Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd - Sale 29 March 2022

29th March 2022

DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (March 29th) sold 15 prime cattle.
Prime bullocks (5) averaged 245.0p (+19.0p) and sold to 256.0p per kg and £1617.85 gross.
Prime heifers (10) averaged 246.7p (+2.4p) and sold to 255.0p per kg and £1635.90 gross.
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DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (March 29th) sold 15 prime cattle.
Prime bullocks (5) averaged 245.0p (+19.0p) and sold to 256.0p per kg for a 580kg Limousin from Easter Sheep Park Dingwall selling to Messrs John M. Munro Ltd., Dingwall, and £1617.85 gross for a 650kg Charolais also from Easter Sheep Park.
Prime heifers (10) averaged 246.7p (+2.4p) and sold to 255.0p per kg for a 555kg Charolais from Easter Sheep Park, and £1635.90 gross for a 665kg Limousin from Bridgend, Dingwall.

"The Prime cattle purchasers unfortunately weren't greeted with the same show for quality as what they were privy to last week. However, what was forward was full of flesh and a brisk trade awaited them. Handy weight heifers were a scarce commodity and more of this commodity are required to fulfill our ever-growing demand."

Other leading prices per kg:
Heifers: Kinchyle Farm, Inverness (Lim) 253.0p, (LimX) 250.0p, Easter Sheep Park (LimX) 251.0p, Bridgend (LimX) 246.0p.
Bullocks: Kinchyle Farm, (LimX), 247.0p, Easter Sheep Park, (CharX), 247.0p, Ashley, North Kessock, (LimX), 240.0p.
Other leading prices per head:
Bullocks: Easter Sheep Park, (LimX), £1,484.80, Ashley, (LimX), £1,476.00, Kinchyle Farm, (LimX), £1,469.65.
Heifers: Ashley, (LimX), £1,531.25, Kinchyle Farm, (LimX), £1,518.00, Kinchyle Farm, (LimX), £1,475.00.

DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (March 29th) sold 1,464 prime sheep.
Old season lambs (985) averaged 249.1p (+8.70p) and sold to 267.8p and £132 gross.
Feeding sheep (479) averaged £122.71 and sold to £258 gross.
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DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (March 29th) sold 1,464 prime sheep.
Old season lambs (985) averaged 249.4p (+8.70p) and sold to 267.8p per kg for 43.5kg Beltex crosses from Torgorm, Conon Bridge, and £132 gross for a 62kg Dorset from Smallburn Farms, Duffus.
Feeding sheep (479) sold to £258 gross for Texel cross from Kinnahaird, Contin.

"Continuing the national trend last week all classes of feed sheep were sharper on the week, bringing a little more joy to the vendors. Plainer sorts however realized the same returns as last week. We nearly had to have the fire brigade on standby as the ewe trade could only be described as flaming inferno. Trade was well and truly on fire on fire with many lots catapulting over the £200 barrier culminating in an almighty crescendo with the sale averaging an astonishing £122 despite there being many pens of hill type ewes forward."

*Notice to Vendors*
Could all vendors of prime lambs please deliver their lambs to the Mart before 10.30 A.M. to allow us time to have them clipped prior to the start of the sale. Thank You.

Other leading prices per head and per kg

Old season lambs: TexX - 4 Drumloan, Drumnadrochit, £130, Easter Dalziel, Dalcross, 261.9p, Teawig, Beauly, £121, Ashley, 257.8p, Smallburn Farms, £119, Torgorm, Conon Bridge, 256.2p, Ose Farm, Sturan, £119, 253.5p, Smallburn, £117, Torgorm, 249.5p, Easter Dalziel, £115, Achavrole Mains, Halkirk, 249.4p, Easter Dalziel, £114, Ose Farm, 248.2p, Achavrole Mains, £114, Ose Farm, 247.9; BDM - Tighnahinch, £124.50 & £115 247.2p; SuffX – Rhevackin, Kiltarlity, £119.50, Torgorm, 258.4p, Kinchyle, £116, 251.7p; Beltex – Torgorm, £116.50, 264.4p; Chev – Castle Grant, Grantown on Spey, £118, Raitcastle, Nairn, 258.4p, Raitcastle, £115, Torgorm, 252.9p, Tighnahinch, £114, Clune Cottage, Dores, 249.4p, Woodside Croft, Inverness, £114, Tighnahinch, 247.8p, Ose Farm, £113, Rydon, Scotsburn, 247.8p.

Feeding sheep: Tex ewe – Broombank, Culloden Moor, £256, Meikle Geddes, £189, West Garty, £172, Clune Cottage, £170, Kinchyle, £154, Pelaig, Dingwall, £153, Kinnahiard, £152; BeltX ewe – Meikle Geddes, Nairn, £250, Fodderletter Farm, Tomintoul, £180 & £156, Torgorm, £178 (twice), Inshes Farm, £173; BDM ewe – Tighnahinch, £232; SuffX ewe – Meikle Geddes, £199, £180 & £160, The Arr, Lethan, £166, Torgorm, £164; Tex ram – Inshes Farm, Invermess, £197; Chev ram – Castle Grant, £188, West Garty, £170; CharX ewe – Kinnahaird, £180; CharX ram – South Clunes, £164; BFL ewe – The Arr, £164; Blue Tex ewe – Broombank, £162; CHM ewe – Viewhill Croft, Easter Kinkell, £160; Chev ewe – Viewbay, Munlochy, £158, Torgorm, £155, Bruntland, Invergordon, £150. Hill Chev – Viewbay, £147, Clune Cottages, £146, Torgorm, £141, Essil, £138; Lly – Torgorm, £148, Rhevackin, £147; Mule – Kinchyle £137, Kinnahaird, £135, Teawig, £131, Rhevackin, £130; BF – Tulloch Farm, Dingwall, £131, Blackford, £129, Inshes, £119; BF ram – Torrish Estate, £121.