CALEDONIAN MARTS
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11
Caley Marts had forward 309 store cattle and suckled calves and 1062 store lambs, breeding and feeding ewes at their fortnightly sale.
Bullocks sold to 265p per kg for Limousins from J and J MacInnes, Culbhuirg, Isle of Iona and to £1120 for Limousins from AL and J Blair, East Kerse, Lochwinnoch.
Heifers sold to 288p per kg for a Limousin from B Harper, Greenwells and to £1080 for the same beast.
All classes of cattle met the dearest trade of the back-end sales, selling to the largest ringside of buyers this season.
Other leading prices: Bullocks per head - £1110 East Kerse; £1100 Eskechraggan (Rothesay); £1080
East Kerse (twice); £1070 Midton; £1040 Haddockston. Bullocks per kg - 263p Culbhuirg (Isle of Iona); 256p Greenwells and Highflat; 248p Greenwells; 245p Culbhuirg (Iona).
Heifers per head - £1040 and £990 East Kerse; £890 Haddockston and Walton (Kinloch); £880 Merslaugh and Braeside. Heifers per kg - 241p Greenwells; 222p Culbhuirg (Iona); 219p and 214p Redhall.
Also forward were 1062 store lambs, breeding and feeding ewes and tups at their weekly sale. All classes of lambs again dearer on the week. Ewes again sold very well.
Top price of the day went to W Paterson and Son, South Ailey, Helensburgh for cross ewes at £80. Lambs sold to £78.50 from DL Young, Finmont, Kinglassie for Texel Lambs.
Store lamb leading prices: Texel £78 Kintra (Islay); Suffolk £75.50 Kintra (Islay); Charollais £75 Carie; Suffolk X £74 Pendreich; Texel X £73 Shieldrum and Mill of Ardoch; Beltex £71 Meikle Seggie; Continental £70 Carie; Mule £66 Meikle Seggie; Blackface £57 Coull (Islay). Ewes leading prices: Cheviot (Correct) £74 Pitreuchie; Mule £55 Meikle Seggie; Cheviot £53 High Craigton; Cross £49 Balafark; BF £41 Strone.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12
Caley Marts sold 1999 prime lambs, ewes and tups.
A good show of lambs forward for numbers and quality, 1553 saw the best trade of the season so far, with SQQ averaging 191.3p per kg and the overall average being 186p (+13p on the week or +24.6p on the year) with the average per head of £83.48 being +£12.01 on the year.
Top price of the day went to Doune Farms, West Lundie for a 54kg Beltex at £103. Top price per kg went to K Graham, Easterton for a 43kg Beltex at 228p per kg.
Leading prices: Prime lambs per head - Beltex £100 (three times) West Lundie; Beltex X £100 and £96 (three times) Meikle Seggie; Continental £98 Blairmore; Continental X £98 Easterton; Texel £97 Bankhead; Texel X £95.50 Auchenbothie; Suffolk £94.50 Greencraig; Mule £83 West Lundie; BF £82.50 Remony.
Prime lambs per kg - Beltex 226p Balbedie; Beltex X 221p and 220p Meikle Seggie; Texel 220p Bankhead; Texel X 220p and 217p Borlick; Continental 218p Blairmore; Continental X 213p Inchgall; Suffolk 195p Fornought; Mule 184p West Kirkton; BF 186p Connachan.
Also forward were 447 caet ewes and tups. All classes again met an increased trade on the week.
Heavy ewes averaged £87.34 selling to £170 for an outstanding Beltex ewe from Robert Messenger, Ayton, Abernethy. Light ewes averaged £57.47 selling to £78 for Cheviots from W Thomson, Greenland, Dumbarton.
Other leading ewe prices: Texel - £162, £154, £146 and £126 High Auchensale; £148 and £106 Gelvan View; £136, £122, £115, £105 Balaclava (Islay); £130 (twice) Bower Park; £128 and £112 Bankhead (Smith); £110 Craigend; £107 Dullomuir. Beltex £157 Ayton. Continental - £96 Balaclava (Islay); £90 South Park; £89 Ayton; £88 Bouprie; £87 Mid Lundie. Suffolk - £87 Grange of Lindores; £85 Meikle Seggie. Mule - £74 and £73 Standingfauld; £69 Craigend; £68 Meikle Seggie and Bouprie; £66 Kinnaird; £65 Dullomuir. Cheviot - £69 and £60 South Park. BF - £67 Gartfairn; £66 Ballingray; £60 Viewfield.