Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd - Sale 22 October 2015

22nd October 2015

DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (October, 22nd) sold 2,868 store sheep.
Lambs (1,906) averaged £45.27 and sold to £74 gross for Texels from Burnside Croft, Jamestown.
Ewes and gimmers (875) sold to £86 gross for Suffolk crosses from Woodlands, Dingwall.
Rams (28) sold to £140 gross for a Cheviot from 6 Borgie, Skerray.
Feeding sheep (40) sold to £66 gross twice for a Cheviot wedder from 5 Drynoch, Isle of Skye, and a Texel x wedder from Coul, Rogart.

"All classes of sheep fully maintained the last sales steady demand."

Other leading prices per head
Lambs: TexX - Burnside Croft, £65, Lower Geanies, Fearn, £56.50, Coul, £56; Tex - Burnside Croft, £64; CHM - 1 Lynegar Cottages, Watten, £63; SuffX – Thurso East, Thurso, £60, Corry, Muir of Ord, £58.50, Lynemore Farm, Grantown on Spey, £55; CharX – Tulloch Farm, Dingwall, £57; BeltX – West Bruiach, Kiltarlity, £54.50; Mule – Dalmigavie, Inverness, and Tulloch Farm, £53.50, Balloan, Farr, £50.50; Chev – 14 Ormiscaig, Aultbea, £53, Carrol Farm, Brora, and Comar, Cannich, £52, Auchmore Farm, Muir of Ord, Forest Lodge, Balmacara, and Dundreggan Croft, Glenmoriston, £51; BF – Dalmigavie, £50.50.
Gimmers: TexX – Burnside Croft, £84.
Ewes: TexX – Greenlands, Arabella, £74, Lower Whitebog, Fortrose, £65; CHM – Woodlands, £72, Lower Whitebog, £70, The Swallows, Greenleonacks, £63; Chev – Tulloch Farm, Bonar Bridge, £69, Woodlands, £68, Cadbollmount, Fearn, and Kinnabad, Bonar Bridge, £66; Mule – Thurso East, £61, Corry, £60, Culbin, Dingwall, £58; Easycare – Woodside, Ardvannie, £60.
Feeding sheep: Chev ram – Highcroft, Rogart, £74, Clebrig, Altnaharra, £70; Chev wdr – Kinnabad, £61; SuffX wdr – Tullyglens, Dunphail, £58.