Dingwall & Highland Marts - Sheep Sale 23 April 2020
23rd April 2020
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts, (April, 23rd) sold 1,615 sheep of all classes.
Lambs (1,265) averaged £58.77 and sold to £95 gross for Texel crosses from 5 Drynoch, Carbost.
Ewes (308) and sold to £120 gross for a Texel from Wester Moy, Urray.
Rams and feeding sheep (42) sold to £94 gross for a Charollais ram from Wester Moy.
"Lambs followed recent trends with ewes being slightly easier then recent sales."
Other leading prices per head:
Lambs: TexX - 10/11 Earlish, Uig, £91, Culligran, Cupar, £90, Lochdhu, Nairn, £83; CharX – 4 Edinbane, Portree, £90 (trice); Suff – 10/11 Earlish, £89; SuffX – Fiddlefield, Muir of Ord, £87; Chev – 5 Drynoch, Carbost, £85, Inchbae Farm, Garve, £85, Rhifail Farms, Dingwall, Buldoo, Houstry, Dunbeath, & Dunearn Farm, Nairn, £80; BeltX – Lower Geanies, Fearn, £80; BF – Braebost Farm, Edinbane, £79, Dunearn Farm, £72, Torrin Sheep Stock Club, £71.
Ewes: Tex – Druid Temple Farm, Inverness, £116, Lochdhu, £90; TexX – Tigh-Na-Giomannich, Rafford, £100, Lochdhu, £90, Easter Dalziel Farm, Dalcross, £85; SuffX – Fiddlefield, £90; CHM – Dunearn, £85; Mule – Davidson Croft, Heights of Fodderty, £80, Castlecraig, Nigg, £75, Culligran, £71; Chev – Cartomie, Ardgay, £77, Clune Farm, Dores, £71, Inchbae Farm, £70; DorsX – Wester Moy, £68; Cross – Davidson Croft, £65;
Rams & feeding sheep: Suff – Lochdhu, £88; Tex – Shewglie Farmers, Glenurquhart, £88, Tomcluich, Cawdor, £84, Lochdhu, £80; Chev – Cartomie, £87, 1 Skelpick, Bettyhill, £80; Bf wdr – Shewglie Farmers, £57.
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