Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd -Sale 28 September 2017
28th September 2017
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (September, 28th) sold 5,614 breeding and store sheep.
Breeding ewes (3,558) averaged £51.77 and sold to £101 for Cheviots from Craiglea Croft, Duncanston.
Feeding ewes (703) averaged £37.30 and sold to £68 for a Cheviot from West Drumliah, Bonar Bridge.
Gimmers (1,311) averaged £89.98 and sold to £156 for Cheviots from Greenacres, Barbaraville.
Feeding sheep (42) sold to £88 for a Texel ram from 2 Forss, Thurso.
"Top lots of gimmers & ewes met a firm enquiry others more hesitant."
Other leading prices per head:
Ewes: Correct: Chev - Ose Farm, Struan, £100, Craiglea Croft, 252 Rearquhar, Dornoch & 68 Foindle, Lairg, £98, 67 Strathcaniard, Ullapool, £90; BeltX - Braes of Coulmore, North Kessock, £100; Tex – Inverbroom Farm, Ullapool, £95; TexX – 154 Port Skerra, Melvich, £90, 68 Foindle, £80; ZwbX – 8, 14 & 15 Struanmore, Struan, £74; DorX – 154 Port Skerra, £70; CHM – Castle Grant Home Farm, Grantown on Spey, £66.
Broken mouth: Chev – 185 Migdale, Bonar Bridge, £76, Castle Grant Home Farm, £58, West End, Badralloch, £56; TexX – Mayfield, Scrabster, £67; LlyX – Clynelish Farm, Brora, £55; Mule – Cambusmore Estate, Dornoch, £50, Mayfield, £48.
Feeders: Cross – East Brora, Brora, £67, Strone Cottage, Strone, £61; Chev – 185 Migdale, £65, Castle Grant Home Farm, £64, 8, 14 & 15 Struanmore, £63; TexX – 2 Forss, Thurso, £63, 154 Port Skerra, £59, Mayfield, £48.
Gimmers: Chev – Moy & Ruthven Farms, Moy, £145, Grantfield Farm, Tain, £140, 9 Balmacara, Kyle of Lochalsh, Greenacres, Moy & Ruthven Farms & Grantfield Farm, £130; CHM – Clachan Farm, Ullapool, £115; TexX – Moulinard House, Tain, £115, Balmaglaster Farm, Laggan, £114, Allangrange Park, Muir of Ord, £112; SuffX – Balmaglaster, £106 CharX – Greenacres, £90.
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