Dippen heifer calf makes £5800 at UA
A spring-born Charolais heifer calf scaling 282kg from DW Semple and Son, Dippen, Campbeltown, sold for the top price of £5800 at United Auctions’ sale of 1294 suckled calves and 7438 store lambs and feeding sheep.
Overall, 547 heifers sold to 2056.70p per kg and £5800 for Dippen’s 282kg Charolais calf, to average 262.41p (+2.63p on the year).
The 747 bullocks also improved slightly on the year (+2.95p) to level at 265.90p, having sold to 344.30p, or £1880, for the overall champion, a 546kg British Blue cross from Monzie Farms.
The reserve, a 600kg Limousin cross from Ross Farms, Wester Middleton, sold for £1820.
Store lamb averages saw Beltex level at 91.72 (-£1.47 on the week); Texel crosses at £85.17 (-£4.05); Suffolk crosses, £78.95 (+£3.85); Mules, £80.41 (-£2.84); Cheviots, £71.31 (-£6.68) and Blackfaces levelled at £59.84 (-£1.22).
LEADING awards
Bullocks – Char – 1, Mackie, Ross 500kg, £1370; 2, Ross Farms, Wester Middleton 514kg, £1440. Lim – Ross Farms, 600kg, £1820; 2 and 3, Monzie Farms, 560kg, £1580 and 426kg, £1220. Any other breed – 1, Monzie Farms, 546kg, £1880; 2, Semple, Dippen, 514kg, £1680; 3, West Thomaston, 608kg, £1580.
Heifers – Char – 1 and 2, Ross Farms, 510kg, £2200 and 478kg £2400. Lim – 1, Lines, Killocraw 408kg, £1260; 2, McAlister, West Thomaston, 416kg, £1270; 3, Ross Farms, 404kg £1220. Any other breed – 1 and 2, McCallum, Strathnafanaig, 420kg, £1310 and 390kg, £1100
Spring-born calf – 1, Dippen 282kg, £5800.
Pens of four – Lim bullocks – 1, 2 and 3, Monzie Farms, 467kg, £1540, 483kg, £1460 and 452kg, £1410. Lim heifers – 1, 2 and 3 – Monzie Farms, 432kg, £1320, 448kg, £1350 and 429kg, £1250. Char bullocks – 1 and 2, Ross Farms, 575kg, £1600 and 549kg, £1460. Char heifers – 1 and 2, Ross Farms, 545kg, £1450 and 481kg, £1210.
LEADING prices
Store cattle – Bullocks – 301-350kg – The Ross £900, Glenrath 274.50p; 351400kg – Killocraw £1150, Monzie Farms 305.60p; 401-450kg – Ballechin £1390, Coilavoulin 321.80p; 451-500kg – Holehouse £1660, 340.20p; 501-551kg – Monzie Farms £1880, 344.30p; 552-601kg – Wester Middleton £1600, Monzie Farms 279.20p.
Heifers – 251-300kg – Dippen £5800, 2056.70p; 301-350kg – Low Dunashery £980, 289.90p; 351-400kg – Monzie Farms £1300, 325.00p; 401-450kg – Coilavoulin £2000, 456.60p; 451-500kg – Wester Middleton £2400, 502.10p; 501-551kg – Wester Middleton £2200, 431.40p; 552601kg – Stacks £1880, 326.40p.
Store lambs – Kinburn (Belt) £99.00; Wester Culbowie (Belt) £98.50; Strathnafanaig (Belt) £98.00; Kinburn and Strathnafanaig (Belt) £95.00; Knowes (Mule) £98.50, £97.00; Gateside (Mule) £93.00; Dalfoil (Mule) £90.50; The Stables (Tex) £97.00; Mains of Struie (Tex) £96.50; Over Buttergask (Tex) £96.00; Merkins (Tex) £95.00; Gateside and Cairncurran (Suff) £94.00; Little Aiden (Suff) £87.00; Greensburn (Chev) £85.00; North Slipperfield ( Chev) £80.50; Gateside and North Slipperfield (BF) £76.00; Auchentiber (BF) £73.00; Lathockar Mains (Chev/Mule) £78.00