Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd - Sale 1 October 2020

1st October 2020

DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (October, 1st) sold 5,069 breeding and store sheep.

Breeding ewes (3,679) averaged £77.20 (£63.90 last year) and sold to £150 for a pen of Cheviots from Kintail, Newton of Ferintosh.

Feeding ewes (498) averaged £56.32 (£46.21 last year) and sold to £94 for a pen of Suffolk's from 3 Ardmore, Waternish.

Gimmers (776) averaged £116.90 (£89.07 last year) and sold to £175 for Texel crosses from Keppoch Farm, Dundonnell (twice).

Rams & Feeding sheep (40) sold to £360 for a 2 shear Texel ram from 189 Fleucharry, Dornoch.

Lambs (76) sold to £64 for a pair of Cheviot's from Blairich, Rogart.

"Gimmers & correct ewes were in high demand. All classes of feeders were sharper on the week."

Other leading prices per head:

Breeding ewes: Chev - 84 Tomich, Lairg, £138, & £132 (thrice), Fearn Farm, Tain, £120, & £118, Gesto Farm, Struan, £114, Clachan Farm, Lochbroom, £112, Inverbroom, Ullapool, £110; BDMX - 21/22 West Watten, Wick, £105.

Feeding ewes: Chev – Lower Geanies, Fearn, £80, Sumardale, Struan, £77, 52 Spoutie, Brora, £76, 14 Airdens, Bonar Bridge, £75; CHM – Culmaily Farm, Golspie, £71; TexX – 189 Fleucharry, £69; SuffX – ½ of 29 Sconser, Sconser, £68, 3 Ardmore, £67.

Gimmers: Chev – Bunchrew Farm, Inverness, £166, Ceol-Har Croft, Castletown, £160, Cambusmore, Dornoch, £147, Ose Far, Struan, £140, 6/7 Badralloch, Dundonnell, £135, Reater Farm, Lyth, £130; TexX – Keppoch Farm, £162, Waterloo, Wick, £135, Cambusmore, £134, Waterloo, £130; Cross – Cambusmore, Cambusmore, £120, & £108, 21/22 West Watten, £100; SuffX – Cambusmore, £102; BF – Cambusmore, £95.