Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd - Sale 27 November 2008

27th November 2008

DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (November, 27th) sold 2,292 store lambs, breeding and feeding sheep.
Lambs (1,482) averaged £30.26 and sold to £51 gross for Crosses from Shop Farm, Scotscalder, Thurso.
Ewes (726) averaged £19.24 and sold to £50 gross for Texels from Burnside, Jamestown, Strathpeffer.
Feeding sheep (84) averaged £28.26 and sold to £65 for a Texel ram from Penick Farm, Auldearn.
"Stronger, quality lambs met an excellent and improved trade, longer keeping lambs and all classes of ewes met a similar demand."
Other leading prices per head
Lambs: Chev - Mid Calder, Thurso, £50; Stitley Farm, Thurso, £47.50; Inverbrora Farm, Brora, and White Lodge, Corrybrough, £38.50; SuffX - Grenville, Kiltarlity, and Stitley Farm, £49; No. 5 Tomich, Beauly, £48; Bruntland, Invergordon, £45; BFL - Broomhill Farm, Muir of Ord, £48; Cross - No. 13 Achintraid, £47; Shop Farm, £46; Cadboll Mount, Fearn, £45; TexX - Folly, West Murkle, £46; Braepark, Duncanston, and Folly, £40; No. 5 Tomich, and Teawig, Beauly, £38; Mule - Balloan, Farr, £45; BeltX - Caberfeidh, Glenurquhart, £39; BF - Blargie Farm, Laggan, £34; Laintachan, Nethy Bridge, £31; Balloan, and Teawig, £30.
Ewes: CHM - Bindal, Portmahomack, £43.50; Chev - Bindal, £42.50; Bogburn Farm, Duncanston, £36.50; Glastullich Farm, Tain, £33.50; Suff - Bruntland, £42.50; Coulnagour, Culbokie, £33; SuffX - No. 13 Nether Inshes, Inverness, £39.50; Glastullich Farm, £35; Grenville, £34; Cross - No. 13 Nether Inshes, £38.50; Balnabeen, Conon Bridge, £38; Corrimony, Glen Urquhart, £37.50; Mule - Brae Croft, Croy, £33.50; Cadboll Mount, £30; BF - Tulloch Farm, Dingwall, £29; Easter Street, Kiltarlity, and Bruntland, £27; Bogburn Farm, and Ardindrean, Lochbroom, £26; Lleyn - Corrimony, £26.50.
Feeding sheep: Tex - Penick Farm, £45; Suff - Coulnagour, £50; Chev - Strathmore Estate, £40; Cross - Braehead, Ulbster, £25.50.