Dingwall And Highland Marts Ltd - 3 December 2024 Sold 582 Prime Lambs Its Christmas Show & Sale

5th December 2024

DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (December 3rd) sold 582 prime lambs its Christmas Show & Sale sponsored by Highland Tractors, K D J MacRae & Partners, Shawpark and Barrack Dipping Services and judged Mr Andy Grant, John Stewart, Butchers, Banff.

New season lambs (582) averaged 300.15p and sold to 519.0p and £280 gross.
Feeding sheep (149) sold to £150 gross.
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A Tremendous show of lambs was the next phase of today's judge work as all breed classes were full of quality. Dingwall stalwarts Messrs Munro, Invercharron, took the top prize as their pen of 1st prize Texel cross lambs went all the way being tapped out as they days champion pair, scaling 54kg they realized £280 per head to Messrs Mackenzie, Tulloch. Continuing with the cattle success young Fraser & Erin Fettes took the reserve champion spot for their pair of 43kg Continental 1st prize winners and Munro Butchers purchased them for their Dingwall shop at £170 per head. Sheep trade on a whole remains strong, meat remains key with vendors spending money filling a hopper reaping the rewards. Ewes were extremely dear with numbers short and purchasers needing more."

Prize List
Overall Champion pair of lambs and 1st prize pair of Texel lambs - Invercharron, 54kg, £280.
Reserve Champion pair of lambs and 1st Prize pair of Continental lambs - Braes of Enzie, 43kg, £170.
Pair of Texel lambs – 2nd Prize – Braes of Enzie, 50kg, £155, 3rd Prize – Drumancroy, 51.5kg, £141.
Pair of Suffolk lambs – 1st prize – Tillybo, 52kg, £170; 2nd Prize – Invercharron, 45.5kg, £135; 3rd Prize –Kinnahaird Farm, 45kg, £140.
Pair of Mule lambs – 1st Prize – Tulloch Farm, 45kg, £130, 2nd Prize – Meikle Ussie, 56kg, £140, 3rd Prize – Crasky Farm, 45kg, £132.
Pair of Beltex lambs – 1st Prize – Invercharron, 56kg, £210, 2nd Prize – Invercharron, 49kg, £150, 3rd Prize – 1 Drummuie, 44kg, £175.
Pair of Continental lambs – 2nd Prize – Craigiebank, 47kg, £150, 3rd Prize – Craigiebank, 44kg, £146.
Pair of Blackface lambs – 1st Prize – Tulloch Farm, 42.5kg, £128, 2nd – Tulloch Farm, 40kg, £116.
Pair of Cheviot lambs – 1st Prize – 238 Rearquhar, 51.5kg, £142.

DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (December 3rd) sold 582 prime its Christmas Show & Sale sponsored by Highland Tractors, K D J MacRae & Partners, Shawpark and Barrack Dipping Services and judged Mr Andy Grant, John Stewart, Butchers, Banff.

New season lambs (582) averaged 300.15p and sold to 519.0p per kg and £280 gross for a pair of 54kg Texel crosses from Invercharron, Sutherland.
Feeding sheep (149) sold to £150 gross for a Texel cross ewe from Upper Ardnagrask, Muir of Ord.

Other leading prices per head and per kg
New season lambs: BeltX – Invercharron, £210,£170, £162, £150, £146, 375.0p, 360.0p, 340.0p, 317.0p, 306.0p, Tillybo, £190, 418.0p, 1 Drummuie Farm, £175, 398.0p, Drumancroy, £150, 333.0p, Kinnahaird Farm, £145, 315.0p; CharX – Braes of Enzie, £170, 395.0p; TexX – Braes of Enzie, £155, 310.0p, The Dell of Killiehuntly, £151, 305.0p, Craigiebank Farm, £148, Woodside, £146, Midbadgrinan, £145, Meikle Ussie, £144, Dunballoch, £144, Kinnahaird, 311.0p, 310.0p, Hardmuir View, 309.0p, Inveruglas Farm, 308.0p, Craigiebank, 308.0p, Glebe Farm, 307.0p, (thrice), Kinchyle Farm, 307.0p; SuffX – Tillybo, £170, 327.0p, Dunballoch, £148, 341.0p, D.B. Farms, 311.0p, 309.0p, Kinnahaird, 311.0p, 309.0p; Cross – The Dell of Killiehuntly, £151; Rou – Craigiebank Farm, £150, £146, 332.0p, 319.0p, 311.0p; Mule – Meikle Ussie, 149, Tulloch Farm, £145.

Feeding Sheep: Mule - Dunballoch, Beauly, £140, Castlecraig Farms, Nigg, £118, Ord Farm, Invergordon, £113; TexX – Upper Ardnagrask, £140, Glebe Farm, Allarburn, £133, Castlecraig Farms, £118, Birchmhor, £112; Chev – Ospisdale, Dornoch, £114, (twice), Sumardale, Struan, £114.

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Messrs Munro, Invercharron, took the top prize as their pen of 1st prize Texel cross lambs