12th February 2024
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd, (February 7th) sold 738 store cattle, 21 breeding cattle and 167 OTM cattle.
Bullocks (371) averaged 322.0p per kg and sold to 400.0p per kg for a 275kg Limousin cross from Lochbuie, Newtonmore and £2,050 gross for a 815kg Saler cross from Morayscairn, Alves.
Heifers (344) averaged 296.8p per kg and sold to 388.9p per kg for a 360kg Limousin cross from Glebe Farm, Kiltarlity and £1,980 gross for a 710kg Simmental from Druid Temple Farm, Inverness.
Young Bulls (23) averaged 270.8p and sold to 347.1p per kg for a 340kg British Blue cross from Dunlichity Farm, Farr sold £2,100 gross for a 765kg from Strone Far, Banavie.
Breeding cattle (21) sold to £2,400 gross for a Limousin bull from Rose Cottage, Spinningdale.
"Today saw meteoric store trade rocketing prices through the atmosphere. If we thought the last sale was phenomenal this one smashes all records. A phenomenal average was set despite not as good a run of cattle forward at the latter part of the sale. At the peak of the burning ring of fire bullocks were averaging a sizzling 322p per kg as a full ring side of buyers just couldn't get enough. Heifers were equally as dear with many perspective purchasers heading home empty handed."
Other leading prices per head and per kg:
Bullocks up to 250kg -Lochbuie, £940, 376.0p, Dunlichity Farm, £810, £700, 324.0p, 2 Cragganvallie, £810, 285.2p, Rose Cottage, Spinningdale, £780, 331.9p, Balcraig, £700, 325.6p;251- 300kg – Lochbuie, £1,100, £960, 340.4p, No 6 Ardendrain, £1,090, 2 Cragganvallie, £1,080, 366.1p, Balcraig, £1,040, £1,020, £1,000, 392.3p, 346.7p, 339.0p, 2 Digg, £920, Tigh Airigh, £920, 338.2p, 375.9p, 9 Lochussie, £910, 256.9p, 10 Melvaig, 323.1p;301-350kg – Lochbuie, £1,340, 382.9p, Wester Tomloan, £1,280, £1,140, £1,120, 365.7p, 345.5p, 344.6p, Strone Farm, £1,200, 352.9p, 34 Newmarket, £1,120, Smithy Croft House, £1,120, Wester Lochend, £1,110, 321.7p, Midbadgrinan, £1,100, 283 Torboll, £1,080, £1,020, £1,000, 332.3p, 321.8p, Grainish Farm, £1,060, 331.3p,2 Digg, £1,050, Rose Cottage, £1,040, 343.2p, Coldhome Farm, £1,020, 329.0p, Newlands of Clans, £1,010, Balcraig, £1,000, 365.4p;351-400kg – Wester Tomloan, £1,530, £1,460, £1,250, 387.3p, 379.2p, 347.2p, Lochbuie, £1,520, £1,210, 394.8p, 340.8p, Strone Farm, £1,460, 365.0p, Lochdhu, £1,460, 379.2p, Balcraig, £1,430, £1,380, 386.5p, 365.1p, 323.3p, Clury Farm, £1,400, 378.4p, Coldhome, £1,380, 356.6p, Milestone House, £1,320, 334.2p, Glebe Farm, £1,290, 344.0p, Bunchrew Farm, £1,280, £1,240, 324.1p, Balnuran, £1,230, Easter Templand, £1,220, 343.7p, Culmaily Farm, £1,220, Newlands of Clans, £1,210, Dunrobin Farm, £1,200, Quarryhead Farm, £1,200, 327.0p, Croft Grant, 326.9p;401-450kg – Rhevackin Farm, £1,580, £1,520, 366.3p, 351.1p, Upper Blairnain, £1,580, 352.7p, Shawpark, £1,550, 386.5p, The Cloy, £1,550, £1,460, 373.5p, 331.1p, Muirend Croft, £1,540, 346.1p, Wester Tomloan, £1,540, £1,340, 375.6p, Clury Farm, £1,540, 383.1p, 238 Rearquhar, £1,530, 347.7p, Wester Lochend, £1,520, £1,360, 357.6p, 4 Glaick, £1,510, £1,500, £1,460, 346.3p, 341.9p, 339.4p, 3 Glaick, £1,510, 372.8p, Bunchrew Farm, £1,500, £1,380, £1,350, £1,300, 352.9p, 320.2p, Lochdhu, £1,460, 337.2p, Balcraig, £1,450, £1,390, 346.6p, 345.2p, Druid Temple Farm, £1,420, £1,400, £1,360, 323.8p, Glebe Farm, £1,400, 323.3p, Balnuran, £1,390, Lochbuie, £1,360, 339.2p, Slattadale, £1,340, 330.9p, Culmaily Farm, £1,300, Dunrobin Farm, £1,300;451-500kg – Balnabual, £1,660, £1,480, 332.0p, Strone Farm, £1,620, 356.0p, Druid Temple Farm, £1,610, £1,590, 344.2p, 334.7p, Lochdhu, £1,600, £1,540, £1,470, 336.1p, 329.8p, Kindeace, £1,590, £1,580, (twice), £1,520, 351.0p, 339.8p, 331.9p, 322.0p, Hilton Farm, £1,580, £1,540, 336.2p, 327.1p,Glebe Farm, £1,580, £1,500, 334.0p, 329.7p, Bunchrew Farm, £1,570, 333.3p, The Cloy, £1,560 (twice), £1,550, £1,520, 342.9p, 340.7p, 333.3p, 323.0p, Clury Farm, £1,560, 331.9p, Wester Lochend Farm, £1,550, 333.3p, 250 Rearquhar, £1,540, 334.8p, Badrain, £1,530, 326.9p, 4 Glaick, £1,520, £1,480, 334.1p, Shorecroft, £1,520, Easter Muckernich, £1,470, Muirend Croft, £1,440;501-550kg – Strone Farm, £1,810, 350.8p, Hilton, £1,740, The Cloy, £1,700, 329.5p, Lochbuie, £1,620, Upper Blairnain, £1,610, Burnside Croft, £1,600, Bunchrew Farm, £1,600, 238 Rearquhar, £1,600, Culmaily Farm, £1,600, Glebe Farm, £1,680, Balnabual, £1,580, Shorecroft, £1,700, £1,540, 333.3p;Over 551kg – Seafield Park, £1,940, Milton Croft, £1,740, Badrain, £1,670, £1,660, £1,590, £1,580, Druid Temple Farm, £1,660, £1,640, Shorecroft, £1,660, Culmaily, £1,620.
Heifers up to 250kg – Grainish Farm, £800, 333.3p, 2 Digg, £780, 346.7p;251-300kg – Ordmuir, £1,440, Glebe Farm, £1,100, 372.9p, Wester Tomloan, £1,020, £990, 357.9p, 335.6p, Granish Farm, £960, £910, (twice), £900, 355.6p, 346.2p, 338.5p, 9 Lochussie, £960, Shewglie, £900, 12 Airdens, 329.4p;301-350kg – Strone Farm, £1,200, 369.2p, Coldhome, £1,180, 356.5p, Wester Tomloan, £1,180, £1,130, 357.6p, 330.4p, No 6 Ardendrain, £1,160, £1,070, 362.0p, 344.2p, Glebe Farm, £1,110, 329.4p, Beehive, £1,100, Lochbuie, £1,090, £1,040, 360.9p, 337.7p, Grainish Farm, £1,040, £1,010, 331.1p, Croft Grant, £1,030, Balcraig, £1,030, Wattenon Croft, £1,000;351-400kg – Coldhome, £1,480, £1,400, 370.0p, 350.0p, Strone Farm, £1,450, 376.6p, Glebe Farm, £1,400, £1,320, 388.9p, 354.8p, Balcraig, £1,380, 365.1p, Lochbuie, £1,320, £1,310, 336.7p, Wester Tomloan, 340.5p; 401-450kg – Glebe Farm, £1,450, £1,410, 345.2p, 337.3p, Kindeace, £1,440, £1,390, 339.3p, 338.5p, 331.0p, 327.8p, Beehive, £1,420, 322.7p Burnside Croft, £1,380, 328.6p, Balnabual, £1,380, Druid Temple Farm, £1,360, Sornum, £1,350, Lochdhu, £1,350, £1,320, The Cloy, £1,340, £1,320, £1,310, Hilton, £1,320, Shawpark, £1,310, Rhevackin Farm, £1,300;451-500kg – Kindeace, £1,540, £1,510, £1,480, £1,360, £1,350, Shorecroft, £1,500, £1,320, Easter Muckernich, £1,460, Glebe Farm, £1,440, Shewglie, £1,420, Druid Temple Farm, £1,400, Strone Farm, £1,400, Balnabual, £1,340;501-550kg – Badrain, £1,630, 238 Rearquhar, £1,460, Ordmuir, £1,400;Over 551kg – Bogburn , £1,800, Clashandorran, £1,720, £1,620, Milton Farm, £1,640, Badrain, £1,620, £1,600, Bogallan, £1,540, Kindeace, £1,520.
Breeding Cattle: AAX – Rheguile, £1,800, £1,750, £1,450 (twice); LimX – Quarryhead Farm, £1,550 (twice).
OTM prime & feeding cows (161) averaged 175.1p per kg and sold to 238.8p per kg for a 670kg Charolais cross from Beehive, Duncanston and £1,860 gross for a 1,010 Beef Shorthorn cross from 129 West Langwell, Rogart.
OTM prime & feeding bulls (6) sold to 200.0p per kg for a 360kg Blue Grey from Rychraggan No 2 and £1,600 gross for a 1,075kg Beef Shorthorn Cross from Midbadgrinan.
“Another solid OTM trade was had in Dingwall as a large ringside of buyers were forward. Trade was comparable on the previous sale, with meat remaining the easiest commodity to cash.”
Other Leading Prices per head & per kg
OTM prime & feeding cows: Dunain Mains, (SimX), £1,840, £1,620, £1,520, 205.1p, 195.7p, (LimX), £1,540, £1,520, £1,500, 198.7p, 197.4p, The Cloy, (CharX), £1,780, £1,740, £1,660, 212.2p, (SimX), £1,560, 200.0p, (AAX), £1,500, 200.0p, Shorecroft, (LimX), £1,720, £1,680, (twice), 204.8p, 203.6p, (SimX), 195.3p, Shewglie, (BRBX), £1,680, 207.4p, 200.0p, 195.6p, Achue Croft, (CharX), £1,660, £1,560, 195.3p, Kinchyle Farm, (LimX), £1,640, £1,540, £1,500, 206.7p, 200.0p, 198.6p, 196.1p, (SimX), £1,560, 1 Skaill, £1,640, (BSH), £1,600, Beehive, (CharX), £1,600, Raitcastle Farm, (Gas) £1,560, 199 Lednabirichen, (Sim), £1,560, 219.7p, Easter Craggach, (LimX), £1,560, 201.3p, Lower Whitebog, (Lim), £1,540, 1 Clune Cottages, (SimX), £1,540, Bunchrew Farm, (SalX), £1,520, 198.7p, (SimX), 195.7p, Hilton Farm, (BSHX), 220.8p, (SimX), 210.2p, 205.7p, 195.6p, Auchmore Farm, (AAX), 206.0p, Rychraggan, (BG), 197.0p.