Mart prices from Quoybrae and Thainstone
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Quoybrae: Aberdeen and Northern Marts (April 13) sold 440 prime, store and feeding sheep.
Old season prime lambs (72) sold to 186.7p for 37.5kg Blackface from Westerloch and £84 gross for 53kg Texels from Brickigoe, Thrumster.
Old season store lambs (284) to £94 for Mule ewe hoggs from Ha, Bowermadden.
Feeding ewes and rams (84) to £90 for Suffolks from Quoybrae.
Leading prices per head and kg:
Old season prime lambs – Chv: Cairnside 36, Oldhall £83, Westerloch 175p. Tex: Ackergill Mains £80, Westerloch 175p. Tex X: Tongside, Scotcalder £80. Cha: Ackergill Mains £79.
Leading prices per head: Old season store lambs – Mule: Ha £92. BDM: Ha, Bowermadden £80. Tex: Hoy Farm £59. Suff: Hoy Farm £59. Chev: Hoy Farm £55.
Feeding ewes – HB: Quoybrae £86. HB: Thirdpart, Watten £85. Suff: Roswell, Newton Hill £75. Tex: Tails of Watten £74. Chv: Cairnside £64. GF: Rattar Mains, Dunnet £60.
Feeding rams – Tex: Tongside, Scotscalder £88.
Quoybrae: Aberdeen and Northern Marts (April 6) sold 947 store cattle.
Bullocks (580) averaged 215.8p to 261.9p per kg for a pair of 336kg Limousin crosses from Boulintogle, Scotscalder and £1230 gross for a pair of 651kg Simmental crosses from 11 Lochend, Castletown.
Heifers (367) averaged 207.1p to 245.8p per kg for a pen of four 301kg Charolais crosses from 3 Forss, Thurso, and £1195 gross for a pen of three 584kg Charolais crosses from Aimster, Thurso.
Native bullocks sold to 228.9p for a pen of eight 367kg Aberdeen Angus cross from Killimster Mains, Wick, and £1170 for a 650kg Aberdeen Angus cross from Killimster Mains.
Native heifers sold to 206.1p for a pen of three 376kg Aberdeen Angus crosses from Bardnaclavan, Bridge of Westfield, and £1000 for a 574kg Aberdeen Angus from West Watten.
A good quality show of 947 grazing cattle were forward. Given the recent drop in deadweight prices heavier cattle were harder to cash, while smaller, younger sorts easily maintained recent trade. The best end of the native section also sold well, while plainer, older sorts were harder to sell.
Leading prices per head:
Bullocks up to up to 300kg: 3 Forss £630; Rhemullen £580. 301-350kg: Boulintogle £880; Forsie £850; Newlands of Geise, Hilliclay Mains £840; Achsrabster £830. 351-400kg: Newlands of Geise £1010; Latheron Mains £925; 3 Forss £920; Forsie £915. 401-450kg: Glengolly £1050; Boulintogle £1045; Thura Mains £1030; South Keiss £1,025. 451-500kg: Gerston £1055; Vauldale £1,050; West Watten, Achalone £1040; Thura Mains £1035. 501-550kg: Gerston £1145; Aimster £1040; Alterwall £1090; Quarryside £1085. 551-600kg: Aimster £1215; South Keiss £1150; 11 Lochend £1050; Old Inn £1030. 601-650kg: Aimster £1,200. 651-700kg: Aimster £1180.
Heifers up to 300kg: Rhemullen, Dunbeath £640, 3 Forss £600. 301-350kg: Quarryside £775; Forsie £770; Mavsey £760; Newlands of Geise £750. 351-400kg: Glengolly £930; Newlands of Geise, Forsie £890; Bardnaclavan £875. 401-450kg: Glengolly £995; South Keiss £980; Quarryside £930; Forsie £925. 451-500kg: Aimster £1100; Gerston £1080; 2 Broynach £1060; Glengolly £1055. 501-550kg: Gerston £1145; Aimster £1100; Alterwall £1065; 2 Broynach £1010. 551-600kg: Aimster, West Watten £1000.
Leading prices per kg:
Bullocks up to 300kg: 3 Forss 229.1p; Rhemullen 201.4p. 301-350kg: Forsie 248.5p; Hilliclay Mains 244.9p; Achscrabster 240.6p; Newlands of Geise 240p. 351-400kg: Newlands of Geise, 252.5p; 3 Forss 248.6p; Latheron Mains 246p; Glengolly 238p. 401-450kg: South Keiss 244.5p; Boulitogle 243p; Glengolly 241.4p; Quarryside 235.4p. 451-500kg: West Watten 221.7p; Thura Mains 221p; Gerston 220p; Quarryside 219.7p.501-550kg: Aimster 219.2p; Gerston 214.6p; Quarryside 213.2p; Aimster 210p. 551-600kg: Aimster 211.1p; South Keiss 208.3p. 601-650kg: Aimster 196.7p. 651-700kg: 11 Lochend 188.9p.
Heifers up to 300kg: Rhemullen 220.7p; 3 Forss 203.4p. 301-350kg: Forsie 239.1p; Newlands of Geise 226.6p; Quarryside 221.4p; Mavsey 219.7p. 351-400kg: 3 Forss 241p; Glengolly 240.9p; Forsie 236p; Newlands of Geise 231.2p. 401-450kg: South Keiss 228.4p; Glengolly 226.7p; Newlands of Geise 226.6p; 22 Laure Terrace 224.8p. 451-500kg: Forsie 220.7p; Aimster, Gerston 220.4p; 23 Broynach 216.3p; Glengolly 216.2p. 501-550kg: Gerston 225.4p; Aimster 207.9p; Alterwall 204.8p. 551-600kg: 204.6p.
Thainstone: Aberdeen and Northern Marts (April 2) had a total of 130 cast cows and prime cattle and sheep forward from Caithness, Ross-shire and Sutherland consignors with leading prices as follows:
Cast cows and prime cattle:
Beef cows (10) sold to 148.6p per kg for a 730kg Aberdeen Angus cross and £1275 gross for a 970kg Aberdeen Angus cross from W Barnetson & Son, Lynegar, Watten.
Leading prices per head:
Lynegar (AAX) £1270, £1175; West Watten (Lim X) £925.
Leading prices per kg:
West Watten (Lim X) 142p; Lynegar (AA X) 139.8p, 131.4p; Burnside, Canisbay (Lim X) 130.6p.
Prime sheep (100):
Old season lambs sold to 206.3p per kg for and £97 for a pen of 43 Suffolks from J S R Moodie & Co, Rovie, Rogart.
Leading prices per head/kg – Suff: Rovie £89, 203.7p.
Feeding ewes and rams sold to £89.50 for Bluefaced Leicester rams from Rovie.
