8th October 2009
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (October, 9th) sold 3,827 breeding ewes and lambs at their annual Blackface & Cross ewes, gimmers, ewe lambs sale.
Blackface ewes (1,994) sold to £95 gross for correct ewes from the dispersal of the Glen Gloy Farms Ltd flock, Spean Bridge.
Blackface gimmers (210) sold to £94 gross for a pen of twenty five from Ness House, Inverness.
Blackface ewe lambs (177) sold to £60 gross for a pen of twenty from Glen Gloy Farms Ltd.
Correct ewes (819) sold to £130 gross for Mules from Galcantray Farm, Cawdor.
Gimmers (159) sold to £140 for a Blue Faced Leicester from Broomhill Farm, Muir of Ord.
Ewe lambs (294) sold to £72 gross for a pen from Borlum Farm, Fort Augustus.
Feeding ewes (101) averaged £39.08 and sold to £64 gross for Cheviot ewes from Achscrabster Farm, Thurso.
Feeding sheep (53) sold to £39.50 gross for a Mule wedder from Lower Gartally, Lewiston.
Rams (20) sold to £360 gross for a Texel from Glebe Farm, Allarburn.
"The HISHA Accredited dispersal of the Glen Gloy Blackface flock sold at extreme rates. All other classes met a highly satisfactory demand."
Leading prices per head
Blackface ewes - Glen Gloy Farms Ltd, £89; Balmaglaster, Spean Bridge, £64.
Blackface gimmers - Glen Gloy Farms Ltd, £90; 19 Holmisdale, Isle of Skye, £68.
Blackface ewe lambs - Auchnafearn, Grantown on Spey, £57; 5/6 Sheader, Isle of Skye, £56.
Correct ewes: Mule - Galcantray Farm, £125; CHM - Glebe Farm, £86; TexX - Glebe Farm, £82; SuffX - Bogburn Farm, Duncanston, £74; Chev - Glebe Farm, £70; Cross - Lower Arboll Farms, Tain, £64; Lleyn - Corrimony, £50.
Gimmers: BFL - Broomhill Farm, £100; Chev - Aberchalder, £85; Lleyn - Corrimony, £80.
Ewe lambs: SuffX - Mountrich Farm, Dingwall, £71; Mule - Culbin Farm, Dingwall, £68.
Feeding ewes: SuffX - Bogburn Farm, £51; Mule - 5 Tomich, Beauly, £50.50; Cross - Drynie Farm, Dingwall, £44; BFL - 5 Tomich, £44; Chev - Calrossie Mains, Nigg, £42; Lleyn - Corrimony, £41.50.
Rams: Tex - Glebe Farm, £220; Suff - Glebe Farm, £110.