Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd - Sale 2 September 2019

3rd September 2019

LOCHMADDY, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (September 2nd) sold 3,118 store lambs.

Lambs (3,118) sold to £74 gross for a Suffolk cross lamb from 15 Liniclate, Benbecula.

Prize list:

Cheviot lambs - 1st & 2nd D. J. MacPhee, 17A Liniclate, £69 & £65.

Suffolk cross lambs – 1st M. MacLean, Mallan Croft, 9 Aird, £72.50, 2nd A. Ferguson, 3 Claddach, £69.

Continental cross lambs – 1st Druim Torrach Croft, 17 Hougharry, £65, 2nd A. MacAulay, 4 Hacklett, £64.

Overall champion pen – M. MacLean, Mallan Croft, (Suffolk)

Reserve champion pen – A. Ferguson, 3 Claddach, (Suffolk)

Other leading prices per head:

Cross – 19 Carinish, Lochmaddy, £71, 1 Knockline, Bayhead, £63; SuffX – 15 Tigharry, Lochmaddy, £69, 2/3 Clachan Sands, Lochmaddy, £67, 6 Middlequarter, Sollas, £66.50; BeltX – 4 Hacklett, Benbecula, £66; Chev – Dunskellar, Sollas, £65, 4 Knockline, Bayhead, £58; TexX – 17 Hougharry, North Uist, £61 & £60, 4 Hacklett, £59;

Rams (48) sold to £350 gross for a Texel from Burnside, Portree.

Other leading prices per head:

Texel – Burnside, £320, Sidinish, Locheport, £200, 17 Hougharry, £200 (twice).

Suffolk – Claddach, Baleshare, £200, Burnside, £150.

Cheviot – 3B Claddach, Locheport, £300, 13 Cross Skigersta Road, Ness, £250, Claddach, £240.

Blackface – 9/15 Aird, Benbecula, £240.