Dingwall And Highland Marts Ltd - Rams Sale 18 October 2024

21st October 2024

DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd, (October 18th) sold 263 Rams at its Second Continental Ram Sale.

Texels (78) sold to £1,800 gross for a Shearling from Mr W. J. Jack, Woodend, Muir of Ord.
Suffolk (75) sold to £1,000 gross (Twice) for Shearlings from Messrs J. H. Fowlie, North Essie, Adziel.
Cross (34) sold to £650 gross (Thrice) for a Texel x Suffolk Two Shear from Mr G. Van Dyck, An Taigh Dearg, Lamington, a Beltex x Texel from Messrs J. Munro & Son, Invercharron Farm, Ardgay and a Texel x Beltex from Miss D. MacLennan, 5 Tomich, Beauly.
Blue Faced Leicester (36) sold to £1,100 gross for a Shearling from Mr R. W. Blackhall, The Green, Milton of Durris.
Beltex (22) sold to £700 gross (Twice) for Shearlings from Messrs J. Munro & Son, Invercharron, Ardgay.
Any Other Breed (18) sold to £700 gross for a Blue Texel Shearling from Messrs J. Munro & Son, Invercharron, Ardgay.

Other leading prices:
Two Shears - Texel - Edderton Farm, Tain, £650 & £550, Balmaglaster, Spean Bridge, £400, Towiemore Farm, Keith, £400; Blue Faced Leicester - Wester Raddery, Fortrose, £550.

Shearling – Texel – Woodend, £1,400 (Twice), £1,200 & £1,000 (Twice), Kennachy, Forss, £1,200, £1,100, £1,000 (Thrice), Veltigar, Tankerness, £1,000 (Four Times); Suffolk – North Essie, £900 (Thrice), £800 (Twice), £750 (Five Times), £700 (Twice) & £650 (Six Times), Stonyford Farm, Tarland, £900, Whitebog, Fortrose, £700 (Twice); Blue Faced Leicester – Nether Aucharnie, Huntly, £750 & £500 (Four Times), The Green, £750, £650 & £600, Wester Raddery, £700 & £550 (Twice), Garth Farm, St Ola, £600, Whitebog, £500 (Twice); Beltex – Invercharron, £650, £600 & £550, Upper Auchenlay, Dunblane, £600 (Twice), £550, £500 & £400, Nether Knockans, Aberlour, £400, Tullyglens, Dunphail, £400; Cross – Upper Auchenlay, £600 (Thrice), £550 (Twice), £500, £450 & £400 (Six Times), Invercharron, £600, £500 & £400, Stonyford Farm, £550 (Twice), 5 Tomich, £550, £500, £450 & £400; Badgerfaced Texel – Upper Drakemires Farm, Newmill, £600; Blue Texel – Invercharron, £500 & £450.

Ram Lambs – Suffolk – Tullochallum, Dufftown, £450 (Twice) & £400, Drimmie, Forfar, £300; Texel – Broombank, Culloden Moor, £350.

DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland marts Ltd, (October 18th) sold 649 rams at its Great Annual Show
and Sale of North Country Cheviot Hill Rams generously sponsored by D.R. Alexander Trailers, Keoltag.

The Judge Mr M. Williams, Anglesey, Pengroes awarded the Overall Champion to a Two Shear Ram from Messrs J. F. Irving, Mountbenger, Yarrow. Reserve Champion went to an Aged Ram from Badanloch Estate, Kinbrace.

Shearlings (98) sold to £6,500 gross from Inkstack Farm, Barrack.
Two Shears (452) sold to £6,500 gross from Allanshaws, Galashiels.
Three Shears (60) sold to £6,500 gross from Badanloch Estate, Helmsdale.
Four Shear and over (23) sold to £2,800 from Balnakeil, Galashiels.

"Dingwall Mart's annual Show and Sale of Cheviot Rams once again attracted a huge crowd from near and far as buyers from as far as Wales crossed the Castle drawbridge. Judging proceedings lay in the able hands of Mr. Melwyn Williams, who kindly accepted our invitation to judge. No stranger to Cheviot breeders, as a farmer and President of the North Country Sheep Society and runs his Pengroes flock in Wales. It was one of the best shows for quality and numbers at the pre-sale show in all the three classes. Champion was found in the two shear class, an absolute monster of a tup with serious body, power and class to match. An array of biding came from the Gantry, with Mr. S. Renwick, Inverboom the victor purchasing him for £4,00.

Reserve champion went to renowned hill breeder Hughie Mackenzie, with his Badanloch bred three shear ram. As a norm with sheep from this stable, a tup oozing class raced away at the bidding like a freight through the night. £6,500 was the outcome and he heads south to Lockerbie to run sheds at Gillespie Farm.

The top price of £6,500 was achieved on no fewer than three occasions with the other two coming from the Inkstack team of Red Robertson and Micheal Kirk and the noted Allanshaws Stable of Messrs Runciman. The first placed Inkstack shearling too headed south to Dumfries to Messrs Willbank, whilst the unshown shearling from Allanshaws sails west to Messrs Forrester Ardnacross.

A truly sensational trade raced the great Cheviot arena as no fewer than 141 tups grossed over £1,000 with copious amounts at £900. The whole sale levelled at an astonishing £780 per head with a 95% clearance rate and many a noted stable attempting to purchase shed sheep round off a near perfect days trading."

Other Leading prices per head:
Shearlings – Inkstack Farm, £3,000, £1,800, (twice), £1,100, Backakelday, Holm, £1,700, £1,300, £1,200, £1,000, Bardnaclavan Farm, Thurso, £1,600, £1,100, £1,000, Shieldaig, Strathcarron, £1,400, Kinaldy Farm, St Andrews, £1,300, £1,000, Garth, South Ronaldsay, £1,000, Kelsocleugh, Kelso, £1,000, Langdale, Strathnaver, £1,000.
Two Shear –Inverbroom Farm, £5,500, Clachan Farm, £5,000, Allanshaws, £4,200, £1 Mountbenger, Yarrow, £4,000, Bowmont Farming, £3,000, Ose Farm, Struan, £2,800, (twice), Castle Grant Home Farm, Grantown-on-Spey, £2,800, Keppoch Farm, Dundonnell, £2,200, Mill House, Stainland, £2,200, Brachmont Farm, £2,200, Kintail, Newton of Ferintosh, £2,000, Eribol Estate, £1,900, Coul Estate, £1,800, 186 Migdale, £1,800.
Three Shear – Badanloch, £3,200, 2,800 (Twice), £2,600, £2,500, £1,500, Gesto Farm, £1,100, £1,000, Torrish Farm, £1,100, Keoldale Sheep Stock Club, £1,000.
Four Shear and over – Woodside Farm, £1,500, Mountbenger, £1,300, Gesto Farm, £900, Thistle House Croft, £800, Garth, £800.