Packed ringside greets breeding cattle sale at Dingwall Mart
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DINGWALL and Highland Marts Ltd yesterday sold 287 adult head of breeding cattle at their special sale.
Commercial yearling bulling heifers (113) sold to £1,350 gross for a Simmental cross from Beechwood, Achilty.
In calf heifers (2) sold £1,500 for a Beef Shorthorn from Rurach Croft, Inverinate.
Heifer with male calf (41) sold to £3,000 for a Limousin cross cow with a Limousin cross calf at foot from Wester Bleaton Farm, Bridge of Cally.
Heifer with female calf (53) sold to £3,000 for a Simmental cow with a Simmental calf at foot from Wellhouse, Beauly.
In calf cows (25) sold to £1,550 gross for a Aberdeen Angus from 138 Strathtongue, Lairg.
Cow with male calf (21) sold to £2,600 for a Simmental from Wellhouse, Beauly.
Cow with female calf (20) sold to £2,400 gross for a Limousin cross from 67 Balvraid, Dornoch.
Bulls (12) sold to £5,500 gross for a Limousin from 4 Bualnaluib, Aultbea.
The verdict: “Strong quality units were great to sell to a packed ringside from all over the north. Despite ever increasing costs in the industry, trade would be sharper on the corresponding sale last year. The bull department didn’t disappoint either being late in the day with many intending purchasers going home empty handed.”
Other leading prices:
Bulling heifers: Sim – Blackford Farm, Croy, £1,320 & £1,280; SimX – Beechwood, £1,280 & £1,200; BLG – Corvost, Ardgay, £1,150 & £1,100; LimX – Craigview Arisaig, £1,150 & £1,020, 1 Eyre, Portree, £1,020: AA – Galcantray Farm, Cawdor, £1,000: SalX – Blackford Farm, £1,000.
Heifers with male calf: AAX – Smallburn Farms, Elgin, £2,950; Sim – Wellhouse, £2,850, £2,750, £2,700, £2,600, £2,200, & £1,800, (twice),Smallburn Farms, £2,750; SimX – Wester Bleaton Farm, £2,700, Smallburn Farms, £2,700, £2,400 & £2,000, Wester lochs, Wick, £2,400, 27 Portgower, Helmsdale, £1,900; LimX – Wester Bleaton Farm, £2,700, (twice), £2,500 & £2,200; BshoX – Smallburn Farms, £2,700, £2,500, (twice), £2,450, £2,400, £2,300 & £2,200, (twice), Wester Bleaton Farm, £2,400, (twice), £2,300, (twice), £2,000 & £1,950; SalX – Wester Lochs, £2,450 & £1,800.
Heifers with female calf: Sim – Wellhouse, £3,000, £2,900, (twice), £2,750, £2,600, (twice), £2,500, £2,000, £2,100, Wester Bleaton Farm, £2,800, £2,500, £2,100; SimX – Wester Bleaton, £2,700, (twice), £2,600, £2,350, Smallburn Farms, £2,500, £2,400, £2,300, £2,200, £2,100, £2,000, £1,950, £1,900, 4 & 5 Totescore, Portree, £1,750; BshoX – Smallburn Farms, £2,600, £2,400, £2,000, (twice) & £1,950, Wester Bleaton Farm, £1,950, (twice); BRB – The Arr, Nairn, £2,100 & £1,900; CharX – Wester Bleaton Farm, £2,050, (twice); SalX – Braes of Enzie, Buckie, £2,050; LuiX – Wester Bleaton
Farm, £2,000, (twice), Braes of Enzie, £1,800; SalX – 4 & 5 Totescore, £2,000; AAX – The Arr, £2,000; WshoX – Wester Bleaton Farm, £1,900; LimX – The Arr, £1,900.
In calf cows: AAX – Torachilty Farm, Contin, £1,250, (twice), £1,180, £1,150, (twice); AA – 138 Strathtongue, £1,250; LimX – Dirseach, Plockton, £1,200.
Cow with male calf: BshoX – Smallburn Farms, £2,400, £2,300, £2,000 &£1,900; AAX – 101 Carnan, £2,200, £1,800, 103 Carnan, £1,850, Smallburn Farms, £1,700; WAX – Smallburn Farms, £2,000; LimX – 103 Carnan, £1,950, Dirseach, £1,900; AA – 103 Carnan, £1,950, Smallburn Farms, £1,900.
Cow with female calf: AAX- Smallburn Farms, £2,250; LimX – 1 Howbeg, Lochboisdale, £2,100, 101 Carnan, South Uist, £2,000, 103 Carnan, South Uist, £1,850, Crois Moirag, Lochmaddy, £1,750; BshoX – Smallburn Farms, £1,900; AA – Smallburn Farms, £1,900; BAX – 91 Torroble, Lairg, £1,700; BRB – Smallburn Farms, £1,700.
Bulls: Lim – 4 Bualnaluib, £5,000 & £3,000, (twice); Char – Mains of Auchmedden, Fraserburgh, £4,000, Tacher, Latheron, £3,000; Sim – Birchfield, Huntly, £4,000; BSho – Birkenburn, Keith, £3,000, Ardbrae House, Daviot, £2,000.
