Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd - Sale 18 August 2021

19th August 2021

DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (August, 18th) sold 186 store cattle and 104 adult head of breeding cattle.

"The small percentage of quality cattle maintained recent high prices. Store cattle were a very mixed show and sold to a large ringside"

Bullocks (105) averaged 230.7p and sold to 297.6p per kg for a 420kg Limousin cross from Fairburn Farms, Urray and £1,400 gross for a 720kg Simmental cross from 33 Auchintoul, Altass.
Heifers (79) averaged 216.5p and sold to 260.5p per kg for a 380kg British Blue cross from Fairburn Estate, Urray and £1,120 gross for a 500kg Beef Shorthorn cross from Lower Gartally Farm, Drumnadrochit.
Young bulls (2) sold to £750 gross for a 320kg Limousin from Lower Whitebog, Fortrose.

Cow with male calf at foot (40) sold to £2,750 gross for a Simmental cross cow with a Charolais cross calf at foot from Gorthleck Mains, Inverness.
Cow with heifer calf at foot (33) sold to £2,500 gross for a Simmental cross cow with a Charolais cross calf at foot from Gorthleck Mains, Inverness.
Cow with twin heifer calves at foot (1) sold to £2,800 gross for a Simmental cross cow with Charolais cross calves at foot.
Heifer with heifer calf at foot (3) sold to £1,650 gross for a Shorthorn cross cow with a Beef Shorthorn cross calf at foot from Carnoch, Strathconon.
In calf cows (18) sold to £1,560 gross for a British Blue cross cow from Rootfield Farm, Kinkell.
In calf heifers (2) sold to £1,650 for a British Blue cross heifer from Easter Templand, Fortrose.
Breeding Bull (4) sold to £4,600 for a Charolais from Gorthleck Mains, Inverness.
Breeding Cow (3) sold to £980 for a Saler cross from Swordale House, Evanton.

“All breeding cattle sold to a ready market and more quality outfits could have been sold.”

Other leading prices per head and per kg:
Bullocks up to 250kg - Kinlochy, Tannach, £570, 31 Strath, Gairloch, £570, 251.1p, Redpoint Farm, Gairloch, £570, 251.1p, Lieurary Mains, Thurso, 293.8p; 251-300kg – Gorthleck Mains, £770, 256.7p, Lamburn Croft, Kildary, £700, Lieurary Mains, 261.3p; 301-350kg – Kinlochy, £795, Achley Farm, £785, 230.9p, Lieurary Mains, 237.7p; 351-400kg – Fairburn Farms, £960, £950, 249.4p, Calrossie Mains, Nigg, £920, 261.14p, 253.6p; 401-450kg – Fairburn Farms, £1,250, £1,100, £1,095, 265.1p, 258.5p, 245.0p, Badentoul, Fordyce, £1,075, 242.7p; 451-500kg – 9 Easter Street, Caplich, £1,100, 229.2p, Lower Gartally Farm, £1,075, Fairburn Farms, 221.5p; 501-550kg – Lower Gartally Farm, £1,280, £1,190, 253.5p, 218.4p, 216.8p, Tulloch Farm, Bonar Bridge, £1,160, 214.8p.

Heifers up to 250kg – Redpoint Farm, £340, 161.9p; 251-300kg – Glenside, Glenurquhart, £700, 237.3p, Lieurary Mains, £670, 248.2p, 239.3p; 301-350kg – Badentoul, £785, 229.5p, Glenside, £785, 234.3p; 351-400kg – Fairburn Farms, £990, 225.6p, Glenside, £890, 240.5p, 231.9p; 401-450kg – Bayhead, Munlochy, £1,050, 247.1p, Badentoul, £1,000, 227.3p, Fairburn Farms, £1,000, 235.3p; 451-500kg – Ballone, Abriachan, £1,080, £1,070, 224.1p, Badentoul, £1,035, 227.5p, Lower Gartally Farm, 224.0p; 501-550kg – Bayhead, £1,110, 215.5p.

Cow with male calf at foot: Gorthleck Mains, (ShoX), £2,550, (SimX), £2,450, (LimX), £2,400, £2,250.
Cow with heifer calf at foot: Gorthleck Mains, (ShoX), £2,250, (SimX), £2,250, £2,200, (HEX), £2,050.
Heifer with heifer calf at foot: Swordale Farm, (AA), £1,480, £1,400.
In calf cows: Gorthleck Mains, (SimX), £1,500, £1,280, (ShoX), £1,360, £1,260.

DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (August, 18th) sold 75 OTM cattle.

OTM prime & feeding cattle (75) averaged 1144.7p and sold to 189.0p per kg for a 635kg British Blue from Invercharron, Ardgay and £1,650 gross for an 985kg Simmental from Torran, Delny.

Other leading prices per head:
OTM prime & feeding cattle: Inshes Farm, Inverness, (LimX), £1,570, 2 Orrinside, Urray, (AA), £1,440, Balvaird Farm, Muir of Ord, (LimX), £1,400, Kinnahaird Farm, Contin, (Sim), £1,400, Lower Whitebog, (LimX), £1,390, Braehead, (BSH), £1,350, Conan Mains, (LimX), £,350.

Other leading prices per kg:
OTM prime & feeding cattle: Balvaird, (LimX), 187.9p, Braehead, (BSH), 181.2p, Lower Whitebog, (LimX), 172.1p, (SimX), 168.8p, Broynach, Thurso, (BRB), 172.1p, Wester Tomloan, Nairn, (LimX), 169.1p.

“Fleshy quality well shaped cows continued the upward price trends. The Dingwall OTM ring price to be as good or even better platform for marketing OTM cattle while also minimising vendor transport costs.”