Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd - Fort William Sale - 7 November 2008

7th November 2008

FORT WILLIAM, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd, (November, 7th) sold 489 rams at its annual sale of rams.
Blackface shearlings (239) sold to £900 gross from Craig Farm, Straiton, Maybole.
Blackface two shears (33) sold to £550 gross from Knockdon, Straiton.
Blackface three shears (36) sold to £750 gross from West Lethans, Saline, Fife.
Blackface ram lambs (51) sold to £500 gross from Elmscleugh, Dunbar.
Texels (14) sold to £250 gross for a shearling from Ardoch Farm, Cardross.
Suffolks (6) sold to £370 gross for a two shear from Balmaglaster (Cameron), Spean Bridge.
Cheviots (53) sold to £400 gross for a shearling from Inverbroom, Ullapool.
Texel crosses (11) sold to £200 gross twice for shearlings from Clashnoir, Glenlivet, and Kingside, West Linton.
Beltex (8) sold to £180 gross for a shearling from Ardchatten Home Farm, Oban.
Zwartbles (2) sold to £160 gross for a shearling from Eastfield, Tarbert.
Blue Faced Leicesters (4) sold to £200 gross for a shearling from Ardoch Farm.
"Quality tups met a firm demand while plainer types proved harder to cash."
Other leading prices per head
Ram lambs:
Tex - Rosaburn, Isle of Arran, £180;
BF - Elmscleugh, £450 twice;
Shearlings: BFL - Newton of Crathie, Ballater, £160;
Bel - Aberchalder Estate, Gorthleck, £170;
TexX - Balmaglaster (Mackenzie), Spean Bridge, £180;
Chev - Inverbroom, and Knockan, Ullapool, £220;
Suff - Ardchatten Home Farm, £350;
Tex - Newton of Crathie, Ardoch Farm, and Inverbroom, £220;
BF - Craig Farm, £500 twice;
Two shear: BF - East Bracklin, Callander, £300;
Three shear: BF - Gavinburn, Old Kilpatrick, £380;