Dingwall and Highland Marts Ltd - Sale 26 January 2023

26th January 2023

DINGWALL, Dingwall and Highland Marts Ltd, (January 25 th ) sold 605 store cattle, 16 adult head of breeding cattle
and 216 OTM cattle.

Bullocks (365) averaged 282.5p (+43p on the year) and sold to 338.0p per kg for a pen of 355kg Limousin crosses from
Strone Farm, Banavie and £1,660 gross for a pen of 596kg Simmental crosses from Borlum, Scaniport.

Heifers (195) averaged 260.1p (+31.5p on the year) and sold to 317.1p per kg for a pair of 410kg Limousin crosses from
Dunain Mains, Inverness and £1,680 gross twice for a 645kg Charolais and for a pair of 660kg Charolais crosses all from
Lochdhu, Nairn.

Young Bulls (35) sold to 289.3p per kg for a pen of 197kg Charolais crosses from Dunlichity, Farr and £1,220 gross for a
435kg Limousin from Fodderletter Farms, Tomintoul.
Cow with heifer calf (2) sold to £1,750 gross for a Beef Shorthorn cow with an August born Beef Shorthorn calf from
Ardbrae House, Daviot.

Cow with male calf (1) sold to £1,620 gross for a Beef Shorthorn cow with an August born Beef Shorthorn calf also from
Ardbrae House, Daviot.
Heifer with male calf (2) sold to £1,600 gross for a Charolais cross heifer with a December born Beef Shorthorn cross
calf from 25 Blackhill, Edinbane.
Heifer with heifer calf (1) sold to £1,020 gross for a Charolais cross heifer with a December born Beef Shorthorn cross
calf from 25 Blackhill, Edinbane.
In calf cows (7) sold to £1,000 gross for a Limousin cross cow from Tote, Dunvegan.
In calf heifers (2) sold to £680 gross for a Highland cross heifer from Red Braes. Lochinver.
Bulls (1) sold to £1,260 gross for a Beef Shorthorn from Ardbrae House, Daviot.
"Store cattle trade eclipsed anything ever witnessed before as values mirrored that of the spaceship rocketing into space
and obliterating the earth's atmosphere. A truly sensational days trading as vendors witnessed all classes from big to
small and native to the shapely continentals cash in at much needed extraordinary values. All full company of buyers
were present from all over the north of Scotland as well as the north of England and some intending purchasers returned
to barracks empty handed."
Other leading prices per head and per kg:
Bullocks up to 250kg - 2 Cragganvallie, Kiltarlity, £750, £670, 300.0p, 273.5p, Keppoch Farm, Roy Bridge, £630,
Dunlichity, 267.3p; 251-300kg – Shewglie Farmers, Glenurquhart, £900, 305.1p, Garbeg, Drumnadrochit, £800, Keppoch
Farm, 288.5p; 301-350kg – Shewglie Farmers, £1,000, £980, 307.7p, 306.5p, Invercharron, Ardgay, £960, 303.2p, 25
Camultmuir, Kiltarlity, 293.8p; 351-400kg – Strone Farm, £1,200, Croft Grant, Brora, £1,080 twice, 291.1p, 288.0p, 25
Camultmuir, 280.5p; 401-450kg – Shawpark, Glaickmore, £1,380, Charleston Farm, Barrock, £1,360, £1,350 three times,
312.5p, Dunain Mains, 326.8p, Torran Farm, Delny, 312.8p; 451-500kg – Kinchyle Farm, Scaniport, £1,530, £1,510,
£1,500, 325.4p, 317.5p, Dunain Mains, £1,500, 321.9p, Lochdhu, Nairn, £1,500, 312.0p; 501-550kg – 4 Glaick, Ardross,
£1,560, 3 Glaick Ardross, £1,560, Forsie, Thurso, £1,540, £1,520, 300.2p, 295.2p, Lochdhu, £1,520, 295.1p;
551-600kg – Sornum, Easter Kinkell, £1,640, 290.3p, Glenside, Glenurquhart, £1,620, 286.7p, 3 Glaick, £1,520, Borlum,
Scaniport, 278.5p.
Heifers up to 250kg – Keppoch Farms, £680, 272.0p, New Cottage Farm, Lyth, £550, Dunlichity, £550, 242.3p, 235.6p;
251-300kg – New Cottage Farm, £800, 275.9p, Garbeg, £770 twice, 265.5p, Keppoch Farms, £750, 260.4p, Shewglie
Farmers, £750, 261.3p; 301-350kg – Shewglie Farmers, £930, £910, £860, 275.8p, Invercharron, £900, 280.5p, 276.9p;
351-400kg – Druid Temple Farm, Inverness, £1,080, 287.5p, 284.2p, Easter Muckernich, £1,040, Lochdhu, £1,000, Croft
Grant, 261.4p; 401-450kg – Balnabual, Dalcross, £1,300, 288.9p, Dunain Mains, £1,300, 296.8p, Hilton Farm, Tain,
£1,280, 296.3p, The Cloy, Fortrose, £1,280, 303.9p, 294.3p; 451-500kg – Sornum, £1,460, 299.8p, Forsie, £1,380,
276.6p, Hilton Farm, £1,350, 284.2p;
501-550kg – Borlum, £1,460, 276.5p, Kinchyle Farm, £1,410, 280.9p, Hilton Farm, £1,390, 267.3p;
551-600kg – Forsie, £1,460, Insh Farm, Spean Bridge, £1,440, 252.6p, Charleston Farm, £1,430, 254.1p, 248.7p,
Balliefurth, Grantown on Spey, £1,410, Muirend Croft, Auldearn, 242.1p; Over 600kg – Lochdhu, 260.5p, 254.6p.

OTM prime & feeding cattle (216) averaged 194.0p and sold to 243.6p per kg for a Charolais cross cow from
Balnacuile, Spinningdale and £2,360 gross for a 975kg Charolais cross cow from Tore Mains, Tore.

“Records in the OTM ring today were smashed from every direction as not only the largest number of cows ever
witnessed in this centre was smashed by epic proportions, the new centre recorded for a cull cow was also achieved.
Enter the Ring Messrs Fraser Tore Mains whose two pure Charolais cows one after the other set the new record, Firstly
at £2,340 and then £2,360. Despite a large number of lean cows been present another phenomenal average of 194 per
kg was recorded across the board. Dingwall is fast becoming a noted centre for cull cows”
Other leading prices per head:
OTM prime & feeding cattle: Tore Mains, (Char), £2,340, The Cloy, (SimX), £2,240, Dunain Mains, (SimX), £2,160, Mid
Fearn, Ardgay, (AAX), £2,140, Hilton Farm, (SHO), £1,940, Strathglass Farms, Beauly, (AA), £1,940, Lochdhu, (SimX),
£1,940, Strone Farm, (LimX), £1,940, Balnacuile, (CharX), £1,900, Culmaily, (Lui), £1,700.
Other leading prices per kg:
OTM prime & feeding cattle: The Cloy, (SimX), 243.5p, 230.4p, 227.5p, Tore Mains, (CharX), 242.1p, Paremoremo,
Bower, (AAX), 239.3p, 1 Clune Cottages, Dores, (LimX), 235.0p. Hilton Farm, (SHO), 232.3p, Easter Urray Farm, Muir of
Ord, (SimX), 231.4p, Culmaily Farm, Golspie, (Lui), 227.3p, Charleston Farm, Barrock, (AAX), 226.7p, Culmaily,
(Lui),227p.
OTM Bulls: Strathglass Farms, (AA), £1,940, 161p, Dunain Mains, (Lim), £1,700, 189p,
Rothiemurcus, (Sim), £1,440, 144p, Uiginish, (Char), £1,420, 150p.