Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd - Sale 10 December 2019

10th December 2019

DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (December, 10th) sold 15 prime cattle.

Prime heifers (15) averaged 197.5p (+5.2p) and sold to 207.0p per kg and £1,289.25 gross.

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DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (December, 10th) sold 15 prime cattle.

Prime heifers (15) averaged 197.5p (+5.2p) and sold to 207.0p per kg for a 550kg Limousin cross from Bridgend Farm, Dingwall selling to Messrs Fraser Brothers, Butchers, Dingwall and £1,289.25 gross for a 675kg Charolais cross from Mountrich Farm, Dingwall.

Other leading prices per kg:

Heifers: Mountrich Farm, (LimX), 206.0p; Bridgend Farm, (LimX), 205.0p, 204.0p, (CharX), 203.0p.

Other leading prices per head:

Heifers: Mountrich Farm, (LimX), £1,280.40, £1,266.90; Bridgend Farm, (LimX), £1,263.65.

DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (December, 10th) sold 693 prime sheep.

New season lambs (555) averaged 193.7p (+8.1p) and sold to 207.0p per kg and £89.50 gross.

SQQ 36.5kg to 45.5kg (526) averaged 194.3p (+4.2p) per kg.

Feeding sheep (138) sold to £90 gross.

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DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (December, 10th) sold 693 prime sheep.

New season lambs (555) averaged 193.7p (+8.1p) and sold to 207.0p per kg for a pen of 43kg Charolais crosses from Torgorm, Conon Bridge selling to Messrs Fraser Brothers, Butchers, Dingwall and £89.50 gross for a pen of 43.5kg Texel crosses from Wester Muckernich, Tore.

SQQ 36.5kg to 45.5kg (526) averaged 194.3p (+4.2p) per kg

Feeding sheep (138) sold to £90 gross three times for Millennium Blue rams and a Beltex ram from Hillside, Killimster and for Texel cross ewes from Invertromie, Kingussie.

Other leading prices per head and per kg:

New season lambs: CharX - Torgorm, £89, 201.2p; Cross - Wester Cairnglass, Inverness, £89, 202.3p; Mule – Pithogarty, Tain, £88.50, 196.7p; TexX – Badrain, Culbokie, £88, Wester Muckernich, 205.8p; Blue Tex – Balnabual, Dalcross, £87, 197.7p; BeltX – Hillside, £86, 200.0p; SuffX – Torgorm, £86, 197.7p; BF – Achnabat, Dores, £84.20, 198.1p; Chev – Torgorm, £84, Wester Muckernich, 197.6p; CHM – Viewhill Croft, Easter Kinkell, £80.50, 189.4p.

Feeding sheep: CHM – Pithogarty, £89; Tex ram – Pithogarty, £88; SuffX – South Clunes, Kirkhill, £86; TexX – South Clunes, £83.50; Mule – Pithogarty, £78; Chev ram – Belmaduthy, Munlochy, £76; Chev – Culmaily Farm, Golspie, £76.