'Rip-roaring' trade at Dingwall Mart at sale of store lambs and feeding sheep
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Dingwall and Highland Marts Ltd sold 6994 store lambs and feeding sheep.
Lambs (6,842) averaged £71.44 (up £11.47 on the year) and sold to £120 gross for a pen of Cheviots from Sheildaig, Strathcarron.
Feeding sheep (152) sold to £100 gross for a Cheviot ram from Scorr Farm, Glendale.
The verdict on Friday's event: “A rip-roaring trade for all classes was experienced at Dingwall. A full company of buyers from as far south as Cumbria participated in a strong trade that saw short keep lambs considerably dearer keeping inline with the current prime sheep trends. Long keep hill lambs met a fierce enquiry and this commodity were the dearest they’ve been all season. Blackface lambs would have been privy to the largest increase in values as many pens crossed over the £70 mark with ease.”
Other leading prices per head:
Wedder lambs: SuffX - Calrossie Mains, Nigg, £101 & £93, Refouble, Glenferness, £94, Milton Muie, Rogart, £94, Kirkfield Farm, Olrig, £93, Fendom Farm, Tain, £89 & £88, Garguston Shore, Muir of Ord, £89, Wester Craiglands, Fortrose, £86, Lochlait, £86, 15 Glenconon, Uig, £86, (twice); TexX – Ballindalloch Home Farm, £99
& £89, Lochlait, £97, Easter Templand, Fortrose, £96, Am Fasgadh, £94 & £91, Invereen, Tomatin, £94, 15 Glenconon, £94 & £86, Fendom Farm, £91, Nottingham Mains, Latheron, £90, 2 Seafield, Portmahomack, £88,
Corvost, Ardgay, £87, Foxhole, Kiltarlity, £86; Mule – Ruifour, Kiltarlity, £98, Milton farm, Aberarder, £92; RYX – Spierfield, Balblair, £92; CHM – Calrossie Mains, £90 & £86, Invereen, £88, Leiurary Amins, Thurso, £86; Cross – Torachilty, Contin, £90 & £86; BDX – Strathgarve Farms, £88; Chev – South Balkeith, Tain, £87, Shieldaig, £87, Druim an Lochain Farm, £86; BeltX – 2 Englishton Muir, Bunchrew, £86.
Ewe lambs: BeltX – 2 Englishton Muir, £104, Fair a Far, Kirkhill, £88; Chev – Shieldaig, £102 & £86, Fair a Far, £98, Torlean Croft, Lamington, £94, 14 Ormiscaig, Aultbea, £87, Corvost, £86; TexX – Lochlait, £101, Corvost, £100, 38 Logiehill Park, Nairn, £97, Garguston Farm, Muir of Ord, £90, Nottingham Mains, £89, Invereen, £88; CHM – Lieurary Mains, £100; SuffX – Kirkfield Farm, £99, Refouble, £97, Larel, Halkirk, £90; Mule – Ruivard, Ardross, £98.
Feeding Sheep: TexX Gmr – Corriefois, Culbokie, £98; Tex ewe – Lochlait, Abriachan, £97; Chev Gmr- 79 Strathkaniard, Ullapool, £90, Polchaple, Culkein, £80; Chev ewe – 79 Strathkaniard, £80, 45 Strath, Gairloch, £70; TexX ewe – Dell Farm, Whitebridge, £78, Am fasgadh, Tomatin, £76; Chev wdr - 79 Strathkaniard, £78; Cross wdr – Monessie Farm, Moy, £76.
