Cattle and sheep prices from Dingwall Mart today
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DINGWALL and Highland Marts Ltd sold six cattle and 521 sheep today.
Prime bullocks (1) averaged 256.0p per kg (-4.0p) and sold to 256.0p per kg and £1,843.20 gross for a 720kg Charolais cross Easter Sheep Park, Balblair.
Prime heifers (5) averaged 263.0p per kg (+8.0p) and sold to 276.0p per kg for a 585kg Charolais cross from Easter Sheep Park, Balblair selling to Messrs Fraser Brothers, Butchers, Dingwall and £1825.00 gross for a 730kg Aberdeen Angus cross also from Easter Sheep Park, Balblair.
Other leading prices per kg:
Heifers: Greenlands, Arabella, (CharX), 270.0p, 263.0p, (BSH), 260.0p, Easter Sheep Park, (AAX), 250.0p.
Other leading prices per head:
Heifers: Greenlands, (BSH), £1,716.00, (CharX), £1,539.00, £1,512.25, Easter Sheep Park, (CharX), £1,614.60.
Old season lambs (308) sold to 226.8p per kg for a pen of 48.5kg Beltex Crosses from Smallburn Farms, Elgin and £111 gross for a 51.5kg Texel Cross also from Smallburn Farms.
SQQ Lambs 25.5kg to 45.5kg (114) averaged 212.4p (-9.7p) and sold to 224.7p.
Feeding sheep (213) sold to £176 gross for a Texel Ewe from 2 Dounie, Edderton.
The verdict: “Hoggs are unfortunately continuing to follow the falling national trade. All classes were less on the week. Ewe trade however remains a little more buoyant. All classes were every bit as dear as last week and more are required to satisfy demand.”
Other leading prices per head and per kg:
Old Season lambs: BexX – Smallburn Farms, £110, £106 & 218.6p, Kinchyle Farm, Scaniport, £103.50 & 222.6p; TexX – Woodend, Muir of Ord, £110, £107 (twice), £105.50, 213.1p, Smallburn Farms, £107, £105, £104, 216.7p, 215.5p & 214.3p, The Dell of Killiehuntly, Kingussie, £105 (Twice), 212.1p, Kinchyle Farm, £102 & 224.2p, Viewhill Croft, Easter Kinkell, £100, Lochdhu, Nairn, £100, 224.7p & 213.6p; Mule – Milldam, Meikle Ussie, £107 & 194.6p; Chev – 238 Rearquhar, Dornoch, £105 & 225.8p, The Dell of Killiehuntly, £103, £101, 214.6p &210.4p; CHM – Viewhill Croft, £95 & 204.3p; BF – Shewglie Farmers, £88 & 195.6p.
Feeding Sheep: Tex Ewe – Enyhallow, Conon Bridge, £166, Moy Bridge Croft, Urray, £135; TexX Ewe – Smallburn Farms, £138, £115 & £109, Muirton Mains, Urray, £110 &101, Lochdhu, £109, Greenland Mains, Thurso, £106; SuffX Ewe – Smallburn Farms, £132 & £103, Morayscairn Farm, Elgin, £121 & £114; Llyn Ram – Morayscarin Farm, £129; Chev Ram – Morayscairn, £117; BL Ram – Morayscairn, £112; Suff Ewe – Olrig Mains, Thurso, £110; CHM Ewe – Smallbun Farms, £109, Upper Muckovie, Inverness, £100, Viewhill Croft, £95; LlynX Ewe – Morayscairn, £99 (Twice); Mule Ewe – Upper Muckovie, £95; BF Ewe – Greenland Mains, £65.
