcaldine HF: £71.00 – Croft 2, Fanmore.

CHEV: £48.00 – Ballard, Coll. BF: £35.00 – Scammadale. Lochmaddy – Dingwall and Highland Marts on Monday August 27 sold 2,614 store lambs. Lambs (2,614) averaged £48.70 and sold to £86 gross for a Texel lamb from Druim Torrach, 17 Hougharry.

Prize list:

Cheviot lambs – 1 A MacSween, 1a Nunton, £82; 2 A MacPherson, 24 Liniclate, £80.

Suffolk cross lambs – 1 J Macaulay, 20 Balemore, £74; 2 J A MacDonald, 7 Grenitote, £63.50. Continental cross lambs – 1 A MacLellan, Druim Torrach, £73; 2 H MacDonald, 1 Knockline, £62. Overall champion pen – A MacSween, 1a Nunton (Cheviot). Reserve champion pen – J Macaulay, 20 Balemore (Suffolk). Other leading prices per head: Lambs:

Chev – 1a Nunton, Balivanich, £82, 24 Liniclate, Benbecula, £80, 12 Liniclate, Benbecula, £64; SuffX – 20 Balemore, Bayhead, £74, Druim Torrach and 15 Tigharry, Lochmaddy, £68, 7 Grenitote, Sollas, £63.50;Tex – Druim Torrach, £73.50; TexX – Dunskellar, Sollas, £67, 3 Claddach Kirkibost, Lochmaddy, £64, 1 Knockline, Bayhead, £62; Cross – Trumisgarry, Lochmaddy, £61.50, 18 Illeray, Baleshare, £57;BeltX – 15 Liniclate, Benbecula, and 14 Tuzo Close, Balivanich, £57; CharX – The Millcroft, Claddach Kyles, £54. Portree – Dingwall and Highland Marts on Monday August 20 sold 3,300 store lambs and ewes. Lambs (2,973) averaged £36.87 and sold to £69.50 for a pen of Cheviot lambs from 4 Edinbane, Portree and a pen of Texel cross lambs from Corriebheinn, Achachork, Portree.

The lamb average showed a decrease of £4.34 on the corresponding sale last year due to smaller lambs being the most difficult to sell.

Feeding sheep (327) sold to £70 for a pen of Suffolk ewes from 35 Mains Bernisdale, Portree. Other leading prices per head: Chev – Strathmore, Staffin, £66, 8 Digg, Staffin, £60, 9 Carbostmore, Carbost, £59.

TexX – 1Lynton, Staffin, £60.50, Strathmore, Staffin £55.50, Glendale Estate, Glendale, £53.50. BeltX – 8, 14 and 15 Struanmore, Struan, £59, 20 Borreraig, Dunvegan, £56, 8 Sconser, Sconser, £49.

SuffX – 28 Stenscholl, Staffin, £65.50, Tigh Gael, Portree, £55, 20 Borve, Skeabost Bridge, £54. Cross – 4 Edinbane, Portree, £54.50, 17 Garafed, Portree, £52.50, 1 Waterstein, Glendale, £52.

BF – 2 Vatten, Dunvegan, £51, 2 Marrishadder, Staffin, £50.50, 28 Fiscovaig, Carbost, £48.50.