Livestock and crops

DINGWALL – Prime bullocks (two) averaged 217.6p (+7.8p) and sold to 220.0p a kg and £1,210 for a 550kg Lim X from Newton of Darnaway, Forres, to Fraser Brothers Butchers, Dingwall. Prime heifers (nine) averaged 210.5p (-9.2p) and sold to 216.0p a kg for a 545kg Char X from Bridgend Farm, Dingwall, to Fraser Brothers Butchers, and £1,250 for a 625kg Char X also from Bridgend Farm to John M. Munro. Other leading prices per kg: Bullocks: Easter Strath (LimX) 215p. Heifers: Bridgend Farm (CharX) 215p; Newton of Darnaway (CharX) 214p; Easter Strath (LimX) 213p.

DINGWALL – Old season lambs (2,600) averaged 189.3p (+12p) and sold to 227.9p a kg and £98 for a pen of 43kg Belt X lambs from Torgorm, Conon Bridge, to Fraser Brothers Butchers. SQQ 36.5kg to 45.5kg (2,046) averaged 194.7p (+13.9p) a kg. Ewes (1,453) averaged £78.79 and sold to £145 for a Tex from Wester Raddery, Fortrose. Rams and feeding sheep (109) averaged £62.61 and sold to £110 for Suff rams from Torgormack, Beauly. Other leading prices per head and per kg: Old season lambs: TexX – Tore Mains and Redfield £95, Redfield 220.9p; BeltX – Torgorm £94, 223.8p; Chev – Redfield £90.50, 210.5p; SuffX – Redfield £87, 209.6p; CharX – Tore Mains £86, Teawig 191.6p; BF – Charleston £84, 200p; Cross – Ose £83, Balmacaan 185.9p; CHM – Dunain Mains £78, 197.5p. Ewes: TexX – Kilcoy £136, Wester Craiglands; Tex – The Cloy£130; SuffX – Kilcoy £126; Suff – Torgormack £110; HB – Kilcoy £104; CHM – Wester Craiglands £94; Chev – Clynemilton £89; BeltX – Greenlands £88. Rams and feeding sheep: Chev ram – Keppoch Farm £100; Tex ram – Kilcoy £99; TexX ram – Wester Craiglands £93; SuffX ram – Torgorm £92 (twice); TexX wdr – Keppoch Farm £90.

DINGWALL – Store bullocks (695) averaged 235.1p and sold to 177.3p a kg for a 375kg Lim X from Seafield Park, Nairn, and £1,305 for a 620kg Char X from Torgorm, Conon Bridge. Heifers (386) averaged 226.4p and sold to 294.4p a kg and £1,310 for a 445kg Char from Wester Craiglands, Fortrose. Robertson’s of Tain, Harbro and Zoetis and Surecalf sponsored the show and sale of store cattle judged by C. MacIver, Easter Strath of Auchterflow, Killen, who awarded the overall championship to a 490kg Lim X bullock from W. Kellas, Burnside Croft, Strathpeffer, and realising £1,200 to Backmuir Livestock, Keith. Reserve champion was a 410kg Lim X heifer from W. Mackintosh, Lyne of Urchany Farm, Nairn, and realising £1,100 to the judge. All classes met an extremely firm demand. Other leading prices per head and per kg: Bullocks: up to 250kg – 5A Ormlie Hill £560, 260.5p; 251300kg – 5A Ormlie Hill £780, 260.0p; 301-350kg – Balvullich £800, Comar 265.2p; 351-400kg – Wester Craiglands £1,060, 268.4p; 401-450kg – Torgorm £1,145, Heathfield 271.3p; 451500kg – Kindeace £1,200, 258.1p; 501-550kg – Wester Craiglands £1,220, Torgorm 234.4p; 550-600kg – Udale £1,290, 224.2p. Heifers: up to 250kg – Balvullich £650, 285.1p; 251-300kg – 5A Ormlie Hill £770, 264.4p; 301350kg – Milton of Culloden £905, Balvullich 269.8p; 351-400kg – Milton of Culloden £1,000, 251.3p; 401-450kg – Kincraig Farm £1,130, 275.6p; 451-500kg – Seafield Park £1,135, 245.7p; 501-550kg – Kincraig Farm £1,200, 239.0p; 551-600kg – Kincraig Farm £1,300, 234.2p.

DINGWALL – OTM cows (38) averaged 130.3p and sold to 154.2p a kg for a 655kg Lim X from Cambusmore Farming, Dornoch, and £1,290 for an 840kg Lim X from Kinnahaird Farm. Contin. One OTM bull, a 915kg Lim from Dalreoch, Roy Bridge, sold at £1,050. Other leading prices per kg: OTM cows: Kinnahaird Farm (LimX) 153.6p; Wester Moy (BBX) 152.6p; Glenurquhart Farm (HeX) 148.5p.

FUTURES

Closing prices on London Futures were:

WHEAT – May £148.70 (+20p); Jul £149.50 (+60p); Nov £137.75 (+10p); Jan 2018 £139.70 (+10p); Mar £142 (+25p); May £143.85 (+40p); Jul £144.95 (+40p); Nov £141.85 (+40p); Jan 2019 £142.25 (+40p); Mar £143.80 (+40p).

PRIMESTOCK

Average prices at auction markets yesterday were (changes compare with the previous market day):

SCOTLAND – Cattle average 227.44p a kg (+15.03p); hoggs SQQ average 178.98p (-9.40p).