Latest mart prices from Quoybrae and Thainstone
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QUOYBRAE: Aberdeen and Northern Marts (July 13) 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 £1380 gross for a 668kg Simmental cross from 11 Lochend, Barrock.
Heifers (268) averaged 222.7p and sold to 262.6p per kg for four 438kg Simmental crosses from Granton Mains, Bower, and £1300 gross twice for a 655kg Simmental from Norland, Lybster, and a 584kg Simmental cross from 11 Lochend, Barrock.
A full ringside of buyers ensured that all classes of cattle made a flying trade.
Leading prices per head and kg:
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 £1100, Nottingham Mains 255.3p; 401-450kg – Stainland and Sibmister Farms £1060, 257.3p; 451-500kg – Hoy, Castletown £1170, 241.7p; 501-550kg – Hoy, Castletown £1250, 245.1p; 551-600kg – Hoy, Castletown £1320, 237.8p; 601-650kg – Stemster, Wick £1295, 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 £1000, 255.8p; 401-450kg – Granton Mains £1,150, 256.6p; 451-500kg – Hoy, Castletown £1225, 245.5p; 501-550kg – Hoy, Castletown £1190, 228.5p; 551-600kg – Lhaid Croft £1230, 11 Lochend 222.6p; 651-700kg – Stemster, Wick £1240, Norland 198.5p.
Breeding cattle
Cow and bull calf – Cairntack Sim X £2150, £2100; AA X £2,000; Lim X £2000.
Cow and heifer calf – Cairntack Sim X £2000, £1950; AA X £2000.
QUOYBRAE: Aberdeen and Northern Marts (July 13) sold 401 prime and store sheep.
New season prime lambs (100) averaged 201.1p to 213.5p per kg for five 44.5kg Texels from Cairnside, 36 Oldhall and £96 gross twice for two 51kg Suffolks from Quoybrae Farmhouse and five 52.2kg Texels from Balnahard, Harpsdale.
Store lambs (221) averaged £74.81 to £81 for Suffolks from Achvarasdal.
Feeding ewes and rams (80) to £106 for a Charollais ram from Murza, Bower.
Leading prices per head and kg
Prime lambs:
Cont – Achvarasdal £95, Quarryside, Castletown 203.4p.
Tex – Quarryside £95, 210.2p.
Char – Murza £94.50, Quarryside 203.4p.
Suff – Balnahard £94, Quarryside 208.1p.
Black – Quoybrae Farmhouse £94, 208.9p.
Store lambs – Che X – Achvarasdal £79; Suff – Inkstack £74; Bel – Inkstack £74.
Tex – Balmore (Bannerman) £72.
Feeding ewes and rams
Suff – Mossgiel, Achalone £100; Char – Murza £96; Tex – Upper Geise £86; Mule – Thurdistoft £81; Chev – Murza £80.
THAINSTONE: Aberdeen and Northern Marts (July 9)
A total of 85 cast cows and prime cattle and sheep were forward from Caithness, Ross-shire and Sutherland consignors with leading prices as follows:
Cast cows and prime cattle
Thainstone sold 123 cast cows and bulls where Continental cows were keenly bid for once again, selling to a top to £1530 for a Charolais from Auchincrieve, Rothiemay, and 196.5p per kg for a Limousin from Clunycrichton, Banchory. Beef cows averaged 148.8p while dairy cows averaged 116.9p. An increased number of sixteen cast bulls saw a top of £1,790 from Wallfield, Lochhill, and averaging 123.9p an increase on the week.
Beef cows (19) sold to 179.6p per kg for a 640kg British Blue cross from J K Manson, Upper Northfield, Wick, and £1290 gross for a 792kg Aberdeen Angus cross from Messrs G Macadie.
Leading prices per head:
Brenachie, Kildary (Simx) £1230; Roadside (Sim) £1210; Upper Northfield (BB X) £1150; Keiss Mains, Keiss (Sim X) £1125; Keiss Mains (Simx) £1035; Keiss Mains (Sim X) £1025; Brenachie, (Simx), Kennachy, Forss (Lim X) £1015; Keiss Mains (Sim X) £975; Rockhill, Wick (Lim)£945; Boulintogle, Scotscalder (Lim X) £885; Upper Northfield ( BX) £930; Gerston (BB) £815; Balmore, Dounreay (Cha) £655.
Leading prices per kg:
Roadside (Sim) 170p; Keiss Mains (Simx) 165.4p; Roadside (AA X) 162.8p; Brenachie (Sim X) 158.1p; Boulintogle (Lim X) 157p; Keiss Mains (Sim X) 156.7p; Brenachie (Sim X) 155.7p; Keiss Mains (Sim X) 151.3p, 147.1p; Kennachy (Lim X) 148p; Rockhill (Lim X) 146p; Upper Northfield (BB X) 136.8p; Gerston (BB) 127.3p.
Cast bulls (3) sold to 156.8p per Kg for a 695kg Limousin and £1290 gross for a 1110kg Limousin from Messrs G Macadie, Roadside, Kirk.
Leading prices per head:
Roadside (Sim) £1130; Roadside (Lim) £1090.
Leading prices per kg:
Roadside (Lim) 116.2p; Roadside (Sim) 113.6p.
Prime cattle – over 30 months (3) sold to 189p per kg and £1266.30 gross for a 670kg Limousin cross heifer from Messrs G Macadie, Roadside.
Leading prices:
Achscrabster, Bridge of Westfield (Simx) £1165.60, 188ppk; Rockhill, Wick (Lim) £1044.30, 177ppk.
Sheep (60)
Thainstone once again saw well-bred lambs with good finish sold to strong rates, with heavy lambs being exceptionally well bid for and short of buyers’ requirements. An increased show of ewes including pure types met a fast-selling trade. Top price was £157 for a pen of three pure Texels from Peter Duthie, Mains of Craighall.
Prime sheep
Old season lambs sold to 143.4p per kg and £97.50 for Cheviots from Messr T Sinclair, Reaster Lyth.
Leading prices:
Chv – Reaster £78.50
Feeding ewes and rams
Feeding ewes sold to £133.00 for Texels from Messrs W Bain, Kennachy, Thurso.
Leading prices:
Blu Tex – Kennachy £127.00; Suf – Glastullich, Nigg Station £95.00; Chv – Reaster, Lyth £91.50; ChvX – Lower Thura £87.50; Texx – Lower Thura, Bower £82.50; Sht – Lower Thura £50.50.
Feeding rams sold to £125 for Texels from J S Polson, Lower Thura, Bower.
Leading prices
TexX – Glastullich £117; Tex – Kennachy £107.50.
