21st May 2014
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (May, 21st) sold 75 pedigree and commercial Luing cattle at their sixth annual spring breeding sale sponsored by W & A Geddes and Harbro Ltd.
Pedigree bulling heifers (40) averaged £1,311.18 and sold to 1600gns (£1,680.00) for a pair of 25 month old heifers from Messrs A L & A C McCall, Culmaily Farm, Golspie, to Messrs Tay & Torridon Estates, North Amulree, Dunkeld.
Pedigree yearling heifers (20) averaged £871.90 and sold to 980gns (£1029.00) for a pair from Welbeck Scottish Farms, Ousdale, Berriedale to Messrs P. & A. Bakker, Altnaharra.
Registered Sim-Luing yearling heifers (5) averaged £972.30 and sold to 980gns (£1,029.00) from Welbeck Scottish Farms, to Messrs J. D. & G. M. Hay, Edingarrioch, Insch.
Pedigree Luing heifers with calves at foot (2) sold to 1450gns (£1,522.50) for a 25 month old heifer with a heifer calf at foot from Mr M. J. McCall, Inverbrora, Brora, to Messrs Aird, Glenurquhart Farm, Cromarty.
Un-registered Sim-Luing yearling heifers (7) averaged £1021.50 and sold to 1200gns (£1,260.00) from Welbeck Scottish Farms, to Messrs A. S. Budge, Milton Farm, Halkirk.
Bulls (6) sold to 3100gns for a 26 month old from Messrs A. L. & A. C. McCall, Culmailly Farm, to J. Beattie, Auchentaggart, Sanquhar.
Show
Pair of bulling heifers
1st – Messrs A. L. & A. C. McCall, Culmailly Farm, Golspie, 1600gns.
Other leading prices:
Pedigree bulling heifers: Inverbroom, Ullapool, and Monzie Farm, Blair Athol, 1500gns; Monzie Farm, 1420gns; Inverbrora Farm, and Culmaily Farm, 1400gns; Monzie Farm, 1320gns; Inverbroom, 1300gns.
Pedigree yearling heifers: Ousdale, 850gns; Inverbrora Farm, and Ousdale, 820gns; Inverbrora Farm, 800gns.
Sim-Luing heifers: Ousdale, 1050gns, 980gns, 950gns.
Bulls: Inverbroom, 2600gns; Nunnerie Farm, Biggar, 2100gns; Inverbrora Farm, 1800gns.
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DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (May, 21st) sold 81 store cattle and 54 adult head of breeding cattle including sale of Highland cattle.
Bullocks (23) sold to £1050 gross for Shorthorn crosses from Craigroy, Edderton.
Heifers (48) sold to £1,220 gross for a Simmental cross from Culmaily Farm, Golspie.
Young bulls (10) sold to £810 gross for a Highland from Colaboll Farm, Lairg.
In calf cows (2) sold to £1080 gross for an Aberdeen Angus cross from the dispersal of the Mains of Clunas herd, Cawdor.
In calf heifers (18) sold to £1720 gross for a pair of Saler crosses from Mains of Clunas.
Heifer with male calf (one) sold to £2,100 gross for a Shorthorn cross with a Limousin cross calf from Crossal, Isle of Skye.
Heifer with female calf (5) sold to £2,300 gross for a Shorthorn cross with a Limousin cross calf from Crossal.
Cow with male calf (10) sold to £2,500 gross for a Shorthorn cross cow with a Limousin cross calf from Crossal.
Cow with female calf (10) sold to £1,680 gross for an Aberdeen Angus cross cow with a Shorthorn cross calf from Braefindon Farm, Culbokie.
Bulls (8) sold to £2,000 gross for a British Shorthorn from Smallburn Farms Ltd.
Other leading prices:
Bullocks: Craigroy, (ShoX), £1030; South Clunes, Kirkhill, (LuiX), £980.
Heifers: Culmaily Farm, (SimX), £1160; Invertruim, Newtonmore, (ShoX), £1100, £1050, £1000; Coilach, Muir of Ord, (SalX), £980; Sandside, Thurso, (AA), £910, £800.
In calf cows: BRB – Mains of Clunas, £1600; SalX – Mains of Clunas, £1450, £1400; CharX – Mains of Clunas, £1400.
Heifer with male calf: LimX – Smallburn Farms, £1650.
Heifer with female calf: SimX – Smallburn Farms, £1950, £1900, £1800.
Cow with male calf: ShoX – Crossal, £2000; SimX – Mains of Clunas, £1680; SalX – Coilach, £1300; WSX – Mains of Clunas, £1220.
Cow with heifer calf: SalX – Mains of Clunas, £1280, Coilach, £1250, £1220.
Bulls: Lim – Mains of Clunas, £1600; SimX – Easter Urray, Muir of Ord, £2200.