Mart prices from Quoybrae and Thainstone
QUOYBRAE: Aberdeen and Northern Marts (May 4) sold 137 store cattle and 115 prime and store sheep.
Bullocks (81) averaged 219.2p per kg to 275.7p for a pen of five 301kg Charolais crosses from Gillock Mains and £1090 gross for a 502kg Limousin cross from Quintfall, Lyth.
Heifers (56) averaged 226.5p per kg to 275.8p for a pen of six 310kg Charolais crosses from Gillock Mains and £1005 for a 453kg Limousin cross from Quintfall.
Old season prime lambs (17) sold to 183.3p for 42kg Cheviots from Skinnet, Halkirk, and £86 gross 58kg Suffolks from East End, John O’Groats.
Old season store lambs (39) to £77 for Continentals from Gansclett, Thrumster.
Feeding ewes and rams (59) to £80 for Cheviots from The Maltings, Thurso.
Grazing stirks met a fast-selling trade and more could have been sold to the sellers’ advantage.
Leading prices per head and kg:
Bullocks up to 300kg – Boulintogle, Scotscalder £790, 266p; 301-350kg – Boulintogle £880, 255.8p; 351-400kg – Duran Mains, Castletown £930, Gillock Mains 254.2p; 401-450kg – Alterwall £1,000, 234.7p; 451-500kg – Alterwall £1,040, 221.2p; 501-550kg – Alterwall £1,035, Quintfall 217.1p; 551-600kg – Alterwall £1,065, 192.2p.
Heifers up to 300kg – Rockhill, Wick £650, 221.8p; 301-350kg – Gillock Mains £880, 265.1p; 351-400kg – Durran Mains £945, 239.8p; 401-450kg – Durran Mains £930, 225.7p; 451-500kg – Quoyshakes, Bilbster £930, Quintfall 221.9p.
Leading prices per head:
Old season store lambs: Cont – Gansclett, Thrumster £60.
Feeding ewes and rams: HB – Glencroft, Glengolly £74; Tex – West Greenland, Castletown £72; TexX – Glencroft £70; Suf X- Balmore, Dounreay £69; Cont X – West Greenland £66; Chv – Mid Clyth, Clyth £61; Chv X – Balmore, Glencroft £59; Mule – Skinnet £56.
THAINSTONE: Aberdeen and Northern Marts (May 1) sold 265 store cattle from Caithness, Ross-shire and Sutherland.
Store cattle (265):
Bullocks to a top of 251p per kilo for a pair of 370kg Limousin crosses and £1105 gross per head for a pair of Simmental crosses from W & A Oag, Scrabster House.
Heifers to a top of 242.2p per kilo for a pen of three 330kg Limousin crosses from A Mackay & Son, Strath Farm, Watten, and £1105 gross for a two 500kg Limousin cross from W & A Oag, Scrabster House.
Leading prices per head:
Bullocks: 301-350kg – Strath Farm £850, £840; 351-400kg – Scrabster House £955, £930; Strath Farm £880, £875, £870, £840; Cyderhall £835, £820; 401-450kg – Scrabster House £1025, £975, £965; Strath Farm £925, £905; East Kirk £900 451-500kg – Strath Farm £1085; Cyderhall £1015; Scrabster House £1005; East Kirk £1000.
Heifers: 251-300kg – Cyderhall £620; 301-350kg – Strath Farm £755, £740, £720; 351-400kg – Scrabster House £905; Strath Farm £815, £810; Cyderhall £970; £810; 401-450kg – Scrabster House £890; 451-500kg – Scrabster House £1105, Strath Farm £1085; Cyderhall £1030.
Leading prices per kg:
Bullocks: 301-350kg – Strath 248.5p, 244p, 235.9p; 351-400kg – Scrabster House 247.4p, 242.3p, Strath Farm 240.3p, 235.2p, 234.6p; Cyderhall 203.3p, 229.3p; 401-450kg – Scrabster House 237.6p, 230.7p, 229p; East Kirk 213.2p 451-500kg – Cyderhall 220.6p.
Heifers: 301-350kg – Strath 231.2p;351-400kg – Strath 242.4p, 230.2p; Scrabster House 237.6p, 235.6p; Cyderhall 244.9p; 451-500kg – Strath 223.7p; Scrabster House 221p; Cyderhall 221p.
