Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd. - Sale 21st October 2013

20th October 2013

FORT WILLIAM, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (October, 21st) sold 2,187 store sheep of all classes.
Lambs (1,352) averaged £34.85 per head and sold to £72 gross for Suffolk crosses from Arisaig Farms, Arisaig.
Ewes (807) sold to £46.00 gross for Mules from Glendoe Estate, Fort Augustus.
Feeding sheep (28) sold to £90 gross for a Lleyn ram from Torlundy, Fort William.
Other leading prices per head:
Store lambs: Chev – Tom an Uisge, Faichemard, £60.50; Cross – Fersit, Roy Bridge, £59.50; SuffX – Arisaig Farms, £58; Tex – Armadale, Sleat, Isle of Skye, £56; TexX – Kinlochourn, Invergarry, £54.50; BeltX – Kilmonivaig, Spean Bridge, £53; BF – Insh Farm, Spean Bridge, £50;Lleyn – Steal, Camaghael, £49.
Ewes: BF – Ockle, Achateny, £44; Chev – Ockle, £44; Mule – Glendoe Estate, £42; Lleyn – Glenquoich, Invergarry, £41.
Feeding sheep: Lleyn ram – Torlundy, £48; BF wdr – Croft of Clune, Newtonmore, £46; Chev wdr – Ardnamurchan Estate, Kilchoan, £46; Tex ram – Armadale, £44.