Sellers satisfied after Caithness cattle and sheep sale at Quoybrae
Quoybrae, Aberdeen and Northern Marts on Monday sold 106 store cattle, 917 prime, store and feeding ewes and rams.
Bullocks (58) averaged 300.1p and sold to 378.9p for a 225kg Charolais Crosses from 32 Larel, Halkirk and £1350 gross for a 397kg Charolais crosses from Bardnaclavan, Bridge of Westfield.
Heifers (48) averaged 318.6p and sold to 378.9p for 227kg Charolais Crosses from 32 Larel, Halkirk and £1260 gross for a 472kg Simmental cross from Myrelandhorn, Bower.
New season prime lambs (183) averaged 363.2p per kg to 379.3 for 46kg Texels from Sibmister Farm, Halkirk and £194.50 gross for 59kg Dorsets from Brae Edge, Castletown.
Old season prime lambs (69) averaged 293.4p and sold to 349p per kg for a 48kg Beltex from Inkstack, Barrock (MacKenzie) and £191.50 gross for 66kg Texels from Skinnet, Halkirk.
Old season store lambs (147) sold to £153.50 for Texels from Taldale, Janetstown.
Feeding ewes and rams (500) averaged £116.93 to £225 for a Charolais Ram from Boulintogle, Scotscalder.
“Natural grazing cattle were on offer with sellers returning home satisfied. All classes of sheep were keenly bid for with a fantastic run on 183 new season lambs sold.”
Leading prices per head and kg:
Bullocks up to 250kg – 32 Larel (Chax) £860, 378.9p; 251-300kg – 32 Larel (Chax) £880, 308p; 301-350kg – West Brims (Simx), Lower Milton (Limx) £1070, West Brims (Simx) 324.5p; 351-400kg – Bardnaclavan (Chax) £1350, 341 320p, 32 Larel (Limx) £1200; 401-450kg – West Brims (Simx) £1305, Bardnaclavan (Simx) £1260, Myrelandhorn (Simx) 304.7p; 451-500kg – Ritchies Croft (Simx) £1300, 282.6p.
Heifers up to 250kg – 32 Larel (Chax) £860, 378.9p; 251-300kg – West Brims (Simx) £980, 32 Larel (Chax) 346.6p, West Brims (Simx) 346.3p; 301-350kg – Lower Milton (Limx) £1200, 368.1p, Ritchies Croft (Simx) 342.7p; 351-400kg – Bardnaclavan (Chax) £1230, 328.9p, 32 Larel (Limx) £1160, 320.4p; 401-450kg – Lhaid Croft (Limx) £1200, 277.1p; 451-500kg – Myrelandhorn (Simx) £1260, 266.9p.
Sheep – Leading prices per head and kg:
New season prime lambs: Tex - Ivordene £191.50, Sibmister 379.3p; TexX - Hill of Forss £189.50, Dunbeath Mains 377p; Cont - Dunbeath Mains £188.50, 375p; Suff – Cairnside, Oldhall £185.50, 372.2p; NCC - Sibmister £184.50, 361.8p; Dor – Brae Edge £181.50, 363p; Pur Suf - Lynegar £179.50, 374p; DownX - Sibmister £173.50, Quarryside £172.50, Sibmister 369.1p; Blk - Westerloch, Wick £173.50, 352.1p; SufX - Sibmister £168.50, 366.3p; Cross - Ackergill Mains £168.50, Quarryside 369.3p.
Old season prime lambs: Cont - Ackergill Mains £177.50, Lower Reiss 294.3p; Bel - Inkstack £167.50; Suf - Lower Reiss £161.50, 311.5p; Tex - Lower Reiss £157.50, 325.6p; Chv - Ackergill Mains £153.50, Westerloch 311p; NCC - Whitecairn Sarclet £149.50, Achairn 311p; SufX - Lower Reiss £149.50, 291p; TexX - Lower Reiss £146.50, 321.4p; NCCX - Hoy Farm £145.50, Whitecairn 294p; Cont – Skinnet £143.50, 299p; ChvX - Westerloch £141.50, Ackergill Mains 310p.
Leading prices per head:
Old season store lambs: Bel - Clatequoy £141.50, Mill Farm £123.50; Chv - 167 Armadale £137.50, Clatequoy £109.50; Suf - Lower Thura £119.50; Tex - Midtown, Freswick, Ivordene £119.50, Hoy Farm £109.50; NCC - Whitecairn £109.50; Chv Ewe Las - Golval, Forsinard £99.50, £89.50.
Feeding ewes: Tex - Hill of Forss £194.50, £190.50, £189.50, Lynegar £189.50, Lynegar & Slickly £187.50; Suf - Lynegar £194.50, Inkstack £171.50, Lynegar & Myrelandhorn £167.50; Mule - Westerloch £169.50, Upper Geise £164.50, Cairnside £134.50; NCC - 8 Henderson Square, Watten £167.50, Biggins £161.50, Myrelandhorn, Skitten £157.50; ChvMule - Tordale £154.50, Gerston £144.50; ChvX - West Greenland, Thirdpart £144.50; Bel - Inkstack £169.50; Cont – Inkstack £164.50, Tor-na-mae, Halkirk £144.50, The Crofts £137.50; BluTexel - Inkstack £154.50; Chv - Housequoy, Stirkoke £109.50; Dor-an-Cala, Gills £99.50; Ker - Westerloch £99.50; BF - Bardnaheigh, Halkirk £97.50, Ousdale Farm £79.50.
Feeding rams: Tex - Thirdpart £187.50, 110 East Kirtomy £161.50, Swiney £157.50; Bel - Mill Farm £174.50, £141.50; NCC - Biggins £159.50, 8 Henderson Square £149.50, Damside £144.50; Chv - The Hirsell £149.50, Armadale Farm £147.50, 110 East Kirtomy £141.50.