Dingwall store cattle trade 'eclipsed anything ever witnessed before' during 'sensational day'
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DINGWALL and Highland Marts Ltd yesterday sold 605 store cattle, 16 adult head of breeding cattle and 216 OTM cattle.
Bullocks (365) averaged 282.5p (+43p on the year) and sold to 338.0p per kg for a pen of 355kg Limousin crosses from Strone Farm, Banavie and £1,660 gross for a pen of 596kg Simmental crosses from Borlum, Scaniport.
Heifers (195) averaged 260.1p (+31.5p on the year) and sold to 317.1p per kg for a pair of 410kg Limousin crosses from Dunain Mains, Inverness and £1,680 gross twice for a 645kg Charolais and for a pair of 660kg Charolais crosses all from Lochdhu, Nairn.
Young Bulls (35) sold to 289.3p per kg for a pen of 197kg Charolais crosses from Dunlichity, Farr and £1220 gross for a 435kg Limousin from Fodderletter Farms, Tomintoul.
Cow with heifer calf (2) sold to £1,750 gross for a Beef Shorthorn cow with an August born Beef Shorthorn calf from Ardbrae House, Daviot.
Cow with male calf (1) sold to £1,620 gross for a Beef Shorthorn cow with an August born Beef Shorthorn calf also from Ardbrae House, Daviot.
Heifer with male calf (2) sold to £1,600 gross for a Charolais cross heifer with a December born Beef Shorthorn cross calf from 25 Blackhill, Edinbane.
Heifer with heifer calf (1) sold to £1,020 gross for a Charolais cross heifer with a December born Beef Shorthorn cross calf from 25 Blackhill, Edinbane.
In calf cows (7) sold to £1000 gross for a Limousin cross cow from Tote, Dunvegan.
In calf heifers (2) sold to £680 gross for a Highland cross heifer from Red Braes. Lochinver.
Bulls (1) sold to £1260 gross for a Beef Shorthorn from Ardbrae House, Daviot.
The no-nonsense verdict: “Store cattle trade eclipsed anything ever witnessed before as values mirrored that of the spaceship rocketing into space and obliterating the earth’s atmosphere. A truly sensational day's trading as vendors witnessed all classes from big to small and native to the shapely continentals cash in at much needed extraordinary values.
"All full company of buyers were present from all over the north of Scotland as well as the north of England and some intending purchasers returned to barracks empty handed.”
Other leading prices per head and per kg:
Bullocks up to 250kg – 2 Cragganvallie, Kiltarlity, £750, £670, 300.0p, 273.5p, Keppoch Farm, Roy Bridge, £630, Dunlichity, 267.3p; 251-300kg – Shewglie Farmers, Glenurquhart, £900, 305.1p, Garbeg, Drumnadrochit, £800, Keppoch Farm, 288.5p; 301-350kg – Shewglie Farmers, £1,000, £980, 307.7p, 306.5p, Invercharron, Ardgay, £960, 303.2p, 25 Camultmuir, Kiltarlity, 293.8p; 351-400kg – Strone Farm, £1,200, Croft Grant, Brora, £1,080 twice, 291.1p, 288.0p, 25 Camultmuir, 280.5p; 401-450kg – Shawpark, Glaickmore, £1,380, Charleston Farm, Barrock, £1,360, £1,350 three times, 312.5p, Dunain Mains, 326.8p, Torran Farm, Delny, 312.8p; 451-500kg – Kinchyle Farm, Scaniport, £1,530, £1,510, £1,500, 325.4p, 317.5p, Dunain Mains, £1,500, 321.9p, Lochdhu, Nairn, £1,500, 312.0p; 501-550kg – 4 Glaick, Ardross, £1,560, 3 Glaick Ardross, £1,560, Forsie, Thurso, £1,540, £1,520, 300.2p, 295.2p, Lochdhu, £1,520, 295.1p; 551-600kg – Sornum, Easter Kinkell, £1,640, 290.3p, Glenside, Glenurquhart, £1,620, 286.7p, 3 Glaick, £1,520, Borlum, Scaniport, 278.5p.
Heifers up to 250kg – Keppoch Farms, £680, 272.0p, New Cottage Farm, Lyth, £550, Dunlichity, £550, 242.3p, 235.6p; 251-300kg – New Cottage Farm, £800, 275.9p, Garbeg, £770 twice, 265.5p, Keppoch Farms, £750, 260.4p, Shewglie Farmers, £750, 261.3p; 301-350kg – Shewglie Farmers, £930, £910, £860, 275.8p, Invercharron, £900, 280.5p, 276.9p; 351-400kg – Druid Temple Farm, Inverness, £1,080, 287.5p, 284.2p, Easter Muckernich, £1,040, Lochdhu, £1,000, Croft Grant, 261.4p; 401-450kg – Balnabual, Dalcross, £1,300, 288.9p, Dunain Mains, £1,300, 296.8p, Hilton Farm, Tain, £1,280, 296.3p, The Cloy, Fortrose, £1,280, 303.9p, 294.3p; 451-500kg – Sornum, £1,460, 299.8p, Forsie, £1,380, 276.6p, Hilton Farm, £1,350, 284.2p; 501-550kg – Borlum, £1,460, 276.5p, Kinchyle Farm, £1,410, 280.9p, Hilton Farm, £1,390, 267.3p; 551-600kg – Forsie, £1,460, Insh Farm, Spean Bridge, £1,440, 252.6p, Charleston Farm, £1,430, 254.1p, 248.7p, Balliefurth, Grantown on Spey, £1,410, Muirend Croft, Auldearn, 242.1p; Over 600kg – Lochdhu, 260.5p, 254.6p.
OTM prime & feeding cattle (216) averaged 194.0p and sold to 243.6p per kg for a Charolais cross cow from Balnacuile, Spinningdale and £2,360 gross for a 975kg Charolais cross cow from Tore Mains, Tore.
The summary: “Records in the OTM ring today were smashed from every direction as not only the largest number of cows ever witnessed in this centre was smashed by epic proportions, the new centre recorded for a cull cow was also achieved. Enter the ring Messrs Fraser Tore Mains whose two pure Charolais cows one after the other set the new record, Firstly at £2,340 and then £2,360. Despite a large number of lean cows been present another phenomenal average of 194 per kg was recorded across the board. Dingwall is fast becoming a noted centre for cull cows.”
Other leading prices per head:
OTM prime & feeding cattle: Tore Mains, (Char), £2,340, The Cloy, (SimX), £2,240, Dunain Mains, (SimX), £2,160, Mid Fearn, Ardgay, (AAX), £2,140, Hilton Farm, (SHO), £1,940, Strathglass Farms, Beauly, (AA), £1,940, Lochdhu, (SimX), £1,940, Strone Farm, (LimX), £1,940, Balnacuile, (CharX), £1,900, Culmaily, (Lui), £1,700.
Other leading prices per kg: OTM prime and feeding cattle: The Cloy, (SimX), 243.5p, 230.4p, 227.5p, Tore Mains, (CharX), 242.1p, Paremoremo, Bower, (AAX), 239.3p, 1 Clune Cottages, Dores, (LimX), 235.0p. Hilton Farm, (SHO), 232.3p, Easter Urray Farm, Muir of Ord, (SimX), 231.4p, Culmaily Farm, Golspie, (Lui), 227.3p, Charleston Farm, Barrock, (AAX), 226.7p, Culmaily, (Lui),227p.
OTM Bulls: Strathglass Farms, (AA), £1,940, 161p, Dunain Mains, (Lim), £1,700, 189p, Rothiemurcus, (Sim), £1,440, 144p, Uiginish, (Char), £1,420, 150p.
