Livestock

QUOYBRAE, Aberdeen and Northern Marts sold 401 prime and store sheep. New season prime lambs (100) averaged 201.1p and sold to 213.5p per kg for five 44.5kg Texels from Cairnside, 36 Oldhall, and £96 twice for two 51kg Suffolks from Quoybrae Farmhouse, and five 52.2kg Texels from Balnahard, Harpsdale. Store lambs (221) averaged £74.81 and sold to £81 for Suffolks from Achvarasdal. Feeding ewes and rams (80) sold to £106 for a Charollais ram from Murza, Bower. QUOYBRAE, Aberdeen and Northern Marts sold 578 store cattle and 15 head of breeding cattle.Bullocks (310) averaged 228.5p and sold to 305.6p per kg for a 360kg Limousin cross from Roadside, Gills, and £1,380 for a 668kg Simmental cross from 11 Lochend, Barrock. Heifers (268) averaged 222.7p and sold to 262.6p per kg for four 438kg SimX from Granton Mains, Bower, and £1,300 twice for a 655kg Sim from Norland, Lybster, and a 584kg SimX from 11 Lochend, Barrock. Leading prices: Bullocks up to 300kg – Lieurary Mains £705, Stainland and Sibmister Farms 247.3p; 301-350kg – Ha Bowermadden £835, Mid-Calder 250.8p; 351-400kg – Roadside, Gills £1,100, Nottingham Mains 255.3p; 401450kg – Stainland and Sibmister Farms £1,060, 257.3p; 451-500kg – Hoy, Castletown £1,170, 241.7p; 501-550kg – Hoy, Castletown £1,250, 245.1p; 551-600kg – Hoy, Castletown £1,320, 237.8p; 601-650kg – Stemster, Wick £1,295, 206.2p; 651-700kg – 11 Lochend 206.6p. Heifers up to 300kg – Stainland and Sibmister Farms £680, 261.5p; 301-350kg – Nottingham Mains £800, 248.4p; 351-400kg – Balnahard £1,000, 255.8p; 401-450kg – Granton Mains £1,150, 256.6p; 451-500kg – Hoy, Castletown £1,225, 245.5p; 501-550kg – Hoy, Castletown £1,190, 228.5p; 551-600kg – Lhaid Croft £1,230, 11 Lochend 222.6p; 651-700kg – Stemster, Wick £1,240, Norland 198.5p. Cow and bull calf – Cairntack SimX £2,150, £2,100; AAX £2,000; LimX £2,000. Cow and heifer calf – Cairntack SimX £2,000, £1,950; AAX £2,000.