Dingwall & Highland Marts - Sale 11th March 2015

11th March 2015

DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts, (March, 11th) sold 2,194 sheep of all classes.
Lambs (903) averaged £55.31 and sold to £94 gross for Swaledale crosses from Leys Castle, Inverness.
Ewes (914) averaged £62.75 and sold to £130 gross twice for a Suffolk from Ankerville, Nigg, and Bleu du Maines from Tighnahinch, Alcaig.
In-lamb gimmers & ewes (315) averaged £94.26 and sold to £148 gross for Cheviots from Proncy, Dornoch.
Rams and feeding sheep (62) sold to £146 gross for Suffolks from Garfield, Dingwall.

"Store lambs with condition, prime & feeding ewes met an increased trade. Breeding sheep sold well, others more difficult to sell."

Other leading prices per head:
Lambs: TexX - Milton of Culloden, Inverness, £89; BeltX - Lochdhu, Nairn, £87; Cross – Muirhead, (Dickson), £86; SuffX – Sanquhar Mains, Forres, £83; Chev – Suisgill Estate, £82; BF – Leys Estate, £71; ZwarX – 2 Lochend, Thurso, £68; Dors – Burnlea House, Castletown, £68.
Ewes: Chev – Tighnahinch, £118; TexX – Muirton Mains, Urray, £110; BDM – Tighnahinch, £102; SuffX – South Clunes, Kirkhill, £99; Mule – Wester Balloan, Urray, £97; Cross – Milton of Culloden, £93.
In-lamb gimmers: Cross – 55/57 Rhue, Ullapool, £70;
In-lamb ewes: Chev – Proncy, £145; Cross – 55/57 Rhue, £81; TexX – Burnlea House, £72.
Rams & feeding sheep: BF – Gorthleck Mains, Gorthleck, £130; Chev – Culnaha, Nigg, £103; SuffX – Fendom, Tain, £110; Tex – Muirton Mains, £95.