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Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd - Sales 23 September 2015

23rd September 2015

DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (September, 23rd) sold 916 store cattle at their annual show and sale of Aberdeen Angus, native and continental store cattle sponsored by Brogan Fuels.
The judge, Mr D. Budge, Brae-edge Farm, Castletown, awarded the Aberdeen Angus champion to a 600kg bullock from Mrs L. Allan, Lower Ardnagrask, realising £1,280. The Aberdeen Angus reserve was a 545kg bullock from Messrs G. & D. Coghill, Stemster Mains, Halkirk, realising £1,300. In the Shorthorn section, the champion prize went to a 530kg bullock from Messrs Alvie Estate, Kincraig, realising £1,180, and the reserve to a 535kg bullock also from Alvie Estate, realising £1,180.
Continental champion was a 590kg Limousin cross bullock from Mr G. Anderson, Auchenhalrig Farm, Spey Bay, realising £1,350, and the reserve was a 555kg Limousin cross heifer from Messrs D. & E. Forbes, Sunnylea, Balblair, realising £1,290.

Other prizes awarded:
Aberdeen Angus bullock: 1st prize - Lower Ardnagrask; 2nd prize - Stemster Mains
Shorthorn bullock: 1st prize – Alvie Estate; 2nd prize – Alvie Estate
Shorthorn heifer: 1st prize – Alvie Estate; 2nd prize – Alvie Estate
Continental x bullock: 1st prize – Auchenhalrig Farm; 2nd prize – Culmill, Kiltarlity
Continental x heifer: 1st prize – Sunnylea; 2nd prize – 2 Forss, Thurso

Aberdeen Angus bullocks (184) averaged 229.4p and sold to 271.4p per kg for a 140kg cross from 5 North Duntulm, Isle of Skye, and £1,360 gross for a 615kg cross from Clatequoy, Glengolly.
Aberdeen Angus heifers (62) averaged 208.1p and sold to 222.2p per kg for a pen of 450kg crosses from Clatequoy, and £1,330 gross for a 670kg cross from Greenvale, Dunnet.
Other native bred bullocks (122) averaged 213.3p and sold to 232.8p per kg for a pen of 464kg Shorthorn crosses from 1 Skaill, Dounreay, and £1,180 gross for a pair of 532kg Shorthorn crosses from Alvie Estate.
Other native bred heifers (52) averaged 201.1p and sold to 216.5p per kg for a pair of 448kg Shorthorn crosses from 8 Englishtonmuir, Bunchrew, and £1,300 gross for a 650kg Shorthorn cross from Greenvale.
Continental bullocks (233) averaged 224p and sold to 255.4p per kg for a 370kg Charolais cross from The Rowans, Brora, and £1,350 gross for a 590kg Limousin cross from Auchenhalrig Farm.
Continental heifers (261) averaged 217.3p and sold to 253.5p per kg for a 434kg Simmental cross from Ardersier Mains, Ardersier, and £1,290 gross for a 555kg Limousin cross from Sunnylea.
Cow with male calf (17) sold to £1,620 for a Limousin cross cow from 81 East Brora, Brora.
Cow with female calf (18) sold to £1,600 for a Shorthorn cross cow from 81 East Brora.
Breeding bulls (4) sold to £1,500 for a Luing from the dispersal of the Myrelandhorn herd, Caithness.
"Top lots of Aberdeen Angus, Shorthorn, and Continental cattle sold exceptionally well, plainer and weathered kinds were more hesitant."
Other leading prices per head and per kg:
Aberdeen Angus bullocks up to 200kg – 5 North Duntulm, £400, 222.2p; 201-250kg – 5 North Duntulm, £580, 256.5p; 251-300kg – Kinnabad, Bonar Bridge, £540; 301-350kg – Muirton Mains, Urray, £710, 205.8p; 351-400kg – Scarmclate, £820, 218.7p; 401-450kg – Greenvale, £1040, Achley Farm, Dornoch, 238.9p; 451-500kg – Stemster Mains, £1170, 237.8p; 501-550kg – Stemster Mains, £1300, Greenvale, 239.5p; 551-600kg – Stemster Mains, £1330, 228.6p; 601-650kg – Stemster Mains, £1340, 221.5p; Over 651 kg – Lower Ardnagrask, £1300, 194p.
Aberdeen Angus heifers up to 200kg – 5 North Duntulm, £380, 190p; 301-350kg – 3 Dounie, Edderton, £640, Nottingham Mains, Latheron, 193.6p; 351-400kg – 3 Dounie, £820, Muirton Mains, 208.1p; 401-450kg – Clatequoy, £1000, Achavraat, Nairn, 208.9p; 451-500kg – Clatequoy, £1050, Longoe Farm, Mey, 215.9p; 501-550kg – 3 Dounie, £1030, 202.8p; 551-600kg – Fiddlefield, Muir of Ord, £1070.
Other Native bred bullocks 251-300kg – 2 Isle of Ewe, Aultbea, £640, 213.3p; 301-350kg – Balmacaan, Drumnadrochit, £745, Alvie Estate, 229p; 351-400kg – Fair-A-Far, Kirkhill, £810, Achley Farm, 216.9p; 401-450kg – Alvie Estate, £960, 221.7p; 451-500kg – 1 Skaill, £1080, Greenvale, 227.4p; 501-550kg – Achvarasdal, Reay, £1160, 223.1p; 551-600kg – Achvarasdal, £1170, 206p.
Other Native bred heifers 251-300kg – Kinnabad, £545; 301-350kg – 2 Isle of Ewe, £650; 351-400kg – Alvie Estate, £830, 215.6p; 401-450kg – 8 Englishtonmuir, Bunchrew, £970, Alvie Estate, 204.8p; 451-500kg – 3 Dounie, £990, 200p; 501-550kg – 3 Dounie, £1060, 205.8p.
Continental cross bullocks 251-300kg – Corslet, Rosemarkie, £680, 242.1p; 301-350kg – Inchindown, Invergordon, £800, 238.8p; 351-400kg – Wester Lochend, Loch Flemington, £960, 240p; 401-450kg – The Rowans, £1050, 244.2p; 451-500kg – Sunnylea, £1130, 4 Glaick, Ardross, 230.4p; 501-550kg – Feabait Farm, Muir of Ord, £1240, 1 Dounie, 230.8p; 551-600kg – 11 Newmore, Muir of Ord, £1285, Auchenhalrig Farm, 228.8p; 601-650kg – Sunnylea, £1340, 210p; Over 651kg – Fiddlefield, £1320, 200p.
Continental cross heifers 201-250kg – Kinnabad, £430; 251-300kg – The Rowans, £670, 252.8p; 1 Obbe Road, 221.4p; 301-350kg – 1 Obbe Road, Isle of Lewis, £780, Inchindown, 223p; 351-400kg – Bardnaclavan Farm, Thurso, £890, 232.4p; 401-450kg – Ardersier Mains, £1100, 2 Forss, 247.7p; 451-500kg – Sunnylea, £1200, Morvich, Rogart, 242.4p; 501-550kg – Sunnylea, £1210, 232.7p; 551-600kg – Balloan, Farr, £1170, Sunnylea, 232.4p.
Cow with male calf: ShoX – Myrelandhorn, £1440; AAX – Myrelandhorn, £1300; LimX – Myrelandhorn, £1250.
Cow with heifer calf: AA – Mountpleasant, Rosemarkie, £1380; LimX – 81 East Brora, £1350; Sho – Myrelandhorn, £1320.

DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (September, 23rd) sold 62 OTM cattle.
OTM prime cows (62) averaged 125.1p and sold to 165p per kg for a 600kg Limousin cross from Lower Whitebog, Fortrose, and £1,150 gross for a 740kg Limousin cross from Castlecraig Farms, Nigg.
Other leading prices per head:
OTM prime cows: Burnside Croft, Jamestown, (BRBX) £1,130; Achavraat, Nairn, (LimX), £1,070; Wester Rarichie, Nigg, (AAX & StabX), and Wellhouse, Beauly, (Sim), £1,050.
Other leading prices per kg:
OTM prime cows: Wester Rarichie, (AAX), 162.4p; Castlecraig Farms, (LimX), 155.4p; Wester Rarichie, (BRBX), 150.4p.

 

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